WORKSHOPS
Group workshops on specific skills, formats, and corners of the industry you won't get in a general class. Each one is designed to go deep on something specific with people who actually work in that area.
Workshops are open to anyone unless otherwise noted. No prerequisite unless listed.
I Love Reading Out Loud. How Do I Make Money Doing It?
An Audiobook Narration Workshop with Robin Reed
4 weeks | Online via Zoom | Saturdays 11am–1pm | $495 Dates: TBD — likely May/June 2026
If you've ever finished listening to an audiobook and thought "I could do that,” you might be right! Whether you can do it well, consistently, across hours of material, in a way that gets you hired and keeps you working? That's what this workshop is about.
Over four Saturdays we'll work on both fiction and nonfiction narration, cover the technical realities of recording long-form audio from a home studio, and talk to an industry professional about this specific corner of the voiceover world: what it actually takes to break in, what the market looks like right now, and what separates the narrators who work from the ones who don't.
Meets on Zoom. Join from anywhere. Home studio not required to attend, but encouraged.
You'll leave with:
A working understanding of what makes audiobook narration different from other VO
Technique for pacing, stamina, and consistency across long-form material
Honest intel on the business from someone inside it
A clearer sense of whether this is a lane worth pursuing
How the Hell Do I Get Into a Loop Group?
A Loop Group Workshop with Robin Reed and Director Tom Putnam
One day | In-person in Los Angeles | Date TBD — Summer 2026
"The Mafia of the Acting World." — The Hollywood Reporter
It's the question Robin gets asked more than any other: how do I get into a loop group? And it's easy to understand why: it's fun work, it's great money, and it's almost completely opaque to anyone who isn't already in one.
This one-day in-person workshop with Robin and feature film director Tom Putnam gets into exactly that. You'll work on actual looping material from Tom's films, learn what the work actually requires, and get an honest picture of how you might break into what The Hollywood Reporter memorably called "the mafia of the acting world."
Open to: No voiceover experience required, but actors should have some type of performance background. Not a brand-new beginner workshop.
On Set
An On-Camera Acting Workshop with Director Tom Putnam and Robin Reed
Weekly → In-person in LA → 3 hours per session Launching as a 4-week session → Dates TBD
Most acting classes teach you how to perform. This one teaches you how to work.
There's a real difference between giving a good performance in a class and giving one on an actual set — where you're hitting marks, matching eyelines, repeating action for coverage, and doing it again from the top without losing what made the first take good. That's the job. It's also what almost no class prepares you for.
Tom Putnam, whose films have screened at Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW, who won the Tribeca Audience Award for Burn, and who has directed David Cross, Debra Messing, and campaigns for Ford and Warner Bros, will run the room like a working set.
Robin Reed coaches the performance: making strong choices, staying grounded, and adjusting fast without blowing up what's already working.
Each session you'll work two-person scenes, repeat takes for coverage, take real-time direction from both of us, and improvise within the constraints of the scene. Six to eight students per session so everyone gets real time up.
Open to: Anyone actively pursuing on-camera work in film or TV, or seriously building toward it. No prerequisites.
Eventually: Students will have the option to film a clip for their reel. Details to come.
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