Inside the Industry Bootcamp

Inside the Industry Bootcamp is a 4-day intensive workshop created and taught by Jason MacDonald. Designed for actors looking to build a professional on-camera career, this program combines practical business-of-acting training with intensive self-tape and audition work.

Through a combination of career strategy sessions, scene work, self-taping, playback, and individualized feedback, actors will gain the tools needed to navigate the television and film industry with confidence.

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Course Overview

Full 4-Day Intensive

Day 1: Foundations

Business of Acting

On-camera interviews and self-tape review
How the industry works: terminology and navigation
Agents, casting directors, and managers: roles and relationships
Actors Access and key industry platforms

Your Materials

Headshots, resumes, and reels
SAG-AFTRA, AEA, and when to join
Understanding different markets, including Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Chicago

Auditioning

Self-tape and audition technique fundamentals

Day 2: Self-Tapes I

Scene Work

Rehearsal, preparation, and direction
Cold reads
Self-taping
Playback and detailed feedback

Day 3: Self-Tapes II

Advanced Taping

Comedy, drama, and procedural scenes
Wheelhouse scenes: playing to your type and essence
Self-taping with full-group feedback

Day 4: Strategy

Final Tape Session

One final round of self-tapes with playback and feedback

Career Strategy

Types and essences: understanding your castability
Approaching representation
Cover letters that get read
Exactly what materials you need to start pursuing professional opportunities

Days 2 & 3 Only: Self-Tape Workout

Actors who have previously completed Career Essentials or Inside the Industry, or who have professional on-camera experience, may enroll in Days 2 and 3 only. This option allows participants to focus exclusively on intensive self-tape work, playback, and individualized feedback.

When

Friday, July 31 – Monday, August 3, 2026
10:00am–5:00pm daily with a one-hour lunch break.

Cost

Full 4-Day Intensive

$950 for TKS Class of 2026 graduates
$1,000 for TKS alumni (of the Two-Year program or Intensive)
$1,050 for non-TKS students*

*Non-TKS students must have completed an acting conservatory, BFA, MFA, or have comparable professional training.

Days 2 & 3 Only: Self-Tape Workout

$550 for TKS Class of 2026 graduates
$600 for TKS alumni (of the Two-Year program or Intensive)
$650 for all other eligible students

Prerequisite: Completion of Career Essentials, completion of Inside the Industry, or professional on-camera experience.

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TRANSFORM

Meet Your Instructor

Jason MacDonald

Jason MacDonald began his professional career in New York City with stints at LaMama, Circle in the Square, Lincoln Center, and opposite Frank Langella in the Roundabout Theatre Company production of The Tempest.

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What You’ll Learn

In today’s entertainment industry, the modern actor is challenged with maintaining their artistic identity while simultaneously running their own business—marketing themselves as both an artist, and a savvy craftsperson capable of consistently delivering on promised work.

More than making a name for oneself, actors these days are called upon to create a brand for themselves and to balance the vulnerability of creativity with the practical need for logistics, strategy, and fairly paid work.

That’s why we’ve created our Career Essentials: How to be a Successful Working Actor program, where TK Studio can help you step firmly into this duality of roles. We will prepare you to draw upon your life experience and creative energy, and advocate for yourself as a human being and a talented, contributing member of the industry.

We will cover auditioning skills, self-taping and turning around work fast, how to know what headshot works for you, websites, and reels and the differences between the markets of NYC, LA and Atlanta.

Most important of all, we will help you identify your niche and own your “sweet spot” in the industry. What makes you unique? What kinds of material light you up? What are you not? What’s your elevator pitch, who are you?

The workshop includes Q and A with industry guests from LA, NYC and Atlanta and concludes with a one-on-one session with the faculty where you will develop your individualized plan for success.

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