BRING MEG TO YOUR SCHOOL OR STUDIO
Learn. Book. Work
Invite actor, casting director, author, and master acting coach Meg Deusner to your studio, school, university, or industry event for practical, high-energy training designed for today’s working actor.
Available for single-day workshops, weekend intensives, residencies, and customized events nationwide.
Real-world training. Immediate results.
For more than 20 years, Meg Deusner has helped actors move beyond “performing” and begin creating truthful, believable and bookable work.
As the founder of Acting Out Academy, head of Birmingham Casting, and creator of The Onion Method™, Meg brings together the craft of acting and an insider’s understanding of the casting process.
Every workshop is active, practical, and customized for the actors in the room. Participants don’t simply listen—they work, receive individualized direction, make adjustments, and leave with tools they can immediately apply to their next scene, audition, or self-tape.
Choose Your Workshop
1. The Onion Method™
Building truthful performances one layer at a time
Based on Meg’s book, The Actor’s Workbook Featuring The Onion Method™, this workshop gives actors a clear, repeatable process for breaking down a script and creating connected, emotionally truthful work.
Actors learn how to:
Identify the facts and evidence within a script
Build specific relationships and circumstances
Clarify wants, obstacles, stakes, and tactics
Create a rich inner life without forcing emotion
Listen and respond truthfully in the moment
Replace vague acting choices with playable ones
Apply the method to auditions, rehearsals, and performances
Best for: Acting studios, theatre programs, film programs, middle and high schools, universities, and professional actors.
Can be offered as an introductory workshop, full-day intensive, weekend experience, or multi-session residency.
2. The Bookable Self-Tape
Make stronger choices. Create better auditions. Book more work.
Self-taping requires more than memorizing lines and pressing record. Actors must understand how to interpret limited information, make smart choices, work within the frame, and deliver a truthful performance—often under significant time pressure.
Drawing on her experience as both a casting director and coach with a strong record of callbacks and professional bookings, Meg helps actors understand what makes a self-tape stand out for the right reasons.
Actors learn how to:
Break down audition material quickly
Make clear, evidence-based choices
Create a believable environment and relationship
Adjust performance size for the camera
Choose effective framing, eyelines, and readers
Begin and end a scene with confidence
Avoid common self-tape mistakes
Evaluate their own work without overthinking it
Participants can work with provided material or bring current audition sides when appropriate.
Best for: Acting studios, college theatre and film programs, high-school performers, pre-professional programs, and working actors.
3. Industry Intensive & Showcase
Training, preparation, and direct industry insight
Create a special event for your acting community by pairing Meg’s coaching with a visiting talent agent or manager.
Actors first work with Meg to prepare professional-quality material and strengthen their audition technique. The experience culminates in a showcase or industry session with the guest representative, including performance, feedback, and an honest conversation about today’s film and television business.
A customized event may include:
Audition or self-tape coaching with Meg
Scene or monologue preparation
Individual actor feedback
A showcase for a visiting agent or manager
Industry Q&A
Guidance on headshots, résumés, reels, and submissions
Career advice for actors and parents
Optional private coaching sessions
Best for: Acting studios, conservatories, universities, regional training programs, and organizations seeking a high-value special event.
Guest representatives are selected according to availability and the needs and experience level of the participating actors. Participation does not guarantee representation.