Katalyst is looking to expand their roster. The open call will be open to all who are interested in seeking representation with Katalyst. Katalyst accepts beginners and those with extensive experience. Katalyst represents actors and models locally and nationally. Majority of the work booked is in the tri-state area. Katalyst does work on nationally based projects. Below you will find the information that will best prepare you for the open call. 

Date: Thursday, the 2nd of February
Time: 4pm to 7pm. Please do not arrive before 3:45pm. 

As many of you know we lost an amazing light in our industry this year.

Silvana Gallardo developed a method that helped launched many careers including Angelina Jolie and Peta Wilson. We had been fortunate enough to have her teaching many of our talent in the region over the last few years.

Her partner for many years John Gavigan will be carrying forth the torch of her teaching.

He will be holding a class Saturday the 28^th of January from 12-4pm at their studio in Paris, KY. With pilot season and the flurry of major motion pictures coming to the region it is the ideal time to learn or continue to study the Gallardo Method.

Talent I want to address something I have been seeing online lately.

There are production companies in the region advertising for actors to participate in commercials in exchange for gift certificates, free for the experience or for $50 for principal work in commercials. These are commercials that are airing in some cases locally and some cases nationally.

I encourage you not to accept this work. The crew and the producer are being paid by the client to produce that commercial. If they are getting paid you should be getting paid.

If you have not done work before would it be good experience yes, but understand what you are doing.

The production companies that are doing this are harming the industry as a whole. They are underbidding a project in order to get the work I am sure to provide for themselves and their families. But what they are causing to happen is a dangerous slippery slope.

So the production companies that are bidding on the commercials with a fair rate for the talent are not winning the job. If you the actors keep working for free or subpar rates, the production companies that are underbidding the jobs will get more and more work. Thus creating less and less paid work for you the actors. And perhaps some of the production companies who are bidding with fair rates for the talent will then start saying to themselves why should we pay the talent if they are going to work for free. And they start underbidding with that in mind.

With the economy the way it is rates are already lower than they used to be. We must stand strong on this today or tomorrow we will starve.