Our biggest acting event of the year is back! Aug. 1720, 2023, we will be hosting industry pros from all areas of the acting business. Learn from the best!

Last year actors flew to Cleveland from across the country, and some from outside of the country!

This 4day, inperson event is jampacked with interactive workshops, seminars and networking!

This year our guest teachers will be; Wendy Alane Wright, Kurt Yue, Alex Collins, James Madio, Alison Haselden, Marcy Ronen, Demitri Daniels and Jessica HoudeMorris.

To learn more about this Houde Summit 2023 in August click here
https://www.houdeschoolofacting.com/h...

More about each teacher

Kurt Yue
Kurt is an actor and founder of The Acting Career Center. His popular YouTube channel, The Acting Career Center, boasts over 160,00 subscribers, and is a great resource for actors aiming to break into the film industry. Kurt is known for his roles in Haunting of Hill House, Insatiable, Cobra Kai and many more.
Kurt will be teaching ‘Script to Screen  at this year’s Summit. Actors will table read scenes from a screenplay and then watch as he breaks down the choices made by the actors and filmmakers.

Wendy Alane Wright
Wendy is a former Hollywood Talent Manager, the author of ‘Secrets of a Hollywood Talent Manger,’ and the founder of ‘The Hollywood Winners Circle,’ the #1 online business training for actors worldwide.
Wendy will be teaching ‘The Business of Acting at this year’s Summit.Wendy will focus on what it takes to make it in this industry, working with each actor to make them stronger actors and better business representatives for themselves.

Alex Collins
Alex is a 19+ year member of SAGAFTRA, with experience in both the L.A. and Atlanta markets. In addition to acting with credits like Stargirl, The Accountant, Lovecraft County, and Cobra Kai Alex is a teacher, industry consultant, founder of The Approach, and cofounder of Beyond Acting.Alex will be teaching ‘CoStar Combinations’ at this year’s Summit. Cracking the code of the hardest types of roles to book. Actors will submit a selftape prior to the Summit. Then Alex will critique and give adjustments to each actor during the workshop.

Alison Haselden
Alison is a professional actor, marketing consultant, online educator, and cofounder of Beyond Acting. She teaches the power of storytelling and empowers creatives to develop opportunities through personal branding, social media, networking, and content creation.
Alison will be teaching ‘Social Media Marketing for Actors

James Madio
James is a working actor whose very first audition landed him a role in Steven Spielberg’s ‘Hook’ at the age of thirteen. He went on to work with Dustin Hoffman in ‘Hero,’ Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Basketball Diaries,’ and Spielberg’s Emmy AwardWinning HBO series ‘Band of Brothers,’ among many more.
James will be teaching ‘Making Choices’ at this year’s Summit. Actors will work on a scene in person with James. He will then give feedback on each actor’s choices, guiding them to make stronger choices and to better understand their character.

Demitri Daniels
Demitri is a Chinese martial arts instructor, actor, and performer of over 37 years.
He trained at the famous Shaolin Temple, in China, for traditional martial arts and performance.
He was on the Shaolin Temple's international traveling stage performance team. He has become a social media icon for martial arts performance with over 200,000 followers.
Known as Jade Jackhammer the Drunken Master of TikTok.

Demitri will be teaching ‘Kick, Punch, React! Basics of OnScreen Fight Choreography’ at this year's Summit.
Actors will work in small groups learning basic kicks, punches, throws, and how to react for oncamera work.

Marcy Ronen
Marcy is a Casting Director working in Los Angeles and Ohio. She has cast for films Jenny’s Wedding, American Splendor and more. She has also worked many big companies including; Victoria's Secret, Progressive Insurance, Foot Locker,  Kay Jewelers, Bob Evans, State Farm, Comcast, Sprite, Nationwide, First Energy, Vitamin Water, Cub Cadet, Hot Pockets, Nesquick, McDonald's, Hoover, Jolly Rancher, Frogtape, Honda, NBA, Duracell, Lean Cuisine and many more.
Marcy will be teaching ‘Mock Casting Session’
Actors will work one on one with Marcy and receive redirects to learn how to take direction on the spot. Actors will receive the scene in advance to prepare.