The Business of Auditioning: A Headshot and Resume Intensive
August 1st and 2nd, 2025

Flashback Theater’s Professional Training Ground returns with a weekend of theatre education to prepare you for all your upcoming auditions and performances! In our yearly Business of Auditioning masterclass, prepare your resume and headshot for the audition process with this masterclass led by Director Sommer Schoch. In addition to the workshop, all participants will receive a voucher to book their own mini headshot session with photographer Mark Latham. You will learn what a director is really looking for on a resume, tips for the perfect headshot, and how your audition materials should showcase you at your next big audition.

Business of Auditioning: a Headshot and Resume Intensive
Price: $85 per artist
Bundle Price to register for both Business of Auditioning AND Emotional & Physical Preparation for Theatrical Work: $125

Deadline to Register is July 31st

Schedule

Friday Evening, August 1st: 6:00-8:00pm

  • 6:00pm to 6:30 p.m. What to Expect in Professional Auditions? Sommer Schoch will give important insight into what the procedure of professional auditions entail. She will explain what the role of resumes and headshots play in this process, what materials are best to choose for an audition, and professional etiquette an actor should know.
  • 6:30pm to 7:00 p.m. How to Prepare for Headshots? Photographer ? will instruct the group about important considerations in how you should properly prepare for a professional headshot in anticipation of the mini headshot session that will take place on Saturday. Each individual will receive personalized feedback on what they should wear for their best headshot.
  • 7:00pm to 8:00 p.m. Mock Auditions– Put yourself into a simulated audition room and get feedback from a professional director in real time. Learn how to present yourself going into and leaving the audition room by observing selected students in a mock audition with real time feedback from a stage director. This audition masterclass will prepare you for what to expect in an audition room and will allow select participants to get feedback on their audition behavior.

Saturday Morning, August 2nd: 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 

  • 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Resume Workshop- Bring a laptop or device and create your very own performance resume. Receive individual feedback from Sommer Schoch on how to tailor your resume to showcase your best self in an audition room.
  • 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Lunch Forum- During lunch, we will discuss the process of choosing audition materials. What monologues and/or song selections best showcase you? How to differentiate material based on shows? What should be in your “book”? How to find materials? 

About the Artists

Sommer Schoch is the founder and Producing Artistic Director of FbTC. In a decade of Flashback history: she has directed 18 productions; overseen the development of programming that drives artists to develop their skills and talents through masterclasses, workshops, and new play development; and established connections to a community that values experiencing art in our world. Before FbTC, Sommer graduated from Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music with dual Master’s degrees in Arts Administration and Business Administration.