Please join Studio for Performing Arts LA (SPALA) & MAAC for the Second Annual MENASA Diversity Showcase. Last year's MENASA (Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia) diversity showcase provided 80 actors an opportunity to be screened by LA and NY professionals at no cost to the performers and was the WINNER of the 2021 BroadwayWorld Regional Awards for "Best Special Event.” This year’s, this diversity initiative will be held online on April 30, 2022. Actors of MENASA descent are invited to submit and request an appointment. Selected actors will have the opportunity to perform a one-minute monologue online for a VIP panel, including: - Vicki Goggin, Casting Director - Ted Maier, Talent Agent, Avalon Artists Group - Alexa Pereira, Casting Director - Lisa Pantone, Casting Director/Producer - Daniell Pretsfeder Demchick, Casting Director - Debralynn Findon, Manager/Owner, Discover Management - Rita Powers, Casting Director - Rachel Reiss, Casting Director - Cindy Schoonover, Talent Agent, Eris Talent Agency - Javier Salgado, Manager, Chamber 37 Ent. - Ani Avetyan, Casting Director & Producer - Michelle Glisson-Pullam, Manager/Owner, Stellar Artists Management - Robin Carus, Casting Director - Marilyn Atlas, Producer/Manager, Marilyn Atlas Mgmt. & Co-Author of "Dating Your Character" - Barrie Adleberg, Writer/Producer & Founder, Split Ends Media - David Donihue, Director - Kristene Davis, Talent Agent, SLA Talent Agency & more to be announced on the studio website! The event is produced in collaboration with MENA Arts Advocacy Coalition (MAAC) which built the MENA category into the entertainment industry and has provided crucial data since, including the revelation that "Only 1% of actors on Broadcast TV are Middle Eastern, North African & just this past year per UCLA's Hollywood Diversity Report, there were ZERO MENA Actors as Film Leads!" If you’re #castingdirector or #talentagent & would like to be a guest, please message us.