Monsoon Festival Industry Series Workshop - Finding Your Core Essence

Finding Your Core Essence (female acting workshop) with Agam Darshi

*An acting workshop for females or those who identify as female.

In this 3 hour workshop, learn how to make strong choices, find your inner voice, and discover some truths about the industry. This workshop is designed to enhance your craft by creating a supportive environment where you can shine and learn.

For beginner to advanced actors. You will receive a scene or a monologue that you must prepare beforehand. During the three hours we will warm up, present our scenes, discover our personal essence, and how we can bring that into every audition. We will address the challenges that women (in particular women of color) in the industry face in safe, supportive environment.

Agam Darshi Bio

Agam Darshi is an award winning actor and writer. Born in England and raised all over Canada, she currently resides in Los Angeles and Vancouver BC. Agam holds a BFA in visual arts and theatre from the University of Calgary, and a certificate in screenwriting from Langara College.

With an acting career spanning over 15 years, Agam has worked internationally with legendary filmmakers like Emmy winners Jason Katims, Steven DePaul (The Good Doctor), as well as Charles Binamé and Chris Haddock, garnering awards and nominations along the way.

As a writer, Agam’s screenplay INDIANS IN COWTOWN was one of six scripts accepted into the Whistler Film Festival 2018 Praxis Screenwriter’s lab. To date she has written and produced five short films, including the Leo nominated film Fade Out, which received a Bravo Fact Grant, for which Agam wrote and directed.

In 2017 Agam returned to the stage with a one-person show she wrote entitled, BURNING POINT at the Railtown Actors Studio to sold out audiences.

As an advocate for race equality in media, Agam Darshi co-founded the VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL SOUTH ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL (VISAFF) in 2008.