VEENU SANDHU
Actor • Coach • Creator
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AUDITION ANXIETY...AND THE DREADED 1-LINE AUDITION WORKSHOP
Effective techniques to calm your nerves, maintain your focus, and nail those one-liners!
Face your fears and transform your nervous energy into success! This unique workshop will equip you with the tools to manage and cope with your anxiety that shows up for auditions and performances. You will learn about your nervous system, and gain new techniques in visualization and bodywork to help you work through stressful situations.
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Newly added - we will look at a variety of 1-line auditions and examine how to prep for these short, tough scenes.
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In this workshop you will:
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build a personalized pre-audition ritual, whether you have 60, 30, or 10 minutes before entering the audition room,
gain insight into how fear uniquely manifests in each person's body,
learn to utilize your nervous energy so it works with you instead of against you.
understand how to prepare for the dreaded one-line audition
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Email: actorveenu@gmail.com to register for the next workshop.
WORKSHOP DATES
SCRIPT ANALYSIS & AUDITION COACHINGS
Currently available on Zoom only
$60 per hour
$30 per half hour
AUDITION ANXIETY & ONE LINERS
RETURNING
IN 2023
WHAT'S HAPPENING
SURFACE
2022
Working with the uber-talented and compelling Gugu Mbatha-Raw was a career-highlight for Veenu.
DIFFERENT THAN BEFORE - MUSIC VIDEO
2022
Mayumi Yoshida directed this heartfelt video to accompany Amanda Sum's gorgeous song. An important anti-racism video that Veenu was thrilled to be a part of.
CRUEL INSTRUCTION
2022
Veenu totally fan-girled when meeting Camryn Manheim and was overjoyed to work with her.
BIO
If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that decides if it's good or bad. - Miles Davis
Ever since she was cast as the Lead Witch in Macbeth - for Kids, Veenu never wanted to do anything else but act. She tried very hard to live a conventional life and do as she was told, but her heart pulled her to Vancouver, BC in 2006 and her acting career began to sprout.
After growing her career over the past decade or so, Veenu has multiple credits; most notably her recurring role as Prisha in the highly-acclaimed Netflix series Lost in Space. She has worked on other acclaimed projects including A Million Little Things (ABC), Supernatural (CW), Surface (Apple+), and the feature film A Dog's Way Home.
Veenu is keen to share the knowledge she has gained since she started in the industry with new actors. She currently is an instructor at Vancouver Film School & also coaches actors privately. For more information about her workshops, please see the Audition Anxiety Workshop section of this page.
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Special thanks to Kristine Cofsky & Scott Little for photographing the shots featured on this site. Click below for links to their sites:
DEMO REEL
TESTIMONIALS
MEGAN PHILLIPS
Recent credits: Live! At the VSO, Oklahoma!, Clients from Hell, Flying Embri
You want to take this workshop - get yourself booking in the room!! Veenu Sandhu is a talented actress and a skilled coach, and I for one have improved enormously working with her this year. She creates a safe learning space while being generous with her creativity and her actors book!!
ROBYN BRADLEY
Recent credits: iZombie, Supergirl, The Man in the High Castle
I recently took Veenu Sandhu’s workshop on audition anxiety and came away with many new tools in my audition toolbox. She creates a safe place to learn, experience and have fun. I highly recommend it for any actor who wants to feel more grounded in the room. Thanks Veenu!
KARI STATEN
Recent credits: Legion, Motherboard, The Bus Stop
I feel fortunate to have taken Veenu Sandhu’s last workshop, Audition Anxiety.
It really doesn’t matter where you are in your journey, the techniques and tips she shares are useful. In a relaxing and safe space, she goes over various ways to help you relax and prepare for your auditions with confidence and joy.
ERIN MARSHALL
Recent credits: Mystery Meat, Klepto, The Fates
This workshop has already transformed my acting and brought me to a more positive place. I left feeling like I could conquer any audition sent my way.
TREYCHEL ANDERSON
Recent credits: Jude's Hope, Sense Memory, Unlikely
Loved this workshop! So many great exercises and tactics to help in every area of auditions.
KASSIDEE CAMPBELL
Recent credits: Amen, When We Listen, Karma
Veenu has so much insight and knowledge when it comes to Audition Anxiety. Using the tools she taught me I now walk into my auditions feeling as confident as I can be. I recommend her class to everyone but especially to those who feel nerves are keeping them from being their fullest self in the room. Thank you Veenu!
