What if you could have 48 industry experts on call?
An agent when you’re trying to get representation. A casting director when you can’t get an audition to save your life. An acting coach when the self-tape instructions make absolutely no damn sense. A filmmaker when you’re tired of waiting for somebody else to decide whether you get to act.
That’s what I built with BASH 26.
75 masterclasses from 48 industry experts, with more than 80 hours of industry expertise you can come back to whenever you need it. So you can stop guessing what this industry wants from you and make your next move with better information.
The whole point was to give actors access to people they don’t normally get to sit down and ask.
In 2026, I brought together 48 people from across the film and television industry and asked them to share what they know with actors.
They include casting directors, agents, coaches, working actors and filmmakers who see this business from very different sides of the table.
People like John Frank Levey, who cast Shameless and E.R.; Greg Apps, who discovered Russell Crowe; Amy Lyndon of The Lyndon Technique; Arbender Robinson, an agent at multi-city talent agency Firestarter Entertainment; Emmy-nominated actor and filmmaker David Bianchi; and John Osborne Hughes, who coaches Eddie Marsan.
BASH stands for Backstage Access Starts Here.
Between the interview-style masterclasses and the LIVE sessions, BASH 26 grew into 75 masterclasses and more than 80 hours of industry expertise.
Now the whole thing is inside the BASH 26 Vault.
Here’s what actors said about BASH.
"BASH is such a cool online festival for actors and creatives!"There are tons of inspiring interviews and masterclasses from great guests like Amy Lyndon, Valorie Hubbard and Amanda Lenker Doyle! You also get to discover many different resources, apps and courses through the freebies offered by the guests. And the best thing: you can do it all on your own schedule!
GINA
Markowitsch
Thank you for putting all of this together. I’ve especially enjoyed your offerings. They’re exactly what I need in this moment.
"This is an INCREDIBLE event! Just incredible."J. Nycole
Ralph
"Plugging in daily has helped me feel like I have a better handle on what's available AND then also what's right for me at this stage of my career. "
Zylan
I’ve found helpful nuggets in every live masterclass I've attended and I appreciate the replays and the recorded masterclasses that I can peruse in my own time. Begin able to mark classes as complete helps me keep track too. So in a nutshell... So far, sooo Great!
Brooks
"I feel like I hit the lottery or I am just dreaming because all these master classes cover everything and beyond what I need... so thank you, thank you, thank you!"
Oscar
De Loyer
What you are providing is truly exceptional. You and your team are absolutely amazing for making something like this possible.
Why I created BASH in the first place
I’ve spent decades in this industry as an actor, with 48 IMDb credits and work for A24, Netflix and Hallmark. I’ve also coached hundreds of actors around the world.
So I know how frustrating it is to need a straight answer and not know who to ask.
Actors spend far too much time trying to piece together career advice from random workshops, YouTube videos and people who may only see one corner of the business.
And when you’re hearing twelve different opinions about your headshots, reel, auditions, representation or what you should be doing next, it’s very easy to end up guessing.
BASH was my way of giving actors somewhere better to look.
I put people from different sides of the industry in one place and asked them the questions actors are actually dealing with.
You’re not buying eighty hours of homework.
I don’t expect you to finish it, and finishing it was never the idea.
The value of having 75 masterclasses isn’t cramming all of them into your head as quickly as possible. It’s knowing that eight months from now, one of those conversations could be exactly the thing you need.
An interview with an agent sounds different the night before an agent meeting. A self-tape masterclass becomes far more interesting when casting sends you a set of instructions that makes absolutely no damn sense. A conversation about your materials becomes urgent when you’re looking at your headshots, reel and résumé and wondering why nobody is answering your submissions. And a session about creating your own work lands differently when you’re tired of waiting for somebody else to decide whether you get to act.
Some of what’s inside the Vault will matter to you today. Other sessions will become useful because your career has changed and you’re suddenly dealing with something you weren’t dealing with six months ago.
You don’t have to memorize every answer. You need to know where to find the right person when a question lands in your lap.
That’s really what the Vault is: not a course you’re supposed to complete, but a career resource you can come back to whenever you need it. It’s the closest thing I can give you to having 48 industry experts on call.
And because more than 80 hours isn’t terribly useful if you can’t find anything, I made BASH searchable.
Vaguely remembering that somebody said something brilliant about self-tapes three months ago isn’t much help if finding it requires scrubbing through hours of video.
That’s why the Vault includes the complete BASH 26 ebook alongside the masterclasses.
It brings together the professionally designed slide decks, takeaway graphics and key points from all 48 interview-style masterclasses. If you’ve got ten minutes and a specific question, you can open the ebook and find the relevant expert, slide deck or set of takeaways. You get the essential advice quickly, with the complete masterclass there when you want the examples, stories and context behind it.
That turns the Vault into a reference tool for your acting career, rather than another enormous video library sitting in a forgotten corner of the internet and silently judging you.
Here’s what you get inside the BASH 26 Vault.
More than 80 hours from 48 industry expertsCasting directors, agents, coaches, working actors and Emmy-nominated filmmakers share what they know about the problems actors deal with every day.
The range matters because the question you’re asking about your career today probably won’t be the one you’re asking six months from now.
Every interview-style masterclassYou’ll keep the complete conversations, including the detail, context and stories that can’t be squeezed into a three-minute summary. Each interview also comes with a Key Takeaways Guide and easy-to-reference infographic, so you can quickly revisit the biggest lessons, actionable advice, and standout insights whenever you need them.
More than 30 hours of LIVE masterclass replaysMissed a LIVE session because you were working, auditioning, parenting, sleeping or simply trying to remain a functioning person?
It’ll be waiting for you.
You can return to the coaching, demonstrations, questions and discussions without racing the September 30 deadline.
The complete
BASH 26 EbookThe BASH 26 ebook brings together all 48 professionally designed slide decks, the takeaway graphics and the key points from the interview-style masterclasses.
Instead of scrubbing through an hour-long replay hoping you land on the moment you vaguely remember, you can go straight to the relevant expert or subject.
The value of BASH changes depending on what’s happening in your career.
Maybe you get an agent meeting and suddenly that conversation about representation is the one you need tonight. Maybe casting sends you an audition with instructions that leave you completely confused, and you want to hear how somebody on the other side of the table thinks about it.
Maybe your submissions have gone quiet and you’re about to spend $800 on new headshots without really knowing whether your headshots are the problem. Maybe you’re finally ready to stop waiting for somebody else to cast you and start creating your own work.
Or maybe six months from now, the question you’re asking about your career is completely different from the one you’re asking today. That’s why having all 48 experts still there matters.
One good answer can save you far more than $297.
Actors spend a lot of money trying to solve career problems.
You get another round of headshots because the submissions aren’t working. You take another workshop because the auditions aren’t coming. You replace your reel because the old one isn’t getting a response. Maybe you start wondering whether you need a different agent because perhaps they’re the problem.
Sometimes one of those things absolutely does need changing, but figuring out what actually needs your attention before you spend anything can save you a lot of time and money.
Before you spend another $800 on headshots, you can hear what casting directors have to say about the materials actors are putting in front of them. Before sending another fifty representation emails, you can listen to agents talk about their side of that relationship. Before spending thousands creating new footage, you can hear from people who actually make and cast film and television.
And because the experts inside BASH come from different sides of the industry, they aren’t always going to agree with each other.
And honestly, I wouldn’t want them to.
You get to hear how different people inside the business see the problem, understand what applies to your situation and make a better decision about what you do next.
75 expert masterclasses would cost about $15,000 individually. The complete Vault is $297.
Actors routinely pay around $200 for a single workshop or masterclass with a working casting director, agent or coach.
There are 75 masterclasses inside the BASH 26 Vault. At $200 each, that’s $15,000 in masterclasses alone.
And that doesn’t include the professionally designed slide decks, takeaway graphics, key points and ebook built from all 48 expert interviews. You get the complete BASH 26 Vault for one payment of $297, with unlimited access.
When you don’t know what to do next,
stop asking the entire internet.You’re serious about acting, and you’ve figured out that being good at the work is only one part of building a career.
You want to hear what the people on the other side of the table actually think instead of spending your career guessing. You’d rather have one trusted collection of industry guidance than launch another late-night internet search and emerge with twelve contradictory opinions from people who may never have worked in the business.
Your questions are going to change as your career changes.
That’s why having all 48 experts still there matters.
Frequently asked questions
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You’ll receive unlimited access to 75 masterclasses from 48 industry experts, representing more than 80 hours of industry expertise.
That includes all 48 interview-style masterclasses, more than 30 hours of LIVE masterclass replays and the complete BASH 26 ebook containing the professionally designed slide decks, takeaway graphics and key points.
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BASH 26 brings together people from across the industry, including casting directors, agents, coaches, working actors and filmmakers.
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No. Your BASH 26 Vault access doesn’t expire.
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No. Please retain some semblance of a normal life.
The Vault is designed to be used as a reference tool. Watch what’s useful now, use the ebook and visual resources when you need a specific answer, and return to the full masterclasses when you need more.
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No. You pay $297 once for unlimited access.
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No. The Vault gives you ongoing access to the BASH 26 masterclasses, replays and learning resources.
The private BASH community isn’t included. Any offers or discounts from individual collaborators are managed independently and aren’t part of the Vault purchase.
You don’t need all 75 masterclasses today. You need the right one when the question shows up.
You have no idea what your next year as an actor is going to throw at you.
Maybe it’s an agent meeting. Maybe your reel suddenly looks five years old. Maybe you get an audition you have twelve hours to figure out, or decide you’re finally going to create the role you’ve been waiting for someone else to give you. Whatever the question is, you don’t have to start from scratch.
The BASH 26 Vault gives you unlimited access to 75 masterclasses from 48 industry experts, more than 30 hours of LIVE replays and the complete BASH 26 ebook.
One payment of $297.
P.S. Eight months from now, one of these conversations could be exactly the thing you need. When that happens, you’ll know where to find it.