Regional director for the ARTS, Elsubie Verlinden, has invited Rhavynn Drummer - casting director for Tyler Perry Studios - to attend the IATS in October 2017, where a select group of actors will get to perform for the international casting agent.

Drummer has worked in casting for the past six years. She graduated in 2007 from the University of Virginia with a double major in Theater and American Studies, and has worked on Tyler Perry projects like The Family that Preys, Why did I Get Married Too?, The Marriage Counselor, and the television series House of Payne and Meet the Browns. She has also worked on The Haves and The Have Nots and Love Thy Neighbor on the Oprah Winfrey Network.

But before you can perform for Drummer, actors will need to audition for Verlinden. 

Verlinden, founder of Just You Model and Artist Management, in her crusade to open doors for young South African hopefuls to achieve more, teamed up with Kim Meyers to host the South African leg of the showcase, The International ARTS Talent Showcase. In her capacity as regional director for ARTS in Africa, she has provided young South Africans exposure to top educational outlets in the USA.

Each year, Verlinden travels from city to city throughout South Africa to scout the best talent the country has to offer to attend the International ARTS Talent Showcase.

Audition dates are as follows:

  • Gauteng on Saturday, 28 January 2017;                                           
  • Durban on Saturday, 4 February 2017;                                                
  • Cape Town on Saturday, 25 February 2017;
  • Potchefstroom on Saturday, 4 March 2017;                                   
  • Richards Bay on Saturday, 22 April 2017;                                                          
  • Gauteng on Saturday, 6 May 2017;    
  • Vanderbijlpark on Saturday, 13 May 2017;                                    
  • East London on Saturday, 3 June 2017;            
  • Cape Town on Saturday, 10 June 2017 ;           
  • Port Elizabeth on Saturday, 24 June 2017;                                                       
  • Pretoria on Saturday, 1 July 2017;       
  • Kimberley on Saturday, 8 July 2017; and                                  
  • Gauteng on Saturday, 26 August 2017.

To enter and find out more on times and venues, phone Elouise Janse van Rensburg on +27 11 039 2481 or email [email protected].

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