Info Session with Talent Manager Dave McKeown

Info Session Webinar with Top Kids Talent Manager Dave McKeown

Moderated by Golden-Globe nominee and Triple Threat Academy founder Cynthia Gibb

40-Minute Webinar for aspiring actors and their parents (recorded on April 18, 2020)

Learn what a manager can do for you, how to get seen by managers and agents, how to make a good impression in an audition room or a manager/agent meeting, what to expect if you want to work professionally as a child/teen actor, and how to improve your skills even while in quarantine. Hear what it's like from kids who are out there auditioning and working, and have all your questions about this crazy, daunting, exciting biz answered! 

Watch the webinar here: Info Session with Talent Manager Dave McKeown

Dave McKeown began his career with Shirley Grant Management in 1998 and headed up the theatrical and on-camera division until 2021, when he launched Edge Talent Management. In his 23 years as a manager for young and emerging artists in show business, Dave has represented and developed such talent as The Jonas Brothers, Kathleen Herles (original voice of Nickelodeon’s Dora the Explorer), Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black), Cameron Ocasio (Sam & Cat), Meg Donnelly (American Housewife), Devin Druid (13 Reasons Why), Tyler Alvarez (American Vandal), Alexa Swinton (Emergence), Jack Messina (Manifest), Alex Boniello and Michael Lee Brown (Dear Evan Hansen), among many others, including Westport’s own Jamie Mann (Country Comfort on Netflix), Cameron Mann (Mare of Easttown on HBO), and Natalia Mann (A California Christmas on Netflix). McKeown’s clients are very busy working in many feature films, network television series, and on Broadway.