WHAT IS AAF INVITATIONAL?
Arizona's Premier
Acting Invitational
Hollywood stopped looking at Arizona.
We're changing that.
AAF is not a conference.
It's a curated weekend for fifty selected actors, training and performing in front of LA agents and managers who actually sign talent.
Apply by May 25th.
Show up ready.
Walk out with relationships that move careers.
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Participants will:
✓ Train with The Big 3
✓ Perform for confirmed LA agents and managers
✓ Get direct feedback from people who sign actors
✓ Leave with relationships that move careers
Acting Students
Watch professional actors compete in real time. See what your career looks like at the level above where you are now.
Filmmakers & Creatives
Cast your next project from a curated talent pool. Build with actors who train at LA standards in your own backyard.
Agents & Managers
Meet fifty pre-vetted Arizona actors who paid to be in the room. No tire-kickers. No talent-show energy. Real signing pool.
Actors & Performers
Train with working coaches. Perform for confirmed agents. Walk out with relationships that didn't exist Friday.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Built for serious actors.
Open to the industry that serves them.
AAF is not a meetup. It's a weekend built for the people doing the work and the industry that wants to find them.
Expo Floor
Headshots. Self-tape studios. Hair & makeup. Wardrobe. Editors. Every service an actor needs, in one room.
Career Acceleration
Direct feedback from agents and managers. Names and emails of people who saw you work.
Live Performances
You perform. They watch and take notes. The room is the audition.
One Weekend. Real Industry. Real Outcomes.
WHAT YOU'LL EXPERIENCE
This is what happens between Friday morning and Sunday night.
Acting Competition
Bracket-style. High stakes. Industry leaders are watching. The Founders Class is decided here.
Romeo Brown
Founder • Actor • Coach • Mentor
Do the work. Book the work.
I spent years as an actor wondering if anyone was ever going to see my work. Now I'm on HBO's Lanterns. I've worked on Shameless, SWAT, Dave, All Rise, and FBI: Most Wanted. I didn't get there because I was handed instant access.
I got there because I trained like the job was already mine and refused to wait for permission.
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I built All or Nothing Acting Studio because I felt I could make a difference, change lives, and if nothing else...build something that other’s could build off of.
AON is not a place to try acting. It's a place to build a professional. Truth, discipline, and booking-ready preparation. That's the work.
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Arizona Actors Fest is the next step. Two days. Fifty selected actors. LA agents and managers in the room, watching you work. The industry has never come to Arizona like this before. They're coming once, and they're coming because we built a room worth their time.
As a coach, my job is not to make you feel good about yourself. My job is to confront the limiting beliefs that are keeping you stuck, sharpen the emotional access most training skips, and give you the audition psychology you need to book the work. That's it.​
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Do the work. Book the work.
If you're serious, this is the room.
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This isn't a class. It's a movement. The Founders Class of 2026 is the first chapter. The question is whether you're in it.
Brandon Hirsch
Scene Work Architect • Emotional Truth Specialist • Actor
Brandon Hirsch is a performance coach specializing in emotionally grounded, truthful acting. He helps actors move beyond surface choices and develop depth, vulnerability, and authentic connection in their scene work. At AAF, Brandon guides performers through transformative training that strengthens emotional access and sharpens instinct. He is the founder of Elemental Acting Studio in Nashville, TN.
AAF brings together influential voices from across the film and performance industry, professionals who are actively shaping the future of storytelling and discovering new talent. This is your opportunity to learn directly from decision-makers, connect with experienced creatives, and gain insights that can elevate your career beyond the stage and screen.
Meet Your Coaches
Audition Strategy Expert • Booking Coach • Industry Technician
Max Decker is an audition strategy expert focused on helping actors succeed in today's competitive casting environment. From self-tapes to callbacks, he teaches structured, confident audition techniques that convert talent into bookings. At AAF, Max equips actors with practical tools to deliver bold, controlled, and casting-ready performances. Max is the founder of MAD Acting Studio in Los Angeles, California.
Max Decker
Romeo, Brandon, and Max work the actor from three angles in two days. Truth. Audition technique. Career positioning.
The Founders Class leaves with all three, not one.
Three Coaches • Three Disciplines • One Competitive Edge
Fifty selected actors. The first cohort.
A line on every resume that says you were here when AAF started.
Train
Featuring the Founders Class of 2026
Truth, audition strategy, and career positioning. No theory. Working coaches teaching working actors.
AAF INVITATIONAL
Perform
Connect
LA agents and managers in the audience. Real auditions. Real notes. Real outcomes. from LA agents, managers, and industry professionals.
Forty-nine other serious AZ actors in the room with you. Plus the LA reps you'll be emailing Monday. These relationships last a decade.
"This is what the room feels like"
Testimonials
NOT 'acting' but being honest has freed me, and that’s one of the tools I’ve received from EAS!!"
I have also learned how to trust my instincts so much more which has freed me up to play and enjoy the process rather than being bogged down by perfection
I had never seen a cold reading technique taught or even mentioned in the classes and studios I was at prior to Elemental... Knowing absolutely nothing about the scene or character before presenting it was terrifying and so liberating
This particular method of teaching allows me to think deeper and faster on my feet. I feel more honesty in my acting than just performing for an audience.
Dajanae Cole
Shaina Chavez
Jean Leon
Cunningham
What you get when you make the cut
Fifty actors. Two days. The full curriculum is included in the $300 confirmation fee. No upsells. No bolt-ons. The room is the product.
✓ Two full days of training with The Big 3
✓ Live scene work in front of LA industry
✓ Direct feedback from agents who actually sign actors
✓ Sunday night afterparty in Old Town Scottsdale
✓ A 90-day post-event plan you build with our coaches
✓ Founders Class of 2026 credit. Permanent. On every resume.
Founders Class of 2026
The Founders Class of 2026 is the inaugural cohort.
That credit doesn't expire. In 2030, when you're asked how long you've been doing this seriously, the answer starts with the weekend in Scottsdale.
Apply to the Founders Class of 2026
Applications include a current headshot, resume, and a 2-minute monologue clip.
$50 application fee.
Selected actors confirm their seat with the $300 attendance fee.
Only fifty actors are accepted into the Founders Class of 2026.
Applications include a current headshot, resume, and a 2-minute monologue clip.
$50 application fee.
Selected actors confirm their seat with the $300 attendance fee.
Only fifty actors are accepted into the Founders Class of 2026.