A-List Casting Director Leah Daniels-Butler Presents: The LDB Actors Symposium 2026 National Tour!  

Leah brings her two-day acting and audition technique intensive to  The Actor's Apothecary in New Orleans on Sat May 30th & Sun May 31st!!

The LDB Actors Symposium is an intense, 2-day acting and audition technique educational workshop taught by A-List Casting Director, Leah Daniels-Butler. Learn from the casting director who casts some of the biggest shows on television and biggest movies on screen with many of her projects previously filmed and cast here in the Southeast!  Credits include WILL TRENT (ABC), ALL AMERICAN (CW), THE MS. PAT SHOW (BET), FOUND (NBC), EMPIRE (FOX).  Films include FIGHT NIGHT (Taraji P. Henson, Don Cheadle, Samuel Jackson), THE BLACKENING (Jermaine Fowler, Yvonne Orji), Oscar-winner Lee Daniels' PRECIOUS, PAPERBOY (Nicole Kidman), RUTH & BOAZ (Netflix), RELATIONSHIP GOALS (Kelly Rowland, Method Man), THE BUTLER (Oprah Winfrey, Forest Whitaker), UNITED STATES VS BILLIE HOLIDAY, COMING 2 AMERICA and more!!  Ever wonder why you're not getting the part, the callback or why you're not even getting the audition?  Leah teaches acting techniques that inspire actors to make stronger, more honest acting choices. We cover self-tapes, one-on-one on-camera scene work, improvisation techniques to bring out your individual uniqueness, cold readings, prepared readings, the business of acting, headshot review and lots more!  

The Actor's Apothecary students get $25 off the registration price! To register and receive $25 off, visit https://LDBCasting.com/workshops/new-orleans then select the Split Payment option.  Submit your deposit then email us at LDBActors@gmail.com to let us know you are an Actor's Apothecary member!   We will then send you a separate link to pay the discounted balance.  You may pay this discounted balance anytime before class begins on Sat, May 30th.  

Follow Leah and the LDB Casting Team on Instagram @LDBCasting @LDBActorsSymposium to get updates and to get a look at our past cities and what actors are saying about the LDBAS tour!!

THE LEAH DANIELS-BUTLER ACTORS SYMPOSIUM: NEW ORLEANS MAY 2026Saturday, May 30, 2026 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm

Sunday, May 31, 2026 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm

*Attendance required both days*

LOCATION  

The Actor's Apothecary
1506 Prytania Street
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

Next Cold Read

Sunday May 31st

Featuring local playwrights and screen writers’ works in progress by cold casting local actors to fill the roles within one hour of prep.

The scripts are read out loud to a public audience.

Free Community Event.

If you have a play or screen play you would like to submit, please email us at theactorsapothecary@gmail.com

Two Friends Improv Team is one of the best teams in New Orleans. Catch one of their hilarious shows twice a month.

The First Wednesday of every month

&

The Third Saturday of every month

$10 at the door