Chris Freihofer
Director and Founder
Audition for Film & Television
Getting Started in the Industry
Chris Freihofer has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years as an actor, theatre director, theatre producer, acting teacher and casting director. He has appeared in motion pictures, network television and national commercials, while being an active member of the Screen Actors Guild. For ten years Freihofer served as Artistic Director of Stone Soup Theatre, and for four years as Producing Artistic Director of Duty Free Productions, producing over 65 stage plays and directing dozens more. In early 2004 he launched Freihofer Casting. In just a short time, Freihofer quickly became the leading casting director in the state of Oklahoma with several feature films, national and regional commercials and cable television credits on his resume. Acting credits include Eye of God, O, Ruffian, The Year Without a Santa Claus, Inspector Mom, the television series Prison Break, Wildfire, Walker, Texas Ranger, the recent Oliver Stone film W, and the upcoming films The Exterminators with Heather Graham and Leaves of Grass with Edward Norton and Keri Russell.Casting credits include the current film The Killer Inside Me with Casey Affleck, the 2009 Sundance Film Festival film Barking Water, the 2007 Sundance award-winning film Four Sheets to the Wind, the upcoming films Pearl, The Downwinders, The Familiar, and the recent films Splinter, The Gray Man, Elizabethtown and the pilot for the TV series Saving Grace. He has also cast hundreds of commercials and several cable television projects.
Since 1996 he has taught acting and auditioning techniques privately, as well as guest lecturing in high schools, universities, film festivals and theatre conferences. He has long been associated with the Oklahoma Summer Arts Institute, adjudicating acting auditions every year since 1995, and currently serves as the chair of the Theatre Advisory Panel.
Darryl Cox
Acting for the Camera
Advanced Camera Technique
Young Performers - Advanced Camera Technique
Darryl Cox is a veteran actor of film and television with over 40 credits on his resume. He has attained near cult status with his performance in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket with Luke and Owen Wilson ("Don't call me an idiot, punk"), but has also worked with directors Oliver Stone, Clint Eastwood, Mark Pellington, Paul Verhoeven, Jan DeBont and many, many others. Other film appearances include A Perfect World, Arlington Road, Necessary Roughness, JFK and Four Sheets to the Wind, and more. Television credits include the series Prison Break, Family Law, NYPD Blue, L.A. Law, General Hospital, and Walker, Texas Ranger, and the television movies North and South, Frequent Flyer, King of the World, Adam, His Song Continues and many more. He has been an active member of Screen Actors Guild for over 20 years.
Darryl has taught Acting for the Camera in several universities for nearly 15 years, and is well regarded as the finest teacher of the craft in the region. The Actor Factory is proud to have Darryl as one of its first regular faculty members.
Rebecca McCauley
Improvisation for the Actor
Improv Performance
Rebecca McCauley appears regularly in film, theatre, radio commercials and on stage, performing improv and theatre. She is clearly a member of the A-list of performers in the area, and a favorite of casting directors across the region, mainly due to her ease and comfort in improv in auditions. She is either a past or current member of the improv groups Baloney Rodeo, Babies With Rabies and Comedy Bowl. Her film credits include PEARL, the recent cult hit RAINBOW AROUND THE SUN, as well as major roles in the film festival hit MAKING ARRANGEMENTS and the Lifetime film A CHRISTMAS CHILD. Her television credits include THE YIPPIE YI YO SHOW, ZION 7 and MASTER MECHANIC. Her voice is heard in countless radio and television commercials both locally and regionally, but it is her amazing talent as an improv and sketch actor that brings her to teach at The Factory.
Alissa Millar
Character Study
Young Performers Character Study
Alissa has portrayed some of the stage's greatest female roles at theatres across the country, has appeared in film, televsion and commercials, and has taught her unique blend of Meisner, Stanislavsky and Adler at Butler University, Indiana Rep and currently at The University of Oklahoma. Television credits include "J.A.G.", "Murder, She Wrote", and "Beverly Hills 90210." Regional theatre includes Pheonix Theatre, Victory Gardens, Falcon Players, Indiana Rep, Southwest Repertory Theatre. She is also an accomplished voice artist, lending her voice to such national clients as Red Baron Pizza, Clean Skies TV and Cellular One, but locals know her as the voice of Riverwind Casino ("It's what winning feels like").
Laura Spencer
Young Performers - Audition for Camera
Laura is a professional actor, having just filmed the role of Zoe in the major feature film Dead of Night with Brandon Routh. This year, she appeared in the 2009 Sundance Film Festival film Barking Water in the role of Wendy. Upcoming roles include the supporting role of Joyce in the feature film Pearl, and in the leading role of Laura in the horror film The Familiar. Stage roles include The Anatomy of Gray and Lend Me a Tenor, Miss Julie and A Midsummer Night's Dream. She has her BFA in theatre from the University of Oklahoma, and is the daughter of a 30-year elementary school teacher. Elementary education, incidentally, was her first major in college before landing in her calling of acting, and she has served for three years as a third grade teacher's assistant.
She has worked as a casting assistant for Freihofer Casting on several commercials and a few films, and quickly gained an understanding of what directors are looking for from young actors.
