Latest News and Audition Highlights
July 2023
SAG-AFTRA Strong! Supporting the strike until the AMPTP comes back to the table with fair, living wages and protections for all TV and Film actors.
Still available for Audiobooks, Commercials, Theatre, VoiceOver, and other independent projects.
May and June 2023
Wedding and Honeymoon!
March 27th, 2023
Heading to New York for the Audiobook Publishers Associate Conference
March 24th, 2023
NBC's Grand Crew S2 Ep4 out now with a scene between Savannah and Nicole Byer!
March 3rd, 2023
Staged reading of Marjorie Muller's new play The Sporting Life directed by April Webster, CSA at The Road Theatre. Savannah played dad's new serial killer new girlfriend who mentors a teen girl into the bloody world of womanhood.
Feb 6th, 2023
Desert Rose: A Cowgirl Sunset, Savannah's first audiobook, written by E.M. Courtney, debuted on Audible!
Oct 2023
Shot recurring role for an indie pilot!
Shot a co-star role for season 2 of a network TV show!
Sept 3, 2022
Savannah will be graduating with her MFA in Acting from Northwestern University!
July 29-31, 2022
Savannah will be appearing in the the hilarious comedy Dance Nation by Clare Barron and directed by Kristen Fitzgerald at the Virginia Wadsworth Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts!
May 20-21, 2022
Savannah will be performing multiple characters in Madeleine George's Precious Little as part of the Downtown Ensemble production series at the Downtown Chicago Wirtz Center.
April 1-3, 2022
Savannah was honored to be part of the ensemble of 75 artists that collaborated on the RTVF MFA Playwright Showcase Festival at the Downtown Chicago Wirtz Center. She played the lead in Alexandria Joyce's Misericordia.
November 2022
If you are on American Airlines this month, you might be lucky in enough to hear Savannah's voice as the lead VO for one of the inflight commercials!
July 2022
Theatres are opening back up!! Savannah can be seen in the first MFA Acting ensemble devised production of The Phantom Tollbooth directed by David Catlin and Jerrell Henderson at the Barber Theatre at the Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts.
May 20, 2021
Revenger's Tragedy, and Zoom production, is now available for viewing. Savannah plays 6 parts in a 3 person ensemble!
September 2020
Savannah starts her MFA in Acting at Northwestern this month!
Aug 22, 2019
Episode 8 of Escape the Night Season 4 released on Youtube Premium. It features, Savannah as the firstmate of the pirates that are the main villains of the episode! Savannah is honored and excited to be asked back for another season of the show!
Aug 1st 2019
Savannah is now being represented by Eileen O'Farrell Personal Managment!
May 18th, 2019
Savannah is going to The Portland Comedy Film Festivals to support the short film "Home Entertainment". She and the rest of the cast are nominated for the Outstanding Ensemble Award.
March 26th, 2019
Filmed "I Do Not!" a beautiful short film in the middle of a gorgeous field in Calabasas, CA
March 2019
Booked, rehearsed, and shot an episode of a TV show!
Feb 2019
Cast and Crew/Friends and Family Screening of "Arcadia 51/50"! Savannah's directorial debut! She co-wrote and co-produced a webseries pilot about asian gangs.
January 2019
Hired as a cast member for a research project production of The Trojan Women for the University of Maryland!
January 2019
Wrote, directed in a short in 5 days! Woo!
November 2019
"Home Entertainment", a short film is appearing twice at the Austin Film Festival. Savannah is lucky to be playing one of the super outrageous principal characters!
October 2019
Savannah is now the Teaching Assistant for Jami Rudofsky's On-Going On-Camera audition class, and she couldn't be prouder!
June 26th, 2018
Escape the Night Season 3 Premiers
Savannah Appears in Ep. 1 and 2 "The Clowns Here Kill Part 1 &2" as the villain Sally Slaughter, part of the Killer Clown Family. She is also in the Making-Of episode and the end of the season!
April 28th 2018
Filming more episodes of Bad Life Choices Web Series
March 29th
Filming Episode 1 of Bad Life Choices Web Series
March 12th 2018
Shooting Promo for Next Season of the Youtube Red Series
March 5th 2018
Shooting Episodes 1 and 2 of Next Season of a Popular Youtube Red Series
March 2
Day 2 of Rehearsal of Youtube Red Series
Feb 27 2018
Day 1 of Rehearsal!!!!
Feb 18th
Table Read for Bad Life Choices
Jan 26th and 27th 2018
My directorial debut. Filming 626 AZN Webseries pilot that I co-wrote!
Jan 23 2018
CALLBACK!!!
Jan 21 2018
Filming "Supervision" a new web series.
Jan 13 2018
First Audition of 2018!
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Nov 21st 2015
THREE IN JUNE is screening at the Southern Screen Film Festival in Lafayette, LA!
Nov 8th 2015
Shot new headshots with Kat Tuohy. Lovely woman. Great experience.
Nov 1st
Savannah's first feature film THE WEDDING DRESS is now available online. She plays three different roles in three different time periods.
Oct 27th 2015
8pm at the G3 stage at The Groundlings, Advance Improv Class Show!
Oct 17th 2015
Three in June is screening at the Buffalo International Film Festival!
Oct 13th 2015
In the recording studio today. Recording voiceover for a USC Film School Animated Senior Thesis
Sept 29th 2015
First day of Advanced Improv at The Groundlings
Sept 2015
Three in June is screening in 3 cities in Kenya as part of the Filmaid International Film Festival. So honored to be associated with such a great organization!
July 30th 2015
VO Auditions for 2 commercials and 1 video game. Great day!
July 1st 2015
Savannah appears as the NURSE in Magic Mike XXL, a major motion picture starring Channing Tatum that opens today!
June 20th 2015
VO Audition for children's animation show
June 11th 2015
VO audition for new children's animation program!
June 2nd 2015
VO voice match audtion for a major Animated Film
April 29th 2015
Audition for feature film!
March 23rd 2015
Audition for an ABC Family comedy!
Feb and March 2015
Several workshops with Casting Directors at Act Now!
Dec 11th 2014
Now represented by Sumer Stamper at JLA Talent Agency
Nov 22nd 2014
Filmed a short improv scene for Drama 3/4's latest production
Nov 5th -7th 2014
Filmed Three In June in South Georgia!
Oct 29th 2014
Filmed a Major Motion Picture in Savannah, GA!
Sept 30th
Audition for a Network Single-Cam Comedy!
Sept 25th 2014
BOOKED the role of Nurse in a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!!!!!
Sept 18th 2014
Kickstarter lauched for the short film, Three in June!
Please CONTRIBUTE! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1587408266/three-in-june
Sept 15th 2014
Second callback for a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE in Atlanta, Georgia!
Sept 12th 2014
Callback for a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!
August 29th 2014
Now represented by John Tae Lee at Consortium Entertainment!
August 25 2014
Audition for a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE!
August 16 2014
Planning meeting for new webseries with Riley Rose Critchlow and BFT Comedy
August 16 2014
New Dramatic Reel in Video Section
August 8 2014
Voting Campain started for short film idea, Three in June, written by Allison Mattox and starring Savannah Southern-Smith. To read description and VOTE, click here: http://tmb.fm/1tZYVbV
July 22, 2014
First VO class with Debi Derryberry
July 16 2014
Start of Tim Payne workshop at Act Now!
July 15 2014
Start of Eric Souliere workshop at Act Now!
July 12 2014
Opening night of Much Ado About Nothing
June 24 2014
Rehearsals start for Much Ado About Nothing at Theatricum Botanicum.
June 10 2014
Started classes with VO Casting Director Donna Grillo.
June 2014
The Wedding Dress is finally out of post production. Soon to be released at festivals, in theaters, and online!
May 22 2014
Started commercial classes with Kevin McCorkle!
April 29 2014
Signed with Portia Scott for Voice Over at Coast to Coast!
March 4 2014
Great workshop with Kendra Patterson!
March 1 2014
Table read of new pilot that we at Bowling For Tiffany wrote!
Feb 13 2014
Start of 3-week workshop with Krysti Baxter.
Jan 27 2014
Start of Groundlings Intermediate!
Nov 21 2013
New Commercial Voice Over Demo!
Nov 9 2013
Three week workshop with Jamie Harlan at Act Now!
Nov 8 2013
Bowling for Tiffany now has a channel on Funny or Die! As of today, LONG TIME NO SEE, SURPRISE PARTY, and LONG TIME NO SEE, and 100% Nude Perfect all have over 100K views!
Oct 23 2013
Bowling for Tiffany's 4th annual Halloween Sketch Show
Sept 21 2013
Savannah is producing Bowling for Tiffany Sketches under the SAG-AFTRA New Media Contract
Sept 15 2013
Three week workshop with Michael McCaskey at Act Now!
Sept 6-8 2013
Filmed UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES on location in Ventura, CA.
Aug 31 2013-
Savannah got cast in Edouard Marchand's short film UNFORSEEN CONSEQUENCES!
Aug 28 2013-
Finished recording all the spots for my commercial VO demo!
Aug 13 2013-
Two week workshop with Jamie Castro at Act Now!
Aug 11 2013-
Three week workshop with Eric Souliere at Act Now!
Aug 10 2013-
Two week workshop with Scott David at Act Now!
July 22- Aug 4 2013-
Shooting Paul Chitlik's THE WEDDING DRESS!
July 18 2013-
Bowling for Tiffany's summer sketch show.
July 13 2013-
Second One-on-One workshop with Portia Scott-Hicks!
July 8 2013-
Savannah got cast in her first feature film, THE WEDDING DRESS, directed by Paul Chitlik. She will play THREE different roles in three different time periods! First paid SAG-AFTRA gig!
July 2 2013-
CALLBACK for film THE WEDDING DRESS
June 18 2013-
Savannah joined SAG-AFTRA!
June 8-9 2013-
Filmed LIVIN' LARGE pilot with director and writer Stacee Reich.
May 14 2013-
Savannah got cast as the lead in Livin Large- a pilot for a webseries about a plus size model taking on LA. It shoots in early June.
May 10 2013-
Voice Over Class with Steve Reisberg
May 2013-
Savannah's reel is now available on this site, LA Casting, and Actors Access.
April 8 2013-
First Voiceover workshop EVER! Amazing work! Love this industry! Thank you Portia Scott-Hicks and Donna Grillo!
March 16 2013-
Bowling for Tiffany Sketch show at iO West.
February 23 2013-
Day trip to Santa Cruz and Marin for auditions.
December 28th 2012-
New Headshots in Atlanta
October- November 2012-
Basic Improv Class at The Groundlings.
Savannah passed the course and will be taking the next level Summer 2013
Sept 1st 2012-
Final performance of Measure for Measure!
Aug 29th 2012-
Showcase at The Casting Network.
July 19th 2012-
Bowling For Tiffany Sketch comedy filmed two of their favorite sketches, Cranberries and Surprise Party, in Larchmont. Final cuts will be ready in late September.
July 7th 2012-
Savannah will be stepping into the lead role of Isabella in Measure for Measure at Theatricum Botanicum.
Show starts at 4pm. Tickets can be purchased at Theatricum.com
June 12th and 26th 2012-
Bowling For Tiffany presents a new half-hour show at iO West on Hollywood Blvd at 7:30pm
June 5th 2012-
Backstage Critic David C. Nichols says:
"Savannah Southern-Smith as a smartly understated
Mariana...[is one of the] other standouts..."
http://www.backstage.com/review/la-theater/la-review-measure-for-measure/
June 2nd 2012-
Measure for Measure opened to the public and is now a Los Angeles Times Critics Choice and a Backstage Critic's Pick!
March 26th 2012-
BIG NEWS! Savannah is cast as Marianna in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure at Theatricum Botanicum! Show opens to the public in June. PLUS, she will also be understudying the role of Ellie in Shaw's Heartbreak House! Details for both shows to follow soon!
Bowling for Tiffany Sketch show announced for April 27th @ 10:30 at Theatre Asylum on Santa Monica Blvd!
March 15th 2012-
Savannah got a callback for two roles for the summer rep season at Theatricum Botanicum!
January 27th 2012- February 5th 2012-
Savannah is shooting Midnight Sunshine, a short film produced by graduate students in the Peter Stark Producing Program in the USC School of Cinematic Arts. She plays Jackie, the "full of life" best friend, and is having a ball improvising and making the crew laugh.
February 1st 2012-
Showcase for 5 agents at The Casting Network in Valley Village, CA!
December 2011-
Savannah started attending workshops with casting directors at the Actor's Key and The Casting Network.
Friday October 28th 2011-
Bowling for Tiffany Presents:
Annual Notorious Halloween Sketch Show!
@ Theatre Asylum on Santa Monica Blvd
10:30pm
October 14th 2011-
Shooting comedic short, The Wii Dilemma, with Ben Giroux and Ray Chase for their web series, Awkward Universe.
Friday September 16th 2011-
BOWLING FOR TIFFANY SKETCH COMEDY!
The BFF Show Featuring CLAY ELLIOT
@ iO West on Hollywood Blvd
$10 tickets at the door.
September 14th 2011-
Shooting New Media Project, The Babysitter, with Rocky Collins and Josephine Ganner. Savannah plays two characters: Purple Patti, the leader of the children's show, and the off-screen voice of Mrs. Loomis.
September 12th 2011-
StageSceneLA honors Savannah with a nomination for an award for OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN UNDERSTUDY for her work on Caught. Thank you StageSceneLA!
July 30th 2011-
Savannah was asked to step in for opening weekend of Rose Cottages at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum. She learned the part in one night, and with three days of rehearsal, the show went magnificently! The role was Ginger, the "selfish, tarty" daughter-in-law that would have been right at home on Jersey Shore. If only all shows could be this fun!
June 26th 2011-
Caught the play has been extended for a fifth and final time. It is now the longest running play in Los Angeles. For the past 8 months, Savannah has been the understudy for the role of Krystal, the innocent but sassy preacher's daughter from south Georgia.
Please check back here for upcoming performances that will include Savannah. In the meantime, please visit the link on the right for other production news.
June 19th 2011-
Bowling for Tiffany Sketch Comedy Group had their 3rd show at IO West on Hollywood Blvd. With only six of the ten member ensemble in town, they still had the audience in stitches, and finished the show with their latest...and crunkest dance sketch yet.
Check out videos from past shows at Bowling for Tiffany's youtube page.
Photo from the 60's portion of THE WEDDING DRESS directed by
Paul Chitlik. https://www.facebook.com/#!/theweddingdressfilm