John Robert Powers

I checked out the wilhelmina site and that female Kelli is the one who was the manager at John Robert Powers in Baltimore who stole my debit card out of my purse when I worked there. Her and her BF at the time Lorne racked up a $400 charge on it before I got Bank of America to cancel it!!!!

Then the next day they coincidentally never came back to work!! It was back in like 2003 or 2004 but it was definitely her!!!!!!!

Can you contact me at saulein88@***.com and let me know of anyone you know sued or suing the company and the lawyer they are working with. I got screwed by them and now in need to seek legal action for my refund.

My daughter torn her ligaments and unable to attend the upcoming event in July. And with doctor's note, she can't travel. Even so, they are not refunding me.

On top the changed the date and hotel venue. And this is not what I signed up for.

I too, was duped... Well, both my mother and I.

Never pay money up front y’all. An “agent” will only get paid when you get gigs, as it were. First, I gave JRP hundreds of dollars just to sign up {They let anyone sign up. BTW.} Which, I understand they need some money to keep the school running.

But it shouldn’t cost that much. My school had to be using that money for something else ‘cause the inside looked horrible. It almost looked like a fixer•upper w/o it being fixed. Second, came the life•time membership.

We thought, ‘Oh sure! Sounds like a good idea. I don’t have any other options here.’ That was about $1,000... I think.

Teachers were teaching things they had no clue or experience in/about. Third classes were never a set time or day. You would just walk in and they’d stick you in wherever most students were. Now comes the IMTA part.

Doesn’t matter when you joined JRP. As long as you’re able or want to pay the fee, they will pitch anything they think you would go for. I payed about $5,000 thinking I’d have a much better chance to be discovered. They picked a horrible headshot and photos for my zed card.

When I got the negatives and looked through them, I found so many other photos that were so much better than the ones they used. Our teacher chaperone told me, *After* coming home, that ‘I probably didn’t get any call backs because my headshot made me look Hispanic and when the agents saw me they didn’t expect me to be some white girl.’ We get home and I still returned to go to classes {As if it would have changed. LTM} Then they tried to get me interested in going to Paris because they knew I’d be perfect there. We said no thanks!

I would have spent way more to go there than I would have in Cali. So many other things I could be pissed about. How much money I put myself into. How hard I worked for it all.

That being said, go look for auditions on your own.

Sometimes even being an extra in a scene they will pay you, keyword *Sometimes* I hope all of this helps anyone. Saving you from being scammed.

Absolutely NOT worth it.

Do you still happen to have Courtney's contact info

Of course they will call you back and get "agents" to sign them. That's part II of this process.

Then suddenly your new agent will make you get more head shots, take acting classes, making you use the people they want as they all get a cut of the money; all while you pay thousands of dollars all while not actually booking a job. I'm a member of the Screen Actors Guild, I live and work in Hollywood.

Trust me, anyone legit in the industry would beg you not to attend and save your hard earned money.

Your local community theatre is the best place for ANY child to start pursuing their dreams and it sure wont cost an arm and a leg. Most community theatres have youth workshops at little to no cost.

Dont worry about the agents for now, let them enjoy being kids, learning theatre and staying close to home. Oh, and Mom and Dad can hang on the those hard earned dollars.

Hi There,

Just curious about how it went with your daughter going to ipop? My son was called back and I was debating on taking him due to money being tight.

I was just wondering if your daughter enjoyed it and if she got anything out of the experience. Thanks!

Its about making money. If you have money to blow and can't think of a better way to take your child on a vacation, then go iPoop.

If you do the payment plan you don't belong going, no they don't accept food stamps. When you get that call back after the seminar keep in mind they will use your child against your common sense and lay down a well crafted guilt trip. All they want is your money, they will tell you what you want to hear. They will act like they are an agent and tell you "you/your child have extraordinary talent....blablabla".

Just remember that you/your child is the most talented person I have ever seen, agents will take notice the moment you arrive at iPoop and fast tract you right to the studio to offer a 360 deal...after we collect $10K from you. Did i mention our payment plan, no we don't give a discount for having a Win-Dixie card.

Thank u for this. They were practicing this deception when I worked for them at the age of 18on the late 50's.

At that age I was a teacher of modeling, fencing, social Grace's. This is after first applying for a receptionists job. No training or prior experience in any of these areas. Sorry to hear they have not changed their business practice.

Franchise or not ...

it is the responsibility of corporate to install their "mission statement" into the franchise contracts. Obviously nothing can be done in their overseas franchise but thank u for bringing this to the attention to those in the United States.

I snd others are interested in your thoughts as of 2/2024. To repeat my comments as my time as a untrained instructor for them. Hope your son had a great career because of them today.

I worked in the entertainment industry for over thirty years with years of experience as a talent agent. Not once did I ever hire or have anyone presented to me by John Robert Powers. If you are truly passionate about being an actor go with a reputable agent.

Fake fake...They don't launch careers and they are looking for money. Try talent agencies and make sure the BBB gives a rating. JRP-my rating is NO