Congrats to Jenna Caswell who just shot the role of Kelly on Guiding Light. Kelly gets into an argument with her boyfriend in the park, so Jenna got to put her acting chops to good use. She met both Rob Decina and Alison Goodman here at TVI Actors Studio and obviously made a good impression on them. Way to go
From the category archives:
Television
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TVI member, Danna Brady, just signed with the newly formed Theatrical Division of Mademoiselle Talent Agency. Danna, who’s credits include The Young and the Restless, 12 epsiodes on MTV’s Undressed, and several feature films, is excited by this new development and can wait to benefit from this business relationship. Congrats, Danna.
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TVI Member, Debbie Campbell is on a very good run of things. A few weeks after booking Chuck, she booked a principal role on Emmy winning CBS soap, The Young and The Restless. Watch for her in episode 9038 (airing Tuesday 12/9), as a flirty Genoa City ER nurse. She treats a patient and then accidentally reveals some confidential paternity information.
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Last night TVI launched a new 4 week acting class series. Lead by instructors Russell Boast and Debi Manwiller, winner of 2 Primetime Emmys and another 16 nominations.
Both Debi and Russell work in partnership with Rick Pagano, in he firm Pagano / Manwiller.
In addition to casting the TV series “24″ Debi Manwiller has a magnificent amount of prominent film and TV credits. Russell Boast, besides casting features and TV, is a well recognized theatre director in Los Angleles, and has worked with actors such as Laurence Fishburne in “Tortured”, Angelina Jolie in Beyond Borders, and Dennis Farina in “Bottle Shock”
Their class is at TVI Actors Studio Los Angeles branch on Thursday evenings.
[pictured from L to R: Debi Manwiller, Russell Boast and Alan Nusbaum]
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The winners of the 24th annual Artios Awards for casting were announced Monday, November 10, 2008 in New York at ” Carolines on Broadway” and in Los Angeles at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel.
The Casting Director list of winners are:
Studio Feature - Drama: Ellen Chenoweth
Jo Edna Boldin (Location Casting), "No Country for Old Men"
Studio Feature - Comedy: Mindy Marin
Coreen Mayrs (Location Casting) /
Heike Brandstatter (Location Casting), "Juno"
Independent Feature - Drama/Comedy: Donna Morong
Carolyn
Pickman (Location Casting) / *, "Gone Baby Gone"
Low Budget Feature - Drama/Comedy: Jason L. Wood, "Park"
Television Pilot - Drama: Beth Bowling
/ Kim Miscia, "Mad Men"
Television Pilot - Comedy: Meg Liberman
/ Cami Patton, "Pushing Daisies"
Television Series - Drama: Julie Tucker
/ *, "Damages"
Television Series - Comedy: Meg Liberman / Cami Patton
Jennifer
Lare, "Pushing Daisies"
Television Movie: David Rubin / Richard Hicks
Lori S. Wyman
(Location Casting) / Kathleen Chopin (Location Casting) / *, "Recount"
Mini Series: Kathleen Chopin / *, "John Adams"
Children’s Series Programming: Carol Goldwasser / Howard Meltzer, "Hannah
Montana"
Animation TV Programming: Gillian O’Neill, "Rick & Steve, The
Happiest Gay
Couple In All The World"
Daytime Series: Judy Blye Wilson, "All My Children"
Broadway Theater - Drama: Bernard Telsey / Will Cantler, "The Homecoming"
Broadway Theater - Comedy: Jim Carnahan, "Boeing-Boeing"
Broadway Theater - Musical: Bernard Telsey / Bethany Knox,
"In the Heights"
Off Broadway - Comedy/Drama/Musical: James Calleri, "The Seagull"
Los Angeles Theater: Erika Sellin, "The History Boys"
Regional Theater (L.O.R.T.): Will Cantler and Bernard Telsey,
"33 Variations"
*shared credit with non-member
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Matt DeCapua, former TVI Member turned Career Coach, has been missed the last few months in our New York Office. But with a busy career working on stage in Florida and the currently running William Saroyan classic The Time of Your Life at the Storm Theatre in NYC and his performance on last night’s Law & Order: SVU, we couldn’t be happier for him. Still, he could come visit every now and then. Maybe we’ll see him in the next Jonathan Strauss (casting director for Law & Order: SVU) class here at TVI.
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TVI New York Career Coach and Actor, Fajer Al-Kaisi, will be appearing on ABC Primetime News in their News reality segment entitled, “What Would You Do If,” starring John Quinones. Fajer will be playing a Muslim husband trying to buy a house. This episode is set to air sometime in November/December, so make sure to keep an eye out for the fabulous Fajer!
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One of our TVI New York members, Ian Koranek, is making a name for himself on the local stand up comedy circuit. Catch Ian at the Broadway Comedy Club on 53d street between 8th and 9th ave for - and I quote - ‘a solid set of jokes on pop culture, religion and some blue stuff’. Showtime is at 7 pm sharp and cover is $10 with a 2 drink minimum. When Ian isn’t taking to the stages of New York, he is here at TVI honing his acting skills and participating in the exclusive member workshops. Most recently he has been seen by Erika Jensen of James Calleri Casting (Lipstick Jungle, NY primetime series) Catch Erika Jensen again if you can next month for another round of workshops. Call your TVI Consultants at 212 302 1900 as space is limited
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TVI alumna Jeannie Sconzo has just booked her 9th Under-5 role on All My Children playing a nurse. She’s bringing her real-life experience to the role, so it’s no wonder her work is so well received. And like a true actorpreneur, Jeannie produced When Beliefs Are Questioned - and stars in this new film.
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TVI Actors Studio Member, Jack “Cyclone” Silfen will appear on the premier season of Life on Mars. Can you believe Harvey Keitel can take this powerhouse down? Don’t miss Cyclone’s great role and the fight sequence of the season.
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