So the saying goes, “It’s who you know!”. I say it’s not who you know but who knows you, because if a director or producer or casting director is not thinking of you when they are casting then the adage does not apply. So how do you get people to know you when you’re just starting out? Well, you’re doing it, industry workshops, lectures, mailings and networking…you are doing it right?! Okay so here is the challenge: Make a list of the people who would recognize your name if your agent called them or your picture crossed their desk. If you are taking Randy Becker’s class at TVI, he is a film Producer at Acuna Entertainment that you can add to your list. Don’t be discouraged if the list is initially small. These are the people you will keep informed of your bookings, shows, episode airings on a regular basis via postcards, these are your Peeps. Next make a list of people you want to be on your Peeps list. Then meet them at a workshop and put your best foot forward!
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Tonight in Baltimore, MD, Maryland Talent Agent Scott Goodhue from Taylor Royall and TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum are presenting “Navigating a successful acting career in Baltimore, NY and Los Angeles. Check in is at 6:30pm, with a 7:00pm start time.
To register go to the TVI web site.
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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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TVI Dialect Reduction Teacher, Andrea Odinov, just got hitched this Saturday. Even after all the fun and festivities, Andrea was on time and eager to teach her international students the Standard American Dialect. Taking a picture for the blog? Not so much. Congrats, Andrea and here’s to your future!
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Come see Tracey Rooney in Theatre Neo’s adaptation of “Family of Mann” and she plays the lead- Belinda- the newest writer on sitcom spinoff of Family Ties in 1994 (it’s based on her first tv working for Family Ties showrunner Gary David Goldberg)
Tracey claims “It’s the most challenging part I’ve had in a loong, loong time and I would LOVE your advice, collaboration, thoughts about it as it is the kind of show that I will NEVER be finished working on and figuring out…. (I will buy you drinks after! tempted yet? ..) The cast is SO GREAT and you’ll even get to see me and a hot guy make out in our underwear.
Tickets are a $25 but you can get them for 1/2 price on
Goldstar for the next 2 weekends!
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Congratulations and a hearty ‘break a leg’ to Bill Mootots, who has had quite the season. Bill will be starring in not one, but TWO shows in the Boston area. First off he will be playing Warwick in St- Joan at the Wheelock Family Theatre in Boston, and shortly thereafter will be rounding out the season by appearing in the Hanover Center for The Performing Arts’ production of A Christmas Carol. Looks like that Alaine Aldaffer class helped with something! Ask your consultants about her Theatrical auditioning intensive coming up December 11th.
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This past Saturday Philadelphia was alive with local talent attending an all day intensive with prominent Philadelphia casting director Diane Heery (pictured right) at Heery Casting. NYC casting director Kimberly Hope, of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, traveled to Philly as well to teach students in this on camera class. Students spent half the day with each teacher. To learn more about the upcoming intensive at Heery Casting with Daryl Eisenberg, who casts for CW’s Gossip Girl, call TVI Actors Studio in New York at 212-302-1900. There are teen and adult sections available.
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This weekend TVI was lucky to play host to casting director Ross Meyerson. Ross, casts for Julie Tucker Casting, works on such New York Hits as “Rescue Me“and “Damages“. Their office just began casting the new Edie Falco series “Nurse Jackie.” If you haven’t met Ross yet, you really should check out his intensive.
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One of TVI New York’s favorite duos, Mary Clay Boland (Head of Casting, As the World Turns) and Katharina Eggman (CBS Primetime Casting Director) are back for one of our most popular intensives this November. Mary Clay is just coming off an Emmy win for casting ATWT this year, and Katharina is looking forward to an especially busy pilot season.
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