Teachers and Actors and Babies… oh my. TVI Actors Studio is not only brimming with accomplished actors and teachers, but we also have the next generation of actors at the bright age of 7 months preparing for a bright future in the world of arts. Jason King Jones, a TVI teacher and Artistic Associate of The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, juggles a full-time job as a director, teacher and daddy to daughter, Gwendolyn. What a cute name. Jason and his wife chose the name after nine months of deliberation. All my parents could think of was ‘Leigh’ for a girl or ‘Lee’ for a boy. Hence, my name is Leigh.
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Michael Chmiel, an actor at TVI Actors Studio, has been doing lots of Regionally and New York Theatre. And now he’s back at Theatre Row, doing the do. You can now see him as Belzanor in Resonance Ensemble’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s Caesar & Cleopatra at the Clurman Theatre at Theatre Row. Checkout the link if you’d like to learn more.
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Jennifer Upthegrove, which is the most amazing name ever, launched a full-on mailing attack to Commercial agents with the help of herTVI consultant, me. Low-and-Behold, one of the agents she picked was Joe Thompson from the Commercial Print department at Abrams Artists.
Why him you ask? Well, his name was the same as her sister’s ex. So it just seemed right. And it was. He called her after receiving her submission and now they’re working together. And luckily, Joe is not her sister’s ex. Congrats, Jennifer.
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TVI NY Career Coach, Fajer Al-Kaisi, has a callback in Philadelphia this Monday for the leading role of “Ashraf” in the play, “Jihad Jones and the Kalishnakov Babes,” directed by Seth Rozin. The play will be put on in Philadelphia at the Interact Theater in March of 2009. Speaking of Philadelphia, we have some great workshops coming up, including one with Gossip Girl Casting director, Daryl Eisenberg. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity–For more information, call 212.302.1900
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TVI Member George Williams can add the new TNT drama Leverage to his already extensive resume. Leverage stars Academy Award-Winner Timothy Hutton and will begin airing this fall. The show is cast by April Webster, whose staff often does workshops at TVI.
George attributes his booking success to constantly attending casting director workshops. While a member at TVI, George has also appeared on The Middleman, American Heiress, House and E-Ring.
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TVI Member, Debbie Campbell just shot an episode of NBC’s Chuck with award-winning TV director Ken Whittingham. Look for her this December in episode 2.10 as she help Chuck get out of yet another jam.
Also, if you haven’t yet seen her Swiffer commercial, you’re missing thirty seconds of sheer perfection.
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See TVI Member Tony “TC” Clemons this weekend on Fox NFL Sunday! He is in a Sketch with the hilarious Frank Caliendo in the segment “Franks Picks” during the NFL Pre-game show. Click Here to see TC in a Fox Football segment from last year with Jimmy Kimmel!
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Last I heard from Stevel Marc he was leaving the Great Pyramids in Giza and headed to The Great Wall of China to finish his Commercial Shoot for Foundry Premium Cider. As soon as he is done he will be shooting a DETTOL commercial in Europe. Stevel recently completed his training in TVI’s Full Time Program in Los Angeles.
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Who else better to cast Lipstick Jungle then Erica Jensen from Calleri Casting? We’re about to take her picture at TVI Actors Studio and right on cue she opens her cosmetics case and finds her favorite cute lipstick before the shot, and soon finds herself in a consultant sandwich with the former TVI consultant, Brian Patacca, and new consultant, Fajer Al-kaisi, right before she runs into class looking fabulous. It’s a jungle out there.
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TVI member and professional voice-artist, Marieve Herington, lends her voice in support of the Democratic party with a new Sarah Palin doll. The Sarah doll, that will hit retailers soon, has Marieve saying such popular catch phrases as “Drill, Baby. Drill!” With this, Marieve is jumping on the Palin-parody train as started by SNL’s Tina Fey. In addition to this, you can here Marieve’s voicing the title character in the soon to be released fairy series “Pearlie” by Nelvana.
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