Inside TVI Actors Studio: The Acting Schools Blog
It’s not quite Thanksgiving, but TVI Actors Studio Fulltime eight week Students are celebrating anyway. Their program is over! Students from all over the world (UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, Brussels, Turkey, Russia, Denmark, to name a few) attended and worked very hard since late September. Many are staying to extend their studies. It was great having them all here! Congratulations and good work!
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Karin de la Penha, TVI Actors Studio member, is keeping busy in her acting career. She can be seen as Phyllis in Alan Ayckbourn’s “Seasons Greetings”, an Equity Showcase produced by Hudson Repertory Theatre. The show runs from November 20 to December 7, 2008, at the Vital Theater.
Karin is also playing Lady Capulet in New Perspective Theater’s outreach production of “Romeo and Juliet”. The show is at the Harlem Theater and the Baryshnikov Arts Center through the end of the school semester.
Finally, don’t miss Karin as a recurring character in the web series: www.VelvetMoonChronicles.com
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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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There are a variety of ways to exercise the acting muscles and theater in Los Angeles is a great way to do so. TVI member Pia Ambardar is performing in the West Coast Ensemble production of “Miss Witherspoon“. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays until December 14th at the El Centro Theatre in hollywood. Knock ‘em dead Pia!
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One of TVI’s latest additions, Louisa Kendrick, is now linked to Will Smith. No, no, not romantically (sorry for the scare, Jada). Louisa will be seen on December 19th, as Barry Pepper’s wife, Michelle in Seven Pounds. Seven Pounds, the latest release from Columbia Productions, is tagged as a suicidal, guilt-ridden man’s journey who attempts to make amends for his past - this gesture, which should be his end, marks his future. While that is elusive and we have no idea what that really entails. We are all going to run to the theatre and support Louisa and Will Smith. Congrats!
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TVI member, Bill Dempsey, just booked not one, but TWO guest star spot on TWO separate Showtime shows, Californication and The United States of Tara. Bill, who is represented by Horizon One Talent Management is thrilled to be back in the game. Congrats, Bill! We look forward to seeing you on the TV screen.
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TVI Actors Studio member and UK actor, Henry Hereford is currently appearing in a new production of Woyzeck at the Victory Theater in Burbank.
The Gangbusters Theatre Company, recently nominated for an Ovation Award for its ensemble of TRACERS, and twice nominated by the L.A. Weekly Awards for its outstanding ensemble work, is producing it for their last show of their seventh season. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8 and Sunday at 4 through December 14.
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Congratulations to TVI Student, Leandra Ramm, who has booked the new show, “Hell’s Kitchen, The Musical.” The show is aiming to open Off-Broadway in February 2009 at the Hudson Guild Theatre. You can catch a fundraising concert version of the show at the Triad Theater on Wednesday, December 3rd at 8pm. Call 212.362.2590 for more information.
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One of our newest members, Philip Sisson, just recently enrolled in TVI’s Commercial Agent Series. It seems to have panned out nicely for him. After the first week, when he met Alicia Ruskin from Kazarian, Spencer, Ruskin and Associates, they called him in for an interview. Two days later he was a brand, spanking new client. Way to go!!
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