ACTORS; YOU CAN DO THIS TOO

Here's a teenage kid who made an at home TV series with his siblings, and now it's being made into a studio feature film: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/08/movies/08fred.html

New Review of Secrets from the Casting Couch

Thanks, Guy Roberts!

http://prague.tv/articles/cinema/secrets-casting

FILM ACTING MASTER CLASS IN LONDON, "THE INNER MONOLOGUE"

New Master Class, hosted by ACTORS THEMSELVES

Film Acting: Developing an Inner Monologue

Casting Director and author of Secrets from the Casting Couch, Nancy Bishop, CSA, comes to London to teach a special master class in film technique for Actors Themselves.

Course Contents: The Inner Monologue. The camera photographs thought. While in theatre, the performer projects to the stalls, on screen the camera comes to the actor. In this master class, actors will participate in a series of exercises that develop screen presence. Actors will learn to feel comfortable in front of the camera, while fostering a varied and active inner life for an onscreen character. All participants in the class will receive a signed copy of Secrets from the Casting Couch, as part of the course.

About the book: Why is it that so many good actors don't perform well at castings? Secrets from the Casting Couch gives practical advice for actors, written from a casting director's point of view, teaching the craft of film casting in front of camera. It shows how actors can work with today's internet technologies to get cast and features advice and actual exercises that achieve results in the casting studio. The author has developed a successful approach through many years experience of working in the casting studio.

About Nancy Bishop: Emmy-award nominated Casting Director, Nancy Bishop, C.S.A, has cast supporting talent on over sixty projects from her home in Prague. Her credits include major studio pictures such as Wanted (Universal), Alien Vs. Predator (Fox), Hellboy (Revolution), and Prince Caspian (Disney), as well as TV series such as The Philanthropist (NBC), Charles II (BBC), and Anne Frank (ABC). She has worked for such major directors as Roman Polanski, and Joel Schumacher, and legendary producers such as George Lucas, and Jackie Chan. The author teaches her proven film acting technique at master classes through out Europe and the US. She is also the Head of the Acting for Film Department at the Prague film School. www.nancybishopcasting.com

Time: 11:00AM – 5:00PM

Date: Sat 16 Jan, 2010

Place: TBA, Central London Location

To Register: actorsthemselvesare@googlemail.com

See: nancybishopcasting.com for more information

MASTER CLASS IN HOLLYWOOD, Sponsored by iWa

M A K I N G T H E M O V E T O H O L L Y W O O D

Master Class in Hollywood

Monday March 1 – Saturday March 6, 2010 (off 4th)

iWa and the Beverly Hills Playhouse, one of the oldest and most respected acting school in Los Angeles have the pleasure of introducing for the first time an extraordinary and unique 5 day Master Class in Hollywood.

With Globalization and the Internet, borders have almost disappeared and more and more Actors/Directors today desire and dream about an International Career. However questions arise. How do you make a move to Los Angeles? Do you have the talent? Do you have the networking? Do you know the business?

The Master Class in Hollywood will answer all of your questions regarding your talent and the business of Hollywood. It is a once in a lifetime opportunity to expand and push personal boundaries and maximize opportunities to achieve success in Hollywood. YOU will have the opportunity to work and meet with top entertainment professionals, teachers and honourers from the industry who will teach, coach, listen and advise you about your talent and the business of Hollywood

Actors will train at the renowned Beverly Hills Playhouse. Founded by renowned director and teacher Milton Katselas, the Beverly Hills Playhouse has for over thirty years offered ongoing intensive scene-study classes for both the professional actor and those who are looking to develop themselves into professional actors. This approach has helped lead a generation of actors to success on stage, in cinema and on television - actors including George Clooney, Michelle Pfeiffer, Alec Baldwin, Jenna Elfman, Jim Carrey, Doris Roberts, Patrick Swayze, Anne Archer to name just a few.

The Master Class will consist of:

Scene Study Acting Classes, Dance and Voice Classes, Audition and Cold Reading Techniques. In addition to the classes, their will be Lectures and Workshops with highly respected professionals on International Law, Proper Headshots, Life Coach Support, etc.

Participants will also attend a Theatrical Performance and visit the working set of “Desperate Housewives” at the Universal Studios.

It will be an intense and rewarding experience that will change your destiny. J o i n u s !

For more information and registration:

Contact: Sophie Papadopoulos at sophie@iwanet.biz (o) 211-1061234, (m) 6945971127 and/or to send CV for personal interview.

Schedule & Cost: www.iwanet.biz under Current Events. (TBA)

Preparation: There is no preparation required for the Master Class.

Participation: Class is open to Actors, Directors, Producers and Teachers who are in Acting Schools or/and just finished and are working professionals. Auditors are also allowed by special request.

Price also includes all materials, tickets and events that are directly linked with the workshop.

*Price Does NOT include: airline, hotel or meals.

www.bhplayhouse.com www.iwanet.biz

THEATRE AUDITIONS IN PRAGUE

Blood, Love & Rhetoric Productions will be auditioning for their Russian Night -3 Chekhov short comedies (Swan Song, The Dangers of Smoking Tobacco and an original translation of The Proposal), accompanied by Mongol Dancing and free vodka – this Tuesday, from 1700-2000, at the Prague Film School, Pstrossova 15.

The show will be directed by Jim High and produced by BL&R (who brought you Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead) and will run over mid-Feb and again over mid-March for a total of at least 6 performances.

We are currently looking for one female for our updated version of The Proposal, set in 1990's Moscow, in the office of a wealthy nouveau riche 'business' man:
Natalya Stepanonva, the daughter and secretary, 18 - late 20's. An alternatively charmingly sweet and savagely fiery 'princess'.

Please contact Jim at
j.high@bloodloverhetoric.com or on 728206951 to schedule an audition and for a copy of the audition text.

"WANTED" - Alternate beginning

Here is the scene that I worked so hard to cast but never made it to the screen. Starring, Jan Triska, Mirek Simunek, and Tomas Hanak.

http://www.facebook.com/posted.php?id=675160562&share_id=172682921889&comments=1#s172682921889

PRAGUE PLAYHOUSE AUDITION

Prague Playhouse will be having auditions for True West, the dark comedy by Sam Sheppard, this coming Tuesday, November 10th, from 6-9pm at the Prague Film School, Pstrossova 15, Prague 1 (kind of across the street from the Globe Bookstore). We are asking for a 2 minute monologue for the audition.

The show will start rehearsals now and be performed at the end of January. Jeff Beck will direct the show. Actors will be paid 300 Kc per performance. We are planning 6-10 performances.

We are looking for the following roles (ages are approximate):

Austin - late twenties/early thirties - screenwriter

Lee - His older brother - late thirties/early forties

Saul Kimmer - Hollywood producer

Mom - mother of the boys.

Please write to brian@pragueplayhouse.com to schedule an audition.