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Master Teachers
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“Ms.
Hagen has been confirmed time and again over the last
six decades as one of the major American Theatrical
talents of this century.”
The
New York Times
Biography
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Ms.
Hagen's new DVD is now available. Click on the pic for
more info.
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HB
Studios - Uta Hagen, Master Teacher, Broadway legend,
Uta Hagen teaches her process to NY actors.
I
studied with Ms. Hagen at HB Studio and I associate directed
for the HB Playwrights Foundation.
Students
include: Al Pacino, Debbie Allen, Anne Bancroft, Peter Boyle,
F. Murray Abraham, Candice Bergen, Matthew Broderick, Gary
Burghoff, Stockard Channing, Jill Clayburgh, Whoopi Goldberg,
Judd Hirsch, Hal Holbrook, Harvey Keitel, Jack Lemmon, Bette
Midler, Penelope Ann Miller, Geraldine Page, Sarah Jessica
Parker, Jason Robards, Fritz Weaver, Sigourney Weaver
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"It
takes twenty years to be a master!"
Sanford
Meisner
Biography
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The
Sanford Meisner Center - The Los Angeles home of the
Master Teacher, The Sanford Meisner Center carries on his
process to the future generations in the hands of Master Teacher
and protégé, Martin Barter/Artistic Director.
He is also one of the fifteen trained teachers of the Meisner
Technique personally chosen by Mr. Meisner.
I was
honored to work for Sanford Meisner in directing for the dedication
festival of the SMC. The Sanford Meisner Center remains the
only theater authorized to produce plays under the Meisner
name.
Students
include Academy Award winners: Joan Fontaine, Jennifer Jones,
Grace Kelly, Edmund O'Brien, Jo Van Fleet, Joanne Woodward,
Gregory Peck, Joel Grey, Lee Grant, Diane Keaton, Jon Voight,
Mary Steenburgen, and Robert Duvall, as well as directors
Bob Fosse and Sydney Pollack.
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The
Broadway Theatre Project has the singular mission to
prepare these talented young people for life in the
American theatre.
"In
this way we nurture talent and sustain musical theatre,
which is an indigenous American art form."
Ann
Reinking
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Broadway
Theatre Project - Broadway Theatre Project is a unique
musical theatre program. Based on the philosophy that theatre
training requires working with professionals, BTP conducts
auditions annually in several U.S. cities to select talented
young people to participate in an intensive three week residency
program. Housed on the campus of the University of South Florida,
apprentices take classes in jazz, ballet, tap, voice, acting,
stage combat, repertory and stress management.
Master
Classes with Broadway's best: Tommy Tune, Joel Grey, Peter
Hunt, Jasmine Guy, Julian Stein, Pat Birch, Jeff Calhoun,
Stanley Donan, Gregory Hines, Marilu Henner, James Naughton,
Rob Fisher, Joan Lader, Robert Lieberman, Jonathan Bernstein,
Patti D'Beck, Phylicia Rashad, Ben Vereen, Patti LuPone, Judith
Daykin, Arthur Gaffin, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Allyson Tucker-Mitchell,
Terrence Mann, Charlotte d'Amboise, Frank Wildhorn and Julie
Andrews, Margery Cohen, Frank Galati, Darren Gibson, George
Hamilton, Philip Hamilton, John Kander, David Loud, Julio
Monge, Leigh MacRae and Melissa Thodos.
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The
Yale School of Drama and Yale Repertory Theatre are
committed to rigorous, daring and passionate exploration of
our art form. We embrace a global audience. Our highest aim
is to train artistic leaders - in every theatrical discipline
- who create bold new works that astonish the mind, challenge
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I worked
with Trisha Simmons, of LA
KidsAct on a number of stage productions in LA. This
working actress is also a top LA Youth Actor Coach.
TRISHA’S
“KIDS” HAVE RECENTLY BOOKED: 15 Series Regular Roles, 7 Series
Recurring Roles, 36 Roles in Feature Films, 30 Guest Star
Roles in Sitcoms, 25 Guest Star Roles in Primetime Dramas,
5 Roles on Soap Operas, 45 National Commercials, 37 Industrial
and Print Jobs, 7 Lead Roles in Plays
Trisha
Simmons has been acting professionally in film and television
for the past 15 years.She can currently be seen recurring
on Nickelodeon’s Amanda Show as well as this seasons West
Wing and ER. Trisha has done over 100 Commercials, Television
Shows, Feature Films, and Plays. She’s the former owner of
the LA Film Actors’ Lab, one of Hollywood’s finest acting
schools and has assisted many of LA’s top casting directors.
LA
KidsAct has been featured in Elle Magazine, Showbiz Kids,
The Times and on CBS, CNN, and TBN.
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As
a BRITT Alumnus, I am honored to have been invited to
present Acting Classes at the Burt Reynolds Museum where
Film/TV Star Burt Reynolds and Broadway/Opera/TV Director/Master
Teacher Charles Nelson Reilly present Master
Classes.
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The
Burt Reynolds Museum - Actor, Director, Emcee of the
Oscars, Talk Show host and Super Star, Burt Reynolds is one
of America's most famous celebrities. The first star to be
paid one million dollars per movie, he has been recognized
for playing both drama and comedy. His lifetime collection
of awards and personal gifts from his friends is now on display
at the Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum in Jupiter, Florida.
Over the
years, Mr Reynolds developed many educational as well as entertainment
venues in our area, and in 1979 he created the Burt Reynolds
Institute of Theater Training (BRITT), for young actors
until it closed in 1997. The museum has begun to revive his
efforts in creating educational opportunities for actors and
film-makers, and in 2003 he personally taught two master acting
classes for seasoned actors. He has also developed an outreach
program for disadvantaged young actors. Some of the museums
other educational efforts include a class on documentary film-making
and screenwriting.
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Judy
Kerr: "SEINFELD" Dialogue coach
ActTrue
was proud to host LA Coach to the Stars Judy Kerr at the
Arts Academy of Hollywood for her first Miami workshop.
Judy, author of ACTING
IS EVERYTHING, now in its 10th edition, brought
her decades of LA entertainment experience to the South
Florida actor.
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Margie
Haber LA Acting Coach
ActTrue
hosted Ms. Haber's first Miami Workshop at the Arts Academy
of Hollywood
Haber
clients: Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn, Halle Berry, Heather Locklear,
Eric Close, Kristin Davis, Laura Innes, Stephen Collins, Traylor
Howard, Vondie Curtis Hall, Sophia Bush, Amy Smart, Jeri Ryan,
Traylor Howard and Sherry Shephard.
Margie
teaches actors How
to Get the Part without Falling Apart. Based on her 25
years of experience as an actress and teacher, Margie takes
away the three P’s of pain, panic and performance anxiety
from the cold reading process and gives back the big P, POWER,
to the actor. She teaches actors how to get out of their own
way in auditions, how to break down the scene for the best
approach, and how to use her unique technique in breaking
down the phrases in a scene or script.
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Unions -
Artists for Artists
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Screen
Actors Guild |
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Actor's
Equity Association |
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American
Federation of Television and Radio Artists |
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Society
of Stage Directors and Choreographers |
Entertainment
Law
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Robin
Caral Shaw, PA
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Law
and Mediation Office of Robin Caral Shaw, PA
Contract
Negotiation, Drafting, and Review
Business
and CommercialLaw
Entertainment
Law
Florida
Supreme Court Certified Mediator
Florida
Supreme Court Qualified Arbitrator Member, Entertainment and
Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar President-elect of the
Association of South Florida Mediators Member, Florida Association
of Professional Mediators
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Photographers
Hair and
Makeup Artists
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Fresh
Beauty Studio
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Fresh
Beauty Studio
Nikol
Johnson is a veteran in the fashion industry; after winning
FORD Models “Supermodel of America” contest from Miami in
the early 1990’s, she gracefully traveled the world working
in print, national commercials, film and runway. Nikol is
represented by Wilhelmina Models as an artist working in print,
beauty, commercials, film and runway. She is an active member
of Screen Actors Guild.
After
a 15 year run in the modeling industry, Nikol moved forward
with her passion for skin care and cosmetics and became a
makeup artist in 1996 working for Bobbi Brown, Laura Mercier
and Lancôme; having graduated from the nationally recognized
Cosmix School of makeup artistry. She is also a licensed esthetician
working for top spa lines YonKa Paris, Phytomer and MD Skincare.
Nikol
was hand picked by Dr. Dennis Gross to be a national educator
for his clinical skin care line-- MD Skincare. Nikol currently
works as a makeup artist specializing in airbrush makeup for
brides and models. Her clients appreciate her easy-going,
upbeat personality, professionalism and attention to detail.
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Hair
and Makeup By Tova
Serving
South Florida; Film, Photoshoots, Special Events, and Weddings
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Voice Coaches
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Singing |
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Mary
Walkley |
The
ONLY teacher in Florida who is certified and endorsed by Seth
Riggs in Speech
Level Singing, a technique which has supported over
150 Grammy awards. |
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Voice,
Speech, Dialects, Accent reduction
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Norene
Bini |
Accent
Reduction - Dialect Production - English Improvement for Non-Native
Speakers - Achieve Non-Regional American
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Micha
Espinosa, MFA
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Director
of Voice and Speech at Western Michigan University. She teaches
freelance in Miami, Florida, and has taught previously at the
University of Miami and Texas State University-San Marcos. She
has taught voice/speech/movement workshops nationally and internationally
including: Japan, Canada, Mexico, and Chile. Micha is a professional
actor having performed in film, television, commercials, and
regional theatre. She is also a certified yoga instructor with
extensive Feldenkrais training. Her current research project
examines how Latino actors are perceived in North America. She
is an associate teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework and a trainer
for the Fitzmaurice Voicework Teacher Certification Program.
She is also the International Liaison for the Voice and Speech
Trainers of Association. |
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The
SPEAKUP! Accent Elimination Program: analyzes the specific
among American Regional, Spanish, Asian, Middle Eastern, Indian,
Pakistani and Pacific accents. helps you correct and identify
frequently mispronounced vowel and consonant sounds. cultivates
the speech patterns of clear, uninflected English
Sam Chwat
- New York State licensed speech therapist and a speech teacher
fro 22 years
Star Clients:
Julia Roberts, Robert De Niro
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Dance/Movement
for Actors
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Arts
Academy of Hollywood
The Arts
Academy of Hollywood offers classes in acting, voice, music,
recording and all forms of dance for toddlers through seniors.
The Arts Academy of Hollywood provides performing arts instruction,
master classes, dance, acting and music performances all in
one state of the art venue.
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Dance
Now Ensemble
Dance
Now! Studios at Temple Menorah, Miami Beach
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Acting Bookstores
- Without writers, what do we "act"?
Monologues
and More...
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Ruth
Draper was the undisputed queen of the one-woman theater
in the 20th century. Draper filled theaters all over the world
with her unique ability to transform herself into a vast array
of characters. John Gielgud declared himself "infinitely fortunate"
to have both known her and seen her onstage. |
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Shakespeare's
Monologues - Searching for a new classical monologue? |
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The
web's oldest Shakespeare site!
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The
amazing web site of Shakespeare's Sonnets
All the
sonnets are provided here, with descriptive commentary attached
to each one, giving explanations of difficult and unfamiliar
words and phrases, and with a full analysis of any special
problems of interpretation which arise.
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Monologues
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Guide
to Internet Resources |
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Monologues
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The
New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts
One
of the world's leading centers for information on the performing
arts...an important innovator of techniques to document
the performing arts, especially with its use of video to record
productions of theatre and dance.
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Script
search engine |
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Monologues |
Trade Papers/Net
sites- The Industry knows, do you?
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Hollywood
Reporter - The latest Hollywood Industry news |
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Back
Stage - Everything a Hollywood actor needs to know |
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Playbill
- THE guide to Broadway |
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Florida
Actors Book - The Florida actor information center |
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Daily
Variety - Hollywood Production news |
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Theatre
Directories - Up to date info on stage performance, training
opportunities and more, around the country |
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Actors
Info Booth: For
the very latest in South Florida Industry information. Linda
Zerne, casting director/teacher shares her years of experience.. |
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Greenroom/Orlando
for crew calls or casting calls |
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The
Actor's Guide: The
Actor's Guide SOUTHEAST The Serious Actor's Ultimate Resource
Tool. |
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Florida Blue Sheet |
The
Florida Blue Sheet
The Premier
Source for Jobs and Support in Film, Television, Video, Theater,
Music, Writing, Voice Overs, Print Work and More
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Miss
Florida USA Online: Official Preliminary
Click
logo for more info
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IBDB
(Internet Broadway Database) archive is the official database
for Broadway theatre information. IBDB provides records of productions
from the beginnings of New York theatre until today. Details
include pertinent people involved as well as interesting facts
and production statistics. Get a list of every production of
Hamlet on Broadway or a list of your favorite actor's credits.
Find out what played at a particular theatre or what shows opened
in a specified Broadway season. |
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T.R.
Durphy - ON CAMERA workshop offering understanding of
the commercial casting process, and on camera auditioning
techniques for the actor.
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Kidshowbiz
Magazine: Industry info for Parents and Youth Actors |
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The
Theatre League of South Florida promotes attendance at theatres
in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe Counties through
cooperative marketing, networking and resources, provides services
and programs designed to enhance opportunities for theatrical
and/or performing artists and advocates for theater and theater
education. |
Florida Theaters/Production
companies- Where to start your career
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The
Caldwell Playhouse |
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Gable
Stage |
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Florida
Stage |
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Actors'
Playhouse |
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The
Coconut Grove Playhouse |
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The
Public Theatre of South Florida, Inc. |
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Hippodrome
State Theatre |
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My
Alma Mater |
National
Theaters/Festivals - See how the world creates Art
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National
Theatre - At its home on London's South Bank, NT offers
an unrivalled range of classics, spectacular musicals and new
plays. |
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Royal
Shakespeare Company - the world's leading classical theatre
company. |
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The
National Theatre - Ireland |
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Edinburgh
International Festival - recognised
as one of the most important celebrations of the arts in the
world. |
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Kennedy
Center - unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance
and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular and folk music,
and multi-media performances. |
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Istituto
Nazionale del Dramma Antico - revives the dramatic arts
of ancient times in the most important of all the ancient theatres.
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National
Bunraku Theatre - 500 years of puppetry creates a sophisticated
theatrical art of world stature. |
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Noh
Kyogen Theatre - classical comic theater and performance
forms which combine dance, drama, music and poetry into one
highly aesthetic stage art. |
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The
Shaw Festival - "plays about the beginning of the modern
world." |
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