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In this issue:
• 3 SPECIAL WORKSHOPS in MARCH!
“GET INSIDE A DIRECTOR’S HEAD” – with award-winning screenwriter and local director, Andrew Lewis – March 9th, 16th, and 23rd
“VOICEOVER AS AN AGENT SEES IT” – with V-O Agent Sally Neal – March 13th
TELEPROMPTER WORKSHOP – with Bob Harter & K2 Productions – March 24th
• 2 INTENSIVES in APRIL!
Intermediate Haber Film/TV Audition Intensive – with Della Cole, Mon & Wed, April 5th-28th
ADVANCED HABER FILM/TV AUDITION INTENSIVE with MARGIE HABER April 30th-May 2nd!! – Register NOW! This class fills early!
• Class Schedule & Fees
Voice-Over Master Class – with V-O Agent Jeffrey Umberger
NEW! Advanced ONGOING Haber Film/TV Audition Class Tuesdays, 1:30-3:30pm
Adult classes taught by Jamie Moore underway at the new Gwinnett Branch!
• SKETCHWORKS SUPER SOLID GOLD MEGA HITS! ONLY SIX SHOWS LEFT thru March 13th
• XXI Century Entertainment Talent Search
• “Unraveling the Mystery of MONOLOGUES: A Resource for Actors” by Della Cole
• UPDATE on Haiti…
• NEED HELP FILING YOUR TAXES!? ATTEND A FREE SEMINAR MARCH 18th!

3 SPECIAL WORKSHOPS in MARCH!

“GET INSIDE A DIRECTOR’S HEAD”
with award-winning screenwriter and local director, Andrew Lewis
Ever wondered what the director is thinking? Here’s your chance to find out!

This exclusive three-week class gives you the opportunity to perform for and receive valuable feedback from an award-winning screenwriter and local director, Andrew Lewis. Extensive scene study with a partner.

Class will be 7-10pm Tuesdays at yourACT Acting Studios (Decatur location, 3041 N Decatur Rd, Scottdale, GA 30079) for three weeks, March 9 – 23.
$99 per person for the three-week class. Payment due in full at the first class.

Learn how to…

*Examine a scene from a director’s perspective.

*Understand a director’s vision for a character.

*Adjust to a director’s unique style.

*See yourself on camera — and learn what the director is seeing too.

Andrew Lewis
www.skychase.com
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2018906/

Class size will be kept to 12 people or less to maximize personal attention.

Contact swl.mcmillan@gmail.com for details or call 770-630-4768. Reserve your spot today!

“VOICE-OVER AS AN AGENT SEES IT”
with V-O Agent Sally Neal of Houghton Talent

NOTE: For info, or to register, please DO NOT call Houghton! Call yourACT at 404-499-9996)
Get valuable information on the business of voiceover, as well as a chance to read for an agent and be critiqued (copy provided).
This class will be jam packed with facts and advice to benefit beginning and intermediate voiceover talent, including an outline of how to structure your demo.
So what are you waiting for?
ONE DAY ONLY, 1-3PM, SATURDAY, MARCH 13TH
Limited to 20 – REGISTER NOW!
Only $50

TELEPROMPTER WORKSHOP – MARCH 24TH
with Bob Harter
Increase your marketability as an actor (and your income!) by mastering the art of the teleprompter. New low price – $99!

Using actual teleprompter equipment provided by K2 Productions, you will learn the techniques needed to deliver corporate narration, live broadcast scripts, television host material, and more in this evening workshop. K2 Productions will be providing an experienced teleprompter operator who will be operating the prompter and providing feedback and expertise as well.

Join us for this valuable workshop to add to your resumé!

D E T A I L S
7–10 p.m
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24TH
Limited to 10.
Now only $99 (Payment confirms your space)
REGISTER ONLINE NOW! (Call first to check availability.)

Or call us with your credit card info at 404-499-9996.

COMING IN APRIL!

INTERMEDIATE HABER FILM/TV AUDITION INTENSIVE!
6:30-10:30PM, MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS, APRIL 5-28
with DELLA COLE

This Intensive course is designed for trained actors who have some audition experience.

As professional actors, we often audition and work on projects that don’t necessarily challenge the full spectrum of our talents. You may be comfortable with industrials, commercials, and voice-over but fall apart when you audition for a film. With the increase of film and television in production in Georgia, now more than ever, Atlanta talent needs to be ready for Hollywood auditions.

In this Intermediate Intensive, actors work with film and television scripts, learning how to nail the audition in a limited amount of time. The focus is on the nuts and bolts of breaking down a scene, including relationship, intention, history, opening and closing beats, core and masking. Using the skills you learn will greatly improve your audition skills. This valuable cold-reading technique works.

D E T A I L S
8 classes – April 5 – 28
6:30-10:30PM, Mondays & Wednesdays, April 5th, 7th, 12th, 14th, 19th, 21st, 26th, and 28th
$350 (may be paid in 2 installments of $175)
Required: On-Camera Acting II, working actor, agent representation, or Instructor approval

Katie Cofield wrote about the last Intermediate Intensive, which Della taught:

Of all the wonderful things I learned in this class, the most important, seemingly obvious, trick was. . . how to hold the page! It’s such a wonderful image, thinking of bridging the gap between yourself and the other person in the conversation using the page!

I thoroughly enjoyed Della’s comments on our work. So many teachers give you “That was nice” or “That could have been better”. And that’s not helpful. Della’s specificity of critique is great and so constructive!

The creating of the relationship and remembering that it’s the most important thing really works for me, and it was so much more fun to act when I was really connected to the other person in the scene. It made everything fall into place and forced me into just relating honestly at all moments. It made all of my creation of history actually mean something, and made my need in the scene even more important when I was fully locked in to the relationship.

I really liked it when the class doubled up and we had two classes a week. I felt like more was sinking in each class because we had the opportunity to practice with greater frequency in a shorter amount of time.

This class was SUCH a gift! I had several auditions during the weeks of class, and I could tell such a difference- my confidence that I really knew what to do had skyrocketed! For me, it was also such a relief to remember to trust myself and just play. Thank you!!!

ADVANCED FILM/TV AUDITION INTENSIVE!
with MARGIE HABER

Don’t miss this great opportunity! Renowned L.A. acting coach, Margie Haber, author of How To Get The Part Without Falling Apart, is coming to yourACT Acting Studios to teach the Advanced Intensive.

This three-day on-camera intensive workshop is geared for the more experienced working actor. It is based on the belief that auditioning is a slice of life. “I am this person living this life” and that the relationship is the foundation for the work.

D E T A I L S
9:30am-5:30pm, Friday, Saturday, April 30th, May 1st & 2nd
Prerequisites: Intermediate Film/TV Audition Intensive, or Instructor approval – Submit resume’ to Margie Haber at email below
Limited to 12 students
$650 (paid to Margie Haber Studios)

To register send your résumé to margiehaber@mac.com or call 310-854-0870 for more info. Once you are accepted, payment is made to Margie Haber Studios in Los Angeles.
NOTE: This class is extremely popular and usually fills quickly. Register soon!!

yourACT Acting Studios Atlanta is affiliated with the prestigious Margie Haber Studio, located in Los Angeles. Margie Haber does seminars and workshops worldwide and has worked with some of Hollywood’s top actors including Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Vince Vaughn, Tea Leoni, Heather Locklear, John Corbett (“Sex In The City”, “Northern Exposure”) and Sophia Bush (“One Tree Hill”), among many others.
We are proud and honored that Margie has chosen yourACT Acting Studios as the only studio outside of L.A. and New York to offer her approach to auditioning for film & television. Della and Bob trained with Margie and her elite group of instructors at the Haber Studios in LA in order to teach the famous “Haber Audition Technique.”

10% discount on classes (excludes certain special workshops) for WIFTA, ACPA, and AFTRA/SAG members.

ON-CAMERA:

Intro to On-Camera Acting – Limited to 14 – $90 Total
7-10pm Thursdays, April 15, 22, and 29.
On-Camera Acting I – Limited to 12 – 2 payments of $125 (includes Business of Acting seminar on final class)
7-10pm Thursdays, March 4 thru April 22
On-Camera Acting II – Limited to 12 – 2 payments of $125 (includes agent visit on final class)
7-10pm Tuesdays, March 9 thru April 27
or
7-10pm Wednesdays, March 31 thru
ONGOING Master Class – Instructor approval needed – Limited to 14 – $99/month
7-10pm, MONDAYS

*NEW! Advanced ONGOING Haber Film/TV Audition Class TUESDAYS, 1:30-3:30pm, Open to graduates of the Advanced Intensive with Margie Haber ONLY. Email dellabob@youract.tv to register.

Coming in 2010 – SHOWCASE WORKSHOP and a MONOLOGUE WORKSHOP!!

VOICE-OVER:

Beginning Voice-Over – Limited to 12 – $150 Total
7-10pm Thursdays, April 1, 8, and 15
Intermediate Voice-Over – Limited to 12 – (includes agent mock audition on 7th class and agent & sound engineer as instructors for 8th class), Instructor approval required – Two payments of $175 7-10pm Wednesdays, March 3 thru April 21
Voice-Over Demo Workshop – Limited to 6 – Instructor approval required – $395, $100 deposit.
7-10pm, 6 classes, Mondays, March 1-29 AND Tuesday, March 2 Includes fully edited MP3 demo!

V-O Master Class – Limited to 12 – taught by V-O Agent Jeffrey Umberger of People Store – Instructor approval required – $99/month! 7-10 pm, MONDAYS, February – call 404-499-9996 to register.

ADULT CLASSES – yourACT GWINNETT BRANCH in Sugar Hill!

Jamie Moore is now teaching classes for adults at the Gwinnett location of yourACT in Sugar Hill.

Jamie Moore has been a performer since he was young, always doing stand up routines for family gatherings, involved in church dramas and putting on shows for the neighborhood kids, long before he knew what it meant to be a professional actor. He has appeared in numerous films and television shows including “One Tree Hill”, “Army Wives”, and “House of Payne” just to name a few, and nearly 100 commercials. He has been teaching for 15 years in the areas of stage, film, improvisation and much more. He is as diversified as he is talented. Check out his website www.thejamiemoore.com to see “moore” for yourself.

For more information on the classes, schedules and costs at our new affiliate studio, please contact:
All Stars Performing Arts Academy “Where Your Star Shines Bright”
5700 Cumming Hwy, Suite E,
Sugar Hill, Georgia 30518 (view map)
Click for more information or call 678-400-0091

Sketchworks presents a “Best Of” Show, and it’s hilarious!
Some of the funniest sketches from years past starring Brian Bremer, Jen Kelley, Jyn Hall, Ashlee Heath, Austin McFarlane, Cris Gray, Samantha Darby, Mary Elizabeth Cobb, Tracey McCaine, and featuring special guest Kenny Alfonso. Directed by Jen Kelley.
Intended for mature audiences.

8pm, Fridays & Saturdays thru March 13th
New regular price of $15 online, $17 at the door.
Students just $5 – show student ID at door. Groups of 10 or more always $10!
Order now at www.sketchworkscomedy.com.

MONOLOGUES THAT WORK
Another great Valentine’s gift idea for the actor in your life… “Unraveling the Mystery of MONOLOGUES: A Resource for Actors” by Della Cole. The book contains 50 original monologues, a training section on how to approach and deliver a monologue, and advice from agents, casting directors, managers, and coaches in Atlanta, L.A., and New York. Go to the Facebook Page, Monologues That Work, and become a fan, and share with your friends.

You can order her book on her site www.monologuesthatwork.com, through Amazon.com, or from Lulu.com. Also available at yourACT for $15.

Update on Haiti from Joell JEUNE, Forward Models & Talent
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/video/22500247/index.html

Watch this news report about Joell’s recent visit to Haiti, where he has family.

Become a fan of Red Cross on Facebook and continue giving to support the relief efforts in Haiti.

CALLING ALL ACTORS!
WANT TO REALLY LEARN HOW TO MAKE FILING YOUR TAXES A LITTLE BIT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND AND SIMPLE TO PREPARE?

Being self employed in the Film and Television Industry can be difficult and keeping track of expenses can be daunting. When it comes to filing your own taxes there is often confusion on how to prepare and many questions.

We’ll help make sense of the confusion and allow participants to ask questions during a FREE seminar presented by Enrique Jimenez, a member of the National Society of Public Accountants and the Georgia Association of Public Accountants.

Also speaking are local actors Julie Shaer-Deutschle and Dave Deutschle who own Liberty Tax Service located in Buckhead, Atlanta. Visit www.libertytax.com for more information
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 18th from 6:30p—8:30p
LOCATION: Sketchworks Theatre (located at YourAct) 3041 North Decatur Road, Scottdale, GA 30079
We will have light refreshments available.
PLEASE RSVP BY MARCH 16TH TO LIBERTY_BUCKHEAD@LIBERTYTAX.COM TO CONFIRM YOUR SPOT!
BRINGING GOOD THINGS YOUR WAY AT yourACT!

Della Cole & Bob Harter & Koko Chalfant