2009 January | Inside TVI Actors Studio

TVI NY Member Performing in Upcoming Play

January 23, 2009admin

250px-Emanuel h:s.jpg TVI Member, Emmanuel Kalaitjakis, will be performing 5 different characters (!) in the upcoming production of Aimé Césaire’s play, “A Season in the Congo.” The play will run on the weekends from March 6th to April 5th at the All Stars Project located at 543 West 42nd between 10th and 11th Avenue. For show times and ticket information, please call 212-941-1234 or visit www.theatreforthewholecity.org.

Here at TVI, Emmanuel has participated in one of our agent showcases and taken an on-camera Film class with Casting Director J. Max Sullivan and a scene study class with veteran actress, Valerie Kingston. If you would like to get into some of our amazing classes or be a part of our upcoming Legit Agent Showcase in March, please give us a call today! 212-302-1900.

He had a dream…

January 15, 2009admin

TVI New York would like to wish everyone a very happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day this coming Monday and also a very happy inauguration day on Tuesday as well!
We would like to remind everyone that TVI WILL be open on both of these important historical days. Cheers!

TVI NY Member Stars in Upcoming Play

January 15, 2009admin

TVI Member, Albert Bendix, will be starring as “Philippe” in the upcoming production of the play, “Cafe Playa Moon,” a comedy by James R. Gibson. The performances will be given January 21st-25th at the Richmond Shepard Theatre located at 309 E. 26th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue. For more information, call 917.549.1631

Here at TVI, Albert is studying Film/TV Audition Technique with Casting Director, Judy Bowman. He will also be participating in an upcoming Saturday “Image Intensive” with Emmy Nominated TV/Film/Broadway Casting Director, Pat McCorkle, in February. If you’d like to get in front of the amazing Pat yourself, give us a call! 212-302-1900.

Acting School Coach Books Work

January 15, 2009admin

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Leigh Feldpausch, TVI Actors Studio Career coach in NYC, played the Hot Office Gal in the new webisode Fantasytrophies.com. It was directed by Jed Grossman. Leigh was called in from a credit of the We Need Girlfriend webisode last year.

Acting School Member Books Commercial

January 13, 2009admin

Mark Belnick does it again. An hilarious member at our acting school, TVI Actors Studio, he shot a CNBC National commercial for Consumer programming in 2008 with director Seth King. He played a man with no money who wanted to fix his house and buy a car. He even had an extra line tacked on during the shoot. Nice.

Shirley Sender Commercial Class

January 9, 2009admin

Shirley Sender, freelance commercial casting director formerly of Donald Case Casting starts a new session of her 5 week commercial class at TVI New York on Sat. Jan. 17th. Students get to work on improvisation as well as commercial copy on-camera in a fun and comfortable atmosphere. The final class is a mock commercial audition and the personal, one-on-one feedback Shirley provides is incredibly helpful to any actor wanting to get started in commercials or a great refresher course for commercial actors who want to get back into the commercial audition scene. There are a few spots left but it’s filling fast so call your consultant asap to sign up. Click Here to View Shirley’s Class Flier

TVI Actors on TNT

January 8, 2009admin

Tuesday was big night for TVI Actors Studio affiliated artists. On the January 6th episode of the new TNT dramatic series, Leverage, two TVI actors appeared. Both Stacey Moseley and George Williams were in the episode and as if that wasn’t enough, they were both cast by TVI teacher, Scott David. Scott works for April Webster Casting and starts his Auditioning for Prime Time TV class on Saturday January 21.

SAG UPDATE

January 8, 2009admin

Everyone has been on pins and needles regarding the possibility of an upcoming Screen Actors Guild strike. Authorization ballots, which are still not a definitive mark of a stand still, were supposed to have been sent out January 2nd but a fracture in ranks has managed to delay until a national board meeting convenes January 12-13. The moral of the story, keep working on your craft and be in class.

Acting in Primetime

January 8, 2009admin

Greg Schmalbach a consultant at TVI Actors Studio, has recently landed the role of Land Surveyor in the episode Safe on Fringe, which aired not too long ago. Ross Meyerson from Julie Tucker Casting is the casting director on Fringe.