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•"How
To Get Arrested: A Motivational Story for Actors"
written by Michael J. Wallach, a personal manager
and entertainment lawyer for more than 20 years. "How
To Get Arrested" is a unique book that provides the actor with valuable,
usable information on the business of acting as no other book can.
It is written in story form with NY actors Dick and Jane moving
to LA to pursue their dreams and become successful. One does it
the right way and the other the wrong way! Check out www.HowToGetArrested.com.
•Our heartfelt congratulations to William Esper
of our New York sister school, the William Esper Studio, for winning
Backstage magazine's "Best Acting Teacher of New York" as
voted by their readers.
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CONGRATULATIONS TO STUDIO CLIENT JEFF GOLBLUM
ON HIS TRIUMPHANT PERFORMANCE IN THE NEW FILM
ADAM RESURRECTED
COACHED BY JOANNE BARON
Ann Thompson of Variety calls Jeff’s work “a bravura performance,” and Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter deems it “the role of his career.”
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OUR ARTISTS WORKING
IN THE FIELD :
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here to find out about our studio instructors who are working.)
• Studio graduate Colleen Camp appears in Four Christmases with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn.
• Studio graduate Sherri Shepherd lends her voice to the blockbuster, Madagascar 2 opposite Bernie Mac.
• Studio client Marc Levin serves as executive producer on Cadillac Records, starring Beyoncé Knowles.
• Studio graduate Siri Baruc writes the feature film Training Tim, going into production in 2009
• Studio alumni Joe Flanigan stars in "Stargate: Atlantis" on the Sci-Fi Channel
• Studio graduate Meg Leiberman promoted to SVP Casting Executive at CBS
• Studio alumni Nadine Velazquez appears as a series regular on "My Name is Earl"
• Studio graduate Doyle Hanks appears in eight episodes of "Days of Our Lives." He also appears in In Northwood, written and directed by D.W. Brown. Studio alumni Blanca Blanco stars in the feature film, Cruzando Barreras Studio alumni Anderson Davis books his fourth national commercial this year
• Studio graduate Travis Brorsen and his dog Presley win the title for "Greatest American Dog" on the CBS hit reality show.
• Studio graduate Yvonne Arias stars in the new show “Kamen Rider Dragon Knight” on the CW.
• Congratulations to Studio Graduates Peter Facinelli and Justin Chon for their co-starring roles in the smash hit film Twilight.
• Studio client Halle Berry produces and stars in the feature film, Frankie and Alice.
• Studio alumni Robin Wright Penn stars in What Just Happened with Robert DeNiro.
• Studio client Jeff Goldblum stars in the critically acclaimed film, Adam Resurrected.
• Studio alumni Martha Coolidge directs an episode of "Psych" as well as a Lifetime movie, Tribute and an untitled "American Girl" movie.
• Congratulations to Mariska Hargitay
for her FIFTH CONSECUTIVE EMMY NOMINATION for Outstanding Lead
Actress in a Drama Series.
• Congratulations to Studio student Patrick
Dempsey for his work on "Grey's Anatomy", nominated for
the FOURTH consecutive EMMY for Outstanding Drama Series.
• Studio graduate Rico Simonini appears in Max Payne starring Mark Wahlberg and My Sister's Keeper starring Cameron Diaz. He produced the feature, Boiler Maker with John Savage.
• Studio graduate Josh Jonas opens his one-man show, Capture Now, Off-Broadway.
• Studio graduate Justin Biko appears Off-Broadway in the award-winning WeBeIM.
• Studio graduate Virginia Williams appears on "In Plain Sight", "Two And A Half Men", and "Journeyman"
• Studio alumni Jennie Garth appears on the new "90201."
• Studio graduate Travis Davis appears in Michael Bay's new version of Friday the 13th, 12 Rounds, directed by Renny Harlin (Die Hard 2 / Cliffhanger, etc...) and the upcoming Disney / Bruckheimer family-action film G-Force. He also directs and stars in the award-winning HBO Comedy Fest short film fave, "Boy-Next-Door."
• Studio graduate Kelly Noonan appears on "CSI: NY" and stars in the short film, "The New Girl" airing on NBC.
• Studio graduate Melia Renee appears on "Without a Trace" and stars in the independent film, We Are the Mods.
• Studio graduate Brent Stevens wrote and directed the play Gasmask Supernova, which just completed its run in September with excellent reviews and sold out shows. His new film Copycat from Lionsgate is now available on DVD. Feature films Rolling and Dreamkiller soon to be released.
• Studio graduate Jenn Gotzon stars in the films Chemistry and Stained, appears in Ron Howard's upcoming Frost/Nixon, appears on "House," and co-stars on "Pushing Daisies."
• Studio graduate Anna Maganini co-stars on "The Mentalist."
• Studio alum Clifton Collins
for his work on the upcoming films Sunshine Cleaning, Still
Waters, and The Perfect Game. Clifton has
a total of SIX Films coming out in 2008!
• Studio student Amber Valletta for her work in the upcoming
films Game and Days of Wrath.
• Congratulations
to Evette Washington and Meyoung Laman for their work in the
upcoming film Drag Me to Hell directed by Studio
student Sam Raimi.
• Studio Grad Haley Webb, starring in Final
Destination 4.
• Kate Vernon, now recurring on "Battlestar
Galactica", created and produced by Studio Grad Michael Rymer.
• Jamie Kennedy starring in 3 upcoming
films - Extreme Movie, Spring Break '83 and Finding
Bliss.
• Studio Student Lexi Alexander directing Grad T.J. Storm
in the upcoming feature The Punisher: War Zone.
• The Studio wants to give a special congratulations to our
graduate Meg Lieberman for her outstanding success as a casting
director. Currently Casting: "Pushing Daisies".
Meg has: Won 2 Emmys, Been nominated
8 times, Been nominated 54 times for awards by the CSA, Won 8 times,
And she has cast a number of Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown Studio students.
• Congratulations to Studio Graduate Sherri Shepherd – full-time host on “The VIEW”.
• Congratulations to graduate Muna Otaru for her role in
the upcoming feature film Frost /Nixon Directed by
Ron Howard.
• Congratulations
to Studio Graduate Kim Delaney, starring on “Army
Wives”.
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CREATING GREAT ART AND GREAT ARTISTS
The Joanne Baron/D.W. Brown studio offers a variety of programs
for the actor, writer, director, and producer. The Studio's programs
include Six-Week Intensive, Vital Acting, Character Interpretation
and Script Analysis, Classical Style Work, Audition Technique,
Master Class, Scene Study Lab for Working Actors.
We train beginners who become working professionals. We train
working professionals who become stars.
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