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Greetings!
So your agent calls you with great news; "You have an audition tomorrow." You study the sides and head off to the audition. But what exactly should you do (or not do) once you're in that room to increase your odds of winning that callback? Just doing a good audition may not be enough.
Over the next several issues of this newsletter I'll be offering some advice gleaned from an article I read in Backstage West several years ago, called "The Twelve Commandments of Auditions," as well as things I've learned from my own experience. Be sure to read the next issue for the First Commandment;
"Thou Shalt Treat Every Audition as a Job Interview."
Thanks, Charlie Holliday Mosaic Acting Academy
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There's still time for late registrations.
Missed classes can be made up.
SPECIAL MORNING CLASS!
The MOSAIC ACTING ACADEMY (Voted Sacramento's Outstanding Training Resource for Actors) Presents AUDITIONING for COMMERCIALS TECHNIQUE Winning the Commercial Audition
Registrations are now being accepted for this special day-time class to be held at
the Mosaic Acting Studio in Rancho Cordova For Registration info call Charlie at 916-361-0952 (directions provided upon registration)
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THE *MOSAIC ACTING ACADEMY
Voted Sacramento's Outstanding Training Resource for Actors PRESENTS "ALPHA COLD-READING TECHNIQUE" SATURDAYS FROM 10:00 AM - 4:30 PM MARCH 17 - APRIL 3 Charlie Holliday has had more than one hundred major movie and TV auditions. Come learn the techniques that have him landed dozens of roles.
There are two skills an actor must learn in order to work in movies and TV - Cold Reading and Improvisation. Unlike Theater auditions, which often request monologues, Movie and TV auditions don't generally use prepared memorized material. In this class you will learn a technique of the Mosaic Acting System that allows you to use the subjective mind to quickly create a character with depth and substance, rather than just trying to "learn the words". These same tools can then be used to create a character for Screen, Stage or any type of performance. As the class progresses, we cover cold reading and audition techniques, as well as scene and monologue work. As the class size is limited to a minimum of 8 and maximum of 12 new students, pre-registration by the Monday before the class is required. This class will be presented on 4 Saturdays from 10:00 AM- 4:30 PM. Tuition is $300, and includes an audio CD. (Repeat fee for prior students of this class - $200)
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
To register with your Credit Card or PayPal account (3% service charge) Click Here, or you may send your minimum $150 deposit to: Charlie Holliday, PO Box 1142, Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-1142, or call 916-361-0952.
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Have you registered?
 Are you listed with Media Casting Group? If not, go to www.MediaCastingGroup.com and click on "Register" on the upper right. The Basic Membership is only $35 for the first year and will automatically renew for $25 each year. The Gold Membership alllows you to post more pictures and is $50 for the first year and $35 per year thereafter. (There is no charge to members of the performer's unions. Contact us at MediaCastingGroup@gmail.com for a coupon code.)
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 Film Auditions and News . . . Hotel Lifestyle Print Model - $325 for a half day; Male or Female / 25 to 60 / All Ethnicities Lifestyle photos to be shot on location at two Bay Area hotels, one in Oakland on Feb. 24th and another in San Francisco, shooting either Feb. 27th or 28th. You will be cast for one location or the other, but not both. It is a half day of shooting (5 hours) for $325.00. Looking for male / female to pose as a couple staying at the hotel. One or two couples in mid to late 20's or early 30's and another "older" couple in late 50's / early 60's. Submit to www.sfcastintg.com
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Grad. Directors Seeking Actors For Filmed Scenes
Project Type: Student Project Rate/Compensation: $125 Plus DVD Copy Hiram Gunderson Lead Male / 50 to 80 / All Ethnicities
The man Ruth Fisher has an affair with both before and after her husband's death. He met her at church, and takes her for romantic camping trips. For a long time, her children only know him as "the Hairdresser."
PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THIS NOTICE.Submit to www.sfcasting.com
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Extra Bonus for CFAA Members
Pssst...
Extra Bonus for CFAA MEMBERS -
COME EARLY AND GET A FREE TICKET
TO THE CREST THEATRE!!
(first 20 CFAA members in the door only)
Not a current CFAA member?
If you sign up or renew your membership at the meeting
you will get a Crest movie ticket too!
CFAA membership rates are $35 for individual members and $15 for students. Business and corporate sponsor members available as well.
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A message to all members of California Film Foundation
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Greetings friends,
As the CFF gears up for the coming Sacramento International Film Festival we've been getting a lot of questions. One of the main questions is "Can I help"?
Short answer is yes!
We'll be putting out a call for general volunteers in the coming weeks (ushers, P.A.s etc.) but at this time
we are looking for a few committed folks to join our A-TEAM!
What's THE A-Team??
These are folks committed to helping us accomplish our grass roots marketing and PR goals for the festival. Now, before I go further, let me state: we are looking for HARD WORKERS ONLY who have 12 hours minimum per week and can make a meeting each Sunday (including this Sunday) at 12:30pm.
ALSO, if you have no interest in promotions and marketing...or don't even know what that means...probably not for you. Not trying to sound ungrateful, just being honest. Wouldn't want to waste your time.
IF however, YOU LOVE marketing, have a great, TEAM ATTITUDE and ARE a self starter then this may just be the volunteer gig you have been seeking. To learn more you must go to our page and sign up:
http://www.californiafilm.net/group/ateam
Our meeting is at Carol's Books
1913 Del Paso blvd.
Sacramento 95815.
12:30pm SHARP!!
Would love to see you there this Sunday!
It is by invite only so call me if you are interested:
916-524-5138
Cheers!
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Visit California Film Foundation at:
http://www.californiafilm.net/?xg_source=msg_mes_network
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 Theater Auditions and News
Auditions are going to be held
March 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Road, Carmichael 95608, for their summer show, Arsenic and Old Lace. The roles of Abby, Jonathan, and Elaine have been precast. Auditions will consist of cold readings from the script. Jill McMahon is directing. The show runs June 22 through July 22. Rehearsals will start on May 7.
Would love to see you at the audition!
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The first show in Sutter Street Theater's Director's Series opens this Thursday, February 23 at 7:00pm with a reception following the performance.
OPENING SHOW SPECIAL
Call 916-353-1001 and make your reservation and mention the ticket special and get a two for one ticket to the show for the Thursday opening night performance. (Free ticket will be the lessor price of the two tickets.) Plus when you arrive you will receive a complimentary glass of champagne or sparkling cider. And if you are a Flex Ticket holder we will not punch your ticket for Thursday's show so you will get to see it for free.
(Valid for just one free ticket per Flex Ticket card.)
Tomfoolery By Tom Lehrer Directed by Michael Coleman
Musical Direction by John Wilder
Performances are February 23 through April 1 at 7:00pm on Thursdays and Sundays and 4:00pm on Saturdays. Reservations can be made by calling 916-353-1001 or on-line.
In concerts, television appearances and a series of now-classic recordings, the Harvard-educated math professor, Tom Lehrer, delighted millions of fans during the 1950's and 60's with his dry, cynical but good-humored attacks on the A-bomb, racism, pollution,
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pornography, the military, the boy scouts and, of course, mathematics. Nothing is sacred in this revue featuring such Lehrer favorites such as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," The Vatican Rag," an unforgettable Gilbert and Sullivan-esque recitation of the table of elements, linked together with his own inimitable concert patter. Rediscover the man and songs that have delighted and skewered the world for over forty years in Tomfoolery. This is the first of five shows for 2012 in Sutter Street Theatre's new Director's Series.
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THE IDEA MAN OPENS WITH A CHEER! Reservations: 916-451-5822 California Stage Celebrates 20 years with an Ovation Award Winner-- "THE IDEA MAN" by Kevin King "The sheer philosophical scope of King's drama is breathtaking."-LA TIMES Kevin King's The Idea Man, is stunningly brought to life by veteran professional actors, Loren Taylor and Charlie Holliday with Elly award winning actors Eric Baldwin, Michele Koehler, Christina Clem, Jawara Duncan, Nicholas Koehler and West Ramsey. The story rips into the corrupt fabric of a corporation hell bent on thieving a great idea from a worker, who in the nick of time sees his fate and the fate of his co-workers-Will the big bosses buy his silence...? "The Idea Man" will play through Mar 17, 2012 at the California Stage Theater in Midtown Sacramento: Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm. California Stage is located in the R25 Arts Complex, 2509 R Street at 25th Street Ticket prices are $20.00, for general admission, $15.00, students, SARTA members, Military and seniors, and $12.00 for groups of six or more. Easy free parking is available. CALIFORNIA STAGE THEATER COMPANY Ray Tatar, Producing Artistic Director 2012 season produced in collaboration with Matrix Arts, a non-profit serving the greater Sacramento
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MARCH 11 PLAYWRIGHTS COLLABORATIVE MEETING AT THE CALIFORNIA STAGE THEATRE:
At the Sunday, March 11, Playwrights Collaborative Meeting (7:00 PM) we will read and discuss Matthew Abergel's "Second-Best Bed", a British-style farce about six kooky characters' desperate quest to find a lost Shakespeare play. It shoots for Downton Abbey wit and sophistication shaken and stirred with Noises Off! hijinks and door-slamming mayhem. This workshop is at the California Stage Theatre, 2509 "R" Street (on "R" Street between 25th and 26th Streets), Sacramento. The Playwrights Collaborative thanks the California Stage Theater Company for the use of its theater.
For further information or if you have a play you would like workshopped, contact Gary Agid, chairman, at gary@agid.com (916-383-9267) Please let me know if you would like to be removed from this list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Workshops are monthly (or occasionally twice monthly) on Sundays on dates to be announced. There are no dues, fees or other charges for participating. Staged readings may be scheduled occasionally by playwrights. "The Playwrights Collaborative is an organization of writers, actors, directors and others interested in the theater, working together to promote the development and production of new plays in Sacramento and elsewhere. Through a cooperative process of peer review, Playwrights Collaborative assists in making plays ready for production and helps in finding suitable venues where shows might be performed." WORKSHOPS: At each workshop, original plays by local writers are read and discussed as are ways to promote deserving works for production. Several theaters have expressed an interest in producing one new original play per year and Playwrights Collaborative has encouraged similar interest by other theatres in the area. There will also be occasional speakers with expertise in various aspects of theater. STAGED READINGS: Playwrights participating in the Sunday workshops will be scheduling occasional "staged readings" of plays that have been developed sufficiently to be ready for production. A staged reading is a play production with the actors holding scripts. Playwrights Collaborative invites interested writers and actors to attend and take part in the workshop readings which can lead to invitational staged readings of new works. The group actively promotes new plays to prospective producers. Following each reading, comments and suggestions for improvement will be solicited from all who are present. The Playwrights Collaborative does not share its e-mail list information with anyone. ________________________________________________
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