The HURT VILLAGE
I wanted to sob at least 3 times. But I wouldn't let me because I was in the front frow. I GOT IT. I love ALL my family. Katori Hall Is the bravest artist I know. Anointed. Do Jesus. Tell the truth and shame the devil. BRILLIANT performances across the boards ( Marsha Stephanie Blake Tonya Pinkins (raw) Saycon Sengbloh . SEE it if you dare. Krystal Farris SEE IT. SEE IT please. Just when I was missing the Mountaintop. HURT VILLIAGE. I feel you.
Okay. And Seriously @patricia mcgregor that play was in the right hands.Such care and love.I recognized my people all up and through there. I know this is crazy this but it even made me think of Whitney.
Fun stuff
Tell your friends about The Next Acting-Niche Seminar on Monday, March 12th @ 6PM. Go to www.JohnDapolito.com for $20 tkts. Held at the Producers Club 358 W. 44
Casting Series
"JUSTICE"
Created by Damian Bailey
Red Wall Productions
is seeking talent for the series
JUSTICE
Teaser
Starring Damian Bailey
Written by Craig T. Williams and Damian Bailey
Directed by Rosalyn Coleman Williams.
Shooting begins mid March.
Sex addicted, complex detective Marc Justice, searches for the killer of his wife.
Seeking
ROSA – No nonsense, by the book kinda cop with a maternal bent. She is fit and sexy. Can look great in pants and a blazer by day, and is just as comfortable in a tight red dress at night. Years of fending off not so subtle sexism have made her the least favorite cop at the precinct. Justice's partner, on the job they are a well oiled machine. Off the job things between them get messy. (MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH SIMULATED SEX - NO NUDITY) Female Latina or Asian 30-35 (CAST)
NOLA – A fragile bird, with a steel gaze. Sassy and street wise, her dreams of stardom have given way to the quick fix of dangerous men and even more dangerous drugs. She holds the key to Justice finding the killer of his wife. (CAST)
KARA - Owner of an outside the norm brothel. She's a smart business woman and her business is depravity. If you can dream it, she'll do it. Her threshold for kinky is high and Justice is a regular. (MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH SIMULATED SEX - NO NUDITY) Female - Any ethnicity 25-30 (CAST)
JADE - A feisty practical around the way girl. Wise beyond her years, she provides the calm safe haven for Justice. The long suffering mistress, she wants more from Justice. And is at the point where she'll do what she has to do to make him hers. (MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH SIMULATED SEX - NO NUDITY) Female - African American 25-30 (CAST)
LIEUTENANT GINA CALABRESE – Bold, sharp. Newly promoted to her position and out to prove herself. There's only one way to do it, her way. Female - Any Ethnicity 40-50 (CAST)
DAVICH - A bruising henchman with a thick European accent. He hurts people for a living. Scars from many battles. Male - White 30's -40's (CAST)
Pay
SAG/NON-SAG
Please submit h/r and links to reels to
REGISTRATION IS FREE
CASTING TAB - AND THEN "JUSTICE" PROJECT
Auditions February 29, 2012 - by appointment only.
Tombs....I am proud to be in this.
Screening Tonight.
Whitney Elizabeth Houston
Sometimes my son and I pretent like we are Bobbi K and You on stage. RIP. I love you.
This was one of our wedding songs. My fav.
Oh and I Love The Lord. That's our family funeral song.I miss you already.
Work with amazing Filmmaker
Hey Actors our good friend amazing filmmaker and teacher at NYU, Keith Davis who is currently developing his feature film with the help of Sundance asked me to post:
ATTN: NYC based actors I need to bring in experienced actors (all ages, races and types) for a director/actor workshop I'm teaching at NYU grad film this semester. An amazing opportunity to work with emerging filmmakers!
If you'd like to be added to the group please email me a H&R to mail@keithldavis.com
Thank you!
Love, Peace and Soooooouuuuullll!
Steven P. Jobs.
I miss him.
Who will be my next hero. I love the president but it's complicated. He gets attacked so much I can't get too involved or I would be mad all the time.
I love MLK of course. Admire many. But who can I really get into?
Roz's Acting Reel (2011)
Acting Reel 2012
(MY)Influential theater professor passes away
Bruce Katzman
By Akbar Ahmed, Natasha Thondavadi Staff Reporters
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Earle Gister, an influential Yale theater professor who pioneered a new method for training actors, passed away in his sleep Sunday at his New Haven home. He was 77.
A charismatic educator, Gister was among the most prominent leaders of conservatory acting training in the late 20th century. He helped coordinate previously disparate drama programs nationwide under the League of Professional Theatre Training Programs, which he co-founded in 1972, and pushed for acting students to be held to more rigorous standards.
“Earle had a very large educational impact on the country,” said J. Michael Miller, director of The Actors’ Center in New York and co-founder of the League, which disbanded in 1987. “If there was one man who made a significant difference in professional theater training, it was him.”
Over a more than 40-year career in the world of theater, Gister mentored some of today’s most celebrated actors, directed the entire canon of Anton Chekhov at the Yale Repertory Theatre and earned a reputation as one of the nation’s most respected theater professors. His reforms to theater education changed the prevalent attitude that “training actors was like training mechanics,” Miller said, and encouraged the development of hundreds of Master of Fine Arts programs in acting across the country.
Gister came to the Yale School of Drama in 1979 as associate dean of the school and chair of the Acting Department — positions he held until his retirement in 1999. Gister had previously taught at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., where he served as chairman of the drama department.
At Yale, Gister established a reputation as one of the preeminent faculty members at the School of Drama. He was also instrumental in managing the school during the 1980s as then-Dean Lloyd Richards focused
on program expansion at the Yale Rep, Miller said.
Ron Van Lieu, current chair of the Acting Department, said the values Gister upheld remain at the heart of the program today. Lieu said when he began his teaching career at New York University, he looked to Gister as a role model.
“I knew then that if I ever wanted to be considered a really good acting teacher, I had to be capable of playing in the same league as Earle Gister at Yale,” Lieu said in a Wednesday email. “I actually met Earle only a few times, but I was always aware of what he stood for in the classroom: rigorous technique, generosity of spirit, deep respect for the writer, desire to serve, grace and humor.”
Evan Yionoulis ’82 DRA ’85, former chair of the acting program, said in a Tuesday email that students would remember Gister for his “wry sense of humor, his depth of love for the craft of acting and his unwavering commitment.”
Gister attended Carleton College in Northfield, Minn., where he met Robert Corrigan, the drama professor who would serve as his mentor, his son Carey Gister said. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in history, Earle Gister traveled with Corrigan to Tulane University in New Orleans, La., and earned an MFA in drama.
Miller said Gister viewed his time at Yale as the “pinnacle” of his career, during which he worked with some of the nation’s most talented young actors and shared his passion for Chekhov’s works. Gister inspired students to pursue their dreams in a tough industry with low job prospects, his son said.
Stephanie Nash DRA ’88, a former student of Gister, said he was a professor who genuinely cared about his students and wanted to make sure they were both honing their skills and having a good time.
“He’s more than a teacher, he’s a mentor,” Nash said. “I remember one time I knew I had given a wonderful performance and he said to me after, ‘Are you having fun?... I can’t help you more technically, but I want you to be having more fun.’”
More than 350 of Gister’s former students had reminisced about him, expressed their grief and planned memorial services around the country, on a Facebook group as of Wednesday night.
Gister balanced his dedication to teaching with a commitment to his family, his son said. Carey Gister recalled how his father would constantly teach his three children about literature and the arts, and once spent hours coaching him for a high school acting audition.
“Growing up in my father’s house was like a world-class education in the humanities,” Carey Gister said.
Though laryngeal cancer forced Gister to have his vocal cords removed in late 1988, he continued to teach at Yale and spoke at the School of Drama’s commencement ceremony six months after undergoing surgery, his son said.
He is survived by a sister, a brother, three children and two grandchildren.
© 2012 Yale Daily News All Rights Reserved
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Training
Education
| Yale School of Drama - MFA, Acting | |
| Howard University - BFA Cum Laude, Drama | |
| Continued Professional Development | |
| Actor's Center Teacher Development Workshop | |||
| Sam Christensen Intensive Workshop | |||
| Writing Workshop, Ela Thier | |||
| Advanced Cold Reading Master Class, Margie Haber | |||
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Teaching Apprentice, Margie Haber Studio Master Acting Class, The Actor's Center Lloyd Richards |
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| Master Playwriting Workshop, The Public Theater George C. Wolf | |||
| Fiction Memoir Writing Workshop Greg Lichtenberg | |||
| Method Writing Kathrin Seitz | |||
| Sande Shurin Transformational Acting Workshop | |||
On Stage
Broadway | |
|---|---|
| THE MOUNTAINTOP us | Kenny Leon |
| RADIO GOLF us | Kenny Leon |
| SEVEN GUITARS* | Lloyd Richards |
| THE PIANO LESSON | Lloyd Richards |
| MULE BONE | Michael Shultz |
| BITTER TEARS OF PETRA VON KANT | Ian Belton |
| *originated role | |
Off-Broadway | |
| ZOOMAN & THE SIGN | Signature Theatre/Steven Henderson |
| WAR | Rattlestick Theatre/Anders Cato |
| THE SIN EATER | 59 E 59th Street/Billy Hopkins |
| CARSON MCCULLERS (HISTORICALLY INACCURATE) | Playwrights Horizons/Marion McClinton |
| BREATH, BOOM* | Playwrights Horizons/Marion McClinton |
| THE OLD SETTLER | Primary Stages/Hal Scott |
| EVERYBODY'S RUBY | Public Theatre/Roberta Levitow |
| MAJOR CRIMES | Actor's Studio/Arthur Penn |
| INSURRECTION . . . HOLDING HISTORY | Public Theatre/Robert O'Hara |
| THE DESTINY OF ME | Lucille Lortel/Circle Rep |
| WYOMING | 78th St Theatre Lab/Eric Nightengale |
| *originated role | |
Regional | |
|---|---|
| BREAKFAST WITH MUGABE American premiere | Centenary Theatre/David Shookok |
| LEVEE JAMES* | American Conservatory Theatre |
| THINGS OF DRY HOURS* | Pittsburch Public Theatre |
| DOUBT | George Street Playhouse/Anders Cato |
| THE COLORED MUSEUM | The Alliance Theatre |
| INTIMATE APPAREL | Philadelphia Drama Guild |
| PEKONG | American Conservatory Theatre |
| THE COMEDY OF ERRORS | Shakespeare and Company |
| THE WINTER'S TALE | Shakespeare and Company |
| MISS JULIE | Yale Repertory Theatre |
| LOVE'S LABOURS LOST | Shakespeare Theatre Company/Michael Kahn |
| THE WINTER'S TALE | Shakespeare Theatre at the Folger |
| DANCING ON THE CEILING | American Stage Festival |
| SEVEN GUITARS* | The Goodman |
| SEVEN GUITARS | Huntington Theatre Company |
| TWO TRAINS RUNNING | Center Stage |
| GOD'S HEART* | Trinity Rep/Craig Lucas |
| A SUNBEAM* | Virginia Stage Company |
| STARTING MONDAY* | Anne Commire |
| TROILUS AND CRESSIDA | Yale Repertory Theatre/Andre Belgrader |
| AS YOU LIKE IT | Yale Theatre |
| THE SEAGULL | Yale Theatre |
| NORA | Yale Theatre |
| RHINESTONES AND PASTE* | Yale Cabaret/Lynn Nottage |
| RUNAWAY HOME* | Studio Theater |
| *originated role | |
it's that time of year
Grad School Time.
Very proud of my. Client Kenneth Ray....callbacks!
Petronia Paley-I was inspired by her today...arrived in email
The Actor's Craft
In order be private in public, the actor 's body and voice must be relaxed and free, the choices dynamic, the emotions available, the imagination awakened, the senses sharpened, and the courage to give voice to truth must rise to the heavens. I the Actor.
Petronia Paley
New Photo Shoot
Crystal Blake shot us the whole Red Wall Team yesterday in our efforts to grow the company we wanted to present power fun images of who we are and where we are going. The photo shoot was a blast. We can't wait to share the photos. Now we have a few behind the scene shots. Vanessa Thorpe shot the behind the scenes. And by the way we are producing her short film developed right here at RWPS.
