I'll be playing a jazz professor in Paul Gonsalves On the Road as part of the Capitol Fringe Festival.
http://shows.capfringe.org/shows/3553-Paul-Gonsalves-On-The-Road.html
Lena Productions
presents
Paul Gonsalves On The Road
Playwright: Arthur Luby
Directed by Andrew Wassenich
Featuring: Davey Yarborough
Show length: 70 minutes
After decades as a star saxophonist with Duke Ellington, an exhausted Paul Gonsalves appears at a college seminar tasked with speaking about his life. With his future in the orchestra in doubt, he confronts the costs of his career.
Genres: Drama/Paul Gonsalves Remembers
Recommended for kids ages 13 & up
World Premiere
Contains Profanity
Handicap Accessible featured
From VA
Venue: Mountain - at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church
Networking Tricks for Actors - Networking Tricks for Actors workshop will help you develop the kind of networking skills you can use to increase auditioning\casting opportunities as you advance your career. In this hour long class you'll learn:
- How to use networking techniques to increase audition opportunities
- Networking like a celebrity
- The importance of being an actreprenuer i.e. a business-minded actor
- Marketing techniques
- How to get and stay on agents’ and directors’ radar
- The importance of creating and having a career plan
- Using "social platforms" to propel your career
- Harnessing the power of your social circle
Instructor - William Powell
Tution - $25 per class
Dates/Time - 1/23, 2/6, 2/13, 2/20 (each class has the same content) 7:45 - 8:45pm
DIRECTIONS
Directions from the metro: Exit the metro and walk straight towards the 7 Eleven, continue pass the 7 Eleven 1 block on Carroll Ave. Approach the CVS on the right hand side of the street. Take Willow Street pass the CVS down to 6925 Willow St., which is on the left hand side (do not stop at 6925A which is the 1st entrance on the corner at the light).
Started a new podcast called Inside Acting. I interviewed the likes of NYC acting coach John Pallotta and D.C. to L.A. actor Tony Ellis.
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/inside-acting/2012/01/12/q-a-with-nyc-acting-coach-john-pallotta
Networking Tricks for Actors
Dates: Saturday, November 5th
Time: 11am-1pm
Teacher: William Powell
Location: Near Bethesda Metro
Sign-ups: $25
Register at: http://www.districtgroove.com/class-schedules/actors-networking/
Who:
Actors at all levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.
What:
Learn networking tricks that will increase your audition opportunities!
What you’ll learn:
* Learn how to increase your audition opportunities over 10%!
* Learn how to be an actrepreneur
* Learn the must-knows of marketing yourself
* Learn how to keep yourself on agents’ and directors’ radar
Teacher’s Biography:
William Powell, an accomplished DC-area actor and publisher of the DC Actors Examiner column, is committed to helping fellow actors get stage and screen work; A long time Actors’ Center member, William has played an FBI agent and a banker on Investigation Discovery’s Who the Bleep Did I Marry? crime reenactment show; appeared in the training films Auditioning Secrets and Sleep Apnia; appeared in the indie films Recession Proof and Conscious Imprisonment and in commercials for the likes of Car Max, T. Rowe Price and GEICO; appeared in stage plays like Barefoot in the Park and Bye Bye Birdie at Prince George’s Little Theatre
Questions:
Email Amina at districtgroove@gmail.com or text message at (301) 641-6055
Networking Tricks for Actors
Dates: Saturday, November 5th
Time: 11am-1pm
Teacher: William Powell
Location: Near Bethesda Metro
Sign-ups: $25
Register at: http://www.districtgroove.com/class-schedules/actors-networking/
Who:
Actors at all levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.
What:
Learn networking tricks that will increase your audition opportunities!
What you’ll learn:
* Learn how to increase your audition opportunities over 10%!
* Learn how to be an actrepreneur
* Learn the must-knows of marketing yourself
* Learn how to keep yourself on agents’ and directors’ radar
Teacher’s Biography:
William Powell, an accomplished DC-area actor and publisher of the DC Actors Examiner column, is committed to helping fellow actors get stage and screen work; A long time Actors’ Center member, William has played an FBI agent and a banker on Investigation Discovery’s Who the Bleep Did I Marry? crime reenactment show; appeared in the training films Auditioning Secrets and Sleep Apnia; appeared in the indie films Recession Proof and Conscious Imprisonment and in commercials for the likes of Car Max, T. Rowe Price and GEICO; appeared in stage plays like Barefoot in the Park and Bye Bye Birdie at Prince George’s Little Theatre
Questions:
Email Amina at districtgroove@gmail.com or text message at (301) 641-6055
http://www.districtgroove.com/class-schedules/actors-networking/
Dates: Saturday, November 5th
Time: 11am-1pm
Teacher: William Powell
Location: Near Bethesda Metro
Sign-ups: $25
Who:Actors at all levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.
Requirements:You will need an imagination, a notepad and a pen.
What:Learn networking tricks that will increase your audition opportunities!
What you’ll learn:* Learn how to increase your audition opportunities over 10%!* Learn how to be an actrepreneur* Learn the must-knows of marketing yourself* Learn how to work the Red Carpet* Learn how to work rooms full of movers and shakers in the industry!* Learn how to keep yourself on agents’ and directors’ radar
Teacher’s Biography:William Powell, an accomplished DC-area actor and publisher of the DC Actors Examiner column, is committed to helping fellow actors get stage and screen work; A long time Actors’ Center member, William has played an FBI agent and a banker on Investigation Discovery’s Who the Bleep Did I Marry? crime reenactment show; appeared in the training films Auditioning Secrets and Sleep Apnia; appeared in the indie films Recession Proof and Conscious Imprisonment and in commercials for the likes of Car Max, T. Rowe Price and GEICO; appeared in stage plays like Barefoot in the Park and Bye Bye Birdie at Prince George’s Little Theatre; wrote comedy skits for The Darryl Winston Show; competed in the 2009 Funniest Fed Competition and assistant directed the play Born Yesterday at the Bowie Playhouse (MD).
Questions:
Email Amina at districtgroove@gmail.com or text message at (301) 641-6055
Dates: Saturday, November 5th
Time: 11am-1pm
Teacher: William Powell
Location: Near Bethesda Metro
Sign-ups: $25
Actors at all levels, beginning, intermediate and advanced.
You will need an imagination, a notepad and a pen.
Email Amina at districtgroove@gmail.com or text message at (301) 641-6055
My commercial for Calvert Woodley wines airs tonight on Comcast Sports Net!
Stage Manager or Asst. Stage Manager needed for Bye Bye Birdie. The show opens in four weeks. Need someone who can be there for rehearsals at New Carrollton Municipal Center, and for tech week and performances. Contact director Jeff Lesniak 301-580-1789 or at jeff@jefflesniak.com or contact producer Roy Peterson at 202-215-6878 (cell) or at rpeterson@avtekstaffing.com
Shooting a commercial tonight!
Just uploaded 11 voiceover samples!
Several commercials and books among them.
What's up everybody! I'm working organizing my voiceover samples. I'll have some good ones posted soon.
WTP
What's up everybody! Check out my latest DC Actors Examiner column and get up on the acting game.
My latest column is entitled "Tips for a Great Resume."
Talk to you all later!
I just submitted to a number of NYC talent agents. Now I've got get on a first name basis with
the folks at busjunction.com!
I found a good site that lists pro and community-level audition notices. I wrote all about it at: DC Actors Examiner
My goal is to make 7 commercials this year and break into voiceover.