[NEohioPAL] THE BUSINESS OF HOLLYWOOD ACTING

[Jessica Novak]

“ DISCOVER ME!”
Actor workshop on Oct. 18 - 19 at
LakelandCommunity College
 
 
KIRTLAND, Ohio – The Hollywood Talent Group is hosting an acting workshop, “Discover Me!”, on October 18 – 19 at Lakeland Community College in the Performing Arts Center, 7700 Clocktower Drive, 44094. The two-day workshop/seminar features three top Hollywood insiders.  
 
http://www2.lakelandcc.edu/nora/events/iuser/news/newsmore.asp?ID=1275
 
Mentor, Ohio native and Hollywood talent rep Ric Beddingfield (see bio below), General Hospital actor and Ohio native Tyler Christopher, and Hollywood casting director and Canton, Ohio native Sally Stiner, will present and discuss what every actor needs to know to pursue a professional career in film and television. 
Beddingfield is known for finding and developing new talent such as:
- Freddie Prinze, Jr.
- Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Center of the Earth (3D), Bridge to Terabithia, Polar Express)
- Jared Padalecki (Supernatural, Gilmore Girls)
- Eric Zamanda (CSI)
- Amanda Baker (All My Children)
 
Learn about:
 
	* Life as a professional actor in Los Angeles
	* Practical aspects of coming to Los Angeles to begin an acting career
	* Making contacts
	* Photographers
	* Acting classes
	* Marketing yourself
	* Business aspects of acting and representation
	* Structure of the business of Hollywood
	* Studios/networks/production companies 
	* Agents/managers
	* The casting process
	* Practical advice on auditioning and getting a job
	* Audition process
	* Cold reading
 
On Sunday, participants will observe intensive auditions of actors selected from Saturday. The selected actors will receive further intensive study, auditioning and feedback including reading with Christopher, training with Stiner, and being evaluated by Beddingfield.
 
Auditions will be followed by a participant-driven question and answer period with all three professionals regarding the art and business of acting and succeeding in Hollywood.
 
The two-day seminar fee is $179. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to The Lakeland Foundation to support the visual and performing arts at Lakeland Community College.
 
To register, call 1-800-261-9142 or e-mail sheri at hollywoodtalentgroup.com.
 
About Ric Beddingfield
MentornativeRic Beddingfield has been in the talent representation business for over three decades.  From a humble beginning in the mailroom at the world-famous International Creative Management (ICM) talent agency, he worked his way to vice president as both a talent and producers agent where he packaged over 40 motion pictures and represented feature film producers and actors.
 
Later, as an agent at J. Michael Bloom, he represented such actors as Academy Award Winner Marcia Gay Harden, Academy Award nominees Alec Baldwin, Laura Linney and Bob Hoskins, and Emmy Award winners David Hyde Pierce (Frasier) and Ellen DeGeneres.In 1994, Beddingfield opened his own talent management company, The Beddingfield Company, Inc., to focushis attention solely on the clients he is most passionate about. 
 
Beddingfield is known for finding and developing new talent such as Freddie Prinze Jr., Josh Hutcherson (Journey to the Center of the Earth (3D), Bridge to Terabithia, Polar Express), Jared Padalecki (Supernatural, Gilmore Girls), Eric Zamanda (CSI) and Amanda Baker (All My Children). He also currently represents successful film and television actors such as Tyler Christopher (General Hospital, Into The West), Eddie McClintock (Crumbs, Bones, Desperate Housewives, and the upcoming Warehouse 13 series for SciFi Channel), and Leigh Allyn Baker (Will & Grace, 12 Miles of Bad Road). 
 
In 1994, he and his business partner, Paul B. Heth, opened the first cinema in Moscow, Russia showing American films. Their company, Rising Star Media, is partnered with National Amusements (majority owner of Viacom – Paramount, CBS, Nickelodeon, etc. and owned by Sumner and Sheri Redstone) and currently owns and operates six of Russia’s largest multiplexes, and are producing films in Russia for the Russian marketplace.  
 
About Tyler Christopher
Delaware, Ohio nativeTyler Christopher returned to the role of Nikolas Cassadine on ABC’s GH in 2003. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1999, 2005, and 2006 for his portrayal. He left GH in 1999 to pursue other projects and had regular roles on popular shows Charmed and The Pretender. Guest staring roles include Crossing Jordan, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and Jag, among others. In 2005 he appeared in the Steven Spielberg-produced mini-series Into the West, where he starred as Jacob Wheeler, Jr.
 
About Sally Stiner
Canton, Ohio nativeSally Stiner, is a former casting executive at NBC. She is an independent casting director currently casting The Bill Engvall Show. She has cast shows such as The Jeff Foxworthy Show, Malcolm in the Middle, Boy Meets World, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and numerous other TV and film projects for almost 30 years. Stiner is currently casting up-and-coming shows for the soon-to-premiere prominent kids cable channel that will target boys.
 
 
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