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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The Conneaut Arts Center is hosting a one-day acting workshop taught by
award-winning Hollywood professionals Linda Phillips Palo and Paul Palo with
decades of experience producing, acting, and casting in Hollywood. For more information, visit <a href="http://conneautartscenter.com/acting-workshop">conneautartscenter.com/acting-workshop</a></p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">When: June 22^nd, 2024 • 10am-4:30pm</p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Includes a pizza lunch</p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Where: Conneaut Arts Center 1025 Buffalo Street, Conneaut, OH 44030 (located
in the smaller building out back known as the Annex)</p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ages: 16+ (waivers required for minors)</p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">What to expect:</p>

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</span>Experimenting with new possibilities</p>

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</span>Improvisation techniques </p>

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</span>Playing different roles and developing characters</p>

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</span>Practice reading from a script </p>

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</span>Relaxing and letting go </p>

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</span>Exercises for releasing tension</p>

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</span>Build confidence - tell a story </p>

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</span>General nuts and bolts of television and film work </p>

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</span>How to explore and prepare yourself for career
possibilities</p>

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<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Linda Phillips Palo C.S.A. (MA)</b> is a casting director and producer
who won the Artios, the highest casting honor for her work casting Sophia
Coppola’s <i>The Virgin Suicides, Jeepers Creepers 2</i>, and cult hit <i>Ginger
Snaps.</i> She has also worked as the casting director for Francis Ford Coppola
on his films <i>The Rainmaker</i> (Matt Damon, Danny DeVito, Jon Voight) and <i>Jack</i>
(Robin Williams, Diane Lane, Jennifer Lopez,) <i>The Secret Garden, Heaven’s
Prisoners, Wind,</i> over fifty feature films, and award-winning short films and
TV shows.</p>

<p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b>Paul Palo</b> has joined wife Linda for the past few years as a producing
and casting partner working on several edgy independent films. Most recently as
Associate Producers and casting directors on <i>Happiness Runs</i>. Paul has an
extensive production background and was nominated for an Emmy for <i>Aids the
Global Explosion</i>, as well as four Telly awards for his documentary work In
Iraq, South Africa, and domestically, and a Parents Choice Award for
interactive “Voyage Through the Solar System.” Paul also worked on ABC’s <i>Castle</i>
as an actor for 7 seasons.</p></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font color="#444444" face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Jordan</font><div><font color="#444444" face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Administrative Assistant</font></div><div><font color="#444444" face="garamond, times new roman, serif">Conneaut Arts Center</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif"><img width="96" height="15" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4yXVwK1i1Yoi_Uw0ElessQzSSzSUFNFnglAjNrB48eFk3g1rRnQev1Yr76dkdF6TweXEzb7VZ8"><br></font></div></div></div></div>