Save money on some of the most popular acting classes in NY, Los Angeles, London and Australia. Fill out the form and mention the TVI Actors Studio Holiday coupon. Here is the form. You can also call TVI in NY at 212-302-1900 or in Los Angeles at 818-784-6500.

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Voice-overs and voice acting is something that everyone seems to have interest in. What could be better, reading into a microphone, not being seen, lot of money….As it is with most things in the show business world, there is much more to it than that. First is, of course, an ability to perform consistently, in a studio environment. For many, this may not be as easy as it seems. Directors, audio technicians, Ad Reps., Copy-writiers, can make a pressured situation worse. Next, the actor must be able to offer several interpretations of the same script. Third, getting the job by having a great audition and demo-tape that has “professional” written all over it are essential ingredients that make a Voice-Over career a realistic pursuit. Finding out if you’ve got what it takes may simply be a matter of taking a class with a professional instructor who can help you.

Pictured is Jeffrey Dreisbach at TVI Actors Studio

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After 10 days of TVI Actors Studio in Australia, 2 time “Emmy” award winner, Los Angeles Casting Director of “24″, Debi Manwiller and I are heading back to Los Angeles. Debi is in the midst of casting the 8th season of “24″. On behalf of TVI, words can not express our gratitude to the inspiration and education to the Australian actors that attended the events in Sydney, Melbourne and Gold Coast.

Additionally, the events could not been as successful without the guidance of Lee Donehue from Quiet on Set, and one of Australia’s most resected actors and founder of TAFTA, John Orcsik.

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One hundred plus actors and Queensland talent agents and casting directors converged at Bond University in Robina, Australia tonight to meet and hear two time Emmy Award winning casting Director Debi Manwiller speak about casting the Hit TV series “24” and about the casting process in Los Aneles.

Special guests that showed up included Lee Donehue from the popular industry newsletter “Quiet on Set“, former American Casting director Tom McSweeney who has been casting the past 12 years in Australia and John Stewart from TAFTA in the Gold Coast,TVI’s Alan S Nusbaum moderated the event this evening.

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Character building and what makes a truly great actor? RADA acting tutor and renown acting coach Dee Cannon interviewed recently by the Guardian News.

Dee is one of the most sought-after acting/ dialogue coaches in the world.

She works in Los Angeles, New York, London and throughout the world, in film, TV, theatre and pop videos.

Her work as an acting coach includes auditions, readings, monologues, script breakdown, on set coaching and character development.

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I received an actual letter (not an email) in my mailbox the other day from the respected publisher, Carrie Kaufman and editor-in-chief of Chicago’s exclusive Actor’s newspaper, Performink.

The message was clear, honest and sincere. That is why Carrie and Performink is the pre-eminent acting newspaper in the Mid-West, if not in the United States.

The message was clear cut.

Carrie went on to say, “Every year recently, I have seen three accelerating trends for Performink:”

1) Web Traffic is up (http://www.performink.com/)

2) Print Subscriptions are down

3) Advertising for Print is down

I applaud Carrie for her honesty with her huge readership and loyal advertising base. This is why she is so respected among the Chicago Acting and Theatre community.

Performink will cease it’s print publishing on June 19th she goes on to say.

The new and expanded Performink’s web site will phase in in mid-July. Breaking news will be covered every day, Auditions will be added through-out the day – in the moment, new interactive advice columns added frequently and the web publication will be updated weekly as opposed to the previous print schedule of every other week.

I applaud the publisher Carrie Kaufman for her ambitious and progressive ideas. I encourage you as an actorpreneur to see great well written articles, current auditions for Film, Theatre and TV and overall great content.

You can see the online version here, or email the paper with any news you have.

And advertisers, use the resource to get your message out to Chicago and Mid-West actors you want to reach.

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It is not my birthday, but arriving at gateway 75B at LAX I was requested if I would mind moving to First class from Business class! Not a bad day as I head to TVI Actors Studio in New York for the quick flight across America.

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TVI Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles will be on holiday for Independence Day Weekend. The studios in New York and Los Angeles will re-open on Monday, the 6th of July.

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There is a recent post on Inside TVI Actors Studio about the SAG strike.

In the States, you have SAG, AFTRA, AEA. In the UK, you have British Equity, Canada has ACTRA, and in Australia, the union that oversees the guidelines and protects actors is the MEAA, The Media Entertainment Arts and Alliance.

While I cannot stress enough the importance of understanding the Unions policies, how to obtain membership and how the Unions can protect you and an actor wherever you work.

I had time while in Sydney to meet with the administration and understand more of what they do for Australian Actors.

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