Meet the Coaches 10

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TRU "MEET THE COACHES"
(AND AUDITION INFO SESSION)
Sunday afternoon, February 28th

Information and audition orientation: 5pm
Meet the Coaches: 5:45
Wine and cheese reception until 8:30

The Players Theatre, 3rd floor Loft,
115 Macdougal Street

FREE for every actor who is registered for the TRU Audition; $10 for others.
Reservations required: email Jen at TRUAE-actor@truonline.org

I thought you would like some feedback on the TRU coach I worked with for my audition -- Sonya Cooke. Sonya was wonderful! I had never worked with a coach before and I am so glad I did. I know my audition was at another level because of our work together. Sonya is such a intuitive teacher and she really knows how to work text and body tailored to a specific person. She is smart. She is tough too in the best way. You don't go to her to 'coast' - you have to work -- I even had homework and I loved it!

I will continue to work with Sonya on other things and I am glad I have someone to go to should another audition come up especially if I am using new material. I highly recommend her to any actor that really wants to go the extra mile and is willing to do the work.

Thank you again for creating the TRU auditions and introducing all the coaches --- I also met with Annie Lebeaux -- she too was so informative and great to learn from. I know the next time I go to sing I will be better prepared dealing with the pianist. ~ Marina Barry

MEET THE COACHES (and other valuable resources we'd like you to know)
	LINDAAMIEL BURNS (vocal coach) has had a lifelong love affair with cabaret and the musical theater. In 1977 she founded THE SINGING EXPERIENCE, workshops in performance technique for people who want to explore their potential, discover their hidden talents, and gain self-confidence through the magic of music. Since that time, thousands of people of all ages and all walks of life, have taken this remarkable journey. Julie Wilson says, "this is the best cabaret performance workshop there is!" Peter Leavy of Cabaret Scenes called Linda "the best teacher." For the past ten years, she has produced and starred in The Singing Experience Cable TV Show on MNN and RCN. Visit her website at www.singingexperience.com
	CLYDE BALDO (acting coach, monologue writer, event coordinator) has been coaching actors for over 10 years. His work is transformative, not only on the professional level but on the personal level as well. Clyde strengthens the actor’s connection to self and teaches the actor to deeply trust their innate instincts and wisdom. Clyde shows you clearly how your mechanisms are working and what is possibly getting in the way of your success. In working with Clyde, the actor not only gets creative and emotional guidance but also practical business guidance as well, which is so necessary. Clyde has acted in over 40 plays, 20 films, 14 commercials, 10 radio plays and 4 TV Network spots. Clyde has also directed 13 plays in NYC. Some of his favorite roles: The photographer on The Sopranos, Wes Banyon on Law and Order- Criminal Intent, Schmul in Doughboys, Deflores in The Changeling and Al in Road to Nirvana.
	BLUFACE PHOTOGRAPHY (official photographer of the TRU Audition Event/sponsor)) - Blu has worked internationally with the ELITE modeling agency, traveled the globe, and worked with some of the best photographers of our time. She has appeared in numerous ads, as well as publications such as French Vogue, Elle, Harpers Bazaar, L'Officiale, Marie Claire, and other magazines the world over. She was the face of Ray Ban and Christian Lacroix's first fragrance "Cest La Vie". Blu always had a keen eye for beauty but her time in Paris defined her sense of style and aesthetics Blu studied acting with William Esper, Tom Todoroff , Julia Carey and voice and speech with Shane Ann Younts. She has appeared in the Major Motion Picture "Fur" opposite Nicole Kidman , and on All My Children ."My love for acting is equal to my love for actors. I admire anyone who takes on such a difficult and challenging profession. I cant even tell you how blessed I feel to be able to work with these beautiful people called actors every day. There is nothing else I would rather do. My passion for photography led me to study at the International Center for Photography and my love for actors led me to create my latest incarnation and passion."
	TINA MARIE CASAMENTO (vocal coach) is a casting associate for NETworks theatricals, heading national tour auditions held in New York and several major U.S. cities. In 2001 she was a casting associate for pilot season at Warner Brothers Television. She has been coaching and directing for over 15 years, and many of her clients have gone on to book prestigious contracts. In 1999, she was presented the Teacher Recognition Award by the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program for her work as a musical theater coach. She received training at Carnegie Melon University, as well as B.A.D.A. in Oxford (England) through Yale University. She received her B.A. at University of Maryland and was a creative and performing arts scholar. Favorite directing projects include The Fantasticks at The Gallery Players; a staged concert of “Anyone Can Whistle”; An AEA showcase at Vital Theatre Co of “Maids Of Honor” and “Out of The Reach Of Children,” among others. Currently she has a seat as a national Panelist in Musical Theatre for Young Arts. She has a thriving coaching studio and a recording business www.BroadwayDemo.com which she owns and operates with her husband. She is also in a development deal with EMI Music Publishing to develop a musical she conceived entitled Chasing Rainbows about the childhood of Judy Garland. Visit her website at www.TinaMarieC.com
	SONYA COOKE (monolog coach) - Sonya's mission as an acting coach is to provide affordable and professional training to actors of all backgrounds. A professional actress, director and producer and alumna from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, Sonya synthesizes a wide variety of time-tested and powerful techniques, such as: Meisner, Neoclassical, Donnellan, Alexander, and Williamson in order to create a tailor-made program for the student. Please visit her website, www.sonyacooke.com, to read more about her pay-as-you-go services.
	MATTHEW DEMING (vocal coach) is a graduate of Boston University’s School for the Arts, where he studied vocal performance and piano. He has been teaching private voice for over nine years in Boston and New York. He is also the founder of The Audition Room, a master class series for musical theater performers to meet casting directors, agents, directors and music directors. Musical theater performance credits include: The Visit with Chita Rivera (Signature Theater), A Christmas Carol (Trinity Repertory Company), James Joyce’s The Dead (Huntington Theater Company), Floyd Collins (Speakeasy Stage Company), Showboat, Bells Are Ringing, JC Superstar (Allenberry Playhouse), Kiss Me Kate (Carousel Dinner Theater), Joseph… (Ogunquit Playhouse). He has music directed and played piano for several productions including: Annie, Grease, Kiss Me Kate, Into the Woods, Hello Dolly, and Music Man. Recordings include: Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Allegro. He is a regular singer with the New York Philharmonic, American Symphony Orchestra, Musica Sacra, the Bard Music Festival, the Mostly Mozart Festival. For more information please go to www.matthewdeming.net
	CATHERINE LAMM (monolog coach), literary & casting director of TRU, is a director and private coach who has trained with the Royal National Theatre (Edinburgh), the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, and the American Film Institute. She was formerly the casting director for the Chelsea and West Side Theaters. Catherine is also a feature writer and reviewer for Stage Press Weekly and British Theatre Guide . A veteran theatre professional, she has worked with The Players' Guide , Samuel French, and Broadway producers Mordeccai & Associates, and is a sometime dramaturg/literary consultant to various NYC-based theatre companies and producing organizations. A former professional actor with Off Broadway and West End roles to her credit, Catherine has been teaching actors about the business of performing since 1986. www.catherinelamm.com
	BRIAN O’NEIL (monolog coach) is a former agent and best-selling author of Acting As a Business, New York’s #1 selling performing arts book and recently hailed by Entertainment Weekly as a “show-biz industry bible.” Brian is also faculty/guest lecturer at virtually every top acting training program in the country including Yale and Juilliard. He specializes in career-advancement marketing techniques, monologue selection and coaching, and elimination of stage fright and performance anxiety. For more information, visit actingasabusiness.com or call 212-459-4502.
	BRAD ROSS (vocal coach) is a widely recognized vocal coach, composer and pianist. Brad is familiar with repertoire, vocal technique, 16 bar cuts, pop music, and song presentation. He's helped many actors get call-backs and jobs. He's played auditions for Shrek, Chicago, Mamma Mia and many other shows. In 2009, Brad was voted Favorite Accompanist in the Backstage Reader's Choice Awards. He plays at Actors Connection and TVI. He's played workshops with Eric Woodall. He's also played for agencies like Bauman Redanty, Dulcina Eisen, Bret Adams, and Henderson Hogan. Brad knows the ropes when it comes to delivering an effective audition.
	DOUG SHAPIRO (career consultant), a career consultant with The Savvy Actor, takes great pride in helping clients master their careers. He is renowned for his ‘FODapalooza’ networking events and monthly e-newsletters. Doug's eight years with Right Management, a company that provides career management services, provided the foundation for his expertise in self-marketing, interviewing and networking techniques. Doug is a guest lecturer on the business of acting at colleges extending from the University of Southern Maine, to Villanova University to Virginia's Shenandoah Conservatory. As a performer, Doug is an expert at creating multiple characters for musical and voiceover projects and his other work ranges from performing with a fifteen piece 1940’s big band to voicing several characters for Disney’s Finding Nemo: The Musical. Doug graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Musical Theater, Vocal Jazz, and Stage Management and has been working steadily in the Boston and New York City markets ever since.
	NATALIE WILSON (vocal coach) is a specialist in musical theater and the music of the Great American Songbook, Natalie was also an opera singer for 15 years. She is a true cross-over artist, equally comfortable teaching (and singing) classical repertoire as well as musical theater. If you are a working singer concerned about vocal health and fatigue, she can give you the technical foundation to sing your repertoire with ease and finesse. With a Masters Degree in Voice Performance and Pedagogy and a Bachelors in Voice Performance and Music Education, Natalie is also particularly skilled with training the young voice. She has over 15 years of teaching experience, both in my private studio and at colleges, universities, and community music centers including the Long Island Conservatory where she taught adults as well as children ages 4 to 17. Natalie understand the unique demands of teaching the developing voice (as well as the developing youngster). She teaches a classically-based technique, giving appropriate stylistic adjustments for musical theater, jazz or pop repertoire, and includes music theory training in all her lessons, imparting a solid technical and musical foundation for whatever style of music you want to pursue. Natalie also offer combination voice and piano lessons, which I strongly encourage for any students who do not already play piano.
	JEFFREY ZEINER (monolog coach) brings to his teaching a varied and interesting background in the theatre. He spent 13 years as a successful New York talent agent, has extensive experience as a casting director, producer, director, and as an actor. He currently directs his dramatic improv company in compelling theatrical events rich in elements of drama and social significance. Exclusively available through our proud sponsor, Weist-Barron Studios.

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