THIS, you can share. :) OK, my Facebook friends, the NEXT FREE EVENT is here! Get motivated! Get informed! Kick off the Holiday season (and the New Year) with a remarkable FREE industry event on November 22. This is being put on by my friend of two decades+, KEVIN E. WEST (bio below). Kevin is an actor, a motivational speaker, and the founder of the legendary The Actors Network and is producing a one-day event that is sure to be both life-changing and career enhancing. 7 Deadly Sins: The Actor Overcomes! Kevin will open the seminar in the morning, with author, and theatre and film director John Swanbeck of Blue Swan Films speaking after lunch and me (casting director, Billy DaMota CSA) doing an extensive talk and Q+A to wrap up the afternoon. WITH SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS! Heres the info. I hope you can come. Email the address below to reserve your spot. ≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈≈ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: (Email a reservation or pass along to other actors!) 7 Deadly Sins: The Actor Overcomes! Presented by Kevin E. West & The Actors’ Network FEATURING Kevin E. West, John Swanbeck, Billy DaMota CSA - with special guests. Saturday, November 22nd, 10a – 5:30p Cost of Admission FREE ** FREE Caldwell Hall Gym/Stage Faith Presbyterian Church of Valley Village 5000 Colfax Ave. Valley Village, 91601 (Entrance to Caldwell Hall on Hesby St.) Reservations Email: info@actors-network MUST include your FULL NAME. One reservation per email. No admission without reservation. No, you may not reserve for others, only you. Only 300 seats available. You will receive a confirmation within 24 hours. Plentiful street parking in the surrounding area. Event Overview: Kevin E. West will be presenting a most unique look at the business of show business in our efforts to create success, overcome the 7 deadly sins and build a career. 10:00 – 10:15: Intro 10:15 – 1:00: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, General Q&A 1:00 – 2:00 (LUNCH-On your own!) 2:00 – 5:30: Wrath, Envy, Pride, (Dir) John Swanbeck, (CD) Billy DaMota CSA, General Q&A Host/Producer: Kevin E. West Kevin is the President and Founder of The Actors’ Network, the most recognized, trusted, and industry endorsed actors business organization in the United States. The Actors’ Network holds consecutive (2006/2007) Backstage West “Reader’s Choice” awards, has been featured on Entertainment Tonight three times, and CNBC twice. Its many successful alumni include Golden Globe & Emmy Nominee Masi Oka (Heroes), and Christopher Gorham (Covert Affairs) of the Golden Globe Award winning cast of Ugly Betty and Maggie Grace (Taken). Kevin has been considered the top opinion leader on the business of show business since 1991, including his time speaking nationally from the Show Biz expo in New York to Dallas, the WGA, UCLA, Chapman, Cal State Fullerton and soon to be in Sweden (2015). Kevin is also the creator of the Industry Professional interview series, ActorBizGuru (Rated the #1 online resource for the business of show business) by BackStage West readers in 2014. He is the Co-Author of the 2-hour CD “The Actor’s Guide to Getting the Job” with LA’s top commercial instructor, Carolyne Barry and spent 10 years as the creator/producer of the annual Hack n’ Smack, Kerry Daveline Memorial, Celebrity Golf Tournament in Southern California benefiting Melanoma. Kevin E. West has been a working actor in Hollywood since 1990. His credits include Aquarius, Criminal Minds, Bones, Castle, Touch, CSI: Miami, Justified, Leverage, Lost, 24, Desperate Housewives, NCIS, Alias, CSI, Judging Amy, NYPD Blue, The X-Files, Melrose Place, The Pretender, Resurrection Blvd, Oh, Baby, Angel, VIP, Seven Days, Diagnosis Murder, Arrest & Trial, In The House, Young and the Restless, Bold and Beautiful, Passions, General Hospital, Santa Barbara, Port Charles, and The Texas Cheerleader Story and the long-running Matlock are just a sampling of his many credits which also include a 2 year stint as a Stand-up Comic and Improv artist. About John Swanbeck: John Swanbeck is a writer/director living in Los Angeles. His existential film comedy “The Big Kahuna” has achieved cult-like status in the international and indie film worlds for its cinematic performances by Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito. He is the creator and writer of the weekly comic strip “The Daily Life Of ‘Pants’”. He’s currently producing the live comedy show “The Blueswanfilms Traveling Comedy Show” and the animated series “Newbie” and scripting a new comedy with the original writer of Tim Burton’s “Frankenweenie”. John’s stage productions have appeared in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. He is renowned for his unorthodox approach to film and television acting, captured in his eBook for actors “John Swanbeck’s: How To Steal The Scene & End Up Playing The Lead.” He also writes a regular column on film acting for Backstage. About Billy DaMota CSA: In 1985, Billy DaMota began his casting career, working as an assistant on such films as Predator, The Running Man, The Three Amigos and Project X. In 1988 he was hired as the casting associate on the gang epic, Colors, directed by Dennis Hopper. Billy became an independent casting director with Steven Seagals first film, Above the Law, directed by Andrew Davis. He went on to cast Miracle Mile, starring Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham and the legendary cult classic Chopper Chicks in Zombie Town, casting the then unknown Billy Bob Thornton in his first co-starring role. He recently cast the faith-based blockbuster, Gods Not Dead, the family drama Touching Home, starring Ed Harris, Robert Forster and Brad Dourif and Apostle Peter starring Hollywood legend, Robert Loggia. Billy has worked with acclaimed director Alex Proyas on dozens of national commercials and as a casting consultant on The Crow as well as the Will Smith hit I, Robot. He has cast hundreds of films, TV shows, commercials, plays and music videos, casting actors like Marcia Cross, James Franco, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, Sean Young, as well as Hollywood legends Faye Dunaway, Mickey Rooney and Tony Curtis. For 2 decades he cast the hit TV show Americas Most Wanted. He also works as the staff casting director for Pure Flix, the industry’s #1 faith-based production company. His casting partner for the past 15 years is Dea Vise CSA. His book, An Actor Grovels is due out soon in bookstores and eBooks everywhere.
Posted on: Sun, 09 Nov 2014 00:19:45 +0000
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