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Hi All,
Opening night for The House of Bernarda Alba was great! Thanks to those that made it out tonight. Also, I want to remind everyone that my show will continue its run for the rest of this weekend and all of next weekend. Please see dates and show times below. It would mean a great deal to me to have familiar faces in the audience.
Besitos,
Giovanni
The House of Bernarda Alba
Saturday, January 23rd at 3pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 24th at 8pm.
Friday, January 29th at 8pm
Saturday, January 30th at 8pm
Sunday, January 31st at 3pm & 8pm.
The show is at:
Underground Theater
1314 North Wilton Place
Los Angeles, CA 90028-8527
(323) 467-0036
Tickets are $15
No advance purchase, CASH ONLY
Come early to find parking!
Hi Friends!
Come and check out the play I'm starring in, The House of Bernarda Alba, at the Underground Theater in Hollywood.
Opening night is: January 22, at 8pm
Additional Performances this weekend are:
Saturday, January 23rd at 3pm & 8pm
Sunday, January 24th at 8pm.
The show is at:
Underground Theater
1314 North Wilton Place
Los Angeles, CA 90028-8527
(323) 467-0036
Tickets are $10 (for opening night only) and $15 for additional performances
No advance purchase, CASH ONLY
Come early to find parking!
Woo hoo!!!
Besitos!
Giovanni
Hey friends!
Awesome news...I booked the role of Angustias in The Underground Theaters Production of Frederico Garcia Lorca's The House Of Bernarda Alba. :0)
I'm really excited. The show is a part of the Theaters 2010 Lorca Fesival. They'll also be producing Blood Wedding, another one of Lorca's great plays.
Frederico Lorca is one of my favorite playwrights so it is a nice way to start the new year. The show is rehearsing for a couple weeks and playing the last two weeks of January. Kinda crazy schedule but I'm still totally excited.
I'll keep everyone posted on show dates and times and ticket information.
Woohoo! 2010 is starting off with a nice bang!
Besitos,
Giovanni
p.s.: don't forget to get your vote in for REPLAY. Click this link to vote:
Hi Friends!
As many of you know, last year REPLAYhad an opportunity to air on PBS via a contest. REPLAY was up against two other short films and needed to collect as many votes as possible. We lost by 65 votes. :(
But now REPLAY has a rare second chance to win the opportunity to air on PBS in NYC! We have to collect as many NEW VOTES as possible in order to win. All you have to do is click this link below which will automatically place your vote for the film:
http://www.voteforreplay.com
Your help means a lot! :) Thanks!
Giovanni
Happy Holiday's friends!
This year has been a wonderful year for me. This past week I spent a great deal of time meditating on the amazing experience's I've had in 2009, both personally and professionally, and It made me feel super grateful for everything and everyone in my life! I've put much thought and planning into 2010 and hope you guys continue to follow me on this wonderful ride!
Thanks for the incredible support and positive advice and words. :) Enjoy your new year.
Be safe and Besitos!!!
Giovanni
The Groundlings
I'm done with my first class at The Groundlings improv school. And it was quite the challenge. My instructor, Sean Hogan, was really awesome and the class environment was really safe and nurturing.
Great facts about The Groundlings: all students are encouraged to NOT apologized for any mistakes made in the improv learning process, all students are REQUIRED to clap before and after each students improv work, and the instructor will give everyone adjustments and notes no mater the result of your work. Honestly, these policies helped a lot in feeling comfortable doing the work. I definitely tend to work a lot in my head and try to plan everything. As a result,improv has been much more of a challenge for me.
However, I found that my listening became even better by the end. With improv you absolutely need to listen to, and work off, what your partner gives you. And since you can't plan what your partner is going to contribute to yourimprov scene, and you have no information as to what the plot of your scenes will be or your relationship to your partner i s, all you can do is listen. Boy is that far more difficult then it sounds. I'm so use to working with scripts and established relationships when working on a scene and with a scene partner, I really needed to work hard at just letting go and allowing myself to fail (or succeed). It was nice to see how much I had improved from class one until the end.
I hope to continue on with the next level of improv soon. I really feel it has improved my skills and training in a short time. :)
Craig Colvin commercial audition technique class
Craig's class was awesome! He and Jordana Capra teach the class and they were spectacular to work with! I feel so much more prepared after getting their advice and adjustments. Jordana is an actress who has done over a hundred commercials and has been a commercial audition session director for several years. Her advice and help has been invaluable!
In class, we worked on really getting me to open up and be as big as I can in my delivery and performance. Basically, I need to stop playing it so safe. (It's ok for me to go big and just have the casting director or session director pull me back.) I've always thought of commercials being safer and more contained. So it was interesting to find out that casting directors still prefer to have big, bold and interesting choices from actors.
Aside from really specific and insightful notes on my work, they gave great advice about clothes and makeup. Their note was to go dressed as close as possible to the character you are auditioning for. According to Craig, commercials have moved a great deal to "regular people" selling a product and not "actors playing a character selling a product." So the more you can drop the "hi, I'm an actor playing a part" bit, the better your chances of booking the job.
We also discussed in the first session what our "types" are. According to the class and Jordana and Craig, my type is "blk,white,hispanic, multi-ethnic, Age: 30/35 to 40, middle class to upper middle class." They also gave specifics on what parts would work best for my type:" young mom, business manager, doctor...etc." And last, we went over the potential products I could sell: "Walmart, Mcdonalds, target, and health insurance" to name a few. Such specific advice was super helpful. I feel great about the work we did and the information I learned. It's always great to feel more prepared. And Craig and Jordana are great people to have access to for advice.
I look forward to my next set of classes. More then likely I will begin a new class in March. The next couple of months I'm going to be focusing on getting a commercial agent and marketing myself better. I'll begin working with a career coach starting mid January. So I expect to be making lots of changes as a result of my work with her. But, as usual, I'm excited and pushing forward with a positive outlook. :)
Until next time, Besitos!
Giovanni
