Jul 25, 2011

Chez Group Workshop

We are announcing a slight change of plan for our upcoming workshop weekend with Shay Griffin and Mari Lyn Henry August 6th and 7th.

Shay asked that I encourage each of you to invite any of your talent who you feel might benefit from this weekend workshop event. It will be an excellent opportunity for her to get to meet with them personally.

After Shay's recent seminar with Alpha Tyler, in which participants were encouraged to ask any questions they may have regarding the casting process, we realized there was not enough time in the day to get to all of the answers.

With the weekend's format that we have structured for Mari Lyn Henry's visit to Atlanta August 6th and 7th, participants of the weekend workshop will have the opportunity to visit with Shay when she is not observing and participating with Mari Lyn. They are encouraged to ask any questions regarding the casting process that they may have, whether these questions relate to the actor individually, or are general in nature.

Because Shay will be holding this open forum discussion simultaneously with Mari Lyn Henry's HOW TO BE A WORKING ACTOR workshop, we are changing the workshop location so that the two rooms will be situated next door to one another. This move will facilitate everyone's being able to rotate more conveniently in small groups between the two sessions throughout the course of the weekend.

As a reminder, the workshop details, including the new address, are as follows.

The Chez Group is excited to announce a two-day workshop weekend with Shay Griffin and Mari Lyn Henry, who will be coming to Atlanta to join Shay, the weekend of August 6th and 7th.

Mari Lyn will conduct her highly acclaimed workshop, Getting Your Act Together!, based on her best selling book, HOW TO BE A WORKING ACTOR, now in its fifth edition and more commonly referred to by actors and industry professionals as "The Bible of the Biz."

To read more of Mari Lyn's career highlights, please follow this link, http://www.chezgroup.com/mlhenry.html .

The weekend's agenda will include image enhancement, scene study, and audition technique...both on and off camera. Each participant will receive individual analysis from Mari Lyn regarding all aspects of presentation. A detailed schedule of events can be found on the training page of our website at http://www.chezgroup.com/training.html .

Shay Griffin will be on hand throughout the weekend to answer more of your talent's questions about the casting process. We have found that there is a huge demand for time devoted specifically to questions and concerns regarding auditions...and nobody is better equipped and more qualified to address the subject than casting director, Shay Griffin.

While Mari Lyn works with your talent on creating their perfect image for an audition, Shay continues the process through a Q & A session that runs in conjunction over the course of this two-day workshop.

After spending the weekend with Shay and Mari Lyn, your talent will have the necessary tools it takes to be working actors.

To purchase a copy of Mari Lyn's book, HOW TO BE A WORKING ACTOR, please follow this link to Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/How-Working-Actor-5th-Television/dp/0823088952/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309226760&sr=1-1

Casting director Shay Griffin is quoted on pages 238-239 in the chapter devoted to regional markets, wherein Atlanta is designated as a "unique regional market" for the acting industry.

The minimum age requirement to attend this workshop is 15 years of age.

The hours of the workshop weekend will be Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM...all participants will attend both days...!

The new workshop location is the Residence Inn by Marriott Atlanta/Buckhead at 2960 Piedmont Road, NE, Atlanta, GA 30305. The hotel's phone number is 404-239-0677. If anyone should need to book a guest room, a $99 rate per night has been extended to all of our Chez Group actors. Please be sure the room is booked through the front desk to receive this special rate.

The cost of this two-day workshop is $225.

There is a PayPal button on the training page of the website. To register, please follow this link, http://www.chezgroup.com/training.html.

We look forward to seeing your talent soon. In the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Sincerely,
Mary Ann


The Chez Group
2221 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite D, Box 335
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-771-1361 (C)

Low-Budget Short Film Casting

ROONEY’S WORLD

Non-union short film.

Pay is $100 a day.



CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS

Dave - Male, early 30's, kid's show host, genuinely sweet-natured with a child-like wonder, boyishly handsome but nerdy, looks like he's never needed to shave, average height. Shoots for 5 days.



Jenny - Female, late 20's / early 30's, single mom, successful, confident, a sense of humor, put-together, smart but with a tendency towards making the wrong decisions about men - trying to change that now. Shoots for 4 days.



Emma - Female, 4-7 years old, imaginative and innocent, sweet, caring, friendly, outgoing. Shoots for 3 days.



SHOOT DATES (subject to change)

Friday, September 9

Saturday, September 10

Sunday, September 11

Friday, September 16

Saturday, September 17

Sunday, September 18



AUDITION DATES

Friday, August 5th from 1pm-5pm

Saturday August 6th, from 1pm-5pm



LOCATION

WonderRoot Community Arts Center

982 Memorial Dr.

Atlanta, GA 30316



If interested in auditioning for a role in ROONEY’S WORLD, please contact Terri Measel Adams at tmeasela@bellsouth.net.



Please attach an electronic headshot & resume if you have one.

Jul 22, 2011

John Homa Workshop Coming to Atlanta

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXBPfevRuo0

Jul 20, 2011

Sports Documentary

CASTING BRAVES AND FALCONS FANS
for a SPORTS DOCUMENTARY

Are you a fan who lives for your team; you just can’t get
enough clothing and gear to show your support and would
go to every game if you could?

Do you schedule your life plans around your teams’ games
because you need to watch every pitch and down because
you are not satisfied to watch highlights or read a box
score?

We want friends and families of all ages who watch
games together, who have a great rapport…

WE WANT TO INTERVIEW YOU AND YOUR GROUP
- the more the merrier!
-
- IF being a FAN is a way of life,
please email us ASAP
danbellcast.atlantadocu@gmail.com

Attach a photo of yourself (one in fan gear if you can), your
phone number and tell us why you’re such a fan of the
Braves and/or Falcons

We’re casting groups in Atlanta on
July 24, 25, 26 & 27

If cast, there is pay for the shoot AND
we’ll give you free tickets to a game!



Check us out: www.danbellcasting.com

Jul 14, 2011

Richard Futch Workshop

Jul 13, 2011

Chez Group Workshop

The Chez Group is excited to announce a two-day workshop weekend with Shay Griffin and Mari Lyn Henry, who will be coming to Atlanta to join Shay, the weekend of August 6th and 7th.

Mari Lyn will conduct her highly acclaimed workshop, Getting Your Act Together!, based on her best selling book, HOW TO BE A WORKING ACTOR, now in its fifth edition and more commonly referred to by actors and industry professionals as "The Bible of the Biz."

Mari Lyn Henry, a partner at Henry Downey Talent Management LLC, has advised thousands of actors for more than forty years on how to have successful careers in film, television, and theater.

Upon leaving her position as Director of Casting, East Coast, for ABC, which she held for more than thirteen years, Mari Lyn launched an image and career consultation business. For many years she has taught workshops and given seminars on on-camera techniques, script analysis, marketing strategies, and impression management in cities and universities across the country, as well as in Toronto, Oxford, London, and Sydney.

To read more of Mari Lyn's career highlights, please follow this link, http://www.chezgroup.com/mlhenry.html .

The weekend's agenda will include image enhancement, scene study, and audition technique...both on and off camera. Each participant will receive individual analysis from Mari Lyn regarding all aspects of presentation.

Shay Griffin will also be on hand throughout the weekend to answer more questions about the casting process. We have found that there is a huge demand for time devoted specifically to questions and concerns regarding auditions...and nobody is better equipped and more qualified to address the subject than casting director, Shay Griffin.

While Mari Lyn works with your talent on creating their perfect individual image for an audition, Shay continues the process through a Q & A session that runs in conjunction over the course of this two-day workshop.

For further details on the weekend's itinerary, please follow this link, http://www.chezgroup.com/training.html

The minimum age requirement to attend this workshop is 15 years of age.

The hours of the workshop weekend will be Saturday and Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM...all participants will attend both days...!

The workshop location is the Doubletree by Hilton Atlanta/N. Druid Hills located at 2061 N. Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, GA 30329. The hotel's phone number is 404-321-4174. If you should need to book a guest room, an $89 rate per night has been extended to all of our Chez Group actors.

The cost of this two-day workshop is $225.

To register, please follow this link, http://www.chezgroup.com/training.html.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you for your continued support of the Chez Group workshop program....

Sincerely,
Mary Ann

The Chez Group
2221 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite D, Box 335
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-771-1361 (C)

Jul 6, 2011

Chez Group Workshop

Hi Agents,

The Chez Group is excited to announce an acting workshop with Stomp the Yard producer, Rob Hardy, who recently worked with Shay Griffin in Atlanta as director of Single Ladies. Rob has been a long-time continued supporter of Shay's mission to provide actors with top notch training by true working professionals within our industry...in order to keep building Atlanta's own talent pool.

Rob Hardy is a recent nominee of the HBO Director to Watch Award . He broke into network television with his January 2007 directorial debut of the Emmy Award winning show ER. Soon after, Black Enterprise Magazine listed him among the Top 40 Entertainers under 40 for the year 2008. Since recently wrapping production on Stomp the Yard: Homecoming for Sony Pictures, Hardy has returned to television with a directing stint on the CBS series Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior starring Oscar winner Forest Whitaker.
Rob's company Rainforest Films, was listed as one of the Top 25 Money Makers in Entertainment (2007) by Black Enterprise Magazine and has gone on to produce feature films including: This Christmas, Obsessed and Takers. Most recently Hardy has continued his network episodic directing with stints on The Vampire Diaries, Bones, 90210, Criminal Minds and NBC's Heroes (the webisodes). With several studio projects in development Hardy has also broken into reality television with his creating Sprite Step Off for MTV2. Additionally, Hardy completed studies at the New York Film Academy, and has begun directing commercial projects for clients, including: CNN, TBS (Turner Broadcasting), American Honda, Coca-Cola, Georgia Lottery and The National Cancer Institute. He serves on the Advisory Board for the International Feature Project (IFP) Film Lab series.

To read more of Rob's career highlights, please follow this link, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362734/bio

Rob will be joining us for one day only, Tuesday, July 12th from 11 AM to 4 PM. This workshop is structured for actors ages 16 and up.

Rob will help guide your talent to their best audition in front of the camera from a director's perspective. He will discuss the opportunities for actors in both the Atlanta and LA markets, as he splits his time equally between both coasts. He will host a question and answer session to close the day.

Shay Griffin will be on hand throughout the day, as well.

The location of Rob's workshop is the Doubletree by Hilton Atlanta/N. Druid Hills located at 2061 N. Druid Hills Road, Atlanta, GA 30329.

The cost of the workshop is $165 for the day, and space is limited. Here is the direct link to the training page of the website to register, http://www.chezgroup.com/training.html

Please feel free to email me if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing your talent soon!

Sincerely,
Mary Ann

The Chez Group
2221 Peachtree Rd NE
Suite D, Box 335
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-771-1361 (C)