Atlanta Workshop Players Master's Series Workshops & Classes

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AWP is bringing you awesome workshops with gurus of the entertainment industry!

Agents, Casting Directors, Television Directors and Celebrities will pump you up with the insider's info AND the skills you need to launch your career. If you want to be on TV, in the movies or on a Broadway stage .... they can tell you how to do it!

These workshops can CHANGE YOUR LIFE!!

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Dedicated, Motivated Kids - Teens - Adults: Check out this MASTER SERIES.

MASTER'S SERIES GUEST September 24, 25 & 26th, 2010
3 day Intensive Sitcom Workshop with Emmy Award Winning Television Director, Mary Lou Belli. She has directed over 100 episodes of television shows including: MONK, WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE, GIRLFRIENDS, SISTER SISTER, THE HUGHLEYS........... Mary Lou is the author of "The Sitcom Career Book" and is a master of the art of comedy! Her workshops are fast paced, informative and filled with hilarity delivered by you!

Schedule:  Friday, Sept 24th 5-8pm,  Sat. Sept 25th  2:30-8:30pm,  Sunday Sept 26th 12:30-6:30pm

All Master's Series Workshops are held at:
AWP's Studio Of The Arts
8560 Holcomb Bridge Rd. Suite 111
Alpharetta, GA 30022

Complete Fall Schedule coming soon.

RECENT MASTER'S SERIES TEACHERS:

Screenwriting and Development Course: Amy Dean Kennedy is a graduate of  the prestigious film school at Florida State University where she wrote and directed the internationally award winning short film, Ethans Tuesday, which went on to be optioned by producers from the Hallmark Hall of Fame to be made into a feature film. While in college, Amy worked as a production assistant on Paramounts The Truman Show on location in Seaside, Florida, then, after graduating from Florida State, relocated to Los Angeles.
 
Amy joined the staff at Jerry Bruckheimer Films in LA, where she got her feet wet in Hollywood by working as an assistant to producer Jerry Bruckheimer on blockbusters such as Armageddon and Enemy of the State. She then became a creative executive for Lary Simpson Productions (a subsidiary of the legendary Simpson/Bruckheimer Film Company, responsible for such hits as Flashdance, Top Gun and Beverly Hills Cop), where she worked her way up to Vice President, acquiring new projects for the company as well as developing and collaborating on projects from the Simpson Bruckheimer library, including Bad Company, starring Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins for Touchstone Pictures; and Bad Boys 2, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence for Columbia Pictures. Amy has also developed a television project with First Television for Comedy Central and written several screenplays, which earned her a place in the Writers Guild of America. Currently, Amy is preparing to produce the independent feature Rich Dead White Girl in New York City, starring Atlanta Workshop Players alumni Christine Lakin and Corri English.

SUSAN WALTERS is well known for her remarkable portrayal of Pricilla Presley in the Mini Series, "Elvis and Me" and played Diane on "The Young and the Restless" for 3 years. Susan has also had recurring roles on "One Tree Hill", "Point Pleasant", "Army Wives" and had a guest starring role on the most viewed episode of "Seinfeld". Susan has recently been seen on the pilot of the new hit show, "Drop Dead Diva".

RICHARD ROBICHAUX has had leading, guest starring, and recurring roles on ABC, NBC, CBS, Showtime, Comedy Central and the SciFi Channel as well as films at the Sundance film festival and Tribeca Film Festival. He has also been seen in several national commercial campaigns including McDonalds, Total Cereal & many others. His theatre credits include leading roles at the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C., Yale Repertory Theatre, Mark Taper Forum, Syracuse Stage and great theatres in New York, California and everywhere in between. He was also seen in the off-Broadway smash hit, The Complete Works of William Shakespeare Abridged at the Century Center in New York. Richard has worked with many of the top programs in the country including the Julliard School, Yale School of Drama, Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts, and is currently the head of the Los Angeles office for the New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts.

BONNIE GILLESPIE is an Author, Producer and LA Casting Director. Her books are found worldwide as the main text featured in University Theatre Programs. Bonnie specializes in casting SAG indie feature films and is Co-Founder and Co-Host of the successful show "Hollywood Happy Hour". Bonnie has TWICE been named as a Top Film Casting Director in Back Stage West's "Best of Los Angeles Issue" and has been interviewed by BBC, E! and Ireland's "Gerry Kelly Goes To Hollywood".

BRYAN RASMUSSEN is the Artistic Director of the Whitefire Theatre in LA. He is also a seasoned writer, producer, director and actor. Bryan has had recurring roles on high profile shows such as "24", "JAG" and "ER". Other Credits include shows such as "Walker Texas Ranger", "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Alias". He has recently appeared in the new series, "Southland".

MICHELLE KITTRELL (NYC Talent Agent for Stage & Screen) Michelle is a three time Gypsy Robe Award Winner who has appeared in eight Broadway shows while acting as dance captain in three of them. In addition to performing on Broadway, Michelle has toured nationally and internationally with such shows as Grease!, Footloose, and 42nd Street. She has also appeared on televiaion in such shows as "Law and Order," "Legally Blonde-The Search for Elle Woods," Live with Regis and Kelly," "Good Morning America," and "The Today Show," to name a few. As a triple threat, she has played various roles on stage including Penny Pingleton in Hairspray, Brooke Wyndam in Legally Blonde, Sandy in Grease, Ariel in Footloose, Velma Kelly in Chicago, and Evelyn Nesbit in Ragtime. Michelle is trained in all areas of dance and acrobatics in addition to voice and acting.

MONTRE BURTON (Actor) Montre was a host/faculty member on the television show HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: GET IN THE PICTURE as well as performing in ENTOURAGE, ALL THE DAYS BEFORE TOMORROW, WICKED WICKED GAMES & IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA.