Journey of the Working Actor

SAG Foundation Actors Center

5757 Wilshire Blvd-Mezzanine Level

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This event will also be live stream broadcast on the internet for SAG Members!  Join the discussion online!  No RSVP required for online guests.  Simply visit the website below and enter the show password at the scheduled time.

http://www.sagfoundation.org/node/416

Show password:  liferaft07

Join accomplished Los Angeles actors Michael Bofshever, Klea Scott, and Ethan Philips as they discusses a variety of questions pertaining to the many aspects of what it takes to succeed and live the life of a working actor. They will address such topics as the Foundation to Having a Career, Audition Know How, Life on Set, Agents and Managers, as well as share stories from Michael Bofshever's recently published book Your Face Looks Familiar.....How To Get Ahead as a Working Actor.

MODERATOR:

Michael Bofshever is an accomplished actor, teacher and author for over thirty years. He has appeared in countless episodic television shows, most recently multiple appearances on True Blood, Breaking Bad, The Shield, Desperate Housewives, NYPD Blue, The Practice. He was a series regular on the hit Disney Chanel series The Jersey(56 episodes). Michaels most notable film work was in the critically acclaimed United 93. A partial list of film credits include Certifiably Jonathon (Winters), Dirty Deeds, Bruce Almighty, Crime of the Century, The Fan and House Broken.  He was a founding member of The Actors Producing Company in New York City where he trained with the legendary acting teacher Michael Howard. He has made stage appearances in New York City, Los Angeles and regional theater. Notably in Al Pacino's Richard III at the Theatre Co. of Boston, Taper Too Festival, and Emelin Theatre. He has appeared in hundreds of commercials during his career.

PANELIST:

Ethan Phillips ’76 – His NY stage credits include David Mamet’s “November,” (Barrymore), “My Favorite Year” (Lincoln Center), “Measure For Measure” (Public Theatre at the Delacourte), “Lips Together Teeth Apart” (Manhattan Theatre Club), “Modiglianni” (Astor Place). Regionally, he has performed at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Geffen, Mark Taper, Old Globe Theatre, Seattle Rep, Baltimore Center Stage, Westport Country Playhouse, Boston Shakespeare Co., Actors’ Theatre of Louisville and McCarter Theatre. Ethan spent 10 summers at Sundance Playwrights Lab. His play “Penguin Blues” has had hundreds of productions in the US and Canada.  His over thirty films include “The Island,” “Bad Santa,” “Man Without a Face,” “The Shadow,” “Green Card,” “Lean on Me” and “Glory.”  On television, scores of guest-star roles as well as ABC’s “Benson” for five seasons and “Star Trek: Voyager” for seven seasons.

Klea Scott-(Minority Report, Collateral, Intelligence, Millenium, Saving Grace, In Justice, ER, Just Shoot Me, Brooklyn South, and much more)