The Acting Center Friday Night Salons are the place to be on a Friday night! They harken back to the great variety shows of the 70s. Where you never know what you are going to see but you know it will be amazing!

Our last Salon, February 22nd was spectacular! The band “Man Made Souls” opened the show with some fantastic music. We had stand-up, Shakespeare, Improv, scenes, Impressions and more music! It was a great evening of entertainment.

Young directors are tomorrow’s hot directors. We recommend that our actors check out this event. These are the types of production teams you want to meet! If you attend, let us know how it went!

Ryder Bach, alumni of The Acting Center, has his band Body Parts featured on MTV Buzzworthy blog.

Check out his new single.

Daily Concepts recently did a write up on Ray Kachatorian’s Arclight Exhibit which featured actors from The Acting Center.

“Creativity sparked by Homeland, Kachatorian delved into a 12-month project, photographing over 60 actors from Los Angeles’ The Acting Center.”

See the entire article here.

The Acting Center student Jim Meskimen gives us the scoop on his character and recent experience on the set of Parks & Recreation. Jim had this to say:

“Since the first season of NBC’s hit comedy, Parks & Recreation, I have been appearing as Martin Housely, a character who MC’s important events (beauty contests, telethons, awards ceremonies etc) in the fictional town of Pawnee.

“Martin’s character has, for some strange reason, evolved into his being a bit of an amateur impressionist… I can’t imagine how that happened.

“Anyway, I was invited back to the show in December and again this last week, and I hope to visit again and again. It’s a very nice group of people who make that show, and they are kind and foolish enough to let me improvise.

“Here is a little video I shot this week from the location where we were filming the latest episode of this charming show that I thought you might enjoy. www.youtube.com/jimmeskimen”

The Acting Centers first salon of 2013 was a huge success. We had some amazing singing, stand up comedy, monologues, impressions and improv! Performers included Zoe Bell, Dave Willams, Jierra Clark, Jeff Pomerantz, Doug Agnew, Earl Turner, Jeff Green and our advanced improv guys, Elvis Winterbottom, Lori Jablons, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Taylor Meskimen, Alicia Knight, Kurt Keller, Anna Gurji And Tatiana Dekhtyar.

Remember, you don’t have to be a student to perform at our Friday Night Salons. Contact us for a performance slot for the next Salon on Feb 22nd!

After being moved by Amanda’s performance in the indie film “Mother’s Red Dress” Katherine Bennett of Film Courage spoke with Amanda to shed “any light on the issue of how acting translates to a happy moviegoer”

Check out the article here!