WICKED FUNNY LA

This popular Boston comedy show has moved to the West Coast!

HEADLINER

Camille Solari

Comedy Central and Women in Comedy Festival.

HOSTED BY

Evan Wecksell

America’s Got Talent and Sirius XM.

FEATURED

shrey Vyapari

A Little Late with Lilly Singh Girl’s Trip.

Seema Gersten

Funny or Die and Nickelodeon.

Hailey Hackett

Ice House and Haha Comedy Club.

Erick Esteban

Second City and iO.

Wicked Funny LA at The Acting Center

Saturday, December 7th 2019

8pm – $5

The Acting Center
14801 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, Ca  91401
(818)386-9099

Free parking in the lot

Parents! Are you thinking about getting your kids into commercials or TV?

Have you already started but need more instruction to keep their career rolling?

Join us at The Acting Center and meet Amanda Reed.

Amanda is a working actress (Big Little LIes, Days of Our Lives, Shameless and many more) and a lead teacher and career consultant at The Acting Center.

She knows the ins and outs of this business and can help you on your path to success!

In this seminar you will learn:

• How to get your child actor started.
• What is a Coogan Account and how do you get one?
• How to sign up for a work permit.
• What’s the difference in an agent and manager?
• What keeps the actor motivated and excited about auditions?
• Is there a right or wrong way to do a part?
• How to deal with people on set?
• How to support your child and be a team.
• How to not get discouraged.

Saturday, AUGUST 25, 2018

1pm

$25

818.386.9099

14801 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks CA  91403

SOLD OUT!

Twice Daley: Still Learning

Come join us for a wonderful night of original music!

Twice Daley: Still Learning is Bob and Nancy Daley’s way of sharing their celebration of 35 years of marriage and artistic collaboration. The show consists of all original material sung by the composers and accompanied by John Dickson, internationally renowned musician and composer.

The Daley’s are artists who have had musical productions running simultaneously in Los Angeles and New York. Their repertoire consists of musical theater and popular songs that appeal to discriminating audiences of all ages.

Nancy Daley has been a professional musician and songwriter since the tender age of 21 when she decided that was what she wanted to do with her life and hired a man to teach her to play piano. This set the course for a lifetime of musical adventures playing and singing in such varied venues as bowling alleys and the Waldorf Astoria in New York. While playing in New York Nancy was chosen as the inaugural performer in the prestigious baccarat lounge at the new Mirage Hotel in Las Vegas. In addition to playing and singing Nancy composes and mentors young musicians as a means of paying forward the great good fortune of her career.

RF Daley has been a professional performer since he put himself through art school working in a dinner theater in his native Colorado. After a career in the theatre which included regional theater national tours and 14 years on Broadway he and his family relocated to Los Angeles where he expanded into television and film. Together he and Nancy have been writing and composing for over 37 years. They have written in various genres including industrial shows, musical theater commercial jingles and popular songs.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2018

7pm

$20

SOLD OUT!

818.386.9099

14801 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks CA  91403

Making the Indi Film

Find out how to make an Indi Film!

David Guglielmo is a successful director, producer and casting director with over 20 film and TV credits in the past two years, and will share his insights on what goes into making an independent film:

• Pitching
• Production
• Directing
• Financing
• Distribution
• Casting

David will be joined by actress Freya Tingley (Hemlock Grove, Once Upon a Time) who will share her tips in working on an Indie film and being on the other side of the camera.

SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018

1pm

$25

818.386.9099

14801 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks CA  91403

What IS Live @ TAC?

Live @ TAC is what the world needs more of–intense, high dosages of ART!

Music, dance, theater, comedy, sketch, improv, monologue and previously undiscovered forms of performance.

Today, we don’t need more CGI, more SFX, more AI, more slick, overproduced, approved, sponsored or sanctioned communication from pseudo-humans.  We need something genuine that resonates with our own core emotions, whatever they might be.

Live @ TAC is spur of the moment, yet prepared.  Spontaneous, yet rehearsed.  Unpredictable, yet…unpredictable.

If you are an artist of any kind, (even a kind no one has invented yet except for you) you are welcome to come and be a part of Live @ TAC.

If you are a seeker, a wonderer, a dabbler, a fan, an enthusiast, even a closet critic, come and participate by the witnessing the once-in-a-lifetime celebration of pure ART that is Live @ TAC.

Life will never be the same.  Don’t miss it.

Art is freedom of expression.  Join us for some LIVE art!

Saturday, February 29th, 2020

8pm

Admission $5

818.386.9099

14801 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks CA  91403

A Shakespeare Workshop

Given by Bryan Torfeh, a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

This workshop is about getting actors to tune into the sounds and rhythms of Shakespeare’s text – using and hearing the language without intellectualizing.  A lot of terrific actors feel put off by the academic / literary cult of Shakespeare.  Shakespeare’s actors weren’t university-educated; they weren’t considering themes or tragic heroes they didn’t even know what the other actors would say to them in the play.  They worked only with the words in their role not unlike the 3 lines of dialogue you might be given for a TV casting.  Most of the exercises are simply one line per actor, so it doesn’t require actors to come with memorized text.  You will be equipped with the beginnings of  – or additions to – your tool-box for approaching Shakespeare’s text.

Saturday, March 31, 2018. 1:00pm

$25

Space is limited, reserve your spot now!

14801 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403.  Parking on the right side of the lot.

How to Start Your Voice-Over Career

Delivered by Jim Meskimen, a professional voice actor for more than 30 years. 

He has done voice acting for movies Transformers: Dark of the moon, and X-Men, First Class, as well as on animated series’ Thundercats, Legend of Korra, Kung Fu Panda, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Avatar-The Last Airbender, Pinky & and the Brain, MAD, The Boondocks and many others.  His voice can be heard in video games in Call of Duty: Black Ops, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest, Batman: Arkham City & The Dark Night Returns, and Epic Mickey 2, among many others.

In this 2 hour seminar, you will:

• Get an overview of the business
• Learn about building your career in voice-over
• Find out how to setup your home studio
• Learn where to sell your voice
• Get tips on how to polish your performance

Saturday, March 24, 2018. 1:00pm

$25

14801 Ventura Blvd, Sherman Oaks, CA, 91403.  Parking on the right side of the lot.

Buy your tickets here – $25:

Black Friday Sale

The Acting Center is having their Black Friday Sale!

All Scene Study classes paid for between now and December 31st will get a 

15% Discount!*

Get ready for the New Year with classes at The Acting Center.  Let us help you achieve your dreams.

Call (818)386-9099 to sign up!

*certain restrictions apply.

• Find out what Casting Directors are really looking for
• Identify the secrets to the different “types” of commercials
• Discover The Acting Center Technique and how it applies to this genre
• Practice auditions and call-backs in a realistic setting
• Learn to look at commercials from an artistic point of view
• Get the best way to promote and build your Casting Director and Agent relationships and land more auditions
• Eliminate confusions and complexities to booking and shooting

This is a 2-week intensive. Check back soon for upcoming dates!

Classes will be held Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday nights for two weeks 7-10 pm at The Acting Center in Sherman Oaks.

Call now as class size is limited

(818)386-9099