2015 - From Theatre to Film, And Beyond!

2015 was filled with many happy acting projects including a 3-theatre engagement, first at the 2015 Tony Award-winning Best Regional Theatre Cleveland Play House, then to Mark Cuddy's brilliantly run Geva Theatre Cente and his equally welcoming The Cape Playhouse, as global celebrity Masha, in the Tony Award-winning play #VanyaAndSoniaAndMashaAndSpike, cast by the inimitable Paul Fouquet, with 6 or so films rounding out the year.  

A few of them include Josh Mostel's tough-talkin' wife in the comedy by Isaac Chehebar, "The Amazing Ray," cast by the incredibly warm-hearted Donna Grossman Bernstein; the lovelorn lead in the extra-talented Hugh Scully's "Confabulation" with Kevin Nagle and Frank Schiavone; and the devastated mother in the awesome spoof by Chris Carfizzi, with amazing makeup by Lenore Koppelman in #WhitePrivilegeFrankenstein.  

The year's-end feature film was as the mother of the horrified daughter Samantha Scaffidi and Alan Hasnas as my husband in #DamienLeone's "Terrifier", with much gratitude owed to the hilariously talented actor & "LI Diva" award-winning star, Katie Maguire Edri, who also produced and cast me in #ChristopherEadicicco's "Waiting for the Sun."

Plus some voiceover gigs. And I started teaching my SitCom classes at The Actor's Green Room, thanks to the generously-spirited, bright light, that is Jen Rudolph.

Looking forward to continuing the filming of the oh-so-gifted Joe Ronca's feature film comedy, By The Dashboard Light, in 2016, as the erotic-Jeopardy aficionado mother of the lead character, perfectly portrayed by Keith Chandler and DP'd by the amazingly creative eyes of Derek Mindler.

And I'm so excited about the juicy series regular and recurring roles that I am booking on primetime TV series in 2016!  Maybe as Liz Keen's mother on #TheBlacklist.  Or a family member on #KevinJames' new multi-camera #SitCom coming to NYC. Or another of Denis Leary's old flames on "Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll." ;)

Happy Holidays to everyone!!! And may 2016 be the year that all the rest of your dreams come true! Blessings, goodies, and love to you, your family, and friends!!!

December 2014 On-Camera Courses with Your SitCom Coach-Maggie Reed. Weist Barron Studios.

AUDITIONING FOR SMALL PARTS (Under 5 lines) TBAThursday December 4, 2014. 3:00-5:00pm. AND/OR Tuesday December 16, 2014. 6:30pm-8:30pm at Weist Barron Studios, 35 West 45th Street NYC

“It’s only a few lines, what’s the big deal?”

That’s what you might ask yourself when you get your audition script for a co-starring role on TV or a day player in a film, right?  But, once you get to the audition, if you haven’t prepared properly, you feel lost and unsure about how to deliver such a seemingly simple scene.  The Under-5 Workshop will give you a solid technique for preparing for those short scenes.  Learn how to create your character’s world, while still serving the script, with 5 lines or less.  Films are filled with these short scenes, as well as primetime and daytime TV co-starring roles. Be prepared.  Get the confidence you need to Nail those Under-5′s!

$45 for a single class.  $40 for each additional class.

Please go to www.WeistBarron.com for more information and call 212-840-7025 to enroll.

_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SITCOM COMEDY INTENSIVE  SUNDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2014, 10:00am-5:00pm – Weist Barron Studios, NYC

You know the Rules Of Comedy, now come play with them all day in this Intensive On-Camera Workshop of Sitcom Scenes chosen specifically for you.  Or you can bring in scenes of your choosing*.  Either way, it’ll be a blast improving your script analyses skills, like how to find the jokes and how to land ‘em, all while gaining more comedic confidence for slammin' SitCom success in any comedic adventure you encounter!

*Scenes MUST be memorized before the beginning of class, so register ASAP to give yourself time to get those words down.

ONE-DAY ONLY  10:00am – 5:00pm

$145 Special Holiday price

Please go to YourSitComCoach.com to sign-up by Paypal or www.WeistBarron.com for more information and call 212-840-7025 to enroll.

To get the confidence you need for the approaching pilot season, book private coaching sessions with Your SitCom Coach-Maggie Reed, in-person or on Skype.com, now to hone your funny bones and get the confidence you've been looking for with your comedy monologues and scene work.  In-person or on Skype.com.  Click here to take advantage of current rates before they go up January 1, 2015.

SitCom Blog by #YourSitComCoach - Maggie Reed

Do the C.O.W.* Everybody now! Well, not Everybody.Just actors who want to start DEVELOPING A CHARACTER through script analysis.

These are the 3 steps:

Go through the script and write down what your 1. Character says about themselves 2. What Others say about your character AND...wait for it... 3. What the Writer says about your character

After you do that, you're probably going to start feeling like you're getting a pretty good idea of who your character is.

One thing I love about acting is that it's like a big jigsaw puzzle that's so fun to 1. find those innie-outie pieces and 2. start interlocking them until there is a clear (yet, nubby) picture of your character.

Of course, there are more steps after this. But, I said 3, and I'm a woman of my word. ;) Have fun with this 1st dive into your character's world.

For coaching on more script analysis skills and further character development techniques, contact #YourSitComCoach - Maggie Reed at Maggie@YourSitComCoach.com. Sessions available either in person in NYC or over Skype. Check out more information and session fees, including volume discounts (going up January 2015) at YourSitComCoach.com

*I totally stole this concept from Mary Lou Belli. She is an awesome teacher, and is also the incredibly talented director of the hit TV show Girlfriends among many other popular TV shows. And she's a very accomplished writer, as well - Acting for Young Actors and Directors Tell The Story. maryloubelli.com

Student Bookings

Rising star Trey Gerrald, has a recurring role on Orange is the New Black and has appeared and will be on Tina Fey's Tooken, You're the Worst, Next Caller, and The Carrie Diaries, to name a few.  Tom Coll has booked. So has Megan Grocutt. Likewise with Daniel Hepner, Bill Beckwith, Joe Gesuale, Jill Wurzburg, Megan Elliott, Rahmel Reid, Terrence Jenkins, Jeff Joslin, Irene Minko, Max Brand, and so many more of my students/clients. In projects such as Blue Jasmine, The Wolf of Wall Street, American Hustle, Nurse Jackie, The Fosters, The Good Wife, Win, Win with Paul Giamatti and the new HBO miniseries directed by Todd Haynes with Kate Winslet as Mildred Pierce (and yours truly as Maggie Biederhof), plus indie films, TV, stage, and internet productions.

This year has been an embarrassment of riches for us all. May it continue on in all of our lives who read this and want the world to be a richer place by giving audiences food for thought, emotional inspirations, and insights they might not have had before.

Please let me know how your projects are going. I'd love to hear about anything you're working on. And send me a link to your website or Facebook, ActorsAccess, etc. page. I'll display it on my Links page. Bravo to you for living your dreams!