Hi guys,
Hope to see some of you at this month's Successful Actor event. RSVP below and be on time to sign up for the workshop part....
Come say hi to me!!!
--Jackie

Back Stage invites you to this month's Successful Actor—an ongoing educational series in partnership with the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles.

This month's topic is: "Knowing Your Type"

Love it or hate it, you can't use (or work against) your type if you don't know what it is.

Kevin E. West, actor and founder of L.A.'s premiere actors' business organization The Actors' Network, will take participants through the basics of discovering and working their types.

The moderator will be Jackie Apodaca, senior columnist for Back Stage and contributor to the advice column " The Working Actor."

Successful Actor takes place on Tuesday, November 17th at 7:30 PM at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts (1336 North La Brea Ave., Hollywood, CA). Parking entrance is on De Longpre St.

Admission is FREE and seating is on a first-come, first-serve basis. Only the first 50 attendees are guaranteed spots in the workshop-portion of the evening. A sign-in sheet will be available. Late-comers are welcome to observe.

Please RSVP to laevents@backstage.com.

now, i already RSVPed. so question, is it limited to the first 50 people who show up who also RSVPed (which means, if 100 people RSVP, the first 50 of those people get to participate, so anyone who is not on the list but got there early would not get to participate), or only the first 50 RSVPs (which means, if 30 show up, you'll have 20 empty spots), or only the first 50 people who show up regardless of being on the list or not (so why have an RSVP list)?

like, should we be getting there at 6pm if we want to participate in the workshop? it's being advertised in such a way that you all are probably going to get people who are there WAY early, maybe hours early, so that they can participate.

never mind. got it. first come, first served. but this seems like it has the potential to go down like a bad EPA, with an unofficial list going up at 8am by those desperate few, or by people lining up at 4pm for this 730 "call".

will professional actors get to participate, or will this one also be overtaken by the students? i can just see it like previous events, where 30 students all walk in the door at the same time. or, because they are already there, and can wait around for the list, they'll get first crack and us working actors who may really need help won't get a chance to sign up. even though we may get there at 6pm.

i smell blood in the air. a war is brooding...between backstage users and drama students (haha)

i also rsvp'd, can't wait.

haha don't get me wrong, it's awesome that they are getting this advice because clearly, as the last panel questions showed, they NEED the info. if ALL students (and i'm thinking we need to start in high school since many people show up the day after they graduate) got this info, maybe this business wouldn't be so overrun with confused people and scams.

but thats why i wonder why there can't be two separate groups, the student community, and the working actor community.

Hey... why does LA get all the love from BS??? What is NYC?? The red headed stepchild???

Lonni, LA gets the love because this was my idea originally and I live in CA. If I lived in NY, I'd spread it there! I think they are trying to get it going there. Sorry!

LA folks: I see your point about this. The earliest I would go is 7---usually it's empty then, but I guess I could be wrong. Post here if you will be going and I will see what I can do.
I will also tell AADA to let their students know they cannot take more than 20 of the spots. Thanks for the input!

I wish I could go! But I won't know my schedule for that week until the day before, probably missing any chance at RSVPing.

Jackie, I don't know how much of a hassle this would be (if it's even allowed?), but one idea that would be awesome (at least in my opinion) would be to have these events filmed. Nothing fancy, just a camera in the corner of the room; that way if we can't make it (but want to!!), we can still catch at least the lecture part. But I don't know if having a camera there would deter certain guests or not?

Since the lectures are free anyway, thought it couldn't hurt to throw that out there. I don't know if the videos could be hosted at backstage.com or not. Or does backstage have a YouTube account?

Heck, if I was available and you guys allowed it, I'd bring my HD cam and film it myself and put it up for you. Could be good marketing for getting people to come to future events?

Anyway, just thought I'd see if that was possible.

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Originally posted by actorpat:
Jackie, I don't know how much of a hassle this would be (if it's even allowed?), but one idea that would be awesome (at least in my opinion) would be to have these events filmed.

This? Would be so awesome. I want to attend, but I have class on Tuesday nights!

That's a good idea. I will pass it on to editorial.

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Originally posted by Jackie:
Lonni, LA gets the love because this was my idea originally and I live in CA. If I lived in NY, I'd spread it there! I think they are trying to get it going there. Sorry!

Demand that they fly you out and put you up at the W.

i've already RSVPed