Tonight: Adult Ed, the useless information lecture series, will tackle the topic “Stage and Screen” with lectures from Patrick Borelli, Andrea Rosen, Elliott Kalan, and Jason Grote. Hosted, as always, by Charles Star.
ADULT EDUCATION PRESENTS: “Stage and Screen”
Tuesday, January 5, 2009 – 8 pm (doors at 7:30)
Union Hall in Park Slope
702 Union St. @ 5th Ave
$5 cover
http://adult- ed.net
PATRICK BORELLI, “Holy Headshot!”
Borelli walks us through the oddest headshots and acting resumes from his recent book, Holy Headshot!: A Celebration of America’s Undiscovered Talent.
ANDREA ROSEN, “Conquering the Commercial Audition”
Old Navy and mascara are a commercial actress’s best friends. Ad veteran Rosen explains.
ELLIOTT KALAN, “How to Identify the Great Stout Men of Hollywood”
Can’t tell your Edward Arnold from your Eugene Palette? You Lionel Barrymore from your Wallace Beery? Kalan is here to help.
JASON GROTE
“The Acousmatic Theater”
How to move from writing largely irrelevant plays to producing more or less equally irrelevant radio plays in one ill-conceived, poorly executed move.
All hosted by CHARLES STAR.
BIOS
PATRICK BORELLI is a comedian and writer living in Park Slope. He is the co-author, with Douglas Gorenstein, of Holy Headshot: A Celebration of America’s Undiscovered Talent (http://www.holyhead shot.com).
ANDREA ROSEN is a comic, actor, and writer who has appeared in Michael and Michael Have Issues, Flight of the Conchords, Rescue Me, Stella, The Ten, Wainy Days, The Pleasure of Your Company, and The Whitest Kids You Know. She is a regular commentator on VH1, she performs in NYC and at colleges, and she does lots of commercials. She is a proud member of the Variety Shac (http://varietyshac. com), a monthly show at UCB NY.
ELLIOTT KALAN is a writer for The Daily Show and the host of Closely Watched Films (http://bit.ly/ fJk7l), a monthly film series at 92YTribeca.
JASON GROTE is a playwright and the screenwriter of What We Got: DJ Spooky’s Quest For The Commons. He was the co-host of WFMU’s Acousmatic Theater Hour for one year.
CHARLES STAR is a lawyer sans portfolio and a stand-up comedian sans recognition who lives in Brooklyn with his excellent wife, his awesome cat, and a budding baby genius. He’s on the web at http://www.charless tar.com.