Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Rachelle Kolb Photography - Headshots




RACHELLE KOLB PHOTOGRAPHY

I just recently had the opportunity to work with Rachelle Kolb Photography and can honestly say that it was one of the best headshot experiences I have recently had. She is a magical talent. Thank you Rachelle! I will post her website here shortly when she has it up and running!

Enjoy!

Rance Wright

http://www.thephotographytrain.com
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com
http://www.rancewright.com (currently being created!)
http://www.crazymojoproductions.vpweb.com

Friday, December 25, 2009

A blessed gift - Thank you Deyton!

Over the past couple of days I have enjoyed the opportunity to reconvene with my family during this holiday season. Of course the joys have giving and receiving are great and do have their place - however, one moment in particular comes to mind that I am extremely grateful for. Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of joining my family for a 20 minute personal gift to and from my nephew Deyton Kash Sorensen (who died at 5 days old due to heart complications in July) at his burial site in Washington, UTAH. I was asked to sing for the family that evening standing at his grave - Silent Night - and while I was singing it my family and I realized how relevant the song is to us at this time - "Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace". My whole family began to cry out of both a sadness and a happiness for where Deyton is today. A blessing and a joy to truly experience - sadly these words do not express enough the feelings that were shared amongst all during that 20 minutes time with Deyton.

Thank you Deyton for being there and for giving all of us such a wonderful and blessed gift. We love you buddy!

I hope your holiday season just as beautiful. Enjoy your holiday!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

(Salt Lake City Class) Broadway Auditions Seminar w/ 4 Broadway Casting Directors - LIVE AUDITIONS JANUARY 4th!!!


THESE AUDITIONS AND INFORMATION ARE FOR THE SLC/PROVO UTAH CLASS

Hello -

Thank you so very much for sharing this amazing information. I am so excited for the opportunity to bring 4 of Broadways biggest Casting Directors to Utah and hope to make this experience a continued opportunity for the amazing talent in Utah. Here you will find information for you to know as you consider being a part of this wonderful opportunity - such as the audition location (all talent who desire to take the class must audition to get in as it is a class based on auditioning), casting directors currently scheduled to be in Utah for the class, information about the class and how to sign up for an audition.

Auditions Dates:
January 4th
*SLC, UTAH at 10am - Rose Wagner Center of the Performing Arts - 138 West Broadway
*Provo, Utah at 3pm - Brigham Young University - Richards Building

Casting Directors:
1. Alison Franck has been the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for nearly a decade. She has cast over 40 productions for Paper Mill including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Recent Paper Mill productions include 1776, Master Class, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors and Kiss Me Kate. Other regional productions include Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre), and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers directed by Scott Schwartz and choreographed by Patti Colombo (TUTS / Paper Mill / North Shore / TOTS). She recently completed the casting of the upcoming National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis and the premiere National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Independent film: Broke Even (Best Drama, 2000 NY Independent Film Festival). TV series: Al Franken's "Lateline," "Soul Man," "Talk to Me." Pilot casting: "Madigan Men" and "Freaks & Geeks" (2000 Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series).

2. Cindi Rush Casting (Casting) New York: Rooms, Peaceman, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, The Thing About Men, Showtune, I Sing, Urinetown, Say Goodnight Gracie. Regional: Triad Stage; Act II Playhouse; Arena Stage; Goodman; Cape Cod Theatre Project; NOHO Arts Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville Humanafest. Film: Offspring, Made For Each Other, Home Movie, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Headspace, Funny Valentine, Master Class. Other: Hats (Denver, New Orleans, Chicago). Tours: "The Case of Curious George" "Kidz Bop", Casting Society of America Member, Consultant for National Alliance For Musical Theatre, Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

3. Duncan Stewart is the Executive Director of Southgate Productions - a company that primarily focuses on Casting and Talent Consultation for Theater/TV. Theater: Duncan is Director of Casting for the National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he is responsible for casting the Broadway, London and International touring companies of Chicago The Musical and all other projects for producers Barry and Fran Weissler (whose past Broadway projects include Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Seussical, Annie Get Your Gun). Duncan's current projects include: the upcoming Broadway productions of La Cage Aux Folles (produced by Sonia Friedman and David Babani for The Chocolate Factory in London); Clueless The Musical (Stephen Trask, Tina Landau, John Dempsey); Neil LaBute's West End premiere of the hit play Fat Pig (NAMCO/ATG Co-Production) which will transfer to Broadway in 2010; and Douglas Carter Beane's The Band Wagon (Kathleen Marshall, Director). Television: Duncan provides talent consultation for numerous television projects now under development by/for Cineflix International. Based in the UK & Canada, Cineflix is an international group of companies that produces, acquires and distributes original non-fiction, multi-genre television programming. In the past, Duncan worked with Alaine Alaine Alldaffer at Playwrights Horizons in casting numerous productions for the following theater companies: Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theater Company, Soho Rep, Long Wharf Theater, Coconut Grove Playhouse as well as The Knight's of Prosperity (pilot) for ABC featuring Mick Jagger. For more information, check out his website at: sgateproductions.com

Information about the class - BROADWAY AUDITIONS SEMINAR with 4 BROADWAY CASTING DIRECTORS:
Wright Way Master Classes is seeking participants for its Broadway Auditions Seminar with 4 Broadway Casting Directors. Casting Directors with Broadway credits include Duncan Stewart, Alison Franck, Cindi Rush, and one TBA who will work with participants in 3.5-hour classes, a different casting director each day, for five days.

Currently the classes are scheduled nationally on February 15-19th in Salt Lake City, February 21-25 in Boston, Feb. 28-Mar. 4 in Chicago.

There will only be 15 students accepted into each class. Once accepted the class fee is $850 for union performers and $900 for nonunion. Payment plans are offered. (For the total of 17 hours - you will be paying $40.00 per hour, an amazing deal considering the Casting Directors are coming directly to you!)

Check us out on YOUTUBE.com:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wrightwaymasterclass

If you would like to sign up for the class or learn more about Wright Way Master Classes please go to
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

THANK YOU!

--
Kind regards,

Rance Wright
Wright Way Master Classes
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

"We Must Be The CHANGE, We Wish To See In The World." Ghandi

(Chicago Class) Broadway Auditions Seminar w/ 4 Broadway Casting Directors


Hello -

Thank you for sharing and spreading this amazing information.

I am so excited for the opportunity to bring 4 of Broadways biggest Casting Directors to Boston, MA this spring 2010 and hope to make this a continued opportunity for the amazing talent in Boston. Here you will find information about this wonderful opportunity - such as how to audition/apply for the class, casting directors currently scheduled to be in Boston for the class and information about the class.

How to apply:
1. It is best to do a video recording of yourself attach it to youtube.com and then go to the Master Class website and apply (
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com).

or

2. If you are currently represented by an agent or manager - have them email me directly. Please make sure that you have already applied with resume/headshot.

For the video audition, please perform two contrasting pieces of music or one song and one monologue. Audition should be no longer than 3 minutes.

Casting Directors:
1. Alison Franck has been the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for nearly a decade. She has cast over 40 productions for Paper Mill including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Recent Paper Mill productions include 1776, Master Class, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors and Kiss Me Kate. Other regional productions include Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre), and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers directed by Scott Schwartz and choreographed by Patti Colombo (TUTS / Paper Mill / North Shore / TOTS). She recently completed the casting of the upcoming National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis and the premiere National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Independent film: Broke Even (Best Drama, 2000 NY Independent Film Festival). TV series: Al Franken's "Lateline," "Soul Man," "Talk to Me." Pilot casting: "Madigan Men" and "Freaks & Geeks" (2000 Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series).

2. Cindi Rush Casting (Casting) New York: Rooms, Peaceman, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, The Thing About Men, Showtune, I Sing, Urinetown, Say Goodnight Gracie. Regional: Triad Stage; Act II Playhouse; Arena Stage; Goodman; Cape Cod Theatre Project; NOHO Arts Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville Humanafest. Film: Offspring, Made For Each Other, Home Movie, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Headspace, Funny Valentine, Master Class. Other: Hats (Denver, New Orleans, Chicago). Tours: "The Case of Curious George" "Kidz Bop", Casting Society of America Member, Consultant for National Alliance For Musical Theatre, Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

3. Duncan Stewart is the Executive Director of Southgate Productions - a company that primarily focuses on Casting and Talent Consultation for Theater/TV. Theater: Duncan is Director of Casting for the National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he is responsible for casting the Broadway, London and International touring companies of Chicago The Musical and all other projects for producers Barry and Fran Weissler (whose past Broadway projects include Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Seussical, Annie Get Your Gun). Duncan's current projects include: the upcoming Broadway productions of La Cage Aux Folles (produced by Sonia Friedman and David Babani for The Chocolate Factory in London); Clueless The Musical (Stephen Trask, Tina Landau, John Dempsey); Neil LaBute's West End premiere of the hit play Fat Pig (NAMCO/ATG Co-Production) which will transfer to Broadway in 2010; and Douglas Carter Beane's The Band Wagon (Kathleen Marshall, Director). Television: Duncan provides talent consultation for numerous television projects now under development by/for Cineflix International. Based in the UK & Canada, Cineflix is an international group of companies that produces, acquires and distributes original non-fiction, multi-genre television programming. In the past, Duncan worked with Alaine Alaine Alldaffer at Playwrights Horizons in casting numerous productions for the following theater companies: Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theater Company, Soho Rep, Long Wharf Theater, Coconut Grove Playhouse as well as The Knight's of Prosperity (pilot) for ABC featuring Mick Jagger. For more information, check out his website at: sgateproductions.com

Information about the class - BROADWAY AUDITIONS SEMINAR with 4 BROADWAY CASTING DIRECTORS:

Wright Way Master Classes is seeking participants for its Broadway Auditions Seminar with 4 Broadway Casting Directors. Casting Directors with Broadway credits include Duncan Stewart, Alison Franck, Cindi Rush, and one TBA who will work with participants in 3.5-hour classes, a different casting director each day, for five days.

Currently the classes are scheduled nationally on February 15-19th in Salt Lake City, February 21-25 in Boston, Feb. 28-Mar. 4 in Chicago.

There will only be 15 students accepted into each class. Once accepted the class fee is $850 for union performers and $900 for nonunion. Payment plans are offered. (For the total of 17 hours - you will be paying $40.00 per hour, an amazing deal considering the Casting Directors are coming directly to you!)

Check us out on YOUTUBE.com:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wrightwaymasterclass

If you would like to sign up for the class or learn more about Wright Way Master Classes please go to
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

THANK YOU!



--
Kind regards,

Rance Wright
Wright Way Master Classes
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

"We Must Be The CHANGE, We Wish To See In The World." Ghandi

(Boston Class) Broadway Auditions Seminar w/ 4 Broadway Casting Directors


Thank you for sharing and spreading this amazing information.

I am so excited for the opportunity to bring 4 of Broadways biggest Casting Directors to Boston, MA this spring 2010 and hope to make this a continued opportunity for the amazing talent in Boston. Here you will find information about this wonderful opportunity - such as how to audition/apply for the class, casting directors currently scheduled to be in Boston for the class and information about the class.

How to apply:
1. It is best to do a video recording of yourself attach it to youtube.com and then go to the Master Class website and apply (
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com).

or

2. If you are currently represented by an agent or manager - have them email me directly. Please make sure that you have already applied with resume/headshot.

For the video audition, please perform two contrasting pieces of music or one song and one monologue. Audition should be no longer than 3 minutes.

Casting Directors:
1. Alison Franck has been the Resident Casting Director for Paper Mill Playhouse for nearly a decade. She has cast over 40 productions for Paper Mill including the Broadway transfer of I'm Not Rappaport, starring Judd Hirsch and Ben Vereen, directed by Daniel Sullivan. Recent Paper Mill productions include 1776, Master Class, The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Shop of Horrors and Kiss Me Kate. Other regional productions include Pirates! (Goodspeed/Paper Mill), Hairspray and Les Miserables (North Shore Music Theatre), and 2007's mini-tour of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers directed by Scott Schwartz and choreographed by Patti Colombo (TUTS / Paper Mill / North Shore / TOTS). She recently completed the casting of the upcoming National Tour of Ain't Misbehavin' starring Ruben Studdard and Frenchie Davis and the premiere National Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Independent film: Broke Even (Best Drama, 2000 NY Independent Film Festival). TV series: Al Franken's "Lateline," "Soul Man," "Talk to Me." Pilot casting: "Madigan Men" and "Freaks & Geeks" (2000 Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series).

2. Cindi Rush Casting (Casting) New York: Rooms, Peaceman, Jacques Brel, Six Dance Lessons In Six Weeks, The Thing About Men, Showtune, I Sing, Urinetown, Say Goodnight Gracie. Regional: Triad Stage; Act II Playhouse; Arena Stage; Goodman; Cape Cod Theatre Project; NOHO Arts Center; Actors Theatre of Louisville Humanafest. Film: Offspring, Made For Each Other, Home Movie, Jack Ketchum's: The Girl Next Door, Headspace, Funny Valentine, Master Class. Other: Hats (Denver, New Orleans, Chicago). Tours: "The Case of Curious George" "Kidz Bop", Casting Society of America Member, Consultant for National Alliance For Musical Theatre, Consultant for NYU Graduate Program for Musical Theatre Writing.

3. Duncan Stewart is the Executive Director of Southgate Productions - a company that primarily focuses on Casting and Talent Consultation for Theater/TV. Theater: Duncan is Director of Casting for the National Artists Management Company (NAMCO) where he is responsible for casting the Broadway, London and International touring companies of Chicago The Musical and all other projects for producers Barry and Fran Weissler (whose past Broadway projects include Sweet Charity, Wonderful Town, Seussical, Annie Get Your Gun). Duncan's current projects include: the upcoming Broadway productions of La Cage Aux Folles (produced by Sonia Friedman and David Babani for The Chocolate Factory in London); Clueless The Musical (Stephen Trask, Tina Landau, John Dempsey); Neil LaBute's West End premiere of the hit play Fat Pig (NAMCO/ATG Co-Production) which will transfer to Broadway in 2010; and Douglas Carter Beane's The Band Wagon (Kathleen Marshall, Director). Television: Duncan provides talent consultation for numerous television projects now under development by/for Cineflix International. Based in the UK & Canada, Cineflix is an international group of companies that produces, acquires and distributes original non-fiction, multi-genre television programming. In the past, Duncan worked with Alaine Alaine Alldaffer at Playwrights Horizons in casting numerous productions for the following theater companies: Playwrights Horizons, Huntington Theater Company, Soho Rep, Long Wharf Theater, Coconut Grove Playhouse as well as The Knight's of Prosperity (pilot) for ABC featuring Mick Jagger. For more information, check out his website at: sgateproductions.com

Information about the class - BROADWAY AUDITIONS SEMINAR with 4 BROADWAY CASTING DIRECTORS:

Wright Way Master Classes is seeking participants for its Broadway Auditions Seminar with 4 Broadway Casting Directors. Casting Directors with Broadway credits include Duncan Stewart, Alison Franck, Cindi Rush, and one TBA who will work with participants in 3.5-hour classes, a different casting director each day, for five days.

Currently the classes are scheduled nationally on February 15-19th in Salt Lake City, February 21-25 in Boston, Feb. 28-Mar. 4 in Chicago.

There will only be 15 students accepted into each class. Once accepted the class fee is $850 for union performers and $900 for nonunion. Payment plans are offered. (For the total of 17 hours - you will be paying $40.00 per hour, an amazing deal considering the Casting Directors are coming directly to you!)

Check us out on YOUTUBE.com:
http://www.youtube.com/user/wrightwaymasterclass

If you would like to sign up for the class or learn more about Wright Way Master Classes please go to
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

THANK YOU!

--
Kind regards,

Rance Wright
Wright Way Master Classes
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

"We Must Be The CHANGE, We Wish To See In The World." Ghandi

Booster Shot for 2010 with 6 Broadway Casting Directors and 3 Agents


***Hello Everyone - You do not want to miss out on this opportunity here in NYC!!!***

"BOOSTER SHOT OF 2010"
6 days with 6 Broadway casting directors = a great beginning to 2010. Then immediately after being seen by 6 Broadway Casting Directors you will have the opportunity to work with 3 of NYC's best agents (currently: Jason Lane of KSA, David Krasner of THE MINE, Joel Carlton of DGRW Talent Inc.). January 11-14, 2010 and January 18-20, 2010. Be seen and work with some of Broadway's most influential Casting Directors and Agents. The Booster Shot is a great way to tune up your material and find out what is and what is not working for you before you get into the middle of audition season. The cost for these seven classes is $350.00 ($50.00 per class) for Equity Members and $400.00 for Non-Equity Members and there will only be 10 Booster Shots available. Other than the Booster Shot offer there will only be 5 slots available on each individual day for those who prefer to choose the Casting Directors they would like to work with. The Booster Shot is the best offer at $350.00 for seven classes for Equity Members and $400.00 for Non-Equity Members.

Casting Directors:
January 11 - Duncan Stewart
January 12 - Merri Sugarman
January 13 - Michele Weiss
January 14 - Alaine Alldaffer
January 18 - Alison Franck
January 19 - Eric Woodall
January 20th - (agents) Jason Lane of KSA. Joel Carlton of DGRW Talent Inc. and David Krasner of THE MINE. (Very Excited!)

To learn more about the class and to sign up go to:
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com and look up "Booster Shot of 2010" under the New York City Classes.

Kind regards,

Rance Wright
Wright Way Master Classes
http://www.wrightwaymasterclasses.com

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Getting my Doctorate!!! WTF???

So I admit it - I think I want to go back to school - WTF???????????? Yes it is true. I am currently in the hunt for a Doctoral Program that will fit the needs that I am looking for. I currently have a BFA in Music, Dance Theater and a Masters of Music in Musical Theater with a Dance Choreography Emphasis.....but I want more. (imagine the young girl speaking to her daddy in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - "But Daddy, I want more") So there you have it. I have always desired a Doctorate Degree and feel that my next venture in life - educationally speaking - is a Doctorate in Theater. (music to my ears).

Anyway - Just saying!