Fellow ACTS member Jon Lee Brody will star in the upcoming IMAX 3D MMA movie “The Hurricane Kid” directed by Jesse V. Johnson.  He has also been cast as a WWII fighter pilot in ”Under the Shadow” directed by James Fargo (director of “The Enforcer” with Clint Eastwood).

If you’ve seen such films as Mississippi Burning, Thelma and Louise, Single White Female, Groundhog Day, Momento  or any other number of films, you’ve probably seen Stephen Tobolowsky.  Or television shows like GLEE, LAW & ORDER, HEROES…you’ve more than likely seen him.  On November 9th, 12 lucky ACTS members will have the opportunity to take an improvisation class from Stephen (sorry, class is already full).

Two ACTS members are part of East West Players upcoming production of Beth Henley’s CRIMES OF THE HEART.  ACTS member and longtime instructor of EWP Actors’ Conservatory Leslie Ishii is making her directorial debut on the EWP mainstage and newly joined ACTS member Maya Erskine will be portraying the role of Babe, who has just shot her husband.  The event brings her delightfully dysfunctional sisters together.  This Southern Pulitzer Prize winning classic with an Asian American cast will be an unforgettable night of laughter and tears in East West Players style!

ACTS member Ruffy Landayan who was recently seen in East West Players production of  MYSTERIOUS SKIN has been cast in RIGOLETTO for the LA Opera at the Dorothy Chandler.  If you have never been to an opera, treat yourself…it’s an art form all onto itself and definitely a unique theatrical experience!

ACTS member Aaron Takahashi emailed me the good news that he booked an Esurance spot (infact 2 spots!) from an ACTS casting notice! He just completing shooting.  Congratulations! (again!)

William Moseley of The Chronicles of Narnia fame and director Rpin Suwannath will address ACTS members this evening, October 25 from 7-9 pm at the East West Players David Henry Hwang Theatre.  It took 18 months to win the role of Peter Pevensie in The Chronicales of Narnia:  The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe but eventually William was cast.  Rpin Suwannath is a graduate of the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, he has been pre-visualization supervisor for films such as X-Men: First Class, The Chronicles of Narnia:  The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and many more.  He is preparing to direct the upcoming film ZORRO REBORN.

ACTS member Roy Vongtama won the Fox Diversity/MAPID API pilot shootout, beating out over 100 pilots to win first prize.  He wrote it and acted in it.  He will  pitch the project to Fox Drama development on Wednesday!  Congratulations, Roy!

Here’s the trailer for you to check out!  http://vimeo.com/15931582