Reply to the Actor's Studio
These emails were part of the process in auditioning at the Actor's Studio. I've added links to information in IMDB and on the web. The letter from the Actor's Studio was in response to my resume and headshot that I sent to them upon their request (Sarah Jean Fry).
The email from the Actor's Studio read:
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: The Actors Studio - reply requested
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for sending this information. Could you please specify how long (years/months) you studied with each of the teachers you name below?
Thanks,
Rachel (name changed for privacy)
My reply to the Actor's Studio:
Date: April 13, 2010 12:31:06 PM PDTTo:
Subject: RE: The Actors Studio - reply requested
Dear Rachel,
I go by Sarah Jean not Sarah having been named after two people. Thanks.
My acting course of study is long and full of variety. I performed in a play in junior high school, and then in college took acting as a minor, and studied under Jenna Worthen at SMU. She was an amazing teacher and was the one under whom I developed a passion for acting.
After completing an MS in another area, I returned to Dallas and took a marketing job and then rediscovered acting and have been acting ever since.
I worked in the theatre as a stage manager for several years (while working full-time as a marketing professional during the day) and then the artistic director at the time I was heavily involved in with one theatre, Mark Hawkins, challenged me by putting me in a publicly held play reading. From there, I studied under Gail Cronauer at STAGE for a year or so. Then I studied under Grant James and Jeff Alexander (simultaneously) for about 4 years. In the meantime, Allan Miller began coming to Dallas to teach quarterly. I began studying with him on a quarterly basis and proctored and acted in his class for 2 years. During the 5-6 years of acting in Dallas I was always in classes and did a lot of non-union work, mostly industrials and commercials. I often participated in showcases through STAGE, Pazzo Mente, and later another venue before moving to LA.
When I moved to LA, I studied with Allan another year or so also assisting him with a play that he was directing at the time call, "The Great Genesha." Then feeling the need to expand and develop my career, I took all of Carolyne Barry's commercial classes and all of her improv classes (one-by-one, more or less back to back) . I also took a variety of seminars and short term stints with Susan Lanier (1 year), Steve Carpenter (an 8 week course) and others who suggested they had a different method that I might explore. I was thrillled to discover Zina Provendie and studied with her for about 2 years, the last 6 months of which she taught me in the retirement home to which she moved. She died a year or two after that. I was sad to know another great teacher who had passed.
I then studied for a few years (off and on) with Jeramiah Comey. I took a year off and then discovered the Ivana Chubbuck Studio last year (2009). I studied with Deryl for about 6 months and had to take time off for surgery.
All this time I have had talent agents, represented by Marquis (and later Linda McAlister in Dallas) and since 1998 in LA by the Jana Luker agency. I still audition commercially having recieved callbacks for McDonalds and other national commercials recently. My Wells Fargo commercial ran for 3 years.
In February and March of this year, I played a mother in Life with Kat & McKay (webisode not yet released, although some episodes can be found in IMDB) and a waitress for a short film, shot in assocation with NYU, called Broken Mirrors.
I am an actor and will always be an actor, however, I don't have the luxury of not having a day job. So, I also work full-time at NBC Universal...always networking and always keeping an eye out for an acting opportunity in an otherwise shrinking universe of acting jobs. So, in total not counting high school or college, I've been studying acting for about 16 years and continue to audition for commercials and occasional TV/film parts when the opportunities arise.
I would love to audition for the Actor's Studio. Please let me know what other information you may need.
Thank you for your interest.
I appreciate it very much.
Sincerely,
Sarah Jean
The email from the Actor's Studio read:
Date: Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 10:09 AM
Subject: RE: The Actors Studio - reply requested
Dear Sarah,
Thank you for sending this information. Could you please specify how long (years/months) you studied with each of the teachers you name below?
Thanks,
Rachel (name changed for privacy)
My reply to the Actor's Studio:
Date: April 13, 2010 12:31:06 PM PDTTo:
Subject: RE: The Actors Studio - reply requested
Dear Rachel,
I go by Sarah Jean not Sarah having been named after two people. Thanks.
My acting course of study is long and full of variety. I performed in a play in junior high school, and then in college took acting as a minor, and studied under Jenna Worthen at SMU. She was an amazing teacher and was the one under whom I developed a passion for acting.
After completing an MS in another area, I returned to Dallas and took a marketing job and then rediscovered acting and have been acting ever since.
I worked in the theatre as a stage manager for several years (while working full-time as a marketing professional during the day) and then the artistic director at the time I was heavily involved in with one theatre, Mark Hawkins, challenged me by putting me in a publicly held play reading. From there, I studied under Gail Cronauer at STAGE for a year or so. Then I studied under Grant James and Jeff Alexander (simultaneously) for about 4 years. In the meantime, Allan Miller began coming to Dallas to teach quarterly. I began studying with him on a quarterly basis and proctored and acted in his class for 2 years. During the 5-6 years of acting in Dallas I was always in classes and did a lot of non-union work, mostly industrials and commercials. I often participated in showcases through STAGE, Pazzo Mente, and later another venue before moving to LA.
When I moved to LA, I studied with Allan another year or so also assisting him with a play that he was directing at the time call, "The Great Genesha." Then feeling the need to expand and develop my career, I took all of Carolyne Barry's commercial classes and all of her improv classes (one-by-one, more or less back to back) . I also took a variety of seminars and short term stints with Susan Lanier (1 year), Steve Carpenter (an 8 week course) and others who suggested they had a different method that I might explore. I was thrillled to discover Zina Provendie and studied with her for about 2 years, the last 6 months of which she taught me in the retirement home to which she moved. She died a year or two after that. I was sad to know another great teacher who had passed.
I then studied for a few years (off and on) with Jeramiah Comey. I took a year off and then discovered the Ivana Chubbuck Studio last year (2009). I studied with Deryl for about 6 months and had to take time off for surgery.
All this time I have had talent agents, represented by Marquis (and later Linda McAlister in Dallas) and since 1998 in LA by the Jana Luker agency. I still audition commercially having recieved callbacks for McDonalds and other national commercials recently. My Wells Fargo commercial ran for 3 years.
In February and March of this year, I played a mother in Life with Kat & McKay (webisode not yet released, although some episodes can be found in IMDB) and a waitress for a short film, shot in assocation with NYU, called Broken Mirrors.
I am an actor and will always be an actor, however, I don't have the luxury of not having a day job. So, I also work full-time at NBC Universal...always networking and always keeping an eye out for an acting opportunity in an otherwise shrinking universe of acting jobs. So, in total not counting high school or college, I've been studying acting for about 16 years and continue to audition for commercials and occasional TV/film parts when the opportunities arise.
I would love to audition for the Actor's Studio. Please let me know what other information you may need.
Thank you for your interest.
I appreciate it very much.
Sincerely,
Sarah Jean
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