It's
no secret that business has slowed down, and every dollar must
be examined twice, and then spent once. That’s
why so many clients are eager to hire actors who know how to use
the ear-prompter.
I'd like to offer you new technology that can drastically reduce
your production budgets, leaving more of each production dollar
in your pocket.
What if you didn't have to rent
a teleprompter and operator, use clumsy cue "cards," or
rely on the talent to memorize tricky copy?
You'd save money. Your productions would run more efficiently,
end on time and under budget. Editing would go more quickly
because there would be fewer "busted" takes to patch
together.
The tool that makes all this
possible is the "ear-prompter," a
remarkable tool I use to prompt myself, without needing cards,
teleprompting or memory.
I've made the majority of my acting
income using the ear-prompter on tradeshows, commercials and industrials,
as well as teaching the ear-prompter class to others -click on
demo to see a sample of my most recent work.
I have the capability of producing
quality auditions tailored to your needs. Just e-mail or
fax the script and I can e-mail a digital image to your computer
or have a VHS formatted tape sent right to your door.
EAR-PROMPTER
Chicago
· What is it? The
ability to speak, simultaneously, pre-recorded material from a micro-cassette
recorder, while hearing it through an earpiece, giving a flawless
performance.
· open the doors
to Commercials, Infomercials, Trade Shows, Live Shows, Industrials
and CD-ROMs, as a Spokesperson, Host, or Co-Host
· stay more in
the acting field and avoid that outside part-time job
· Audition without
holding a script, stumbling or making mistakes
· Are you tired
of reading off of cue cards? Memorizing long scripts? Then
this is for you!
This extraordinary class comes from a leading
ear-prompter proficient actor and trainer. This on-camera class will cover all aspects
of the ear-prompter. Receive a nation-wide list of
“Ear” agents, casting directors
and clients at the end of the course and open the doors to more
moneymaking opportunities.
Andréa Urban (instructor) is a working actress from originally
from Chicago (10 years) and a former Chicago talent agent/casting
director (5 years). Andréa has a B.F.A. from Drake University,
studied at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Institute and the Leningrad
Institute of Music, Theatre and Cinematography, Russia. She
has extensive credits in the fields of Trade Shows, Live Shows, Industrials,
Commercials, Film, Television and Theatre. Some corporate clients
include: Sears, Abbott Labs, McDonald’s, Kraft, Novartis, S
C Johnson, Bissell and Zeneca Pharmaceuticals.
Private and group lessons available.
e-mail info@andreaurban.com
or Call (312) 590-1870
· out of town workshops
are available, please call for pricing
for equipment visit America’s foremost ear-prompter equipment
company at www.ear-prompter.com
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INDUSTRIAL(spokeswoman - representative list)
Sears (20+), McDonald’s (8), Novartis (3), Abbott (3), Kraft (2),
Firestone (2), U.S. Air Force, Walgreens (3), Liz Claiborne, Sunbeam,
S C Johnson, Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, Advocate Health Care, Prentice Hall
(3), Bellcore (2), Discover Card, Credit Suisse First Boston, Learning
Seed (2), Waste Management, Boston Market, Motorola, ADA, Accel Healthcare,
Bank One, Yellow Pages, Zyprexa
Trade Show (spokeswoman) |
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| Panasonic |
NDS (2) |
Bissell |
| Roche Pharmaceuticals |
Pepsi |
Continental American Transportation |
| Ford |
Wen Tools |
Graham Engineering |
| August Design |
Guidant |
Converse |
| Aoki |
Enterasys |
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FILM
| James and Ludmila |
Supporting (Russian friend) |
AM KO Productions, dir. Amos Kollek |
| Constance |
Lead (wife) |
NobelOne Productions, dir. Patricia Hall |
| 360º |
Lead (wealthy invalid) |
Reed Productions, dir. Deborah Reed |
| Mama Medea |
Lead (Medea) |
Axis Mundi Productions, dir. Dennis Neal Vaughn |
| Segments |
Lead (CEO) |
Montrose Film Productions, dir. Steve Diller |
| Anna at Three A.M. |
Lead (Anna, wife) |
Nadjafilm Productions, dir. Jennifer Howe |
| Outside My Window |
Lead (girlfriend) |
Agosto Productions, dir. David Agosto |
TELEVISION
| Be Your Own Hero |
Featured (w/ Marlo Thomas) |
Lifetime Television |
| World of Pain |
Lead (mom) |
Discovery Health Channel/UK TV |
| Leningrad Comes to Broadway |
Supporting |
Discovery Channel, Russian National TV |
| Обормоты и компания |
Lead (girlfriend) |
Russian National TV |
| Кальвар шоу |
Supporting (girlfriend) |
Russian National TV |
| Towertown |
Lead (Russian Spy) |
Jim Cogan Productions |
| Astonishing News |
Featured (mom) |
NTV |
| Johnny Ryan Against the Mob |
Bit (maid) |
United Artists |
| Auto Empire |
Spokeswoman (2yrs. on going) |
WJYS/Chicago |
COMMERCIAL/VOICEOVER
100+ National and Regional
THEATRE – NEW YORK
| Leningrad
Comes to Broadway Hodel/Chorus Lincoln
Center/Eugene O’Neill Theatre, CT |
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THEATRE – RUSSIA
| The
Cherry Orchard |
Ranevskaya |
Leningrad
Studio Theatre |
| Leningrad
Comes to Broadway |
Hodel/Chorus |
Leningrad
Studio Theatre |
THEATRE – REGIONAL (representative list)
| Home,
Bitter, Home |
Carlotta
O’Neill |
The
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center |
| A
Midsummer Night’s Dream |
Titania |
Pennsylvania
Renaissance Faire |
| Shoes
Full of Gold (Touring) |
The
Happy Waif |
Richmond
Theatre Company |
| Daughters
of Eve |
Carol |
Bailiwick
Director’s Festival |
| Lexis
Praxis |
Susie |
Zebra
Crossing at Bailiwick |
| The
Cherry Orchard |
Ranevskaya |
European
Reperatory Company |
| Dutchman |
Lula |
Bailiwick
Director’s Festival & Folio Theatre |
| Lost
Colony of Alpha Draconis |
Pamela |
Chicago
Dramatist Workshop |
| Prelude
to a Kiss |
Rita |
The
Grove Players |
TRAINING
Drake University B.F.A. Theatre, Minor-Music, The Leningrad Institute
of Music, Theatre and Cinematography-Russia,
The Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center (N.T.I.) studied with Morris Carnovsky,
Act One-advanced commercial training,
Comic master class (Steve Scott-Goodman Theatre), Voiceovers (Marla Kirban)
Vocal (Jim Stenborg, Michael John Lachiusa)
Improvisation (Michael Gellman – Second City) |
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Special Skills:
Improv, voiceover, ear prompter, teleprompter, mom, children, teacher,
aerobics, Pilates, cooking, singer, computer, dancing, pianist,
tennis, handy person, house painting, wallpapering, bicycling,
swimming, snorkeling, softball, stage combat, billiards, driver’s
license, great skin, quivering sneer
Language:Russian
(semi-fluent)
Dialects: Russian, Canadian, Midwest, Southern, Hick, British,
Cockney, Mae West and Zsa Zsa Gabor |
· Commercial Reel and VO CD available upon request *cleared
for all union and non-union work
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