Gary Hershberger: Actor, director and producer in Los Angeles, California.

Hi all-- there is a great Actor's Director Workshop next week Friday/Saturday, June 23-24 in Santa Monica. It is a two day workshop that is taught by actress/director Sheryl Lee (aka Laura Palmer in David Lynch's Twin Peaks and writer/director/actor Gary Hershberger (yours truly) from Twin Peaks, Six Feet Under, Sneakers, etc.

It's for directors, actors, and writers and how we can collaborate together to experience how to create the best performances for all involved. These workshops are geared towards directors (and writer/directors) -- helping them to understand the experience that actors have and how to find the language that best inspires performances when directing... becoming The Actor's Director. Great for directors who might feel intimidated working on their first feature, or coming from the commercial ranks, or maybe you're a DP with your first experience on your narrative. Actors also gain so much from taking the workshop as well we have found. Anyway, we'd love to offer it out to the Stage 32 community!

We have given the Workshop several times at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and Pepperdine University. Check out our reviews, and for more info click on the website. Limited spaces available as we like to keep the groups pretty small. This is not a lecture, but a fully immersive, interactive workshop, and we have FUN :)

For more info and to register:

www.theactorsdirectorworkshop.com

See you there!

I'm Gary, and I’m a professional actor, writer and director, and have been working in the entertainment industry for over thirty years. Major credits include Twin Peaks (yes, the original one!), and the Showtime reboot currently playing, Six Feet Under, Sneakers, etc. I’ve also been writing professionally for the last ten years, and am an award-winning writer, having placed as a Top Ten Finalist four times for The Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Awards, and the PAGE Awards.

I am in pre-production for my feature directorial debut, for the inspirational sports drama, Late in the Season, producing with Gabrielle Evans-Fields (Aja, Take 2 for Faith), Jim Schmidt (Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius), and the Battery Park Entertainment team.

I love working with writers to get their script into top form before it goes out to the masses, as you only have one time to make that great first impression. I have been working with my friends and colleagues for several years now, and have had quite good fortune in moving them into production or option agreements. If you’re interested in elevating your script into greenlight form, please give me a shout.

I teach a class with my teaching partner, the wonderful Sheryl Lee (Twin Peaks), called The Actor’s Director Workshop. It's for directors, actors, writers, and D.P’s and how they can collaborate together to experience how to create the best performances for all involved. We’ve taught this Two Day Workshop at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts and Pepperdine University several times, and are now bringing it privately to the LA area, as well as different cities outside of LA. www.theactorsdirectorworkshop.com

Funny story -- way back when, I'm standing in line at a writers pitch conference, getting ready for my 2-minute pitch, and I strike up a friendly conversation with a very athletic young man, who is getting ready for his pitch. The line was quite long, and so we had about twenty minutes to get to know each other. I shared what I was doing, and he starts telling me about this fabulous idea he has - to create a start-up social media site for creatives like Facebook. Yep. It turns out that this young man is none other than RB!! I was there in the pre-beginning :) Well, it's taken me a bit longer to actually introduce myself (as I'm not really a social media animal, but I'm trying!) The day has come. I'm here, and I'm excited to meet you, work with you, and hopefully work together on great projects in the future. I'm here to offer my assistance in any capacity -- whether it be guiding a young actor, shaping a script, teaching the young directors out there -- or even directing some of your projects.

This is a wonderful community of artists, and we need to support one another. Thanks RB for starting it all.

With gratitude,

Gary

Hi Gary. I'm RB, co-founder and CEO of Stage 32. As an actor, screenwriter, and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work and attracting attention to their projects. That's why we created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 75,000+ members strong spanning 180+ countries making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth. This is a network for you, built by you. Like most things in life, the more you participate, the greater the rewards. We ask all new members pay it forward and invite at least 5 fellow creatives and to spread the word of Stage 32 through other social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter. You can also invite fellow creatives through the site by using the "Send Stage 32 Invites..." button on the upper right side of your profile. The more creatives, the stronger the network. The stronger the network, the more opportunities. Thanks for joining the movement and for being a part of this most talented and inspiring community. PS - Please take a moment to like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter at @Stage32online.

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