Rana Rines: Acting teacher, actor and screenwriter in Alameda, California.

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Yoon Ha Lee

Hello! Stray thought on The Expanse pilot (uh, here be spoiler??) - so I'm rewatching that right now and one reason it works for me despite the destruction of the literal first setting/environment (th...

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Jed Power

Sydney, Please let me/us know when this class opens up again. Thanks, Jed.

Audrey Knox

Yoon Ha Lee Great insight! I should probably add to my extensive checklist of things that a pilot script needs to accomplish is that it also needs to establish the rules of the world. Especially impor...

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Steve Budd
Greetings from Oakland!

I'm a writer and actor, working on screenplays and solo shows. I recently revised and am now pitching my script "Seeing Stars," about a 30-year-old who moves back in with his parents just as his dad turns manic. Hijinks (and transformation), as they say, ensue.

I'm looking for live-performance opport...

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Steve Budd

You should go for it, Lucinda. Lots of people to work with on a solo show in LA. But by standup, do you mean comedy? Because a solo show can, like any play, be comic, dramatic, or a mix.

Rana Rines

HI Steve Budd!

Steve Budd

Hi Rana! Great to hear from you.

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Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Rana. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Hello Rana -

Welcome to the community! I'm Amanda Toney, the Managing Director at Stage 32. Since 2013 I've been proud to oversee Stage 32's Next Level Education, which provides you the most up-to-date tools necessary to become a better creative.

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