An APA NewsGram – March 17, 2008 ********************************************** Dear APA Member/Industry Professional: Following is info on some great events coming up soon. To contact APA, send a NEW e-mail to: info (at) azproduction.com Thanks!

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APA Industry Happy Hour

Friday, March 28, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Join us for some Happy Hour fun on your way over to the Arizona Black Film Showcase, taking place March 27-30 at the AMC theatres at the Arizona Center !

Start your Friday evening off by joining APA at My Big Fat Greek Restaurant, in the Arizona Center near the really cool fountain, then head around the corner and go and see some great films! What a perfect night for industry professionals & others to enjoy our creative and fun business.

We’ll have DOOR PRIZES again this month, including passes to the Arizona Black Film Showcase. Don’t miss out on your chance to see great films for free, just for showing up to a free networking and social event.

Appetizers will be provided by APA, so you just need to obtain your beverage of choice. Non-alcoholic drinks are also available.

Happy Details:

Friday, March 28, 4-7 p.m.

My Big Fat Greek Restaurant
Arizona Center , Downtown Phoenix
FREE for everyone

RSVP to Diane Taylor at 602-640-1444; dtaylor (at) openingmoments.com . We’re also open to ideas for future locations.

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"Journey of the Working Actor" Seminar

Saturday, March 29, 1:30-4:30 p.m.

Join accomplished Los Angeles actor and author Michael Bofshever as he shares the many aspects of what it takes to succeed and live the life of a working actor. Sponsored by SAG Arizona Conservatory.

Seminar Details:

Saturday, March 29

1:30-4:30 p.m. (check in between 12:30-1:15 p.m. )
Megaw Actors Studio

8538 E. Cholla St .

Scottsdale , AZ 85260

Cost: SAG Members FREE with membership card; Non-SAG Members and Guests $25 per person. SAG members register now at www.sagfoundation.org . Deadline for confirmed SAG registration is March 22, 2008 . (After this date, registration is first come first served, subject to space still available.) Preference given to SAG Members.

For non-members, email RSVP request to megawthinc (at) cox.net . Once reservation is confirmed, mail check to the address above, c/o Elaine “EE” Moe. No admittance without reservations. For information, call Arizona Conservatory Chair Dawn Powell Dell at (323) 307-1277.

Directions: (101 East Between Cactus & Shea; Hayden & 86th Street)
Off Shea or Cactus take 84th St. to Cholla, at Cholla head east, cross 85th St.
Off Hayden take Cholla east, pass 84th St. & 85th St.
8538 is on North side, large log mailbox with bird house.

About the instructor: Michael Bofshever will address such topics as the Foundation to Having a Career, Audition Know How, Life on Set, Agents and Managers, as well as share stories from his recently published book Your Face Looks Familiar.....How To Get Ahead as a Working Actor. Questions will also be taken from the audience.

Michael has spoken on this topic for the Screen Actors Guild Foundation in both New York and Los Angeles on a recurring basis; SAG branch offices in Chicago , Miami , Boston , Orlando , Las Vegas , San Diego and the AFTRA branch in Los Angeles . In addition he has conducted his seminar at the American Film Institute, American Academy of Dramatic Arts: NY, The Players Academy: LA, Rice University, Emory University, Washington University St. Louis, UCLA, Long Beach State, University of Wisconsin, University of Miami, UNLV, the Idaho Institute of Film & Television, The Interlochen Center for the Arts, and the Michael Howard Studios NY. A highly regarded acting teacher, Michael is recognized as "one of the finest acting teachers in Los Angeles …" according to The Actor's Guide to Qualified Acting Coaches: Los Angeles. He has taught a scene study and exercise class for seventeen years in Los Angeles as well as at UCLA Extension, The Michael Howard Studio and Theatre for the Forgotten.

An accomplished actor, Mr. Bofshever holds a BFA in acting from Boston University College of Fine Arts. A selected list of his film credits includes the critically acclaimed United 93, Certifiably Jonathan (Winters), Dirty Deeds, Bruce Almighty, Crime of the Century, The Fan and A Low Down Dirty Shame. His television credits includes being a series regular on The Jersey (64 episodes the Disney Channel), and recurring roles on The Shield, 24, NYPD Blue, The Practice. A partial list of guest star appearances includes Cold Case, Desperate Housewives, CSI, The West Wing, JAG, The Agency, The Brotherhood of Poland NH, Six Feet Under, Millenium, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Walker Texas Ranger, Seventh Heaven, Star Trek TNG.

A founding member of the Actors Producing Company in New York , Michael has made appearances Off and Off-Off Bway, regional and summer stock theatres. Some of his favorite roles have been the Murderer in Al Pacino's Richard III for The Theatre Company of Boston , Jake in Jules Feiffer's Grownups, the Gunner in Shaw’s Misalliance. Mr. Bofshever is known by television viewing audiences for the hundreds of commercials he has appeared in over twenty-five years in the business. Mr. Bofshever’s directing credits includes productions of new work by such playwrights as Jules Selbo, Francis Solomita, Jerry Stubblefield, and Quincy Long in both New York and Los Angeles .

Michael Bofshever is a moderator for the SAG Conversation Series in Hollywood . A partial list of interviews include Hilary Swank, Marion Cotilliard, David Duchovny, Kevin Bacon, Christine Lahti, David Carradine, Jonathan Winters, Jim Sheridan, Laura Dern, Jeff Daniels, the casts of Sideways, Kinsey, The Woodsman, The Closer. Learn more about his career at www.michaelbofshever.com .

Don’t forget to visit APA’s Events Page for info on other great events! Just go to:

http://www.azproduction.com/mainpages/events.html

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THANK YOU!

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