| MARI LYN HENRY, partner, Henry Downey Talent Management LLC, has guided thousands of actors to successful careers in film, TV and theatre for over 40 years. Upon leaving her position as Director of Casting, East Coast for ABC/NY, which she held for over thirteen years, she launched an image and career coaching business. Her workshops on on-camera techniques, script analysis, auditioning, and impression management have been very successful in cities and universities across the country as well as in Toronto, London, Oxford and Sydney. For 25 years, this 'bible of the biz' has received praise from industry professionals, educators and celebrities. Mari Lyn has also written the foreword to Katherine Mayfield's book Smart Actors, Foolish Choices and is featured in Judith Searle's Getting The Part: Thirty-three Professional Casting Directors Tell You How to Get Work in Theater, Films, Commercials, and TV. She has been quoted often in trade publications and wrote a bi-monthly column for Back Stage. She is currently teaching audition skills for the camera in the conservatory progam at the prestigious Michael Howard Studios in New York City. As a guest faculty member at Circle in the Square Theatre School she advises actors-in-training about career preparation and audition techniques. She has been the industry showcase consultant for the University of Florida, Florida State University, the Hartt School in Connecticut and the New World School of the Arts/Miami. She is currently the Vice President of Programs for the League of Professional Theatre Women (www.theatrewomen.org). Having earned her B.A. in Speech and Drama at San Jose State University, she also holds an M.A. in Theatre from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. She believes with Mark Twain that "training is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond and a cauliflower is a cabbage with some education." |
LYNNE ROGERS became a familiar face to millions of TV viewers during her many years as a leading lady on CBS' Guiding Light, on NBC's The Doctors, and A Time For Us on ABC, and went on to appear on just about every TV show originating in New York.
She has been the 'voice' of countless nationally advertised products and, as Procter and Gamble's first product spokeswoman, appeared on radio and TV talk shows across the country. Her book, The Love of Their Lives, told the behind-the-scenes
story of soap opera through interviews with the leading players. For American Heritage magazine, she wrote the turbulent story of the founding of Actors Equity Association--a costly struggle which led to the recognition of a performers' union. Shortly after the first edition of How To Be A Working Actor appeared, the book was dubbed "The Bible of the Biz". The orderly pursuit of a successful acting career had become possible. Here was something like a huge road map, highlighting sensible paths to follow in the otherwise mad, mad world of Show Business. As the world pace quickened and the Business changed, "The Bible of the Biz" has been updated: 25 years and 5 editions later--it is still THE must-have book. Always relevant. With Linda and Wayne Phillips, Lynne co-authored The Concise Guide to Executive Etiquette, telling corporate newcomers everything they need to know about business protocol. This was followed by Working in Show Business: Behind the Scenes Careers in Theatre, Film & Television, the guide for everyone who'd love to be in Show Business but has no desire to be a performer. Producer? Designer? Choreographer? A native New Yorker, she is a graduate, magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, of Queens College; she wrote and produced her own radio show while an undergraduate there. Between semesters at Yale Drama School she auditioned for and won the lead on The Light of the World, and has been a working actor ever since. She has appeared on Broadway and in films, and toured the country in a number of summer theatre packages--most notably for three seasons with Betty White. She has served on the national and local boards of AFTRA, was elected to the Board of Governors of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (earning their medal for distinguished service). She recently ended her term as President of the League of Professional Theatre Women and may currently be seen as veteran News Caster Dolly Beck in Old People News, on the Comedy Channel. |
