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Due to Covid-19 we have not been teaching. The good news is that we have been seeing an uptick in interest in lessons and now that San Diego has opened up a litle. We are going to start looking at starting something probably on Thursdays.
This will be an Acting, Performance, Media Coaching class. The pandemic has definitely made us all aware of the importance of new media from Zoom Calls to creating your own content, to self-taping an audition. Having on camera skills have now become important for not just professional actors but anyone trying to control their personal brand.
If you have an interest pleasecontact me directly using the link and I invite you to join the cicrcle of influence. I will add you to the entertainment specific database as well. I often pass along casting ops that show up on the desk.
(As always, please do your own due dilligence when auditioning for anything. And I suggest always CCing your agent, manager, friend, associate, parent, coach when communicating with any casting opportunitty.)
San Diego, CA - David Kamatoy is currently teaching actors, entertainers and media personalities. He is available for private and semi-private sessions.
The class core technique is based in his training with DJ Sullivan and her work with Michael Shurtleff. Film and Broadway Casting Director, author of "Audition". David also draws from his background in theatre, film, live performance, circus , music, street performing, radio hosting, hypnotherapy, Alexander Technique and self-development.
He currently produces nationally syndicated radio and television and constantly is asked by actors to help with Self-Taping auditions.
David's goal in working with Actors is to get them to be comfortable in an audition and subsequently a working professional enviroment. TV, Film, Radio, Red Carpet, etc.
For more information contact David Kamatoy via email by clicking here.
San Diego, CA (For Release) - 
A former U.S. Marine who attended Harvard on a Marine Corps ROTC scholarship, James P. Connolly got his comedy start when he was ordered to write jokes for a Colonel. Since that beginning, he has appeared on America’s Got Talent, Comedy Central, HBO, in the Netflix series, “Larry Charles: Dangerous World of Comedy” and can be heard daily on SiriusXM Comedy Channels. His Dry Bar Comedy Special was released in 2022.
Billed as “The greatest band you’ve never heard of,” Featured Act The SHOW with Adam and Sean has performed at such venues as the Chance Theater in Orange County, The Stage in Burbank, and the Loft Ensemble in Los Angeles. Featuring San Diego native Adam Chambers and Omaha product Sean Durrie, the duo perform as the house band in a monthly show in LA called Another Late Night Comedy Show with Mike Perkins.
A recently divorced former desperate housewife living in beautiful Coronado, CA, Sue Shirey has been doing comedy for 15 years and is lead singer in the band The Suenamis. She is the founder and director of the James Shirey Foundation in memory of her son James who passed away in 2009 and has held many comedy fundraisers to benefit her foundation.
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nce again be supporting GenerateHope with our show at UC San Diego Park and Market,” says Mark Chirstopher Lawrence. “This is an organization that is doing amazing work for a critically underserved population in our community, and I encourage everyone to come out and learn what they do and how you can help. We’ll ‘bring da funny,’ and you bring the energy. You’ll go home feeling good about what your attendance has done for this group, and you’ll have a ‘holarious’ time doing it.”
Headliner Edwonda White is a Def Comedy Jam AllStar and a B.E.T’s Comic View AllStar. In addition to her stand-up comedy, she is a screenwriter and radio personality who regularly appears on Quake’s House, a syndicated radio show on SiriusXM Radio. Edwonda has been featured on several television shows, including Martin Lawrence’s “1st Amendment Stand Up” on STARZ and Jennifer Lopez’s Comedy Show “Stand Up And Deliver.”
Featured act Louie Centanni is known for his poignant observations about the absurdities of childhood, aging, step-parenting, and owning a dog that is too big for this world. Currently he is workshopping an introspective and heartwarming blend of standup comedy and storytelling that reflects on whether any of us is ever truly "ready" for life's biggest moments.
Bijan Mostafavi is best known for his quick wit, hilarious stories and severe asthma. He was most recently the head writer and party correspondent for “Tonight in San Diego” on the CW6.
“I’m excited to be collaborating again with UC San Diego Park and Market for Comedy Night at the Guggenheim Theatre in San Diego,” says Mark Christopher Lawrence, “and to support a wonderful organization like GenerateHope. We’re gonna ‘bring da funny’ to Downtown and send people home laughing, and at the same time help very needy members of our San Diego community. I encourage everyone to get their tickets before they’re all gone.”
Part of the UC San Diego Park & Market complex run by the Collaboratory for Downtown Innovation, The Guggenheim Theatre is one of the most desired stages in San Diego. This partnership between UC San Diego Extension and the Downtown San Diego Partnership is designed to support entrepreneurs and Downtown innovators. Partner agencies in the project include the City of San Diego, Startup San Diego and SEED San Diego. Slated to be the best show in San Diego, Comedy Night at the Guggenheim is not to be missed.
Known as "Mr. Punchline," headliner Scott Wood has performed at such venues as The Ice House, The Comedy Store, and The Laugh Factory, and was named Stand Up Comedy Champion at the Improv Comedy Club. He is also the creator and host of the comedy cooking show "Something Smells Funny," currently streaming on Tubi TV.
Lisa Gilbert is a regular at Mic Drop Comedy Club and is recognized as one of the Best Of at The Comedy Store. Lisa has been featured in Comedy festivals like The Ladies Room Comedy Festival, Cactus Comedy Classic, Black Woman in Comedy Festival, and was a runner-up in the Funniest Housewives Comedy Competition.
A San Diego native, musical guest Ash Foster sings with multiple projects, including The Mondaze and The Gray Kats, as well as performing solo. She also hosts several events with House Concert Series and Make Music Day.
Lester Barrie is not only a headlining comic, but he is also a Christian pastor. He has been the opening act for Ray Charles and been a co-headliner with Mike Epps, Jonnie Witherspoon, and Bruce Bruce. Mr. Barrie holds the distinction of being named best comedian on Star Search over a young Dave Chappelle in 1993, and he continues to appear on stage at the Laugh Factory in both Hollywood and Long Beach.
Jesse Egan is a winner of the San Diego’s Funniest Person contest and performs stand-up in venues around the country. A graduate of UC San Diego, Mr. Egan has won 2 Emmys and an American Advertising Award as a script writer for Raindrop marketing. He also teaches courses in stand-up comedy and public speaking.
With a focus on slice-of-life situations, Jessica Alaniz has performed around Southern California. She has appeared at such venues as the Pasadena Ice House and the Laugh Factory in Long Beach and Hollywood.
After beginning a career in social work with the elderly, Steven David Elliot became interested in marketing after learning sales technique from a cousin. Remembering what his elderly clients had often said to him while in social work about regrets for things they had not done, Elliot decided to follow a dream and open up a bookstore. Eventually he had four successful bookstores, two each in North Carolina and Miami, Florida, which he ran for 15 years. Even in an era of growing online book sales, Elliot’s stores thrived because of his emphasis on networking.
