The Playground Los Angeles http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog Hollywood's Premiere Young Actor's Conservatory Sun, 19 May 2013 18:28:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Gary Spatz’s The Playground Congratulates Megli Micek http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/19/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-megli-micek/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/19/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-megli-micek/#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 18:28:31 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1132 The Playground congratulates graduate student Megli Micek who was awarded the Best Actress Award for her role in Liars Fires and Bears at the Vegas Independent Film Festival (VIFF) in May 2013. Megli was nine and a Playground student when she filmed … Continue reading →

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/19/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-megli-micek/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground Congratulates Jack Essner http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-jack-essner/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-jack-essner/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:52:20 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1127 The Playground congratulates student Jack Essner who was cast in the role of “Matt” in the short film WELL PLAYED directed by Emmy Award winner Jeremy Kagan. WELL PLAYED is a SAG/AFTRA short film about kids with ADHD and their … Continue reading →

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-jack-essner/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground Congratulates Leah Weissbuch http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-leah-weissbuch/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-leah-weissbuch/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 18:22:28 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1122 The Playground graduate Leah Weissbuch who received the prestigious 2013 – JRAY-John Raitt Award for – “Featured Actress of the Year” – for her performance as Mary Lennox in the Beverly Hills High School Musical – “The Secret Garden”. JRAY … Continue reading →

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/17/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-leah-weissbuch/feed/ 0 ZOOM IN: LEARNING ACTING CAN BE FUN!!! JUST USE YOUR IMAGINATION http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/14/zoom-in-learning-acting-can-be-fun-just-use-your-imagination/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/05/14/zoom-in-learning-acting-can-be-fun-just-use-your-imagination/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 00:24:57 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1118 By Gayla Goehl - Assistant Director at Gary Spatz’s The Playground A Young Actors Conservatory. Imagination building is an important part of learning the craft of on-camera acting.   You might think that all children would be able to use their imagination … Continue reading →

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/14/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-jeannie-rose-men-martin/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground Congratulates Nicholas Brodsky http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/14/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-nicholas-brodsky/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/14/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-nicholas-brodsky/#comments Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:21:17 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1074 Congrats to Playground student Nicholas Brodsky from our Jr. Varsity Program for booking a commercial for Nike. Here he is pictured with our very own Gary Spatz and Gayla Goehl at our 2012 Graduation extravaganza at the AMC in Century … Continue reading →

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/14/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-nicholas-brodsky/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground congratulates Luke Colombero http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/10/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-luke-colombero/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/10/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-luke-colombero/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:30:44 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1069 Congratulations to Playground Orange County Advanced Class student Luke Colombero who recently booked and shot a commercial for Comcast. Go Luke! rc

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/10/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-luke-colombero/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground Congratulates Malaika Toledo http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/08/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-malaika-toledo-2/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/08/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-malaika-toledo-2/#comments Mon, 08 Apr 2013 23:29:04 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1067 Congratulations to Malaika Toledo who booked a National and International commercial for “Pediasure”  

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]]> http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/08/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-malaika-toledo-2/feed/ 0 Gary Spatz’s The Playground congratulates KADAN ROCKETT http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/05/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-kadan-rockett/ http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/2013/04/05/gary-spatzs-the-playground-congratulates-kadan-rockett/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 05:13:52 +0000 The Playground http://theplaygroundlosangeles.com/blog/?p=1062 Gary Spatz’s The Playground congratulates KADAN ROCKETT for booking a GREEN GIANT and VOOTS commercial.

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