Since he graduated Penn in 2000, Rob Sachs (C’00) has spent the past 10 years working in radio and has now recently branched out into the world of publishing. Tomorrow (Tuesday, 5/11), Rob returns to the Penn bookstore from 6-7 pm to discuss his new book What Would Rob Do?: An Irreverent Guide to Surviving […]
You’ve been seeing the funny commercials for it on TV for months now and tomorrow, Hollywood screenwriter Josh Heald’s (W’00, Editor-in-Chief 34th Street Magazine (’99), Penn Jazz) Hot Tub Time Machine hits theaters nationwide. The film is about 4 friends who travel back to the 80s after they discover that their ski resort hot tub […]
Lesley introduces her Fresh faces line up and does some stand-up about her love for Barry Manilow, followed by the very strange booty texts she has received. I’ve done great posts on this very funny and well connected Los Angeles stand-up/casting director before. And now Lesley Wolff’s (C’93, Bloomers) popular Los Angeles workshop starts up […]
Comedienne Lesley Wolff (C’93, Bloomers) was recently featured on HGTV’s “Buying and Selling: 20 Best Secrets”. Watch Lesley put her comedic spin on these secrets in the video clip above. For you aspiring Penn undergrad and alumni stand-ups, Lesley is definitely someone you should know. She produces and hosts a “Fresh Faces” comedy workshop and […]
What does it mean to be an actor in Los Angeles? Perhaps boasting about your training ….or exhibiting the extremes to which actors will go to “bring it”. Check out the above very funny “Office”/documentary-ish video on what it means to be an LA actor. In this short, a documentary crew follows around a group […]
Last week, I posted a video about a Penn alum asking our Penn in Pictures panel about their advice about writing successful spec scripts. Today’s question from our audience to Sherri Cooper Landsman (C’94) is: “Where do you get your ideas for stories on “Brothers and Sisters”? …Find out which episodes were inspired from Sherri’s […]