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Showing posts with label Sigma Chi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sigma Chi. Show all posts
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Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Back in October, we started our "An Actor's Path" vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C'09, Lacrosse).Just a few months in LA, Alex is definitely being very proactive with his career. Last month he got his new headshots and this month he signed with a print agency and got his new comp cards (see image to right). Plus he won an athletic contest to meet a Hollywood casting director.
Per Alex, this month,
"After finishing the play and coming back from the holidays, I'm looking to pursue as many opportunities as I can in pilot season. Always trying to gain exposure and fortunate to have been selected from a casting call to work with a production company that combines sports in films (see pic below). Also enrolling at additional acting studios to receive different techniques and training."Listen to more of what he has to say in his vlog above!
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Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Last month, we started our "An Actor's Path" vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C'09, Lacrosse).One month in and he's already playing around with changing his name.
In his first vlog he talked about how acting classes and networking are key to pursuing an acting career in LA.
This month, he talks about:
- what new medium he's acting in now
- his ongoing classes
- what he's doing for money
- new workshops he's taking
- his decision to get new headshots and why he's changing his name (not a strange thing...afterall, she changed her last name from "Mitchell" because of THIS actress)
- which LA networks are important to be a part of
Alex/Bryant's addendum to this vlog HERE +/-
Which casting director workshops/classes have you been attending?
A casting director by the name of Jeffery Passero is the director of my play and it has been beneficial building a relationship with him. He has cast for several films, and plans to continue in the future. Sports Studios is a production company geared at athletics in films. Being an actor and former Division 1 athlete, this type of production is a great fit for me. I have been consistently in an on-camera class geared towards audition technique. It has been invaluable in terms of learning appropriate strategy to succeed on auditions.
Why did you get new headshots?
Having new headshots done was necessary due to the caliber of the competition's. It was originally suggested by an agent as well as my acting teacher. I agreed in that I wanted a photo that more accurately represented what I look like in person. (his old headshot HERE)
Why did you change your name?
The name change is a work in progress. It will either be Alex Bryant Weber or Bryant Weber. The motivation stems from the fact that most young actors tend to have unique names.
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Thursday, October 15, 2009
More help for Penn creative types from DT!
In DT's effort to document, archive and help out aspiring creative alumni, in addition to our "Tuesday Tips" series, we are beefing up our vlog series so you can get first hand accounts of tips and progress from our alumni out in the field.
In August we started an exclusive DT Vlog series from THESE 2 recent alumni living in Austin pursuing a music career.
And now, we have another new exclusive DT series from recent Penn alum Alex Weber (C'09, Lacrosse, ) pursuing an acting career here in Los Angeles...
Monday, August 17, 2009
To kick things off for my Penn Foodies series, here's a great inspirational story about one Penn alum entrepreneur who went from the telecom world to tremendous success in the restaurant world.
After working in the telecom world for a number of years (Centric Telecom, eLink Communications), Marc Glosserman (C'96, Sigma Chi) went on to earn his MBA from Columbia University where he won seed funding for his first restaurant venture, "Hill Country Barbecue Market", by the school’s Eugene M. Lang Entrepreneurial Fund’s new business plan competition.
Not only is "Hill Country" considered a hot new restaurant in NYC (30 West 26th Street), but it has been given great reviews by the NY Times, NY Magazine and The Wall Street Journal to name a few.
And what makes his restaurant so unique? I'll give you a hint. You're going to need a lot of napkins!
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It's all about Texas barbeque at "Hill Country" ...and it stems from Marc's grandfather who was the mayor of Lockhart, Texas where his family dates back four generations.
Per Marc, as a child,
Tell me you're not salivating after watching that video above! Incidentally, the most popular item is the Brisket (Marc’s favorite is the Prime Rib!). 
"I looked forward to my Texas visits, where I indulged in all the local traditions, including eating smoked sausages and barbecue at the legendary Kreuz Market, drinking Big Red Soda, cooling off with Blue Bell Ice Cream, and enjoyed the sounds of Austin’s rock, blues and country music. Whether I was listening to my grandfather’s proud tales of growing up in the Lone Star State, or traveling with family and friends through Central Texas “Hill Country,” these are the memories that inspired me to open a New York City restaurant to honor the barbecue and live music capital of Texas."
"No other barbecue place that has opened in recent years has gotten it so right, right out of the gate. Hill Country is one of the finest new barbecue spots to open in New York in quite some time. The brisket is a thing of balance and beauty." -NY Times
And with the quote above, I don't think you can go wrong with whatever you order!
Check out his menu below! +/-
...And if you think you've seen the "Glosserman" name before on DT, you're right. Let's not forget about Marc's younger successful filmmaker brother Scott Glosserman (C'99, Sigma Chi, Friars)!
Get in touch with Marc: marc at hillcountryny.com
Visit Hill Country and be sure to tell Marc you read about him on DT!
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Monday, June 9, 2008
If you watched Lost's exciting 2 hour finale last week, you would have briefly seen Alex Petrovitch (C'01, Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Men's Varsity Soccer, Men's Cycling) featured in the last 15 minutes of the show.
This was not the first time he was on the show...
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(Spoiler Alert: answer reveals crucial plot details of the show)
Alex reprised his role as " " on Penny Whidmore's boat that rescues the Oceanic 6. He was on for 5 seconds but he got facetime and a line or two!
Alex also had appeared in the cliffhanger scene from the Season 2 Finale when he was one of two men in the arctic who made contact with the missing group of travelers of Oceanic Flight 815.
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Thursday, January 31, 2008
I thought since the new season of Lost premieres tonight, this post was timely.
Click here to find out which 2001 Penn alum was featured in a pivotal episode from Lost and what new film he appears in this weekend.
Here’s a flashback for all of you.
For all of you Lost fans out there, do you remember the last cliffhanger scene from the Season 2 Finale when two men in the arctic make contact with the missing group of travelers of Oceanic Flight 815? Turns out Penn alum Alex Petrovitch (C'01, Member of Sigma Chi Fraternity, Men's Varsity Soccer, Men's Cycling) played one of these two men.
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Besides also appearing in The Bold and the Beautiful, Passions & General Hospital, Alex tells me that he’s starring in a new film called Passage to Zarahemla, an action-adventure Mormon movie which takes place in Utah. (you can see a clip of his performance in his reel)The film opens in Southern California, Idaho, Hawaii, and Las Vegas this weekend. (It began its theatrical release in Utah, October 2007, and has grossed 250K at the box office thus far.)
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