EXPERIENCE:
Feel free to visit the site dedicated to my hosting, commercial and theatrical acting pursuits, AN ACT OF JO WEBSITE.
MY ACTING CV:
ACTING RESUME DOWNLOAD
MY CHARACTER ONE SHEET:
ONE SHEET DOWNLOAD
ACTING BACKGROUND:
My love for performing started at the age of 8 years old. First, I was captivated by music after hearing a chord plucked on a violin. After begging my parents for my own fiddle, they gladly gave in to my passion. As a featured violinist, I played in youth orchestras and toured across the state of Florida in recitals.
As an only child, I also had an active imagination. To fill my days, I spent them reading, writing and performing characters for anyone that would watch, and...for a constant audience, my cats. This soon translated to the stage when I got my first role as a Reporter in The Edison Man. It was then that I caught the “acting bug.” I have never been cured.
Having always been fascinated by movement, I took performance to another level passing music and acting into physical form through gymnastics and then modern/hip hop dance techniques. Today, I practice all 3 crafts which I believe enhances overall performances on stage and on camera.
REPRESENTATION:
JLA TALENT AGENCY- COMMERCIALS
Agents: Kendall Park, Sumer Stamper
PHONE: 310. 276.5677
JLA Talent Agency Site
TALENT MANAGER- THEATRICAL
Jeffrey Loseff Management
Manager: Jeffrey Loseff
PHONE: 818.505.9468
Loseff Management Site
TRAINING:
On Going Scene Studies--
Anthony Meindl Actor's Lab/ Teacher: Tony Meindl, February 2012
On Going Improvisation--
Hothouse Improv/ Teacher: John Thies, September, October, November, December 2011, January 2012
Hosting--
Initiative Talent Group/ Teacher: Maureen Browne, July 2011- August 2011
Creative Management Entertainment Group/ Teacher: Marki Costello, May 2011, June 2010- August 2010
Commercial Acting & Audition Technique--
Carolyne Barry Creative Entertainment Group/ Teachers: Carolyne Barry, February 2011- May 2011
Former Scene Studies--
Beverly Hills Playhouse Acting School/ Teachers: Rob Brownstein, Gary Grossman, August 2009- February 2010
Prior to all of this, I trained independently from middle school theater to college black box (University of Florida).
MY LOOK:
Considered ethnically ambiguous, fit and younger than I look, I am usually sought after as the --
1. First and foremost as "Host" or "Spokeswoman" 2. "Cute Best Friend/ Girl Next Door"
3. "Athlete" or "Dancer" 4. "Reporter"
5. "Business girl" "Young Doctor" "Office Clerk" 6. "Bohemian Artist/ Musician/ Emo type"
My current Comp Card reads as thus --
HEIGHT: 5’3”
WEIGHT: 115 lbs
BUILD: athletic, fit, petite
DRESS SIZE : size 2-4
HAIR COLOR: dark brown
EYE COLOR: dark brown
ETHNICITY: ethnically Ambiguous, Caucasian, Hispanic, Italian, Greek, Middle Eastern
AGE RANGE: 22-32
DISCIPLINES: actor, dancer, musician
STATUS: AFTRA
LATEST WORK INCLUDES:
- Internal Marketing spot for Coca-Cola.
- Northeast commercial spot for Hesser College, NH.
- An international travel web series, Expedition Jo, hosted by yours truly.
- A talk show/ advice column web series that is hosted by me called Hey-Jo.
- A co branded entertainment web series hosted by me for Flip Video and Vaseline.
