ONLINE SEMINAR with Bernard Bunye, OWNER/Personal Manager, Forte Artist Management

Q&A/Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE

Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:30pm ET / 3:30pm PT

This event is in the past.

AC IS happy to welcome back Bernard, who just opened up the new Forte Artists Management!

He is currently looking to meeting trained actors of all ages-all types-all ethnicities (18+).

After a Q&A he'll see Sides with a Reader ONE on ONE

What to Prepare:

For this seminar, please prepare a scene of choice that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. You can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration), OR bring in your own 2-3 page scene. 

Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.

Please follow the procedures listed below:

  • Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.

  • Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.

  • Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to registration@actorsconnection.com at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

**Actors Connection classes and programming are for ADULTS (18+). With permission, some teens (14+) are allowed to take adult programming. To inquire about getting permission, please send an email to: info@actorsconnection.com**

**No recording of any kind is permitted by participants during class.**

**Please keep in mind that all programs at Actors Connection are for educational and professional development purposes. Participating in any class or event is not a promise of employment.**

Bernard F. Bunye

In 2007, Bernard F. Bunye began his career in talent management working for manager/producer Lillian LaSalle at Sweet 180 Talent Management and Production. After three years of learning the business from Ms. LaSalle, Bernard co-created Intrepid Talent Management with Jen Namoff. Building on the success of ITM, Bernard launched Brownstone Entertainment Management in January 2012. In August 2016, Bernard closed Brownstone Entertainment Management and joined SirenSong Entertainment to work alongside Donna DeStefano. In April 2019, Bernard left SirenSong to open up Forte Artist Management with Aaron J. Sandler. Bernard handles clients for film, TV and theatre.

Past client bookings have included Television shows such as: 30 Rock, Alpha House, The Americans, Billions, The Blacklist, Blindspot, Blue Bloods, Bull, Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys, Chicago Med, Chicago PD, Dietland, The Donors, FBI, Fringe, The Good Fight, The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, High Maintenance, Inside Amy Schumer, Law and Order, Law and Order: SVU, Louie, The Mick, Mindhunter, Mozart in the Jungle, Mr. Robot, The OA, Orange Is The New Black, The Path, Ringside, Royal Pains, Shades of Blue, Succession, Time After Time and Wormwood. Films: Girl Most Likely, Going In Style, Hedgehog, In The Blood, Kelly & Cal, The Mend, Miss Sloane, The Samuel Project and Why Him? and Broadway shows: Betrayal, Gary: A Sequel To Titus Andronicus, Hello, Dolly!, Indecent, Something Rotten! and The Snow Geese.

His clients have also worked Off-Broadway with numerous shows at the Atlantic Theatre Company, LCT3, Manhattan Theatre Club, MCC Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Playwrights Horizons, The Public Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Roundabout Underground and Signature Theatre. Regionally, his clients have appeared at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Geffen Playhouse, Guthrie Theater, Hangar Theatre, Huntington Theatre Company, Long Wharf Theatre, McCarter Theatre, The Old Globe and South Coast Repertory.

Meets

Friday, October 9, 20206:30 pm

The following disclaimer is provided specifically at the request of and in accordance with SAG/AFTRA: Seminars or classes are for educational purposes only and will not secure or provide opportunity for employment in the field or representation by an agent or casting director.