Hello Everybody,
Just wanted you to know about an acting class I’m teaching here in Thousand Oaks, California.
Talk soon,
Maggie Egan-Cummings
The BizKidz is proud and honored to introduce the tremendously talented star of TV, Film, and Theatre, MAGGIE EGAN-CUMMINGS to teach our Brand New Class… THE ACTORS’ WORKOUT GROUP
Do you ever dream about becoming an amazing actor? This class will help support you in that dream, because becoming an admired actor is achievable! In our ongoing Actors’ Workout Group, we’ll be incorporating important improv techniques at the beginning of each class, then go to work on scene study and complete character development. You’ll learn how to prepare all your characters by understanding the material, making strong committed choices and carrying them out. Using scripts, scenes, and monologues, you’ll learn how to identify and solve any acting problems, plus how to break down a script quickly and thoroughly.
Whether your primary focus is stage, TV, film, or just for fun, Maggie will guide you gently, but clearly in becoming a real actor. You’ll learn core-acting techniques, such as using action verbs to score your script, improvising to relax you and help you find the true character, plus, what to do if you feel nervous before an audition or a performance. These techniques will allow you to become your own best director. You’ll develop your confidence so that when you audition, you’ll go into a casting session as a professional actor. With consistent coaching and practice you will learn what it is that makes acting look easy and believable!!
THE ACTORS’ WORKOUT GROUP
lead by 30-Year Veteran Actress of TV, Film & Stage Maggie Egan-Cummings“One of the most important moments in my life is when I sat in my teacher, Chris Wilson’s, acting class and she asked, “How many of you here really want a career in acting?” It took everything in me to raise my hand to admit out loud that, yes, I wanted a career in acting. Up until that point no one had ever cared enough to ask me if that is what I wanted. I want to be that person for my students. I want to let them know that I believe in them and that, yes, they too can have a career as an actor. I still work as an actor and I still take classes myself. It makes me so happy to pass my knowledge and training on to my students so that they can go into their auditions feeling confident and enjoy a successful career.”
Maggie Egan-Cummings (Guest Instructor) has been a working professional actress for over 30 years. She has appeared as an on-camera principal performer in over 600 TV and for seven years was the on-camera spokesperson for THE DISNEY CHANNEL amassing a credit of 400 commercials for Disney alone. Maggie has recorded hundreds of radio commercials, plus more than 30 corporate training films as the spokesperson or as a principal performer.
Maggie got her first big break when she was chosen from tens of thousands of actors to appear on the first season of STAR SEARCH. It was this show that allowed Maggie the entrée to Hollywood. Over the years, Maggie has appeared in over 50 TV shows, including a recurring role in the Sci-Fi hit BABYLON 5 for six years and then continuing her role on the spin-off, CRUSADE. Among the many TV shows Maggie has performed in, her recent guest star role on Fox TV’s STANDOFF was regarded as “the emotional core of the show,” per writer/producer Carlos Coto (currently with JOURNEYMAN on NBC). Some of her other TV shows include CSI, ER, and MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE, and feature films such as WHAT WOMAN WANT with Mel Gibson; EXECUTIVE DECISION with Kurt Russell, and COMMUNION with Christopher Walken.
She is a proud member of SAG, AFTRA, and AEA and has taught in other professional acting academies plus local schools. She’s even held her own acting workshops over the years in both Texas and California. Maggie herself has trained with renowned acting coach Gordon Hunt, (Helen Hunt’s father) and is currently studying improv with actor/writer Andy Goldberg (”Comedy Improv” by Andy Goldberg). She is a proud founding member of the Malibu Stage Repertory Company in Malibu, California.
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Actors’ Workout Group Details…
Class Times: Sundays from 1:30-4 pm Class length: 2 1/2 Hour class
Class Fee: $45 a week (paid monthly) Class Limit: 12 Students per class
Dates of Class: Class begins NOVEMBER 18th and has ONGOING ENROLLMENT* With our Ongoing Enrollment Policy, you can enroll Anytime for a month at a time.
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Hi there,
Right now, I’ve got 2 Crestor commercials running, a Glucerna commercial and a Honda Ridgeline ad with Mr. Walker, Texas Ranger, Chuck Norris.
Keep your eyes peeled and let me know if you see it and at what time and channel so I can see if they are paying me properly. 
Thanks, talk soon,
Maggie
Hi everybody,
Please tune in on Friday, July 6, 2007 to “Standoff” on Fox at 9pm. I’m guest starring as Lauraine Reiker, who, along with my “husband,” played by John Billingsley fom ABC’s “The Nine,” is kidnapped and held hostage.
I hope you enjoy the show. It was a pleasure working with everyone from the show. At the top of that list is Writer/Producer, Juan Carlos Coto, and, of course, director, Jonathon Glassner. What a wonderful cast, too. I loved working with everyone… Ron Livingston, Rosemarie DeWitt, Gina Torres and Michael Cudlitz, who literally swept me off my feet. All of the cast were so welcoming and kind and so very talented. I loved every minute of working with them.
If you feel so inclined, please visit http://www.fox.com/standoff and post a positive message, preferably about or including me, on their message board. Every one person who emails them represents 1,000 people with the same opinion in the studios eyes, so please pass this email on to everyone you know. I am deeply grateful to you for all your help and support.
Yours truly,
Maggie Egan
p.s. I’ve attached a recent headshot just for your viewing pleasure.
Hi there!
I just shot a new Hefty commercial. Hefty makes trash bags, as we all know, but this commercial was for their zip lock storage bags. It’s so cute. Imagine me and a couple of girl friends putting away our left over food, and we’re standing around the kitchen having a “Sex and the City” kind of sassy, frank conversation about our Hefty bags. It starts out with us putting food in the bags, and I say, “If I had a man like Hefty, he’d be strong, stronger than ever.” And I turn and put the food into the freezer. At that point we dissolve into a fantasy of me in an Ice Palace with a beautiful Chrystal Chandlier, rolling clouds surrounding my feet, and there I am with this 20 something handsome hunk with a V shaped body, open shirt, blue eyes…you get the picture. He twirls me around and dips me, we almost kiss, then he picks me up and carries me off like Rhett Butler and Scarlet O’Hara.
When I was done shooting, the producer said, “OK, Maggie, that’s a wrap, you can go now.” I screamed in desperation, “No, you can’t make me leave!” I laughed so hard with my two actress girlfriends, Rosalee Mayieux and Nancy Williams. What a blast!
I’d love it if you guys would jot down the time, the date and the channel (ABC, CBS, NBC, etc.) when you see my commercial and email me the information. Believe it or not, the residual payments I make as an actress on commercials is monitored by people hired to sit in a room and watch TV who mark down that information. Sounds like a cushy job, huh? But… a bit antiquated, if you ask me. So, any and all information is very much appreciated.
With thanks,
Maggie Egan
Hi everybody,
I have just completed filming on the new Mel Gibson film, “What Women Want.” My part is not very big, but I am reminded “There are no small parts, only small actors.” A part of me just hates that saying. Another part of me realizes there is alot of truth to that saying, and I think it has to do with the attitude you keep while on the set. I spent a whole lot of time doing plenty of nothing. The good news is that I had a really great trailer to do it in. The crew was extremely nice to me, I enjoyed everyone I worked with. I was a little nervous about working with Nancy Meyers, the director, but she was simply a true professional, and a great role model for women. I am so grateful to her for giving me the job out of the 900 actresses I heard she saw for my role.
Mel Gibson was a hoot to work with. Our scene starts with him telling myself and some other women who work at our Ad Agency a joke. The call for “action” doesn’t start until we are really laughing, so Mel told us a ton of jokes before the day was over. I wish I could remember them all. He was kind enough to allow me to take a picture with him, and he also signed my script. So did Valerie Perine, Delta Burke (who also allowed me to get a picture with them. You can’t believe how truly beautiful she is, and very approachable), Sarah Paulson (currrently on the WB show, “Jack and Jill”, and was in “The Other Sister” with Diane Keaton), Judy Greer (she did a nude scene with my old “ER” pal, George Clooney in “Three Kings”), and Mark Fuerstein (he played a boyfriend on “Caroline in the City” and is currently in “Rules of Engagement with Tommy Lee Jones, and Samuel L. Jackson). He also let me get a picture with him. He’s a really, nice man. I wish him so much continued good luck.
“Psy-Ops” is coming together nicely. This is an independent feature that I have been asked to be in. I’m told it’s a little like “The X Men,” so everyone is hoping that movie does well so that there will be a need for a similar themed movie. Keep your fingers crossed, say your prayers, light your candles, or whatever it is you do to affirm good things for me on this new movie. All your good wishes are so appreciated, and please know that I send my love back at ya!
Thanks…and in the words of dear old Dean Martin, “Keep those cards and letters comin’ in.” I LOVE ‘em.
Maggie