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Maile Graduate Mandy Moore stars in Hallmark Christmas Movie

Mandy Moore stars in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Christmas in Conway

Be sure to watch Maile School acting grad Mandy Moore in the Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation of Christmas in Conway, premiering Sunday, December 1st (9:00ET) on the ABC Television Network. Also starring in the film, Andy Garcia, Mary-Louise Parker, Riley Smith and Cheri Oteri.

About Christmas in Conway

Duncan Mayor(Andy Garcia) plans the perfect Christmas present for his wife, Suzy (Mary-Louise Parker). Deciding on a real Ferris Wheet set up in their back yard, he will do anything to make this fantasy come to life.

Mandy Moore stars as Natalie Stringer, a home-care nurse that moves in with Suzy and Duncan to care for Suzy.

Romantic sparks also fly between Natalie and Tommy Harris (Riley Smith), a landscape designer who’s working on a project with the Mayor’s next-door neighbor, played by Cheri Oteri.

“It’s probably an exaggeration to say its love at first sight,” says Mandy Moore in an on-set interview. “But, that said, there’s certainly an attraction at first sight. We’re about the same age, we’re both sensitive, caring people, and we’re both unattached.” (ABC CHRISTMAS IN CONWAY)

Mandy Moore is best known for her role in Disney’s Tangled & A Walk to Remember.

Maile School graduate Jack Griffo stars in Nickelodeon’s new show The Thundermans

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Jack Griffo as ‘Max Thunderman’ on Nickelodeon’s The Thundermans

Maile acting graduate and performing troop member Jack Griffo has found much success in the entertainment industry. Jack is one of Nickelodeon’s rising stars in the new show The Thundermans as ‘Max Thunderman’.

The Thundermans is a superhero family who is trying to keep their super-human quirks under wraps and lead a normal life. Jacks character ‘Max’ is mischievous to no end. He has the same superpowers as his twin sister Phoebe, but he uses his for whipping up gadgets and potions in his evil lair instead. Jack calls Max his best role so far. “He’s definitely fun because he’s unlike anything I’ve done before,” he said.

The Thundermans airs on Nick Saturday nights at 9/8c.

About Jack

Jack first stepped into the spotlight booking his first commercial at the age of two. He took acting classes here at The Maile School and joined our performing troop. Jack acted in A Christmas Story at Orlando Repertory Theatre and To Kill a Mockingbird at Theatre Downtown. He later decided to audition in LA. During a two-week visit, he signed with an agent and booked roles in two commercials. That was the signal that he should stay longer, and he has been based in Los Angeles for three years. Jack also has a keen interest in music. His acoustic covers have been successful on YouTube, and a version of “Hold Me“ has more than 2 million views. He said he believes “Hold Me“ clicked because it was done on the spur of the moment without professional flourishes.

Jacks impressive resume includes guest starring roles on Jessie, Marvin Marvin, See Dad Run, and Kickin’ It to name a few. Jack will also star in a brand new Nickelodeon movie called Jinxed which will premiere on the channel on November 29, 2013 at 7pm.

If you’d like to keep up with Jack you can visit his website for more info. http://jackgriffo.com/

We are excited to see more of Jack in the future!

Disney star Stefanie Scott is back with her exclusive workshop at the Maile School.

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Back by popular demand

The Maile School is excited to announce graduate Stefanie Scott from Disney’s A.N.T. Farm will be back teaching her exclusive hands on workshop for kids and teens. These hands on training workshops will be held on Saturday, December 14th from 10am to 1:30pm or 2:30pm to 6pm and will cover scene study, character development, making your scenes believable and a live performance. Stefanie will select scenes from A.N.T. Farm for each student to work on and will individually help them prepare for the live performance.

During the workshop parents will meet with Stefanie’s mom Diane Scott for a question and answer session on the industry and then watch their kids perform. Following the performance Stefanie will sign autographs and pose for pictures with the students.

These workshops always sell out so don’t miss your chance to train with Stefanie!!

Testimonials from Stefanie’s Workshops

“What a great role model Stefanie is! My daughter enjoyed the workshop and learned so much from working with Stefanie.” ~ Jeannie, (parent)

“Stefanie taught me some really cool tricks I can use in my acting. It was also fun to get her autograph and a picture with me and Stefanie.” ~Grace, 9

“Stefanie helped me improve my character when performing a scene. She has some really fun ways to get into character.” ~Jason, 12

“My daughter had such a great time at this workshop and talked about it all the way home. I really enjoyed meeting both Stefanie and her mom Diane. Diane had a lot of good information to share about having a child in the industry both here and in L.A.” ~Teresa, (parent)

See flyer below for more information

Maile School Acting Graduate Aubrey Peeples on ABC’s Nashville

Aubrey Peeples on ABC’s Nashville

Maile School acting graduate and performing troop member Aubrey Peeples landed a recurring role on ABC’s hit show Nashville playing the role of Layla. Nashville’s 2nd season premiered September 25th and Aubrey’s first episode titled “Never No More” will air on Wednesday, October 2nd at 10pm.
Aubrey also recorded a song as Nashville’s Layla Grant which is now available on iTunes! Click below to find her song on iTunes.

GONNA GET EVEN (Feat Aubrey Peeples)

More on Aubrey

Aubrey has had much success in the business. She also will play Nicolas Cage’s daughter in the film Tokarev and appear in Star-Crossed, a CW series. You may remember Aubrey was in the smash movie Sharknado, as Claudia the daughter of Tara Reid and Ian Ziering.

In 2007, she turned to film and had her first role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. In high school she started making short trips to Los Angeles each year to break into that market as well as continuing to work in the Southeast, building her resume with several guest-starring and co-starring roles in Drop Dead Diva, Charlie’s Angels, Burn Notice, Austin & Ally, and a recurring role on Necessary Roughness as well as several commercials.

Check out Aubrey in the preview for Nashville’s “Never No More”

[youtube height=”315″ width=”420″]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECCD3aSblUQ[/youtube]

October Newsletter: Vincent Martella Walks onto The Walking Dead

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Thanks For Visiting Maile News

The October newsletter is here! On the cover is Maile acting graduate Vincent Martella on his recurring role on the AMC popluar drama The Walking Dead.

Also included this month is star talent, featured instructor, makeup lessons, headshot packages, FREE monthly seminars and so much more!

Don’t forget to email us your news to newsletter@lisamaile.com so you can be included in next months newsletter! We love to hear what our students and graduates are up to!

Read the October Newsletter

Maile School Acting Graduate Vincent Martella Lands Role on The Walking Dead

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Vincent Martella Walks onto The Walking Dead

Maile School acting graduate Vincent Martella joins the cast of the AMC hit The Walking Dead. (Season 4, which will begin airing this October) The Phineas and Ferb star will be playing a character named Patrick.

As quoted in Entertainment Weekly, Vincent says, “He’s right around Carl’s age but a little bit older. He’s one of the new people who Carl gets a little closer with. Carl hasn’t really had anybody his age, so now you kind of get to see Carl’s relationship with people his own age and that’s one of the things that Patrick is bringing to the show.” Patrick is one of the new characters brought into the Prison after the end of Season 3. It’s unclear if he is someone from Woodbury, or if he is brought in from an outside group of survivors”. Vincent also says, “I’ve been a big fan of The Walking Dead since day one”.

About Vincent

Vincent is from Deland and found success here in Central Florida at an early age singing and acting. He started his career here at The Maile School landing local commercials before moving to a bigger market. Some of his impressive credits include commercials for Pringles, Glad, Zaxbys and American Express. His feature films include Role Models starting Paul Rudd and Baitshop with Billy Ray Cyrus, television work for The Mentalist, and a starring role as Greg on the Chris Rock show Everybody Hates Chris. Martella is best is known as the voice of Phineas Flynn on Disney’s hit animated series Phineas and Ferb.

Tony Robinette Lands National Aflac Commercial

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AFLAC!!! with Tony Robinette!

Congrats to Maile School acting graduate Tony Robinette for booking a SAG National Commercial with Aflac. The commercial titled “Rehearsal” first aired on ABC during the college football game between University of Georgia and Clemson. In “Rehearsal”, the Duck is giving it his all but just can’t get the delivery right. Tony plays the speech coach for the iconic spokesduck.

Following its debut, “Rehearsal” has been airing on all major national networks, cable networks and local television stations across the country.

More from Tony

Tony has been performing professionally since he was 16 years old and has found much success in the entertainment industry. He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in 2001. Tony is a graduate of The Maile School’s basic and advanced level courses. His credits include a guest role on the CBS popular series “How I Met Your Mother” and a role in the feature film “Spring Breakers”. Some of his other commercial booking credits include, Nokia, ESPN, Captain Morgan, HGTV, Hungry Howie’s Pizza, Florida Lottery, Brighthouse, Checkers, Holler Chevrolet, Heyneedle Furniture, Winn Dixie, Champs Sporting Goods, Disney. We are proud of Tony for all his hard work and look forward to seeing more success from him in the future!

Check out Tony in Aflac’s Commercial “Rehearsal”

[youtube height=”480″ width=”640″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkxTuS8lNIQ[/youtube]

Aubrey “Storms” Sharknado

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Acting graduate and Performing Troop member Aubrey Peeples

She first fell in love with acting at the age of 3 as a captivated audience member watching her first play at The Civic Theatre. When she turned 5, she was in her first play and hasn’t stopped since. She grew up performing in both community and professional musicals, singing at several venues including the National anthem for the Orlando Magic, and was a proud Thespian member.

In 2007 she turned to film and had her first role in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Jr. In high school she started making short trips to Los Angeles each year to break into that market as well as continuing to work in the Southeast, building her resume with several guest-starring and co-starring roles in Drop Dead Diva, Charlie’s Angels, Burn Notice, Austin & Ally, and a recurring role on Necessary Roughness as well as several commercials.

After Graduation

After graduating high school as Valedictorian and getting accepted to universities such as Harvard, Columbia, UCLA, Northwestern and the University of Michigan, she decided to take a year off and move to LA to pursue her passion for acting. The universe blessed her with steady work with roles in Grey’s Anatomy, Lifetime movie The Good Mother, the CW pilot Star-Crossed, and the now cult hit Sharknado, in which she played Claudia, the daughter of Tara Reid and Ian Ziering. She recently filmed the movie Tokarev starring Nicolas Cage which will premiere in 2014.

In her down time, she became a tutor and volunteered weekly at a food bank. She also published her first article in TYA Today, and helped produce and starred in a short film A Conversation: Anne Frank Meets God. As her gap year in LA was coming to an end, she was packing up her apartment to head to college when she got the call she booked a large recurring role playing newcomer Layla Grant on ABC’s Nashville. Two days later, she was on a flight to Nashville to start shooting. She is thrilled to be involved with such a great group of people getting to both act and sing. Academics is still a high priority and Aubrey plans to accomplish those goals as well one day, but for now she is enjoying the ride! Way to go Aubrey!

Check out Aubrey in the Sharknado Trailer

[youtube height=”315″ width=”560″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCe28Li5Mo8[/youtube]

September Newsletter Has Arrived!

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Thanks For Visiting Maile News

The September newsletter is here! Featured on the cover is acting graduate Aubrey Peeples with exciting news on her latest bookings which include the popular movie Sharknado and ABC’s hit show Nashville!

Also included this month is star talent, back to school fashion show pictures, talent show application, headshot packages, FREE monthly seminars and so much more!

Don’t forget to email us your news to newsletter@lisamaile.com so you can be included in next months newsletter! We love to hear what our students and graduates are up to!

Read the September Newsletter