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FENCES featuring Maile’s: Jim Braswell & Trinity Onigbanjo

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FENCES featuring Maile’s:
Jim Braswell & Trinity Onigbanjo

The Academy Award winning film FENCES, starring Denzel Washington and Viola Davis returns to its original theater roots this week at Orlando’s Mad Cow Theatre.

August Wilson’s Pulitzer Price-winning centers on Troy, a middle-aged garbage man who battles crippling disappointment over his stolen ambition to be a professional baseball player. His family and his community share the weight in a play described by, as “one of the richest experiences I have ever had in the theatre. I wasn’t just moved. I was transfixed.”

We are happy to announce FENCES will feature Maile School’s own resident instructor, Jim Braswell as Gabriel and introducing Maile graduate Trinity Onigbanjo as Raynell. Jim teaches in our acting and modeling programs as well as our Vocal Performance Coach. Trinity is a graduate of the kids acting, advanced and improvisation program.  We are so happy for them and can’t wait to see their performances.

The show will run throughout the month of August.

You can receive discount tickets by calling the Mad Cow Theatre box office at 407-297-8788 and using the code MAILE.

Please support Jim Braswell and Trinity Onigbanjo in Fences as well as our local theater productions here in Orlando.

The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School has been training since 1982 and offers classes for adults, teens & kids.

 

Maile School Star Talent: Sammy Cash Bennett

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Maile School Star Talent: Sammy Cash Bennett

Maile School Kids Acting and Modeling graduate Sammy Cash Bennett has been acting and modeling for a little over a year now and loves every minute of it! He says he has fun doing this and doesn’t care about the money. For no w anyway right?

With a name like Sammy Cash he is destined to be in the business. He has booked runway and modeled for Gymboree with The Maile School, as well as acting at the Winter Garden Theatre in The Jungle Book.

He landed a slime infomercial and shot a Legoland Beach retreat shoot that he enjoyed and had so much fun being apart of. Sammy recently was selected for an independent film called Home of the Brave through Maile School instructor: Shellita Boxie. This was his favorite thing to do, he loved it and can’t wait to do more!

Sammy has taken the 1 day workshop, on camera kids acting, modeling and advanced acting as well as the improvisation program at The Maile School.

Sammy is a black-belt at Victory Karate and also performs with the Demo team. He takes hip hop and break-dancing at DGBEK Studios and has performed in live show with them.

He never meets a stranger and has a spunky personality and is very genuine.
Sammy is sometimes referred to as an old soul. He’s way beyond his years. We know he’ll do amazing things!

Sammy’s grandmother Sonya says, “We love the Maile School and it always feels like a family when we’re there. The instructors and the staff are so knowledgeable and helpful. I’m always steered in the right direction. Thank you so much Maile team, Sammy was so lucky to have found you.”
Wow, how nice!
We are lucky to know Sammy and we wish you continued success.

Call The Maile School today at 407-628-5989 for info on our programs.

Maile School STAR Instructor: Alexis Perry

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 Maile School STAR Instructor: Alexis Perry

Meet Maile School Star Instructor Alexis Perry.
As the owner of Modern Muse Talent Agency, Alexis Perry has applied her industry knowledge and passion for the fashion business to bring a fresh perspective to the Florida market.

She worked not only as a high fashion model for 15 years, but also cultivated her creative side by attending fashion design school while working as a makeup artist full time for top lines such as Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior. In 2012 Alexis Perry brought those skills together while working as a fashion photographer for modeling agencies and many magazine publications worldwide.

After garnering years of experience in many roles associated with the modeling profession, she opened the doors to Modern Muse, due to her artistic aesthetic and personal experience.

Modern Muse books talent at a local level as well as places talent for work in various markets such as; Miami, Los Angeles, New York, Greece, India, Korea, and many others.

We are happy to have Alexis on our team here at The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School. She teaches in our Image & Confidence program as well as our Modeling sessions.

In the Image program she works with young girls on building confidence, posture, poise and beginning runway as well as basic and advanced runway techniques in the modeling sessions.

Alexis will also present a free seminar to Maile School grads on her agency as she is looking to book new talent for modeling, acting and commercials.

The Maile School is located in Winter Park and has been training since 1982.
Call the school for info at 407-628-5989.

STAR TALENT: NORM LEWIS on VH1’s Daytime Divas

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STAR TALENT: NORM LEWIS on VH1’s Daytime Divas

Maile School’s very talented acting graduate Norm Lewis, who acted on ABC’s “Scandal,” has a new TV acting gig.

Norm landed the role of William on VH1’s new show called Daytime Divas. His character William is a very handsome doorman who may hold one of the leading ladies’ darkest secrets.

Daytime Divas is a gossip-driven, feud of real and imagined daytime talk shows mix in this scripted series, that stars Vanessa Williams whom Norm is dating on the show, Tichina Arnold, Chloe Bridges, Camille Guaty, and Fiona Gubelmann as the hosts of the show titled “The Lunch Hour.” It’s a long-running, popular talk show for women, filled with conversations about life, love, and politics and, yes gossip, but off-camera, it’s a hot mess.

Norm was born and raised in Eatonville and graduated from Edgewater High School as well as The Maile Acting School. He was nominated for Broadway’s Tony Award in 2012 for The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess. He was cast as the Phantom in The Phantom of the Opera, becoming the first African-American to play the role on Broadway.

His other industry credits include All My Children, Sex and the City 2, Gotham, Blue Bloods, and ABC’s hit show Scandal playing Olivia Pope’s (Kerry Washington) fiancé Senator Edison Davis.

Be sure to look and watch for Norm to see what he is up to on VH1’s Daytime Divas on Monday nights at 10pm.


The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School has been working with students and training talent since 1982. The school offers programs, 1 day workshop, private coaching, headshots, etiquette and more. Call today for information at 407-628-5989.

Maile School STAR TALENT: Justin Martinez

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Maile School STAR TALENT: Justin Martinez

Maile School teen acting grad Justin Martinez is a 17-year-old, St. Cloud, Florida native that is currently a sophomore at Harmony High School.

His dad James says, “Justin always liked to perform in front of us and we decided to do something about and enrolled him at The Maile Acting School where he learned the many aspects of the film industry as well as on camera acting, improv and character development.”

Justin can be seen in Diary of a Wimpy Kid and has just finished filming co-starring roles in two pilot’s series: Ruff Creek Feud and the new AMAZON drama TV series The Enhanced.  Justin plays the role of Angel. The series Enhanced is about a career mother Angela Bryant played by Traci Newman tries to figure out what’s going on with her sweet son Lucas as he exhibits unusual and strange behavior. What she doesn’t know is that he’s coming into a new ability as a result of tests she allowed to be done to him as a newborn. Lucas looks for answers about his new ability and soon finds a young girl named Salina Woods who can help him find out the truth about what’s happening to him. Lucas learns that she is like him, and there are more of them.

Justin also appeared in a short film titled Gwen that has received awards and recognition internationally. He has also booked work in 3 other short films, Slash R Treat, Dead Con and Hustler: The Series. His commercial experience includes Overbytes (an orthodontist commercial) and Bob Poe for Congress. This handsome teen also models and has modeled for the Ice Model Showcase that was held in Miami and last year’s Madelline’s runway fashion show here in Orlando.  Justin was also featured in Orlando Talent Magazine and is represented by a few local agencies.

His hobbies include basketball, video games, football and of course watching and studying movies. He is always looking to improve his talents and also is currently working on more projects as of this writing.


We are so happy for Justin and all his industry success!

Maile School Star Talent: Tyler Gary

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      Maile School Star Talent: Tyler Gary

Maile School’s Professional Modeling and Adult Acting graduate Tyler Gary is represented by CMG Models and Talent, CFT Agency and Talent Pool Agency. He is 22 years old and is from Fort Pierce, FL and now lives in Orlando. He attended classes here at The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School to break into the industry and become a working actor and model.

Tyler landed work for big time director Tim Burton playing a smart aid worker in the film called Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. He also landed industry work for clients such as Embry Riddle University, Animal Planet, Daytona 500 and the Discovery network. Tyler also booked work in Netflix series titled Trailer Park Boys starring Mike Smith, Robb Wells and John Paul Tremblay.

He is still working on booking a print spread for a major magazine this year. This is something that he really wants to accomplish. Tyler says “I have always wanted to be in a campaign ad for a major magazine, that’s my main goal. I want this to be my life long career.  I love the competition in this industry and I think about my family all the time when I’m at an audition or when I have booked something.  I love it and The Maile School.”

Tyler was a model student here at The Maile School. He attended every class, always came on time and was proactive in each session. We wanted the best for him and he followed our guidance and went out and did it. Now he is on his way!

We wish Tyler more industry success and look forward to hearing more good news from this talented actor and model. Keep up the great work!

The Maile School offers on camera programs preparing students for auditioning and booking work.

Call The Maile School today 407-628-5989 for more info.

Maile Star Graduate: Jenny Rosario de Casiano

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Maile School Star Graduate:
Jenny Rosario de Casiano

Jenny Rosario was born and raised in the Bronx, New York by a single mom who was a stylist.  Her mom eventually married a Magician and together they traveled and worked internationally.  Jenny’s parents inspired her creativity. She began her career in film production and graduated from Valencia College with a degree in Film Production Technology. Jenny worked behind the scenes in production for ten years. She owned and operated a small production company, Rmarcfilms and began her career as a set P.A. and moved on to other positions such as make-up, wardrobe and the art department.  She then fell into writing, producing and directing for a T.V. Network in Miami for several years.

She was originally discovered by the Ms. Latina USA beauty pageant system and began bringing home pageant titles such as Ms. Latina Florida, Ms. Latina International and most recently, Ms. International World. Jenny was recruited to hosting on stage and acting in front of the camera so she started taking acting classes in college and here at The Maile School.

After a life-altering car accident, which led Jenny to spending a year in a wheel chair and a year and a half on walking devices, having to learn how to walk again, she took a break from production and focused on healing and studying.

Once Jenny regained her strength she re-entered the entertainment scene and began doing commercial and print work both in Central Florida and internationally.  Some of her work includes Princess Carnival Cruises, a cover and centerfold of BLVD Sarasota Magazine, on location reporting for Florida National News. Commercials for Taco John’s, Fresh From Florida Blueberries, Unison Sleep Aid, New You med Spa and in the upcoming Independent Film, No Place in this World, to name a few. Jenny’s goal is to continue with her commercial acting career and to further develop her film and television career.

 

We are so happy for Jenny on all of her industry success.

 

STAR TALENT: BEN VANDERMEY

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             STAR TALENT: BEN VANDERMEY

Ben-vanderMey-Maile-School Ready for a new drama series? Then be sure to watch Atlanta’s hottest new drama titled SKIN DEEP The Series on March 12th at 7:00 PM EST!  You will see Maile School acting grad Ben VanderMey as he stars as the role of Whit.

Skin Deep will certainly bring drama and a bit of comedy as well. Be sure to catch the  premiere episode on Sunday, March 12th on line at  WWW.SKINDEEPTHESERIES.COM

SKIN DEEP the Series is a dramatic web series where 7 characters’ lives quickly become intertwined when a highly publicized brutal attack is perceived as a calculated, racially motivated gay bashing, deeply dividing the city with explosive consequences.

SKIN DEEP The Series parallels some of the social challenges we currently face as a nation. Issues such as race, culture, gender identity, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, police brutality, Islamophobia and much more. The cast consists of a diverse group of professional actors including gay, straight, transgender, Muslim, Asian, Latino, Black, and White actors.

Ben is born and raised in Florida and throughout high school he excelled in sports receiving MVP awards in football, wrestling, weightlifting, and track. Upon graduation he was offered a football scholarship to Charleston Southern University. While in the midst of playing sports and training, Ben discovered he had a passion for acting. Ben attended the adult on camera acting program here at The Maile School and after completing the program he went full force into the industry. His impressive resume credits include BET’s Being Mary Jane, House of Cards, Baby Driver,  Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Fantastic Four, Finding Carter, I’m Not Ashamed, and Troy to name a few. He now lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

We are so proud of Ben and all of his industry success. To see more on Ben and SKIN DEEP The Series go to www.skindeeptheseries.com also check out his IMDB page.
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 The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School has been working with students and training talent since 1982.
Call today to get started at 407-628-5989.

Jackson from Fuller House

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Jackson from Fuller House

Did you know Michael Campion attended acting classes at The Maile School?michael-maile-school

Kids acting grad Michael Campion plays to role of Jackson, (DJ’s oldest son) on the popular Netflix series Fuller House starring Candace Cameron Bure. We are so happy that Fuller House was picked up for Season 2 and premiered this past December.

His path to land the role of Jackson was detailed. First, he sent a video audition to LA since he lives in Orlando. He didn’t know what he was auditioning for and they would use code names. After sending in a video once a week for 5 weeks they finally flew him to LA and he was then told it was for Fuller House.

Michael says, “I was a huge Full House fan and cried when I was told I booked the role. It was a magical experience and the next day I started filming.”

fuller-house-dvdMichael’s other industry credits include Finding Eden (2017), Christmas Trade (2015), with Billy Baldwin (aka William Baldwin), Tom Arnold and Denise Richards. He also starred in the feature films, Robo-Dog (2015) that was filmed right here in Central Florida and also starred other Maile School grads as well as Robo-Dog: Airborne (2017). He has been featured in many local and national commercials. Michael enjoys live theater productions and has performed lead roles with Magic Curtain Productions in “The Wizard of Oz”, “Annie” and “The Little Mermaid”, just to name a few.

Michael is 14 years old and lives is Florida with his parents. When he isn’t auditioning or working on set he enjoys Star Wars movies, building his own computer and playing video games.

Stay tuned and watch Michael this season. Also if you missed the first season it is available on DVD February 28th.

Be sure to watch Michael as the role of Jackson on Netflix.  You can also see him on IMDB here.

Fuller-house-netflix-maile-schoolIf you are interested in breaking into the industry like Michael call

The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School to set up an appointment to visit our school and find out about our many programs.

Don’t wait call today at 407-628-5989.

Did you know Mandy Moore is a graduate?

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newsDid you know Mandy Moore is a graduate of

The Maile School?

mandy-moore-headshot-maile-schoolMandy Moore is a singer, songwriter and actress. Mandy first came out on the scene with her 1999 debut single, “Candy“, which peaked at number 41 on the BillboardHot 100. After signing with Epic Records, she released her first album, So Real and in the year 2000 her single, “I Wanna Be with You“, became her first Top 30 song in the US, peaking at number 24 on the Hot 100 chart.

Outside of her music career, Mandy perused acting and was in films such as Dr. Dolittle 2, The Princess Diaries, alongside Anne Hathaway and her first starring role as Jamie Sullivan in the 2002 romantic hit film A Walk to Remember. She also starred in other films, including How to Deal (2003), Chasing Liberty (2004), Saved! (2004) and co-starred in the 2006 comedy American Dreamz.

The following year, Mandy co-starred in the romantic comedies Be cause I Said So and License to Wed. In 2010, she was the voice of Rapunzel in Disney’s animated hit film Tangled, in which she performed the duet “I See the Light” with Zachary Levi; the song won a Grammy for Best Song Written for Visual Media. She later reprised her role in the short film Tangled Ever After, and will do so again on the Disney Channel TV series based on the film in 2017. 

Mandy currently can be seen playing the role of Rebecca on Tuesdays nights in NBC’s popular new show This is Us.  The TV dramedy series is created by Dan Fogelman which and stars Milo Ventimiglia, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Ron Cephas Jones. This is Us is about the family lives and connections of several people who all share the same birthday and the ways in which they’re similar and different.this-is-us-the-maile-school

Mandy Moore attended the on camera kids acting program here at The Maile Image, Modeling & Acting School. The Maile School has been working with students and training talent since 1982. Call the school at 407-628-5989 to find about our exciting programs.