Four More Members Sign with Agent

Congratulations! Four more ScreenplayLab members have signed agent representation after being referred through other ScreenplayLab members. Having an agent in Hollywood is crucial, a powerful endorsement. It proves that somebody besides your mother believes your talent is worth real money! With these four it brings our total count to 28 who've signed with an agent from a ScreenplayLab member's referral. Without a referral from someone who already has representation, it's very difficult to get an agent.

Actors Heather Ignacio [IMDB] and her two sons, Robert Murphy and Ryan Murphy, signed with the Sanger Talent Agency in April. Heather just passed the first level of Groundlings, one of only four actors in her class to do so (and on her first try). Twelve-year-old Robert is in the first episode of The Cartoon Network’s first live action/animated show RE-ANIMATED. Eleven-year-old Ryan, who could play a very young Brad Pitt, just did a commercial for Tomorrow’s Toys. Robert is SAG eligible now, and Heather says they’re still working on getting Ryan his SAG voucher. The boys have been featured extras in EVERYBODY LOVES CHRIS (Robert) and UGLY BETTY (Ryan). Karl Sanger suggested to Heather that the boys take extra work because after three times as an extra, an actor can get into SAG. The boys are getting on TV series through Kids Management, which is like Central Casting but for kids.

Actor Jim McCaffree [IMDB] signed with the Sanger Talent Agency in February. Jim McCaffree is a character actor who relocated from Chicago. You may have noticed him in regional and national commercials, such for Arby’s. He’s in the live-action trailer of Jerry Seinfeld's upcoming DreamWorks film, BEE MOVIE. Jim’s in the pilot of the improvised spoof POLTER GUYS. This week Jim got a call at 10:30 Tuesday night from his agent Karl Sanger. By 11:30am the next day Jim was on location in a speaking role in THE PRINCE, THE PIMP, THE JACKAL, AND THE SPAYED. Jim had two twelve-hour days shooting that at Jimmy’s Nightclub on Santa Monica and Vine. Directed by Beni Atoori, the movie stars Bollywood actress Kashmira Shah. Besides the screen, Jim appears in the live murder mystery dinner theater show THE DINNER DETECTIVE in Culver City at Cucina Paradiso on a few Saturdays a month.

For me as a writer, having an agent is the difference between being told, "We're not looking" and hearing, "We're looking at everything!". ScreenplayLab helped me get an agent, too. It was one of our speakers who introduced me to my agent. Below is a list of some of the artists who ScreenplayLab has helped find representation over the past two years. Not a complete list. If you know of more please let me know.

Actors Signed:

Jason Avalos
Corey Blake
Kirk Bovill
Widow Centauri
Dennis Martin Clark
Daisy Garcia
Gena Gilcrease
Jenn Gotzon
Elisabeth Granli
Heather Ignacio
Robert Murphy
Ryan Murphy
Charmagne Jacobs
Kathleen LaGue
Algerita Lewis
Jim McCaffree
Anthony Ray Parker
Monique Soltani
Roy Samuelson
Matt Valenti
Adolphus Ward
Yetem Worku

Writers Signed:

Gabrielle Pantera
Robin Rowe