Lara Berman Resumé

LARA BERMAN – AFTRA

HOSTING

JTN Entertainment On-going Jewish TV Network
Indie Express Correspondent On-going Indie Express
The Weekend Gamer Reporter/Red Carpet On-going The Weekend Entertainment
Hollywood Minute Correspondent On-going Gamer OSTN, UWire
CU@USC Correspondent On-going Trojan Vision
Take 5 Entertainment On-going Trojan Vision
Intuitive Eating Correspondent Host 2+ years IEating
Spirituality for Kids Entertainment On-going SFK Prods. Dir Sara Yardeni
Spirituality for Kids Correspondent Peer Group 3+ years SFK Prods. Dir Sara Yardeni
Speaker / Spokesperson
Global Online Teacher

TELEVISION
Saturday Night Live Dancer SNL Studios dir. Beth Miller
The Dave Chappelle Show Reporter dir. Dave Chappelle Comedy Central
Essentials (infomercial) Principal dir.David Stern Vital Basics Media, Inc.
I Love NY (PSA) Principal dir. Marty New Stone Street Studios
Ricki Lake Opening Credits dir. Bob McKinnon Columbia TriStar TV

FILM
Ocean City Angie dir. Avi Glijansky Second Star to the right
Acceleration Principal dir. Charlie Minn 5:55 Productions

THEATRE

NY THEATRE
Life’s a Dream (offBroadway) Estrella Epiphany Theater
Life’s a Dream (offBroadway) Estrella Lindhurst Theater
An Evening with 65 Roses (off-Broadway) Cher Marilyn Monroe Theater
The Visit (off-Broadway) Loby 311 West 43rd Street
Boy’s Life (off-Broadway) Maggie TADA-Blue Rose Theater
Viewer Discretion Advised Birdlady Black Box Theater
Mr. A’s Amazing Maze Plays Narrator 1 Black Box Theater
Aria Da Capo Columbine Black Box Theater

REGIONAL
One Upon a Mattress Wizard LA Women’s repertory Theater
Mikado Nanki-Poo LA Women’s repertory Theater
Broadway Theatre Project Soloist Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center
Speech Level Singing Institute Soloist Mount Saint Mary’s College

EDUCATION

University of Southern California
Annenberg School MA: 2008, of Communication, Broadcast Journalism

New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, BFA: 2002, Drama

Atlantic Theatre Company:
Performance Technique

William H. Macy;
Film Technique;
Speech; Voice (Jones);

Movement (Suzuki, Viewpoints, Laban); Improv.

Stone Street Film and Television Studio:
Film, Sitcom, Commercials, Soap Opera, Audition Technique.

Daphne Kirby:
Mastering Commercials Course
Ann Reinking’s Broadway Theatre Project
Seth Riggs Speech Level Singing Institute

SPECIAL ABILITIES
  • Extensive Hosting/Interviewing Experience
  • Published Writer
  • Character Voices
  • Accents/Dialects (Cockney, Southern Drawl, Texas Twang, Valley Girl, Country Club, Generic Eastern European)
  • Swimming
  • Flexibility
  • Siren Noises
  • Good with Crafts
  • Great with kids
  • Children’s Book Author
  • Personality
  • Can Talk to Anyone
  • Fun Factor

OTHER
  • Creator of the Intuitive Eating Peer Group featured in Oprah Magazine
  • Children’s book author
  • Celebrity interviews include: Joan Rivers, Michael Caine, Rachel McAdams, Steve Carell and Dane Cook, among others.
  • Awarded Best On-Air Talent 2008 at Trojan Vision Television