DINAH MANOFF TOMORROW NIGHT!

The weekend I've been anticipating for months has finally arrived! Tomorrow night in The Studio Theatre at The Company Acting Studio, Dinah Manoff will join us as the esteemed guest at the first Inside the Company Acting Studio. I have been an avid fan of Dinah Manoff's work since I first saw her in the supporting role of Karen in the Oscar lauded film Ordinary People. In one potently powerful scene, Ms. Manoff, who at the time was only 21, depicts this tragic character skating on the brink with heartbreaking acuteness. Two years later, she followed with a leading role in the film version of her Tony-winning role in Neil Simon's I Ought to be in Pictures. This film is one of my all time favorite films. I have seen it at least 20 times. As Libby, the buoyant and determined 19 year old who has come to California to pursue her dream of being an actress and connect with the father that left her as a child, Manoff depicts for the audience a complex character who is tough and emotionally impenetrable one minute and transparently vulnerable the next. The performance is poignant, funny and beautiful and one of the reasons I wanted to become an actress. Ms. Manoff has worked consistently throughout her career both in film and television, both in front of and behind the camera. The evening is open to any and everyone who loves film and theatre. It promises to be an insightful and interesting evening with an incredibly talented and successful actor/writer/director. Come join us tomorrow evening! Tickets are still available online or you can buy them at the door!