BDS News
Posted on December 10, 2013
Danett Hernandez has been rocking her art this year! Danett has been studying with Benjy since 2009 when she took her first acting class at the Denver Center for Performing Arts.
Danett was born and raised in Denver and is married to another BDS rockstar, Miles Wartes. Together they have a 2 ½ year old son, Sebastian, who has proven that the terrible 2’s are no myth. Miles and Sebastian are her constant inspiration as Sebastian keeps her on her toes and her husband Miles never lets her give up.
Although her heart has always been in the ar...
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Posted on December 02, 2013
Today, we're excited to introduce you to BDS rockstar, James Crapes! James has been with Benjy Dobrin Studios since April 2011 and has been booking some coveted roles in our local theater community.
James hails from Fontana, California having moved to Denver at the age of 18 in 2004 and is grateful for the support of his sister, mother and his partner and rock of 8 years, Steve.
He never formally studied acting until coming to BDS and received an Associate's degree in Architectural Drafting that he uses for his day job as an engineer and project manager for...
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Posted on November 25, 2013
Congratulations to BDS rockstar Chris Schenk for an amazing year!
Born and raised in Colorado, he moved to Boulder to study which is where he's resided for the last 13 ½ years up until this past year.
“I began working at the University of Colorado just after I graduated and engaged with academia for many years. I ended up teaching an upper-division Computer Science elective class for 4 years and decided to get my masters degree in Computer Science and am also a published author.”
Along with his academic accomplishments, Chris has become quite an accomplished acto...
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Posted on November 18, 2013
Risa Scott is a woman on a mission and is absolutely unstoppable!
Originally from Putnam County New York, she’s lived in Boulder for the past five years and absolutely loves it!
She’s a certified E.I.T, B.S. Civil Engineer and has an M.S. in Sustainable Building Design.
She first came to acting in college but always saw herself as a behind-the-scenes kind of person, not an actor. After college, she returned to acting in 2011 simply to find something new that she loved that would involve a new group of ...
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Posted on November 12, 2013
Some of our students join BDS solely as a way to express themselves creatively. Their intention is to simply express themselves and unleash some of their creative energy. Pursuing an acting career isn’t even on their minds. A funny thing happens when you’re surrounded by success though, you start succeeding yourself.
BDS student Andrew Hunter was one of those students that just needed a creative outlet but after seeing all the success our students were experiencing, he decided to start auditioning as well. Since making that decision, Andrew has been killing it!
Andrew hai...
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Posted on November 04, 2013
Alberto Ocampo is a BDS superstar! He’s recently been cast as the host for 11 Walmart commercials in Colorado Springs! What an amazing win! He was also cast as Uday Hussein in “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” written by Rajiv Joseph, a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist for Drama. The play ran through September at the Edge Theater in Lakewood, Colorado.
As usual, creativity isn’t limited to one area. Alberto has also been learning to play the guitar and is looking forward to using his new found skills in the future to further express his creativity.
Some ...
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Posted on October 29, 2013
When: Saturday’s October 25th – December 6th (No class on November 29th)How Long: 6 WeeksTime: 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m Tuition: $275
Email Benjy Dobrin at info@benjydobrin.com if you have any questions or to register for the workshop.
"Krista takes this big, scary dragon called, "Career Management", and tames it, shows you how to put it to work for you, have fun with it even. She helps you to see, for better or worse, what people in the industry see the moment you walk into the casting room. She challenges you to stop fighting tha...
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Posted on October 14, 2013
Andy Hankins keeps bringing in the wins! What a year for Andy, not only is he currently in several commercials including spots for Connect for Health Colorado, Dellenbach Cadillac and Furniture Row but he has also landed a feature role in the feature film “Estranged” due out next winter! He’s also wrapping up some projects which are in post production for the amazing students at the Colorado Film School. Those projects are “The Fantastic Finneas Frook”, “Crustacean” and “The S-Word”. Wow! Keep the wins coming Andy!
Next up on his plate are the indie and student films “Popsy”, “T...
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Posted on October 07, 2013
Congratulations to BDS student Rebecca Robertson who recently moved to Los Angeles and is now settling in and getting ready to attack her dreams!
We’re not only going to miss Rebeccas’s charming and witty personality but her acting talents as well. Rebecca is an outstanding actress and the evident growth she experienced while studying at BDS is a tell-tale sign that she is destined for great things!
In her own words, Rebecca has highlighted what contributed to her tremendous growth in such a short period of time.
"I knew immediately after aud...
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Posted on April 29, 2013
BDS Student Andrew Hunter is an acting machine! Among his many wins this year, he was cast as Chance Gold in an informal staged reading of local playwright Jeffrey Neuman’s play, “Exit Strategies.”
The play is about Chance Gold who is a moderately successful playwright returning home for his father’s funeral only to be drawn into the explosive family dynamics he has spent the better part of his life trying to escape.
The reading is schedule for Tuesday, June 11th.
Not only does he continue to get cast but his act...
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