Savvy Team

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JODIE BENTLEY is an entrepreneur, career coach, teacher and professional actor in NYC. After graduating with a BFA in Acting from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts at the Stella Adler Conservatory, she discovered her other loves – sales and marketing. Jodie built her own highly successful sales and marketing company from the ground up. She cultivated years of experience in targeted branding, successful sales tactics, and outside-the-box marketing strategies. Her company laid the foundation for her success in the business of acting, and developed her keen eye and savvy gift for helping other actors achieve their own goals. As an actor, Jodie has played leading roles in workshops of new musicals and plays at the York Theatre, New World Stages, The Workshop Theater and all over NYC. Some of her favorite regional roles include: Annie Get Your Gun (Annie Oakley), They’re Playing Our Song (Sonia), Sylvia (Sylvia), Prelude to a Kiss (Rita). She also works frequently in commercials, soaps, voiceovers and print. www.jodiebentley.com

KEVIN URBAN is a professional actor/singer and career coach who aims to share his entrepreneurial vision by empowering clients to achieve their dreams. While in college, Kevin fell in love with the syllabus. The syllabus allowed Kevin, A graduate of Elizabethtown College with a BA in Communications focusing on PR, Marketing and Theatre, to stay on top of grades, perform and swim competitively. Swimming allowed Kevin to learn the art of setting goals and achieving them through patience and practice, as well as, begin to coach others in the pursuit of excellence. In addition to the syllabus and competitive swimming, Kevin credits his wide range of interests which include, science fiction, puppeteering, comedic & musical improv, graphic design, social networking, and any new technology that makes his life easier (particularly all things apple), for his inspiration to bring new innovative ideas and thinking to the acting community. As an actor, Kevin has performed since the age of five, working in Theatre, TV, Film and Commercials. www.kevinurban.com

DOUG SHAPIRO is a career consultant with proven talent for networking and goal-setting for artists and takes great pride in helping others take charge of their career. He is best known for his ‘FODapalooza’ networking events that connect the people in his life, his monthly e-newsletters, and his expertise at creating multiple characters for music theatre and voice-over projects. Doug has been working for eight years with Right Management, a company that provides career management services for clients who have been let go from their jobs. This work has provided the foundation for his expertise in networking techniques, self-marketing, interviewing strategies, and resume development. Doug has been a guest lecturer on the business of acting at universities ranging from Villanova University to the University of Southern Maine. His acting work ranges from MC and principal vocalist for a 15-piece 1940’s Big Band to voicing several characters for the cast album and live show of Disney’s FINDING NEMO: THE MUSICAL. Doug graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in Music Theatre, Vocal Jazz, and Stage Management and has been working steadily in the New England and New York City markets ever since. www.dougshapiro.com

Christina Shipp is proud to be the first Savvy Actor staff member. She is currently the Database Manager for the Savvy Industry Lists and is training to be the next Savvy Career Coach. As a distributor of Send Out Cards, she loves empowering actors with the business tools they need. Christina works as an actor with Flux Theatre Ensemble and heads up Flux Casting and Events. She also works as an actor with Grey Sky Films and Packawallop Productions. She is a Network affiliate and also works as a resident director for Equalogy, a theater company dedicated to social change. Christina graduated from the Youth Performing Arts School in Louisville, Kentucky and has a BA in Theatre and BS in Sociology. She currently studies the Lucid Body Technique with Fay Simpson and at the People’s Improv Theater. www.christinashipp.com

Stephen Mitchell Brown is overjoyed to be working with The Savvy Actor as their web consultant and advisor of things in the technical world. While gearing up to become a distributor of Send Out Cards, he continues to pursue his first love of performing. He has performed regionally across the country and in Japan. Favorite Roles include Beauty & the Beast (The Beast), Showboat (Ravenal) , Carousel (Enoch Snow), Captains Couragous (Manuel), Guys & Dolls (Nicely), and Greater Tuna (Thurston, et al.). He has been designing websites as his "other job" for 2 years and recently launched his new company, Moneynote Designs, to help performing artists create a space of their own on the web. Stephen graduated from Muhlenberg College with a BA in Theatre w/ Music Minor. He currently studies voice and acting in NYC. www.stephenmitchellbrown.com