Frank Catalano will be performing in "TRUTH AND CONFIDENCES" AN EVENING OF CABARET at the Mbar Cafe, in Hollywood, California on Wednesday - February 17th at 8:00 PM.

Online, February 15, 2010 (Newswire.com) - The ANMT Performers' Workshop is having its wonderful annual cabaret celebration concert at the MBar in Hollywood on Wednesday night, February 17th. This year's concert features performers who are putting together cabaret acts built around their own lives. If you've missed this event in the past, you've missed a real treat. It's a thrilling evening watching a combination of newcomers and seasoned vets share themselves and their art with us. It's a lot of fun and often extremely inspiring.

Catalano is best known for his work as an acting teacher and writer. His most recent book, White Knight Black Night follows Catalano's successful book Art of the Monologue published in 2007. Art of the Monologue has been called a "great study for would be actors or comedians of any type" by Midwest Book Review. White Knight Black Night takes the performance of monologues one step further by focusing on the audition process. Catalano States: "I wanted focus on the very unique aspects that are present in the preparation and delivery of a short monologue as a sample of an actor's ability to present a prepared memorized performance in an audition setting. The books contains sections covering monologue selection, memorizing lines, implementation strategies and a selection of seventy short monologues specifically designed to showcase an actor's talent at an audition.

Catalano is a Master's graduate of both the University of Southern California's prestigious Professional Writing Program and the University of Hawaii Asian Theatre program. He currently is a faculty member at the School of Theatre of the University of Southern California and is part of the Theatre Arts, Film and Social Science faculties at Moorpark College, Pierce College and Pasadena City College.

As a playwright, Mr. Catalano's works have been produced in New York City, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Hawaii and Dayton, Ohio including The American Rose Garden, Cyclotron (La Mama, N.Y.C.), Evolution, Waiting For to Go (Kennedy Center, Hawaii), and Saturday Nights. His play Autumn Sweet, produced by the Dayton Playhouse was optioned for film by Warner Bros. Studios. Autumn Sweet which has received staged readings at the Beverly Hills Playhouse and the El Portal Theater in Los Angeles. His play The Resting Place has had a staged reading by the Echo Theatre Company as part of a grant from the Showtime Network and Myths and Tangos toured in Los Angeles.
As an executive, Catalano has served in various capacities at Lorimar Studios, Beverly Hills Playhouse, and Southern California Center for the Arts and Warner Bros. where he had a "first look" writing deal for the development of television and motion picture properties. He has also written and performed in animated television series and feature films including DIGIMON DIGITAL MONSTERS, THE ADVENTURES OF DYNAMO DUCK for Fox TV, the Sci-Fi series ROBOTECH and ABC television series including LA LAW, NYPD BLUE, MURDER ONE, CIVIL WARS and UGLY BETTY.

Catalano conducts seminars on acting and writing nationwide and has been a featured speaker at the Annual Writer's Conference and Annual Stage, Screen and Television Actor's Conference sponsored by San Diego State University. He also conducts theatre and acting seminars at University of Southern California. In 2009, he was a featured speaker in Europe and presented lectures in Turkey, Greece and Italy. THE CREATIVE AUDIENCE, ART OF THE MONOLOGUE and WHITE KNIGHT BLACK NIGHT are available at bookstores nationwide or on line at http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0036R6IKA.

Come join the singers and artists in the Academy's Performers' Workshop Wednesday night, February 17th at the MBar. For reservations, call the MBar at 323.856.0036 The MBar is located at 1253 Vine St in Hollywood. Zip code: 90038-1662. There is Valet and neighborhood parking.
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