STG Applauds!
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Meet Kathryn Boole

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E-mail:
Kathryn@StudioTalentGroup.com


Kathryn Boole wrote her first play at the age of nine. She found the Social Studies Report Presentations by her fourth grade class to be a bit lame. So, when her turn came to present a report on the rivers of Africa, she wrote a "thriller" about a family of American tourists who must flee an African country at war. They enlist the help of a tribal family who have a boat, and all escape down the Nile together, viewing all the geographical and political points of interest on the way. Amazingly, they even survive the plunge over Victoria Falls (reality can be so accommodating when you're a child). She appointed her classmates to the different roles. Needless to say, this was at least the most entertaining "report" the class had ever experienced.

Kathy was born in New York City. At the age of two, she and her parents moved to Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up spending cold winters in Cincinnati and amazing summers in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Even as a child, though, Kathy felt that she should really be living in New York or Los Angeles. Secretly, Kathy lived in a world of Broadway show recordings and classic movie reruns and was planning to leave home to become an actress/ writer (and maybe the world?s first female major league baseball player). When she was 14, however, the whole Boole Family moved to Malibu! There Kathy finally felt that she was "HOME".

Kathy's ambitions evolved into writing/ directing/ acting. After a year at UCLA studying Music, she had the great fortune to work for John Boorman. She assisted this talented Director for four years, as a Script Reader/ Film Editor/ Sound Editor and Writer's Assistant. She was privy to many fascinating living room discussions and philosophical interchanges featuring the likes of Christopher Isherwood, Tom Wolfe, Tom Stoppard, Joan Didion, John Dunne, Robert Altman, Blake Edwards, Quincy Jones, to name but a few. She traveled with the Boorman family to London and Ireland, living abroad for four years.

Kathy then returned to UCLA to major in Theatre and Filmmaking. She wrote and directed a short, somewhat twisted psychological thriller and a full-length script about a young man from a troubled family coming of age. After a brief stint as a Film and Sound Editor, she studied acting, singing and dance intensively to learn the craft from the other side of the camera. She tap danced with Danny Daniels Dance America, and appeared in several local theatre productions.

Next, Kathy took a part-time evening job as a Sales Associate for a store owned by a gifted, creative, energetic young man named Phil Brock. His chain of retail stores featured European and Scandinavian fine jewelry, home furnishings and giftware. Within a month, she was managing his Santa Monica store and soon she was VP of National Operations. She supervised the building, Grand Openings, marketing, training and operations of new stores. Kathy lived and worked in 17 different cities in the US within 5 years. This job was both demanding work and a blessing in disguise, offering an incredible wealth of life experience.

After retail, Kathy became an Executive Recruiter, another amazing source of hands-on lessons in the intricacies of the human condition. She successfully placed people in positions ranging from Marketing Management to Executive Assistant to Director of IT, with dynamic companies in the LA area.

Getting back to her roots, Kathy has been Literary Rep at Studio Talent Group, again with Phil Brock, since 1994.

STG LITERARY

The STG Literary Department guides writers of select works through the writing or re-writing process, and assists in the marketing of finished scripts. The department encourages submissions, and by necessity is very selective in choosing projects. The literary management process is long and arduous. Success is not guaranteed. Of the hundreds of thousands of screenwriters in this Mecca of the entertainment business, STG can only work with a handful.

As does all the STG Management, STG Literary follows the UCLA Coach John Wooden's Pyramid of Success. Coach Wooden wrote, "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self satisfaction in knowing that you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming."

STG Literary encourages writers to put on paper (or computer) that which gives them satisfaction. Only the writer knows the perfection of the created work. Whether the public, the producers or the studios are going to pay for it is a whole different area of the operation, and should be separated completely from the creative impulse.

With the vast numbers of works that we read, we have found that the truest ones come from the heart and not from a so-called blockbuster formula. We prefer to work with scripts or books that are original and unique in some way, not a rehash of an overdone idea that made money for someone else. We cringe when we hear a writer describe their work as "Titanic meets American Pie" or some such comparison. Write from your own spirit.

Take your satisfaction in the creation of the work. If it makes money, that's the "icing on the cake". Be an artist first. When you've completed your work, you can switch gears and become a Marketing Guru for your project.

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Some recent STG bookings include:
Congratulations to our Alma Awards Best Actress Nominee Eva Tamargo who is a series regular on "Hacienda Heights" & just wrapped her starring role on the telenovela "Mas Sabe El Diablo". Eva also guest starred on "NCIS". We remember Master Comedian, Impressionist, Actor & Singer Fred Travalena whose star shines just west of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. We're sorry that STG client Jeff Conaway who received the Pop Culture award at the "TV Land" Awards,starred in 5 Broadway shows,was a TV series regular 7 times, appeared in over 90 movies & an equal number of Guest Stars & MOW roles has passed away. Angels are lining up in Heaven to "receive a hickey from Kenickie"!Client Charlene Tilton received this award in 2006.Pat Harrington is "Old Drama" on "Entourage. You can catch the legendary Richard Moll in the features "Hazelwood", "Serpent Rising","Scooby Doo:Curse Of The Lake Monster", "The Xmas Cottage" and "Love At First Hiccup" soon. Richard recently guest starred on "30 Rock", is a series regular on the upcoming series "The Kitty Landers Show" and guest starred on the new series "The Fantastic Two". Richard is also the voice of "King Minos" in the video game "Lucifer" and is the voice of Moxon in "Batman: The Brave And The Bold & in the video game "Dante's Inferno".Richard was also in the legendary Glee Chorus during the recent TV Land Awards.David Labiosa just booked "Workaholics". Lady Victoria Hervey is starring in the ITV series "Party Wars", and wrapped "Space Reserved".Lony'e Perrine co-starred on "Chuck", "United States Of Tara", and "Castle".Lony'e also can be seen in an "Asics" print ad. Christine Lucas supported in "Adjustment Bureau".She appeared on "House", co starred in "Brothers & Sisters", starred in the feature "Nine Shades Of Pleasant", has recurred on "Young & Restless","Days Of Our Lives","Greetings From Sunny Beaches" and is a host for Sky 3's "Deal TV" in the UK.Scott Damian is Iago the Parrot at Disney's California Adventure. Catch Scott in an episode of "The Office","General Hospital" as well as a "LRN Dolby" industial.Chad Mathews is featured in the new "Vytorin" print ads as well as a recyling commercial campaign for the "City Of Santa Barbara".Scott Ward is on your TV screens in "Americas Most Wanted" & "The Middle". Jonathan Nail co-starred on "Luck", "Friends With Benefits","NCIS" & "Mad Men", filmed the features, "No One Island", and "Side Effect" and has a new commercial airing soon for "Suntrust Bank".Look for "Solo-The Series" on the web starring Jonathan soon.Jaime Zevallos wrapped a guest star on "Off The Map" and had great roles on "Southland" & "House MD". Leonard Kelly Young is on a hot streak with "Rampart","Justified","The Defenders","Mad Men","America's Most Wanted","Law & Order LA" & commercials for "Comcast","Caramilk","Mercedes Benz","Manheim.com","Banca Intesa","Bud Light","Starbucks","IBM","Little Caesar's","Crystal Geyser" and "Pavesini" He just wrapped the features "Frankie Go Boom","Rampart" and "Exit". John Brantley Cole is on every channel.You can catch him as he recurs on "Castle",or on "Accidentally On Purpose","Class","General Hospital", "NCIS", "Grey's Anatomy", "iCarly" and "Dollhouse. You've also seen John in "24","Sleeper Cell","Intel" & "Qualcomm" print campaigns and on the "Young And The Restless".Ethan Dizon is recurring on "How I Met Your Mother" and has national "Target", "Kaiser Permanente" & "Taco Bell" campaigns running.Catch Arthur Roberts as the General in the video game "Resident Evil 5" and check out his current features, "Behind Your Eyes","Midnight Movie", "It's A Wonderful Death","The Next Race", "The Mummy's Kiss", "Nadine In Dateland", "Ways Of The Flesh". Arthur has an industial for "Intel" & spots for "San Joaquin Community Hospital" & "Gexa Energy" commercials airing as well. Catch Joan Blair in "Love Bites","Important Things With Demetri Martin" & "Warren The Ape". You can also catch Joan and Terrence Evans in their feature, "Boppin At The Glue Factory". Terrence is also in a national "Sprint Nextel" commercial. Longtime client Cameo Martine can be seen in "Important Things With Demetri Martin" & "Hard Boiled".Hal Perry co stars on the hit series Nip/Tuck,a guest star on "Americas Most Wanted", wrapped a feature,"Oranges", and has national "Humalog", "Miller Lite", "Caliornia Budget Reform", "Comcast" and "AEP" commercials running. You can also catch Hal in print for "Sprint" and in an anti cancer PSA. Brett Stimely is booked on "Transformers 3" and was on the big screen in "Watchmen".You can him soon in "Chasing Buffalo" and he is the continuing spokesman for "Western Dental","Nevada State Bank","Tennessee Valley Authority","Send Out Cards", "Music Business 411" and "TradeStation". Brett stars in commercials for Cadbury's "Bournville Chocolate", "Miller High Life Beer", "Nevada State Bank", "Positec Power Tools","Nature Made", "Cholestoff", "Mazda", "Desa Lawnmowers", "Matrix Direct Insurance", "Bose", "Brinks Home Security" and "MyScore.com". Add to that a new industrial for "ID Watchdog" and Brett's a very busy actor.Check out Garon Grigsby's "Panasonic","Census Bureau", "Champion Mortgage","Speedlane Auto Insurance","Overstock.com", "ReMax", "Wendy's" and "AT&T" spots, a "Quest" print job and a "Humphries & Associates" industrial. Watch for Garon on "Days Of Our Lives" and in the new pilot "LAPD". Everyone's favorite handwriting expert Bart Baggett just wrapped the feature film "Moby Dick", appeared on the Today show, filmed a pilot entitled "Can You Trust Me?",commercials for "5hr Energy", "NAR" & the feature "Cost Of Heaven".Irwin Keyes guest starred on "CSI" and adds starring roles in "Dahmer v Gacy", "Mansfield Path", "The Urn", "Choppers","Careless", "Sent" "Fallen One", "Chiller", "Coma" "Horror High" and "Wrestle Maniac" to his extensive resume. Watch for "AT&T & "Best Buy" commercials featuring Irwin on your TV screens now. Wes Nathanson was on "Law & Order LA","Young & Restless,"Outlaw", "Criminal Minds","Cold Case", "After The Denim" and "Brand Dead". You can find Wes in America's Most Wanted" & "NorthSideComedy.com". Wes' Wife,Barbara Nathanson is in a "USPS" spot. Javier Estrella worked on "K Now Crohns" & "General Hospital".He has "Wells Fargo","Old Mutual","T Mobile", "DiTech","Chevy Cobalt", "Disneyland.com", "Sprint Vertical" commercials running. Mark Craig taped "Days Of Our Lives","90210", "Jon Benjamin Has A Van", "The Mentalist" and "Tim & Eric's Awesome Adventure" for television and filmed "Janky Promoters", "This Christmas", "Though None Go With Me", shot a short film, "Avery's Choice" and has supporting roles in "Kiss The Abyss" and "The Effect". We also need to mention his "Nissan","Dick's Sporting Goods" commercials & industrial for "Microsoft". Client Anthony Palermo just booked "Chuck" and "ER" has a "How I Met Your Mother" in the can and an "Occidental Petroleum" commercial airing in select national markets. Jon Briddell stars in the features "The Fall Of Hyperion","Arizona","M-Bug","Dead Stop","White Flight" and "Alien Files" & the webisodes "Moving Numbers" & "Cultural Intelligence".In the past year he has shot starring roles in "Midnight Movie" and "Ten Bullets" as well. Jon taped "CSI Miami" and "Ten Miles of Bad Road" and is literally everywhere in spots for "Acura Pods 2011","Little Caesars", "Bose", "Nuriskin Naturals","Coke Print","Debt Relief","Western Digital", "Acura","SCEA","Pechanga Resorts","Malibu Brite', "Touch Up Buddy" and "Brinks Home Security" spots now running.Michele Santopietro is a recurring guest star on "Days Of Our Lives". Amie Farrell co-starred on "iCarly", "Young & Restless" & "Ghost Whisperer" and has "Samsung","Acura","Comcast" & "Insomnia" commercials in rotation as well as a "USA Network" promo. Gerald Webb was in "MegaShark 2:, recurring on "Law & Order:LA","I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant",a "Lexus" industrial and an "AEP" commercial spot. Brandon Sutton is filming an indie entitled "Two Weeks Notice". Frank Krueger's episodes of "Chuck" & "Ghost Whisperer" aired recently. He guest starred on "Days Of Our Lives",was a principal on "Bold & Beautiful",and "Young & Restless" & appeared on the "Jimmy Kimmel Show".If you work for "Cisco" you see him in an in house industrial. Michele Boyd is starring in "The Three Musketeers", has wrapped "Men Of A Certain Age","How I Met Your Mother","iCarly", "Sons Of Anarchy", "The Young & The Restless", and is on the hit webisode series "The Guild" & "Solo The Series" and is the expert host of "Machines Of Malice" on the Discovery Channel. She also helmed a pilot for Discovery entitled "Dying To Know" a mow for Hallmark "Love Begins" and has commercials for "Chevrolet" & "Kotex" running. Stacy Halljust booked the feature "General Education", wrapped the MOW "Olivers Ghost",has a recurring role in "Sons Of Anarchy",was on "Young & The Restless",had a guest spot on "Americas Most Wanted" & wrapped "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"", Make It Or Break It" and "Gigantic".He has "Comcast","Walgreens","Sprint", "Microsoft","Fruit Roll Ups" and "Home Depot" spots airing. Stacy will also be in the feature "Nesting". Kenny Davis has a "Bing" commercial in rotation & continues to headline comedy clubs throughout the United States. Catch Andrew Ross Wynn on the "Disney Dream" starring in two shows nightly. Jeanette O'Connor filmed "The Informers", was seen as a guest star in the TV series "Daybreak",co-starred in "Brothers & Sisters", "Two And A Half Men","Shape" and is in the feature,"Audrey". Kelly Huddleston is a series regular on the TV series "Sportlets" now airing throughout Europe. She has co-starred on "Mad Men" & "Dexter" & Law & Order:LA",filmed "You Can't Do That On The Internet", is in a "Epilstop" commercial,and you can play with her on the "Jeopardy DVD Game". Michael Brainard filmed roles in "The Genie Princess" & "Sebastian".Zynah Knight can be seen in "General Electric" & "National Association Of Realtors" commercial campaigns & the feature "My Gimpy Life". Randy Evans had great roles on "Brothers & Sisters","CSI Miami","NCIS","Days Of Our Lives","Young & Restless" and "General Hospital",was in the hit film "Social Network" & has a "TD Ameritrade" commercial running. Ben Wilson shot "Supah Ninjas" recently and has national "Sprint","Buffalo Wild Wings","Pepsi Max","Game Stop", "VW" and "Nissan Altima" spots running. Michael DiBacco spent time on "Southland" & "Days Of Our Lives", the feature "Aim High" and has a commercial for "APS" airing.You saw May Wang in "Cougartown". She will also be in the feature ""Aaseamah's Journey" and leads in the webseries "Good Taste","Zimm The Series" & "The Gunrunner Billy Kane".Mike Peebler has co stars on "Numbers" and "Medium" to his recent credit as well as a turn on the big screen in "Valkyrie". Big Mike also has "Wendys","Bing","Sears" & "Toyota" commercials airing as well as a "K Mart" industrial completed. Eddie Kaulukukui taped "Off The Map" & "The Young & The Restless",continues to be Aladdin in "Aladdin" at California Adventure & has "Subway" & "Old Navy" commercials running. Jo Anne Krupa is a constantly recurring co star in "True Jackson VP" and is in "3 Day Suit Broker","Hair Shine 2010","Living Space Furniture" and "Better Trades" spots. Louie Alegria had a good co star role on "State Of Georgia",shot "Bling Ring", has filmed the features "California Winter" & "Go For It" and has national commercials running for "Ihop","Sears","Ford","Bally Total Fitness", "Kodak","K&G " and "Charter Communications. Louie can also be spotted in "TBS","Disney" & "Harley Davidson" print ads. Troy Bishop is experiencing a soap renaissance with "All My Children" & "Young & Restless" added to his recent credits. Troy just shot "Friends With Benefits" and wrapped the feature "Looking At Animals" as well. Beth Elainejust wrapped a live presentation for "Microsoft". Jen Kuhn is in the webseries "Asylum" & "The Brothers Gift" & a print campaign for "Bayer".You can watch Ryan McCann on "NCIS",during many commercial breaks for "Toshiba","Regions Bank". Caz Milostan shot his episode of "iCarly", is in "NAPA Auto Parts" & "K&G" commercials,has two industrials running and his episodes of "Heroes" & "NCIS" aired."Pycotica" stars STG client Jason Sarrow. Nancy Sinclair is in a PSA for the State Of California and the "Laz-R Sculpt Project". Lonnie Colon taped the new hit TV show "Modern Family",filmed "Blink Of An Eye","John The Revelator" and an industrial for "Altria".Client Aliza Hedges is recurring on "Young & Restless", has commercials airing for "San Diego Tourism" and "Subway" & filmed the features "Born On A Bad Day","Night Move", "Jason & The Necronauts" & "The Tune Of Jolie" recently.Mishel Prada is the proud owner of a "McDonald's" commercial & the feature "Five Photographs".Grace Park is one of the stars of the upcoming feature "One By One".Grace is also in a commercial campaign for the "Shin Han Financial Group" & "Fun Faces". Kerie Edmead taped "Franklin & Bash","CSI:New York" & can be seen in "McDonald's & "Sears" campaigns.Kelley Robins Hicks episode of "Californication" has aired.She filmed "Currency" & "Budz House" and just wrapped a "Nike" photo shoot.Eddie Applegate wrapped the features "Easy A" & "Rain From Stars" recently. Jim Nieb just booked new "Time Warner" & "Cottonelle" commercials. Anna Roberts. in the new feature "Stay Still" & "Vidor" and a "Nike" spot.Joe Gerety recurred on "Days Of Our Lives" & just aired in an episode of "Law & Order LA" and shot an episode of the new HBO episodic "Luck".Vianessa Castanos taped commercial spots for "UEI" & a "Trade School",a good role on "Get Thee Behind Me", is on the webseries "Just Jamal" & for "Disney BR" & is in a music video for "Romeo & The College Boys".Pierre Dulat had a nice part in the recent feature "Oblivion" & "If The Shoe Fits".Elina Madison is in a TNT Promo" & worked on both "Your Kid Ate What?" and "1000 Ways To Die".Lillian Madison can be seen on Saturday kids TV in a "Little Tykes Fire Engine" commercial.Natasha O'Neill has a new "Diet Coke" campaign now running.Stephanie Wall booked a "Cloo Promo" and a role in the feature "Fluid".. Tori Ayres Oman shot her role in "Demon's Dilemma" recently. .Shane Salk was just in "How To Be A Hipster".Jessica Simons just taped "1000 Ways To Die" & has a "Sony Bravia 3D" spot airing.Hal Banfield Has just booked a "Nike" campaign.Catch Kelley Birney in "Young & Restless", a "Secret Project Time 2" industrial,and is seen nightly on "Southern California Honda" spots.Mother & son team Corinne Chooey and Zachary Dizon are both in a PSA for "Faces Of Influenza". Brain Confer can be seen in an upcoming episode of "iCarly". Elina Madison can be seen throughout the State Of Iowa in a PSA. Michael Dionne is in "Serpent People".Michael Krawic is playing Uncle Henry in "Dorothy Of Oz",just wrapped an episode of "Shameless" and the feature "Leashed".Krystal Marshall taped an episode of "All My Children",is in an untitled "Viral Video" and a series regular on "Super Sportsters".Colby Lemaster just wrapped the new feature "Man Brain" and can be seen in "MegaShark 2" & a "Net 10 Cellphone" spot.Prana Reddy is in a new "Soy Joy" spot & in print for "State Farm".New client Robert Hardin booked "The Lift","As Seen On TV","The Otter" & "Against The Grain" & an "Unitled SciFi" short. Crystal Coney just wrapped the films "Hit Team Movie","Breaking Point" & "Tension", an episode of "All My Children" & has a "Centrum" spot running.Linda Elena Tovar shot an episode of 'Femme Fatales" & has a great "Old Navy" spot running.Laura Gardner is shooting the feature "God's Country" and is a recurring guest star on the new series "Shredd".Chris Smith is the newest member of the "Blue Man Group" & has a "Wendy's" commercial airing.Erika Ringor is recurring on "Law & Order LA".Khalia Kincey can be seen in a "Kung Fu Panda 2" promo.Sam Egbar booked the feature "For Billy".Marion Kerrhas a new "Hartford Insurance" commercial running. Arianna Ortiz co starred on the season ending episode of "Gray's Anatomy".Patricia Fructuoso filmed two episodes of "America's Most Wanted".The "King Of Wishful Thinking" included Heather Wood within it's cast.Annie Hirshmann is in an upcoming "Converse" commercial."Ford" features client Brad Roller.Henry Monfries is in the new episodic "State Of Georgia".Gatsby Coram can be seen in an upcoming episode of "Pretty Little Liars".Libby Baker can be seen in an episode of "Jon Benjamin Has A Van".Helena Charbila has a "Jeep" commercial running.