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"Take your own power....live your own dreams!" 
THE GENE BUA * ACTING FOR LIFE THEATRE
Transformational Acting:
Gene Bua's original creation -- a powerhouse of techniques that enables actors to transcend everyday reality into a new world of confidence, spontaneity, and brilliance in their art and in their lives.WHAT IS ACTING FOR LIFE?
Using his own ever-evolving method, designed to combine body, mind and spirit, Bua's ACTING FOR LIFE promotes artistic excellence and personal healing. It's much more than acting. It's living . . . being . . . changing . . . daring. The West Coast headquarters of ACTING FOR LIFE opened in 1984 at what was then The Gene Bua Acting For Life Theatre, in Burbank, CA with the goal of training, nurturing and inspiring actors and other artists of life to fulfill their highest potential, and "live their dreams."A LIFE OF ITS OWN:
The Theatre, now the Banshee Theatre, has since become a nexus for actors, writers, directors, producers, therapists, lawyers and others who want to push their boundaries and tap into the richest source of their being.
Gene, his wife, co-founder and head writer Toni Bull Bua, and the ACTING FOR LIFE organization have received honors from the White House, five different California Mayors, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, The Board of Education, Youth Suicide Prevention of Los Angeles, The Los Angeles Unified School District, the University of Judaism, Science of Mind, Hope House, Penny Lane, Cry Help, Tonya's Children and many, many other civic, charitable, and religious organizations.ABOUT GENE BUA AND TONI BULL BUA
Trained at New York's prestigious "Neighborhood Playhouse", Gene Bua was discovered by famed composer Richard Rodgers who asked him to play the lead in the Broadway revival of "The Boys from Syracuse." After starring in a string of hit shows, Gene became a soap opera idol as Bill Prentiss on CBS TVs long running Daytime Drama, "Love of Life" where he met his co-star, Toni Bull,
trained from age 14 by Uta Hagen, and Wynn Handman of the renowned "American Place Theatre". As America watched them fall in love on TV, life was imitating art. When their characters married on the show, they married in real life.
They continued to be two of the most popular and respected actors on daytime television. While both on the set of NBC TV's "Another World, Somerset", other actors would approach Gene seeking to discover what technique he used to be so spontaneous and so powerfully in the moment, take after take. He invited his cast members to his New York City apartment and began an experiment...a merging of Gene's Sanford Meisner technique and Toni's intensive Uta Hagen training, that eventually grew, transformed and exploded into ACTING FOR LIFE.
In addition to their many stage and television credits, their numerous charitable involvements, and ACTING FOR LIFE, the Buas have created and produced a string of award winning productions including the legendary "Pepper Street" which was written by Toni and composed and directed by Gene. At the time it was L.A.'s longest running musical and before being optioned for Broadway sponsored over 3000 kids at risk during its five year run.
"Across from Cindy's Corner," a journey through Gene's life and teachings, earned him the Artistic Directors' Award for BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL.
In June of 2001, the Buas opened the World Premiere of their new SUPERMUSICAL,
"2nd WIND."They have been chosen to be included in the 2005 "Who's Who? Famous people in America"
All productions both on stage and screen are cast directly from the student body of GENE BUA * ACTING FOR LIFE.
CLASSES:
Work includes: Advanced character development, scene work, cold reading technique, Acting For Life sensory exercises, and intense emotional preparation. Tuition guarantees you to perform once a week, and also invites you to all the other classes you wish to attend, to watch learn and listen and participate in the emotional and sensory exercises.
CLASS SCHEDULE AND NEW STUDENT POLICIES:
You must call and have a phone interview first. Than we will schedule your first working class. Directly after working in your first initial class you will have a private interview with Gene Bua. You will pay $65.00 to work in the class and be prepared to pay the remaining $175 after your interview with Gene, if you mutually decide to work together.
All classes are approximately three hours long.
Tuition is $240 every four weeks, ongoing.
If you wish to perform in two classes a week: $370.00
If you wish to perform in three classes a week: $500.00.
No audits. No refunds.
By Interview & Audition only.
YOU CAN PAY WITH YOUR VISA, MASTERCARD & AMEX
A FEW OF GENE'S ALUMNI:
(if their name is a link, it takes you to their filmography from Internet Movie Data Base)
Kehli O'Byrne("Shades Of Grey," "Elvis & The Colonel"
Jane Kaczmarek ("Emmy Nominee for "Malcolm In The Middle"
Thomas Ian Nicholas ("American Pie Series")
John Cosgrove(creator of "Unsolved Mysteries")
Katey Sagal ("Married With Children"/"8 Simple Rules...")
Amy Davidson ("8 Simple Rules...")
Caitlin Keats ("Kill Bill") ("The Lather Effect"
Faith Michaels (Indie film "White Boy")
Eric Pierpoint ("Alien Nation")
Riley Weston ("Sister Act II" "Felicity")
Belinda Bauer("Poison Ivy II")
Lisa Ann Cabasa (NBC series "Wind on Water")
Tracey Bregman (Best Actress Emmy Winner: "The Young And The Restless" "The Bold & The Beautiful")
Jackie Zeeman ("General Hospital")
Jennifer Blanc ("Grace Under Fire" "Riding The Bull"-NBC)
Kristin Cloke ("Space Above And Beyond", "Millenium")
Alexandra Paul ("Baywatch")
Franchesca James ('96 Emmy Winner - Producer "General Hospital", '98 Emmy Winner - Producer "All My Children")
Kathy Evanson ("Seaquest")
Richard Hatch ("Battlestar Galactica")
Alan Feinstein ("Crossing Jordan")
Kerrie Keane ("90210", "Obsessed")
Elisa Donovan ("Clueless")
Catherine Cardinal, Ph.D (Author of "The Ten Commandments Of Self-Esteem")
Fred Travelena (Fox TV series "Black Scorpion")
Sylvia Villagran ("Hard Copy")
Julie Moran ("Entertainment Tonight")
Tovah Feldshuh (Tony Winner - Best Actress)
Mario Lopez(Host of "The Other Half" on NBC)
Anthony Michael Hall ("The Dead Zone")
Michael Goorjian ('95 Best Actor Emmy Winner "David's Mother" & Star Of "Party Of Five")
Jeff Kober ("China Beach")
Ele Keats ("Touched By An Angel")
Joe Duer ("Sex In The City")
Vince Van Patten
Pat Van Patten
T.J. Jones
Anthony Kedis (Lead Singer- "Red Hot Chili Peppers")
Megan Blake ("The Opposite Of Sex", "The Puzzle In The Air," "Unconditional Love," "Stavro Girl" )
Kenny Morse, Host ASK MR. TRAFFIC
Tom Lester ("Green Acres")
Kelli Williams ("The Practice")
Alfonso Ribero
Jeannie Bird (Producer: "30 Something")
Carla Gugino ("Judas Kiss," "New Bucaneers," STAR OF "Snake Eyes," "Chicago Hope""SPY KIDS" and the 2003-4 ABC series, "KAREN SISCO" "THRESHOLD", "American Gangster")
Paul Mirkovich (Emmy Nominee for Musical Director: Cher, ) (Whitesnake, Hanson) Musical Director for ROCKSTAR:INXS & ROCKSTAR: SUPERNOVA on CBS
Michelle Crosby Jones ("The Bold & The Beautiful," Albert Brooks' film "Muse")
Paul & Sarah Edwards (Best Seller - "Finding Your Right Work")
Melissa Hellman ("54 Roses")
Tim Booth (Latest Album - "James Laid")
Kees Van Oostrum (Director of Photography)
Molly Shannon ("Superstar," "Never Been Kissed," "Saturday Night Live," "A Night At The Roxbury", "Talladega Nights")
Maria Falzone
Jaid Barrymore
Jill Turnbow
Cynthia Mann ("Veronica's Closet")
Peter Pergelides ("Sisterella")
Paul Ben-Victor ("N.Y.P.D. Blue", "The 13th Warrior," "The Corruptor" "Gunshy" with Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock, and "The Invisible Man" series, and now on HBO's The Wire, "All The Kings Men")
Roger Love (Singing Teacher to the Stars, VP Extacy Records)
Richard Samuels (Latest Albums:"Now" and "Northern Lights")
Miguel Higuera (Director: "Saved By The Bell 2")
Jade Villigrin ("Sweet Box")
Cast members of visiting Broadway Touring Companies of: "Ragtime", "The King & I", "Miss Saigon", "Les Miz", "Beauty & The Beast", and many others!
IS HERE.
- CLICK ON THE PAPER TO READ ALL ABOUT THE LATEST JOBS OUR STUDENTS AND ALUMNI ARE DOING PLUS THE STATUS OF OUR NEW PROJECTS!
FRIDAY ADVANCED CLASS"One week with coach Gene Bua and I fell in love with acting." Carla Gugino
"Gene's profound technique set my work as an actor on a whole new path of discovery. He's the best in town. No time wasted here. With Gene, you hit the ground running."
Paul Ben Victor"All The Kings Men"
(With Sean Penn)
"He's magic. Every actor should have these tools. I use them on the set take after take"
Caitlin Keats
Star of the Tarentino film "Kill Bill 2" &
"The Lather Effect"
"His classes are filled with love, support and extraordinary knowledge of what he teaches. After Ten years of studying with Gene, his support continues to warm my heart."
Emmy™ Winner:BEST ACTRESS"The Young and the Restless"
GENE BUA DIRECTING THE AWARD WINNING FEATURE FILM "348""I have never encountered a greater degree of concentration, such acuity when it comes to details of performance. Gene's teaching has permeated my whole life. I feel profoundly enriched and fortunate to have found him."
Academy Award™ Nominee:WRITER - "The Dead.""Applause for Gene and Toni -- who have the courage and talent to inspire us all on our journey, too."
"THE LEADER"
"He knows when to nurture, instruct, challenge, or push, but never, never be abusive. It's amazing. I feel a complete difference in my life, and in my work, because of Gene!"Of Counsel to Mitchell, Silverberg & Knupp
"A cross between Elvis Presley, Lena Horne and Carl Jung...the journey with Gene is Breathtaking.""THE TOLUCAN"(from a review of "Across from Cindy's Corner")
"Your principles are invaluable and life-lasting. Gene . . . I wouldn't be where I am today if it wasn't for working with you."(creator of"Fresh Prince of Bel Air")
"I've never seen such universal love radiating from every single performer."Pat TaylorThe Tolucan reviewer at "Soul Dances:The Tree of Life"
"Gene Bua is a wonderful, world version of that edge...that fantastic crossroads where spirituality, therapy and performance meet. I love his classes...intense...I go 4 times a week when I'm in L.A."Tim BoothLead Singer "James"
"Gene Bua is extraordinary. His technique is state of the art...the stepping stone to the new millennium."Fred Travelena
Every important scene I drop into my body and open myself completely to the moment. I get chills. Everyone from the actors, to the camera people to Jack Abernathy, the head of Fox, say the same thing: 'What are you doing? I'm mesmerized every time you work. I get chills when I watch you. I can't wait for you to act and see what you're going to do next." Kudos to Toni and Gene - you're only ones who teach this and you're the reason I'm working all the time.JOE TABB
Starring in the new miniseries : "Desire"- beginning 65 episodes Sept 5th every night at eight o'clock on the new "My Network" channel (channel 13 in LA)
" I truly appreciate both of you deeply and feel so blessed that I was drawn to your evolutionary class where magic happens every time. You keep changing and expanding my life in the most extraordinary ways. I keep finding scientific backing to your teachings, Gene."
MICHELE KAREN world known astrologer and author, and explosive astrologer to the Stars at the 78th Academy Awards.
THIS YEAR'S HERE'S TO LIFE FOUNDATION BENEFIT WAS ON OCTOBER 4TH 2008
For all of you who participated in 'GENE BUA- ALIVE 4- with ALOT of help from my Friends, we want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts- we raised around $2000.00 for HERE'S TO LIFE FOUNDATION! That's going to sponsor a lot of at-risk youth! The talent, crew, and audience were ALL spectacular and each one of you made the night unforgettable. May the love you give so wholeheartedly return to you a million fold. Toni & Gene XOXOXOXOXO
CONTACT GENE OR TONI BY
CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC
BANSHEE'S THEATRE
3435 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91505
(818) 547-3810
© 2009 Acting For Lifetm
The United Nations Endorsed
WEBSITE FEATURES OUR INCREDIBLE SONG
"LOVE FINDS ME"
FROM
"SECOND WIND"
WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY GENE & TONI BULL BUA
AND SUNG BY
BRANDON JARRETT
The Here's To Life Foundation, the Gene Bua
Theatre and the Cast of "2nd Wind" received the 1st Annual
THEATRE IMPACT AWARD"
from California State Senator Richard Alarcon
and Peter Green's "Evening Out Magazine."
"2ND WIND" was the Mega Musical
FROM
GENE BUA & TONI BULL BUA!!!
