ACTING OUT LOUD (AOL) IS AN EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION THAT BELIEVES THEATRE IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE’S EXPERIENCES. FOR CHILDREN AND STUDENTS IT CAN BE EVEN MORE. IT IS REACHING FOR THE FUTURE, AN EXPLORATION OF WHAT IS TO COME, A LOVELY EXCUSE TO DREAM ABOUT THE PATH THAT LIES AHEAD. NAVIGATING THROUGH A THEATRE WORLD IS DAYDREAMING IN MOTION. AND IT CAN BE A WONDROUS AND NURTURING PLACE TO GROW.
AOL WILL BE HOME FOR STUDENTS OF ALL AGES TO TEST THEIR CREATIVE SIDE, TO WORK TOGETHER AND TO DEVELOP TRUST AND FRIENDSHIPS. THE LEARNING IS DONE WITH THE USE OF GAMES, EXERCISES, SCENES, AND MONOLOGUES, WITH A FOCUS OF INTEGRATING EXPERIENCE OF CHARACTER BREAKDOWN. IN ADDITION TO BUILDING SOCIAL AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS OVERALL, INVOLVEMENT IN DRAMA COURSES AND PERFORMANCE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE STUDENTS SELF-ESTEEM AS WELL AS THEIR CONFIDENCE IN THEIR ACADEMIC ABILITIES. THERE ARE MANY EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS IN STAGING A PLAY AND IN ADDING CREATIVE DRAMA TO THE CURRICULUM. PRODUCING A PLAY INVOLVES MANY DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES: MEMORIZING LINES, LEARNING STAGE MOVEMENT, AND CREATING COSTUMES, PROPS AND SET PIECES. STUDENTS GET TO EXPERIENCE THE PROCESS OF TAKING A PROJECT FROM INCEPTION TO COMPLETION. BY ITS VERY NATURE, DRAMA IS A COLLABORATIVE ART:
STUDENTS LEARN TO COOPERATE IN A GROUP ACTIVITY, PLAY OFF EACH OTHER’S DELIVERY AND ENJOY THE CAMARADERIE OF THE EXPERIENCE.
FOUNDERS
Flavia Costa
FLAVIA WAS BORN IN RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL. SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH ACTING AS A CHILD WATCHING PEOPLE IMITATE LIFE ON SCREEN. THIS INSPIRED HER TO PARTICIPATE IN PERFORMANCES IN SCHOOL PLAYS AND CONTINUED TO ACT AS SHE GREW UP. FLAVIA IS A GRADUATE OF THE JOANNE BARON/ D.W BROWN SCHOOL FOR DRAMATIC ARTS IN SANTA MONICA, CA.
FLAVIA HAS BEEN A SAG (SCREEN ACTOR GUILD) MEMBER SINCE 2001. FLAVIA’S ACTING CREDITS CAN BE SEEN ON THE INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE (IMDB) WEBSITE, AS FLAVIA COSTA (STAGE NAME). INCLUDING: THE DRAMA CLUB, ALL SOULS DAY, 7TH HEAVEN, AND THREAT MATRIX CLUB HOUSE. FLAVIA RECENTLY COMBINED HER ACTING CAREER WITH THAT OF PRODUCER, CASTING DIRECTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WITH 2015’S PERFORMANCE OF “DINNER WITH FRIENDS”, SEEN AT THE ELECTRIC LODGE THEATRE IN VENICE BEACH, CA.
IN MARCH OF 2016 ONE OF THE TEACHERS AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY IN REDONDO BEACH, CA (WHERE HER SON SEAN GOES TO SCHOOL) KNOWING OF FLAVIA’S ACTING BACKGROUND ASKED IF SHE WOULD PUT TOGETHER A PERFORMANCE FOR THE STUDENTS OF HER CLASS; FLAVIA AGREED TO IT AND THAT WAS THE BEGINNING. SINCE THAT TIME THE OTHER TEACHERS HAVE ASKED IF SHE COULD DO THE SAME FOR THEIR CLASSES AND THAT IS WHEN THE IDEA FOR ACTING OUT LOUD FOUNDATION CAME ALIVE. FLAVIA’S GOAL IS TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON HER CRAFT WHILE SHE SHARES WITH OTHERS HER KNOWLEDGE AND ENTHUSIASM FOR ACTING.
Bruce SIlberman
REPRESENTING THE THIRD GENERATION OF A PROMINENT LOS ANGELES PARKING FAMILY, BRUCE LEARNED THE BUSINESS LITERALLY FROM THE GROUND UP SWEEPING PARKING LOTS. ALONG WITH HIS BROTHER STEVE, WEARING WHITE GLOVES THEY WERE THE DOOR MAN FOR THE HOLLYWOOD PREMIERS (OPENING DOORS OF THE CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CARS FOR THE STARS AS THEY ARRIVED ON THE RED CARPET). WITH THE EXCITEMENT HE FELL IN LOVE WITH EVERYTHING BEING THEATRICAL.
BRUCE WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE LEVELS OF UPPER MANAGEMENT AS ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, VICE PRESIDENT AND IN 1979 BECAME PRESIDENT OF ALLIED AUTO PARKS, INC. & ROYAL PARKING SERVICE, INC. IN 1972 WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF ROYAL-VALET PARKING WHICH LATER INCORPORATED IN 1980. ROYAL-VALET PROVIDED THE VALET SERVICES FOR THE ACADEMY AWARDS (1972-1989), THE GRAMMY AWARDS (1972-1992), THE EMMY AWARDS (1972-1992).
IN 1983 HE WAS A CO-FOUNDER OF A NATIONAL PARKING COMPANY, FIVE STAR PARKING, AND IN 1994 SET OUT ON HIS OWN TO START PYRAMID PARKING, INC. TO FILL THE VOID OF HIGH LEVEL SERVICE SPECIALIZING IN PARKING WHERE PEOPLE GO OUT. AFTER A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE COMMERCIAL PARKING MANAGEMENT SERVICES, AFTER HONORING A NON-COMPETE COMMITMENT HE HAS RETURNED TO THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR WITH ALLIED PARKING CORPORATION.
HE HAS SERVED AS THE PRIMARY CONSULTANT FOR CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT FOR NUMEROUS CLIENTS, SUCH AS PARAMOUNT PICTURES, THE PERFORMING ARTS CENTER IN SAN FRANCISCO, THE WILLIAM MORRIS AGENCY (BEVERLY HILLS), UNIVERSAL STUDIOS HOLLYWOOD TO NAME A FEW. IN 1983 ALONG WITH HIS PARTNERS AT FIVE STAR THEY PURCHASED THE WORLD FAMOUS HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM WHERE MANY FAMOUS ACTS HAVE PERFORMED. THROUGHOUT HIS 40 PLUS YEARS AS AN EXECUTIVE IN THE PARKING BUSINESS, HE HAS MAINTAINED THE SILBERMAN FAMILY (THE ALLIED PARKING) TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE IN SERVICE, PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY. IN 2015 ALONG WITH FLAVIA GREENBERGER HE FORMED NO BS PRODUCTIONS AND WITH THIS NEW VENTURE THEY PRODUCED THE PLAY “DINNER WITH FRIENDS” , SEEN AT THE ELECTRIC LODGE THEATRE IN VENICE BEACH CA. IN 2017 THEY WILL COMMENCE PRODUCTION OF PLAYS AT JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY IN REDONDO BEACH, CA THROUGH ACTING OUT LOUD FOUNDATION.
Board Of Directors - Past & Present
Parking Association Of California
National Parking Association
Friends For Life
Los Angeles Business Council
Collage Dance Theatre
Leadership L.A
Sunset Strip Business Association
Sunset Strip Music Festival
Acting Out Loud Foundation