“Featuring projects & insights
from some of the best Latino artists”
Join us at the
PRIME LATINO MEDIA SALÓN
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 • 6-10PM
New York’s only monthly series
for Latino multimedia-makers & actors
FIVE URBAN LATINO COMEDIANS IN WEBSERIES
Three
Latino comedians and two Latina comediennes walk into a bar and the bartender
asks, “Is this some kind of a joke?”
No, this is serious business! They write, film, produce and act in their own
comedy sketches and launch it digitally as a web series. How do you capture the
challenging “funny,” put it on the web and build a following? We screen works
by two different groups who are connected by New York Latino urban flavor
determined to distribute their projects through alternative channels with the
objective of developing opportunities to further their careers and break down
some barriers. Hear some funny & serious stories as they take us
behind-the-scenes and in front of the camera for their rollercoaster ride as
successful multimedia-makers and actors doing it. Join us as the movement
continues!
Date & Program
Schedule: Tuesday,
March 25, 2014 • 6-10pm
6-8pm: Networking
(Happy Hour 6-7pm)
8-9pm: Fireside Chat: Two Interviews & Networking
9-10pm: Networking
· Moderator: TÍO
LOUIE/Louis E. Perego Moreno, President, Skyline Features
· Interview #1: Michael Díaz, Jaime Fernández & Anthony Palmini of the web
series, STUDIOHEADS
· Interview #2: Jesenia & Jenni Ruiza of the webseries, Becoming
Ricardo, Comedy Girls Radio Show & SNL/Still No Latinas
FREE ADMISSION
& CASH BAR – RSVP http://plmcomedy.eventbrite.com
Venue &
location: Alquimia (Bistro Bar), 506 Ninth Avenue, between West 38th and West 39th streets, NYC. Food and drink
available at cash bar.
Michael Díaz
In
2006, he wrote, directed, produced and starred in his first independent
film, The Story of Juan Bago. He has appeared in HBO’s Habla, The Bochinche Bueno
Show on
Urban Latino radio and now on video at UrbanoTV, a short film Act of Love, and has worked on
NUVOtv’s Latino101 and MTV Tr3s’ Chisme Club. He formed Heights Entertainment that
led to a viral hit as the spoof of Wiz Khalifa’s hit song “Black and Yellow”
called Pan con Queso. Michael is involved in a couple of projects including Brisk
Bodega Chat and several webisode projects including hosting 123unodostres, a new digital hub for
a young, multi-cultural demographic.
Jaime Fernández
First
a stand-up comedian, he transitioned into acting in both live and filmed
sketch comedy as co-founder of comedy troupe, Room 28. He has been in The Ghouligans! (mini-series), Sandman’s
Box, The
Tickets,
and Arthouse Film. TV credits include HBO Latino’s Habla Ya!, commentator on NUVOtv’s
Latino 101; commercials: Optimum Online and Jackson Hewitt. Voiceover work
for Citibank, Tecate Beer, MIO Liquid Enhancer, and voicing the character of
Armando in Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony. He wrote & acted in
webseries, Work Jerks and Studio Heads. He stars in the webseries, Henry, recently accepted into
the NY Television Film Festival.
Anthony Palmini
He
is an actor, stand-up comedian, director, editor and composer who first started
by directing shorts and sending them off to film festivals to sharpen his
skills in the craft, then furthered his artistic abilities by editing and
composing music for his own projects. Today he covers the gamut from composing
music for independent films to serving as an Assistant Editor for TV networks
and directing promotional videos.
Jesenia
As a
proud NuyoRican StandUp, Sketch & Improv Comedy Actress, Writer and
Producer, in 2009, she began co-producing & writing for ¡Ay, Que Funny! Sketch Comedy Show running
for three years at the NuyoRican Poets Café, the National Comedy Theater and
Broadway Comedy Club. In 2012 she began her own Improv performance group called
the Loco Motives. She then began writing ten episodes and shooting some for the
TV sitcom webseries, Becoming Ricardo. In 2013, she began co-producing & co-hosting the Comedy
Girls Radio Show, a
monthly show on blogtalkRadio, featuring her and Jenni Ruiza, as lead actors.
www.thecomedygirls.com
Jenni Ruiza
A
comedy actress & writer with TV/Film experience, she began writing sketch
comedy and was a featured player for ¡Ay, Que Funny!, an off-broadway sketch show
produced by Jesenia in 2011. She then joined the improv troupe, the Loco
Motives, performing
musical improv. She acts, co-writes, produces and is Assistant Director on the
comedic webseries, Becoming Ricardo. She most recently signed on as contributor for Fusion Network for "Alicia Menéndez
Tonight." Latina Magazine named her as one of the
"Latina comedians who fit the bill" for Saturday Night Live and
by FOX News Latino as one Latina comedian who's
"taken the internet by storm". Jenni is also the co-host of the COMEDY GIRLS radio show with Jesenia.
Louis Perego Moreno (Tío Louie)
An Interactive Content Producer & Educator who for 32 years has owned Skyline Features, a bilingual multimedia and educational production company developing documentaries, television programming and advertising commercials featuring Latinos, Blacks, Women, Urban Youth and LGBT. He has trained 1,500 Latino & African American youth over 10 years to produce 70 documentary shorts. For documentary features he was the Producer/Director of Latina Confessions (2010) and co-producer of American Dreams Deferred (2013) on PBS.
Stay tuned… next
PRIME LATINO MEDIA SALÓN:
April 2014
Become a member of...
National Association of Latino Independent Producers
(NALIP) www.nalip.org
Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors (HOLA) www.hellohola.org
United Latino Professionals (ULP) http://www.unitedlatinoprofessionals.org
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