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Behind the Scenes

3/14/2020

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Grateful for one last booking before Coronapocolypse started this weekend in N CA. Stay safe out there!
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SF Sketchfest 2020

1/26/2020

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Squad Patrol, our sketch group rooted at Sacramento Comedy Spot, was selected to perform as part of a sketch comedy showcase at SF Sketchfest. It was an absolute blast seeing the city and performing during their final weekend. Sketch Comedy has been a super awesome outlet for me since returning to teaching. Work hard, play hard! 
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Updates | Victoria Bradley Photography

10/1/2019

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KD Studios Commercial/Film Coach

12/30/2018

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This year I had the opportunity to take on a new role, acting coach! I'm so grateful for the opportunity I had to support a cohort of incredibly kind, talented, and hard-working teens at KD Studios in film and commercial acting throughout 2018. I'm thrilled to have the chance to work with owner, Kelly Ann Dunn, and KD Studios again in 2019! 

(Post below is a repost from my Instagram @jessica__benz )
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#Repost @kd_studios_ Super grateful to be spending time teaching and supporting these talented young people who share a passion for film. Thank you KD Studios and @kellyann5355 for bringing me on board as a coach! ・・・ Shoutout to our incredible and incredibly joyful commercial/film coach @jessica__benz ! Jessica Benz has worked as a professional film/commercial actor in Northern California for the past eight years and has been working as a certified studio teacher with minors employed in the industry since 2012. She has been acting much longer though, beginning right here in Roseville nearly 20 years ago. She is a California credentialed school teacher who holds a Multiple Subjects, Reading Specialist, and English credential. Her professional acting credits include work with clients such as HP, Cisco, Eyeconic, Logitech, Intel, Louis M. Martini, and Nest. She trained in Meisner technique at Studio A.C.T. in San Francisco as well as in on-camera technique with Cody Dorkin, Jeff Dockweiler, and John Homa. She writes and performs in the sketch comedy group, Squad Patrol, at @saccomedyspot in her spare time. We love you Jessica! Thanks for being such an essential and amazing part of our studio!

A post shared by Jessica Benz (@jessica__benz) on Oct 1, 2018 at 7:06am PDT

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New Industrial | Reliant Bags

6/14/2018

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Never mind me; I'm just listening to plastic bags breathe. Pretty standard. Seriously though, I'm always thankful for work, especially when it's direct book work! 
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Summa Summa Summatime!

6/3/2018

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School's out for summer and I'm super thankful to be off and running in the industry wheel again. Auditions, callbacks, workshops studio teaching, oh my! Here's hoping for a wonderfully busy summer with lots of new stories to tell. Here's the first fun story of summer...

On June 2nd, I had the chance to kick off the season in a workshop with sketch comedy genius, Kevin McDonald. Such a terrific day full of learning by doing and failing and finessing and performing and leaving with great insight on the process. Fun fact, Kevin McDonald was the Disney voice for Agent Pleakley in Lilo and Stitch. So cool!
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New Industrial | Eyeconic

2/19/2018

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Fresh frames and a fresh, fun video from the Eyeconic group. I know most of my teacher friends have VSP and Eyeconic accepts that along with a few others. Plus they offer student teacher discounts! How cool is that?! Check out all the fun options at eyeconic.com
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Goodbye, Summer...and thanks for all the work!

9/4/2017

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Happy Labor Day! This was a summer to be grateful. With my first return to the industry after a full year teaching in the classroom, I was a little unsure if I'd be able to jump back in and book. Well, I did and I'm so happy that I could. Here's some highlights from a fantastic summer on both sides of the camera.

I started with a super-fun, comedic booking for the folks at Eyeconic. The final media on this one should be out soon! Here are a couple behind the scenes shots from that project.
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Of course, there were plenty of trips to San Francisco for auditions. It's great to see friendly faces from Cast Images at castings. Love carpooling when we can too!
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And another booking for a comedic office industrial. Yay!
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There was studio teaching work for me too at beautiful locations. I missed working outside during the school year!
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Plus, there were monthly sketch shows at Sacramento Comedy Spot. These keep me sane during the school year when I am not able to be auditioning and working in the industry full time. Love creating and performing all manner of random sketches with  this wacky crew!
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Then, in the most serendipitous way, my Gemini split actor/teacher life came full circle when I discovered that a First Grade student I had in my very first year of teaching is now a stand-up comic who frequently performs at Sac Comedy Spot too! This is Sydney Stigerts then and now. She's spunky and smart and has been that way since she was six years old. She's one to watch!!
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All good things must come to an end. Thank you, summer. Until next time, I've got a hundred stories to read and ukulele skills to practice with a sweet new class of little ones.
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New Industrial | Tiny House, Big Functionality 

3/25/2017

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So cool to see how Intel technology is powering this tiny house and its cool features! These are a few screen grabs from new industrial video work. Always thankful for days on set!
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SHAPE December | Natural Delights

11/26/2016

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Love it when companies produce wholesome products and want natural looks to go with them. Thankful to have worked on this print campaign for Natural Delights, appearing in SHAPE magazine for the month of December! 
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