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Update: Callback Master Chef

March 1, 2010

 

So, the callback was yesterday, Febr. 28, Sunday, and I did have to fight to be able to take a day off work just to make it there, which is another story in itself. But anyways, I made beef paprikash and some home made noodles.They did not like my food at all. Everything got criticized. Even the dish I put the paprikash in. I just kept smiling, and said thank you, I was very professional. But you know what? My boyfriend loved the beef paprikash, and he was very happy for it, and that's all that counts for me.

On a second note here, I am already proud of myself, because there were only about 30 people there out...

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Callback for Master Chef!

February 25, 2010

foodYay! I got a phone call yesterday from the CD of Master Chef that I auditioned for back in January, I guess I made it to the second round of auditions. I am so proud of myself right now. Really. There were at least 500 people at the audition when I went, my number was 300 something. And that was just in LA. They went to a bunch of other cities as well. I don’t know how many people got call backs, but it had to be a small number, because the casting director said that Gordon Ramsey himself would be tasting my food this time.

Originally, I sent in a tape, but they didn’t respond to that. However, I...
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7 Deadly Sins

September 13, 2009

Ok, I am officially scared now. I just got cast in this new show yesterday as a replacement, and WE'RE OPENING IN 3 DAYS! Oh no. I better be able to learn my lines fast. 7 deadly sins posterOk, here's the info:

7 Deadly Sins

at The Next Stage Theater in Hollywood, (1523 N La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90028) every Tuesday night at 8 Pm, starting September 15, 2009.
I'm playing a girl, named Pandora. (Yes, I do open the box.)

Tix are $ 20.00, but it's only 15.00 if you mention my name. Cash only! 
And here's the review of the play from the Tolucan Times

7 Deadly Sins Invites Seduction
By Mary Mallory on August 26th, 2009

The...

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The Wind Up Puppet Show again

June 18, 2009

Yay! I am in the Wind Up Puppet Show again on Wednesday nights at The Next Stage Theater.

Currently we are in the 9:30 pm slot for 2 more weeks, and then we'll move into 8 pm.

So, the dates are: June 24th, and July 1 at 9:30 pm, and then July 8, 15, 22, and 29 at 8 pm.

Location: The Next Stage Theater  1523 N La Brea Ave. Hollywood, CA, 90028

Tickets are $ 20.00, industry comps are available with business cards.

About the show:
It's a children’s tale for grown ups, featuring the music of Manhiem Steamroller. An hour of music and movement telling a tale about toys, that come to life.

Created and directed by: Chris Berube...

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Marat/Sade

May 20, 2009

Just wanted to tell everybody, that I’m wearing a very pretty purple dress as Coulmier’s wife in Marat/Sade at the Underground Theater. Look at me in the picture with Courtney Kocak, Colin MacLeod, and Neil Ruddy.

 The show is directed by Steven Helgoth, and we have a wonderful cast.

The show is on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays at 8 Pm, and also on Sundays at 2 pm. For three weeks only, from May 21st through June 7th.

Address: 1312 N Wilton Place, Hollywood, CA, 90028 MAP

Reservations: 323-467-0036

Tickets are $20.00 at night and $10.00 on Sundays at 2 pm. Cash only!

Industry comps are available.

Hope to see you there!

PS: Be aware, I wouldn’t bring the kids!...

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New show, and Eavesdropper posters

May 16, 2009

Wow. I got cast in a new show, directed by Steven Helgoth at The Underground Theater. The play is Marat/Sade by Peter Weiss, and I am playing Coulmier's wife, who is in charge of an Asylum. I am currently in rehearsals, but the show is opening next week on Thursday. Which means, that I'll have to take a break from Eavesdropper for the next three weeks.

Check back in a few days for the exact show info, and more updates.

Until then here are my Eavesdropper postcards. Let me know which one you like more.

 Eavesdropper front

Eavesdropper back


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Newsletter

May 12, 2009

Wow! Now I have my own newsletter with lots of updates and info, exclusively for my most loyal fans! You can sign up here:

 

Subscribe to ivettgabriella

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Eavesdropper continues

May 2, 2009

The industry nights are officially over, but the show continues to run at The Underground Theater, on Friday and Saturday nights at 8 Pm.  By now, I have played three different parts in the show: Jan, Marsha, and Cindy. My favorite is still Jan, the mean chick shrink.

Address: 1312 N Wilton Place, Hollywood, CA, 90028

Here's a taste from the show: (I'm the floating head in the black background)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1OtHsqu86s


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Eavesdropper the play

March 30, 2009

"It's about the masks people wear,"

I am currently in LA's longest runing play, Eavesdropper, playing a lipstick lesbian, who is working on her Phd.

We are having industry nights
in April on the 6th, 13th, and 20th at 7:30 Pm.

Complimentary snacks and drinks will be provided.

Place: Tthe Underground Theater
(1312-1314 N. Wilton Place, Hollywood, CA 90028)

Tickets are 25.00 $ at the door,
with reservation they are 20.oo (323-365-8305),
BUT if you're on my guest list its only 15.00!

So, email me to let me know, you're coming at:

ivett@ivettgabriella.com.


About the Show

An uninvited party guest hides behind the shower curtain and eavesdrops on the private moments and conversations of the colorful party guests--and becomes the accidental...

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Reel

February 16, 2009

Woohoo! I got my first reel together. It's up and running on youtube, right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1rN_GXZnXE

Please take a look, it's only a minute and 40 sec, and then let me know what you think. I'd love to get some feedback. Thanks!


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The Wind Up Puppet Show

January 21, 2009

A children’s tale for grown ups, featuring the music of Manhiem Steamroller. 
T
hings start to get very interesting, when the puppets come to life. 
  • When:On Thursday nights at 8 Pm from January 7th through February 26th 
  • Where:At The Next Stage Theater 1523 N La Brea Ave. Ste 208, Hollywood, CA 90028 ( Between Sunset and Hollywood Blvd., on the second floor) 
General Admisson: 20 dollars, kids under 12 are FREE, industry comps are available with business cards. 

Written and directed by: Chris Berube 
  • Cast: 
  • Doug Agnew
  • Leeron Dvir
  • Ivett Gabriella
  • Cantney Gessner
  • Christine Gwillim
  • Megan Harwick
  • James Hazley
  • Brad Holzer
  • Ronnie Huerta
  • Sydney Hunt...
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What I learned last year (2008)

January 9, 2009

1. It is good business to go out of my way for my clients.(Audience, CDs, Directors, etc.)
2. Before I meet industry people, I need to prepare by writing the things down I could talk about, in case I don't know what to say.
3. Arriving early means that I'll have extra time later on.

4. I am funny. (I never really thought that before)
5. I shouldn't take a job for granted, because I can always get laid off, no matter how long I've been there.
6. It is important to remember people's names....

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Go Sketch Yourself

December 7, 2008

Come and see me in my latest show:

 

Go Sketch Yourself

 

 

A sketch comedy presented by:

The Berubians

 

  When:

Saturday Nights
at 8:00 PM

December 13th thru January 3rd

Where:
The Next Stage Theater
1523 N. La Brea
Studio 208
(Between Hollywood & Sunset
Above Mashti Malones & The Woods!)
 
For Reservations / info
call: (323) 850-7827
Admission $20.00
 
Starring:
Andrew Ian Adams
Alynxia
James “Mooka” Barnes
Perry Carter
Natalie Le Blarie
Ivett Gabriella
Andy Horne 
Walton Jordan
Ellory Nestle
Leah Rose
Ed Spangler 
Larry Thigpen

 


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A scene from Trainspotting

September 7, 2008

This is a student film I did last year for The Los Angeles Film School, with Justin Paige. It’s a short, but funny scene from the movie, Trainspotting, in which I play one of the interviewers. I only had a couple of lines, but it was really fun to do.

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8HuaI9F80c&feature=PlayList&p=CC4BDB23606884AC&index=2


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The end of The Taming of the Shrew

August 9, 2008

On our last performance, August 2nd, The Taming of the Shrew got recorded by my good friend, Diana M Kim.

So, here's the link to the youtube video. This is the end of the show.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgQH_Nb29hc

Enjoy!


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The show I directed

July 6, 2008

street 2

 

The Taming of the Shrew
It's so L.A.

The Berubian Theater Company is opening William Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew on July 12, 2008 at 8 Pm. The classical play is being portrayed as a modern story, set in present time, Los Angeles. The characters of this enthralling tale come from different walks of life, and different ethnicities, therefore they truly represent the typical L.A. melting pot. The already sunny streets of the city get heated up even more, when Baptista decides to find eligible bachelors for her two daughters. It’s time to get them out of the house. But who’s going to marry who, and why? Thus the quest for true love -and money- begins.

Location: The...

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Girlesque, 2008

June 19, 2008

Girlesque is a show I did last winter at The Next Stage Theater. It was written and directed by Chris Berube, and I played a foreign princess, named Jasmin. This clip was recorded during a rehearsal in December 2007. It's teaser for the show. I'm the girl in the orange pants. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4e7Q3vMhI


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Clips From "The Dark Side..."

June 19, 2008

My friend, Jose Perez-Maxwell, who has directed me in his short film: Schindler's List, and the Dockers  spec commercial last month, recorded this show, Sunday, June 15th, 2008. I edited a few clips together to make a short teaser. Here they are on youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMafa7h64XI

and the curtain call:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3NgETeqIeg

Enjoy!


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How I came to America

June 10, 2008

 

 

This is my favorite picture of myself. It was taken the first year, when I came to America, when I was still just a teenager. Standing in New York on Time Square was like a dream come true. This was the first time in my life when I realized that I can do anything I want, that there are no limits.

 

When I first started talking to people about coming here, they all thought I was crazy. Back in Hungary this would be something you could run after all your life and never achieve. I didn’t know anybody here, I didn’t speak much English, and I didn’t have money. I could take care of the “speaking English”...

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Dockers Commercial

May 31, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XunDZpvHTA

This is the latest thing I shot with my friends on a sunny afternoon in May at Santa Monica beach. (Oh, the sunset was beautiful...) It's a spec commercial for Dockers for a competition, which we entered on May 29th. I'm crossing my fingers.

Satarring: Ivett Gabriella and Christopher Karbo

Directed by: Jose Perez


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LA Times Review of the Dark Side

May 31, 2008

I wasn't in the show just yet, when it got reviewed, but I'm sure very happy to be in it now. So here's what the LA Times said about The Dark Side of the Moon!

LA TIMES THEATER REVIEWS

'Dark Side of Moon'

April 18, 2008

Dancing to the light of 'Moon'

Why fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way by merely listening to "The Dark Side of the Moon" when you can see it accompanied by an original dance/movement performance piece? Such is the gauntlet thrown down by Berubians Theatre Company with its ensemble-developed no-frills workshop production that sets out to physicalize the archetypal themes of conflict, insanity, aging, death and resurrection in Pink Floyd's signature 1973 concept album....
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The Dark Side of the Moon

May 30, 2008

A dance/movement performance for the music of Pink Floyd's "The dark Side of the Moon", presented by The Berubian Theater Company.

Every Sunday night  at 9:30 Pm, throughout the summer, at The Next Stage Theater in Hollywood. (1523 N La Brea Av, LA, CA, 90028)

This is a picture of me and my very good friend, Diana after the show.

-Created, and directed by-

Chris Berube

-The Cast in alphabetical order-Gagne-

Alexei Keats, Amber McConnell, Ben Trimm, Carlos San Miguel, Dyan Kane, Grace Zaidan, Iker Amaya, Ivett Gabriella, JoyChristie DiCresce, LeVance Tarver, Logan Heine, Enrique Baldua, Paige Kimsey, Sabrina Diaz, Sebastien Cuk, Summer Imamura, Tahni DeLong, Tom DeMar, Tony Calle,  

 


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