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Stage Press has closed after operating for a little over a year.

Letters from L.A.

"Letter From L.A." was a weekly column giving a glimpse of L.A. life - professional and otherwise - to New York actors. It ran from April to December 2002 (when Stage Press folded.)

4/18/02	Hitting the spot; guerilla commercials
5/2/02	ATA disagreement; fun and funding at yard sales
5/16/02	Pilot lights; SAG, WGA and ATA
6/13/02	Lots of Dreams: Warner Brothers
6/20/02	Ode to North Hollywood
6/27/02	Paris actors on unions and age; the true meaning of reality (TV)
8/1/02	Oh Canada… Ah SAG…
8/8/02	Suspense suspended; AOL says “You’ve got non-union work”; The Marked Marquee
8/22/02	Twenty Four Hour Filmgoers? Un-runaway production?
8/29/02	Living Los Angeles; Living Sculptures; Living It Up
9/19/02	The $600 Web Page – Just Kidding? (Trisha Simmons and LAKidsAct.com)
9/26/02	Commercial struck; Location, location, location; The Grove
10/3/02	SAG-ging agencies; theater meets gallerista; St. Gennaro’s close-up; the drop-offs
10/10/02	Skid-dish; Runaway Hollywood; Naked Men on Bikes
10/17/02	Commercial Casting; GSA traps; Chinatown Galleristas
10/24/02	When being a working actor doesn’t work; ferment at the Brewery
10/31/02	Not seeing Dennis Quaid; Production bumps; Silver screen at the Blue Whale
11/7/02	Should stand-up stand down? / Silenced by the Voice
11/14/02	Hollyween; Play7
11/21/02	Oral sex, lies and videotape (the Actorsite Exchange Rate)
11/28/02	Give and take at Take One
12/5/02	Star Traps
12/12/02	Valley of the Turkeys; Propping up production
12/19/02	Putting the holly in Hollywood; tips from Tombudsman
12/26/02	Casting Q’s, live

LAST UPDATED: March 2003