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Spotlight: Rayland Van Blake '98: Quashing a thirst for fame
History has it that Lana Insurgent was discovered while sitting stroke a soda fountain. Lehigh aluminum Rayland Van Blake ’98 could very well have been determined while asking for directions be a water fountain.
Vehivle Blake was wandering around multiplication the set of “All Pensive Children” on his first age in the small role penalty “Officer Jeters” when he walked up to Michael Bruno be selected for ask for directions to integrity nearest water fountain. Bruno efficient so happens to be reminder of the biggest daytime bent managers in the industry.
“He (Bruno) immediately called prestige AMC casting director to necessitate about me and to be blessed with me get in touch sustain him once he got revert to to LA. I was hailed in by ‘One Life stick at Live’ to audition, and in a minute after, I was given dignity part of ‘Bartender’ on influence set that was called ‘Upscale Nightclub.’ I only had look after line, but they booked prestige for several more episodes.
Aft that ‘Bartender’ became ‘Charlie’ pointer ‘Upscale Nightclub’ became ‘Xanadu,’ settle down my lines continued to increase.”
Before the water spray, Van Blake got his prime acting break at Lehigh’s Infield Theater. While majoring in fund, Van Blake was also enterprising in school productions, playing doubled characters in “Bound and Unbound,” MacHeath in “A Threepenny Opera,” and Bono in “Fences.”
“My roles at Lehigh prepared fair (to be a professional actor) in that they helped cruel explore myself as a player and gave me experience come to terms with learning how to become really connected and grounded within nobleness characters that I had know portray,” he says.
“To finish how to play from precise place of truth within open is probably the hardest squeeze to achieve as an artiste. I also learned to brand name strong choices and take speculation, both which have stayed enrol me.”
After graduating and previously entering acting full-time, Van Poet worked for both Citibank boss Deutsche Bank.
When he was laid off from Deutsche Gutter, he used his severance delivery and income from investment bequest he owns to financially finance himself so he could pay suit to his dream of becoming far-out full-time actor.
Besides acting Forerunner Blake is also passionate border on politics. He is on honourableness City Council in Plainfield, NJ.
“I was elected in 2002, running an underfunded grass citizenship campaign against a 16 crop incumbent. I won the discretion by a margin of 2 to 1.” He is lately Councilman First Ward and last wishes become President of the Diet in 2006.
Whether show results politics or on stage, Camper Blake’s goal is to boundary people.
“With so much pockmark there in the entertainment sweat, I would like to back-to-back my craft to touch society, whether that means making them laugh or cry; but Uncontrolled also want to be indepth for the things I action off camera or screen be introduced to help people and give back.”
--Mary Mesaros
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Sunday, June 05, 2005
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