Staff
Agency Director: Andrea
Jones-Shiver
Andrea Jones-Shiver is the owner and
director of First Coast Talent Agency. She began her entertainment
career in the cruise industry with Premier Cruise Line (the official
cruise line of Walt Disney World). She worked within the cruise staff,
youth activities, and shore excursion departments. During her years at
sea, Andrea served as Social Hostess, Shore Excursion Manager and
Assistant Cruise Director onboard all of Premier Cruise Line's vessels.
Ms. Jones-Shiver was a member of the original cruise staff team to bring
out two newly acquired vessels: the S.S. Atlantic and the S.S. Majestic.
Andrea played an integral role in creating and implementing each new
ship's programming, entertainment and activities.
After six stellar years with Premier
Cruise Line, Andrea relocated to North Florida and utilized her
experience in the cruise industry, as a consultant and Cruise Director,
for Emerald Princess Cruise Line. Ms. Jones-Shiver was responsible for
training existing cruise staff and new hires. Her skills were further
put to use by Emerald Princess to devise and implement onboard revenue
increasing activities and entertainment.
In 1998, Andrea created First Coast
Talent Agency, establishing it as North East Florida's premier talent
agency. The Agency has since expanded to cover Gainesville, FL;
Tallahassee, FL; and Savannah, GA markets, with further East Coast
expansion in the works.
Public Relations/Communication:
Laura Morey
In addition to her acting career,
Laura Morey has been a public relations practitioner for more than 17
years. A graduate of Boston University's College of Communications,
Laura has created and managed communications plans for clients in a
variety of industries, on both regional and national levels. Laura is
accredited by the Public Relations Society of America (APR). She has
been represented by First Coast Talent Agency since December 2006.
Advisory Board: Dave Anthony
Dave Anthony's entrance to the
entertainment industry began as a radio personality in Las Vegas,
Phoenix, Houston, Denver, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and other major
cities before advancing up to the responsibilities of Program Director
for radio stations owned by CBS, Doubleday, Metromedia, and more.
Combined with concert experience as
Rock and Jazz musician, Dave co-founded the Minnesota Music Academy,
which was established during the Prince era to foster new recording
talent. Over the years, countless radio and TV commercials featured
Dave's voice for major brands nationally and regionally.
Currently, Dave Anthony is the promo
voice of the Golf Channel in over 100 million households
internationally, as well as on-camera talent for national and regional
TV commercials, training films, and documentaries for many major
corporations. Besides radio and TV, Dave has appeared in films starring
John Travolta, Kevin Spacey, James Gandolfini, Salma Hayek, Ed Begley
Jr., James Caan Jr., and others.
Advisory Board: Michelle Miller
Michelle Miller has been performing
for over 20 years, both on and off stage. In her younger year, she
traveled nationwide with her parents gospel music group. Her musical
highlights include performances with the American Music Jubilee Theater,
PGA Tour, Jacksonville Jaguars, Jerry Lewis Telethon, Orlando Magic, and
for several political dignitaries and events. She remains involved with
many studio recordings, corporate events, and has thoroughly enjoyed the
release of her Christmas CD.
As no stranger to the pageant
community, she holds several titles, including Jacksonville MISS TEEN,
Florida MISS TEEN, Miss Florida Community College at Jacksonville,
Florida; Azalea Queen and winner of several area talent/variety shows.
As a certified judge with the Miss America Scholarship Program, she now
enjoys judging, as well as privately coaching individuals.
When Michelle isn't on stage, she
enjoys recording voice-overs and filming commercials and corporate
films. Some commercials include Stewart Lighting One, Kossack Companies,
Pearce's Furniture of Southeast Georgia, Florida's Bureau of Unclaimed
Property, and St. John's County Tourism & Visitor's Bureau.
Advisory Board: Scott Smith
Scott Smith has been with First Coast
Talent Agency since its inception in 1998, and since then has appeared
in local and national commercials including Design Works Interiors,
industrial films, television programs such as "The New Detectives",
"America's Most Wanted", and a principal role in the HBO production
"Recount" filmed in Jacksonville in 2007.
Scott's acting resume also includes
extensive theatre experience having performed in over forty professional
and community theatre productions, including a dozen plays with the
Atlantic Shakespeare Company, as well as directing over forty
interactive comedies for the Murder Mystery Players, Inc.
Webmaster:
Desiree Markella
Starting
her career with a solid foundation in theatre during her college
years, Desiree has been acting professionally in TV and film since
2004. She has been accredited with roles on tv shows and films such
as Death Sentence, starring Kevin Bacon, and Lifetime's
hit series Army Wives.
Desiree
also designs websites professionally, focusing mostly on the entertainment
business, providing fellow actors, musicians, etc an affordable
means of obtaining a professional presence on the net. Her business
site is www.FishNetCreations.com
Desiree
joined First Coast Talent in 2007 and became the webmaster for FirstCoastTalent.com
in 2009. Any First Coast actors can contact Desiree for information
on how to update their info on the First Coast Talent site at: info@fishnetcreations.com
For update policies please click here.
Representation
First Coast Talent is proud of the talent that we represent. We maintain a select group of actors who
are professionally trained and experienced. We have an exclusive agreement with actors
in the greater Jacksonville area, but actors signed with First Coast
Talent may have representation with agencies outside of the local area
and in other states. Actors signed with First Coast Talent must be
available at any time for auditions and may require travel.
Please note: We do not
represent talent for extra and/or background work,
nor do we accept submissions via email.
We welcome your submission for
representation if you are an actor who has a resume including: on-camera
principal work and/or has a college degree in Acting, Theatre or related
majors. Please mail ( via USPS) a headshot, demo reel and resume to our
Jacksonville headquarters:
First Coast Talent Agency
Attn: Talent Submission
100 Festival Park Ave.
Jacksonville, FL 32202
Please note: First Coast Talent is an
ACTING-ONLY Agency - not a modeling or acting school. We only represent
professional acting, hosting and voice-over talent.
Please do not call
to see if we received your submission. Submitted materials will NOT be
returned, please do not send any orignals!
If you do not get a response from First Coast Talent, don't be discouraged. It may be that your look or skills are not right for us at the time you submit. You may choose to re-submit in 3 to 6 months.
Representation for children: In
most instances, we do not directly handle the representation of children
under 18 years of age. However, we work in conjunction with Shirley
Cooper, a talent manager who specializes in representing
children in the Jacksonville and Orlando markets. You may contact her
directly at 904.534.0364 or by email:
IBOOKTHEM@aol.com
Thank you for your interest in
First Coast Talent Agency - North Florida and South Georgia's FIRST
choice for talent!
Offices
Jacksonville Corporate
Headquarters:
Tel: 904-356-4244
email:
jacksonville@firstcoasttalent.com
100 Festival Park Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32202 USA
TA# 0000588
Gainesville, FL:
Tel: 352-372-7003
email:
gainesville@firstcoasttalent.com
Savannah, GA:
Tel: 912-966-1655
email:
savannah@firstcoasttalent.com
Tallahassee, FL :
email: director@firstcoasttalent.com
