John Robert Powers Scottsdale Email:
9059 E Bahia DR Suite 100 jrpscottsdale@
Scottsdale AZ 85260 www.johnrobertpowers.net
480-424-7197
A powers-ful stepping-stone to stardom
The John Robert Powers School (JRP) in North Scottsdale has served as the “stepping-
Laura Ann, now living in Southern California, was first brought to the attention of talent agents as a member of the Scottsdale-JRP contingent to the International Presentation of Performers (IPOP) in Los Angeles in December of 2007.
The John Robert Powers presence has been in Scottsdale since 1999. In that year, a school was opened to serve the huge and burgeoning Phoenix metropolitan area. And 2005 was a milestone year for John Robert Powers-Scottsdale. It was then that a new 6,804 square-foot free-standing building was erected to serve as the centerpiece of the campus located at 9059 East Bahia Drive in North Scottsdale, just north of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard and directly east of the 101 Freeway.
Why North Scottsdale? “Over a number of years, I had become increasingly aware of the vitality and dynamism exuded by the Scottsdale Airpark area,” Diana Horner, operations director, states. “I decided that I, and the school, should be a part of it. So, in 2004, we went ahead with plans to construct our own building to house our classrooms, training studios, make-up rooms, and administrative offices.”
Horner is the Arizona-New Mexico franchise operations director of John Robert Powers with schools in Albuquerque and Tucson, in addition to Scottsdale.
Just who was John Robert Powers? He was an actor-turned-
Although JRP is known primarily as a modeling and acting training ground, Horner is noticing that more and more CEOs, executives at all levels, emerging political figures, TV on-camera personalities, educators, and would-be public speakers are inquiring: “Just what can you do for Me?”
“With the thrust of avant-garde businesses and professionals to the Scottsdale Airpark, we feel that we’re in a good position – or location, if you will – to help achieve whatever personal goals a candidate may have,” Horner adds.
Other Scottsdale success stories include: Bryce Robinson, featured in “Marley & Me” Taylor Dooley, starring as “Lava Girl” in the feature film, “Shark Boy and Lava Girl”; “Trick or Treat. Blake Woodruff, featured in “Cheaper by the Dozen,” and “Cheaper by the Dozen II,” starring Steve Martin; “Blind Horizon”; “The Young and the Restless”; “Whisper”; “Mr. Ed”; “Back to You and Me”. Keith Bennett, NBC’s “Date My Mom”; and a national CHEVROLET t commercial.
Travis Caldwell, “Zoey 101”, a TV episode; 2 national BRATZ DOLLS commercials. Garrett Hedlund, “Georgia Rule”.
The John Robert Powers School is considered the premier international institution of its kind for the training of models, actors, singers, dancers, and for overall personal self-improvement and professional development.
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