The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

Ep 240- Aaron Jackson Talks Growing Up "California Dreams!"


Listen Later

Hey California Dreams Fans! Aaron Jackson is here and he is catching up and telling us about the next reunion with the gang!

Aaron Jackson starred on the NBC musical comedy series, California Dreams, where he played Mark Winkle, one of the band’s lead singers. Prior to landing his role on California Dreams, he did a wide range of theatrical productions, including Bye-Bye Birdie, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat, Tea and Sympathy, Torch Song Trilogy, Guys and Dolls, Rumors, and, the critically acclaimed, Bobby Socs It To Ya.

Aaron has recently returned to the stage, starring in Arsenic and Old Lace, Owl and the Pussycat, Mousetrap, and Harvey at the Cultural Arts Theatre. Other television credits include Silk Stalkings and a pilot called Impact, a talk show for teens. Aaron is starring as Raoul in the upcoming TV pilot, Coney Island. Film credits include Lorenzo’s Oil, From Venus, and Children of the Corn: Fields of Terror (based on the book“Children of the Corn” by Steven King.)

Other film credits include Wicked Spring, Heaven’s Neighbor, and Tangy Guacamole, Captain, An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (a remake of the 1962 Academy Award winning film), The PainWithin, and Biophage. Aaron has also directed the films Cross to the Other Side and Ghost Story Chronicles. He recently finished directing the award winning film, Fighting a War of My Own and is currently producing The Bar Mitzvah.

Aaron has also done a variety of national commercials, including a P.S.A. on AIDS for which he received the “Ace Award”. Aaron is most proud of the work he has done helping aspiring actors break into the acting industry. He travels the country coaching up and coming talent in the art of acting, specializing in monologue and audition prep, scene study, character breakdown, and improvisation. Aaron has been a motivational speaker for 18years.

His company, Dangerous Curves Productions, was founded in 2007. His primary focus is to help students make positive choices in their lives. He speaks to students across the country on the dangers of drug and alcohol use, the negative effects of bullying and how to set achievable goals. He also works hand-in-hand with non-profit organizations, such as D.A.R.E., Make-A-Wish, St. Jude’s Hospital, Special Olympics, the Love Ride for MDA, and the Ami Thom Foundation, just to name a few.

________________________________________________________________________________

Check out “The Roundtable with Robert Bannon” everyday right here on The Broadway Podcast Network!

www.RobertBannon.com or Follow on IG @RobertMBannon or @theroundtablewithrobertbannon

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Roundtable with Robert BannonBy Broadway Podcast Network

  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5
  • 5

5

6 ratings


More shows like The Roundtable with Robert Bannon

View all
Fresh Air by NPR

Fresh Air

38,222 Listeners

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! by NPR

Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

38,843 Listeners

The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport by Broadway Podcast Network

The Producer's Perspective Podcast with Ken Davenport

134 Listeners

Up First from NPR by NPR

Up First from NPR

56,599 Listeners

Page To Stage by Broadway Podcast Network

Page To Stage

46 Listeners

Putting It Together by Broadway Podcast Network

Putting It Together

12 Listeners

The Wrong Cat Died by Broadway Podcast Network

The Wrong Cat Died

42 Listeners

The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Foundation by Broadway Podcast Network

The Dramatists Guild Presents: TALKBACK, sponsored by the Dramatists Guild Foundation

31 Listeners

Mamas Talkin' Loud by Jessica Rush & Cara Cooper

Mamas Talkin' Loud

104 Listeners

The Ladies Who Lunch with Donna McKechnie by Broadway Podcast Network

The Ladies Who Lunch with Donna McKechnie

30 Listeners

Stage Left: The Podcast by Broadway Podcast Network

Stage Left: The Podcast

13 Listeners

And the Award Goes To... Hosted by Ilana Levine by Broadway Podcast Network

And the Award Goes To... Hosted by Ilana Levine

47 Listeners

As The Curtain Rises - Broadway’s First Digital Soap Opera by Broadway Podcast Network

As The Curtain Rises - Broadway’s First Digital Soap Opera

37 Listeners

Tony Telecasts by Broadway Podcast Network

Tony Telecasts

2 Listeners

Make Me a Musical by Broadway Podcast Network

Make Me a Musical

2 Listeners

Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort by Jack Feldstein & Paul Doust

Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort

14 Listeners

The Great Broadway Game Show Competition, hosted by Todd Graff and Andrew Lippa by Broadway Podcast Network

The Great Broadway Game Show Competition, hosted by Todd Graff and Andrew Lippa

17 Listeners

Finding Fire Island by Jess Rothschild & Broadway Podcast Network

Finding Fire Island

158 Listeners

Closing Night by Patrick Oliver Jones

Closing Night

11 Listeners

The Quiet Part Out Loud by Broadway Podcast Network

The Quiet Part Out Loud

40 Listeners

& Juliet: The Podcast by & Juliet Broadway

& Juliet: The Podcast

11 Listeners

Backstage Pass by Broadway Podcast Network

Backstage Pass

15 Listeners

Cult of Body & Soul by Jess Rothschild & Broadway Podcast Network

Cult of Body & Soul

215 Listeners