Ron Patterson, President of John Robert Powers, announced today that another one of its acting and modeling students had landed a coveted role in a Hollywood major motion picture. Six year old Laura Ann Kesling who has been attending acting classes at the John Robert Powers School in Scottsdale, Arizona since early 2007 landed a co-starring role opposite Adam Sandler and Keri Russell in The Walt Disney Picture, Bedtime Stories. The film is being directed by Adam Shankman.

Laura Ann Kesling is just one of several breakout talents who have recently emerged from the John Robert Powers school system which currently has over seventy-five acting and modeling schools in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe. Children, teens and young adults from all over learn the in-and-outs of acting for television and film at John Robert Powers. John Robert Powers acting students center their curriculum on television commercials and theatrical workshops, scene study, soaps and sitcoms, improvisation, audition techniques, cold readings, voice and diction, monologues and film work.

While Laura Ann Kesling took classes at the John Robert Powers school in Scottsdale, Arizona she attended an iPOP! (International Presentation of Performers) 2007 convention in Las Vegas where she was discovered and signed by Trilogy Management.

John Robert Powers is an internationally recognized acting and modeling school system with locations throughout the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. For over eighty years, John Robert Powers has been training students in personal development. John Robert Powers provides every student with the schooling, guidance, and confidence to further their individual potential and to reach their highest career goals.

Famous John Robert Powers alumni include First Ladies, Jackie Kennedy and Betty Ford. Other celebrities include Princess Grace of Monaco, Raquel Welch, Lucille Ball, Ann Margaret, Diana Ross, Faith Ford, Janice Dickinson, Nikki Taylor, Ryan Locke, and Josh Duhamel. John Robert Powers actors and models have appeared in national commercials, television shows and films such as Levi Strauss & Co., Dr. Pepper, Revlon, Apple Computers, Target, Chevrolet, American Idol, Superman Returns and Hannah Montana.