On the heels of The Little One, I’ll be performing in Theater of the Arcade as part of The Brick’s Game Play Festival. The performance is a collection of five short plays about five classic video games, written in the style of five famous playwrights. Jeff Lewonczyk‘s writing is absolutely brilliant and really nails the […]
Shows, Theater of the ArcadeI’m playing Francis “The Dignitary” in Nosedive‘s production of The Little One opening next week! Here’s the “trading card” they made for my character: We’re playing for four weekends (June 17-July 10, Thursdays through Saturdays) at the Kraine Theater on 85 East 4th Street in NYC at 7:30 each night. Tickets are $18. Get your […]
I’m currently working on a reading of very interesting, mysterious and downright cool new play “Sitting Room” by Stephen Cedars at NYU.
Wednesday was a busy day! I was also cast in Nosedive Production‘s play “The Little One” by James Comtois. …I will be playing a vampire. Heck. Yeah. From Nosedive Productions: The Little One Nosedive Productions presents The Little One A new play by James Comtois Directed by Pete Boisvert Featuring Ryan Andes – Becky Byers […]
I will be appearing in The Brick Theater‘s Tiny Theater Festival in May in Art Wallace’s hilarious play “The Plowmans Lunch”. Details to follow.
I will be appearing in The Ninja Cherry Orchard as part of The Brick Theater’s Fight Fest. It is an adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard… with ninjas. In turn-of-the-century Russia, the Ranevsky country estate must be sold for debts. But will the family sell their beloved cherry trees? Will the lovelorn affections of a […]
I’ve been cast in the Halloween production of “The Blood Brothers Present: The New Guignol“. I caught the Blood Brothers show last Halloween and it was awesome so I’m really excited to be working with these folks. The Cast: Ryan Andes – Becky Byers – Rebecca Comtois – Jessi Gotta Stephen Heskett – Robert Leeds […]
Blood Brothers, ShowsIan W. Hill (director of the production of “The Magnificent Ambersons” I did last summer) has kindly cast me in his production of the short play, “Sacrificial Offerings“. The play was written by Mr. Hill and David Finkelstein and he describes it as a “story of a drawing room seance among the upper class of […]
On Sunday I will performing in three short pieces as part of the “Playwright’s Forum” for the Festival of Jewish Theatre and Ideas being presented by Untitled Theatre Company #61. Click here for more info. Playwright’s Forum Various playwrights and directors at Marymount Manhattan 221 E. 71st St. Sun 6/7 @ 7:00
I will be performing in the play “Doll Play” by Tony Glazer as part of the Samuel French short play festival on July 17. Tony is really great writer and he’s written a very funny play that I really look forward to working on. The festival is actually a competition of sorts and there’s the […]
More reviews have come in for Ecstasy, which I am currently appearing in. First off, the biggie: The New York Times had some positive things to say about my performance: [Len] could easily come off as a buffoon, but in the delicate performance of Mr. Heskett, Len is more than a joke. It’s a scene-stealing […]
Two reviews are up from our previews for Ecstasy by Mike Leigh (which opens tonight!) Both are very positive. Retrovision Media and says Lower eastside Black Box theatre aficionados are in for a treat of gritty realism… This is a rare must see recommendation! And Theatre Is Easy gives us a nice review as well. […]
I have a great role in Black Door Theatre Company’s production of Ecstasy that’s opening this week with previews. “Ecstasy covers the lives of four blue-collar friends living in 1979 London and the drunken frustration in their lives, namely that of Jean, who struggles to escape the confines of her life and the people in […]
I am currently in rehearsals for Ecstasy by Mike Leigh, and we’ve started getting some press: http://www.theateronline.com/pb.xzc?PK=19805 http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Horse_Trade_Presents_A_New_Production_Of_ECSTASY_15_20081201 http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/showpage.php?t=ecst7781 I’m really proud of the work being done in this show, and I think it’s going to be something special. We’re still trying to raise money for the production, and if you feel so inclined, you […]
I’ll be performing a staged reading of Lisa Ferber’s “Ye Olde Madcap Inn” on Tuesday, November 25th at Hunter College. The reading is hosted by Oberon Theatre Ensemble. More information at http://www.oberontheatre.org/staged-reading-series/: by Lisa Ferber When sultry Voluptua Vunderhips and her mousy sister Persnickitta pay a visit to Ye Olde Madcap Inn, owners Whitlee Repartee […]
Next week we finally begin rehearsal’s for Ecstasy by Mike Leigh. I’m really excited to do this show, it’s one of those dream-projects that I didn’t think would happen. There’s a long story behind it, but basically three classmates from my classes with Terry Schreiber and I have been conspiring to do this production for […]
I’ve been talking some stage combat classes at the Vampire Cowboys‘ Battle Ranch. The Vampire Cowboys are a theatre group I’ve admired from afar for some time now, and I’ve been recently thinking I wanted to work the rust off the ole’ stage combat skills. When I noticed they offer classes, I jumped on it. […]
I made my second appearance onstage at the Ontological-Hysteric Theatre on Friday as part of their SINTESI/Dogpile “mini-festival”. It was described to me as sort of a “theatrical open-mike”. It was a series of five-minute theatre-pieces where anything goes. I performed a piece conceived by theatre group, Pug Mike Samantha. It was really interesting to […]
baby passed awayThe Magnificence of the Ambersons came to a close on Thursday night. It was a very short, but very enjoyable run. I have to admit that I am pretty upset that it was so quick, I really felt like we were really starting to crack the show open and while we had great audiences (turned […]
The director for The Magnificent Ambersons recently sent out a publicity release for the show. In addition, we took some publicity shots at our last rehearsal. The costumes aren’t final, but I think some of the photos came out really well. Here’s the director, Ian W. Hill who also plays the Narrator/Orson Welles role, with […]
