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 […]
Here’s the performance dates for The Magnificent Ambersons. Sunday, June 1 at 8:00 pm Friday, June 6 at 8:00 pm Tuesday, June 10 at 8:00 pm Thursday, June 12 at 8:00 pm It will be at The Brick Theatre in Williamsburg. I’m really excited about this show. Making good progress in rehearsals for this huge […]
I was recently cast in a May/June production of The Magnificent Ambersons. I will be playing the part of George Amberson Minifer. It’s a stage adaptation of Orson Welles’ film. Director Ian Hill intends to adapt Welles’ original cut of the film. As I understand it, the studio absolutely butchered the film. The performance dates […]
Just put up my new headshots. I’m in color now! Check them out here.
Great article about Pinter in the New York Times this week. Talking about his new film Sleuth, which I can’t wait to see.
This week I’ll be performing in a piece at the Ontological Hysteric theatre. It’s called Fever Dreams and Blue Morning Whistles: Four Cartoons for the Stage Directed and written by Stephen Cedars, it consists of several short “cartoons for the stage”, with myself as a sort of curator in between the cartoons. They are all […]
Richard Foreman posted an interesting discussion in his blog about how he directs his actors. I’ve added some emphasis. I like actors that are not saying at every moment to the audience, on one level or another, love me, love me. Even when I was a young man I always disliked what I perceived as […]
I went to the NY IT Awards show last night. Two things: 1. Jess Draper was robbed. 2. JESS DRAPER WAS ROBBED. The studio did win two (well-deserved) awards: Outstanding Actress in a Featured Role (Summer Moore) and Outstanding Actor in a Featured Role (Trey Gibbons). The show itself was surprisingly entertaining. It was well-organized […]
So I’ve moved into Terry Schreiber‘s advanced acting class. Terry was recently featured in a great article in Backstage called The New Generation of Acting Teachers. He has the best quote in the article, where he goes off on actors who don’t say the words exactly as written in a script. Pick it up. The […]
Shows, The Birthday PartyThis weekend I attended a two-day course at Ride MSS where I learned how to drive a motorcycle. It was the first time I’d ever driven a motorcycle, although my dad says when I was little he used to sit me in front of him on his motorcycle and he let me steer for a […]
Jenna Fischer (you know her from The Office) is one of the “Good Guys”. She struggled with working survival jobs and auditioning and finding an agent, and all the other crap actors who don’t have famous or rich parents have to deal with. She wrote an extremely good blog on her myspace page about breaking […]
My friend wrote a play being produced by the Ontological- Hysterical‘s Incubator series. It’s based on the works of Polish author Bruno Shulz. I saw it last night and inspite of feeling like we were sitting in a literal incubator, I really enjoyed it. You can definitely see the influence of Richard Foreman on director […]
Ian McDiarmid, Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play. Now, it’s not UNtrue that I am devoted to things StarWarsian. But I can say with complete objectivity that this was one of the best performances I’ve seen on stage ever. When I saw The Faith Healer, I missed almost the entirety of the […]
