I’m in a show!!! Come check it out!! It’s called “Are You There Zeus? It’s Me, Electra” and is a fun and silly farce based on the Greek tragedy Electra, set to 90s grunge rock. We’ve already had three performances, but have three performances left and I’d love to see you there.
Since moving to New York, I’ve found the most exhausting aspect of my life is summoning the motivation to pursue my artistic goals. I alone am responsible for gathering auditions and contacts, improving my work, and keeping my creative self alive. It is a huge change from the life I held last year at The Actors Theatre of Louisville where, in the nine months I served as an Acting Apprentice, the majority of my days were structured by our amazing program directors. While at Actors I had much less free time and performed much more grunt labor, but I was in an environment which fostered a safe creative home by cherishing the contributions of each of its members. It felt like four years of college rolled into one, and I emerged with a second family who has become my greatest support network since moving to New York. (Read more…)
I’ve been spending the last month working on this wild play called The Asshole Differential Continues (& we carry on). I’m playing the Leader, a part that I never would thought I’d be cast in, but one which has been a fantastic challenge. We go up this Wednesday through Monday and I’d love to have your support. Fair warning: It’s a weird, challenging, and possibly offensive script. So don’t bring your 5 year old brother unless you want him asking uncomfortable questions after the show, but do bring your slightly off but artistically minded friends and be prepared have a mind-melting experience!
Our writer/director Moira Cutler came up with this great little blurb so please read on if you’re interested! (Read more…)
I think my desk clock is broken. It’s a really nice clock I received for having “consistently demonstrated excellence in acting” by the culmination of my four year stint at Centre. Funny story, I was actually tore up about it when I received it because I didn’t get the award given to the person “judged to have contributed most to the Dramatic Arts Program over a period of four years.” Whatever. Perspective is everything. Now I just want my clock to work. I changed the batteries and it’s still slow. Feels like my acting career.
I did have my call back for the New Georges’ production of Milk this morning, though! (Read more…)
Well, I felt great about the audition today for Milk. I was having fun and the room was super friendly. And apparently I’m not the only one who felt this way because I just got a call from Paul Davis at Calleri Casting, and I’m called back in on Monday morning for round 2. Success!
I mentioned last week that I went to an EPA for New Georges’ upcoming production of Milk in which my fellow apprentice-friend, Anna, has already been cast. Well, I’ve been invited to attend an audition (this time by appointment!) with the director, Jessica Bauman, producer, Susan Bernfield, and playwright, Emily DeVoti. And apparently, it just so happens that Anna will be my reader, which makes my day. I’m super excited. Wish me good thoughts around 10am!
Well I’m back at it. This morning I revisited the Equity building for my first EPA in a few months. The auditions were for the play Milk, in which my dear friend Anna is already cast. But a part was available for an adult male who could play 15, and I was carded last year at a movie theatre, so that has to count for something right?
Anyways, the morning went well. I was able to wake up at 6:00, get to the building a few minutes before 8:00, and audition by 10:30. Not only that, but while waiting for my audition, I ran into my old Shakespeare teacher from Berkshire Theatre Festival, Johnny Epstein. He’s pretty much exactly as I remember him, which is how it should be.
On the way home I dropped off my library books – A Collection of Kafka essays and Tolkien’s The Return on the King, the second of which, I sadly did not find the time to read before it was due back. Yet, despite this fact, I felt my pro-active behavior of the morning merited a reward and thus treated myself to a blueberry muffin from The Oak & Iris, my favorite local coffee shop. Finally I bought stamps from my post office, which, despite the wait, was an overall neutral experience and, along with risen rate of found vs. lost mail, leads me to believe that postal code 11218 may be deserving of a rank above the worst post office as determined by Google. Good Job 11218!
