
I haven't written because I thought I wouldn't have anything to write about. So, what's happened in three months?
Performed in that scene from
Eccentricities of the Nightingale. It went well, thank you very much.
Choreographed / coached the fights / violence for two more scenes for that Studio Theatre directing class -- one from
Speed the Plow, which Yvonne Erickson directed, the other from
The Dutchman directed by Phoebe Duncan. A lot of that turned out to be not so much violence itself, but creating the threat of violence, which in a way is more valuable -- the threat continues the tension.
Went to Mississippi with Jenny, to visit relations. We also visited Elvis Presley's birthplace (Tupelo).

Came up with a couple of somewhat interesting anagrams. Here you go:
DICK CHENEY = NEEDY CHICK
TOM CRUISE = MICE TOURS
PETER BOYER = TOY PER BEER (or, BEER PER TOY, take your pick)
Watched the inauguration of Barack Obama. On TV, we didn't go into the city. But it was still cool.
Did a quick industrial for the FAA. Me in coat and tie, and reading (somewhat, I knew the script fairly well) a teleprompter sitting over the other guy's shoulder. Acting while using a teleprompter is odd, because you're "reacting" to someone you're not actually looking at (from the camera angle, you can't tell that we're not actually looking at each other).

(And
a friend of mine turned into a polar bear. Temporarily, I hope).
Gave a pretty decent audition at the
AEA Liaison Committee auditions. For those not in the know, those are annual auditions for the Equity theatres (and a casting agent or two) in the DC / Baltimore area. Up to three minutes of monologue-and/or-song.
And since I'm on the Liaison Committee, I was also at both days of these auditions, all day, as a volunteer. Besides being such a swell guy, I'm doing what I can to be visible. And it's a way to learn more about auditions, what to do, or not to do. Like this -- a lot of actors keep their feet nailed to the floor during the monologue. That's a mistake.
Got a call about a callback for a show at Folger, but that didn't pan out due to that show's overlap with
Heidi. Hey, nice they called, means they're thinking of me.
Had a callback for
Shear Madness at the Kennedy Center. Didn't get in this time around . . . but made a decent showing.
Auditioned for a small indie film. Got the role. Then shortly before the shoot date arrived in mid-February, the director *disappeared*. He won't return calls or e-mails. I'm still looking for him, so that if he doesn't have a really good reason, I can talk to him like an angry New Yorker.
PA'ed (PA = production assistant) for a photo shoot for a training thing for the TSA, done at Dulles Airport. Three days, and on the third day I was also a model.
Had a couple of callbacks for shows at
Imagination Stage. No news yet, but these just happened, in the past few days.
Almost did a staged reading for Rep Stage of Sam Shepard's
The Unseen Hand -- postponed because of the arrival of snow.
As you can clearly see, the last three months have been uneventful.
Rehearsals for
Heidi start tomorrow. And that staged reading I just mentioned was rescheduled for Sunday, March 15th at 2pm,
being presented at Howard Community College, in Columbia, MD -- and it's free, yo.
Labels: Actor News, My 'Toons