This past summer I was privileged and overjoyed to play the title role in The Toxic Avenger at San Jose Stage Company. I am an artistic associate with The Stage, and I am very lucky to have had their support since first appearing in Reason to be Pretty in 2010….
One of these days I will remember that I need to compose these blog entries as they actually happen, as opposed to months afterwards. It’s so difficult to remember the special joyful moments. That is the purpose of this blog, to keep track of all these wonderful opportunities and experiences that I’m having…
Born Yesterday is a TBA recommended production, and runs through February 27th at the Lesher Center in Walnut Creek…
So excited to be working on the world premiere musical Scrooge in Love! Written by Duane Poole, Larry Grossman, and Kellen Blair, directed by Dyan McBride, and starring Jason Graae, this world looks to be one that will be playing for a good long while…
It’s been a wonderful couple of months in Carmel with my love Katie. Most of you know that Katie and I are both actors, but the last thing that we worked on together was the film (51 minutes is a bad length for film festivals, folks) that was never seen by anyone outside of a very select few…
Had the good fortune this weekend to go up to Sacramento and see the World Premiere of Bars and Measures by Idris Goodwin at B Street Theatre. It was the first time that I had been up there since the truncated run of Best Brothers, and it was great to see everyone and a real pleasure to see the show…
This Summer I’ve been a part of a particularly kooky family, The Addams Family. As Lurch, the grunting butler, I sport a pair of eight inch platform shoes, and the traditional tuxedo. One of the perks of the job is greeting audience members as they enter the theater, along with Thing, the amputated hand, who offers programs. Lots of hi-jinks have ensued, including sipping drinks, head patting, and general confusion…
I am returning to San Jose Stage Company this summer through July 28th as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde the Musical. We have shows Wednesday through Saturday nights and Sunday Afternoons…
San Jose Stage Company starts off 2014 with Three Penny Opera. Ken Kelleher directs a fantastic play/musical about this police officer, (Tiger Brown, played by me) who tries to save his daughter and best friend from a life of crime. But they end up falling in love and living happily ever after. So it’s cool…
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio Play has been a great deal of fun. We’ve had a hectic rehearsal process, almost every day people unavailable both scheduled and *ahem* unscheduled. But the pervasive feeling has been that of family. People that I love dearly and count on implicitly. And it is returned, over and over again, and I am so thankful…
Reefer Madness has been going strong for a few weeks now, and I have finally reached the point where I can get my head above water enough to write to you all to come…
Reefer Madness! The musical based on the propaganda film from the thirties hits the Stage this summer from June 8th through July 28th. So any of you who need to make your summer plans, do it now.,.
I have returned to the Stage in San Jose, re-commenced battles of Four Square, and created a new Running Club that went six-wide for the first time during our break from Tech Rehearsal. I am quite full of mirth…
We have left the rehearsal hall and good old Shotgun Stables, rife with noisy and effective heaters, A reasonable facsimile of the set, and all of the tea that you can drink. We have moved into the Ashby Stage as of Thursday the 31st. There is absolutely no doubt that theatre has been crafted carefully and joyfully in that building…
Creating new work is always tough, and challenging, and amazing, and beautiful, and you really get a chance to discover what it is that you believe about a story. I have done this several times for dance and a few times for film, but this is the first time that I have ever been a part of a brand new musical. It is really fun. Also, the first time ever that I have seen seven versions of a scene in one day…
Believe it or not, this was shot over sixteen hours and three location moves in one day. And yes, that is spandex, and yes, that is a superhero mask, and yes, as of January 8th I’m down eight pounds…
his Holiday Season I will not be singing, or re-enacting some of your favorite Winter stories as I did the past couple of years. Instead, you can enjoy a dark comedy in which my character begins the play by stating to his wife that he has taken a contract out on her life...
or those of you who have chosen not to schlep it down to San Jose to see me in a show: you’re in luck! I will be performing in San Francisco with 42nd Street Moon in their production of “Carmelina.” Never heard of it? Most people haven’t. IT ran for two weeks on Broadway, and this is the West Coast Premeire. It’s the type of show near and dear to 42SM’s heart. And yes, it is a musical…
Recently I booked my first narrative film through my agent. It was also my first film since last year (see Pablo on Wheels). Needless to say, I was stoked…
