Occasionally, I post about the importance of professional behavior at auditions. Call me Mister Manners. Since it’s getting close to Halloween, I decided it’s time for another installment. I was at the lovely new Actors Equity lounge (with free wi-fi!) in Midtown NYC one afternoon between auditions the other day. While there, I witnessed some …
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If you’ve read my prior blog posts, you know that I’m very excited to be heading down to the Asolo Repertory Theatre for three plays this Winter. And I’m delighted to announce that their web site now offers a full season brochure, as well as a detailed calendar of performance dates and times. The Asolo …
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Here’s another installment of my tips for aspiring actors series: Anytime you’re asked to perform a scene for an audition, the casting director or producer will provide a person to act as the Reader opposite you. The Reader may turn out to be an excellent actor, or in some unfortunate instances, a casting admin drafted …
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve just been offered a three-role, five-month season with the distinguished Asolo Repertory Theatre in Sarasota, Florida this winter. And I’m even more thrilled to share the list of plays, roles and directors: Philadelphia, Here I Come! by Brian Friel Role: Canon O’Byrne Director: Frank Galati The Grapes of Wrath by …
I posted a while back that I had a great time doing a shoot for a pithy little 15 second iPad app ad for Channel Thirteen, NYC’s local PBS station. I’m delighted to say that the ad is now running on Channel Thirteen at various times on various days. So if you’re watching Thirteen and …
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I was at an appointment-only commercial audition recently where I was reminded that there are still plenty of actors out there who are getting in their own way even before they set foot into the audition room. The audition was running late, and the monitor checking people in and collecting headshots had her hands full. …
United We Stand: I would like to offer a heartfelt Happy 100th Anniversary to AEA and all the people past and present who help keep it running strong. Thank you for protecting and promoting professional stage actors and stage managers in this country for a full century. Here’s to many more!
I’m happy to announce that the trailer is now available for the sitcom pilot Stool Pigeons, in which I play a clueless and abstemious Pastor who finds himself surrounded by hard-drinking oddballs: If you’d like to contribute to the Kickstarter campaign to help get the pilot post-production work done, please click here. (Although maybe this …
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This week, out of the blue, I received a lovely email: Andrew: we have seen many of your performances at Vermont Stage and we were wondering if there are any DVDs or tapes of any of your performances that we might purchase, such as The Foreigner. You have been a special gift to the Burlington …
I’ve identified some sort of trend in my casting. A couple of years ago, I played Pastor Manders in a production of Ibsen’s Ghosts. Last August, I filmed a scene as a subway preacher in the upcoming 2013 film Can A Song Save Your Life? with Mark Ruffalo. Then last December, I played the Ghost of …
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