Shooting a New Film Role in NYC This Week With Mark Ruffalo!

I had a great Friday 13th–I was cast in a scene w/Mark Ruffalo in a new film directed by John Carney (“Once”). The cast also includes Keira Knightly, Adam Levine, and Hailee Steinfeld.  My scene shoots one day this week in NYC.   I also had a great audition for both Scrooge and Marley in a production of …

You Never Know Where I’ll Turn Up Next

I had to laugh the other day.  Well, I laugh at some point pretty much every day, but this was for a particular reason.  My friend Beth Hylton, a fellow UNC-Chapel Hill PATP graduate, and co-star in the recent Maltz Jupiter Theatre production of The 39 Steps, sent me an e-mail to let me know …

New Trailer for The Hunting of The Snark!

Here’s an adorable trailer for the upcoming claymation feature film inspired by Lewis Carroll’s immortal nonsense poem, The Hunting of the Snark.  It’s written and directed by Saranne Bensusan.  I’m not featured in this trailer, but I contributed the voice of the Judge to the Barrister’s Dream sequence.  After all, who could turn down an appearance …

The Violet Hour Opens Tonight!

“The Violet Hour” opens officially tonight! Don’t miss this remarkable play in its first NY revival. It’s a beautiful production and only runs through 3/25! I am thrilled to be working with such a superbly talented cast (John P Keller, Cheryl Freeman, Lincoln Thompson, and Heather Lee Harper) and director (Nathaniel Shaw) and stage manager …

The Violet Hour Begins Performances Tonight!

This is it!  Tonight is the first performance of The Active Theater’s production of Richard Greenberg’s amazing, surprising, and humane play The Violet Hour.  We open officially on Monday, 3/12, then run through 3/25.  Click the image on this post to see more information and to buy tickets.  I’m incredibly excited to be a part of …

New Cast Photo and Fundraising Video for The Violet Hour

Here’s a great photo of our five-person cast: Cheryl Freeman, John P. Keller, me, Lincoln Thompson, and Heather Lee Harper.  Not pictured are fabulous director Nathaniel Shaw and stalwart production stage manager Kerri J. Lynch. Click the photo to see a cute little fundraising video The Active Theater created for this production.  They asked us …

Get Your Tickets Now For The Violet Hour!

We have just finished Week Three of rehearsals.  I continue to be inspired by the job director Nathaniel Shaw is doing with shaping our production of Richard Greenberg’s beautiful play The Violet Hour.  It’s a very ambitious script, and it calls for all five characters to go through the emotional wringer in the course of …

The Violet Hour Rehearsals Are Looking Great!

I’m getting extremely excited about this production of The Violet Hour.  The more we explore Richard Greenberg’s dazzling and intricate play, the more funny, heartbreaking, and profound it seems to become.  This is a beautiful piece of writing that deserves to be a major hit.  And I have to say, this production is looking like …

Free Man Film Screened in LGBT Festivals Around the World

Back in 2010, I played a small role in an independent short film by Kathryn Rotondi entitled Free Man.  I appeared in the opening scene as a well-meaning Funeral Director who finds himself caught between a grieving mother and her late son’s partner in the planning of a memorial.  The script was beautifully written: simple, and powerful.  When …

First Look at the Living Skeleton Character I Voiced

I recently contributed my voice to an animated short film being created by the very talented writer/director/animator Alexandra Huzsvai.  The piece is called Majnun’s Dream Theater Shadow Show, and I play the role of The Living Skeleton, a mysterious character who appears before the heroine when things look bleak.  I’m delighted to be able to share …