Today, we had our first run-through of Philadelphia, Here I Come! directed by the amazing Frank Galati, at Asolo Rep. This production is wonderful; funny, truthful, and utterly heartbreaking. Frank works so quietly, so unassumingly, and so openly. And the result is such an organic, richly-textured depiction of a rural Irish community that at three …
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Small World Department: I’m really excited about this bit of news: Once again, the magic of Lewis Carroll makes itself felt in surprising ways. As many of you know, I’m a big fan of Lewis Carroll, and even recently served for four years as President of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America. Currently, I …
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I’m very excited to announce that the full pilot for the Terminal B sitcom I worked on earlier this year is now available online! This project was a lot of fun, and I hope it will raise enough interest and funding to allow us to make at least a full season with these great characters. The new …
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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’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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