It’s all happening so fast! Here we are at opening night already. We’ll do a few last-minute tweaks this afternoon, then the performance, and after that a grand party at a local restaurant. Our preview audiences have been wonderful, and we can’t wait to be officially up and running! It’s too bad the run is …
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The 39 Steps Opens Thursday November 3rd
Wow, this rehearsal period has flown by! It feels like I just stepped off the plane in sunny Florida the other day, and yet last night we gave our first preview performance of The 39 Steps. It went very well indeed, and we’re looking forward to putting the show in front of more audiences this …
A Lear Review on Free Shakespeare Site
I just came across a very interesting site called playshakespeare.com, which is a free resource offering online texts of all of William Shakespeare’s plays, as well as reviews of theatrical productions, an online community, research materials, the inevitable Bard-related shopping, and more. It’s an ambitious site, so it’s going to take me a while to look …
Come See Me in The 39 Steps at the Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Florida This November!
Okay. I’m super excited. First The Smurfs and now this! My agent Renée and her associate Joe called from About Artists this afternoon to tell me I’ve landed one of the two Clown roles in the Maltz Jupiter Theatre’s upcoming production of the hit Hitchcock spy spoof, The 39 Steps! I’ve been dying to do …
Vermont Stage Bids Fond Farewell to Artistic Director Mark Nash
After a decade of serving the Burlington community with an endlessly varied and ambitious array of theatrical productions, Artistic Director Mark Nash has decided it’s time for him to move on and try something new. Mark has hired me for a number of productions over the last decade, so when he called to invite me …
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February 2010
I had a number of good auditions this month, and a number of callbacks from those. No bookings, but great feedback, and so I press on! I also did more Lewis Carroll-related interviews in anticipation of the March release of the Tim Burton “Alice” film sequel. Interviews included a recorded interview for NPR, and a …
September 2009
A Vermont Stage Gala! Vermont Stage Company invited me to take part in their 10th Anniversary Gala. I was honored. I presented scenes from our huge VSC hit productions of The Foreigner and King Lear, and helped narrate the entire evening, alongside Artistic Director Mark Nash, and his wife and Associate Artistic Director, Kathryn Blume. …
August 2009
Busy, Busy, Busy! The outdoor NYC parks production of King Lear was a great success in June and July, despite the record rainfalls. The audiences at both Central Park and Battery Park were brave and wonderful. The cast and crew were as nice a bunch of people as I could ever hope to meet. And …
May 2009
King Lear in NYC parks, and a short film, too! I’ve been cast as the Fool in my second production of King Lear with my friend Donald Grody as the titular monarch. This time, it’s for the New York Classical Theatre Company here in NYC, whose mission is to provide free professional classical theatre to …
May 2008
King Lear Ruled! I’m thrilled that our production of King Lear at Vermont Stage was a massive hit with both critics and audience members. The production starred Broadway veteran Donald Grody as the tragic title character. The entire production was beautifully cast, designed and directed, and the live percussion soundscape took the production to a …