Winding down...

My several month run is winding down.
This stretch of work for this length of time is what we actors dream of.
But alas, all good things come to an end.
Small Talk has closed. The houses not only grew, but just got better and better throughout the run. As did the run itself - getting deeper and deeper into these eloquent, short plays.
Many came more than once, and complimented the growth of the show.

I'm 2/3's finished my role in A Guy Named Rick. My last and final day of shooting will be in November: a boxing scene - so I'll need to get in shape for that.

Law and Order: SVU is in the can. Airs Wednesday, October 19th. 10/9c

So for right now, it's just teaching. Which is great. My classes seem to be going well; good students, and I'm getting better at it, it feels.

Another ray of hope is that Small Talk is very likely to have another incarnation in the new year. This is a project that is just getting better and better as we work it more. Response was terrific, and we're hoping to find some $$ to make it a full production. I'm hopeful.

on set...

Loving the busy-ness.

Shot my Law and Order: SVU the other day - went well.
Whenever a co-star, it's good to NOT be a problem: know your lines, get your blocking, do your job.
My scene was with Kelly Giddish and Ice-T (very cool, very chill, crackin jokes the whole time). Apparently, it is also a bit of comic relief. Yes, it furthers the plot, but it should garner a laugh or two - at my character's expense, nonetheless. It takes place in a bar, at a halloween party, and my outfit? ooh - tune in and see.
It's a whole scene, just me and the two cops.
NBC - Wednesday, October 19th.
Tune in!

Today, I'm on set for A Guy Named Rick, an Indie I am now working on. I'm playing an interesting part. Not a normal role for me - but fun. More credits, more footage.
And, I still have Small Talk continuing this weekend and through the next.

It's so cool to be working this steadily. I hope it continues...

On another note, my dear Aunt Joan (my mother's youngest sister) passed away from Pancreatic Cancer last week. The funeral is tomorrow. I will head to PA early in the AM, go to the funeral, spend time with the family (extended), then head up to Rider to teach in the evening.
While it will be nice to see the family, it is sad that it surrounds such an occasion.
She is at peace, and is no longer suffering.

It's Deja vu all over again.

What a difference a week makes!

I closed one show last week, opened another yesterday, and...
I booked my first Law & Order:SVU! I feel like an official New York Actor, now.

I've gotten into the groove of teaching this semester (3 classes!), and I've been auditioning like crazy lately.

I cannot complain - at all. I am very fortunate

It amazes me how things can change in a moment. One week ago, I was completing a very challenging show within a challenging environment; and this week, I opened a show allowing me to work again with my good friend and mentor, Eric Michael Gillett. I am so excited to be a part of Small Talk, the show I did earlier this summer in Montréal.

Aside from myself and one other actor, it's a new cast, with two added pieces, and more in tune with Eric Michael's vision. We opened last night and the reception was tremendous. 

There is even hope of this show having a life beyond this run. That would be just fine by me! I am fortunate enough to be in four of the eight pieces (3 of which I did in Montréal). The cast is great; we have a terrific ensemble. 

Come and check it out! I am proud of this show.

I shoot Law & Order this friday...so excited!

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(caveat - while this movie contains no nudity, it's not for the faint of heart)

Enjoy...

Aftermath

Woke up this morning after being serenaded to sleep (not sound) by steady, pelting rains and blustering winds with 68-80 mph gusts. While we have our electricity, and sewage system seems to still work, Chester County was hit by the most severe path of the Hurricane. Our house is OK; however, we are surrounded by floods, and power outages throughout the county.

My 1st hurricane. The name "Irene" will forever now have special meaning for me.

The rain has significantly subsided, but the wind is still steamrolling through the area; broken trees and limbs litter the yards, the already over-saturated ground is covered with newly formed "ponds" and "swamps."

At my parents home, where I located myself during the hurricane, there is a giant sycamore tree in the front yard that has been in a steady state of deterioration over the years. Looking at the tree, one can easily see decay of the interior that can be tracked down to the root system. This tree was the source of my unease during this entire event. Between the decomposition of the base of this tree, coupled with the over-saturation of the ground, add to that hurricane winds - I was (still am at this time) expecting this thing to come down. The cherry on that sundae is that the source of the decay is pointed directly towards the house.
Said another way, when that thing falls - it will do so ON the house.

Bullet dodged...for now.

Our TECH rehearsals were cancelled this weekend for "Midsummer." It is a huge show, with many elements that have yet to be worked out. A great deal of time has already been lost due to Irene. Personally, I am uncertain about my being able to get to New Brunswick by tomorrow, let alone Tuesday. Chester County is flooded at this time and it will take at least a day or two for the roads to be drivable. And we are NOT along a river, nor within a major flood plain. I can only imagine what New Brunswick is like right now as it is bordered by the Raritan River.
One preview has already been cancelled.
I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Keeping my fingers crossed that I will come home to an intact apartment in Jersey City.

Irene...

So those plans went out the window!

New Brunswick is shut down, TECH/Rehearsals are cancelled through the weekend.
So, now I'm at the parent's place in PA, which actually feels OK, considering. Best to be with family during this - I feel better knowing I can be there for them if anything should happen (unlikely, but...who knows?).
Left the apartment clean, dismantled computer, TV, etc.

Keep you posted...

Here's to you, Murphy...

"Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong."
Like the the production needed any more obstacles...in an effort to not be one of those, I have booked a hotel in New Brunswick. We start TECH this weekend (with any hope).
But, alas - meet Irene.

It appears the New York Metropolitan Area is in direct line to be hit by this agitated lady. The first time in recent history. "Hell hath no fury..."

Since I have a heavy work load scheduled for the show, and I happen to live in a flood plain; I figure I'd rather be "stranded" (flooding) where I need to work, rather than live.

Let's keep our fingers crossed for all those ounces of prevention.

I've never been through a hurricane before - new territory for me.

Jesus! We had an earthquake earlier in the week, now this?!

Maybe the Mayans are right...?