hotINK 2008 - I'm Directing!

Every year NYU's Tisch School of the Arts sponsors a playwright festival every year and hosts staged readings of plays from all over the world. This year I've been asked to direct the only screenplay that will be read during this year's festival. I'm really excited because in my awesome cast are two movie (& Broadway) stars. Ashlie Atkinson, who played Theresa on "Rescue Me" and starred on Broadway in "Fat Pig" and "The Ritz" and Cody Hanford, who played Flounder in "The Little Mermaid" on Boradway and stars opposite Dakota Fanning in "Hounddog." The name of the screenplay we're reading is "My Dog Trash Can" written by Peitz Peterson, which will start at 7:30pm at the Tisch School. I hope to see some of you there.

Getting LOST during the writer's strike

So with the writer's strike continuing for God knows how long, no new shows of worth starting mid season, and Galactica's season premiere being pushed back to April, I've finally decided to "crash" into that mysterious island in the South Pacific. No, I'm not talking about Gilligan's Island, but close. I have officially started watching LOST. I've already watched the first 3 seasons and it only took me 2 weeks. Now I'm ready for the season premiere. And jumping polar bears, it should be good.

Namaste.

Success!

So I got a phone call today and was officially offered the Production Coordinator position with Stonestreet Studios. I'll be responsible for coordinator schedules, interviewing and hiring crew, and basically producing The 47th Floor web series and five short films.

This is the musical that goes like this.

Just got back from seeing Spamalot! Great show. Most of the first act I was thinking, "Ok, this is pretty good. At least for Broadway" while Arthur was assembling his team round Knights. Sorry, Knights of the Round Table. Then Arthur and his Knights arrived at the French Castle. Holy Merde! The show just took off and I was in stitches for the rest of act one and all of act two. I was very familiar with the music so I easily got into the show. The best part was the message of the show and how they involved the audience. I love it when a good show breaks the 4th wall.