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I just heard word that I’ve been granted a second performance date for performing an improvised sermon as The Reverend Raymond Nader as part of the Unscripted New York Improvised Theatre Festival.
An interview I did recently with Daniel Pearson just went live on doddleNEWS. Titled “Ben Hauck: Stand-Out Memories Of Standing In,” it covers not only my work as a stand-in and Stand-In Central, but also my work as an actor and author.
Check it out: “Ben Hauck: Stand-Out Memories Of Standing In”
This week I published the downloadable PDF ebook The Stand-In Handbook on Stand-In Central, a website that provides information and insight about the job of the television and film stand-in. I founded Stand-In Central and serve as its editor.
Co-authored with Sara DeRosa, The Stand-In Handbook culls articles from the Stand-In Central website into a portable document for easy study the night before a big stand-in gig. With over 34 chapters in 127 pages, there is no more complete resource on standing in than The Stand-In Handbook!
My book has a cover!
Long-Form Improv (Allworth Press) comes out circa September 1, 2012. Pre-order at a number of websites:
Minutes ago, two of my acting unions–the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA)–merged to become one labor union–SAG-AFTRA. I am not a member of SAG-AFTRA.
Over the past few months, I’ve been considering a total redesign of my website, Ben Hauck online. Here it is!
Since my focus is now exclusively on my acting career, I wanted to centralize my acting career on my website. I wanted to make it so that you could quickly and easily find out about my acting career and see some of my work. My other endeavors, like writing and general semantics, I’ve de-emphasized from this new version of the website. They are still here (or are in the process of being added), just less obvious. The only exception is the emphasis of my forthcoming book, which I’ve linked to in the menu. (Coming in September 2012!)
Some features that I think are really cool that you’ll see are the Photos and Videos galleries. They are sortable and animated and really quite snazzy. I still have a little bit of polishing to do inside each individual project mentioned, so please bear with me. Hopefully they “wow” you as they “wowed” me!
You’ll also notice the homepage. It has an incredible frontpage slideshow. Coming soon will be featured videos at the bottom of the homepage. Not to mention that, I’ll also be adding more and more video content, as I put more emphasis on video creations.
I still update my news blog regularly, so make sure you subscribe to it via RSS or else check back. In the meantime, if you need to get ahold of me, try me via my Contact page.
Thanks for checking out the new Ben Hauck online!
Cheers,
Ben Hauck
Commencing Tuesday, February 21st, 2012, and continuing until who-knows-when-exactly, I will be reconstructing Ben Hauck online to a fancier version of the site.
In the meantime, this will probably look a little like a mess. While I hope to be back up within a week, these things take time and we’ll just have to see.
Once I’m back live, I plan on updating my News Blog.
Thanks for visiting!
Cheers!
Ben
From February 16 to February 19, 2012, I will play the lead role of Mark opposite Olivia Mogul in the new Robert Strozier comedy titled The Wedding Night, directed by Aaron Simms. Performances will be at The Players Theatre as part of their Short Play & Musical Festival. The theme for this festival is “Sex.”
For more information on the Short Play & Musical Festival, visit http://www.shortplaynyc.com.