Today Aimée Davison posted on YouTube a documentary she did at the Occupy Wall Street protest in Lower Manhattan on October 30, 2011. I did the videography for the outing. Aimée was in town from Montreal for a presentation and we spent Sunday afternoon shooting in Zuccotti Park. We met some interesting people, captured some fascinating moments, and got a great inside look at the movement and movements of people.
Today I ran the 2011 ING New York City Marathon in 3:13:49.
This time is my second-fastest marathon to date.
You can read my story of my NYC Marathon experience in my running blog titled “O’er the Hills” »
Today Aimée Davison posted on YouTube a review of my manuscript titled Confessions of a Long-Form Improv Teacher. Aimée worked as a beta-reader for the manuscript as part of her ongoing project called One Hundred Jobs, and she posted this video review in completion of the job.
Feedback from beta-readers of my manuscript has been very positive. I will soon be seeking publishers for the manuscript. If you’re a publisher with interest in commercial publication of this book, […]
From June 23rd, to Sunday, June 26th, I played the role of Robert in the new Brenda Bell short play titled Play Date. Performances were at The Players Theatre as part of their Short Play & Musical Festival. The theme was “New York.”
We learned today that the play I was in was the winner for the third week of the festival. It was exciting to learn the show was so well received!
For more information on the Short Play & Musical Festival, visit http://www.shortplaynyc.com.
Recently, writer for Backstage Jessica Gardner interviewed me for an article on balancing the jobs of acting and standing in.
Titled “The Pros and Cons, Perks and Demands of Being a Stand-In,” the article came out this week and can be found in the newspaper version as well as the online version of Backstage.
To read the article, click here.
From tonight, June 9th, to Sunday, June 12th, I will be playing the role of Father in the new Robert Strozier short play titled The Divorce. Performances will be at The Players Theatre as part of their Short Play & Musical Festival.
For more information on the Short Play & Musical Festival: New York, visit http://www.shortplaynyc.com.
Just now coming out is a new essay of mine published in ETC: A Review of General Semantics, Volume 68, Number 2. The essay–titled “Introduction to ‘Difficulties in Learning to Apply General Semantics'”–is a companion piece to a transcript I edited of a recording of Alfred Korzybski from 1947. That transcript follows my introductory essay and had never before been published, essentially making for “new” Alfred Korzybski work over 61 years after his death.
You can download a copy of ETC 68:2 from the Institute of General Semantics website.
My role as the musical director in the new Steven Spielberg-produced television series Smash made it into the beginning of the trailer for the series. The trailer is playing on the NBC website.
Take a look below:
You can […]
Today I ran the 2011 Boston Marathon in 3:15:16.
This time qualified me for the Boston Marathon 2012.
You can read my story of my Boston Marathon experience in my running blog titled “O’er the Hills” »
Today I ran the Surf City USA Marathon in Huntington Beach, CA. I didn’t train for the marathon, but I finished it in 3:39:42. Not bad for no training!
My account of the race, plus photographs from the race, are posted in my running blog titled “O’er the Hills.” You can find the entry here.
This morning I ran in The Empire State Building Run-Up Preliminary Race. I finished in under 19 minutes.
For details on my experience, read my post in my running blog.
I just saw my Johnnie Walker commercial titled “Father-in-Law” that I shot on October 15, 2010. I remembered it after collecting a second check off of it!
Here it is. It seemed much more serious than I remembered shooting it, but it’s fun.