July 6, 2003 (Sunday)

Today I worked in Greenwich Village on the film 13 Going on 30, starring Jennifer Garner.

Nothing too interesting to report. I sat in the back of a cab; maybe the silhouette of my head will be seen.

 

 
July 7, 2003 (Monday)

Tonight I participated in the Pulse Ensemble Theatre's Playwright's Lab. I was a reader in two new plays.

 

 
July 14, 2003 (Monday)

This morning I got a call from Sonia Gluckman of Theater in a Trunk, Inc. She cast me in a short play she's directing in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival 2003.

I don't know the name of the play yet, but it involves a Jewish boy asking about wedding a non-Jewish girl. It sounds like a lovely script.

There is one performance: Friday, July 25th. More details will come via my email list--sign up via the link at the top to join!

 

 

The name of the play I'm doing in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival 2003 is A Good Constellation by Deborah S. Greenhut.


 

 
July 15, 2003 (Tuesday)

This morning I auditioned for Primary Stages. In attendance were Associate Artistic Director Tyler Marchant and Assistant to the Artistic Director Michelle Bossy.

 

 
July 16, 2003 (Wednesday)

This afternoon I met up with Ab Winsemius for an interview on digital video about my training for the NYC Marathon.

The interview and running footage he took will be used for a pitch to Dutch bank ING for several commercials. ING is the sponsor of this year's marathon, which I am entered in.

To monitor my marathon training, read my training blog at http://marathon.benhauck.com.

 

 
July 19, 2003 (Saturday)

This afternoon I auditioned for the autumn production of Evil Fantasy by Adam Mantell. Adam Mantell was in attendance.

I received a callback (dependent upon availability) at the end of my audition.

 

 
July 24, 2003 (Thursday)

I am performing this Friday, July 25th, in the premiere of Deborah S. Greenhut's short play A Good Constellation as a part of the Samuel French Annual Short Play Festival at the Chernuchin Theatre in Manhattan.

The play concerns a Jewish man's introducing his serious Gentile girlfriend to his parents. It is a lovely piece, and if the judges of the festival rate the play highly, it will have a second performance on August 3rd. My director, Sonia Gluckman, is confident it will move on.

Below are the details if you are interested in seeing it. It is a 10-minute play, and we are going up around 7:45.

A Good Constellation
A new play by Deborah S. Greenhut

with Ben Hauck*, Ian Pfister*, LinDel Sandlin*, and Robin Roy*

Directed by Sonia Gluckman
Associate Producer: Patrick Turner

Friday, July 25, 2003
7pm
(A Good Constellation is going up around 7:45pm)
Chernuchin Theatre, at the American Theatre of Actors
314 W. 54th St. (btw 8/9 Aves.), 2nd Floor
$15 (Equity Approved Showcase)
Reservations: (212) 769-7973

* denotes member of the Actors' Equity Association

ALSO . . .

"Dominance," the Law & Order: SVU episode I did earlier this year, playing victim Paul "Buzzy" Dumont, is replaying on the USA Network this Sunday, July 27th, at 11pm EST.

I appear in two consecutive scenes. First, I'm lying in a hospital bed at the top of a scene, a close shot of me with a bruised eye and living off a respirator. My head is bandaged. A neurosurgeon talks about how badly I'm hurt with the two detectives as I'm then banished to the background. The next scene I'm pictured on a bulletin board as the detectives try to piece together how I ... yes ... died.

I should have clips from the episode up on my website very shortly, in case you've missed it. For more information on my time on the set, click here.

 

 
July 25, 2003 (Friday)

Tonight I perform in A Good Constellation, a play by Deborah S. Greenhut as a part of the Samuel French Short Play Festival.

It starts at 7pm and the play goes up third, roughly 7:45pm. See the prior post for the details!

 

 
July 28, 2003 (Monday)

This morning I had an audition for a national Cover Girl commerical at Liz Lewis Casting Partners. In attendance was Casting Director Jaslyn Melichar.