Taxi Brooklyn. Maybe actually seen in Brooklyn

Luc Besson's formerly French-only Brooklyn-based action/comedy has been recently been acquired by NBC and may possibly air this summer.  Based on Besson's Taxi franchise and produced by Gary Scott Thompson, I shared the day with the dynamic and very silly duo Jose Zuniga and James Colby. 

So somewhere around episode 11 you can watch me wrap up a crime scene in a terribly authoritative trench coat. But hopefully not the part where I accidentally threw my pen at the dead guy. 

Playing DETECTIVE JAMEE LANISTER. 

Happy Hour: Trailer

​A tough and beautiful short, directed by Gretl Claggett, based on her true story and poem, and narrated by Julianne Moore. 

Playing The Woman: The keeper of all these secrets. ​

The Vast Mystery of Who You Are

A Reading of Kim Yaged's new work, The Vast Mystery of Who You Are ​through IATI Theatre's Play Development Program, Cimientos. 

"...an irreverent, hard-hitting exploration of love via sex parties and philosophical sparring about the nature of relationships and death via the sudden passing of a family friend. The play might be considered a sexual romp because of its humor and boldness, but is also poignant and daring, unafraid of addressing provocative issues while not always coming down on the politically correct side of the conversation. The play’s Bravery stems from its ability to say what many of us are thinking but too embarrassed to say. Its Controversy spawns from the possibility these things are better left unspoken. And its hope is that by examining some of the ugly, weak places in ourselves we might confront our own vulnerabilities in order to learn how to better empathize with the vulnerabilities in others."

Act 1: German Tranny...

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TUESDAY February 26th, ​7:30 pm

ART/NY: 520 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018

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Big Apple Film Fest

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Two projects screening next month at the 9th Annual BAFF... First, on Saturday the 17th at Tribeca Cinemas, Nick Flint's BRIDGE:

"A suspense/thriller about the toxic relationship between a Manhattan executive, Gary, and his wife Meredith. Locked together in a downward spiral of lies and bitterness, Meredith is on the brink of suicide and Gary on the precipice of murder. When Gary's plans a weekend getaway to their house in the woods kill her, the last days of their relationship play out in a way neither expects ... and both may just get what they have been wishing for."

-Kind of just playing myself. Like a "Cameo" as one might call it...

And on Sunday the 18th as part of the Experimental Program, Judd Blaise's PATIENCE:

"A Cryptic arrangement of mundane objects lie scattered about abandoned shores, while shifting voices speak of unbuilt monuments, magical seas, and Napoleon's place in the history of solitaire. A game of memory, played with unexpected souvenirs, found footage projections, and multiple decks of cards."

-Vocal Narrator

We Are Nebeneinander. (We Are Side By Side)

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With the American Laboratory. Part exhibition, mostly devised theatre,  all James Joyce: a gallery event based on the text of Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man.

It's dense and ambitious and beautiful. Honestly, an exciting departure from traditional theatre-making.

Here's a blurb from NYTheatre:

"...language plucked from a classic novel (A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man) and dropped into the original story of three students. The project incorporates video footage of Princeton's pastoral campus and a cardboard installation exhibiting the themes of exile, escape, and exit. Through the use of video and scenic installation art, the audience is transported to Princeton University and immersed in the fragmented story of these youths: elite, New England, Ivy Leaguers incapable of speaking intimately to those they love most. At its core, The American Laboratory constructs innovative site-specific theatre for the Brooklyn art community."

Directed by Michael Stablein, we're being exhibited only four nights:  January 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th all at 8:00 at the Five Myles Gallery in Prospect Heights (558 St. John's Place, next to the Brooklyn Museum).*

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*Cocktails and conversation to follow at The Vanderbilt

Betrayal! Revenge!

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HAMLET! A staged reading at the American Globe Theatre, part of John Basil's  "What Makes Shakespeare Great" lecture series.

Directed by David Mold; Reading THE PLAYER QUEEN

Tuesday, December 7th at 7:30 pm

145 West 46th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10036

Fringe Festival

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Joining Endstation Theatre Company for Good Good Trouble on Bad Bad Island in the NYC Fringe Festival at the end of the month. They sum up:

Good Good Trouble follows the story of Rosa, a little girl who has mistakenly been delivered to Bad Bad Island in a package originally bound for Good Good Island. The islands inhabitants, the Bad Bads, must decide if they will throw her into the volcano or toss her into the sea. Finally agreeing to let their ruler, the Idol, decide, Rosa is beset by a series of impossible tasks. This wildly inventive adventure shows that sometimes family and good goodness can be found in the most unlikely of places.

Playing one of the Bad Bads: exotic, dangerous, uncivilized and childish.  You know, for the kids.

August 16th, 7:00pm . 18th, 4:30pm . 21st, 4:15 . 23rd, 12:30pm  . 28th 2:00pm

All performances at Robert Moss Theatre - 440 Lafayette St. (near Astor Place) NYC

Spectacle De Variétés

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Another Screening of The Bitter End: Elléphant presents Spectacle De Variétés: "An evening of dark, funny and strange short films. an eclectic hour long program of women filmmakers and video artists from the US and Europe that have collectively screened and exhibited at festivals and museums around the world including: Whitney Biennale, Sundance, New York Video Festival, World Wide Video Festival, Redcat Theater, Cinemateket, Locarno Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Festival. The program shows a broad spectrum of styles and subject matter from the experimental, dramatic narrative, fractured fairytales, social satire, and animation to the conceptual eco-doc"

Don't Miss it...

The Tank

Wednesday, March 3rd. 7:30 pm

Tickets $5.00 354 W. 45th St.