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“…high on high points and low on narrative through-lines, A Christmas Carol is a perfect piece to chop to bits, which is essentially what Annex Theatre does with The Ebenezer Cycle. Five directors get five big, fat chunks of A Christmas Carol to adapt and direct, drawing from the same … Continue reading
ATF: A Burlesque is the vaudevillian story of a bunch of sick clowns who, armed with badges and clipboards, serve as vice agents for the omnipotent Oscar Amazing in his continuing efforts to master the market economy through taxation and mis-representation. As Oscar and his crew hungrily amass power and … Continue reading
An idiosyncratic labor of love, for Lorne is an homage to veteran character actress Marion Lorne, best known as the flighty and flummoxed Aunt Clara on TV’s Bewitched. Written and directed by Ed Hawkins, it follows the long and surprisingly distinguished career of the “Queen of Quirk.” This was my … Continue reading
My first professional acting gig right out of college. I got the audition because one of my acting professors knew the casting director, and pulled me aside one day before class and told me to call her immediately, and to be sure to mention his name. Sure enough, when I … Continue reading
I had a college internship at the local sketch comedy TV show “Almost Live!” Responsibilities included audience wrangling, assisting the assistant producer with set builds, and assisting the director of photography with location shoots. Other responsibilities included occasionally appearing on camera. This is the record store bit. I had the … Continue reading
My penultimate University of Washington School of Drama show. Written by Mark Jenkins and directed by Victor Pappas. I was an undergrad in a show focused primarily on graduate and local professional actors. Meaning: I had very little stage time. It was a four hour production, and at one point … Continue reading
