Happy Mother’s Day, Internet!
I am very excited to announce that I will be playing Mercutio in Vermont Shakespeare Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” this summer. This will be my fourth consecutive summer season with Vermont Shakespeare Company and I couldn’t be more happy to be returning.
For more information please click here.
Mazel Tov, Internet!
Just wanted to send a big congratulations to the cast and crew of the original Off-Broadway production of “The Lightning Thief”, which was nominated today for the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical. I am honored to currently be touring this show around the country.
Nice to Meet You, Internet!
Greetings from Chicago. I am on the road with Theatreworks/USA’s musical “The Lightning Thief”. The show was directed by Nick Saldivar, our choreographer was Chloe Treat, our fight director was Turner Smith, and our music director was Rob Rokicki (also the show’s composer). For more information about the show and its creators, please click here.
Bienvenue, Internet!
I am writing to you from the road. I am currently on tour with Theatreworks/USA’s musical “The Lightning Thief”. I play an assortment of gods, monsters, and imposing authority figures including Hades, Poseidon, and a very angry cyclops. We will be visiting 23 states in the coming months! To see if we are visiting a town near you please click here.
Good Fortune, Internet!
I am very excited to announce that I am currently in rehearsal for “The Lightning Thief”, a rock musical that will be touring through the country this year through Theatreworks/USA. The show is based on the novel by Rick Riordan (the first in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series), with a book by Joe Tracz and music and lyrics by the brilliant Rob Rokicki.
For more information about “The Lightning Thief” please click here.
A Very Happy Near Year, Internet!
Another year has come and gone. As we enter 2015, I just wanted to take a moment to reflect on the many wondrous dramatic adventures I have been privileged to be a part of in the past twelve months. My solo theater piece, Hamlet: A One Man Show was produced in two different states. I toured “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” through the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. I returned to Vermont Shakespeare Company for the third consecutive Summer. And I had the great fortune this Fall to collaborate with two fantastic international arts organizations: The Old Vic Theatre in London for a week of Classical Acting Masterclasses, and the Guggenheim Museum for Wang Jianwei’s multimedia art installation “Time Temple”.
I am so very grateful for all of these wonderful and diverse opportunities.
My love and thanks to Museum Hack, the Barrow Street Theatre, the TRUF, the Chain Theatre, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, Central Works Theater, Vermont Shakespeare Company, the Last Days of Folly Festival, the Old Vic, and the Guggenheim Museum for being my artistic homes in 2014.
I look forward to the challenges and surprises of 2015.
Gobble Gobble, Internet!
Happy Thanksgiving!
I recently took part in an industry reading of a new play by Argia Coppola.
I am also once again teaching workshops for Broadway.com’s Broadway Classroom Series. Topics include “Broadway 101” and “Acting Shakespeare”. For more information on the workshops, please click here.
Trick or Treat, Internet!
Happy Halloween!
Last week I got to participate in a unique multimedia performance event at the Guggenheim Museum here in New York City. I was an orator in “Spiral Ramp Library”, the performance component of a new exhibition called “Time Temple” by renowned Chinese artist Wang Jianwei. It was exhilarating to perform in Frank Lloyd Wright’s beautiful rotunda, and a true pleasure to work with the genius Wang Jianwei and the Guggenheim staff.
Click here for a video about the creation and performance of this piece, which will now be a part of the Guggenheim Museum’s permanent collection.
You’re Looking Good, Internet!
I recently had the good fortune to be selected to take part in Bloomingdale’s Classics Week. Last week I was a student in a week of masterclasses put on by the Old Vic Theatre from London as part of its Old Vic New Voices program. Since the Old Vic is currently presenting “Electra”, all the classes were concentrated on the Greek and Roman canon and the unique challenges of acting those classical texts. We had the great fortune to work with the brilliant (and triple Olivier award-winning) actress Clare Higgins, who is currently appearing in “A Delicate Balance” on Broadway, as well as the fantastic director Ian Rickson, who is currently directing Jez Butterworth’s “The River” on Broadway. It was a spectacular, inspiring educational experience. My deepest thanks to the teachers and the Old Vic staff for making it possible.
Nice to meet you, Internet!
After eight months of performing Shakespeare, I had a complete and wonderful departure last week when I performed in an experimental art installation in Madison Square Park here in New York City. I was part of a moving sculpture created by the brilliant Molly Lowe, with whom I collaborated last year on “Hands Off”. This new piece was part of Rachel Feinstein’s “The Last Days of Folly”, a whimsical festival of outdoor performance, music, and dance (which featured many other awesome visual and performing artists, including Sofia Coppola).