Things are indeed picking up here finally with a couple of auditions last week. I’m planning on attending some Equity open calls this week as well as setting up a mailing.
There has been renewed interest in re-mounting Hamlet this summer so that will be updated on later I am sure.
Brian is back from Sundance and has some new contacts so I look forward to speaking to him about his adventures.
This post is a long time coming but not due to lack of activity. On the contrary I have been amassing auditions this month and sending out headshots at a renewed fervor. Yesterday’s was for a new play over at NOLA studios and last week was a Coors Light commercial. A handful of other commercial auditions came over the holiday as well.
I had a lengthy dinner last night with my director from college Mervyn Willis and he gave me another welcome shot in the artistic arm. Looking forward to crashing some equity calls and attempting to get seen and thinking about finally paying into SAG.
Working my way through Skinner’s Speaking with Distinction as well.
In other news Bruce Sabbath from the Harbor Theatre is doing amazingly well in Company on Broadway and was also picked to participate in a year long series of Backstage articles. Congrats to him!
More to come…
A lot going on recently actingwise I am happy to report. I have an Off-Broadway audition tomorrow afternoon and then meeting with a Professional Artists agent.
Recent auditions for the Sopranos, Miller Lite and Syracuse University.
Spent some time at the Hamptons Film festival a few weekends ago and was able to connect with a few actors who I hold in high regard. Very exciting.
Posting new headshots soon up here as well, stay tuned.
Hamlet closed a couple weeks ago and was suprisingly well recieved.
The film shoot in Scranton of One Night in the Hills was a blast. Looking forward to seeing some of the hi-def rushes soon.
Been going out consistently with a Sprint, CSTV, and Bertoli Frozen foods auditions.
Back to submitting some headshots and finding some auditions.
Opening Night.
Here is the performance schedual for Hamlet.
Stella Adler Studio 2-B31 W. 27th Street, 2nd Floor
July 8th-8pm
July 9th-3pm
July 13th 14th 8pm
July 15th -3pm
July 18th-20th and 22nd -8pm
July 23rd-3pm
July 27th-29th 8pm
The show turned out well and I am looking forward to putting it up in front of an audience. The cast is pretty teriffic and has alot of cumulative Shakespeare expierence which is very helpful. Looking forward to tonight.
Hamlet is two weeks away. Rehearsals are going smoothly. Not only am I playing 3 roles (Laertes, Marcello, and Gildernstern) but I’ll be whipping out the violin for the play within a play scene.
Fight choreography is progressing and we are getting faster and faster with each runthrough.
Details on the show HERE
We are up and running Shortly After Takeoff as of last Saturday. A great opening night to a sold out house.
The reviews are already streaming in:
Quotes:
NYTheatre-
“The boys’ relationship feels completely real, due in no small part to the playing of Eric Shelley and Anthony Bagnetto as Ethan and Chip, respectively. Shelley, with a long list of credits, pulls off the very difficult task of convincing us that he’s a teenager, while Bagnetto gets the disagreeable sullenness of the college kid who hates being home for vacation when he could be somewhere—anywhere—else with his friends. The chemistry between the two young actors is palpable, too.”
Backstage-
“Two scenes show promise, both resisting the dysfunctional: the two warring brothers making peace, and Ethan tenderly comforting his girlfriend, Karen (Adelia Saunders), in a motel room.”
“All the performers do well”
In other news– I had an audition today for Spike TV.
We have begun rehearsals for Shortly After Takeoff this past Tuesday and I am really excited about the production. We have a large staff and have already been written up in Playbill. We have a very short rehearsal period so we are blocking fast and attempting to get off book ASAP. Tix are already on sale and we have a bunch pre-ordered even at this early date.
More frequent updates to come.