Trena Bolden Fields, actress, career coach, and the host of the Paid Actor radio show, invited me on her show, and I had a lovely chat with her about many of the topics covered in my recent article on MN Playlist. Namely, acting and getting paid for it.
Andy Schnabel as Crazyface
Crazyface Trailer is LIVE!
in theater
The trailer for Crazyface has gone live, and it's great! (WARNING: Contains scary clowns and an angel reading porn) Check it out here
Apparently Clive Barker (@RealCliveBarker) gave us a retweet when it went live! Follow him on Twitter
Crazy Talk
in theater
Announcement: I have just recently started rehearsals for Crazyface with Shadow Horse Theater. This fun show, written by none other than Clive Barker, will run July 10-26th at Nimbus Theatre in Minneapolis.
I think they cast all of Minneapolis in this show...
The cast includes Andy Schnabel as Crazyface, as well as Derek Meyer, Matt Saxe, Megan Noel Johnson, Corey Ryan Boe, Derek Dirlam, Fawn Wilderson-Legros, Matt Kelly, Angela Walberg, Audrey Callerstrom, Ethan Bjelland, David Otto Simanek, Jay Kistler, Shana Eisenberg, Ilana Kapra, Earl Milton, Joel Raney, Jane Hammill-Golembeck and Joe Heaney.
Director: Paul von Stoetzel
More info to come!
*Note: I saw this show when Mary Worth Theatre did it over 10 years ago, and I loved it so much I saw it twice. I can only hope that we can match even half the brilliance of their amazing production. We definitely have some large theatrical clown shoes to fill with this one!
Doctored Up
As an actor, one thing the majority of actors rarely talks about is the survival job. We'd usually rather pretend that our serving/admin/telemarketing/bankteller/receptionist job or other menial servitude doesn't exist.
Well, I have four.
One of my survival jobs for the past three years has been working as a standardized patient, or in layperson's terms, I play pretend and use my acting skills for medical school, vet school, dental school and law school simulations for the betterment of our country's future lawyers and medical professionals. It's a really fun job most of the time. I have given birth to water-filled rubber babies, I have been a bank executive, I have been a pregnant teen smoker... Always a fun new challenge.
I have been doing a lot of these lately, and this week I have had three full physicals a day. I'm happy to say that the first year medical students say I'm healthy, but then again, they don't always phrase things in a way that's entirely appropriate. And some things, taken out of context, can sound downright dirty.
So, I present to you:
"Ten Things I've Heard As A Standardized Patient That Sound Extremely Dirty)"
1. I'm just going to come from around the back.
2. Nice vasculature!
3. Can you turn around and bend forward?
4. I just have to get under your pantyline.
5. You have a really great optic disc.
6. I'm going to stick my hand in your mouth.
7. This is everyone's least favorite part. (Pulls on rubber gloves)
8. You have a strong femoral pulse.
9. I'll give you something to swallow.
And, my personal favorite:
10. Close your eyes. I'm just going to rub this on you, and you tell me where you feel it.
The Giant Spider Playing This Week at the Riverview Theater!
in film
Did you miss The Giant Spider at one of its other screenings? There's a fun event this week at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis, and you can catch the film there!
Check it out below!
We will be holding the first official Uncle John's Burger Dog launch party at 7:00 PM on Thursday, March 13th at the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis, MN!
This event is open to the public and all attendees will be treated to Uncle John's Burger Dogs served by the "Burger Dog girls" and a free screening of the award-winning Mihmiverse film which served as the inspiration for the Uncle John's Burger Dog, "The Giant Spider!" We will also be selling frozen packages of Uncle John's Burger Dogs at the event!
Advance tickets are now available! Tickets are $7 each and include admission to the event and one (1) food ticket to receive a single Uncle John's Burger Dog (bun and condiments included)!
AND, as a special deal only available through the Uncle John's Burger Dog website, for an additional $3, you can pre-order an extra food ticket which can be redeemed for a second Uncle John's Burger Dog at the event!
For more information or to puchase advance tickets, visit unclejohnsburgerdog.com!
OHMYGODIFINALLYHAVEANEWWEBSITEGUYS!
I'm excited, can you tell?
I'm looking forward to this fresh start, having a nice clean new space to share things...thoughts on theatre and film and performance in general, and perhaps occasionally on marketing for the arts...the work I'm doing and that I've got coming up...silly pictures of me being goofy...whatever!
The new site means that I've moved into a brave new world where people like me, who don't spend as much time on their computers as they do on their portable Apple products, will be able to see my website! No more Flash animations!