Friday, March 9, 2012

Offerman/Mullally - Defiant Gets Some WTF Juice


My buddy Keith Ellis tipped me off to a LA podcast that had an interview with Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally. It was really nice to hear both of them talk about the business and their backgrounds in a genial, long form. There's some sweet history and analysis of the Chicago entertainment scene. 

And as a bonus, Nick goes into some good detail about Defiant Theatre, and they both mention Sci-fi Action Movie in Space Prison, which they both saw in 2001. You can watch the entire play (in 20 chapter chunks) here.


Nick also gives great insight to the unbelievable deluge of Ron Swanson fan art that's arisen in the past couple of years. 

This gem was found in an art gallery at Las Vegas' First Friday fest!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Springtime with Devils

This April and May, I will have the good fortune to tour once again with the Handsome Little Devils, the Denver-based, nouveau vaudevillian troupe, in their hit show Squirm Burpee. I spent the better part of November 2011 with them in New York and New Hampshire in this "vaudevillian melodrama". I've praised these folks before, more from afar, and was hoping one day to work with them. And luckily enough, I get to!

I play the lovably evil Baron Vegan Von Hamburger, one of four characters in this non-stop thrill-ride of juggling, swing dancing, and steampunk wet-dream!

It was a welcome return to actually recite lines again, something I haven't done for about 3-4 years. I've been mostly sticking to the physical stuff with Cirque du Soleil and Le Reve. Now, as the show's malcontented narrator, I have quite the mouthful of soliloquies to growl and sneer through. It's a lot of fun!

This April we'll be touring multiple cities in New Mexico, and then immediately following, we trek over to Cleveland, OH for a week of the International Children's Festival at the Playhouse Square.

If anybody is in either of these areas, please look me up and bring the family to the show!

The next challenge is mapping out summer plans! Stay tuned!

Monday, March 5, 2012

Pratfalls with JimmySlo

Just taught my first Comedic Pratfalls class. It was a one-on-one with Le Rêve wardrobe assistant, Rudy Uresti. I was pretty nervous that I wasn't going to fill two hours worth of useable, interesting content. But it turned out pretty good. I think I'm putting together a solid curriculum for a bigger class. I've always thought I SHOULD eventually try my hand at teaching, I just needed an extra boost to get the ball rolling, and I think this class was it.

In the Vegas area and want to learn how to fall down correctly, safely, and funnily? Give me a jiggle!

Not in the Vegas area and want to try your hand anyway? The next best thing would be to get the instructional video!