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I have a new reel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZCgCr7Gmww

My episode of Mysteries at the Museum is showing again on the Travel Channel on 9/4/16 at 9 am or can be viewed online at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCWC8GHVvLI

I performed with the improv team “Spooky Doings” 8/5/16 

I’ve been to several improv classes and quite a few improv mixers, including Camp Magnet in June.

Other Performances:

Vincent Price's rap from Michael Jackson's "Thriller" at The SetNYC, d Pim Shih Music & Film Show 160709

Beatrix, in "Amalgam II" film by Carlo Labrador

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Naturally, my most exciting performances I'm not allowed to talk about.  But I hope to be on some more TV shows soon.

2015 Updates

I put my latest updates on this blog:

Latest Updates

The present writing is material deleted from the updates blog as relating to a prior year.  I'm doing this so that my updates blog will be decluttered.  If you've been keeping up with my updates blog, you won't need to read this stuff again.

News From 2015:

Performances:

• "Grandmother" in "The Visitor" d Katya O'Brien 12/10/15 stills from this movie are available on my blog at Stills from The Visitor  This movie involved acting in the Russian Language and with a Russian accent.
• "Steam Punk Murder Mystery" Suspect 11/20/15 -- fundraiser for http://www.bowery.org/
• "Fear," AA member, d. Devon Talbott 10/22/15
• "Banker Madness" Banker, d Rick Kariolic 10/14/15
• "Helena, Happy" Ghost d. Alejandro Cervantes 10/8/15
• "All the Wishes" Bar Patron d: Robbie Anderson 9/15-6/2015
• Randolph Mountain Club Charades 2015
• Played "Anne Isa Berg" in "A Sinking Ship," d Daniel Ahrens, The PIT Theater; 7/29, 8pm; sang my original song Villain Song; Photos from the show
• Team "Whatever You Want," Improv Comedy, UCB East 7/6/15 d Erik Tanouye
• Stepmother (Greta Snaggle-Bones) in Cinderella, AlphaNYC, 6/27-28/15  d Elizabeth Ann Figols Cinderella photos
• Scene #390 out of 1000 in Morgan Phillips 1000 Scenes project https://youtu.be/BzW78xn-eLM
• Viper St. Cloud in "Angel in the Woods" 8p.m. 6/24/15 d. Daniel Ahrens -- I also wrote part of the show
• Gallery Client, in short movie "Vandal" d Felipe Vara de Rey 6/23/15
• Improv: team "Beaker Boy" UCB East, d. Eric Tanouye 6/10/15
• Improv: team "This is the Way the Lady Rides" UCB East, d. Eric Tanouye 6/8/15
• Told a story in https://www.facebook.com/events/840674829302522/ 5/27/15 "The End," d. Daniel Ahrens
• Team "Krumpcakes" d. D. Siegel UCB East 5/17/15
• The Cabaret Showdown, "Rainbow Connection," d Mark McDaniels -- comedy singing contest
• Story Telling, "The Birth of my Second Child," The Magnet Theater Studio. Here is a link to a video of my performance The Birth of My Second Child.  This is not a professional video. It's a home video and from a not so flattering angle, but still conveys the story. Thanks to Brad Benson for providing it.
• Team, "The Zippers", QSIC, musical improv comedy
• The Cabaret Showdown, "Weird Science" d Mark McDaniels -- comedy singing contest
• Team "Expecto Patronum" d Ryan Dunkin, Frank Spitznagel, Jon Bander; The Magnet Theater Studio -- musical improv comedy
• Ongoing: appearing frequently at musical and regular improv comedy mixers/jams at The Magnet Theater, The PIT, QSIC, UCB -- trying to make sure I get on stage at least once a week at such shows.  A friend made a home video on his cell phone of one of my appearances at QSIC. This is not a professional video, but if you want to see it, click here. Thanks to Tim Layman for this video. On stage at the Magnet Theater 1/27/15 photos thanks to Pillow Talk. On stage at the Magnet Theater 4/16/15 photo again thanks to Tim Layman. Onstage 7/2/15 at Magnet Theater with Sean Taylor of Junior Varsity, again courtesy of Tim Layman. Another photo at the Magnet Theater still courtesy of Tim Layman

Performance related courses:

• Alba Technique, introductory sequence, Patricia Angelin http://www.albatechnique.com/
• Demo Reel, Actors' Access, Tony Nation and Michael Cerisano
• Special Effects with Peter McNerny at The Magnet Theater 10/29/15-11/19/15 class photo
• Musical improv practice group with Dan Reitz and Eric Gerson organized by Charone Frankel
• Auditioning for commercials with  Scott Wojcik at Paul Michael's The Network 10/20/15-11/3/15
• Musical Improv Workshop with Rebecca Vigil and Dan Reitz 11/7/15
• "Hip Hop Improv" with Doug Widick and Kaila Mullady at The Magnet Theater 10/18/15
• "Truth in Musical Improv" with Travis Charles Ploeger at The Magnet Theater 10/18/15
• participated in Post UCB 401 practice group with Chris Griswold
• "Indie Intensive" with Angela Mickey via Paul Michael's The Network 8/31/15
• "Embracing Musical Tropes," with Nikita Burdein at the Magnet Training Center 8/1/15
• Harley Kaplan, NYC Castings, 7/7-14/15
• Wynn Handman Studio April - June 2015; What I worked on in this class;'Wynn Handman class photo; Recent interview with Wynn Handman
• UCB 401 with Eric Tanouye
• Camp Magnet 2015 video of Camp Magnet 2015 (I'm at 0:39) Me onstage at Camp Magnet
• UCB 301, with David Siegel
• Ear Training II, WCC with Jeremy Goldsmith
• The Musicality of Musical Improv, with Rebecca Vigil & Dan Reitz;  class photo
• Scenework in Musical Improv with Woody Fu at The Magnet Theater
• Commercials with Rebecca Yarsin, Paul Michael's The Network/TVI
• "Facing Your Improv Fears" at The Magnet Theater with Caitlin Steitzer
• Story Telling with Adam Wade -- started in 2014 and ended in 2015
• retook Musical Improv Level II at The Magnet Theater with Ryan Dunkin, Frank Spitznagel and Jon Bander (started in 2014 & ended in 2015)

Legal Courses

• "Nuts and Bolts of Marketing Your Practice," NYIPLA 11/10/15
• ENYIPLA “Global Patent Licensing – Some Random Observations and Strange Business Concepts” Presentation by  Richard Ludwin, Esq 10/22/15
• Copyright Outside the Box 10/2/15 at Columbia Law School
• JPPCLE 5/12/15 Marriott Marquis, NYC
• CLE on copyright law in music with IIPS

Other:

• Attended Barschall/Haeberli Symposium at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, commemorating my father.
• Calligraphy examples and more calligraphy examples (some from earlier)

Links to my various online profiles

ongoing updates blog

Spooky Doings photos 160805 -- Team Leprechaun

Stills from "The Visitor"

This short movie, in Russian & English, was created & directed by Katya O'Brian.