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Winter Film Awards 2021 ... in early autumn!

10/6/2021

 
This fall, due to a pandemic postponement, we held the long awaited Winter Film Awards International Film Festival. The 2021 WFA festival ran from Oct 23 - Nov 2 with screenings once again at Cinema Village, and also included free education sessions, Q&A panels, and giveaways. The staff, made up of volunteers such as myself, pulled off yet another one, making it a successful 10th annual WFA!


photo credit: Fernando Camacho  
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"BLOOD/SWEAT/TEARS" reading both streaming and in-person!

8/17/2021

 
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Here's a smart, really neat, new work from my pal, Ali Keller (writer, lyricist), and Emily Rose Simons (composer, sound designer), under the direction of Rebecca Aparicio. 

In perhaps the simplest terms, the play follows Ginny, a bookwriter and lyricist, through her arduous endeavor of adjusting her script for approval ... a script that happens to be a musical ... about the making of a horror movie, in which yours truly plays the murderous, sadistic Santa Claus! 

It's a unique pleasure to be involved in this reading at The Tank, as it is my first time back onstage since the pandemic's onset. I am immensely grateful.

Wednesday, August 18 at 7pm
​streaming and in-person
​TICKET INFO

Zero Issue Q&A at 2021 GeekFestToronto!

2/14/2021

 

​​Had a great time in the GeekFestToronto Q&A talking about our superhero mockumentary,  Zero Issue, with my pals: Ali Keller (producer), Jim Fagan (director), and Adam Harum (VFX).
We streamed on Facebook Live HERE! 
We come in at 00:31:05.

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UPDATE: 
Congrats to the whole gang for being awarded Best Mockumentary! Special kudos to Adam for Best VFX!

Secret Identity July 3 benefit reading!

7/6/2020

 
It was a blast to play the superhuman Paladin again in Chris Wiekel's Secret Identity! Organized by TOSOS and A Star Is Bored podcast, and directed by Mark FInley, we did a Facebook Live reading to benefit The Okra Project and ended up raising over $300 to support Black Trans people in need!

Here's a nice little publicity piece from Broadway World!
Note on article: Antwayn Hooper's role of Guise was read by Keno Golaub.
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April 25th, 2020

4/25/2020

 
I'm SUPER excited to share the short film Zero Issue from New York Picture Company with the world! It was a pleasure to be a part of the HERCULEAN effort, and I hope you enjoy it! 

NYICFF 2020 Screenings

3/19/2020

 

​It was a pleasure to help out at this year's New York International Children's Film Festival! While the Covid-19 pandemic put a damper on the final weekend of screenings, the previous weekends were hits!

​I'm grateful that--amid wafts of buttery popcorn--I got to see smiling faces on so many kids, excited about their trip to the movies.
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Winter Film Awards 2020

3/3/2020

 
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This winter, I joined the Winter Film Awards team. The 2020 WFA festival ran from Feb 20 - 29, and featured a variety of films from around the world, in addition to free educational discussion panels and workshops right in the heart of New York City. It was a pleasure being involved so extensively in the preparation and production of this celebration of diverse and independent filmmaking.

I Loved Volunteering at Imagine This Women's International Film Festival!

11/24/2019

 
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This November, I had a great experience volunteering for ITWIFF, and was exposed to excellent screen works by women from all over the world. I even had the surprise pleasure of stepping in to read for ITWIFF's Inaugural Screenwriting Competition and Live Reading at Firelight Studio in Brooklyn.

Here I am with fellow actor, Robert Resnikoff.
Photo credit: Millie Gillana

The Blacklist S6E20 has aired!

5/6/2019

 
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See some of my work in the episode below!
​Thanks to stunt man, Mark Pettograsso, for taking the bullet for me! 
Here's a longer version with all of my scenes cut together: 

ZERO ISSUE Teaser Trailer Released!!!

2/7/2019

 
In the spirit of staying SUPER, here's the ZERO ISSUE Teaser Trailer from my funny friends at New York Picture Company!

You'll see me as the ancient "OG" super hero, Hercules, among many other supers vying for the coveted $50 Wild Wings gift card.
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