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This blog is an opportunity for my wife and I to promote ourselves as an acting duo. We are proud members of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional actors, grateful to our producers and audiences for decades of work in theatre.
We've had many wonderful opportunities to appear together onstage both in the United States and Germany, from straight plays like Brighton Beach Memoirs, to cabarets and musicals, appearing as Golde and Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof".We've been especially privileged to appear together in productions of "The Guys," and it was this experience that inspired us to create this blog and to explore the possibility of mounting this show in schools and for civic groups.
So many actors work so infrequently, the plot of successes and rejections is a drama in itself. We invite you to follow our progress on this blog. Wish us luck!
If you can help us on our quest, let us know. If we can help you, let us know. These are hard times for most of us, and we need each other.
Monday, February 23, 2009
Friday, February 20, 2009
Multiple Auditions
My wife and I audition frequently. We have yet to audition together—meaning going in together to audition as a couple for two available roles at once.
We are considering whether or not this is a good idea, and under what circumstances it might just work to our mutual advantage.
We are considering whether or not this is a good idea, and under what circumstances it might just work to our mutual advantage.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Making a Commitment
One of the challenges of marketing is the fact that you want people to sign up for your services but you can’t be two places at one time.
I have an opportunity in August. Should I cultivate it, or leave my calendar open for a more lucrative or more otherwise appealing offer?
Nothing is more frustrating than scheduling conflicts.
I have an opportunity in August. Should I cultivate it, or leave my calendar open for a more lucrative or more otherwise appealing offer?
Nothing is more frustrating than scheduling conflicts.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
An Entry Each Day?
It’s a challenge to have something to write here every business day because plenty of business days go by without any significant news on the two-for-the-show front.
Part of the problem (if it is one) is that this blog is not a conversation as much as others are, but more like a log of events that may offer insight into our progress mounting shows as a duo. Until we have more duo gigs, there won’t be much to report.
Wish us luck.
Part of the problem (if it is one) is that this blog is not a conversation as much as others are, but more like a log of events that may offer insight into our progress mounting shows as a duo. Until we have more duo gigs, there won’t be much to report.
Wish us luck.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Solo
Judy and I each have our own one-person show we play in our head. Someday they'll play on a stage.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tipping Point
Not today, but one day there'll be a tipping point, a point past which Judy and I will take our show(s) on the road. Each day brings us closer to that point.
Friday, February 13, 2009
Be Original
Writing an original show is always an option. I had good luck with original shows for schools years ago. An original show allows you to tailor an educational program for ocassions, the age and interests of your audience. It's also my passion, to write shows.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Who's Out There?
One place to start is to assess who’s out there doing the same thing, especially in our area. Chances are no one is, but we should find out. An initial search has turned-up nothing so far.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Work Stoppage
How to start? Watch out for that first step in a journey of a thousand miles, it’s a doozy. Or it will be once taken, I’m sure. Unless we count this site—but I won’t, it’s just a half-step.
The title of this post refers to the fact that so far, this is all there is.
The title of this post refers to the fact that so far, this is all there is.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
A List of Two-Character Plays
Late in his career, Tennessee Williams wrote “The Two-Character Play" (it was also called “Out Cry” in one of it’s revisions). Descriptions of it sound intriguing. Anyone seen it, or heard of it?
I’m developing a list of two-character plays, and it’s slow going. I want to find shows that would be appropriate for Judy and I.
Suggestions welcome!
I’m developing a list of two-character plays, and it’s slow going. I want to find shows that would be appropriate for Judy and I.
Suggestions welcome!
Monday, February 9, 2009
Keeping Busy
Judy is in Lorraine Hansberrry’s “To Be Young, Gifted and Black” which runs through Sunday, February 15th, 2009 at Illinois Theater Center. The SouthtownStar's Betty Mohr gave it a rave.
I can be seen in a fun internet commercial, America in Crisis: Chicken Wing Shortage Making Football Fans Anxious, which has had more than a quarter-million hits.
I can be seen in a fun internet commercial, America in Crisis: Chicken Wing Shortage Making Football Fans Anxious, which has had more than a quarter-million hits.
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