Welcome!
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, April 4, 2011
As Seen on TV!
Here we are suited-up and ready in L.A. for our close-up on the set of our "national" AT&T U-Verse commercial!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
A Shayna Maidel
The Illinois Theatre Center of Park Forest opened its 34th season Friday as the only professional Equity theatre in the South Suburbs. The opening production is the Holocaust drama A Shayna Maidel by Barbara Lebow. The production runs through October 11.
A Shayna Maidel
is a memory play in that moves back and forth in time, from New York City in 1946, to flashbacks of Poland immediately before and after the Holocaust. Mordechai Weiss and his 4 year old daughter Rose come to America in the 1920’s, before the Nazis come to power in Europe. Rose’s older sister Lusia and their mother plan to join them later, but illness prevents them from traveling. They are eventually sent to a concentration camp. After the war, Lusia comes to New York to join her father and sister.
The New York Times described A Shayna Maidel as “…a powerful, deeply affecting portrait of a family, which conveys the aftermath of the Holocaust through a poignant, imaginatively conceived examination of one divided family’s experience… a tribute to the sustaining power of family and to man’s indominability.”
Real life sisters Angela and Jacquie Beyer make their ITC debuts as Lusia and Rose. They are joined by another newcomer, Samuel Hicks, and by ITC veterans Bernard Rice, Judy Rossignuolo-Rice and Jeny Wasilewski. The production is directed by Etel Billig.
"A Shayna Maidel" is Yiddish for "Pretty Girl." Judy and I were thrilled to be a part of this poignant portrayal of a family of survivors. The Southtown's October 8, 2009 review of our performances was complimentary: "Bernard Rice offers a measure of humanity that saves the character from becoming a total ogre," and "Judy Rossignuolo-Rice comes through as a loving Mama."
A Shayna Maidel
is a memory play in that moves back and forth in time, from New York City in 1946, to flashbacks of Poland immediately before and after the Holocaust. Mordechai Weiss and his 4 year old daughter Rose come to America in the 1920’s, before the Nazis come to power in Europe. Rose’s older sister Lusia and their mother plan to join them later, but illness prevents them from traveling. They are eventually sent to a concentration camp. After the war, Lusia comes to New York to join her father and sister.
The New York Times described A Shayna Maidel as “…a powerful, deeply affecting portrait of a family, which conveys the aftermath of the Holocaust through a poignant, imaginatively conceived examination of one divided family’s experience… a tribute to the sustaining power of family and to man’s indominability.”
Real life sisters Angela and Jacquie Beyer make their ITC debuts as Lusia and Rose. They are joined by another newcomer, Samuel Hicks, and by ITC veterans Bernard Rice, Judy Rossignuolo-Rice and Jeny Wasilewski. The production is directed by Etel Billig.
"A Shayna Maidel" is Yiddish for "Pretty Girl." Judy and I were thrilled to be a part of this poignant portrayal of a family of survivors. The Southtown's October 8, 2009 review of our performances was complimentary: "Bernard Rice offers a measure of humanity that saves the character from becoming a total ogre," and "Judy Rossignuolo-Rice comes through as a loving Mama."
Sunday, August 16, 2009
ITC Benefit
Judy and I sang benefit performances for Illinois Theatre Center last month. A great pleasure for us, for a good cause. As victims of the financial crunch, ITC has lost many thousands of dollars in grants and donations. Judy and I are proud to have contributed to this fundraiser.
Friday, May 8, 2009
Blogging Hiatus
Please read today's post on my Meta blog, which explains my recent absence from these pages.
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.
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