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5/23/2013

Totes on set in a real doc office.

Me and Dr. Z, Ryan Darden.

What a weekend!! On Saturday I got to shoot interstitial sketches for a new Comedy Pilot aimed at the NYTVF helmed by Ryan Darden. I played a nurse who might not be seeing her boss too clearly... he looks pretty good in this picture though, right??

Hey, this is the coolest room ever.

On Sunday I headed over to BrandCinema for the read through of a new project I was cast in, "Montauk Boys." It's currently a webseries but also a trans-media event, with lots of possible supplemental content. It was so inspirational to be in a room with 9 actors and a creative team who were all incredibly jazzed about the project. I can't wait to get started!

I can't think of a catchy headline, but April totally happened.

4/30/2013

Thanks to Geoff Grimwood for grabbing this photo!

On Wed April 17 I got to join Hannah Pearl Utt and Jen Tullock for the table read of their new feature, Stupid/Happy. I played one of the four leads, a cute little teenage lesbian badass. The screenplay was majorly funny, and the invited audience's laughter confirmed my assessment. Oh man, I can't wait for them to make this film!!

A fun surprise was when I showed up, my THEM teammate Geoff Grimwood was there, reading a slew of little roles--hilarious as always. Buddies!

Frederick V. Nielsen II at Feather Rock Pictures (unretouched)

The week before I did a shoot with Frederick V. Nielsen II at Feather Rock Pictures (<-- Like them on Facebook if you get a moment!). It was particularly neato because we shot together a few years ago-- one of my first shoots in NYC and one of his first getting started as a photographer. Now he has his own studio!! We haven't selected our finals yet but here's a sneak peek preview shot:

And one more thing... I got to play in the band for "Welcome to Hell" at The PIT, B.J. Thorne's Late Nite Talk Show that takes place in Hell. As far as the gender breakdown of the band, I was holdin' it down for the chicks. Please enjoy this picture as much as I do. :)

I had auditioned to play a child earlier that day but somehow the hair works for the role of "spunky 8-year-old" as well as "ghosty punk drummer". I'm cool with it.

"Winner" performed at Shotz

4/16/2013

Jenna Panther and Jessica Watkins. PHOTO CREDIT: Jason Donovan Hall

On Monday, April 1, my short play "Winner" was performed at aMios Theatre Company's Shotz. This month the pieces had to have no spoken dialogue.

This piece is a high-energy look at the relationship between the winners and the underdogs of the world... through the lens of race between high school students. What fun! I got to collaborate on direction with Liz Thaler, and our 3 actors Jenna Panther, Chris Raddatz, and Jessica Watkins ROCKED it!

1st 25% of 2013

4/12/2013

YEAH. CUZ I'M MATHEMATICAL LIKE THAT!
What? I went to math contests!!

I am just going to keep it movin' with more highlights from this year so far!

JANUARY
Performed new songs and comedy bits at The Zoeshow:New Stuff Show at the PIT with guests Toby Singer, Garrett Willingham, Sarah Kozinn, Kevin Johnston, Dave Herman, and Roman Pietrs. All new stuff!!

Co-wrote and performed a new sketch show with Gary DeNoia called "Zoe and Gary: Not PIctured" at the PIT.

Wrote an ENTIRE MUSICAL in about 8 days (!!!) with Toby Singer called "Nina in New York." Performed a reading of the full-length show with Shauna Goodgold, Jessica Morgan, Iliana Inocencio, Peter Wilson-Tobin, Tim Osgood... and me.

FEBRUARY
Went on tour with Story Pirates to Florida! Performed in 2 public schools and for the public at the Miramar Cultural Center. And we went to the beach. In February!!!

I flew away to sunny Los Angeles, California for most of February and the beginning of March. Man oh man, I love it there. I went on some auditions, checked out some shows at the Groundlings theatre, and even performed down at UCSD in a fine art show. And plenty of relaxing, visiting friends, and hangin' out. Vaycay: can't beat it. :)

Since I've been back, I did a killer photoshoot with Eric Michael Pearson, I have been a whole bunch of auditions, and have some good news to report soon. STAY TUNED, PEOPLE!!

Whoa. 2012 Updates.

4/12/2013

Let's be real. I have to keep this thing updated better. Here are some highlights since my last post... and from now on, i'll try to keep you posted UP TO THE MINUTE!!!

AUGUST
Performed in "Legally Blonde" with Harrison Summer Theatre at WPPAC under Jeremy Quinn, dir.; Lexie Fennell Fraire, Choreo.; and Stephen Ferri, music dir. WHAT A BLAST!!!

Shot with M360-- ALSO up in White Plains (guess they like me up there!) content for XBox/Microsoft featuring J.B. Smoove of "Curb Your Enthusiasm". I got to shoot along many fab PIT friends and portrayed parodies of Kourtney Kardashian, Rebecca Black, Jan Brady, and more!!!

Starred alongside Ross Taylor in a music video for the band "Arcane Converter".

SEPTEMBER
Continued performing with PIT house teams Family Haircut and THEM!!

Took part in a dance video and photos for choreographer Kimberly Gair.

OCTOBER
Shot an episode of "Billy on the Street", Billy Eichner's new show, alongside some Story Pirate friends!

Started working with Ingrid French Management.

Booked a commercial for UBS Bank playing a college student. Had lots of fun on the 2-day shoot!

NOVEMBER
Shot a music video with Blaze and Willie G for their song "Goin' to the Knicks Game", which has since been featured on several sports blogs. I got to dance, people!

Went thru training to be a director for Story Pirates-- did my training in NYC and LA so i am SUPER special. :)

Bought an electronic drum kit. THIS COUNTS AS AN UPDATE, OK??? I love it.

DECEMBER
Booked a commercial for the Israeli Lottery-- yes, like in ISRAEL. חש גד נו יורק. היה מאוד מאוד כיף!!!

Performed in the Story Pirates Afterdark show (adults only!), and directed my first Story Pirates show.

Performed in the musical "Plymouth Rock" created by Michael Lutton and Roman Pietrs and originated by musical improv team THEM.

2012--I won awards, booked commercials, did a ton of improv+sketch, did some hosting, got to perform musicals, worked on spectacular shoots, and met so many fabulous people. Amaze-balls! Thank you to everyone who made it possible!! I did not do it alone!!!

The first half of 2012!!!

7/10/2012

Listen. I have really fallen off of keeping this thing updated! So here's a quick rundown of all the big stuff I can remember that I've done since the beginning of the year!

--Shot a web commercial for Microsoft, directed by Will Graham of The Onion
--Was placed on a Wednesday night house team at the PIT
--Began performing with THEM, fabulous PIT musical house team
--Was cast in a TV commercial for the Broadway musical, "Sister Act"
--Was chosen to be part of the cast for the PIT SNL Fantasy Camp sketch show, performing to sold-out audiences
--Produced and performed in 2 Zoeshows, alongside several fantastic guests!
--Became a resident playwright for aMios's "Shotz", having written 3 short plays, including one that will continue to be developed
--Performed with Story Pirates, including in the Mainstage show, on Sirius Satellite Radio for the Absolutely Mindy show, and in Los Angeles in the Mainstage and Afterdark shows
--Worked on a Columbia MFA project, including an in-class performance and a shoot
--Co-hosted a fundraising event for a Brooklyn Preschool
--Was invited by Kristen Schaal to play a small role in a developmental showing of her upcoming Comedy Central special
--Shot a music video for Dave Hill's new book "Tasteful Nudes"
--Was cast as a drug-dealing Cleveland junkie in the 3-character "Geeked and Loaded" at the West Village Musical Theatre Festival
...and finally, was composer, co-bookwriter, co-lyricist for "Preschool! A Pint-Sized Musical", Part of the West Village Musical Theatre Festival, in which I also played spastic, peanut butter-obsessed 4-year-old Marty. "Preschool!" swept the awards in our series, winning:
Best Book
Best Lyrics
Best Score
Best Song (The Peanut Butter Song-- which Marty sings!)
Best Director
Best Musical
...AND, based on a panel of industry votes + audience votes,
I won BEST ACTRESS of the ENTIRE FESTIVAL!!!

So, 2012 is going pretty well so far. :)

Next up... I was cast in LEGALLY BLONDE at the White Plains Performing Arts Center/ Harrison Summer Theater!!! Stay tuned!!!

SUPER Fall Round-UP and Bye-Bye 2011!!!

12/29/2011

Yeah. I know. How did i even GET so behind on this blog? Maybe it's because i've been busy- HEYO!!!
(I have.)

SEPTEMBER
~The last weekend in July I made it onto a PIT House Team. Yay! We named ourselves TrapDoor, and we continued to perform long-form improv comedy every Monday night!!
~I made my most outrageous appearance to date in Kurt Braunohler's Night of the Living-- as a giant baby in a giant Baby Bjorn strapped to Kurt for the whole opening monologue!!! I seriously cannot wait to get those pix.

OCTOBER
~I was a featured dancer in the music video "Awkward" by The Vigilante. Check it out here!
~In addition to performing with TrapDoor, I was invited to perform with Hello & Epic Beards, the PIT's first two musical improv house teams!!!
~In personal news, two of my longtime students had their Bar/Bat Mitzvahs!!! They chanted beautifully. Awwwww :)

NOVEMBER
~I performed in Times Square and on the High Line in Tyler Ashley's "Half-Mythical, Half-Legendary Americanism", a dance theatre piece produced as part of Performa11, a biennial performing arts festival. Check out a review of our piece on Whitewallmag.com!
~A mish-mash of everything: TrapDoor, Epic Beards, Story Pirates, Night of the Living... and a trip home to Saint Louis for Thanksgiving!

DECEMBER -- hold on to your hats...
~I booked TWO projects that I auditioned for in ONE day!!! I shot a web commercial for MD Connect and played a well-meaning but ditzy receptionist... and I sang and danced in new web content for Skinny Cow: the shoot was an outdoor, one-shot, two minute music video with my new friends at And Now Media!!!
~I was hired as the new online host for CheapNYC TV-- a website for free and Cheap things to do in NYC. We have already shot two projects: one at SantaCon and one on the Staten Island Ferry!
~I did another Zoeshow: LIVE! in conjunction with aMios (theatre company).
~Hot Damn: My PIT team TrapDoor had Daily Show correspondent Wyatt Cenac as a guest performer. Not a bad way to close out 2011!!! :)

Should my new year's resolution be to update this blog a LITTLE more often??
Ha! We shall see... ;-)

Update coming!!!

12/12/2011

Yes, i am sadly behind. but i will update this soon with a roundup of all my happenings of Sep-Dec 2011-- and SOON!!!

Holdin' on to August...

8/30/2011

Oh boy, I do NOT want the summer to be over-- it's my favorite season!

The big news is that I was selected to be on a new house team at The People's Improv Theatre, aka The PIT! Our team, TrapDoor, performs every Monday night at 8pm, and it's free! So far we've been having lots of fun-- what better way to start your week? Like us on Facebook for updates!

The other exciting update is that mid-month I headed out to New Jersey to shoot a Pilot for Investigation Discovery (yes, like The Discovery Channel). I played a gothed-out girl whose father is found dead, which means lots of eye makeup and black clothes. Check out the pictures on my photo page!

Oh-- and I did a hard-hitting journalistic report on Hurricane Irene-- though it ravaged other places, here in NYC there wasn't much to speak of despite the unprecedented closing of the subways and a lot of hype-- check out my take on it!

Long Overdue... Spring and Summer update!!!

8/10/2011

Oh no! I've really fallen behind. Here are just a few updates you might be interested in...i will highlight for those of you who totes HATE READING!

APRIL
~ I performed in a short play directed by Richard Thieriot as part of Shotz, playing a dating-savvy woman... and her twin?
~ The Zoeshow was invited to perform at FUNdue, the first ever fund-raiser for Reverb Theatre Group!
~...and of course, a i did a whole MESS of Story Pirate shows!

MAY
~ My voice was heard across the nation as I performed stories written by kids with Story Pirates on Sirius Satellite Radio!!! MOST FUN EVER! Aw, Mustard!
~ I performed every Saturday afternoon in midtown in the Story Pirate Mainstage show-- what fun!
~ I finished Level 5 at The PIT, doing 2 shows and marking my completion of their improv program.
~ I played a snarky teen in a bit for Morning Show at the PIT, hosted by Grace Helbig and Jacob Brown.

JUNE
~I played Sierra Myst, a quirky fairy with an attitude in "The Zegend of Lelda" in the West Village Musical Theatre Festival. (WVMTF) We won tons of awards, including Best Musical!
~It was my birthday! How else would I celebrate than with The Zoeshow Presents: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ZOESHOW at the PIT!!! This was the biggest Zoeshow to date, with dancers, a pianist, and 2 guest performers.
~I performed 2 Zoeshows in conjunction with aMios's The New York Cycle: Vol 4 at The Monkey.

JULY
~I played Gabby, a Brooklyn teen with a history of depression in the short film "This is Caroline", by Hannah Pearl Utt anddirected by Danny Abel.
~I performed with Story Pirates at "The Moon", a comedy variety show in Williamsburg. We rocked the house!!!
~I took the week-long Doug Elkins Repertory Workshop at DNA, where I got to work closely with Doug Elkins and his dancers, and learn selections from his award-winning "Fraulein Maria" and his upcoming "MO(OR)TOWN." I vlogged about it each day-- check my blog or youtube channel!!!