As faithful, unpaid readers well know, in the past few months I’ve participated in several shows at the marvelous UCB comedy theatre in Hollywood. In my most recent show there, SketchCram, one of the skits went well enough that UCB decided to shoot it as one of their short films. (Several shorts a month are posted on ucbcomedy.com/videos).
So apparently I just can’t get enough of the UCB Theatre. I was there a couple months ago for the ‘Lost’ skits, then last month for Assscat!, and I’m returning this Saturday night at midnight.
This time I’ll be performing in Sketch Cram, in which a sketch is written, directed, memorized and rehearsed, all within 12 hours. If it’s like the other shows at UCB, it’ll be a fantastic time. Hope to see all of you there — especially those of you from overseas.
The Actor’s Coffee Talk this past Saturday at the LA Festival Festival was a blast. Shohreh Aghdashloo and James Cromwell were, as expected, both fascinating and generous with stories and advice. The only difficulty for me was remembering to participate myself, as I kept getting caught up their answers.
Okay, so this is what I really look like. Now you’re prepared for the previous post..
On Sat, June 26th, at this year’s LA Film Festival, I’ll be participating in and moderating this year’s Actors Coffee Talk. The festival also holds them for screenwriters and directors, and they’re all very popular. Past participants include Jodie Foster, Mark Ruffalo, Tim Roth, and Melissa Leo. Yeah. : )
The other two participants with me this year are a pair of not-too-shabby actors, Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, 24…) and James Cromwell (Babe, 6 Ft Under…). It should be a blast as I ask them all sorts of inappropriate and irrelevant questions.
The Hollywood Reporter’s piece is here, Variety’s here, and the LAFF’s page and ticket link is here (then go down to ‘C’ for ‘Coffee Talk: Actors’ on June 26th at 1pm).
Next weekend I’ll be headed back home to Louisville, Kentucky for the 2nd Annual Flyover Film Festival, all at the KY Center for the Arts. The festival is produced and sponsored by the Louisville Film Society, which, despite having meon the Board, still somehow manages to run screenings and events and all sorts of terrific things in Louisville throughout the year.
This year the festival offers a terrific line-up of films and panels (I’m moderating one on film finance at 12pm Saturday). We’re offering a Youth Media Summit, so local colleges can show off their film and media depts to local high students, and we’re giving a Lifetime Achievement Award to acclaimed Kentucky-born director Allison Anders.
Finally, we’re hosting a special screening of Sundance winner Winter’s Bone, starring Louisville’s own fast-rising star Jennifer Lawrence. Also, she and I will be holding a Youth Acting panel at 10:30 am Sunday. Like all the panels and events, it’s open to the public.
The info’s all here.
