The latest installment of the Fertile Ground film and speaker series that I curate for the Ukrainian Institute of America invited senior producer Daniel Lombroso of the The New Yorker to talk about the films of documentary-maker Nadia Parfan. We had a full house, they...
My follow up film to "Everyone Has the Right" has been released, "We Dare Not Fail." It's the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, created with illustrator Julian Dwyer....
https://vimeo.com/780889266 Тhe project of ProEnglishTheatre of Ukraine created with much love and admiration to Armed Forces of Ukraine! text: Yurii Hudymenkovoice and translation: Dean Temple (USA)video editing: Anton Dmytruk (UKR)concept: Alex Borovenskiy (UKR) ...
I haven't mentioned in this blog that I wrote, animated, and directed a short film for the FDR Presidential Library. That film has been named a Semi-Finalist for the Flickers Rhode Island Film Festival, an Oscar-qualifying festival....
https://youtu.be/5Ow-x_ZMj0Y Last month, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin released his new country album "These Blazing Fingers." This month we take you behind the scenes of his music video shoot with CMT-Award winning director Wes Edwards. Featuring US Treasury spokesperson and former Fox News Commentator Monica Crowley. This video...
https://youtu.be/GKPHiihlxQo Gotta keep busy during lock down, so I dragged Alex into shooting a comedy sketch, and my friend Theresa helped virtually. I don't do impressions, so I can't say my Mnuchin is spot on, but my Mark Meadows is so uncanny it's freaking me out. ...
When I’m a little kid I just want to tell funny stories like my Uncle Andy. He’s the one in the middle of the picture — below my mom and above Aunt Mika — with his tongue out. You know someone like him. The whole space brightens when he walks...
(Live on the stage of Theater 3 at Surgeon's Hall in Edinburgh, image by Chris Scott.) Let me tell you about Suicide Wednesday. As prepared as I was going to Edinburgh Fringe, I did not know about Suicide Wednesday, and it’s important to share what I...
The Isabel Sandoval film Lingua Franca (starring me, well...
Isabel Sandoval's film Lingua Franca, about a transgender woman under threat of deportation, is one of 11 films (out of 900 submitted) selected for this year's Venice Film Festival. I play Chad in this film. I'm a little bit excited about this, here's the article...
Killy Dwyer invited me onto her awesome radio show Mock-U-Mental (okay, maybe I prompted the invite). I got to share the two hours with the funny and talented T-Spoon, aka Katie Haller. We told stories, we sang songs, I ran out early to catch my...
https://www.wamc.org/post/inaugural-phoenicia-fringe-festival-begins-july-5 I'm on talking Voice of Authority and what possessed me to take a show to EdFringe, along with Michael Koegel of the Phoenicia Playhouse and Doug Motel from the show Mind Salad. ...
As I rewrite Voice of Authority for its Edinburgh run, I’ve had to cut some of my favorite Zachary stories so I’m sharing them here. Zachary was my mentor, a Balanchine dancer, and the choreographer of the Metropolitan Opera in NYC. He’s also a character...
https://youtu.be/9P3KkiyVbHw In this episode, Mary can compete with me when it come to getting in big trouble. Her story is about heroin dealing at age 13. All I did that year was set a toilet on fire. I'll tell that story another time. Mary Goggin is...
“Hellooooooo!“ Zachary says before he’s even opened his door. You know how your dog greets you when you come home, tail wagging so hard it looks about to break off? Zachary greets you with just as much verve, but more Ethel Merman than Labrador. And today,...
https://youtu.be/5ZZJD97y4Og In this episode of Big Trouble, Clare Solly thinks her height makes her impervious to weed only to take a trip down paranoia lane. Clare is a confessed seltzer addict and is a California writer/actress/singer living in NYC, has a couple of Off-Broadway credits and...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKyDOqttjkw&t=4s In this episode of Big Trouble, Simon knocks a guy out cold on the subway for getting in his face, and you don't get in a face this pretty without consequences. Simon Rogers is an actor, model, and founder/owner of three NY-based talent agencies, now...
"SAFE. SOFT. (147/365)" by Tim Pierce is licensed under CC by 2.0 I'm six years old, first grade, PE. We're trying softball for the first time and I want to swing that bat so badly I can barely stand it. I'm obsessed, like some mouth-breathing drunk...
It’s time to parody The Moth with The Muff! The Muff satirizes all the elements you see at a typical Moth show. You’ll see the storytelling types: The Crier, The Rambler, The First-Timer, The Stand-up Comedian, The Fake Newbie, The Survivor...
As part of the East to Edinburgh Festival at 59E59, Voice of Authority will do a preview run of the EdFringe version of the show, July 17-21, 2019. Currently working on a rewrite of the show with editing/writing direction from NYC comedy veteran Veronica Mosey, which...