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...
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...
https://youtu.be/W-hTBtrP-EI In this episode of Big Trouble, actor/playwright/storyteller Octavia Chavez-Richmond gets kicked out of a theater company for letting out her frustrations, and she learns a thing about empathy and always trying your best in the process. Brought to you by Voice of Authority, my comedy solo...
Some days you have no damn luck. My show, Voice of Authority, is about a string of those days when the US Department of Justice comes after me for $19 million. True story. And the song that serves as the core theme of the show...
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Your Edinburgh Fringe show opens an NYC run later this week, but it’s morning, the windows are still dark, your bed is warm and you have no intention of getting out of it. Putting your feet on the floor will put you back in touch...
https://youtu.be/dl0mm-KplxA Yes, she really did that. Yes, it was exciting growing up in my house. ...
(Pictured, left to right, my grandfather, Baba, great grandfather, and great aunt, and me, center, the disappointing, lazy three year old who has yet to compose his first opera) It’s a two-hour long train ride into the city to perform for five minutes, and after you’ve...
https://youtu.be/sS_aGUEU8rQ Big Trouble asks you to tell your small stories of big trouble, since my show, Voice of Authority, is about getting into trouble with the Dept of Justice to the tune of $19 million. Mike Hnatyshyn is an active member of the Ukrainian community in New...
Dean dressed like a bum and Little Dog* in her stylish down jacket, walking across the pond. Image credit Alex Tuller. I’m looking for ways to avoid the things I don’t want to do. There’s this long list of practical, business-side things looming over my show,...