Opah!

Greetings from Greece! ...okaaay, greetings from Burbank, California.



I worked on the set of CSI NY again last week, this time as a European tourist. The set was located on the Universal lot. We were shuttled down a few miles and once we got off the bus, you couldn't tell we were still in Cali...the entire outside area was recreated to look like a small city in Greece, and I am not talking about 1 or 2 blocks, try several blocks! Walking the cobblestone roads, I came upon a fairly large church with impressive Grecian columns, several restaurants, gift shops, coffee shops, farmers market, bus station, even the alley ways had clothes hanging to dry between buildings, the attention to detail was very impressive.

I even got to see an Audi car chase down the cobblestone side streets, I mean...come on...now THAT's European! :)



Props dept. had given me a really nice camera, so I was able to play photographer for the better part of the day. At one point they paired me with another gal who I found out used to be a hood ornament for 'Lowrider' magazine (aka - a model), so I had her jump on a Vespa and proceed to work her magic for the camera. It's the little things that help get you through the day.




In other news, I had a couple auditions last Saturday, and just received notice that I landed one of them! It's a short film being submitted to festivals this year, called Shades of Gray. It's a film noir piece, about two life long friends who go down separate paths, well sorta...one a crooked cop, and one in the mafia. You get the idea.

(pinching/shaking fingers, lips in a frown) I play da mafioso.

Should be a fun script to work on, and definitely a good piece for my reel!

We begin rehearsing tomorrow morning, and filming begins on Friday. In the middle of writing this post, I received word that I will also be working on the show 'Entourage' on Thursday, but it's a night call...booo!! This means, I will be pulling an all-nighter, and driving straight down to the shoot in Orange County on Friday morning, film for 12 hours, and be back in Hollywood in time for my show on stage at 7pm!...(pause for breath)...well, it's why I am here, right?

Let the other actors sleep.

Updaaaaate!

Wowsa! I guess it's been over a month since I've posted anything. Okay, well here goes....

The two shows I am in, have been selling out each week, which is fantastic! We have moved the Dark Side of the Moon show to Wednesdays (starting tonight!) to help bring in more industry (i.e. - casting directors) and help get us cast in more work. The Vampire Masquerade show has had some industry sightings already, with the casting director for the sequel to Twilight scheduled to make an appearance. We have a website now, which has pictures, bio's, etc...

Here is the website link: http://filmmakerinterviews.ipower.com//vampire/index.htm

I have also recently went back to work doing the background circuit, which has helped put a little extra cash back in the pocket.

On Tuesday I played a neighbor in an upcoming NBC show called 'Cougartown' with Courtney Cox, which is the new project from 'Scrubs' creator Bill Lawrence, whom I think is really talented. This was a very easy day for me, as I would be playing a neighbor w/ a really "sweet-looking Jeep" so of course, I was right for the role...err...the Jeep was anyway, as that was all they used! No matter, I got to sit backstage (behind the house, poolside) with Courtney, while she read her lines getting into her "cougar-character" and I caught up on some reading of my own, though with one eye always on Courtney...just in case she decided to pounce on me. Raaaoww!

Then on Thursday I played a bartender for the upcoming HBO show called "Hung" which is (and follow me here) ...about a divorced basketball coach living in the Midwest, who realizes he could be doing much, much more...with his ehem...endowment, and finds himself in the porn industry. It stars Tom Jane and Anne Heche. The scene was at backyard bbq, in some mansion they rented for the 2 day shoot. It was a treat seeing "Bells Two Hearted Ale" (for those of you back home)...now, I am not sure about any prosthetics a la Mark Wahlberg in Boogie Nights, but at least they took the time to make sure the beer was authentic!

My HowCast.com video was picked up last month! This company out of NYC, which is sort of a AskJeeves.com site but with videos had expressed interest in our little project, and we went live with it recently. It was a non-paying job, but still good to have exposure and content for my reel.

Here is the website link: http://www.howcast.com/videos/166197-How-To-Pick-Up-a-Girl-At-a-Stoplight

Lastly, I just had a callback for a short film, playing a crooked Boston cop last week. I don't think I got the part, but it was good enough just to be called back, which means that my Boston accent doesn't entirely suck...accentuate the positive right?? :)

Say hi to your mutha for me, k?