Awkward Levity, an evening three short, dark comedies by Richard Hinojosa. Performances begin Thursday January 12, 2012 for a limited engagement through Saturday January 21, 2012. Press tickets are available at anytime during the run. Performances take place at Under St. Mark’s Theater (94 St. Mark’s Place, between 1st Ave. and Ave. A.) The performance schedule is Thursday – Saturday at 8 PM. Ticket price is $15.
?Downtown producers of the twisted puppet saga The Outer Puppets pulls their hands out of their puppets behinds and puts them up their own in this evening of world premiere one acts that peer into the dark hearts of their subjects.
Five Foot Shelf gives us a man experiencing an existential crisis when his best friend forces him to reevaluate his favorite bookshelf. Directed by Jason Griffith.
In A Sharp Point an inappropriate joke triggers a reprisal that sinks two couples deep into a quagmire of insensitivity. Directed by Sheila Garson.
Finally, Back Hand Grief is set in dressing room where the lead is hanging and the cast struggling to fill his role before he’s even cold. Directed by Richard Hinojosa.
Awkward Levity features Jonathan Harford, Lindsay MacNaughton, Rebecca Nerz and Jesse Presler*.
Although… I’ve been contemplating these contests lately. They get thousands of people to make commercials for them, and the makers of the commercials get tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of people to watch the commercials! They don’t care about getting a high-quality commercial, it’s all about getting the brand out!
Filed under: Acting, Video — Jonathan Harford @ 08:32
Another short film with the guys I did the FedEx spec commercial with.
I do love dying on-screen.
In other news, two auditions today: A nerdy guy in a West Virginia lottery commercial, and an obsessive neuroscientist in a short film called Braaains!
Filed under: Acting, Video — Jonathan Harford @ 10:35
The Doorpost Film Project has its 2009 Finalists’ Films available for viewing and voting! One such film is Portraits, directed by John DesRoches and starring yours truly.
What you should do after you’ve watched Portraits:
Did you watch it? Only read further after you’ve watched it.
Not bad, amirite? (If you disagree, feel free to disregard the rest of this post.)
Now you can vote on Portraits. (You might notice that you can only vote on a film after you have watched it while logged in.) There’s a little button on the lower-left of the video player. Use that to get to the voting page.
Now, uh… watch and vote upon the rest of the films. I realize this is kind of a tall order. But, see, the more films you watch, the more your votes count. And these are finalists—they’re going to be high quality. I’m making a night of it and watching ‘em all (http://www.thedoorpost.com/2009/FinalFilms/) this evening. I hope you do too.
We want it to get as many “hits” (to use the parlance of the interwebs) so that they’ll hire Untucked (yes, it is another Untucked Films project) to make more! So please take a look, and if you find it to be suitably funny, SHOW YOUR FRIENDS AND TELL THEM TO PASS IT ON OR YOU WILL NOT BE THEIR FRIEND ANY MORE.
The weather reports all said it would rain heavily, but Friday night was actually very pleasant (despite the low turnout).
So, I won Best Actor and The Wildflower placed 3rd.
In addition, Barbara Singer of Mrs. Jones (directed by Jonathan Emmerling, who directed last year’s The Switch) won Best Actress!
Tropfest just put the finalists up on YouTube. Here’s The Wildflower:
Those of you who’ve seen “The Switch” might notice that I am getting typecast as an undateable weirdo. LOVE IT.
