Shameless Namedropping for Vixanne's Benefit
Tonight's staged reading went extremely well, on many levels. I met numerous people, many of whom were directors who are now in possesion of either my headshot and resume or my card (which has my headshot, cell number and e-mail on it). I got a lot of really great feedback regarding my work and myself as a person and actor and feel incredibly good about the connections I made tonight and the work I did tonight. Film is such a different planet than stage work, and I am reminded of this every time I venture from that lovely comfort zone. I discovered that when I want to, I can maneuver in that world as well.
After the reading I went out for way too many drinks with 3 other actors from the reading (two of whom direct and one of whom works for the Roundabout Theatre and The Actors Studio while he's still in school, which made me feel old). One of them owns several bars on the lower east side, so drinks were completely free and flowed without restraint. In the course of the late night, I got to meet and talk to John Cameron Mitchell (which I knew would thrill Vixanne to no end) and Larry Krone (My Little Vidipookikins will probably know this one) and a bunch of other people who I was supposed to know who they are and had no clue whatsoever but would probably be lambasted for not knowing. My ignorance is umm, part of my charm? Maybe?
I have had many cocktails (as well as conversations I don't necessarily recall but which undoubtedly portrayed me in such an amazingly light as to garner me much work in the future...at least I desperately hope that's the case...there was much laughter involved...I'm pretty sure it was with and not at...) and must go to bed now. I am excited because I was told by two very established industry people that I am ahead of the game for the very short amount of time that I've been here; which is lovely to hear considering my almost contant frustration.
I am ahead of the game! I am able to hold my own in conversation with established industry people! I am.....well, freakin blitzed out of my mind to tell the truth. That probably means I should go to bed now, while I am still able to see how to climb up into the loft bed.
Right now I am dreaming of air conditioning.
After the reading I went out for way too many drinks with 3 other actors from the reading (two of whom direct and one of whom works for the Roundabout Theatre and The Actors Studio while he's still in school, which made me feel old). One of them owns several bars on the lower east side, so drinks were completely free and flowed without restraint. In the course of the late night, I got to meet and talk to John Cameron Mitchell (which I knew would thrill Vixanne to no end) and Larry Krone (My Little Vidipookikins will probably know this one) and a bunch of other people who I was supposed to know who they are and had no clue whatsoever but would probably be lambasted for not knowing. My ignorance is umm, part of my charm? Maybe?
I have had many cocktails (as well as conversations I don't necessarily recall but which undoubtedly portrayed me in such an amazingly light as to garner me much work in the future...at least I desperately hope that's the case...there was much laughter involved...I'm pretty sure it was with and not at...) and must go to bed now. I am excited because I was told by two very established industry people that I am ahead of the game for the very short amount of time that I've been here; which is lovely to hear considering my almost contant frustration.
I am ahead of the game! I am able to hold my own in conversation with established industry people! I am.....well, freakin blitzed out of my mind to tell the truth. That probably means I should go to bed now, while I am still able to see how to climb up into the loft bed.
Right now I am dreaming of air conditioning.
posted by Le Synge Bleu at 2:42 AM
5 Comments:
Ahhhhhhh!!!!!! I am soooo jealous!!!!! You met Hedwig? (Did you ask him if he was planning to do any one night only performances, because I would pay anything and go anywhere for that!)
even in my drunken stupor of last night i knew i had to write it down because you were going to absolutely die when you heard. i was thinking about you the whole time.
he's actually working on a new project you know. sounds either brilliant or really fucked up.
Synge, you should have asked him about Tarnation. He was the exec producer and I believe that Jonathan Couette auditioned for the new film- it's the pron movie, right? I think it's called Short Bus.
MAH
yes, the new film is supposedly part porn part comedy - i guess like porn with a plot or a film with very explicit sexual acts. who knows.
yeah, i remember you telling me before that he was producer for tarnation, which i loved. vix, you didn't like tarnation right?
No. I didn't like it much. It was disturbing and not in an interesting way. I've read about his sex film project...but I want Hedwig. :(
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