Thank you Women’s Comedy Film Festival Atlanta for the “Best Micro Short Web Episode” win last weekend! What an honor that “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” was selected amongst so many amazing and hilarious films from all over the world. THANK YOU!!
So thrilled that “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” will be included in the upcoming Australian “Over The Fence Film Festival” which will be celebrating its 25th year!
The fun starts in Perth May 6, 7, & 8, and tours the country until November. Once the exact schedule it announced, I’ll post it here. (And privately YEARN to attend in person!)
I had the honor of being the co-writer, co-director and co-star of the film “A Bit of Counseling” which won “Most Popular Film” at the Over The Fence Festival in 2009, so this festival holds a special place in my heart.
Thank you OTF Fest, and congrats on 25 years!
So thrilled to announce that my short film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” (co-created with Stephanie Erb) is an official selection in the Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival and the Atlanta Comedy Film Festival!
Pittsburgh Shorts Film Festival will be virtually streamed November 11-22, and Atlanta Comedy Film Festival is a one-day virtual (and limited in-person) event on December 6. Get your tickets today!
Featured in Time Out New York's “Best Theatre to Stream” List!
Proud to be a part of a unique project called “SALEM: POST-MORTEM” which is a poetic new play by Peter Gray, directed by Michael Alvarez. It’s the inaugural project for a new theater company in New York, and if starting a theater company during a pandemic isn’t an act of courage and love, I don’t know what is!
In “SALEM: POST-MORTEM” the witches of Salem awaken once more--this time in the afterlife-- to seek resolution of their unfinished stories and confront the fear which left their town in tatters. When the veneer of Puritan decorum falls away, old voices scramble to regain their status and new voices awaken power they never touched on earth.
It was an international cast of 16 actors, and we all acted as our own film crew, with Michael and Peter guiding us remotely. Such a joy to create during the pandemic, and work with these two amazing creative spirits.
It will be free to watch and can be accessed at www.the-muse-collective.com with donations going to raise money for the Audre Lorde Project.
The Muse Collective was created by Michael Alvarez in 2020 as an umbrella for collaboration and theatrical investigation. Their philosophy is to create art in an attempt to see beyond the veil of waking life, excavating the invisible worlds of our mind, heart, soul, and shared humanity.
Here’s the Broadway World press release with more info, and here’s where this project was featured in Time Out New York’s “Best Live Theater to Watch Online” list!
Filmed just before the world shut down, I helped create three comedy shorts with the talented Stephanie Erb, Ben Solenberger, and his amazing team of creatives under the “Short Smirks” umbrella. These two-to-three minute funnies are made just to make you laugh.
I had the pleasure of writing “Quantum Hallway,” in which two women wait for a restaurant bathroom in a hallway which might also be a quantum portal:
And here’s “Visitation” which was penned by Stephanie Erb:
And here’s “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule,” written by both me and Stephanie:
Excited about having shot these sketches with talented actress/writer Stephanie Erb! We had an outstanding crew, and were blessed with the unstoppable force that is Ben Solenberger as producer. We’ve just shot the first three “Short Smirks” and stay tuned for how to view them….
Now in its fifteenth year, the Beloit International Film Festival will be featuring “The Lutefisk Wars” as part of its lineup. DIrected by Chris Panneck and Dave Hall, this hilarious indie comedy is all about the crazy Norwegian mafia, and I play one of the lead roles, Gail Ramstad.
Screenings will be on Friday Feb 28th and Sat Feb 29th in beautiful Beloit, Wisconsin. Get your tickets (and more info) here!
