So excited for this E.L.F. cosmetics commercial to be running, because I love their products and they’re available everywhere. Working with Joey King, Lucien Laviscount, Reggie Austin, director Alex Buono and the outstanding crew was really fun!, Plus, purple facepaint!
Here’s the extended cut:
Look for my guest star turn as Sheriff’s deputy Marcia Brown in Season 2, Episode 7 of “Based On A True Story,” which stars Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina, and airs on the Peacock streaming service. (All of Season 2 drops today, 11/21!)
We shot our scene on a sweltering day in July, in one of those craggy canyons in the San Fernando valley. So fun to work with such talented, kind folks, especially director Alex Buono!
Kaley Cuoco as “Ava” and Deb Hiett as “Marcia” in “Based On A True Story” (Peacock)
View from the top of the canyon
Please join me for a FREE reading of my hot-off-the-press comedy “This Is Crazy” on Saturday June 15 at 8:00 p.m. in Santa Monica!
The reading will be part of the Playwrights Union “First Peek Reading Series” and is free to the public. Every February, member of Playwrights Union are encouraged to write a brand new work, and then this series presents these new pieces to the public. This year we have nine new plays!
Here’s the synopsis for “This Is Crazy”:
Sometimes life throws you a curveball, or, in Laila and Jackson's case, a giant, pointy, mysterious (and possibly intergalactic) Thing. Will they be able to hold on to their understanding of how the world works, achieve their hard-earned dreams, and still look their oddball neighbors in the eye again? Life is full of surprises, but this is crazy.
An amazing cast has assembled for this thing: Emily Goss, Ed Rosini, Kwana Martinez, Ravi Kapoor, and Julia Manis!
This rollicking 85-minute comedy has no intermission, and the reading takes place at City Garage Theater at Bergamot Arts Center (T1 Bldg) in Santa Monica (2525 Michigan Ave). Free parking. Reservations highly suggested so sign up here today!
This season you might have caught sight of Mrs. Stephen Edwards (played by yours truly) on the Starz’ horror-comedy show “Shining Vale” with Courteney Cox, Greg Kinnear, Mira Sorvino, Merrin Dungey, and Sherilyn Fenn. Check out another scene coming up on this Friday’s episode (11-24-23):
Watch until the very end:
Big thanks to Allison Jones and Emily Buntyn, and the fabulous Greta Gerwig. Also, Ryan. :)
Please join me for the first reading of my new musical “The Sunny Survival Caravan!” on Sunday May 21 at 2:00 p.m. at Atwater Village Theatre 3269 Casitas Ave, in Los Angeles. Tickets are FREE but you’re encouraged to R.S.V.P. through THIS LINK. The reading is part of the “First Peek” Reading Series by the L.A.-based Playwrights Union.
SYNOPSIS of “The Sunny Survival Caravan!”:
Fifteen years after the collapse of civilization, a misfit traveling band of musicians perform their relentlessly cheerful nostalgia show as they travel from settlement to settlement, throughout a decimated not-so-united states, sometime in the post-apocalyptic, climate-ravaged, accordion-filled future.
Darla, Gabriela, Razz, Chester, and Banger have managed to tour what's left of the former United States for over a year – no small feat in these difficult times. Their optimistic message and varied song stylings are wildly popular, and they’ve even rigged up an old stationary bicycle to an old battery to have some amplification and lighting, thanks to some strings of old patio and Christmas lights. When the newest and youngest member of the band, Evvie, joins them, she challenges their determination to perform only the most upbeat odes to nostalgia.
By the show’s hopeful end, we see that the healing power of music can lift us up by gathering us all together, even during the darkest times.
Cast to be announced soon. Please come out and support new theater!
Look for me in the elevator in this hilarious Dr. Rick “Progressive” commercial, airing now!