Thrilled that our short film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” will be one of the many films featured at the 2021 Cordillera International Film Festival in Lake Tahoe, CA, starting July 29. The festival is having in-person attendance and virtual streaming, so everyone can enjoy all the films. Get your tickets today: https://www.ciffnv.org/
Check out our short comedy “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” as part of the amazing lineup in the Women’s Comedy Film Festival in Chicago this Sunday June 27! Tickets available here for virtual viewing! Check the schedule listings for the times for our film block.
Co-creator Stephanie Erb and I are thrilled to be a part of this festival, and hope you’ll take a little time to laugh this Sunday. I’ll be there via Zoom for the Q&A following the film block, so tune in and ask a question or two!
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 that our short comedy film “Gratitude Jar Time Capsule” won “Best Comedy Television Pilot” at the 2020 Atlanta Comedy Film Festival!
The festival was chock-full of wonderful and original films, all so entertaining and impressive. My co-creator Stephanie Erb and I were really thrilled to even be nominated, honestly. But to win was such an honor and a thrill! Thanks to everyone involved in making the festival happen during this challenging year, when we need to laugh more than ever.
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!
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….
