Actors Studio 66 is producing Caldwell’s Bomb under the direction of Herman Johansen at The Black Cat Cultural Center located at 3011 Monte Vista Blvd NE, Albuquerque, NM. Here’s the cast:

There will be a reading of my play, Breaking the Trust, on Tuesday, October 20,2022 at Sunlight Studios, 221 West 44th, in New York City. The cast includes: Donna Michaels, Shauna Bloom, Deborah Jean Templin, Donnah Welby, Michael Gnat, and Mat Labotka. Gerald vanHeerden will direct.

Actors Studio 66 in Albuquerque, New Mexico has chosen to lead off its second season with my dark comedy, Caldwell’s Bomb. It will run from October 7-23 for twelve performances at the Black Cat Cultural Center. Herman Johansen will direct. I’ll send more details when they become available. https://www.actorsstudio66.org

Kansas City Actors Theatre will present my half-hour radio play, Irish Joe and the Dutchman on Friday, September 24 at noon Central time. Victor Raider-Wexler directs and stars as “Irish” Joe Nolan, a private investigator and former prize fighter whose investigation into his uncle’s murder takes an ominous turn. The prime suspect is Kansas City’s most lethal mobster.

Director: Victor Raider-Wexler

Sound Design: Jon Robertson

CAST:

Irish Joe: Victor Raider-Wexler

George Dressler: R H Wilhoit

Mike Flood: Matt Schwader

Carmine O’Leary: Gary Neal Johnson

Juanita Gonzales: Nedra Dixon

Linda Williams: Alisa Lynn

Louise McCarthy: Manon Halliburton

Abel Appeldoorn: David Fritts

Lyle Kuznetsov: Scott Cordes

You can listen to the show on KKFI 90.1 FM or on the Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre website: http://www.kcactors.org/kcart/

Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre will produce my new radio play, Irish Joe and the Dutchman, for broadcast on KKFI 90.1 FM in Kansas City at noon on September 17. More details to follow, but here’s our stellar cast:

Director: Victor Raider-Wexler

Sound Design: Jon Robertson

CAST:

Irish Joe: Victor Raider-Wexler

George Dressler: R H Wilhoit

Mike Flood: Matt Schwader

Carmine O’Leary: Gary Neal Johnson

Juanita Gonzales: Nedra Dixon

Linda Williams: Alisa Lynn

Louise McCarthy: Manon Halliburton

Abel Appeldoorn: David Fritts

Lyle Kuznetsov: Scott Cordes

San Diego Dramatists Guild, hosted by Guild Ambassadors Aleta Barthell and Thelma Virata de Castro selected my new play, Anchors, for their “Second Sundays” reading series via Zoom. This is a reading of the first ten pages of the in-development script. Our cast includes Colleen Grate, Shauna Bloom, and Coleman Crenshaw. The reading is scheduled for 4 pm Pacific time on Sunday, October 11. Two other local playwrights are also on the program. Here’s the link, if you would care to watch. Audience members may ask questions and offer feedback after the readings.The program is free, but you need to register for tickets in advance.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/san-diego-second-sunday-readings-tickets-120373262669

Dangerous to Dance With enjoyed a great run during Theater For The New City’s 2019 “Dream Up” Festival! Here’s an interview I did with ARTS INDEPENDENT: Arts Professionals in Focus.

https://artsindependent.wordpress.com/2019/08/14/this-mr-rogers-neighborhood-is-far-darker/

Our opening night of “Dangerous to Dance With” at Theater For The New City’s ”Dream Up” Festival was quite a success! A large and very engaged audience enjoyed the craft of our wonderful cast in a great space for theater. I’m looking forward to our final four performances.

I want to acknowledge the fantastic contributions of our cast and crew:

GERALD vanHEERDEN (Director) Mr. vanHeerden is a graduate of The Boston Conservatory and an alumnus of Webster University Theater Arts Conservatory. He is an emerging director of New Works. Gerald has a long and storied career in the NYC, Off Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theater community, working with original plays and creative musical theater endeavors as Artistic Director of Plays (MITF), Producer/Director (vMHF Theatricals) and Conceptualist/Director (SDC). Website: http://www.geraldvanheerden.com.

COLLEEN GRATE* (Jill): Loves the Dream Up Festival! NY: Camelot at Lincoln Center, Louisiana Purchase at Musicals Tonight, Regional: Kansas City Repertory Theatre, Unicorn Theatre, Starlight Theatre, New Theatre Restaurant, American Heartland Theatre, Okoboji Summer Theater. Next up: My Fair Lady National Tour. BFA Stephens College. http://www.colleengrate.com

LUKE HOFMAIER* (Nick): Regional: Chester Theatre Company, Commonwealth Shakespeare Company, Berkshire Theatre Group. NY credits include Classic Stage Company, Signature Theatre, 59E59 and Metropolitan Playhouse. International: Edinburgh Fringe. Co-founder of Squeaky Wheels Productions. Film: Wolf of Wall Street, Heart of Squirrels. MFA: Columbia University. BFA: Adelphi University. SAG-AFTRA, AEA  http://www.lukehofmaier.com

MARK HOFMAIER* (Harris): has acted Off-Broadway including plays by N. Richard Nash, Hugh Wheeler, John Ford Noonan. Regional: Pittsburgh Public – The Cocktail Hour (with Kim Hunter), Cleveland Playhouse – The Philadelphia Story (with Stephanie Zimbalist), Repertory Theater of St. Louis – Over the Tavern, Fulton Opera House – The Little Foxes. TV – “Loving”; leading roles “Law and Order S.V.U.” etc.

DREW JORDAN* (Joe): Rock, Paper Scissors; La Ronde; Blood; Wicked Mood; The Waiting Room; Even With A Turkey; Daytona Gravitas; Auto Body Beautiful; Liebeli; The Fellowship; A Little Lower Than The Angels; Bedtime Stories; A Pound On Demand; TV: The Americans; I Just Want My Pants Back; Film: Colorado, It’s Just Business, Eodiya.

MARK A. KEETON* (Irwin Stratemeyer): (SAG-AFTRA/AEA) is proud to be part of this wonderful show. Selected Stage Credits: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and The Exonerated. Selected Film/TV Credits: The Enemy Within, Alternatino, Broken, Across Dot Ave and Wonderstruck. “He thanks his Mom forever.”

For further information www.MarkAKeeton.com

RICH MacDONALD (Understudy): Playwright, painter, actor lives and works in Florida and New York; and thanks Trish, this wonderful company for the  DTDW experience and his friends in the theater Karen and David.

ROUMEL REAUX* (Stage Manager) has worked as a performer, dance captain, assistant director/choreographer, and stage manager on numerous Broadway, Off Broadway, Regional Theater and Touring Productions.

DAVID CHARLES (Associate Director) Upcoming Projects: A Warehouse in Rochester by Bridget Mundy at the United States Solo Festival, Dick Whittington Cums to Hell’s Kitchen by Robert K. Benson at The Duplex. David is an associate member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. davidcharlestheatre.com

HELENE GALEK (Casting Director) Helene is happy to be back with the Dream Up Festival with DTDW after casting the musical The Wrong Box last year! She recently cast Episode 2 for the series, Background, Action! As an actor, Helene did the trailer for the upcoming digital series, Adulting With Jane.

GOOD PEOPLE MANAGEMENT GROUP (General Manager)- Shadows, A Dance Musical (2019 NYIT Award Nominee) Legacy (2018 NYMF Award Winner), The Proust Virus, The Taming of Cats, Crude the Musical, The Cobalteans (2015 NYMF Award Winner), Bayonets of Angst (2014 NYMF Award Winner), Next to Normal. www.goodpeoplemgmt.com

JOHN DAVID NELSON (Social Media): A theatre writer and Broadway producer/investor for the past 15 years, John launched JDN Digital in 2018 creating and managing digital content in and out of theatre.

TARA LANE PRODUCTIONS, LLC  (Producer)

JAY MICHAELS (Publicist) took the knowledge he acquired as a stage/film producer, casting director, Broadway/National Tour manager, media-buyer, speech writer/coach, and TV production manager and founded Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment, creating visibility for self-producing stage artists and production companies on the East & West coasts, in film arenas and authors. 

www.jaymichaelsarts.com

NOAH BOOTHROYD (Graphics): Noah is a web developer/writer who occasionally dabbles in graphic design. Yes, he’s still working on that novel, thank you. Samples of his web work can be found at https://nkboothroyd.github.io/

MARK MARCANTE (Set Design)

LYTZA COLON (Furniture and Props Design)

ALEXANDER BARTENIEFF (Lighting Design)

EVERETT CLARK (Costume Design)

*The stage manager and actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association. This is an AEA approved Showcase production.

The cast of “Dangerous to Dance With” for the 2019 Equity Approved Showcase at Theater For The New City’s “Dream Up” Festival is complete.

Colleen Grate* (Jill), Luke Hofmaier* (Nick), Mark Hofmaier*(Harris Stepp), Mark A. Keeton* (Irwin Stratemeyer), and Drew Jordan* (Joe). Roumel Reaux* is our stage manager.

*These actors are appearing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

We’ll be on Theater For The New City’s Johnson Stage located at 155 First Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets) New York, NY 1003. These are the confirmed dates and times:  August 30 at 9 pm; September 1 at 8:30 pm; September 2 at 6:30 pm; September 4 at 9 pm; and September 5 at 6:30 pm.

Here is the festival’s website for our show: Click here