26 December 2007
Merry Christmas (one day late)!!
I hope everyone is having a peaceful and joyous holiday season. I stayed in town and celebrated Christmas with some close friends, talked to my parents and brother, and had a wonderfully low-key holiday. We all did a bit of cooking throughout the day, spent time together, and watched a wide variety of movies: Love Actually (for the daring and hopeless romantic in me), Irving Berlin's White Christmas, The Muppet's Christmas Carol (so very cute, but I had a silent freak-out when I saw the spider. It's the MUPPETS! What's a spider doing in this movie?!), and Blade Runner.
Nice and eclectic, no?
I headed back home bright and early after 2 days at my friend's house and read more of Fool's Errand on the trains so that I wouldn't fall asleep and miss my stop. Worked my day job from home, and though there's nothing new on the film front, I did have a theatre audition. I worked on a new monologue over the holidays and went to the audition this afternoon for an original full-length play with a professional theatre company housed in a 250-seat theatre. I don't think we'll hear the final casting decision until after next week because of the holidays. I hope for good news regarding this gig because in addition to a witty script, this theatre company participates in the EMC program and the director is none other than my director from Fat Pig. When I signed in for the audition, I saw that one of my co-actors from Fat Pig had auditioned earlier in the day. It would be such an incredible treat to work with those two again.
Wow. 2008 is just around the corner. Enjoy the rest of 2007, and I hope for the best to everyone in the New Year! I'll throw up some festive pictures once I swipe them from my friend's camera. :)
10 December 2007
We closed The Good Thing on Saturday night to a full house plus an additional row of seats. Thank you to everyone who came out in support of the show, especially to the friends who came from Canada. We celebrated both the show and their visit by going to Roxy's, not so much for dinner, but for dessert. One of them hadn't been here before, so we took him through Times Square afterwards. I'm hoping to go with my friend to visit them in Montreal some time in February. How fun would that be? I don't mind that we would all be working practically the entire time. I might be even more productive with the change in scenery. :)
Not much news right now, unfortunately. I spoke to the casting assistant out in Vancouver for one of the films that I want and followed up with casting directors in the United Kingdom and California. The show just closed, but I'm already ready for more work!!
Thank you again to those who came to the show, and early Happy Holiday wishes to everyone! My day job has its company Christmas party this Friday, and our counterparts in Germany are in town this week for work and the party.
29 November 2007
I was a busy bee yesterday, getting into the city by 8am to audition at the Equity Center, working for my day job while waiting for an audition slot (broadband cards are neat), having lunch with a friend, and going to tech rehearsal at the theatre for The Good Thing. I got home at 1am and was so tired after the past week's activities that I left a trail of bags, clothes, and jacket on the floor on my way to bed. Tonight was an entire day of tech rehearsal (and again dealing with client issues from my day job), starting at 10:30am.
The playwright has been on hand at several of our rehearsals (but not tech), and the play continues to undergo some re-writes even as we progress forward. Lines have been re-written and scenes have been cut, and I think it definitely smooths the play out and makes it flow nicely.
Starring: Tammy Tunyavongs and Michael Bernstein
Featuring: Scott Nath and Brenda Crawley
Directed by: Maggie Birkle
Dates: November 30, December 1, 5, 6, 8
Time: 8pm
Location: Shetler Annex (939 8th Avenue, Suite 204; New York, NY)
Tickets: $15 (via smarttix)
If the pattern holds, we're approaching the lull in the industry where it seems there aren't as many projects casting. I don't know if or how the WGA strike will effect the pattern, but I'm a little apprehensive about the arrival of the new year where jobs may be sparse. It will be a wonderful time to relax and spend time with friends and family during the holiday, but I would like to have some work during this time as well. Also, with the pending SAG strike (so I've been told) this summer, I hope to find a good film project to work on before I jump into a summer of theatre.
With all the traveling I've been doing lately, I've been getting a lot of reading done on the trains. The only problem is that I keep grabbing a different book as I run out the door, so I'm currently reading Daywatch (Sergei Lukyanenko), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles (Haruki Murakami), and my latest addition: Fool's Errand (Robin Hobb). I had actually wanted to start with the Farseer Trilogy, but they didn't have Assassin's Apprentice, which is the first book.
...I think I may have accidentally left Daywatch at my parents' house when I visited home earlier this month (argh!). Whoooops.
Having been busy these past months with theatre and charging after film projects that I want, my soul is somewhat sated (only somewhat! Keep the jobs coming!), but my brain is hungry, which explains all this reading. A friend has recommended The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series by Stephen Donaldson, but I'm going to wait until I finish these other books first.
14 November 2007
The staged reading of Chess-Blading went well and I had an even better time than I had expected, even with only 3 hours of rehearsal under our belts. The producers email some pictures from that night, so I'll update the Photo Gallery soon.
The director for The Good Thing held replacement auditions last Saturday before our rehearsal, and I'm very glad to say that by the end of the day, the cast was complete again with 4 actors. I'm looking forward to Friday's rehearsal, which will be our first time working with our newest member. The rest of the cast was off-book as of last Friday, so hopefully things will start really pulling together now that we're not bound by a script in our hands. The show opens a week from this Friday, and the marketing campaign that I've launched is 1/2 done.
My friend in Queens is turning his livingroom into a photo studio again so that his friend, who I think is a makeup artist, can shoot some photographs and show off her work. I'm going to be one of several makeup models this weekend, and I might be able to get some photos from the shoot.
I spoke to my executive producer friend while he was out in Hong Kong (Skype is a wonderful invention!) and there still appears to be no word from that independent film that he had referred me to. I sent one of the producers an email earlier this week and am hoping to hear back from them.
In the past year, I've had the opportunity to audition for several video games, and it's re-ignited the thrill I felt when recording voices for The Silver Lining. I have an interview this weekend with a voiceover agent, so I'm going to spend the next several days recording some demos in preparation for that meeting. I prefaced the phone conversation with the fact that I'm still new to the voiceover world, but we spoke for awhile and he asked me to come in anyway with anything that I've got. So ok. :)
That's the latest news. It's been a busy week, preparing for both the staged reading and the play as well as preparing invitations to industry for The Good Thing. I may take it easy tonight (and only work until midnight). Misty temperate autumn day today...perfect day for cooking and watching a movie. Despite being a hopeless romantic fool (sometimes I wonder if movies like Love Actually are written based on run-ins with people like me. Love is where love is, ya know?), I think I'm going to watch Little Children tonight.
6 November 2007
The cast of The Good Thing is searching for a replacement actor for the role of Reverend Taggart. Fortunately, the role of Taggart is only in one scene of the play, so whoever ends up getting cast won't be too under the gun to get the character down. We've all put out a call for actors, so hopefully they'll find someone soon.
Show information is below:
November 30, December 1, 5, 6, 8
8pm
Shetler Annex (939 8th Avenue, Suite 204)
Tickets are $15
I've also been cast in a reading with Eyeblink - an original titled Chess-Blading. A 2-person cast but multi-character play, Chess-Blading tells the story of an eighteen-year-old Thai American girl adrift in the uncertainty of a summer between high school graduation and the start of college who meets a retired university professor in the park. Generational and cultural differences are defined through a series of flashbacks, creating a bond that strengthens their individual resolve to deal with life successfully. I play 3 of the 5 characters in this original play, directed by Guy Shahar, being presented on Monday, November 12 at the Richmond Shepard Theatre.
Monday, November 12 @ 7pm
The Richmond Shepard Theatre
309 East 26th Street and 2nd Avenue
It's a free reading, with a $10 suggested donation.
One of the men that I worked closely with on the Adam and Eve project contacted me over the weekend to ask me if I was interested and available to do a reading of a new screenplay for an independent film. He was asked by someone from The Acting Institute if he knew of a good actress and he referred me. The folks in charge of it all went to my website and then asked him to extend me the offer for the role. I'm still waiting for them to iron out the final details on this. I hope everything pans out with this one because I can't wait to work with this man again. I had such a great time working with him and the entire crew up in the Poconos last year.
No word yet on the James Bond submission, nor the other one that I've been tenacious about following-up on. I sigh, several times a day, thinking about them.
sigh
sigh
sigh
On the bright side, one of the movies that I've been following up on finally has a start date for principal photography. I hope to hear some positive news the next time I contact the writer and co-creator.
I'm recording a voice audition for a video game that I have to send out to California. The audio program I have is easy enough to use to record, but I've yet to tinker with it to see how to edit.
And, I've got to be off book for The Good Thing by this weekend. Lots and lots to do! Time to do some sound recording and get back to my script...both of them!
22 October 2007
We had our first rehearsal for The Good Thing this past Friday, and though we were missing 1/4 of our cast, the first table-read went pretty well. I just spent an hour on the phone with one of my castmates, working through our characters' relationship to each other and the backstory that leads up to where the play begins. During the Friday rehearsal, we found out that the play was drawn largely from Chekhov's The Witch and was contemporized to incorporate the political upheaval in Colorado during the early 1990's. The language is heightened and we are still working that into our characters as we work through the script.
I had two film auditions this weekend, one for another major picture. They asked us to come in character if possible, so I spent Saturday dressed up like a Goth rock star. I got some strange looks...some come-ons...got interrupted during lunch with the age old "Are you an actress?" line and got a business card pushed into my hand...but overall, I didn't attract too much prolonged attention.
This is New York City after all.
When not auditioning or working on the script (there's so much to do with this script in order to tell the story as fully and completely as possible), I watched several movies with my friends - Matrix: Revolutions, Dark Water, Hot Fuzz (which I enjoyed much more than I originally had thought I would. I love finding comedies that make me laugh instead of ones that tell me to laugh), and Elizabeth.
Speaking of movies - the man who played Colin Farrell's right-hand man, his lieutenant, and my husband in Pride and Glory texted me over the weekend to tell me that our scene made it into the movie. Quite exciting, no? :) I still can't believe it! Anyway, he's also asked me to check out his new film, which opened yesterday, so I'm going to try and catch it next weekend with some friends after I get out of rehearsal. I watched the trailer online and it looks good.
8 October 2007
I've been cast as the female lead in a new play! Performances are 11/30, 12/1, 12/5, 12/6, and 12/8 at the Shetler Annex in midtown Manhattan. More details to come.
Productive weekend...good. Time for myself...goooooood.
This weekend was crammed with 3 auditions, 1 callback, 1 show, final website tweaking, returned the scripts from the reading series, and a stop by the reproductions photo studio. As a result of this weekend, I now have another stack of headshots being reproduced, successfully (finally) returned a gigantic stack of scripts that I had gone through when directing the reading series with _gaia studios, saw a musical adaptation of Neil Gaiman's children's book Wolves in the Walls (performed by the National Theatre of Scotland), got loads of reading done in between auditions and on trains, and an hour or so after the callback on Sunday, I was cast in the play The Good Thing.
I just received the script for the play tonight, but it's not quite the final draft yet. The play is set in the second year of the national boycott of Colorado for the Hate Law - Amendment 2. I've been cast as the lead female, Rita - a well-educated woman trapped in an unhappy marriage, she and her husband are caretakers of a Colorado spa and ski lodge and has a penchant for attracting lesbians to their place. The final draft of the script should be sent out shortly, as will the rehearsal schedule.
I've replaced the Broadband and Dialup links on my Reel page with 2 FLV files, so check it out. Both my slate and demo are now flash files and should be readily viewable regardless of dial-up or DSL. If you have any trouble with them, please let me know.
I continue to hold out hope for one of the big projects I'm following up on when I emailed the writer and co-creator of one of the films I'm submitting to and he wrote back within 2 hours. Several other projects are due for their follow-up, and one to my agent as well regarding the James Bond submission.
ARGH. I took a tiny nap after getting home from NYC today, I was so exhausted. But, not too surprisingly, now it's 3:00am and I'm wide awake!!
5 October 2007
Who would've thought that I'd have no trouble getting seen at a Broadway audition, but I would get dismissed from an off-Broadway audition?
Monday's venture into New York started off bleak when I arrived at the Equity Center after auditions started...only to find that the audition location had moved.
Doggone it.
I had to run 10 blocks back downtown at that point, and I figured I would have a better shot of getting seen if I took off another day of work and came back tomorrow. Early, this time.
Despite the lateness at which I would arrive at the open Equity call for a Broadway show, I went anyway and was seen in under 10 minutes of signing in. This left me with more than enough time to get back uptown for my second audition. Hooray! I headed back home after a leisurely lunch with a friend and chained myself to the computer for a few hours to get work done for my day job.
Blegh.
But I actually remembered to stop for lunch this time. Go me.
Now Thursday's audition, I sign in - #8 on the EMC list - and bury myself in my book the entire morning. I jumped into a conference call for my day job during the lunch break, went to the place that does my headshot reproductions, and back to the Equity center to wait some more. They're flying through the alternate list, but by 3pm, the list was a mile long, and the monitor dismissed the EMCs now that there was no chance of squeezing us in.
Broadway contract - no problems getting an audition
Off-Broadway contract - not even close
Well, then.
Don't get me wrong - I've zero gripes that I was able to get in to the first audition. I'm very grateful! I just realize yet again that no matter how many auditions one goes on, you just cannot predict how things will go.
Three more auditions lined up this Saturday. I've got a nice gap in between, so I'm catching a show over at the New Victory Theatre with a friend in between auditions. The show is based on the graphic novel by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, so this should be very interesting! I've only read one of Gaiman's books (The Anansi Boys), but I did see Stardust recently, so this will be my 3rd exposure to his work.
Oh, and I added some more pictures to the Photo Gallery and am waiting to upload one more file to the Reel page. The Reel page should look cleaner after that.
25 September 2007
You know how it is when you're on a roll...you just can't stop no matter how much you should, like working on a website until past 3am.
The past few days have been back-to-back insanity, but I like...being insane...um...wait...
One of my agents has submitted me to the upcoming James Bond movie, so if we rewind back to Friday, we can take a look at what transpired. Friday night, my friend and I started by filming an actor slate for the submission (available on my site). We got started after midnight, though it's really all a blur to me now. After we filmed the slate, we had to shift gears and get ready for a photo shoot, since the submission called for "a Bond girl in a gown". We didn't wrap up for the night until 3:30am.
Saturday morning I got up at 8am in order to make it to the set of Old Dogs for another day of shooting. I ran into a good friend of mine, so the day was a lot more fun than I expected, even though he was outside (in the rain!) and I was inside the office building. I hadn't seen him in months, so it was good to catch up on the ride back to Queens. The shoot ended relatively early (around 5pm) and Saturday night consisted of editing the actor slate. My friend and I were up until 6:30am working on that. I don't know about him, but I had the worst sleep headache and passed out on the air mattress right away.
Sunday was supposed to be a little more relaxed, with just one audition lined up and plans to go see a show. Instead, my friend and I still had finishing touches to do on the submission and worked until around 4pm. I finally got home around 8:30pm that night.
And now? It's 3:15am but I had to finish fixing my website. It's done, though I will continue tweaking it as I go. The actor slate is up on my site, the pictures have been resized, and an additional picture was put up (under the Headshots link). It feels good to get so much accomplished, but it is a sharp reminder that working this career and holding down a day job that actually requires brain power gets quite exhausting. Much more so than if I just had my career to focus on. Switching gears from the day job to my acting is very draining.
Ah well. I may be exhausted, but I feel good about what I've gotten done and really hope that all this work plays a part in the big picture of my career.
20 September 2007
I've been called back to shoot another scene with Old Dogs on Saturday, call time and location still TBD. This weekend's plans burst into an overflow of work, and I have been craving it. Since I revamped the site (yes, I know it's still a little hinky, but hopefully some noticable changes will happen over the weekend), I have had nothing newsworthy, but the past few days have been delightful. I actually received a text message from the casting agent, asking for my availability for this Saturday's shoot, and that started the ball rolling. She called earlier today while I was in back-to-back meetings at my day job.
One of my agents contacted me earlier at the beginning of the week, requesting some additional submission materials so that she could submit several of us for the role of the Bond girl in the next James Bond movie. It seems the casting directors don't want to see a reel, so I'm putting together a performance reel, an actor slate, and taking some additional pictures for my submission package. Bond...girl? Me? How awesome would that be, especially now since the Bond girls are fighters and don't just wilt at the first sight of James Bond! My friend is dropping off my submission packet on Monday, so all I can do is pray for good word and to ask all of you to send some positive energy for me.
I've got a couple of leads that I've been extra diligent about following-up with. I've heard back from 2 of them, and their responses came as a wonderful surprise and has kept me charged and focused. I don't want to mention any specifics just yet since the result could be anti-climatic, but again, please send some positive energy for me if you can spare it.
11 September 2007
The staged reading of Troilus and Cressida went well, and for the most part, I would not have minded if this cast was pulled together to reprise their role(s) as a staged production withour director at the helm. I would have confidence in the production with her guiding us. I was initially cast as Calchas and Servant, but after the first rehearsal, I walked out the door cast as Helen of Troy, Andromache, Servant, Alexander, Calchas, Diophobus, Helenus, and the Myrmidons. It made everything entirely more interesting, especially in the scene with Pandarus (as Servant), exiting and immediately coming back on with Paris (as Helen of Troy). As a full staged production, I would obviously not be cast as both Servant and Helen because that would be a wicked costume change, doable only if we could temporarily distract the audience with a dancing monkey so that they don't notice the gap in action on stage while Servant transforms to Helen.
I had an opportunity to meet Spike Lee's casting director last week, but because of the time of day and other going-ons, I spoke with his right-hand man instead. I'm not sure what, if anything, will come of that meeting, but I hope for future opportunities. The individual who sent me to meet Spike's casting director said he would call me next week, so who can say?
I drove out to a beautiful middle-of-nowhere theatre last week to audition for Moliere's School for Wives. It's been a week, to the day, and the director had said we would be notified in about a week. I liked the text and the people there seemed like genuinely great people. As I wrote that sentence, I sighed heavily and realized that my head hung slightly...which means that on some level, I already know which way the casting decision will go. Bugger.
How fun would it be to make a physical transformation as extreme as 32 eyebrow rings and purple corn rows? HA! I would love it. Unfortunately, I wasn't selected, but I had received the audition notice late (when I spoke with the casting director, they had already made their decision), and they needed someone who would appear in their 30s. I think purple corn rows and 32 eyebrow rings later, I would've passed for even younger than I normally do. Still. It sounded like an awesome role in Jude Law and Forest Whitaker's next movie, and I'm clawing for more work.
Heaps of family drama and other life stuff have been distracting, so auditions have been more selective for the time being. BUT. I think I've been wracking up some points with my day job these past few months...I'm ready to cash in those points, so bring on my next big project!
30 August 2007
Some kiblits of news:
* I've just been cast in a reading of Troilus and Cressida, a production by people I've worked with a couple of times before in the past. Two rehearsals, including over Labor Day weekend, unfortunately (I had to cancel plans to go to my friend's BBQ), and the reading goes up next Saturday at the Inwood Public Library. It'll be good to get my ears attuned to classical language again before another classical audition next week (non-Shakespeare). I picked up the play from the Drama Book Shop today, and I'm finding this one to be a rather enjoyable read.
* The reading series ended before it got started this round due to our increasingly hectic schedules. Several of us could no longer do the series without some Herculean effort, so it was decided to wrap up the series now instead of putting half an effort into it.
* I'm still waiting for the final script for The Silver Lining and then to schedule time with the voice over director to record the 5th voice. There's no rush. I'm just so excited about doing that project that it ended up on my bulleted list of new news.
* I've been asked to read a couple of movie scripts, which I'm going to try and get to over the long weekend. One might consider taking a day off, but I say "bah". One is the script for that independent film I submitted to months ago. They're still not ready to start casting, but I've got the chance to look over the script ahead of time. One of the producers is up in Toronto for the film festival, attempting to raise some money for the film which is anticipated to go into production this fall.
I don't know what possessed me to do disjointed bullet points, but here it is. Informational, but somewhat lacking in finesse. It could be the late hour at which I started to update my site. Why would I do that? Why?
Have a safe and relaxing weekend everyone! More news next time, sans bullet points.
18 August 2007
I think I just saw a tumbleweed go by...
I jest. It's really not that quiet. I think it's just the calm before the storm, but the calm is starting to get deafening.
I've been asked to voice a 5th character in The Silver Lining, this time a sea nymph. This character will be in the first 2 chapters, so I will have 2 characters in the first game, another character in Chapter 3 (second game), and 2 others in the remaining chapters. I think some of them make an appearance in more than one chapter, so depending on how well the game is received by the public, all 5 of my characters may get a chance to come to life. I'll be hearing from the voice over director once he gets the new script from the writers. I'm stoked! I had so much fun voicing the other 4 characters and now, almost 3 years later, I get another chance to further contribute to the game.
I've sent my demo reel to some of the agents that I've been freelancing with, and the feedback from them has been positive. I'm hoping that with this additional piece to my submission, it will generate more interest from casting directors. I brought several notices to one of them the other day, so hopefully his submissions on my behalf will result in some work soon.
My producer friend is off on more business trips, but he's kept me posted on the status of the new independent film he's signed on as executive producer. The film is still in pre-production but from what he's told me, the movie folks are still interested in me, and I should hopefully hear from them next month when casting begins.
It's difficult sometimes to stave off the burnout that knocks on my door from time to time. Honestly giving my day job my best and still trying to schedule auditions and doing submissions take its toll after awhile. Little kiblits of accomplishments and encouragement, plus getting responses from people I never ever expected to hear from, go a long way to keep me focused. Last weekend, I went to Albany with my friend and some of the game team, and though I worked while up there, the change of scenery and the great company restabilized me. I feel rejuvenated (hooray), so let the games continue!
6 August 2007
My demo reel is now available on my website! I started burning DVDs over the weekend and have over a dozen that are ready for mailing and handouts. I still have to make a new button on the sidebar menu, but in the meantime, you can just click here to check it out. There's a higher quality version as well as a compressed version, and obviously the 27MB file will take a little bit longer to download, but it's worth it.
Earlier this week, the directors for the reading series held auditions for the 1-act that is going up at the DeBaun theatre. We all helped out, though the auditions were technically primarily for the director who is working on that play; for the rest of us, we kept an eye out during the auditions themselves in case we could identify any actors for our respective 1-acts for the reading series. It was a good collaboration, and now that her play has been cast, I'm really excited to see what she does with it. The play goes up in September, as do our readings. I've still got a few more scripts to rifle through before the next director's meeting.
Several years ago, I had done some voice recording for a computer game, then tentatively called King's Quest IX, that would be a free download upon completion. The name has been changed to The Silver Lining, and though it's been in progress for 5 years or so now, I can say with authority that the game team is still working hard on completing the game. Several members of the team were in town this weekend to get some face-to-face work time together, and they all stayed with my friend, who is also one of the core members of the team. It was awesome to meet them under circumstances other than as an 8-person audition panel with a camera aimed at me.
That's it for now. Very few auditions these past couple of weeks since my focus has been almost solely on finalizing the reel. Now that it's done, I'm sending the reel to the folks I freelance with, and will start looking into auditions again. Today was the first day in a week that I've been able to concentrate on submissions. I did a major submission earlier in the week and am waiting with bated breath to hear back from them. Sooner rather than later, I hope, because that takes uber breath control that I just don't have.
23 July 2007
THE EMOTIONAL RANGE OF A TEASPOON...
I shot a karaoke scene today on 52nd St. for Old Dogs and got the chance to work with John Travolta, Robin Williams, and Seth Green. I did a "You go first. No, no, YOU go first. Ok, thanks, I'll go first. Oh wait. I'LL go first. Ok. You go this way, I'll go that way" dance with Robin Williams right after I rounded the corner and almost careened headlong into him as he was heading my way. Very nice man, easy to work with. He and mischevious Seth were tossing jibes over the balcony at each other while John quietly went about his own affairs. Most of our interaction as a group was directed towards Seth, who was our karaoke god and is as delightfully impish as the outtakes I've seen in his various movies. I had to get a grip on my vertigo, since I was on the balcony for most of the shoot and had to direct my attention down to the stage where Seth seranaded us with "Mr. Roboto". There might be an additional background scene shot over at JFK on Wednesday, but I'm not sure yet if I'm available. I'll find out if I'm needed when I give the casting office a call in the morning.
My friend and I stayed up until 5:30am over the weekend, editing the reel. We managed to whittle it down to 4 minutes, which unfortunately included tossing a couple of scenes that would've been nice to keep. The scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor were not as strong as the other ones, and aspects of those scenes were captured well enough in the remaining scenes. My friend is editing the audio tonight and told me that he shaved off more time and should have something uploaded to his site for me to review soon. He's a real trooper, working all those hours with me this past weekend.
The bright side to working those ridulously late hours is that I took some much-deserved time off on Sunday and saw Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Loved it! Looooo-ooo-ved it. I even got a chance to see it at the IMAX, so I saw Harry in all his 3D glory.
Speaking of ridiculously late hours...I'm still sleep-deprived and feel the onset of a headache. Another update soon - a reel section and an update on the reading series. I'm still working my way through the pile of scripts, which I had intended to go through today while on the set of Old Dogs, but was thankfully kept too busy to concentrate on them. Which means...tomorrow...but I'll be better rested and able to give them my full attention.
I got a DVD from my friend with heaps of production shots from If We Shadows Have Offended and will post those up once I adjust the image sizes.
4 July 2007
DID I THANK YOU?...
Ah, rape scenes. Good times. Authentic injuries. Fun times.
In between shooting Shadows, I've been using my down time to film my reel. We've got 4 out of 5 scenes shot, and there are 2 additional clips from previous works that I'm going to be putting in. As it currently stands, the reel is too long, but I'd much rather have too much material than not enough. My friend and I will edit it down to a suitable length, our goal being before the end of July.
Auditions are slow going at the moment, as I work valiently to save my day job. Hopefully I'll be back in their good graces so that I can continue working for them when I film my next movie or rehearse my next play. I'm going crazy, though...I need to get back to work as soon as possible, but with the 4th of July holiday here, there aren't a lot of audition postings.
Grump.
Random brain fodder: Finished watching The Departed the other night. Good movie...but it didn't quite grab me the way I had been expecting. Not a "must own" for me, which is what had been expecting. Up next is American History X, and Desperado/El Mariachi arrives tomorrow. It's been a long time since I've seen that movie, and there's a particular scene that I have to see again and now holds special meaning to me.
Happy 4th, everyone. Enjoy the sparkles in the evening sky tonight.
Crap. My bill-paying gnomes forgot to take care of a bill, so it's a week late. Filming has kept my life busy and interesting, to say the least. I've been ever so busy and exhausted. I took some time away from it all last weekend; the only bit of work I did was filming a scene for my reel. It turned out ok, but the sound got mucked up, so my friend and I are doing some ADR this weekend in addition to filming the 2nd scene for the reel.
Guilty as I felt for taking some me time last weekend, I think I really needed it for my sanity and my soul. I had a wonderful weekend, and though the To Do list is as long as ever, I feel better able to pick up all 50 balls and start juggling again. It's somewhat like picking up a huge load after not having had enough rest. I fell asleep on the subway on my way to Queens the other night and would've ended up in Jamaica, I'm sure, if one of our friends hadn't managed to stay awake. According to them, I barely had my eyes open during the walk to the apartment, but I didn't step in a hole, walk through a web, or run into a tree, so it's all good.
If We Shadows wraps next Friday. I can't believe the door is about to close on June; it simultaneously dragged and sped past me by. I feel like this past month has added a new shade of color to my life, both in terms of the experience and the people I've met. I've learned to hold my peace when necessary, and at the same time, learned when to speak my mind and in the most constructive way possible. If nothing else, I've learned more about working on a project that abides by the Guild's guidelines.
I am going to miss the daily routine of chaos - I've found my organization within the disorganization and seen beyond the nuttiness - but I also admit to very much looking forward to my next project, whatever that may be. A friend of mine has recommended me to a production company who is putting up a production of Medea at The Producer's Club, I'm hoping to land an audition with another feature film (the producers are interested, I just have to get the casting director's attention), and the reading series that I was directing is
moving forward to the next step. I submitted my favorite script from the reading series and we 5 directors are now trying to coordinate our schedules to discuss the logistics of the one-act series these plays will be entered into.
That ought to keep me busy while I transition back into the daily submissions routine...
This Thursday may be the last Thursday for the reading series I'm directing unless the bookstore gives us more dates. Actually, our last reading will not be at the Symposia Bookstore because of scheduling conflicts - they have a book signing that evening - so we are going to put up the reading at _gaia studios, also in Hoboken. The building is maze-like, and though I'm sure they'll post up signs a-plenty for those unfamiliar with the building's layout, feel free to contact me with directions, too.
The play I directed last week actually appealed to me more once I heard it than when I had originally read it. If I choose this one as one of my two finalists, I'd like to sit down with the playwright and get some input and also see if he's open to some of my ideas. I like the fact that the subject matter dares to push the envelope and forces us to face a prejudice that we all have on some level or another. Some of the plays I've read are well-written, but the material didn't speak to me as much as this one. I don't have a weight issue, which this play addresses, but I love the notion of digging deep into the material to find all the nuances and to work with an actress who is unafraid to tackle the material. I'm just hoping to finish that day's filming with enough time to get to Hoboken before the end of the evening...
My friend's visit the other day gave me a boot in the bumpkus to continue narrowing down my noggin shots. I mean...honestly...Who wants to sit there for hours sifting through hundreds of pictures of your own melon?? In any case, he insisted on seeing the pictures, so I showed him the dozen that I had narrowed it down to. He had very strong opinions about which ones he liked, so to keep that momentum going, I'm hoping to put up a selection for friends to see sometime next week. Maybe, if things go according to plan, I can spend another huge chunk of money before the end of the month on reproductions!
Wheeeeeeee...
Filming for If We Shadows... started off a little rocky, but things seem to be slowly smoothing out...I think...every now and then I get a strange hiccup in the vibe there, but I can't really inquire about it, so I try to stay out of the way. I have to admit to feeling better about it now that we're firmly entrenched in the project. This month has really only just started, but already it's started to pull me in 5 diferent directions. While I am enjoying certain aspects of working on If We Shadows..., there is a part of me that wants to fast-forward to the end of the month and see if I'm still standing. I promised my day job that I would still give them a 40-hour week, and in only 1 week, I've found that to be a promise that I'm struggling to keep.
But enough of that for now. On to...money news! A fund raiser, to be exact. Though I snicker at the notion of throwing a fund raiser for myself...this is for 12 Miles West - the theatre where I have indelible memories of Fat Pig.
On Tuesday, June 12, 12 Miles West is holding a huge fundraiser in West Orange, NJ. Check out their site for more information. As a company member, I will be volunteering that evening to help out. The evening will consist of magic, tarot card readings, silent and live auctions, 50/50 raffle tickets, and more. Tickets are $85. Contact the theatre directly, or, as always, you can contact me. I know it's a lot of money, but do come if you can.
Principle photography begins next week for If We Shadows Have Offended. I got permission to have some creative license with my character's image, so I decided, given the dynamic of the group, that my character would be Goth. My friend took some sample shots of costume ideas that I'll put up soon. Too bad that I didn't have the streaks for my hair or the black nails at the time of the photo, but you'll get the general idea.
Shot an industrial for Eli Lilly on Saturday. That was a last-minute job that unexpectedly lasted until the weeeeeeee hours. I was finally dropped off at Grand Central Station at 3am and didn't reach my friend's house until 4am. Fortuitous planning to stay in NYC that night and travel to NJ on Sunday. My Memorial Day weeknd was all about the reel. We wrote 5 scenes that weekend, so while tiring, it was tres productive.
It turns out that I was able to participate in the Lips Livingroom Reading series after all, as 1 of 5 directors to put up a reading each week at the Symposia Bookstore in Hoboken. I really liked the play that I chose last week and plan on putting that in the pile of "plays that I want to continue on in the next round". Tomorrow will be another play, and I will also be a reader for one of the other directors. I read the play that she chose and laughed my...toes...off. I hope she chooses this one as one of the ones she wants to continue because it was great. I wouldn't get to direct that one, but I already have an image in my head and ideas for how I would direct it...if I could...but I can't...
Anyway, the reading series continues for 3 more Thursdays (including tomorrow), so feel free to come out to hear some new one-acts as the directors sift through a giganimous pile of submissions and select the best ones.
Erm...what to discuss first? Well, auditions are necessarily selective since I'm still holding down a day job until a big project comes along, which quite greedily takes up much of my day hours.
My submissions project is producing more positive results than I had hoped for, and I hope and I wish and I pray that it continues. As tedious as the work can be, those two responses have helped encourage me to continue the path I've taken. Hopefully something even bigger will come of that project down the road that I pray is very short.
I've been cast in my first SAG film since joining the Guild, called If We Shadows Have Offended. It's an Ultra low budget independent film that meets for the first time this weekend for a cast table read. Updates on that as we progress. Principle photography is set to begin JUne 2nd.
Had some pretty solid auditions over the past few days, so no matter how the casting decisions turn out, I'm glad to have done them because I continue to find points in my monologue that I can tweak and it's resulted in feeling like it's fitting better. I ran into my Fat Pig director at one of the auditions, actually, and I'm going to try and make it to the reading he's directing. A couple of the Soprano boys are cast and after having seen 4 episodes of the HBO series, I admit to a curiosity to see them do some stage work.
Working on putting my reel together...it's fun, but highly time consuming and juggling everyone's schedule and my own is why this reel probably won't be completed until July.
I've got new headshots! In between working a day job, doing submissions, working on my reel, and auditioning, I'm trying to find time to go through the hundreds of noggin shots and narrowing them down. The plan is to have something selected by June and hopefully reproduced by July. Now with principle photography starting in June, I might be pushing the noggin project back a week or two because as much as I would like get those done, I have to work on the reel, which involves many other people's schedule.
Oh yes, and time permitting, I'm going to be directing a reading over at the Symposium bookstore. The coordinator is trying to...well...coordinate the 5 directors to meet this weekend if possible to discuss the game plan. So far, scheduling conflicts abound and I'm not sure yet where this leaves us. I think I'm wiped. I'm feeling a touch overwhelmed with the amount of work that lies before me, and I thought writing it all out would purge my head and allow me to concentrate, but I can barely think straight to write this.
I think my eyes have just glazed over. This a good enough recap of what's going on for now, right? Ohhhhh, please say yes...*zonk*
Busy! Busy! Busy!
So busy that I can't even write, you might think? Well...yeah, kinda. The only reason I'm writing this right now is because I'm fixing my website and transferring it to my new domain. So I figured, as I'm fixing this particular file, while not blurb for a sec?
My second's more than over. Actual news next time.
I had a delightful little reunion today with one of the men I worked for a couple of years ago during a Halloween festival over at The Monster. He is the new drama teacher at New Brunswick High School, which is one of the schools that McCarter Theatre is working with for their YouthInk! educational program. I, along with about 8 other actors, were tapped to participate in the reading and teaching workshop of the 1st draft plays that these high school students had written. The top plays will be chosen and produced as a stage production later in the summer (if I recall the details correctly). Some of these 10-minute plays were well-written, with the beginnings for a great play, and I was impressed with some of the natural talent present today. For the most part, they were all receptive to the feedback they were given, both from the teaching artists and the actors.
This teaching experience is reminsicent of the OSCE's that I've been involved with these past few years. They're ready to start up again at one of the schools I've worked at, but I'm not sure if I'll be available on the training date. Again, the act of writing about this has reminded me that I need to respond to the coordinator's email.
Things are relatively slow on the audition front at the moment because I've had to realign my financial priorities. Not to worry, though...the time taken to address the financial aspect has opened up time to start the hunt for agents and casting directors. Seems a pity that I don't have a play to invite them to, but hopefully once the finances are squared away, that situation will naturally remedy itself. For the time being, I'm searching for CD/TAs, putting EPA crashes on hold unless there's a good chance, and only attending auditions by appointment. Hopefully the plans to direct a play are still in the works. I'm meeting my old director tomorrow to read through scripts...
I've taken the plunge and invested in new headshots. My photographer comes back into town next week, so tighten the belt...he's about to take a good chunk out of my checking account!
I'm also starting the wheels turning on putting together a voice demo, reel, and slate. That will take up any free time that might've existed. Free time....can't have that! Ya know...busy worker bee, full plate, and all that...
Spoke too soon. Card's here :) I think the card arrived on the same day, but I didn't check my regular mailbox when I picked up the other stuff. *boing*boing*boing*boing*
Just got thrown for a loopy loopy. Someone from my past just got in touch with me...I'm...dazed...
Remember when I thought "Ugggggh" when I had to get up at 4am in order to get to NYC in time for The Tourist background work? Heh. Heh. Heh. Turns out that I had to get up at 3am in order to get to NYC in time for the Smith & Wollensky commercial shoot. Woof. They took good care of us at the restaurant, though, so it wasn't a bad experience by far. The staff was great, too. The GM and I were talking briefly during the lunch break, and he invited me to come back any time and have lunch or dinner there, his treat. I couldn't believe how generous the offer was. That's how amazing these people were.
I received my SAG card, the bylaws, and everything I needed to know about the union today. Actually, I have a receipt that shows proof of paid dues; the card itself will be in the mail later, hopefully this week. In the meantime, I can show that receipt wherever I have to present my card.
Spoke to a former director of mine today, who asked me to come in to read through some scripts at some point during one of these weekends. She wants me to direct a play with them...I'm not sure if they're planning a festival or a series of one-acts or what, but I'm definitely intrigued. Writing about this now just reminded me that I need to get back to her once I check my calendar. I've always told myself that I would like to sprinkle my acting career with some directing work, too, so it's nice to have another opportunity.
American Cannibal, which I was able to see at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, is now being shown in one theatre in NY and one in CA. My friend was one of the co-executive producers and he's trying to spread the word because the more people who go see it will help determine whether or not they can show the film at more theatres. Check it out. It's an interesting documentary.
The auditions and submissions this week have been a pain in my backside, and this week in particular, I find myself drowning in the ultimate love-hate relationship with this job and everything it entails. I really do love this job, this wonderful compulsive urge of a job; I just think my energy was being sapped while I dealt with the various spitballs that life chucked my way. I like my car, as ornery as he is. I've named him Hermes, because he’s so quick and spry and fast. NOT. Anyway, Hermes had to go to the doctor because, the other morning, he crapped out on me as I was preparing to leave the house for an audition. Had I but known, I obviously would’ve adjusted my travel plans and left earlier for a different train station within walking distance. Between that debacle and looking up new train schedules, I realized that there was no way I could get to my appointment on time. I left 2 voicemails for the Casting Associate and sent him an email, asking if there was any way to reschedule for later that day or for the next day (they were holding 2 days of auditions). I never heard back from him, which was a sharp disappointment because I had been looking forward to that audition.
Le sigh.
I gave SAG a call earlier this week to find out what I needed to do on my end, now that they have me in their system. Though I'm accustomed to some pretty creative misspellings of my name, rarely am I not even registered as the proper sex. I am, apparently, “Tommy”, and my last name was botched, too. Confound it all. SAG is sending me all the paperwork I need to fill out so that I can get my card and correct the spelling on my name. The membership fee was raised, and I was unfortunate enough to not make it in time, so I have to pay the new (and vastly more expensive) initiation fee.
Le weep.
Though this week has been intense, things aren’t all that bleak. I booked some background work for a commercial the other day, but the details are still very tentative. I'm potentially double-booked on that day, and while I hate having to maybe say no to someone, I suppose being in a position to choose between two jobs is far from the worse thing that could happen right now. I do have a preference as to which I job I take, however, so we’ll see how things pan out next week.
Scripts is still shooting, though nothing immediate for me right now. I heard from the production manager the other day, so I’m glad that things are still rolling, even if I'm not involved.
In the midst of work, I've found time for myself to read and relax the gray matter. I've read Closer (Marber), Oleanna (Mamet), The Learned Ladies and The Miser (Moliere), and Lightening (Koontz) (my head feels swollen), and I just finished the first season of Battlestar Gallactic, am almost done with Season 1 of HBO's Rome.
In the spirit of Battlestar Galactica's incredible cliffhanger, I'm stopping here and leaving you all hanging on a very tiny cliff. Here's to having brilliant news on my next post. *toast*
Filmed Pride and Glory on Saturday, out in Brooklyn. After hair and makeup, I holed up in my little trailer room for a good while, amused myself with puzzles and music, and waited until they needed me. I've solved some pretty difficult Sudoku puzzles, but this one kicked my a$$. I won't concede defeat, though...never!! You hear me?? *shakes tiny fist in defiance*
My director and co-actor were marvelous to work with and for. This shoot recharged my motivation to keep plugging away at this industry (though my motivation is pretty high as it is right now), and it made me wish that I had even more to do in this project. It was one set-up of the scene, and we finished in under a dozen takes. The shot was a cool reflective shot in two bathroom mirrors (simultaneously) before the camera settles on my character's husband. It's a short scene, but hopefully added another layer of insight for the audience into his character and life. I saw the playback from the final take, and I really liked the shot. Gosh, to have more work to do with these folks...that would be sublime. I also wish I had been able to go out with a few of them afterwards, but by the time I got my voicemail and listened to the invitation, it was a little too late - I was already in Queens with my friend, prowling for dinner.
Very very much enjoyed working with them. All good things come to an end, sometimes more quickly than others.
Meh.
While auditions have been picking up steadily (my calendar is filling up!), I still find myself thwarted at some of the auditions. Even when I'm #1 or #2 on the EMC list, I sometimes still look on despairingly as my chances of getting seen get slimmer and slimmer throughout the day as more Equity people get on the alternate list. I camped out all day for Pretty Chin Up, #2 on the EMC list, and was eventually dismissed when at 4:00, the monitor announced that he had 90 people on the Equity alternate list and there just wouldn't be enough time for EMC's and half the Equity alternates, but to please leave a headshot submission before leaving.
Meh.
As always, I left my headshot with the monitor and lit a candle to the Casting dieties that I will get a call.
I'm running out of proverbial candles.
But! Now on to the next (and next) audition...
I'm tired. I may add more to this post later. I feel like I have much more to say, but my brain jellied about 2 hours ago and is starting to ooze...
I got a phone call today from the casting agent, asking if I could come in for a callback for Pride and Glory, to which I said "Of course!". Fastforward a few hours later: Callback done, results to be known by Saturday. These folks are superb. About 4 hours later, one of the agents called me because she didn't want to wait until Monday to tell me that I got the job! They sent my audition tape to the director, who got back to them much more quickly than any of us had anticipated. I'll get more information on Monday when the agent calls me to iron out the details. All I know at the moment is that it is a dayplayer role - as the wife of corrupt NYC police officer Dugan. The movie was announced as completed, but there are a few scenes that they're reshooting. I'm not sure if the scene that I read from will be the same scene we'll be shooting next week, or who else will be in the scene with me, but that's ok. After the agonizing 24 hours since the 1st audition...I can wait a little longer to find out the details of the scene.
I think, from what my friend told me, this should make me eligible to join SAG...something I'll check with the casting agent on Monday.
'tis the season for more standardized patient exams. The City College of New York has called again, and I'm going to be working a GOSCE (Group Objective Structured Clinical Exams). The case scenario is straightforward and simple: I'm a healthy 22 year old student who needs medical clearance in order to work at a summer camp, and my doctor is going to, in the course of the interview, find out that I'm also a smoker. The students' job will be to convince me to stop smoking once my exams are over. Following the exam will be the usual feedback from both myself and the professor who is monitoring the session.
The political video shoot is an ongoing process. We did another day of shooting last week, and plan on shooting again in a week or two.
I feel like we're starting to overcome the audition hump that occurs every year around this time. I'm finally seeing a lot of auditions - I've been sending out a lot of electronic submissions and dropping a bit of money at the post office for snail mail submissions.
I've made myself at home at the Equity center, too. Auditions for Phallacy were nuts the other day, but nothing compared to the NJ Shakespeare Theatre's season audition. They had over 200 folks on the Equity alternate list alone, and that was just the first day. Next week is going to be pretty full of auditions for me, including an attempt at NJ Shakespeare.
All the waiting around at the Center has allowed me to catch up on some reading, though; a trio of Noel Coward plays, The Mercy Seat and This Is How It Goes (both by Neil LaBute), and a fun book on loan to me from a friend: Anansi Boys. By the time I get home, sometimes all I want to do is watch a movie and turn off the ol' noggin'. I've finally seen Finding Neverland, Snatch, The Da Vinci Code, Airplane, and I'm going to start watching Rome. I find that if I'm not in the company of others, I often don't watch a movie all the way through the first several attempts because I'm usually working at the same time (as is the current situation with Pride and Prejudice).
Got a call to do some more background work with an agency I haven't worked with before. I don't know many of the details yet, but the shoot is next weekend, so they'll be feeding me the information in the middle of next week. I don't think I'll get a waiver for this one, so I'm still going to be one waiver shy of SAG.
I've got a friend coming in from Georgia to visit for a few days with several of his friends. I suddenly found myself in the role of guide...of sorts. I couldn't give him too many leads on places to stay, as that's not something I pay attention to, really. The several plays I recommended to him and his friends were all sold out during the times that they would be in town, which is unfortunate. I personally would like to find the time (and money) to see King Lear over at The Public at some point, as well as Coast of Utopia. There are several others that if, offered free tickets, I would jump at the opportunity to check out. A friend of mine recently saw Little Dog Laughed and gave it a thumbs-up, so if free tickets roll around for that, I'll probably check it out, too.
Read The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow today after my audition (see next paragraph). I found myself laughing out loud through several parts of the play, embarrassing myself and consequently having to hide underneath my voluminous coat. I teared up when I got to the end of the play, when she starts eating the dumplings. It hit home with me in a way that I can't articulate (I miss my family), but my imagination was in overdrive at that point and that scene really touched me. This would be one that I would like to do at some point.
And lastly: I had an audition for Pride and Glory today - Edward Norton and Colin Farrell's new movie. I didn't want to write about it until now, lest I jinx myself. Not that I really believe in superstition per se, but it's one of those illogical amusements I'm indulging in right now. If I get the job, we shoot next week for 4 days in NYC.
Now to distract myself for a while with the house music we used for Fat Pig - my director was an angel and mailed me a copy. The Piggies got together again for dinner a couple of weeks ago, and despite getting wine AND water spilled on me (courtesy of Vinny and Marc, respectively), it was a great night and I hope our reunion success wasn't a fluke. Listening to this music makes me miss them again. I'm such a sentimental dink.
I'm running out of room on this site!
We finished shooting phase I of the video about the Guantanamo detainees and web blogs the other day. I found out that the final result will be on exhibit in art museums in Germany. My first international piece of work, and I unfortunately will not get to see the real live version. It's too bad that there won't be a NYC exhibit...I wonder if that's being considered at all or not. In any case, I say phase I, but it's really just phase I of the part I'm involved with. The entire scope of this project is larger than that, and these folks are ferocious about their work. I think they've been filming and doing other work on this nearly every day. They are positively great to work with and for.
It was the end of an era the other night when I donated a stereo system, purchased in 1994, to 12 Miles West. I ended up staying and ushering for the show that night - an original one-man show on the life of Benjamin Franklin. It was a staged reading, nearly 2 hours long, and quite interesting. I think school children would love historical pieces like this, though there is still some fine-tuning to be done (in my limited and humble opinion).
And speaking of one-man shows...the Piggies are finally getting together tomorrow night. I mean it. Seriously, this time. Vinny (Carter) will be putting on a revival of his one-man show My Italy Story in NYC tomorrow night, directed again by Frank (who was also our director for Fat Pig, and we Piggies will be there for support.
While ushering last night, I was approached to audition for a cafe theatre production in Upper Montclair. These two have worked with 12 Miles West often in the past, and are quite familiar with 12 Miles' artistic director. I was flattered, and am looking forward to this audition. They were gracious enough to let me be the first to audition tonight, so that I can make it on set in time for a shoot of Interpretation. We're hopefully wrapping tonight.
Steady work, almost like the calm before the storm. I look forward to the storm...
The audition gears are sputtering back into motion, and though the New Year has started off with more rejections than acceptances, I still feel positive and very much motivated.
I got a callback for The Maids, but the role ultimately went to another actress. I did, however, receive a phone call that same day to work on a project that will be displayed in art exhibits and the like upon completion. We had our first rehearsal last week, and the script was based on actual court transcripts. In our scene, the lawyer fields some difficult questions regarding situation with the Guantanmo detainees. The other part to this project...I'm not entirely familiar with yet as we have yet to rehearse it. If the audition was any indicator, there will also be (again, culled from actual blogs and transcripts) letters and monologues from a number of people, ranging from an Iraqi soldier on his 3rd tour, to a young Afghani girl's webblog, to a solider's thoughts as he was in the middle of battle. Should be pretty potent material. These people have been great to work with; everything has been running efficiently and professionally.
Hopped back and forth between 2 auditions the other day that were across the street from each other. Though I know that I am obviously not the only person to do a particular Shakespearean monologue, I have to still say that it's mildly disconcerting to hear through the walls the very same monologue that I will be using...twice! The other was a film audition and after a very late start, they started interviewing and auditioning us all. After seeing how many girls were there to audition for 1 female role, I'm not going to hang all my hopes on this one, though I will still hope for the best because I rather liked the storyline.
Today's auditions were much smoother than I had anticipated. So, despite tromping around in the slightly chilled rain and gas-gorged Manhattan (Con-Ed trucks everywhere!), I had a smooth morning and finished both the audition at the Equity Center and the commerical audition at Champions before noon.
That's all for now. Hungry. I = find food. More work to find.
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