Stuck Inside Your Head

It's been two weeks since my last post.

So here's the update:

Classes started. They all have their ups. A few have their downs (no puns on my last name please). Best ones: Acting Shakespeare and Stage Combat.

Shakespeare's great, because simply put: I get to work with Shakespeare for class. Every Monday/Wednesday. IT'S GREAT. And Stage Combat is a great workout - plus we get to learn how to trick the audience into thinking we're beating the living hell out of each other. Then we get up, brush it off, and go get a smoothie.

Audition week has occurred. Casting for Twelfth Night is posted later today and callbacks for Almost, Maine will be posted at the same time. Congratulations to those cast in Twelfth Night and "break a leg!" to those who have Almost, Maine callbacks to look forward to.

Also, I finished my first Dubstep/Mashup album for public distribution. It's pretty awesome: Titled "Alpha Lamb." It's pretty cheap too.

This is your reward for reading this post about my life:

Cool Things Happen at the VMFA

This past weekend, several of my friends participated in a flash mob. Now you may think: "A flash mob! You mean one of those singing and dancing things in a random food court?!" No - my friends and Richmond Shakespeare are MUCH cooler than that. They are subtle.

The location: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. The occasion: Promoting ART (by Yasmina Reza), which runs April 22-24 at the VMFA. Needless to say, this had the potential to be a great flash mob event.

The actors showed up at the VMFA on April 9th in the morning, and were discretely shown where they each would "mob" at. Then, at the signal, they began their flash mob.

The signal was sent, and the actors, walking near their positions, assumed the poses of famous works of art, in the middle of the busy day at the VMFA. They held these poses, and crowds gathered to watch.

Great things happen in Richmond everyday - theatre, art, culture. It's awe-inspiring when these come together.

Here's the flash mob video - watch it. And then, go see ART, by Yasmina Reza, running April 22-24 at the VMFA and April 29-May 15 at Sycamore Rouge.

Waiting - We Need to Go Deeper

Hey all!

So, I'm home for weekend, and just went to see Henley Street Theatre's Waiting for Godot. Great Show! My friends Bob Jones and Foster Solomon were part of the cast - I recommend everyone go see it! Or read the play - Waiting for Godot is one of those plays that you just have to read. You may hate it, you may love it.

Tomorrow I have an audition for Two Gentlemen of Verona at Richmond Shakespeare - wish me luck. But as I sit here trying to fall asleep I found this video... it's little Leo,back before Titanic, Inception, etc. The entire time I watched this, I kept thinking - the concept of Inception would be great marketing for Bubble Yum....