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NOVEMBER 2011
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
Exciting news is that I am now with manager Jeff Martin at LSW-NYC for
representation. I have my own dedicated page on the LSW-NYC website at
www.lsw-nyc.com/Michele.html Check it out!
The new webseries
Disciplinary Actions had its pilot premier in Atlanta at the
Urban Mediamakers Film Festival in October and is currently back in
post-production becoming even more fabulous. The premier is scheduled for January 2012.
I'll keep you all updated!
I have been spending the last couple of months in career coaching with
the exceptional Dallas Travers,
learning to love the business end of the business and expand my comfort
zone. I'm proud to say I've made an incredible Quantum Leap with Dallas'
and my spiritual teacher, Lynn V.
Andrews' guidance and encouragement.
I now keep my supporters updated via a monthly e-mail newsletter called
Art and Spirit. If you would like to join the mailing list,
please shoot me an e-mail with your name and e-mail address at
athenamorgen@gmail.com.
AUGUST 2011
Catch up time! In February, I began private study with acting master teacher Ruth Kulerman, learning the British approach to acting. This has been incredibly fun and challenging, and I have had to unlearn some particularly bad habits while tackling a technique that values text, language and imagination first instead of swimming in personal emotions. I also started private vocal study with Adam Roebuck and discovered the joys of singing. All my one-on-one coaching has been hard, rewarding work and I’m motivated more than ever to bring it to the table. No one else is going to!
In April, I was asked to join the board of directors of a new theatre company, The Ensemble Theatre Company of New York. We are currently fundraising for our inaugural production, Diversions & Delights, on IndieGoGo. But the most exciting event so far with TETCNY has been our fundraiser with legendary British actor Sir Derek Jacobi in June. Sir Derek is an honorary board member and supporter of TETCNY, and it was a joy to host a meet-and-greet evening with him after he had just finished his run at Brooklyn Academy of Music in King Lear. What a gracious man!
In both May and June, I performed at Directing Actors Gym with guest directors Tony Clomax and Gary King. As always, DAG was hosted by Miles Maker and awesome to participate in performing. Stills from both Gyms appear on my On The Set page.
Though One Night Stand ended up not being shot, Tony Clomax brought me in for a supporting role in the webseries Disciplinary Actions, which is scheduled to be released online in October.
Last but not least, over this summer I’ve been fortunate enough to work with three fabulous career coaches - Kathryn Rae Furrow, Herschel H. Zand and Dallas Travers - and have learned some amazing ways on becoming not only the best actor I can be, but how to be the best business person in order to be that amazing actor. I feel blessed to be able to have such support in my career!
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2010 Happy Holidays to
everyone and may you have a prosperous and vibrant 2011!
5 Days Into
Madness has a new draft and another table read
scheduled for December 15th as we head toward mounting a
staged reading directed by
Jonathan Libman.
The new draft is much tighter and has added more dimension
and conflict to the main characters. So happy to be part
of this process!
Directing Actors Gym
went fabulously on October 24th with guest director
Attika Torrence.
What fun! One Night Stand by
Race Brown
has been chosen to be shot as a short film directed by
Tony Clomax
and I look forward to auditioning in January.
SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
2010
Performing at the
Directing Actors Gym
relaunch on October 24th at the National Comedy Theatre in
Manhattan in the scene "One Night Stand" by Race Brown.
It's hilarious! And will be
livestreamed
starting at 2 pm ET.
Asked to be part in the
development of a new play, 5 Days Into Madness.
I'm playing six roles in the staged reading which will go up
in November. Had a table read with the director and cast
(on my birthday!) and I'm looking forward to the next phase.
Many auditions (and a
callback) since the beginning of September! Glad to see
things are picking up. And those new headshots are working!
Chose my new
headshots from a terrific shoot with
Audrey Foto and
makeup artist
Misty Easler.
A great combo of looks from fresh, young mom to sharp, smart
detective to don't-mess-with-me siren.
I've begun research for my
story for a feature film screenplay. I have two stories and
am focusing on the more quirky of the pair, which has a
"film-within-film" element to it. I'm an excellent prose
writer -- translating story to dialog should be interesting,
to say the least!
On a disappointing
note,
Three Houses
is not moving forward as a film with the cast of the gossip
trailer. In fact, the gossip trailer is not going to be
completed at this juncture. But Three Houses as
script has been zooming ahead with interest from various
parties. So, a big congratulations to screenwriter and actor
Seth Ruffer
and all the best for the future of a great script!
The gossip trailer for
Three Houses
was shot the end of April and is currently in post-production.
I'm looking forward to the screening, which is projected
tentatively for sometime within the next month.
Joan Rivers' Great Hair Day
is showing all over the country on all major markets now. I
finally saw the complete 30 minutes and am pleased with the
amount of time I have on screen. Most of it is my interview but
there's one small segment with Joan where she is talking with
the other model I was paired with. Excellent exposure and I am
looking to have a short commercial reel cut.
On June 20th, I will be
performing in the
Directing Actors TV
1st Anniversary performance at National Comedy Theatre in
Manhattan. This event will be streamed via http://www.livestream.com/directingactors.
I am honored to be chosen as one of the featured actors and I
tip my hat to
Miles Maker
for creating this amazing forum for actors, directors, producers
and writers to come together.
Since February 20th, Joan Rivers Great Hair Day infomercial has been on the air on
both network and cable stations throughout the U.S. I'm really
happy with how I am featured in the commercial and how much air
time I have. Good times! You can catch the first 10-minute
segment of the 30-minute commercial
here on
YouTube.
I have my own fan page on
Facebook that I'm dedicating solely to my acting endeavors (no,
you won't have to listen to my political and social rants on
here!). Check it out
here and
become a FAN!
On March 11th, the cast
of
Three Houses
had its first reading of the
script for a small, select audience of industry folks and
family/friends. The large cast of the film met as a whole for the
first time and got to hear our characters' lives come to life
through our reading. It was fantastic! The promotional trailer
for Three Houses is scheduled to shoot April 23-April
26th. The energy of this project is amazing. We've got a special
project going on here!
On March 21st, I
performed at the
Directing Actors TV Gym,
streamed live. As always, it was a fascinating mix of actors,
directors, writers and casting directors coming together to
witness strong work. Every three weeks at National Comedy Theatre
in Manhattan. Keep up to date through the Facebook page and on
Twitter.
JANUARY 2010 Lots of exciting news
for a new year!
I've been cast in
the role of Kristi McKay in the independent feature film "Three
Houses", written/produced by Seth
Ruffer of
CineMoJo Media and
directed by Miles Maker. We will be shooting the trailer in
Feb/March and doing a table read sometime afterwards. Seth is
looking to shoot later in 2010. It's exciting to be involved at
this level of development with a project and I have great respect
for both Seth and Miles. The cast so far is terrific!!
I've also been
cast in a "guest star" role for a 4-5 episode arc in Miles Maker's
original web series, "Bedfellow Society" premiering on
Mobisoaps.tv
by
Smartmobile Pictures
this Spring/Summer. We should be shooting sometime in March.
Auditioned for a PSA for
Strickman-Ripps Casting. Was referred to audition for a replacement
for the original play "The Ex-Cycle", but unfortunately, this was
non-Equity.
I'm performing on
February 7th at
Directing Actors Gym
at National Comedy Theater in Midtown. This will be my third
performance at Directing Actors Gym, created by director Miles
Maker, since September. DAG is a fabulous opportunity for actors,
directors and writers to get together, workshop new material, and
stretch as artists. I've met some amazing people at the Gym and am
now getting work directly from it. Can't ask for anything better!!
AUGUST 2009
BOOKED! Shooting an infomercial with the iconic Joan Rivers on August 12th to
promote her new hair product. This will be a fun shoot, I'm sure!
Auditions the last few
months include two separate auditions (and a callback) for
The
Onion News Network, auditions for an infomerical at Impossible
Casting, the staged reading of "Mommy In Manhattan", the indie film "A
Precious Life" and several Columbia and NYU graduate student films.
Writing a feature-length
screenplay entitled On The Road With Oscar.
New footage from the
art installation film "I'll
Replace You"! This link takes you to
the first segment of the exhibited film (yes, that's me in the nightie
in the still frame...!) and my "cut" from the film is on the Reel
page.
Had a great audition and
callback for The Metropolitan Playhouse's production of "Power".
JANUARY 2009
Happy New Year! Welcome to
my new website. Please look around and feel free to contact me with
your feedback.
"I'll Replace
You" continues to run at Postmasters Gallery in Manhattan until January 10,
2009. The gallery is open Tues-Sat 11-6 at 459 W. 19th Street at 10th
Avenue.
DECEMBER 2008
New commercial and
performance footage on Reel page!
All new blog posts will be on Blogger.
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