news-and-updates

April '11 Update

Sat, 02 Apr 2011 16:21:48 +0100

I recently completed filming on Disconnected (in Madison, WI), The Alien in the Room (Delavan, WI), LA Storm: Zombie Hitman (Chicago-trailer) & The Spade County Massacre (Milwaukee) as well as continuing to film on Main Street Meats (mainstreetmeatsmovie.com) (Lodi, WI). My movie Hurrincane Bonnie will shoot in Milwaukee & Wisonsin Dells in June & July with One Day (Lake county, IL) tentatively scheduled for late summer.

My film Horrid is now available on DVD through Brain Damage Films (braindamagefilms.com). I am featured in cast interviews on the DVD extras. My films Fast Zombies With Gun & Death Angel December: Vengeance Kill (formerly The Long December) will both be released on DVD July 25th through Chemical Burn Entertainment (chemicalburn.com).

On stage, I am currently rehearsing Mulligan's Gate, a golf comedy, playing Lionel Luster, the club manager, for Theatre on the Green in Woodstock, IL in June.

February '11 Update

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:43:27 +0100

In film, I am shooting scenes in February for the ongoing movies Main Street Meats and The Spade County Massacre as well as a new production, Disconnected, all filming in WI. I am also attached to act in the films Hurricane Bonnie, The Alien is in the Room and One Day (reprising my role as Ed Weeks from the movies One Week and One Year), all later in the year.

On stage, I am appearing in Rapunzel, as Walt Schwartzbuckle, the title character's father, for selected dates in February and March in Round Lake and Grayslake, IL.

My film Dog Jack won Best Drama at the San Diego Film Festival in January, my 2nd movie to win such an honor (Horrid). My film the Amateur Monster Movie was screened in front of over 600 people on New Year's Day in Milwaukee.

December '10 Update

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 13:41:21 +0100

I am currently performing as Rudolf the Pissed Off Reindeer as Santa Claus at Lakeside Players, Kenosha, WI. I am also in rehearsals for The Taming of the Shrew as Gremio for PML Theatre, Antioch, IL opening 1/14/11. I appeared in 7 shows onstage this year: Are You Being Served?, Whodunnit, 12 Angry Jurors, The Dinner Party, 'Til Death Do Us Part, Christmas Runaway, & Rudolf and now 81 overall.

The Amateur Monster Movie will premiere 1/1/11 @ 11:45 PM at the Oriental Theatre in Milwaukee with tickets only $1. I play Mayor Kimball. My films Horrid (Maxim Entertainment), Fast Zombies With Guns and the Long December (Chemical Burn Entertainment) have all recently found distribution. My films Dog Jack, Registered, and Horrid have all made recent film festival appearances.

I am also performing as Santa and other Christmas characters for children's parties and other events this holiday season.

October '10 Update

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 05:42:18 +0100

On stage, since the last update I completed roles in The Dinner Party by Neil Simon as Andre Bouville & Til Death Do Us Part as Howard. Upcoming shows include Christmas Runaway playing Papa Peterson for Fluff Productions in Woodstock, IL in November & Rudolph the Pissed Off Reindeer as Santa Claus for Lakeside Players in Kenosha, WI in December.

I am currently filming Main Street Meats playing the Mayor in WI for Golden Tooth Productions with a 2011 release date. My films One Year and The Long December were both recently screened. Another film The Amateur Monster Movie is tentatively scheduled to screen in December in Milwaukee. And I am attached to the film The Alien is in the Room playing Ross for Gumball Zeta Productions schedule to shoot this winter.

May '10 Update

Sun, 16 May 2010 16:36:47 +0100

I am appearing onstage as Juror #3 (Lee J Cobb role in original 12 Angry Men film) in 12 Angry Jurors for Theatre on the Green in Crystal Lake & Woodstock, IL Wed 5/12--Sat 5/22.

My film The Long December where I play Mr. Law will have its premeire screening Sun 7/17 @ the Genesee Theatre in Waukegan, IL.

February 2010 Update

Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:17:49 +0100

On stage, I am appearing as Rear Admiral Knutchbull Folliat in Whodunnit by Anthony Shaffer for Lakeside Players, Kenosha, WI 2/12-2/27. More info @ rhodeopera.com.

In film, I am in preproduction for Ponzi Scheme playing a ghostly Bernie Madoff-like character. Filming will begin in late March in IN for Vision Media. The film will also be a stage play in the future.

January 2010 Update

Fri, 01 Jan 2010 17:29:42 +0100

I have completed filming on One Year the prequel set 12 years earlier to the film One Week reprising my role as Ed Weeks (Brett's Dad). The film will premeire in October.

The Long December is slated to open in June & The Amateur Monster Movie in October.

I am currently appearing in my 75th play Are You Being Served?, based on the hit comedy British TV show/movie playing Captain Peacock for Elgin (IL) Theatre Company 1/8-1/23.

I recently completed for Clowning Around Entertainment playing Santa Claus @ 11 events including visiting people's homes on Xmas eve.

Current Projects

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:19:44 +0100

I am in preproduction playing Ed Weeks in One Year, the prequel to the film One Week. Filming is scheduled in Lake County, IL at the end of this year.

I completed filming on The Amateur Monster Movie playing Mayor Kimball with release tentatively scheduled for 1/1/10. I also worked on The Spade County Massacre playing Captain Duffy. Both movies were shot in the Milwaukee area. I will complete shooting on The Long December playing Mr. Law in October in IL & WI with release scheduled for March 2010.

Horrid is currently in the middle of film festival screenings in Louisville, Madison, Milwaukee and the United Kingdom. Dog Jack will have its debut screening in PA in Oct. 50 States was recently screened in Chicago and Springfield, IL.

On stage, I will be appearing as Dr Martin Dysart in Equus by Peter Schaefer for Splinter Theatre in Grayslake, IL in November.

Current Projects August '09

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:10:13 +0100

I continue filming on The Long December and The Amateur Monster Movie. I am also currently filming Agent 7, a web series. playing Mr. Tisdale, an alocholic father, in Whitewater, WI. I also wrapped filming on Night Movie, playing a police officer in Whitewater, WI & the long delayed A Man's Best Friend (also known as The P.I.T. Bull Tales) as a mob boss in Chicago.

Several movies I appeared in are now on the film festival circuit. Welcome to Dreadville: The Lottery played @ AOF in Pasadena, CA in July & Fast Zombies With Guns will play @ Indiefest in LA in late August. Horrid plays @ Fright Fest in Louisville in mid-August & Zombie Con in Milwaukee in Aug. All films are listed on IMDB.

Current projects May '09

Sun, 24 May 2009 14:41:42 +0100

I will be appearing as Leonato in Much Ado About Nothing by Wm Shakespeare to be performed outdoors by the Riverview Theatre Company in McHenry, Il 7/18-7/26. More @ riverviewtheatre.org

I begin filming locally in July my scenes as Mr. Law for the dramatic action film The Long December written & directed by Bennie Woodell (The Chauffeur, Fast Zombies With Guns, Scarlet Widow). The film will be released in March 2010.

I begin filming in the Milwaukee area in June my scenes as Mayor Kimball in the comic zombie film The Amateur Monster Movie written & directed by Kyle Richards. The film will be released in 2010.