Blog of the Sandman
November 2007
After quite a few Split Pillow projects spent behind the camera, I'll now be in front of it. Eye of the Sandman is currently in production, and you can check out some behind the scenes action, details, and drama at Blog of the Sandman
Petersburg
A Split Pillow collaboration written and directed by Tom Herman, Nick Martin, Jim Vendiola, and me.
Premiered Sep 21 - Oct 26, 2007 at Chicago Filmmakers
Uncle
Vanya at Court Theatre
I was part of an amazing cast in Court Theatre's recent production of Chekhov's Uncle Vanya. The show was directed by Charles Newell and staged at the Museum of Contemporary Art. The highlight was getting to work with some of the finest actors in Chicago. The lowlight was having to wear those damned boots. My feet still hurt.
January-February 2007
We got married in Scotland
MT and I are back from beautiful Scotland, where we got married on June 30th. Would you like to see some photos?
July 2006
It's a really big shew
This summer up at Piven Theatre, I took over the part of Ed Sullivan (yes, that Ed Sullivan) in Michael Stock's Lady Chaplin & Her Tramp: The Life & Art of Charlie Chaplin. My friend David Gray (hey, he's in our Realization chapter below) had to leave to do a film, so I came in for the last two weekends and had a great time with a wonderful cast. Did you know that Sullivan and Chaplin had a long-running feud? Did you know that Sullivan had been an entertainment reporter prior to his long-running show? Now you know.
June 2006
Realization Premiere Screenings
Split Pillow's latest feature film, "Realization," had its World Premiere on Wednesday April 19 at Facets in Chicago. More info at splitpillow.com
Chris Tzoubris and I co-produced/co-directed Chapter 3, which has been called "whacked out!"
April 2006
Hot Coffee
My short film Hot Coffee, starring my good friend Tom Herman, got a great reception when it was screened at the Chicago Short Comedy Video and Film Festival. It's also been seen at Around the Coyote.
August 2005
Brush Fires now on DVD
I shot chapter five of Split Pillow's second feature film, based on their exquisite corpse model. Brush Fires did very well on the festival circuit, and was picked up for distribution on DVD.
August 2005
What Grumio
Played violin, caught flying objects, and made the bed for Kate & Petruchio in Chicago Shakespeare's beautiful production of Taming of the Shrew. They even let me speak this time (see the headline above).
Fall 2003
Cliffhanger
Behind the camera for a very cool film project. My team, Kilts Afire, had one week to write, shoot, and edit the first 10-minute chapter of a feature-length film. More info at Splitpillow. (We were Week 1.)
Fall 2003
Tequila, family, and firearms…
I appeared in Denis Johnson's play Shoppers Carried By Escalators Into The Flames. At Chicago's Viaduct Theater. A very cool play, by a very cool writer, at a very cool theater.
Spring 2003