I am proud to have been part of the first Neighborhood Public Radio broadcast held in January of 2004 at 21 Grand in Oakland, CA.Read More
I am proud to have been part of the first Neighborhood Public Radio broadcast held in January of 2004 at 21 Grand in Oakland, CA.Read More
I performed for 4 years in short films and original theatrical productions in various states of dress and undress, mostly involving bear costumes, while in San Francisco. I knew most of the folks from Brown almost all of whom were in a production of Six Degrees of Separation with me my sophomore year. Writing that here makes that coincidence suddenly eerie.
One of the short films is included here, Party Stories. Directed by Jon Wolanske, Party Stories stars Mara Gerstein, Abby Paige, Paul Charney, and Mitch Goldman, and features a very intense recap of a holiday shopper’s quest for an elusive George Foreman Grill. The sketch was first presented as part of KML Circus of Failure.
The International Language was a featured sketch in Killing My Lobster Tales of a Lonely Planet, 2002. It features me, a hot tub, and hearty screw.
Directed by: Kelleth Chinn and Marc Vogl
Starring: James Bewley, Marc Vogl, Gabe Weisert
Written by: Paul Charney
Music: Steve O’Reilly/Glass Records
Edited: Kelleth Chinn
Crew: Michelle Dean
Directed for the stage: Daniel Lee
The film has screened at the following:
NewFest – New York Lesbian, Gay and Transexual Film Festival – June 2002
Out on Film – Atlanta’s Gay and Lesbian Film Festival – November 2004
L’envers MLIF – Lilles, France – 2004
Microcinema/Independent Exposure 2004 Screenings at 111 Minna – San Francisco
21 Grand – Oakland, California
Chaos Studios – Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cleveland Institute of Art – Cleveland, Ohio
The Revival House – Providence, RI
The story of a moth man who fails as an entertainer, a boy who grows up too fast, and a man realizing that his father is there for him. This was created for the roving performance series, Moving Target, curated by Margaret Tedesco. This particular evening was at the Lab in San Francisco, in 2000. The performance started with a man dressed as a moth (me) setting the stage and holding a tiny light singing This Little Light of Mine until he’s embarrassed enough to leave the stage. A performer enters (Jon Wolanske) and tentatively finds the spot light and struggles to tie his necktie due to his large cartoony hands. He’s wearing a white puffy jacket – that covers his entire body and mouth. We watch him make several attempts until he finally completes the knot. I enter again, wearing a tiny lamp on my head to illuminate my face. As I tie my own tie, I talk about a trip to Disneyland and waiting to see Mickey Mouse who only appeared at the last moment. I connect that memory to a moment at my mother’s funeral, when my father took my hand as we walked away from the grave site.
An short work on loss, performed in my last year at RISD. The piece went as follows (with me only exhaling the entire time): Sit on box. Stand. Put on bear headpiece and cape. Tuck cape into pants. Struggle for air. Nearly collapse. Find my way into the box. Once in the box, my nose fit into a tiny square at the end and I took a long deep breath.
