May 2020

“This is still going on!?” - applies to a lot in 2020.

Black Lives Matter. End of sentence. Please donate if you can https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/donate

I don’t have the ability to articulate all my thoughts about everything going on right now. But check on your neighbors, even if it’s from a distance. We have to hold ourselves accountable, and invest in our communities. So please, check on your neighbors.

Because I don’t have the ability to articulate myself right now, I’ll simply write about my acting career. That’s what this blog is about anyway.

The big announcement I teased last month is as follows: My writing partner, Helena Farhi (aka the Potato to my Button) and I launched a comedy group! Chill Grill Comedy!

When I mine for positive things to come out of this, I would say that I have been able to write and create as my full time job now. Because I have no job now. So we’ve written and filmed 5 sketches (two unreleased) this year.

My goal at the beginning of the year was 5, total. Total.

Actually, we wrote like, 7 additional sketches that we can film once we’re allowed to be physically close to each other and other humans. We have been filming/editing/writing remotely and we just keep coming up with more stuff. That’s, as we say in the biz, A LOTTA CONTENT.

So check us out on YouTube and Instagram: Chill Grill Comedy. Like, subscribe, all that jazz. We’ve got our old stuff up too!

I’m still doing improv, even though UCB NY is unfortunately no more. Doing it online. Loser Boy is going to start doing weekly shows for The Tank - our in-person artistic home and now our virtual one. I’ll post about it here, possibly too late, and also on social media when we have a link/first show scheduled. So if you live outside of NY and haven’t seen me do improv, soon you can!

Also, I’ve written a ton of characters. I’ve recorded 4 so far! (I’m getting good at video editing, gang). Here’s a brand new (like out today) character. She’s a return to my musical theatre roots.

And I’m baking and taking some online classes and recognizing how enormously lucky I am. How fortunate and privileged I am and have been. Thank you to everyone who supports me. Thank you.