October 2021

Hi all,

Happy Fall! I’ve been lucky enough to visit family in Nova Scotia for the last two weeks. I took a week of vacation from my day job and have been working remotely this week. It’s been two years (cuz of the pandemmy) since I’ve been up to see folks, so I’m feeling very grateful. I’ve gotten to spend time with my parents and their dogs (my boi Bart) and it’s been great!

Sort of a long update this time: I wanted to share the scenes I shot for my reel at the end of August along with my updated reel! It was a journey to get them shot - due to a COVID exposure, my producer Nicole Townsend and I had to replace two crew members at the last minute, our DP and sound. If you’ve done any film before, you’ll know those are pretty important positions on set, and it all happened within 24 hours of the shoot. Two people came into rescue us: Hilla Eden as our amazing cinematographer and Jonathan Portee ran sound. They were superheroes, as was the rest of the crew, Evan Ray Wilkins, our gaffer and Brianna Ashley Chin, hair and makeup. My scene partners were Paul Bernardo and Steven Czajkowski, respectively. All in all, it was a really fun set and a great shoot.

Then, I edited the footage and here are the results: A procedural scene where young lawyer makes a discovery that could save her client and a comedy scene where a nerdy woman struggles through a first date.

Additionally, I've got two shows coming up next week: My improv team, Loser Boy, does our monthly show, Form-ication, on Monday, October 25, at 7pm at the Tank. We always have awesome guest teams and killer standup comedians in the lineup. I'm also in a fun sketch show at Asylum Dark with a Chance of Stupid, on Thursday October 28th at 9pm. If you are in town, check it out!

Be well and see you next month!