July 4, 2007

In just over a month, I will be making my professional début as an actor on the New York stage, in the Fringe Festival, in a pair of plays called Scout’s Honor and Becky’s Beaver. My character in Becky’s Beaver is apparently still under construction, but she is, I’m told, a fraidy-cat Girl Scout. In Scout’s Honor I will be playing a gay Cub Scout with an anxiety disorder. I’m a little worried that portraying a character so different from me will be difficult, if not impossible, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for?

The show will be performed by six actors; three men and three women. In Scout’s Honor all six of us will play boys, and in Becky’s Beaver all six of us will play girls. I got the call informing me I’d been cast a couple of weeks ago, and have spent the entire time since then hoping against hope that the character with whom I have a make-out scene will be played by a boy rather than by a girl, especially because there’s rope involved.

We had our first rehearsal last night, and not only is the character with whom I have a make-out scene played by a boy rather than by a girl, but the actor playing him is hot.

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13 Responses to In just over a month, I will be making my professional début

  1. Chris says:

    Define “hot”….?

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  2. Logan says:

    1) How do I apply to be your understudy?

    2) You haven’t been vaccinated against bird flu yet, right?

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  3. Jeff says:

    As good as I’m sure you’ll be in those shows, I’m looking forward to ‘Sodomy & Pedicures’. Just imagine! My 2 favorite things in the world, together, in one show! Genius!

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  4. tim says:

    Are you inviting your favorite Filipino grocer? 🙂 Oh, I can’t remember if I responded to the book intro… I liked it.

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  5. lee says:

    So, did you list the porn flick as theatrical experience on your resume?

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  6. campbell says:

    Congratulations! I have to say that after a month of rehearsals Mr Hotness may look just a tad less attractive.

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  7. John says:

    Congratulations! Maybe you’ll be discovered by television producers and cast in Isaiah Washington’s next big series, where you can teach him what it’s REALLY like to work with a cute but ruthlessly Machiavellian faggot willing to stomp on anyone who gets in his way. No rush. I suspect you have plenty of time.

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  8. Jeffrey says:

    See? Wishes do come true.

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  9. Richard says:

    I’m always so impressed with actors who come out of their safety zone to find that true inner soul of the characters they plan.

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  10. Eric says:

    So hot. My first boy-on-boy kiss (stage!) was at the Fringe a few years ago.
    And he was straight.
    And HOT.

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  11. Your performance schedule better be accommodating. None of this Tuesday at 2PM bullshit.

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  12. TED says:

    Since your co-osculator is an actor, we can assume a) that he has a web site, and b) that he would not mind you linking to that web site. I hear there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

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  13. Sin says:

    I want an image, and I want it now. Work with me Faustus.

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