I just finished shooting a public service announcement for the Adair County Drug coalition. Apparently, a lot of kids today are sharing/swapping/selling their prescription medications at school, so this is the beginning of this year’s campaign to address it. Scary stuff. Check it out.

ACDC PSA (:30)

The PSA is going to show for the next few months on the local ABC affiliate, KTVO. 

This weekend, I’m heading down to St. Louis to shoot another promotional video for the Alpha Family Development Center. It’s been a year since I did the last one, and they’ve since gotten a lot more funding and a place. Since their needs have changed significantly, they’ve asked me back to shoot another promo video. This time, I’ll be doing some greenscreen work with the interviews. I’ll let you know how it goes.

After a well-received run with Dracula, I decided to try out for the next production, The Lion in Winter. It’s a terrific play based on a terrific movie that won Katherine Hepburn an Oscar for Best Actress. I’ll be playing the part of Geoffrey, the nastiest schemer of the three sons. Thankfully, it’s a much smaller role than Van Helsing, which means the rehearsal schedule is more compatible with my wife.

I’ve posted some pics here of the Dracula production back in October. The rather elaborate set was built in a very large, round barn about 2 miles outside of Kirksville. The owner of the barn hosts large events there year-round, such as plays, concerts and a notorious annual blues festival that packs as many as 600 people in the place at once. It made for chilly rehearsals, but he does heat the barn for the performances. He set up large circular tables and chairs in front of the stage for the audience. He also owns a popular italian restaurant in town and they catered the dinner-theater menu, as well as food for the cast and crew.

The Round Barn turned out to be the perfect atmosphere for a creepy Halloween play. The ceiling is immense, and the venue allowed us complete freedom to screw things into the walls, floors, etc. Keith Miller, a local magician who also played the part of the attendant, designed several magical moments for the play. At one point when he is cornered, Dracula disappeared completely from the front edge of the stage, only to reappear later in a sealed coffin that had been sitting amidst the audience since the beginning. It went over very well and was a blast to perform.

That’s me with the beard in the chair on the left. 

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