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NewsThe Poetry Scream, a fast-paced poetry reading showcasing five poets, will premiere this summer at The Boiler Room in Port Townsend, WA.
The Poetry Scream is hosted and produced by award-winning poet/playwright R. O’Donnell. O’Donnell is best known for his literary alter ego The Kreep, who is, according to Robert Elder of the Chicago tribune, “…a Gothic poet and illustrator in the tradition of Edward Gorey.”
The Boiler Room is a non-profit all-ages venue for music art, poetry, and theater. A youth-run business, The Boiler Room fosters a culture of volunteers and celebrates community, growth, learning and empowerment of youth and the young-at-heart. We are located in the heart of a small Victorian seaport (Port Townsend, Washington State) in the Pacific Northwest.
Poster for New Age Vaudeville’s The TV Dinner Hour produced by O’Donnell/McKenzie
The producing team of O’Donnell and McKenzie, best known for New Age Vaudeville, the New Variety, and The Third Avenue Playhouse have joined talents once again to produce Port Townsend, Washington’s first and only professional year-round theatre company.
R. O’Donnell and Amy McKenzie are facilitating a year-round professional theatre company in the historic Port Townsendarea, theatre location to be determined from a host of prospects. The theatre season would be marketed for the existing peninsula demographic as well as the tourist trade says the pair. Their format would be primarily musical comedy and comedies from Broadway, off-Broadway to pre-Broadway fare. They plan to cast out of Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles with an intern program attached.
Richard O’Donnell is a playwright, producer, and actor. He has worked and lived in New York City and Chicago where he has written and performed for the stage, film, and television. O’Donnell wrote the award-winning off-Broadway musical comedy One & One , Radio City Music Hall‘s A Manhattan Showboat, and co-founded the New Age Vaudevilletheatre company, the New Variety cabaret, and the R. Rated television show on Fox Chicago. As an actor, Mr. O’Donnell has performed for film, television, off-Broadway, off-off-Broadway, and in regional and summer stock theatres all across America. His favorite roles include Elmore in An Evening with Elmore & Gwendolyn Putts and title roles in Larry Shue’s The Nerd and The Foreigner (both extended runs at the Peninsula Players).
Amy McKenzie is a producer, director, and actress. She has worked and lived in New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago where she has produced and performed for the stage and television. Ms. McKenzie co-founded the New Age Vaudevilletheatre company as well as directing their biggest cult hits An Evening with Elmore and Gwendolyn Putts and the TV Dinner Hour starring Del Close, Richard O’Donnell and Megan Cavanagh. She directed and starred in numerous productions at The Peninsula Players, America’s oldest residential summer theatre, as well as founding and producing their fall season. Ms. Mckenzie was on the board of directors for the Peninsula Players (before, during, and after its restoration) for over a decade, and founded and produced The Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay, WI whereby she successfully converted an old movie house into a state-of-the-art performing arts theatre. Being an accomplished actress, Amy has crossed the boards in national, regional, touring, and summer stock theatre’s all across America. Favorite roles include Dr. Vivian Bearing in Wit, Babe in Crimes of the Heart, and Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire – directed by A.C.T.’s William Ball.
Dear Silly Serenaders,
How about a pink hymenoptera queen for your perusal?
in E†ernity,
The Kreep
pink hymenoptera queen by Brazillia R. Kreep
Robert G. “Bobby” McGuire passed away in Milwaukee at 50 years old on May 26, 2009. He was a natural talent. He sang, acted, played a variety of musical instruments, and was even a great comedian. Like Tim Conway or Lou Costello before him, Bobby had the ability to make you laugh with a simple glance or gesture. He was, as they say, gifted.
When Bobby auditioned for the Chicago theatre company New Age Vaudeville back in the mid 80’s, he was so funny that they asked him to join the group right on the spot. He stayed with them for over four seasons performing supporting roles in many of their biggest hits. In An Evening With Elmore and Gwendolyn Putts – The Neighbors Next Door, Bobby created the role of the ever-loveable greaser Helmet Head. He recreated that role at their Crosscurrent’s Location to rave reviews, landing on the inside cover of the Chicago Tribune Art section .
Bobby later Co-starred in the Fox, Chicago TV variety show R. Rated, which aired midnights following Jerry Springer. As a regular player, Bobby created the controversial advertisement wearing only an orange Speedo and wig while lying on the Lakeshore Beach blowing bubbles announcing the show’s upcoming arrival on channel 32. It played consistently for two weeks prior to the airing of the show, and was responsible for building a substantial following.
A Memorial Mass will be held for Bobby on Saturday, May 30, at 10:00 AM, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, at 41st and Oklahoma. He was cremated and will be buried at a private ceremony along side his maternal grandfather with whom he shared the love of laughter. Inquiries: Bruskiewitz Forest Lane Chapel, (414) 321-1700.
Finch & Lily feature film crew join the twitter phenomenon.
Starbrite Pictures, a division of R. Productions in Chicago , is developing a script by award-winning writer Richard O’Donnell entitled Finch & Lily . Columbia College’s Katie Mahalic is in talks to direct.
Ms. Maholic was this years recipient of Columbia Colleges Big Screen 13 film festival Audience Award for her short film Michael Saints, and her film The Mole, a 10-minute short is circulating through domestic and international film festivals. The film has screened in the U.S, Canada, Australia, and has just recently been accepted to the Euro-Asian Film Festival held in Washington D.C..
Appearing out of nowhere, a mysterious Albert Finch takes up residence at a rundown transient hotel in Chicago. There he befriends agoraphobic Lily Crumb and an array of characters that benefit in odd and miraculous ways from his simply being there. But Finch has a secret that will alter their lives forever, bringing a little bit of heaven to the residents of the Star Brite hotel.
Broadway composers Dianne Adams and Jim McDowell are tapped to score while stage, film and TV actress Megan Cavanagh is slated to star as Sister McGee.
Pre-production begins Fall 2009.
The feature film Finch & Lily launches wordpress blog by the same name.
Starbrite Pictures, a division of R. Productions in Chicago , is developing a script by award-winning writer Richard O’Donnell entitled Finch & Lily . Columbia College’s Katie Mahalic is in talks to direct.
Ms. Maholic was this years recipient of Columbia Colleges Big Screen 13 film festival Audience Award for her short film?Michael Saints, and her filmThe Mole, a 10-minute short is circulating through domestic and international film festivals. The film has screened in the U.S, Canada, Australia, and has just recently been accepted to the Euro-Asian Film Festival held in Washington D.C..
Appearing out of nowhere, a mysterious Albert Finch takes up residence at a rundown transient hotel in Chicago. There he befriends agoraphobic Lily Crumb and an array of characters that benefit in odd and miraculous ways from his simply being there. But Finch has a secret that will alter their lives forever, bringing a little bit of heaven to the residents of the Star Brite hotel.
Broadway composers Dianne Adams and Jim McDowell are tapped to score while stage, film and TV actress Megan Cavanagh is slated to star as Sister McGee.
Pre-production begins Fall 2009.
Natasha Frost has been happily designing and crafting her own unique jewelry items since early childhood, slowly honing her creative style over a 20 year period. After Dark Jewelry is the culmination of a life-long dream for Natasha: to develop an artistic business based on uplifting, inspiring and adorning the female form. Her goal throughout the creative process is to encourage women to be bold, daring, and utterly extraordinary — to embrace their own individually unique qualities, both inside and out. Her hope is that those who choose to wear her handiwork will feel the warmth and love she infuses into each piece.
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The combined interest in horror films and art eventually culminated into a career as a special effects make up artist, designer and sculptor for the motion picture industry, designing and creating creatures and make up effects effects for such films as, “The Ring”, “Hellboy”, “Planet of the Apes” and the critically acclaimed music videos for the art metal band, Tool. For the last decade Zar has also embraced the digital side of special effects as well, utitlizing the computer to translate his dark vision with 3D animation for Tool’s live shows and subsequently releasing many of them on his own DVD of dark 3D animation, “Disturb the Normal”.
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Chicago-based film director Katie Mahalic presents Just Something Out Of the Ordinary for the Little Miss Matched’s Film Contest.
Warning: the “awe”factor is pretty high.
