Is This Thing On?

I haven't written anything on this blog in quite some time. Not that I haven't tried, on the contrary, I have tried posting several entries but for some reason I couldn't publish them... Hmmm, but now I'm back, and will finally update on EVERYTHING as quickly as possible!

            1. I'm still acting in theatre, having recently been featured in Hairspray and Once on This Island! More "in depth" looks at both of these shows coming soon... I hope!

2. Since last September I have been working for Springer Opera House (The State Theatre of Georgia), teaching Puppetry and Puppet Building classes with The Springer Theatre Academy. I can't begin to describe the trill it is to work with a HUGE groupe of people who live and love theatre like I do! In December, I got to design and build a set of animal puppets for Springer's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella, I also made a brief on-stage appearance in the show as "Puppet Master". How cool is that?

           3. I'm also on TV! In the last few months I've been working on a national TV and web show that shoots in Phenix City, AL called Light Talk with Sam Beman! Chase Golden and I appeared as guests on this show in May of last year, and since then Sam has been giving me lots on-the-job traing, letting me build some new puppets, work crew on shoots, create and star in some skits, even "host" an episode myself! It's been very nice to work in-studio and shoot with a great guy who's (almost) as quirky as I am!

      I've also been making regular appearances on Heath and the Checkershoe Band Show, a local Christian-based show hosted by a group of puppets! These shoots are always fun, plus they give me another chance to play with my buddy Hare!

4. Speaking of Hare: My web show The Puppet Improv is going strong! With my puppetry partner, Alex Hubbard, and a new group of up-and-coming puppeteers from Springer's Theatre Academy, I've been able to work on some REALLY fun stuff, most of which will be coming out in the next season of the show...including a special episode featuring one of my characters at the "Happiest Place on Earth"!

Well, that's all I can think of right now...I'll be in touch soon!