2011 year-end round up!


December:

12/10:
-Vounteered at LACasting.com's monthly seminar with the sweet CD Megan Foley

12/3
-Audition: Referred to the director by my favorite CD Msaada Nia. Lead in fun horror short as a twisted little girl-like sociopath!



November:

11/22
-Filmed pick-up shots for obSETHed


11/15
-Shot my guest star role in an episode of the amazingly hilarious web series obSETHed starring
the hilarious Seth Coltan and guest-starring equally funny and sweet celebrity Eric Roberts, who kept telling me how adorable I was! (so what if it was in the script...).

11/9
-Audition: LA's first run of Veg Monolgues

11/5
-Called back for lead in Break of Day

11/3
-The InternSushi.com videos I co-starred in go live on their site!


Still from one of my InternSushi.com videos

October:

10/1
-Audition: Guest star in the hilarious hit web series, The Parent Project



September:

9/24
-Volunteered at the LACasting.com seminar with CD Danielle Eskinazi--a smart, energetic and fun lady.

9/21
-Audition: another time reading for a lead in a film cast by the wondrous Msaada Nia! This time as a spunky, sexy rockabilly.
-My Wendy's commercial was optioned for a radio spot too!!

9/17
-Audition: Lead in dramatic film Downtown Six as a feisty, frantic, abused and determined runaway. There were tears.

9/5
-BrevityTV's Lesbian Alien Sexbot sketch goes live


Still from the comedic STD check PSA

August:

8/27
-Volunteered at the monthly LACasting.com seminar with the honorable and charming CD Laurie Records

8/18
-Audition: lead in film Unlaced as Stephanie, a selfish feminist cantankerous woman
-Audition: series regular in a pilot as a crude, tough gay rights activist

8/16
-My spoof STD check PSA goes online!

8/7
-Callback: for lead in out-of-state feature, Nellie and Anna

8/5

-Shoot Wendy's spot! The director loved my laugh. :)
-Interview with Daniel Hoff Agency

8/2
-Sent in the paperwork; officially a SAG member!!!
-Wardrobe fitting for Wendy's

8/1
-Booked the Wendy's spot!!


July:

7/29
-Callback for Wendy's and an hour later, put on avail!
-Audition: self-tape for lead in LGBT feature, Girlfriends

7/22
-Audition: Wendy's spot

7/20
-Audition: lead in ball room dance feature, Moves
-Audition: self-taped for the lead in a feature shooting out-of-state, Nellie And Anna

7/15
-Audition: Disney-sponsored sketch comedy web series

7/12
-Voice-over class

7/11
-Shoot: casual in-studio session with photographer Damon Casarez to contrast with our goth shoot last month for his Typecast photo series

7/9
-Shot Brevity TV sketch Lesbian Alien Sexbot
7/7
-Meeting with director about being the lead in his feature
-Audition: spoiled Jewish daughter in film Bad Jew for CD Linda Phillips Palo (Jack)

7/6
-Auditioned for a female chimp in Primate Cinema a project that casts actors to portray chimps in short films and screens it for real monkeys! Finally, an audition I didn't need to bathe and primp for.

7/2
-Audition: lead in film, Obsolete

7/1
-Audition: Zyrtec-sponsored web series

June Update


6/29
-Location scout with friend filmmaker David Lawrence at a sea cave in Malibu!

6/21
-Shoot: Goth portraits for "Typecasting" series with Damon Casarez, photographer extraordinaire

6/19
-Audition: LMU Industrial as the quirky OCD granola girl

6/14
-Shoot: Web comedy short

6/11
-Audition: stuck up teen in feature Unicorns
-Booked Brevity TV sketch!
6/5
-Audition: Brevity TV web sketch

6/3
-English horseback riding lesson!

6/2
-Shoot: Several sketches for InternSushi where I played the snotty co-worker

May Update


On set of a pilot © Vem Miller

5/28
-Audition: Series regular role in a comedy pilot as an 'Aubrey Plaza'-deadpan punk cashier

5/25
-Audition: Leg modeling for a Converse commercial. Pink toenails today!

-Audition: Guest star in the beloved Japanese show World's Astonishing News!

5/21
-Volunteered at the LA Casting seminar with true sport, Killian McHugh, whom conducted the seminar in the parking lot when we got locked out of the building!

5/13
-Recorded V/O session for an animated comedy pilot, The Larry & David Show, for a filmmaker I've worked with in the past. This was SO much fun!

5/10
-Shoot: portrayed a casting assistant in a print series of photos of the casting process for a high school career curriculum website

5/5
-Audition: Coffee commercial

5/3
-Shoot: Goth best friend in pilot Mr. James

April Update


LA Comedy Shorts Fest (shortest red carpet ever)

4/30
-Volunteered for monthly duties at the LA Casting seminar featuring lively guest speaker, CD Patrick Baca!

4/29
-Received a callback for Fly Home!

4/28
-Audition: Goth friend in the pilot, Mr. James

4/25
-Audition: second time in for Twinkie Byrd Casting, on a promo as an I.T. girl

4/20
-Audition: Lead in the film Fly Home with CD Brad Gilmore as a 16yo girl going on 20; smoking, flirting with older boys and the like.

-Audition: Brevity TV sketch comedy troupe

4/18 & 19
-Shoot: Series regular in an improv-based pilot helmed by Jay Silverman (The Cleaner). I got to work hands-on with rabbits, a snake, a goat (who peed during a take), and a bearded lizard=JOY!

4/17
-Shoot: Played the "hot chick" in a safe sex spoof PSA--sooo funny!

4/16
-Shoot: Brit rocker for Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal's TV/film director dad, Stephen's newest project, Reenactment of Dreams

-Audition: Series Regular for a pilot by the co-creator behind the Blair Witch Project

4/14
-Booked the pilot!!

4/13 (all in one day, it's just how I roll)
-Shoot: sketch for Somebody's Basement online sketch show. Lots of laughs from the audience is always a great sign.

-Callback: sassy/agro punk rocker for an improvised Reno 911!-style pilot and was met with many generous compliments from director/producer Jay Silverman (The Cleaner)

-Audition: partially improv'd session for lead in a dramedy as a troubled girl looking for love

-Audition: comedic spoof PSA (this was a same-day audition notice/request--gotta be prepared for anything any time)

4/12
-Got the call for the pilot's callbacks tomorrow!

4/10
-Finished class at Upright Citizens Brigade with a great grad show

-Attended the LA Shorts Comedy Fest to support my friends' badass film Trigger Happy. Many memorable moments happened at the award ceremony following the screening, which included meeting some super talented (and friendly!) well-known comedic actors and me trying not to say anything completely stupid.

4/9
-Rehearsal: prepping for the big UCB improv grad show tomorrow!

4/7
-Audition: Self-taped submission for Stephen Gyllenhaal project

-Audition: sassy punk rocker in a
Reno 911!-style pilot with the cheerful (and shoeless) CD Nick Anderson

-Audition: Kind of crashed an audition for Break.com. I auditioned for them last fall and was certain they loved my work in spite of not casting me, so I paid them a visit to see if they weren't swamped and would see me and they totally let me read for them. Phew! Precious gas not wasted.

-Audition: lead in horror feature The Haunting of Salem. Maybe I'm being too critical, but my read was a bit horroble. Ayo!

4/6
-Rehearsal: sketch for Somebody's Basement online sketch show. Potty humor, anyone?

First Quarter Update



March

3/21
-Audition; I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant (third time called back for the show)

3/18
-Audition; Spark.com commercial as the psycho-obsessed party girl (produced by my man Ryan Ramos from my MTV shoot in January)

3/14
-Audition; 1,000 Ways to Die as a French servant turned murderer (second time back in this office)

3/12
-Audition; scream queen for the feature Ditch Party



February

-Begun class at the Upright Citizens Brigade. They rawk!

2/26
-Assist at the LA Casting seminar with lovely guest, commercial CD Renita

2/16
-Cast and crew round-up for
Somebody's Basement's
web sketch comedy troupe

2/8
-Cast in Somebody's Basement's, in conjunction with Straight Jacket Society, web sketch comedy troupe!

2/5
-Shoot; print job for a social commentary piece by Damon Casarez



Lovely director Leslie Small & myself on set of Harvey's Transformation Camp

January

1/23
-Shoot; goth office worker in a comedy web series

1/19
-Audition; episodic Virus Hunters where I had to cry on cue--you betcha I did.

1/18
-Shoot; pilot Harvey's Transformation Camp as yet another lovely rebellious teen. And on the morning of the shoot at location, I either saw Johnny Depp, or his EXACT double! A sign from the movie gods that I'm on the right track. :)

1/17
-Shoot; MTV up front video where I play an angsty teen and best friend of the hero.

1/16
-Got the call--I booked the MTV up front vid!! Shoots tomorrow...OK!

1/14
-Callback; MTV up front video. My improv made the director laugh, that's gotta be a good sign.

1/12
-Audition; goth youth for an MTV up front video

1/9 (yep, all in ONE day)
-Shoot; eye trick in Fall Out Boy lead singer's new solo music video
-Audition; sexy bartender for video game
-Audition; spunky hipster for the film In Plain Sight

1/5
-Audition; industrial for Lie to Me's inspiration, Dr. P
aul Ekman's website