2014 Catch-up!

Still from The Reason

May:

5/28: Performed in We Make Movies' reading of 50 Shades of Single by Jamie Suraci as Cari, a girl who has terrible luck with sex with her cats as her only friends.

5/25: Cast in iO West's Sketch Pool sketch show for June! Directed by Blake Hogue.

5/22: Second callback for Stupid Fights -and- CAST as the female lead!

5/16: Callback for web series/pilot Stupid Fights!! Improv for the win!

5/7: Performed in hilarious tongue-firmly-in-cheek sketch by Patrick Duncan Who's Got the Biggest Dick as well as an improv about two rival wealthy gangs at We Make Movies. 

5/6: Audition for film as the young wife who's fed up with her useless and selfish husband



5/5: Now commerically rep'd by The Happen Agency!!!

5/4: Audition for new improv-friendly web series-slash-pilot Stupid Fights 

5/3: Met for commercial representation with Randi at The Happen Agency

April:

4/26: Recorded ADR for The Reason


4/21: Filmed Corporate Dialects at YouTube Space LA!

4/20: Rehearsed sketch Corporate Dialects

4/16: Performed heart-touching role of Sister Eden, a young woman raised in a commune who manages to escape in the piece Defect by Paul D. Hart at We Make Movies. 

4/9: Audition for a friend's pilot Mother Fakers as a (comically) crazy crackhead mom willing to rent her young son on Craigslist.

 About to get my cray-cray on for this audition!

Then performed in a great sketch as the perfect girl who just happens to be a robot, and an uncomfortably funny improv about who's done dirtier deeds, the grand-daughter (me) or her grandparents at We Make Movies.


From the reading of E. Nigma

4/2: Perform in a producer's reading of E. Nigma by Robert Keniston as Harley Quinzel!



4/1: From being featured on one major casting site to the other! I'm the first, actually, featured actor on Casting Networks (LA Casting) with a full Q&A!! Check it out here!

March:


3/19: I'm the featured actor on Breakdown Express and Actors Access today!

3/16: Cast in the sketch Corporate Dialects to film at YouTube Space LA!

3/10: Audition for fun role as a gangster's #1 girl and got to improv and get all ghetto on another ho

3/5: Performed in Brett Fleisher's piece Prisoners to the Pull as a young and somewhat awkward woman pining after a young and somewhat awkward man who pines after another.

3/3: Day 8 on set of The Reason!
3/2: Day 7 on set of The Reason!

3/1: Self-tape audition for the lead in a feature as Amy, whose strength is fading to remain the rock for her boxer girlfriend

February:

 Goofing on set of The Reason. Filming a drama shouldn't be serious all the time!

2/24: Day 6 on set of The Reason!

2/22: Volunteering at the LA Casting seminar with special guest Chad Ritterbach

 
Filming at a beautiful church in The Reason
 
2/21: Day 5 on set of The Reason!
2/20: Day 4 on set of The Reason! 
2/19: Day 3 on set of The Reason!

2/18: Day 2 on set of The Reason followed by an audition for an awesome play by a woman-created  theatre group.

2/17: Begin shooting The Reason!!

2/12: Table read for The Reason followed by a performance in the audience choice-winning sketch Corporate Dialects.

 Reading of Corporate Dialects with Jim McCaffree and Brendan Weinhold at We Make Movies


2/10: Attended a SAG Foundation CD workshop. Membership definitely has its perks!

2/8: Wardrobe fitting for The Reason!

2/5: Performed a comically fun-tastic role in Patrick Duncan's A Perfect Gentleman as a Christian woman accusing a man of indecent behavior.

2/4: Attended a fantastic SAG Conservatory evening with Billy DaMota

2/1: Chemistry reads with potential sons for The Reason

January:

1/31: Booked The Reason!!!

1/30: Audition for a trailer for a wonderful novel The Reason. Serious dramatic storyline of a young mother learning her son has leukemia. It was the best dramatic audition I've ever given and really pulled into focus how far I've come in my craft, that that was its own reward.

1/29: Audition for a friend's awesome sci-fi pilot as Phoebe, a blue-skinned alien who's quick-witted and has a taste for adventure

1/22: Performed a reading for We Make Movies as Alex, a girl who lets her meathead boyfriend walk all over her.

1/21: Callback for a dramatic film where I play a woman dealing with loss

1/16: Audition for one of my favorite CDs, Sherrie Henderson for a sweet short about a woman (me) who falls for an androgynous young man (not me). 

On stage performing Nothing Is Exclusive

1/15: Performed in the audience's choice winning sketch Nothing is Exclusive at We Make Movies, in addition to performing in a hilarious improv as a woman trying to return a book.

1/14: Audition for a wonderful romance short as a woman who's dealing with the loss of her fiance.

1/4: Self-tape audition as a neuroscientist for a fun web series

December:

12/4: Shot an industrial for a high-class outdoor grill and that night performed in an improv at We Make Movies

12/1: Go-see for Knott's Berry Farm print ad

November:

11/22: My cameo in Daily Fiber's Sexy Pool video went live! Look for me in the Amish getup. ;)

Fall

 

November:

11/17: Auditioned to play Gilda Radner in the Falcon Theatre's run of Bunny, Bunny

11/13: My cameo in Project Hollywood episode 5 (created by by Scott Kieffer Johnson) goes live! I play Gwen, a frightening punk rocker pyro

11/8: Creative writing session with my Daily Fiber Films compadres for future sketches

11/6: Performed in two sketches for We Make Movies sketch/improv night! I played an overly-excitable reality show contestant and a timid new employee at a horrible restaurant.

11/5: Attended the SAG Conservatory panel with CDs Russell Scott and Josh Einsohn--who I last saw at an audition after both teaching at the Young Actor's Theatre Camp in northern California.

11/4: Attended a SAG-AFTRA workshop with CD Melissa Delizia and cold-read the shiznit out of a scene as a sassy, sexy junior lawyer


October:

10/30: Went to the callback for the US Cellular spot and got to improv with a giant stuffed animal

10/29: Success--got a callback for the US Cellular spot!
- Participated in an AFI audition class with Heidi Levitt
- Table read for the pilot of the web series Burbank Academy of Drama (B.A.D.). I play Heather, the innocent Canadian with big dreams

10/28: Auditioned for a US Cellular commercial as loving young wife of a kooky husband

10/23: Performed in We Make Movies improv game night

10/9: Performed in We Make Movies improv night. I was cast in a record three pieces: Girls Night In, Foreign Exchange, and H.R. Nightmares.

10/8: Table read for new action-drama series Beauty School by Douglas Knox

From the table read of the upcoming series Beauty School


September:

9/15:
- Shot two sketches for the fantabulous Daily Fiber Films
- Callback for the film Aunt Lena!

9/14: Auditioned for the daughter in an awkward family centered around in Aunt Lena by Jay Levy.

9/11: Performed in We Make Movies improv night for the development of upcoming web series The MatchBreaker by Felix Werner.

9/4: Performed in the final installment of the feature screenplay reading of From Here On as Lora, the young woman with an abusive past and stunted mental growth.




August:

8/31: Recorded final v/o for the audio sci-fi/drama I'm the lead in, Blue Rose

8/27: Shot new amazing headshots with photographer extraordinaire James DePietro and mad-talented make-up and hair stylist Keston Ridley (Dr. Horrible, The Guild, Hard Candy).

8/17: Attended the red carpet premiere for the launch of the Project Hollywood web series. I guest star as Gwen, the spoon-burning punker with daddy issues.

 (Left) With director/writer, Scott Kieffer Johnson
 8/14:
- Performed in a tremendous improv sketch, Filmmakers with Vaginas by Angela Landis, as Rosemarie, the Texan Christian homemaker turned visionary filmmaker.
- Auditioned for the lead in a short, Cherry, the bitchy self-centered girl who's all about the best party in town.

8/12: Self-taped for an H.R. industrial.

8/7: Performed in From Here On by Patrick Duncan as Lora, the psychologically repressed daughter of a Southern family who's chronologically 22 years old, but thinks she's 12, and behaves as if she's 7.

8/6:
- My episode of Bare Nekked Chef: Nibbles #4 goes live! Check it out!
- Stunt training class with Screen Fighters! It brought me back to some of my basic parkour training. 



July:

7/24: Performed in Life-Sized Godzilla by Yo Frank and Alex Duong, as Jude, the cool-ass geek chick.

7/22: Shoot day 2 for the audio sci-fi drama, Blue Rose. I got to try on my reporter voice which was so... official. ;)

7/18-21: At Comic-Con, baby! I worked for HBO/Cinemax dressed as a sexy Amish girl promoting the series Banshee. It was awesome.

 
7/10: Narrated in a staged reading at the We Make Movies film collective.

7/9:
- Self-taped for a lead in a dramedy web series as a troubled artist. Didn't book it but the director personally thanked me and said I was one of the top choices. Gotta love notes like that. :)
- Attended the SAG LifeRaft panel for pilot casting.

7/1: First day of filming the Burbank Academy of Drama (BAD) web series! I play a wannabe playboy bunny from Canada ready to make her mark on Hollywood.


June:

6/30: Table read for the amazing new web series, RomAntics!! Produced by Matthew Bridges, starring Josephine Leffner.

6/27: Rehearsal for the Burbank Academy of Drama (BAD) web series!

6/25: Auditioned for a supporting role as the depressed and lonely wife of a diplomat and got the waterworks going.

6/22: Volunteered at the LACasting.com seminar with guest speaker Killian McHugh.

Summer lovin'!!

 On set of Bare Nekked Chef

June:

6/17: Self-taped for the romantic lead in a fun web series

6/15: Shot day one for Blue Rose

6/12: Attended a great and intimate SAG event with the illustrious CD Ronna Kress (Gatsby, Moulin Rouge, Notting Hill)

6/10:  Rehearsal for Blue Rose with brilliant actor, and great friend, Evan O'Brien in the male lead

6/4: Table read for the pilot Burbank Academy of Drama. I play Heather, a beautiful and overly-optimistic Canadian transplant.

My cameo in Bare Nekked Chef AND Breezy both air! I love improv-friendly sets most of all.

6/1: Cast in an awesome new webseries, Burbank Academy of Drama! Plus, the last day of my commercial class, followed by the table read for Blue Rose


May:

5/18: Reunited with Meg Mormon and Sunny Boling at the LACasting seminar

5/15: Another great night at We Make Movies (and who knew you could be complimented so much as the narrator? :))

5/11: Started Killian McHugh's month-long commercial class

5/9: Auditioned for a recurring role in a new black comedy web series, followed by the news that I booked Blue Rose!

5/8: Shot my scene for the web series pilot, Breezy, although I had to push through it with a cold. I was super excited and happy to be working opposite the fabulous Kelly Mullis!

Afterwards I headed to my callback for Blue Rose


April:

4/29: Auditioned to be a scare actor for The Great Horror Campout! I dug up my most creepy voice for this. ;)

4/28: Table read for a play

4/26: Writers meeting for my upcoming comedy series with co-creator Melissa Ciesla, followed by an awesome wrap party for the first season of Project Hollywood

4/24: Got a callback for Blue Rose!

4/21: Audition for the lead in Blue Rose, a sci-fi podcast drama

4/20: Writers meeting with Melissa Ciesla to discuss rewrites on our web series

4/17: Performing again with We Make Movies in a dramatic turn

4/15: Meeting with Breezy creator, Bri Giger, to discuss my role

4/14: Photo shoot with Lionfly Headshots, followed by a creative meeting with a writer to begin works on a new web series venture I'm spearheading.

4/12: Cast in a web series pilot, Breezy, with the wonderfully talented Bri Giger!
Also continued working on my web series with co-creator Melissa Ciesla.

Still from Horror Haiku: Moonlit Walk

4/10: My Horror Haiku episode airs!
Plus, I play an uber-serious business exec at We Make Movies improv night

4/6: Read for the spunky sidekick in a kickass new web series

4/3: Shot two episodes of the Bare Nekked Chef with Daily Fiber Films' fantastically multi-talented actor/writer/producer Raymond McAnally!


 Still from Unicorn Factory

March:

3/28: Read for the villian in a fun web series: "an attractive, irritable, condescending female assassin who enjoys berating her partner almost as much as she relishes carving up victims."

3/26: My BrevityTV sketch Unicorn Factory goes live! It's unicorns like you've never seen them before.

 Still from Unicorn Factory


3/25: Attended the East West Player's ABC Diversity Panel

3/18: Read for the lead in another sci-fi project

3/16: Table read for a sci-fi drama. I played the lead, Melissa, a wannabe journalist in way--way--over her head.

3/13: Rocked the house at We Make Movies' improv night as a Brit with a tea addiction

3/11: Put myself on tape for the lead in a feature shooting in Michigan

3/6: Performed in We Make Movies as Melinda: "the fact that her husband left her for another man tends to color her feelings about all men." Fun role!!

Starting the new year with a BANG!



Boy howdy, it's been a crazy busy year already!! Lucky number 2013. :) Plus, between all of these auditions and shoots, I've been doing informal cold-read workouts with a few fellow actors one to two times a week. I'm officially acting full time!

February:
2/26: Auditioned for a recurring role in a sketch web series.

2/24: Shot an episode for Seraph Films' popular Horror Haiku series. So much fun!! Just too bad I lost my voice the next day from screaming at a monster.


2/23: Started the day shooting a hilarious sketch for BrevityTV.com, reuniting for my third project with them! I broke for a long lunch to audition for spot at ASG Casting, then raced back to set to finish the shoot!

2/22: Got a very last minute call to step in to shoot a comedic sketch for BrevityTV tomorrow since sadly their actress fell ill.

2/21: Had a callback for a Hallmark project. Every one was super friendly--and it makes all the difference. That night I attended a SAG Foundation workshop with Nancy Nayor's associate, Lindsey Weissmueller, who was super easy-going and fun.

2/20: Received a callback notice to read for the lead in the Hallmark project!

2/19: Auditioned for the lead in a short as a bossy, gothy teen, a supporting role in a Hallmark project, and the lead in an apocalyptic short as a jaded and brave young woman... yup, all in one day!

2/11: Auditioned for the lead in a film as a brassy, punk-rock chick as well as a quirky host in a new web comedy news show


2/13: The vegan Doritos commercial I was cast in is now on YouTube!

2/9: Submitted a recording for a v/o gig

2/6: Performed at We Make Movies in I AM JoeLarryNickStevePedro by Emily Habeck alongside the beautiful Élan O'Connor and funnyman Nathan Paul.

2/5: Attended a SAG Conservatory panel with amazing speakers such as actor Jason George (Grey's Anatomy) and CD Pam Dixon (Zorro films, Tremors, The Craft...), moderated by the wonderful Lee Garlington.


January:
1/31: Auditioned for the lead in a heavy dramatic indie as an emotionally abused young wife and also picked up the prints of my new main headshot, huzzah!

1/30: Performed in We Make Movies' improv night amongst some of my new favorite faces

1/25: Voted in the SAG awards for my first time!!

1/22: Self-taped for the lead in a dramatic web series and got booked to shoot the cover of a horror magazine as a goth gogo model!

1/18: Auditioned via Skype with Frederator Studios in NYC! They're the team behind Adventure Time, Fairly Odd Parents and more... It was an honor above all else.

1/16: Began co-writing a web series with fellow amazingly talented actress Melissa Ciesla!

1/10: Auditioned for the lead in a sci-fi feature followed by reading for the lead in an awesome comedic film as a charismatic, perky and odd new-agey bohemian

1/9: Performed in a stage reading as the lead in a romantic comedy at We Make Movies to a fantastic applause, alongside fantastic actors Melissa Ciesla and Skyler Caleb

1/8: Auditioned for the lead in a very funny short

1/6: Auditioned for a pilot as the beautiful, edgy and tough loving stage manager of a rock venue

2012 Looking back


While honestly 2012 wasn't my favorite year career-wise thusfar, it was still full of tons of amazingly fun moments...

 In December, I shot a new round of headshots, shot a guest spot in a web series, was cast in an indie project and gave an awesome improv performance at We Make Movies' Holiday show.

In November, I did my first looping/walla gig and finished shooting the Doritos commercial and had a blast with both!!

 October was full of lots of great auditions and I began shooting on a pro-veg Doritos commercial.

 I went in for a role on Glee and met with director Brad Falchuk, began studying with Matthew Barry, casting director of The Notebook and Rush Hour films, and I was cast in an episode of Screen Junkies in September.

 In August I shot a cameo in the web series Project Hollywood and had the whole crew cracking up with my improvised poetry.

 July was full of lots of great auditions and I began being managed by Committed Artists Entertainment in June.

 Updated my reel with new footage in May.

 In April I shot a period project and in February my episode of obSETHed with Eric Roberts went live!

 What a year!!!

Fall Recap


November:
11/18: Shoot all day for an LGBT short film as a scorned lesbian lover
11/17: Volunteer at the monthly LACasting seminar with the fab VP of Casting at Cartoon Network, Sharon Lieblein
11/16: My Doritos shoot went live! 
11/15: Audition for the lead in a web series pilot
11/8: Volunteered for the Big Show for Young Storytellers where I acted in staged readings of 5th grader's first screenplays--there was a zombie apocolypse, velociraptors and puppies...so many puppies.
11/8: Attended a SAG-AFTRA workshop with CD Marlo Tiede (Grimm, 90210, Ghost Whisperer)--an excellent lady
11/4: Last day of shooting for the Doritos commercial! I was in very convincing make-shift doctor's office, standing in a tree,  and lying on top of a dumpster... crazy times.
11/4: On my lunch break from filming, I scooted over to audition for a fun web pilot, Balls Deep as a jealous lesbian lover
11/2: Audition for the lead in a film as an emotionally unstable girl

October:
10/28: Shoot day two for Doritos
10/27: Audition for guest star in a web series as a young woman attracted to octagenarians
10/25: Shoot day one for Doritos shoot up at Farm Sanctuary alongside a huge pig and cow.
10/23: Audition for the lead in a web pilot as a vampire
10/16: Audition for a rockabilly girl in a national
10:13: Cast in a vegan-themed Doritos spec shoot

End of summer recap!


September:
- 9/24: Started class with esteemed and uber-friendly casting director, Matt Barry (The Notebook, Rush Hour & RH2)
- 9/24: Audition for Orbitz Girl-type spokeswoman for a commercial
- 9/24: ScreenJunkies new show starting with "Avengers Haters" goes live!
- 9/17: Shot a featured role in a new web series for ScreenJunkies.com (the guys who make the "Honest Trailers") produced by Break Media and hosted by the HILARIOUS Hal Rudnick. It was awesome to work with so many cool (and/or interesting...) people on set
- 9/17: Received a callback request for the vampire web series :)
- 9/13: Audition for the lead in a vampire web series as the quirky, bubbly college grad who's in way over her head
- 9/10: Met with fellow actor/filmmaker friend Matt Bridges to develop a new comedic political web series
- 9/6: Went in for a looksee with GLEE (& American Horror Story and Nip/Tuck)'s EP/director, Brad Falchuk, on the Paramount lot for a featured role as a sexy, edgy goth chick

Still from "Avengers Haters"

August:
- 8/27: Added separate comedy, drama and goth character reels online
- 8/25: Shot a cameo in the web series Project Hollywood as the creepy pyro punk chick responding to an ad on craigslist. My improv went so well, the director had to excuse any unnecessary crew from the room to preserve the take from laughter.
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