OMG OMG OMG

I just got called in for this...and I am SO EXCITED!

New York Musical Theatre Festival: FAT CAMP

Aaaaaaand....yup. I was totally supposed to go to sleep, like, an hour ago. But the casting director e-mailed me and I've been reading the script and nearly peeing myself. NEWS TO COME! (Promise.)

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Have I Mentioned...

...how much I hate the phrase 'let yourself go'? Another just plain offensive casting notice. Uck!

* NATIONAL: "THE WEIGHT LOSS PROJECT" (MAJOR TV NETWORK)
All USA citizens/adults welcome to submit.
Reality TVRATE: WEEKLY STIPEND + PRIZE FOR WINNER
Shoot: 7-10 week shoot in Los Angeles
A MAJOR TV NETWORK IS CASTING A NEW WEIGHT LOSS SHOW!SEEKING:[MEN AND WOMEN] Approx ages 25-50 yrs - ANY ETHNICITY - WHO ARE APPROX30-50 LBS OVERWEIGHT & ARE READY TO GET BACK THE BODY THEY USED TOHAVE! WE'LL SUPPLY THE TRAINER & NUTRITIONIST, YOU SUPPLY THE WILL TOSHED THE POUNDS.
We're you once turning heads, but have since letyourself go? Especially seeking former beauty queens, athletes, rockstars, models &/or PEOPLE WITH COMPELLING STORIES.
NOTE: If you are right for this, please respond asap! We'll get yoursubmission to our Casting Producers & set up individual interviews.
WE'RE ALSO HOSTING AN OPEN CALL in NYC (Weight Loss show):
When / Where: SAT, AUGUST 1 from 4 - 8pm at Galway Hooker, 1 E. 36thSt, NY, NY 10016 (b/w 5th & Madison). Bring two photos. One of you atyour ''best'' & one of you now.

"At your best"? PLEASE.

Psycho Beach Party

'Sphere! How I've missed you!

I've been running around like crazy with the new show I just opened, PSYCHO BEACH PARTY at The Theater Project (Cranford, NJ). In it, I play Berdine, the uber-geeky best friend (and closet ninja) of the show.

I wanted to blog about it not only because it's an INCREDIBLE show that I really, really want all you NJ- and NY-ers to see, but also because it hits on a blip that I covered in my interview back in April (and that we always cover) the 'best friends' and 'geeks' of movies, plays, etc., always being done by the fats instead of the un-fats.

Berdine is ridiculously geeky and pathetically sun-phobic (uh oh, we're hitting a little too close to home here). However, what I have blessedly noticed over the past opening weekend is that she's also the audience favorite, and I've been described as playing her with "charm and gumption."

Berdine ends up having loads of humor that's more situational than self-deprecating, and even though she's the best friend, she's also delightful and stands with pride and dignity in her own right.

Of course, all this pathos isn't necessary for this 1960s parody of "Gidget"--it's just plain fun! For anyone who's local, please see if you can make this show. It's a splash!

<3 Z.

http://www.thetheaterproject.org/

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