The Stranger's Annual Genius Awards took place last Saturday at the Moore Theater in downtown Seattle. I was originally contacted by them about three weeks prior to fill in for their previous tech who had moved out of the city. They needed a repla ...
SketchFest Seattle, the world’s original sketch comedy festival, comes roaring back with a brand new festival for 2014. Every year SketchFest brings the best sketch comedians from around the world and pairs them with local favorites. This year the ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_N0sVEYYw The Doctor and his companion encounter a familiar enemy, and things don't work out so well for the Doctor in the end. Click here for Episode 1 and Episode 2.
I was contacted by Seattle's favorite RuPaul's Drag Race Season 6 star, Ben DeLa Creme, to quickly produce a video for her upcoming New York City show. As the text read: ...there is a piece of video I need some effects add to - but unfortunate ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ausmGtMV2sQ An excerpt of Michael Fiore's "Get The Girl Code" video sales letter. Who knows how these things make in onto YouTube through unofficial channels. But I chose this avenue as opposed to embedding the sal ...
I reviewed a cupcake to help promote Seattle Public Theater's production of "American Wee-Pie." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jD-xQZb6sug
The Doctor picks up another willing companion, only this time the excursion to a far off distant world doesn't end so well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XfVG2CqZ-w Click here to watch Episode Three! Find part one here.
We're coming up on a year of recording the Digital Romance Radio podcast. I engineer the show every week (well, we record every three weeks, but don't tell anybody), and it has grown to be quite popular. Check it out here, and on iTunes.
Monday night at the Gregory Awards, Annex Theatre won the "Theatre of the Year 2013" award. Beating out such powerhouse theatres as ACT, Seattle Public Theatre, and Book-It, Annex staff and company members cheerfully (and probably by that point a ...
Chicken Jenny was a bird who wanted to walk the straight and narrow. She wanted to pack her shameful secrets in a steamer trunk and sink ‘em to the bottom of the deep blue sea. But trouble followed her like a pack o’ dogs chasing a meat truck ...
Road trip time-lapse footage with accompanying animated map. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAASnASSFDo Time-lapse road footage from Seattle through San Francisco, Las Vegas, Albuquerque, Austin, Oklahoma City, Denver, Salt Lake City, Boise, and ...
This week brings us SketchFest Seattle - an event I help to produce all year long. Aside from auditing local and out of town groups to bring to the festival, my primary responsibility is producing the SketchFest Seattle Comedy Film Challenge. This ...
Well, not really. But a mix of mine made it onto a professional album. The audio I created for one of the Half Brothers promos (the one found here) made its way onto their next studio album. You can download the album from their bandcamp site. ...
I'm testing out a new After Effects script that automates the kinetic typography process, essentially cutting down 30 minutes of work into about 3 minutes. Pretty fantastic stuff. Problem is, do clients want this kind of style anymore? https://www.yo ...
I produced, along with Brandon Ryan of MAP Theatre, a video for Seattle-based Central Cinema to fundraise for a projection upgrade. They successfully raised over 110% of their goal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HegcN92IQE0
Some say the Americans might re-make Doctor Who. We think that's a bad idea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4KGoWOGka8 Click here to watch Episode Two!
I produced some videos for the Annex show "Team of Heroes: No More Heroes." Here they all are strung together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nSElXWdR_Q
I produced a Give Big video for Map Theatre - a spoof on a certain SNL sketch and CSI: Miami. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUZoipW-1Y8
Just when we thought about turning back, the convoy was hit by strafing German planes. We dived into the ditches along the road, as everyone else in the convoy was doing. It was a frightening experience, expecting to be hit at every run the planes ma ...
THE COFFEE TABLE is a new sci-fi comedy web series: fifteen short episodes with a premise that is very much Doctor Who meets The Greatest American Hero. A family discovers that their new coffee table is actually an ancient alien a ...
I shot and edited some videos for the Team of Heroes Kickstarter Campaign. Spoiler alert: They made their goal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yefeh5iLhgU
Paul and Ben make a video for Matthew Morgan and the Lost Brigade https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDNWcY9WGDE Visit Matthew Morgan and the Lost Brigade's website here.
I made a commercial for MAP Theatre's Jenga night fundraiser. A take on the "diplomatic immunity" scene from Lethal Weapon 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcarEtamxQA
Audrey & Nelson starts with two hapless twentysomethings waking up in bed together with only the vaguest memories of how they got there. But Audrey and Nelson decide to explore the possibilities! What follows is a rueful comic musical about sex, ...
Once again SketchFest Seattle comes roaring back to Theater Off Jackson for two weekends of hilarity. And once again I host this Comedy Film Challenge, for the first time in its new home at Central Cinema.
I made an ad for Brandon Ryan's "Night & Day" film noir series at the Central Cinema, which will be shown before all of the movies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWxgZPS2sQQ
Paul and Ben scout locations for a new film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkAgiBLqHU8 Special thanks to all of the business that allowed us to pester them, and to Rachel Jackson for holding the camera.
I produced some spots for Man Alone Productions' upcoming Flight of the Conchords-themed trivia night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8KJ2jSDJGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yFBMM5UB34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPdJDuUf4oQ ...
A very short promo spot for the play "Team of Heroes: Behind Closed Doors," opening at Annex Theatre on April 20th, 2012. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veGQ1FCHmQI We filmed some interview spots which will be projected at various times during t ...
I was hired by the Seattle Repertory Theater to edit the below video. This video was then entered into a competition to win a $10,000 educational grant from the National Corporate Theater Fund. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZmdThNxM2w The Seat ...
Two kidnappers abduct the child of who they think is a wealthy billionaire. Hilarity ensues. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSXEcTRHIwQ Premiered at Annex Theatre's Spin the Bottle - Friday March 2nd, 2012. Raul Allen - Tom Wiseley Jody Allen ...
I produced some spots for Man Alone Productions' Oscar Night Party 2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epXCSoGWIjg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlz2wTTxCw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-97wXsbTvAo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v ...
In 2006 I was in a show called "The Cowgirl Play," and a song was written for my character. To this day I don't know if the song was eventually cut from the final production because it didn't fit the show, or because I just flat out refused to sing it. ...
I produced some spots for Man Alone Productions' Buffy Trivia Night. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeJ8h0D8gWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tydgeQBGBkA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIouAnvspoc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pA ...
SketchFest Seattle 2011 again took place at Theater Off Jackson in Seattle's International District. And again I programmed and hosted the Comedy Film Challenge. For a list of all finalists, head on over to the Film Challenge page at sketchfest.or ...
Pony World Theatre had me make a promo for New Life Capital, the business inside their Chekov-inspired play "Suffering, Inc." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkbILIpGJb0
Paul and Ben are forced by the devil to cover the Smashing Pumpkins. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqvLA6c-rGA
The Rocketmen, with the help of the Fremont statue of Lenin, help open up the new West of Lenin performance venue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXsN5shlbo8
The two agents find themselves in a bit of a predicament. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQszQiiXcV4
Two nuns find themselves trapped underground. Made for Annex Theatre's production of "Penguins, Episode 4." Two different actresses filled one role, so two films had to be made. The other is below.
With the homicidal "Balboa Butcher" menacing the neighborhood, Sami and Clair need a man. What they get is Rex. But what of the suspicions of the good Reverend Fowler? https://vimeo.com/157516391 With the threat of the "Balboa Butcher" looming an ...
I stage managed David Nixon's one-man show. My first time in the booth for a show since 1999's "Bartleby." Click here for the show page at annextheatre.org.
SketchFest Seattle 2010 was my first on staff as web editor and Comedy Film Challenge programmer. The comedy film challenge was the first half of the opening night gala. To view all films, head on over to sketchfest.org. I also created the pre- ...
Promo for Annex Theatre's upcoming production of "Penguins 3: The Bishop's Bastard." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfVVLkMFsLk
Promo trailer for Scotto Moore's "When I Come To My Senses, I'm Alive," playing at Annex Theatre April 23rd - May 22nd, 2010. https://vimeo.com/10760184
