Hello my dear FOD's (Friends/Family of Doug)!
First of all, thanks to all of you that attended FODapalooza! A great time had by all and new friendships and connections forged. Not you should worry. The next one will be in a few months.
Oh, Spring. Smell it, see it, taste it, touch it. You've worked hard. You deserve it. It was the least I could do for you after all you've been for me. If you feel the need to give something back to me in return, I'll take the white jelly beans. They're my favorite. But this is not about confectionary tastes, it's about goings-on since the February update. Lots of great things, so here goes!
New On-Camera Commercial Agent!
I'm proud to say that after a few meetings through AFTRA Open Door and The Network, I have landed exactly the kind of On-Camera Commercial Agent I have been working to bring into my life. Erica Amsinger with The Mine is positive, driven, has an excellent reputation, and is taking the time to figure out how best to position me in the market. She's also hip and foxy. I'm feeling groovy to have my agent team in place, now with Erica handling the On-Camera commercials, Arcieri & Associates for voiceover, Judy Boals for legit, and Lauren Green for print. May I be able to earn enough for all of us that they can have beach houses on a balmy coastline...that I own.
HALF A SIXPENCE with Musicals Tonight!
Dude! I'm a headliner on Playbill.com! This means I'm almost famous enough to start demanding white jelly beans in my dressing room. Check out the link to the Playbill.com article!
HALF A SIXPENCE will be my third show with Musicals Tonight!, this time digging deep deep down to create the role of Chitterlow--an eccentric actor who is very enthusiastic.
Produced by Mel Miller, Directed by Thomas Sabella-Mills with musical direction by James Stenborg.
Cast: Jon Peterson, Robert Lydiard, Amy Griffin, Doug Shapiro, Deborah Jean Templin, Kathryn Holtkamp, Danny Beiruti, Patti Perkins, Roger Rifkin, Sean Bell, Jenna Coker-Jones, Michael Jennings Mahoney, Sara Sawyer, Christine Walker, Erika Zabelle and Anthony Zillmer. Here's the information:
WHEN:
April 1-13, 2008
Tuesday-Saturday at 7:30 PM, Wednesday and Friday at 2 PM and Sunday at 3 PM
WHERE:
The McGinn/Cazale Theatre, located in Manhattan
2162 Broadway, between 76th and 77th Streets, on the 3rd Floor
See below for directions or go to the
Google Map
COST:
Tickets, priced $20, are available by calling (212) 868-4444 or by visiting www.smarttix.com. (Industry and members of AEA get in free.)
Spend Good Friday with a Nice Jewish Boy
I've just started with a new quartet on Sundays with the Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Under the musical direction of Paul Stephan, I'm singing with Renee Jarvis, Julia Mintzer and Christopher Peter Thompson. We're having Good Friday service this coming Friday, March 21 at 6:30 pm and we'll be singing our faces off. It's a wonderful, welcoming environment and the Reverend Susan Sparks is also a professional comedian. Come join us!
WHEN:
Friday, March 21, 2008 at 6:30 pm
WHERE:
The Madison Avenue Baptist Church
30 East 31st Street (off of Madison Avenue) in New York city
See below for directions or go to the
Google Map
COST:
What's our favorite word? FREE! (Though donations are gratefully accepted)
Draw or animate DougToons!
The first installment of DougToons! has been penned by the incomparable Crystal Skillman and voiced by me at Silver Hollow Audio, with producer (and fine voiceover talent in his own right) Brett Barry. Now that it is in the can, my very talented graphic designer and animator have a great deal of other work on their plates. I'm looking for a few more graphic designer/cartoonists and computer animators to add to my team. The work we create would be for each other's websites to display our cartoon fortitude! Drop me an e-mail if you would like to join my toon team!
***Thanks to all of you that voted for our Tide-to-Go commercial on YouTube. We didn't make the final ten but had a great time putting it together.
***I voiced a game show host character for an incredible upcoming documentary on veganism, Glass Walls, created by Marisa Miller Wolfson for the organization Kind Green Planet (website pending). Please do not tell her that I had a tough day and solaced myself with a bacon cheeseburger before the gig.
***Every Thursday at 7:00 a.m. Jill Burk and I continue to be the voices of New York Times for InTouch Radio reading news and periodicals for the visually impaired over the air.
***My hair is just huge. The Jewfro that ate New York. Cut my hair, make two sweaters. But, do you know who has just the right amount of hair? Alexandra de Suze! Surely you've heard of Alexandra de Suze!
Please Don't Panic! I'm as busy as matzo meal on Passover, but for you, I'll find the time. Should you need the song sung, the voice voiced, or my mug to mug drop me a line and we'll create something great together.
And now the monthly Two (by which I mean Three) Items of Interest for FODs...
My Husband is EXPOsing himself!
Shawn will have a booth at the upcoming GLBT Expo for his Financial Planning Practice. Come visit him (and me on the Saturday) in the wedding section at the 15th Original GLBT Expo
WHEN:
Saturday, April 5, 2008 11 am- 7 pm
Sunday, April 6, 2008 12 pm- 6 pm
WHERE:
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
38th & 11th Aves, New York City
And for 5 dollars off your ticket, Print this out!
Meet the famous Alexandra de Suze in person!
Surely you've heard of Alexandra de Suze!
Well, from April 7 to May 7, she is going to travel across the country in order to interview folks about the "what are you" culture of our nation for her show Single What? Female. If you're along her Amtrak route, could you spare a couch? If not, perhaps you could sponsor her? This e-mail is already plenty long, so I'll direct you to her blog page which will tell you all you need to know. She's great company and living the dream for all of us.
Bring my sister to New York!
This one's going to repeat monthly. My agenda is out of control on this one.
My beautiful sister Andrea is looking to make the move back to the New York City area from North Carolina and we want her here! She is both an MSW (Masters of Social Work) and LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) and currently has a thriving practice in Raleigh. Andrea is looking to purchase an established psychotherapy practice in the five boroughs to precipitate the move. She is also open to the possibility of a partnership with someone that has a good referral base. If any of you FODs out there have a psychotherapist in your circle who is retiring or changing professions, please let me know and I will get the information to Andrea.
Life is good here. Bathroom renovations actually started, just in time for our friend and stage manageress Melanie Wood to crash on our couch while in rehearsal here in NYC for MARRIED ALIVE which will be performing at the Gulf Shore Playhouse in Naples, Florida. Welcome to New York City, Melanie! Now go shower downstairs in the gym and brush your teeth in the kitchen sink.
Take some breathing time for yourself, tell me your birthday,
and thanks for being in my life. Please let me know what's going on
in yours! (And, of course, Happy Easter, Good Pesach, and Happy Women's History Month)
As Always,
Doug
Doug Shapiro
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
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