Our Movie Is Finished! Boston Small Theatre Meets Film!

Some of you may have noticed over the past six to eight months that I have been working on a film.

I co-wrote the screenplay with Amanda.

Well, it is now finished and we are in the process of sending it out to film festivals!

You can check out the website I created for our little short comedy film - The Oblique Sector.

Those of you who follow the Boston theater scene closely might want to check out the trailer for our movie.

Featured in the film are actresses familiar to local playgoers - Amanda Good Hennessey, Elisa MacDonald and Eliza Lay.

The film also includes Jason Reulet, who was one of the founding members of my old theater troupe Essayons Theater Company and Erik Rodenhiser, owner of the Griffen Theater in Salem, MA.

On a side note: I am proud of the website, which is the first I have created - I used the free Google Sites with a custom domain. Let me know what you think of it if you get a chance.

Happy Easter!

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You Can Watch the Human Centipede Musical

Remember I posted this picture a few months back?

Well, the musical actually happened and now you can watch it online at You Tube.

Merchant of Venice - A Most Important Play

Ian Thal has an interesting post about the Merchant of Venice production that closes today at ArtsEmerson.

Many argue that of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet is the greatest work of literature in the Western canon; I contend that while The Merchant of Venice may not be as fine a dramatic poem, it may very well be the most important; for the text is a disturbing portrait of European civilization; In many ways bridging the difference between medieval antisemitism based in theology and superstitions about Jews and the modern antisemitism that presents Jews as people yet a dangerous people: it underlines that antisemitism is "the oldest hate" and something intrinsic to Western civilization.

Tom Garvey also reviewed the production and his post is followed by an interesting discussion in the comments section.

Straw Bath on an Island Farm

Straw Bath on an Island Farm #Nantucket, originally uploaded by arthennessey.

I'll Miss You, Mom.

Scituate-20110403-00048, originally uploaded by arthennessey.

My mom passed away a few days ago. This was one of her favorite places.

Sand in Scituate

Scituate-20110403-00053, originally uploaded by arthennessey.