SQUIRCULAR™: An Actor's Tale BLOG

WBTT Jnana Cooper 20th Anniversary solo.mp4 from Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe on Vimeo.

WBTT MLK Celebration Highlights 1-20-20.mp4 from Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe on Vimeo.

Jazzllinks Touring Education Program visits high school classrooms and auditoriums each year to bring African American history and culture to life for students. Jazzlinks is a collaboration of Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe, the Jazz Club of Sarasota and Sarasota County Schools.

Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe presents Joyful! Joyful!, a new holiday musical, December 1-30, 2021.Tickets at WesttcoastBlackTheatre.org

On Acting By Summer Hill Seven We have mostly agreed that film acting is very different from stage acting. We spend most of our time telling students of acting how they must learn different skills, methods and exercises not only for different arenas also for different genres of writings. We do not do it in vain. We do it with good intentions. Like a parent seeking to protect a child, we caution our students about 'hot stoves' or looking 'both ways' before they cross the street. The result, often is another voice with a long list of 'don'ts' repeatedly running in the actor's mind during the playing. Some of us, first as actors, later as teachers, out of a need to survive, have focused on what is common to every type of acting in every time and place. Some have focused on breathing (Linklater), or alignment (Alexander), or emotional recall (Method), etc., as the common trait in all great acting. I call my method Poemedy. It too is inspired by a desire to actively pursue what is common to all acting. Poemedy is, at once, old and new. It does not replace, rather it seeks to advance the conversation. Poemedy does not seek to reiterate existing approaches, rather reinvigorate the conversation about approaching the sacred art of conjuring eternal human conditions. The approach can be simply stated as the relentless pursuit of that which is, at once, poetic and laugh inducing, in the script. This approach is as applicable and effective in Shakespeare on stage as it is in a web series script. In fact, we assert that film stardom is at the crossroad of poetic speaking and comedic timing. We welcome an opportunity to continue this conversation in person. After all, a new approach to discussing acting is only useful when applied to actual acting work. #acting www.poemedy.com

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In 2009, while we were serving as an adjunct faculty member and Guest Artist at Miami Dade College, we presented an array of artistic projects including a dance we choreographed with several students whom we have lost contact with and do not have their names to credit and yet our appreciation for their work continues to grow. We utilized music from Bryonn Bain, Harvard Professor of Hip-Hop and performing artist, as well as Dr. John Sims, Professor of Mathematics and leading proponent of The Math Art Project, which led to the first presentation of SQUIRCULAR (a poemedy with 360 lines and each line having 7 syllables) at the Bowery Poetry Cafe in New York City.

We enjoyed immensely the opportunity to work with these talented and creative filmmakers. We hope you have an opportunity to enjoy the complete films. poemedy.com

Samples my work categorized by Cinematographer, Producer/Unit Production Manager, Production Designer/Art Director, Gaffer, First Assistant Camera, Director, Documentary, and First Assistant Director.

Actors Reel 2015

Was tired of sending out resumes hoping that they'd be read. Why try to read what's meant to be watched? Email me for a PDF resume at [email protected]. In the mean time please enjoy this vesume sampler of my abilities for your viewing pleasure.

Was tired of sending out resumes hoping that they'd be read. Why try to read what's meant to be watched? Email me for a PDF resume at [email protected]. In the mean time please enjoy this vesume sampler of my abilities for your viewing pleasure.

Editing by Reels Of Thumb, 2013

Music: "The Last Dancer" - iamamiwhoami

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IRA ALDRIDGE - POEMEDY AWARENESS - This clip captures the essence of an 'essalogue' - #poemedy: Adrian Lester http://nyti.ms/1esP6x9 Adrian Lester performs a scene from Lolita Chakrabarti’s play “Red Velvet,” a drama about the 19th-century black actor Ira Aldridge. The show runs through April 20 at St. Ann’s Warehouse.