Kay's Collectables
Shiny things that catch her eye
Merman, Merman & Magic
A story of three women going to the beach for their annual weekend getaway. things get interesting when they encounter the ghost of ….
Whoa! It’s been a while
So....you know, auditions, a web-series supporting role, rejections, new students, encouragements, loss, love and life in all its manifestations in-between. Always an improvisation. Writer/Director Michael Cross' SECOND NATURE theatrical premiere was at Ark Lodge...
SECOND NATURE
SECOND NATURE (Official Movie Trailer) from Cross Films Studios on Vimeo. 2016/2017. Political upheaval like we’ve never seen before. As I’ve said before I love me a good indie film! SECOND NATURE is that and more. Co-written and directed by Michael Cross it presents...
The Game of Thrones Cast on Acting With CGI
Real life experiences - acting with invisible environment, objects, and dragons. "For her part, Maisie Williams says she’s grateful the show works so hard to make physical sets, like last year’s Hall of Faces. (Some of it was CGI, but the close up set existed, so that...
Courage with Heart
COURAGE noun cour·age \ˈkər-ij\ Keeping on even when you are scared. "The study of acting consists in the main of getting out of one’s own way, and in learning to deal with uncertainty and being comfortable being uncomfortable." - David Mamet A constant...
Bold, Brave and Baring My Soul
The long hot summer morphed into a lovely fall. Film work kept me away in many acting adventures. An out of town summer intensive found me privileged to teach improvisational acting to a passel of ballet students who love to speak with their bodies but were shy to...
The Studios – Center for the Performing Arts
Jeffrey, an Irish Wolfhound puppy is a fixture at The Studios. Friendly. Just like the creatives populating the place. This new 10,000 sq foot training and event center is in Seattle's Times Square Building on 5th and Olive. Daily, drop-in classes to inspire. Package...
Vincent Van Gough’s Aha Moment
“I’ve just kept on ceaselessly painting in order to learn painting.”—Vincent van Gogh, Nuenen, on or about November 17, 1885, to Theo van Gogh I stand in front of my Father-in-Law's ceiling high bookcases filled with hard back novels, biographies, and everything else....
Land Ho!
I love me a good indie film, especially when I know one of the stars. And then it got picked up by Sony at Sundance. This Friday I'm going to it. Here. Soon it will be there... Come join me! At Seattle's Guild 45th Theatre at 7:20pm... Oh, snap, Paul will be there,...
Different Drummers Now In Seattle
I've been hearing the buzz for a while about the film Different Drummers. Mostly cause Seattle-ite Lisa Coronado (friend and fellow actor) is one of the stars in it. Until today it was just nice sounding family movie about the friendship of two Spokane boys in the...
The Croods – When Your Need Some Class
Even though there are plenty of wonderful animated films out there, I find I resist unless it comes highly recommended. This particular night my husband said, "Trust me." Ta Da! You can't go wrong with voices like these: Emma Stone - Eep Nicolas Cage - Croog Ryan...
Gold Balls – The Documentary Film
Get your Gold Balls going. 80 -95 year olds doing what? Yep, playing tennis for the gold ball award. This documentary film is like a fly on the wall following John, George, Bob, Ron, and Marcus follow the ball as they follow their passion. It was Kickstarter Project...
Another SnowGlobed Evening ! ! !
Playing in Progress is delighting us again with SnowGlobed. Third year in a row... Friday, December 20th 2013 at West of Lenin Theater in Fremont. I have the priveldge of performimg with a fistful of Seattle actors. The SnowGlobed Ensemble; Shane Regan, Sharon Barto,...
Performing and Workshopping in New York
Catching the redeye to NY. Excited to perform some of my solo show The House That Dad Built at AND's Go Solo! evening. Thursday I dive into Artisitc New Direction's second year offering Per4mance New York - An Improvised Theatre Intensive. Start planning for next...
“Hunting Dinosaurs” at the Seattle Fringe Festival
Okay, it's tonight and I haven't seen it yet. So with another's words I will entice you to attend "Hunting Dinosaurs" at the Seattle Fringe Festival (Thursday 9/18 - Sunday 9/22). Sarah Stillion is a longtime friend and colleague who has written a play about autism....
LA Welcomes This is Martin Bonner
LA Embraces Sundance's Independent Film with a NEXT WEEKEND Rotten Tomatoes is a good barometer for movies. You know there's something worth seeing when the critics give a 93%. 15 reviewers agree you should see this film. It's worth the go. The movie? "This is Martin...
Seattle’s Central Cinema, Stewart Stern, Rebel Without A Cause
By 2014 all the major theaters will be delivering movies via DCP or Digital Cinema Package. Seattle's Family owned and operated Central Cinema is doing a Kickstarter Campaign (June 14-July19) to be able to continue to screen all those films we love. As part of the...
“This Is Martin Bonner” at Sundance
This last week was a very good week for a friend, Paul Eenhoorn. I don't remember the first time I met him...2005 or 2006. He becomes a fixture in my improvisation workshops here in Seattle. I do remember asking why he wanted to be there. "To get loose, to learn to...