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Here is a scene from the last production I was in, Hamlet, which closed a week ago.
I play Laertes, the son of Polonius, and brother to Ophelia. To set it up a little, I come back to avenge my father's murder by Hamlet. Claudius, The king and Hamlet's uncle, convinces me to kill Hamlet in a fencing duel set up by him, using a sword that is both sharp and poisoned. This is the final scene in the play.

Keep in mind that this is a filmed version of a staged play, so it's nowhere near motion picture quality. Theater is best experienced live. There is always a visceral part of the experience lost when capturing it on video. Maybe it's just I can barely stand watching myself. I look so damn awkward, and nothing like how I feel when performing it.

I will be taking an acting hiatus for a while while I concentrate on some lighting design and directing projects that are coming up. I'm designing lights for a modern dance group next week, then the same group is flying me to Mrida, Yucatn, Mexico the second week in December to design lights for the show they're performing down there. I'm really looking forward to it. I could use a change in climate.
After that I'll be directing a night of short one act plays by Christopher Durang. That opens in February. Immediately following that I am directing a production of The Importance of Being Earnest which opens in April. I should have a fun time with that, it's such a witty play.