Hey everyone!

So here's the big night, it's opening for My Fair Lady at the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse!  I'm so blessed to be a part of this amazing cast, crew, and theatre and can't wait to get an audience in here to see this!  The show is absolutely beautiful (it would be, it's designed by Ithaca College alum and all around brilliant designer David Arsenault) and the performances are stunning.  Kim Burns as Eliza Doolittle is a force to be reckoned with, and Will Erat (Broadway's Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and Catch Me If You Can) gives a completely fresh, and new interpretation to Henry Higgins which is sure to leave you all breathless.  If you are in the upstate NY area, this is not a show you want to miss.  For more info, visit the official website for the production and buy some tickets!  

All the information can be found at: http://merry-go-round.com/2012-season/my-fair-lady/

If you do come out to see the show, let me know!

My best to everyone!

~Ned

This past week, the Ithaca Shakespeare Company opened Love Hurts, their 2012 summer season. This season features 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'Taming of the Shrew' performed in repertory.

I was the fight director on both productions alongside Nick Shuhan, and I can tell you they're both fantastic! Do be sure to go see them out at the Cornell Plantations, and support great local theatre! Shows are Thursday - Sunday at 6pm. For the schedule of which show is which night, please visit www.ithacashakespeare.org

Well here we are, it's July 9th, which means I've been graduated for almost 7 weeks now.  It's amazing how good I feel with my 7 week post-college life, because a TON has happened.  To recap, since graduating from Ithaca College I have:

• Moved out of my house in Ithaca, my stuff now resides at my father's house in Allentown, PA.
  
• Fight Choreographed two full shakespeare plays along with Nick Shuhan for the Ithaca Shakespeare Company
  
• Moved to Maine and back into my Mom's house
  
• Moved Mom out of that house and into a new house
  
• Learned, Rehearsed, Opened, and Closed a brand new Burt Bacharach musical at the Hackmatack Playhouse
• Worked 20 hour weeks for Ted Arcand and the Dogfish Company while in Maine
• Moved back to Ithaca, where I currently am couch surfing and finishing the fight choreography for the Ithaca Shakespeare Company, Taming of the Shrew opens on Wednesday, and Romeo and Juliet opens on Thursday.
  
  

On Wednesday, instead of going to the opening for ISC I head out to Auburn NY, about 45 minutes away, where I'm moving into a new apartment to begin my 5 week contract with the Merry-Go-Round Playhouse.  There I will be a member of the Ensemble and in the Quartet for My Fair Lady.  After that, life may slow down, or may speed up exponentially.  I am moving at least briefly to Allentown with my Dad to get my life in order and prepare for my big move to NYC.  At the end of August I'll be heading back to Portland for a weekend to a.) celebrate my amazing girlfriend Priya Iyer's birthday, she's turning 22 and happens to be at the Maine State Music Theatre as an Arts Apprentice this summer, and b.) to put on a 2 person cabaret along with my dear friend Genevieve Myers.  We'll be doing a two person "Broadway Hopefuls" concert at the Dinner Theater we worked at for 2 years through high school, Anthony's Dinner Theater and Wonderful World of Broadway.  After that, I up and move to NYC on September 1st and will begin the next chapter of my life as an actor in the big bad city!

Whew, that's a lot to handle in 3 months.  I am so blessed to have had these opportunities immediately post college.  It's so easy sometimes to look at those who are just as fortunate as I and say, "what are they doing that I'm not?" but that's foolish.  I am a gainfully employed actor and fight director in a variety of shows and companies.  I have been very blessed to be surrounded by talented, hard-working people, and to be given such support by my friends and family.