I’m so grateful to be working as 2022 comes to a close. Looking forward to sharing more about this project, to be released in 2023.
In the meantime, have a safe, healthy, and happy holiday season!
I’ve been lucky enough to be in all four seasons of “Documentary Now,” the amazing anthology series produced by Seth Meyers, Bill Hader, and Fred Armisen, and directed by Alex Buono and Rhys Thomas. Each episode parodies a different documentary.
On October 19, their newest season will premiere with their two-episode take on “Burden of Dreams,” the documentary about director Werner Herzog making “Fitzcarraldo.” The hilarious new spoof is called “Soldier of Illusion,” stars Alexander Skarsgard, Nicholas Braun, and Fred Armisen, and was written by John Mulaney.
If you’ve seen “Burden of Dreams” you’ll have heard a very distinctive female narrator, Candace Laughlin. If you watch “Soldier of Illusion,” you’ll hear my narration take on her brilliant delivery.
Check out IFC and AMC+ starting October 19 for the newest installments of the always amazing “Documentary Now!” Here’s the trailer for the season (which will also include Cate Blanchett and a wild take on “My Octopus Teacher”!):
So thrilled to be included in the inaugural Festival of New Plays at South Dakota State University! My play “The Escape Thingy” will have two reading performances: Sept 22 and 23.
The festival “celebrates the work of emerging playwrights while offering opportunities for students and the audience to engage in the development of new works.” I’m honored to be included alongside playwrights Caridad Svich, Amy Tofte, and Kristen Benjamin.
In “The Escape Thingy,” two very different couples meet in an "Escape Room" game night, each needing very different types of escape. The clock is literally ticking as they attempt to solve the puzzles, decide what reality to believe, and weigh the risks of unlocking the door to the dangerous world outside.
Can’t wait to visit Brookings and work with the director and cast there! For more info, click here.
Please join me for the final “Says You!” tapings for live audiences in Seattle, WA on Thursday Sept 8 and San Francisco, CA on Saturday Sept 10!
This NPR comedy/trivia show has been beloved for 25 years, and producer Laura Sher has arranged these final two tapings in two of the cities that have loved us best. I’m honored to be sharing the stage with the Says You! All-Stars, including Carolyn Faye Fox, Murray Horwitz, Barry Nolan, Joyce Kulhawik, and Tony Kahn!
In Seattle, we’ll be performing/recording at the recently renovated Town Hall starting at 6:30 pm on 9/8. Seats still available HERE!
In San Francisco, look for us at the beautiful Herbst Theatre at 5:00 p.m on 9/10. Seats still available HERE!
Hope to see you there (but if you can’t make it, you can always find the edited shows in a month or so, wherever you find your podcasts, or at SaysYou.net)!
I’m excited to narrate the double-episode premiere of this fantastic, hilarious show. (And the creators, producers, directors, and cast of “Documentary Now!” are also some of the nicest people in this biz.) Check it out Oct 19 on IFC and AMC+!
Happy to be working, acting in a few very different projects. Shhh, details to come, but they are exciting!
(Gotta snap the trailer door!)
So proud that my play “Call Time” is a Semifinalist in the 2022 Lanford Wilson New American Play Festival. The festival honors new American plays that provide dynamic performance opportunities for college-aged actors.
In “Call Time,” a group of misfit drama kids break into their abandoned high school auditorium in search of one last night of connection, hope, rhymes, and Fritos. This 90-minute, 7-character play was originally written as part of the Playwrights Union New Play Challenge in 2019, and was a Semifinalist in the 2019 Ashland New Play Festival. It’s available to read for members of New Play Exchange.