The above statement is fairly true, unless you begin to think about snow and ice and the travel disruptions it can cause… and then, there’s the cost of oil or gas, etc.

But, why worry about all that. We folks here in southern New England manage to plod along and make it through.

I’ve just been cast in a production at Aural Stage and am looking forward to working with them.

Happy to report that mixing continues on Ed, by Mike Murphy.  Scott Spaulding, best known for his series This Thing of Ours, has signed on for post production chores. Watch for Ed, premiering soon at Harvest Audio

In digging through some (very) old material, I happened upon this great photo of me, interviewing the manager of a home center type of store.  The fellow running the board, doing the mixing chores is old friend Joe Cipriano.  I know he looks bored… but what he’s really thinking is, “…how can I get my hands on that microphone?”  Eventually, he did… and he hasn’t let go since!  Check his website…

Merry Christmas – Happy Hanukkah!

2011 was an interesting year…   I managed to book  some great VO gigs, and a number of  roles in a variety of audio dramas. This season, I can be heard in Ho Ho Homicide at Misfits Audio. As an added treat, my granddaughter Hailey, has a part. Is she an aspiring actress? Only time will tell. She has one line… and now, months after recording it, she will blurt it out with a prompt of “…are you ready?… Okay… Action!”  Meanwhile, one of my other grandchildren …Ally, continues to dance and sing.  She appeared this month in her second consecutive year of The Nutcracker. Not bad, for a couple of gals who are 3 and 5 years-old respectively.

I just finished a great run of Romance In D at Clockwork repertory Theatre in Oakville, CT.  Directed by good friend Bill Wilson, fellow thespians Jolian Cook, Margaret Mann, Michael Reilly and I, had a wonderful time.  It was great seeing actress Lynn Gorman, who flew up from her home in Florida to see the show!

Here’s Margaret Mann, myself and Mike Reilly …

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me and Jolian in the green room… Yah.. It really IS green!

Busy now with a Mike Murphy script, mixing characters.  Ed  is slated for release at Harvest Audio early in 2012.

As usual, VO samples are available via the STUDIO link at the top of this page.

Best wishes for a wonderful holiday and a terrific new year!

- Joe

Harvest Audio is up and running!

Joe’s Demos are “In the Studio” –  Click the Studio link at the top of the page to listen to commercial demos and more.

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The Summer theatre season has drawn to a close. I was very fortunate to have appeared in both summer productions at The Gary-The Olivia Theater.  

www.thegarytheolivia.com

As Grandpa Martin Vanderhoff in You Can’t Take It With You and as Andrew Carnes in Oklahoma! Kudos to cast and crew of both productions. -Joe