The Examiner's list of Best Theater in Orange County for 2009 named Tamiko Washington for her direction of "Trojan Horse" at Chapman University, as reviewed by tireless theater critic and fellow OCPA member, Jordan Young.
I had the pleasure of working with Tamiko when she directed a staged reading of my one-act "Ode to Provence" in April 2009 at STAGES Theater. With very little time, she did an amazing job, using her signature skills as the originator of American Noh theater to block the play, giving the reading the feel of a full production.
Congratulations to Tamiko for her continuing excellent work in theater!
For the full list of the Examiner's Best in Theater 2009, see http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-4129-LAOC-Theatre-Examiner~y2009m12d27-OC-Theatre-101-The-best-of-2009
Monday, January 4, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
New Year's Eve with Dezso Magyar
People say that how you spend New Year's Eve dictates how you will spend the rest of the year. I hope this is true.
So I walk in to a New Year's Eve party, and the first person I'm introduced to is Dezso Magyar, the Hungarian filmmaker and CAO of Chapman University's film school. Of course, we first discussed Hungarian food, our favorite hotels in Budapest (Dezso's is the Four Seasons), how Hungarians have influenced the film industry (Fox, Zukor, Foreman), and Greystone Mansion where I was married and where Dezso ran AFI for many years.
Turning to our shared passion, independent film making, Dezso correctly stated that the problem isn't that films are not getting made. In fact, in 2009, Sundance had more than 6,092 short entries alone and thousands of features, most of which will never get a distribution deal. The problem is that many of these films lack quality material and a quality cast. It may sound obvious to start with quality material, but if it's so easy, why isn't everybody doing it? It's a sin to waste celluloid. So, before picking up the camera in the New Year, get a piece of material as sharp as a scissors' edge and attract actors that can wickedly inhabit the role. Make 2010 the year of your dreams!
So I walk in to a New Year's Eve party, and the first person I'm introduced to is Dezso Magyar, the Hungarian filmmaker and CAO of Chapman University's film school. Of course, we first discussed Hungarian food, our favorite hotels in Budapest (Dezso's is the Four Seasons), how Hungarians have influenced the film industry (Fox, Zukor, Foreman), and Greystone Mansion where I was married and where Dezso ran AFI for many years.
Turning to our shared passion, independent film making, Dezso correctly stated that the problem isn't that films are not getting made. In fact, in 2009, Sundance had more than 6,092 short entries alone and thousands of features, most of which will never get a distribution deal. The problem is that many of these films lack quality material and a quality cast. It may sound obvious to start with quality material, but if it's so easy, why isn't everybody doing it? It's a sin to waste celluloid. So, before picking up the camera in the New Year, get a piece of material as sharp as a scissors' edge and attract actors that can wickedly inhabit the role. Make 2010 the year of your dreams!
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