Monthly Archives: December 2015

These two clips from mime Marcel Marceau are hugely inspiring to me, and directly influenced the creation of CHALK. Marcel Marceau arriving in Japan, 1960 (clip starts at 0:31) Marcel Marceau “The Tango” In both clips, what we watch is the same. It’s a guy. Just a guy, by […]

BLOG: Why Mime is the Best Theatre

December 21, 2015 in Blog by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex is cast in One Slight Hitch, a farce by Lewis Black to be directed by Margarett Perry. Alex plays “Ryan,” the beatnik poet & hitchhiker loosely based on a young Lewis Black himself. One Slight Hitch runs April 7-24 at The Human Race Theatre in Dayton, Ohio. It’s rowdy […]

CAST in One Slight Hitch

December 18, 2015 in Cast / Theater by curtalert@gmail.com

Mark Your Calendar!!!! The performance dates & times for CHALK at the NYC Frigid Festival have been announced! You will be able to see CHALK at the Kraine Theater: These are your 5 chances to catch it…. Tues – February 16, 2016 @ 8:50pm (evening) Sat – February 20, 2016 […]

CHALK Show Dates Announced!

December 16, 2015 in Chalk / Theater by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex was cast in a developmental reading of Rancho Viejo, a new play by Dan LeFranc (pictured) and directed by Daniel Aukin. The reading is happening at off-broadway theater Playwrights Horizons as part of an on-going commission with LeFranc. Casting by Alaine Alldaffer & Lisa Donadio.

CAST in Playwrights Horizons Reading of Rancho Viejo

December 15, 2015 in Cast / Theater by curtalert@gmail.com

Watch this: Then, watch this: You don’t have to get the whole way through, but check out at least 2 minutes of each. The first video is American clown George Carl, and the second is Russian clown Slava Polunin. To me, these two represent the two different worlds of clown. […]

BLOG: The 2 Kinds of Clowns

December 14, 2015 in Blog by curtalert@gmail.com

Alex is now working with the film students at New York’s School of Visual Arts (SVA), and goes in for his first project this week! Alex and fellow Brown/Trinity alum Will Austin, will be performing this classic scene from Gus Van Sant’s award winning film My Own Private Idaho. Alex […]

Workshop with SVA Film Students

December 10, 2015 in Classes / Film by curtalert@gmail.com