Monthly Archives: May 2021

I’ve only ever worked in a restaurant once. I was right out of college, living in Berkeley, California. I had a newly minted business degree I had no intention of using, and was trying to break into the Bay Area theater scene. While I waited for a break, I worked […]

Blog: The criteria for my new job

May 28, 2021 in Blog by curtalert@gmail.com

One of the things I find hardest about working on self-tape auditions is deciding which take to finally submit for the audition. As I’m working on a scene I try doing it a bunch of different ways, and in the end some takes are better than others, but I’m also […]

Blog: Two Takes on High Fidelity

May 19, 2021 in Audition / Blog by curtalert@gmail.com

I don’t about you, but I’ve definitely gotten weirder over the course of the pandemic. Or, more likely, I’ve become more comfortable inhabiting exactly how weird I already was. For me, this has really meant going all-in on my Indiana Jones and Star Wars fandom (which you already know all […]

Blog: You are your Freak Flag

May 13, 2021 in Blog by curtalert@gmail.com

A poster for CHALK (a silent comedy) the one-man physical comedy created and performed by Alex Curtis. The image features Alex Curtis standing against a black backgorund holding a coat rack looking out at the viewer with the show title in the foreground. — At long last I’m excited to announce, the newest video of my solo show, CHALK (a silent comedy.), is finally complete! While live theater has been on hiatus, the theater I normally perform in has been transformed into a film studio. I worked with a great videographer to record the […]

New CHALK video is finally complete!

May 5, 2021 in Chalk / Theater by curtalert@gmail.com