Michael Faulkner

Emmy Nominated

Written by TheFaulkner on June 1, 2015 – 4:41 pm -

Had a fantastic day on set with Director Carlos Reza, Emmy-nominated actress Vanessa Vasquez, and the entire creative team behind Hulu’s hit original Emmy-nominated web series, East Los High. Emmy nominated!

 

In theater news, there is one more week of performances of “Oz 2.5” at South Coast Repertory Theater, closing June 7. It’s a fun new take on the classic Wizard of Oz story! I play a Munchkin (puppet!), a monkey (full-size!), Toto (not a dog!) and “Steve.” Yup. Steve.

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New live shows

Written by TheFaulkner on November 23, 2014 – 4:43 pm -

I’ve added a page with a schedule of upcoming performances at Griffith Observatory, where I moonlight (heh) as a narrator of their live planetarium shows. They are the only planetarium with live performers. If you go to the Smithsonian, in DC, you’re likely to hear canned Whoopi Goldberg. Don’t get me wrong, I love Whoopi, but when you’re talking about the nature of Spacetime, nothing beats a live performer. It’s an honor to get to do these shows.

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Oh, Sheesh, what did I miss?

Written by TheFaulkner on January 16, 2014 – 8:54 pm -

I have a hard time keeping up with posting here, I admit it. I am beginning to despise Facebook, so maybe I will just transition here, where I at least have the illusion of control over what is revealed. At any rate, what happened in the last year?

I was in an amazing production of Hamlet at Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival in Thousand Oaks, and had a blast in The Tempest too.

I played Berowne (another dream role) in Love’s Labours Lost at Coeurage Theatre Company.

I toured with the Reduced Shakespeare Company. This year I am learning their brand new show, “The Complete History of Comedy (abridged).” I saw it at the Cincinnati Playhouse over December and it is brilliant. I’ll also be at the Laguna Playhouse in March in All The Great Books (abridged).

I booked a commercial for Rent A Center where I was naked (see pic)

I was elected a delegate and attended the very first SAG-AFTRA convention.

I booked a spot for datacenterrapbattle.com.

I enjoyed entertaining crowds at The Griffith Observatory, where I moonlight as a museum guide.

And up next? The Musical Adventures of Flat Stanley in Rancho Cucamonga.

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You’ve seen it by now…

Written by TheFaulkner on January 7, 2013 – 12:48 pm -

I’ve got a new commercial running. In fact it’s been running, but I finally added it to my commercials page.

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IN MOTHER WORDS

Written by TheFaulkner on March 22, 2011 – 9:25 pm -

So I was cast as the Male understudy at the Geffen Playhouse for the production in their smaller theater, “IN MOTHER WORDS.” The best part? I get to go to a cast party at Jane Kaczmarek’s house!

Hey, an acting job is an acting job… this is my third straight AEA contract in 6 months.

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Gingerbread!

Written by TheFaulkner on February 1, 2011 – 8:25 pm -

The Gingerbread Man is open and is causing 1,000 K-12 children a day to scream their heads off. It’s a rollicking good time. Who knew there was a highly professional, full-Actor’s-Equity, children’s theater company in Rancho Cucamonga? Who knew Rancho Cucamonga was even a real town, not something Jack Benny made up?

Read all about it here.

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