The Killing of the Mocking Bird at CCPT

To my special Thespian Leon, and the rest of my readers and friends at CCPT and beyond, I'm finally posting a bunch of photos I took at the wonderful final performance of To Kill a Mockingbird". I really and truly enjoyed the show and I'm VERY impressed with the three young actors playing roles in it. Of course all the actors were really great and it was like visiting with my family because I knew several of the actors from my involvement last year. Special Kudos to Leon, Eric, Milton, Hilary and Dean! On an emotional level it's a hard play to watch because of some of the themes address in the story, but it was performed well by all and I am deeply moved. Enjoy my slideshow (yes Leon, even though I'm not Jewish, a little guilt can be effective). Great job by all and of course I wish everyone MUCH SUCCESS in their life journey's whereever that may take you!

--Rex Hoss

Much Ado Revisited

Just for fun!

I found this video creation site and wanted to try it out. The "free" account only allows 30 second videos but they are pretty cool. It even helps you post online! Not bad.

-- By Rex Hoss

Bidding "Ado" to the Bard

  Or... Not Much Ado About...It's with a warm and fuzzy sadness that I post this post. My tango with the Bard is over. the CCPT production of Much Ado About Nothing is over and finished. Those of you who missed the show, it's really too bad. The cast and crew had a wonderful time and from all the comments we got, everyone who saw it really enjoyed it!

We had our cast party yester-night and it was also a great success! Much thanks again to Ken MacFarlane for directing the show and keeping the show on course through all the drama (both on, and off the stage). The audience turn out was pretty large for most of the shows (6 in all) and apparently we brought in a rather large amount of donations from the wonderful and generous people who came to see the show. I want to personally thank everone who came out to see me and support my acting. It means a lot to me to know that people I care about are enjoying themselves because of my efforts!

Well that's it for now. I will probably have more pictures posted from the show and some from the cast party, but for now, no more pictures. I'm off to bed to put my after show-ending melancholy to rest for the night. I have nothing lined up for acting right now so I'm feeling a little lost and without purpose, but I am going to enjoy the rest and keep my mind focused on the fact that the next acting job is right around the corner! I'm not sure which corner it is, but when I find it, I'll let you all know!

--By Rex Hoss

Will Act for Food...

  (And money's not a bad incentive either!) As I approach the weekend, I'm getting a little 'misty eyed' about my acting career. See, this weekend marks the final weekend of shows for Much Ado at CCPT in the park. It's been a GREAT experience for me and I'm so thankful to Ken Macfarlane (the wonderful Director) and all of the truly talented and awesome cast! I've noticed through various emails from cast members that I'm not the only one starting to feel a void. We spent a couple of months preparing for and now performing the show, and now it's drawing rapidly to an end.

I think what's adding to my minor melancholy is that I don't have anything else lined up at this moment. When my last play ended I transitioned right into rehearsals for Much Ado without any time to reflect or rest. So, while I'm actually looking forward to some rehearsal free evenings, I'm also going to miss the friendships I've developed, and the sense of belonging to 'something' which I've had while being part of various shows.

So, I hope this weekend's shows are terrific and fun. I have some friends planning to see the show that's very exciting to me! Thanks to all you who encourage and support my efforts! You are truly appreciated more than you know!

I hope to have some more exciting acting news SOON! I will however, be posting some more pictures from the show for everyones viewing pleasure!

--By Rex Hoss

Not Much More to do about Much Ado

Have you heard? Everyone's talking about how GREAT the Much Ado About Nothing performances were this past weekend! It was weekend number two for the cast and crew of "Ado" and speaking for myself, I thought we had a couple of great shows! Oh, yeah, there are always things which are unplanned, like an actor drops a line or two - I won't mention any names, because I've been guilty of it myself, and it's part of what makes each show special and fun - and keeps us actors on our toes! I LOVE this show, this cast and I'm having a blast! I've said it before - you guys all rock!

Well we're 2/3's done with the show. Only one more weekend so if you haven't seen it yet make plans to this weekend! 2pm at Paul Carlson Park in Culver City - admission - FREE, bring a chair, blanket (food?) and lots of your friends!

Much Different To Do About...

Feeling in a reflective mood tonight before our 2nd weekend of shows, I thought I'd put a new spin on some of the pictures I have from the show - so without Much Further Ado... here's my fractured story.

This is also known as putting a completely different storyline to a set of pictures. (The following story is purely made up and not a reflection on the real actors, story or performance.)

 

I was thinkng it's about time for another performance of "Much Ado About Nothing". That's such great news I should tell somebody!

 

Hey, did you hear - It's the weekend. Time for another performance of Much Ado About Nothing at the CCPT Summer Theater!

 

WOW! That's AWSOME!!!

 

You've made me so happy I could kiss you!!!

 

I thought you loved ME! How dare you get all friendly with that guy!... What, it's because it's time for another performance of MUCH ADO!

 

Kiss Me you fool! That's most excellent news!


(Photos by Larry Matsui - Used by Permission)

Tribute to the King - Part 2 (or is it 1)?

In a somewhat circular fashion, I'm posting more pictures of King Midas, for those fans and friends (and cast members) of the show. I say circular fashion, because these pictures from from the biginning of the show through where I started in my other post. Sunday I was able to watch the show from the beginning. Well, if you're not completely confused by my explanation by now - enjoy the pictures!

Much Updated Photos

Hi everyone. Thanks Much to my friend and fellow Nikon aficionado, Larry Matsui who attended the Sunday show of Much Ado About Nothing, and took some amazing photos of the show. So now I have some really nice pictures to show of the show! I tried to get at least one good, or interesting picture of every cast member (I think I got everyone at least once). I didn't want to inundate the posting with hundreds of pictures, and for those not involved in the show, I want to leave something to the imagination as an incentive to COME SEE THE SHOW!

Did I mention, there are only two more weeks left? For the full schedule see my previous post or visit the CCPT website. For now enjoy the pictures, I can't wait to do it again this weekend! Cudos to all the great cast and crew of the show! You've all made this an amazing experience for me!


P.S. Feel free to post a comment and let me know what you think!

Much News

In a follow up to my post about King Midas, I just wanted to report that we all made it through the first weekend of shows for Much Ado About Nothing! Sunday's show was in many respects a Much better show. We got over our opening day jitters, and everyone gave a good show! The audience turn out was really good - don't know the actual numbers (maybe Suze can pass that info along to me). I'll have more pictures from King Midas posted later. I got to watch the whole show on Sunday and was really impressed. It's a cute story and all the actors did great. My favorite part - when the King's daughter turns to gold before our eyes!

A good friend of mine was at the Much Ado show on Sunday and took a bunch of great pictures which I'll post as soon as I can get my hands on them. I saw some and there are some really nice ones. He has a Nikon D50 and like my Nikon D80 takes amazing shots! (sorry about the blatant plug for Nikon cameras, but I do like my Nik.)

Look for pictures to be posted later tonight. I get to bowl with my league tonight (after 3 weeks away due to Much Ado rehearsals) so I'll be rusty, but fun!

Tribute to the King

Well we made it through opening day of both King Midas and Much Ado About Nothing. I won't say it wasn't without it's glitches - at least for me, but that's live theatre and I'm working hard to make every performance better!!! Anyway, I did't get any pictures of Much Ado, but I did manage to get a bunch of King Midas (well the last few minutes anyway). You guys were GREAT! I hope to see the whole play tomorrow and get more pictures for you. Leon, you make a great King. Feel free to pass this along to the Midas people, since I don't have their email addresses.

Much Ado at CCPT Final Rehearsals - Finally

The Ancient One, Blessed Be He: Rehearsals are Over. . . Now the Real Thing (CCPT)My friend, and fellow actor Leon Cohen (Dogberry in Much Ado) and the title role in King Midas (both opening tomorrow at CCPT's Summer Season, has on his blog, posted some great pictures of our final, Dress (imagine that) rehearsal for Much Ado. We open tomorrow and I know everyone in the cast is excited. As a side note, worth the noting, I think it's great that Much of the cast is 'getting their Harry Potter on' tonight! It's great to see friendships strengthen, and spend time just having fun away from the Much and Many rehearsals we've been having!

Much Tech Ado

Hi everyone, we had a VERY productive weekend of rehearsals. We had our second (and last) tech rehearsals in the Park (before opening this coming weekend). We finally got a sense of what the costumes will look like and are still putting finishing touches on them this week. We have a full week of rehearsals to tighten up the show even more and make it wonderful for everyone. Here are some photos I took over the weekend. Notice the variety and sometimes lack of costumes we had. It was fun for everyone to get to perform in the space and at least partially in costume. As an actor, things really start to gel for me once I'm in costume and can really start to become the character. Everone is SO GREAT in this play, I'm proud to be a part of it!!! You guys all ROCK! Just a note - If I don't have a picture of you in this bunch, it's not because I don't want to, but it is difficult to be papparazzi AND perform so I only got to snap pictures when I wasn't in, or preparing for a scene. (In the credit where credit is due category - thanks Leon for the great pictures of me!) If anyone has pictures they'd like to send me to add to the collection, let me know!!!

CCPT Schedule - Much Ado

Presents its 2007 Summer Season

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

Directed by Ken MacFarlane

Performances: Saturdays and Sundays

July 14, 15,21, 22, 28, 29

At 2:00 PM

The Good Doctor

by Neil Simon

Directed by Dean Edward

Performances: Saturdays and Sundays

August 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19

At 2:00 PM

and

The Children’s Popcorn Theatre Production of

King Midas

Written & Directed by Heidi Dotson

Performances: Saturdays & Sundays@ 12 noon

July 14, 15, 21, 22, 28, 29

August 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19

All performances are at Carlson Park

(corner of Motor and Braddock in Culver City)

Admission is FREE!!!

Bring your own lawn chair or blanket. Seating is on the grass.