Casting Director Sheryl Roberts
Tag: acting
Erica Arvold and Richard Warner
The founders of Arvold Warner Studio join the show.
Brian Evans
Theater actor Brian Evans.
Taking The Leap
Whitney decides to pursue acting full-time and David fulfills a childhood dream.
The Cast of Love/Sick
The cast of Lamplighters Community Theater’s Love/Sick.
IntelleXual Year End
The IntelleXuals, David S. Dawson, Whitney Wegman, Mark Atkinson and Steve Schwartz gather together for a 2017 recap!
Terry Ross
Acting teacher and film director Terry Ross
Lydia Lea Real
Actress Lydia Lea Real joins the show to talk about We The People, her new show debuting at the 2017 San Diego Fringe Festival and a co-produced project with our very own Whitney Wegman to boot!
Jennie and Kevin Olson Six
Jennie and Kevin Olson Six talk SD Fringe Festival and much more!
Gracie Terzian
Jazz musician Gracie Terzian delights us with her beautiful music.
Terry Schreiber
Terry Schreiber of TSCHREIBER STUDIO & THEATRE
Shane P. Allen
Shane Allen talks about working with Eastwood and Hanks
Karl Backus on TIP 132
It’s a What’s The Vig? Reunion of sorts!
Rebecca Bloom is Marcie in The Peanuts Movie
The Peanuts Movie comes to theaters on Nov. 6 and we have Rebecca Bloom the voice of the lovable brainiac of the Peanuts gang Marcie on the podcast!
Kat Brown of Finest City Improv on TIP 120
Kat Brown chats with David and Mark about her love of improv, the amazing things happening at Finest City Improv and what it was like studying in ‘Stab’-a Cruz.
The Jon Allen on TIP 112
Actor, Voice Artist, Comedian, Wrestler (?), THE JON ALLEN talks about his career as a performer and his passion for wrestling.
Mark Anthony Cox on TIP 109
Mark Anthony Cox chats with us about his time acting in Los Angeles, how Hollywood success affected one of his friendships and what it’s like acting again and watching his daughters follow in his footsteps.
Videos of the 100th episode of The IntelleXual Podcast recorded LIVE at The Horton Grand Theatre June 14, 2015
YouTube playlist of videos from intelleXual entertainment’s celebration!
An Evening with the IntelleXuals
June 14th @6:00pm at The Horton Grand Theatre… An Evening With The IntelleXuals.
Jon Bailey – The Epic Voice of Honest Trailers
Jon Bailey the epic voice of Screen Junkies Honest Trailers joins the show and hilarity ensues as the man with the buttery voice shows us he’s more than just another movie trailer voice!
THINGS HAPPEN official trailer #1 released
intelleXual entertainment has debuted the first official trailer for the upcoming dramatic short-film THINGS HAPPEN.
Randy Davison – I Wrecked That
Prolific San Diego actor Randy Davison joins the show.
Jodi Cilley
Jodi Cilley, founder of the San Diego Film Consortium, chats with David, Steve and Mark about the SD film community…
Bitchy Resting Face
Mark Atkinson’s IntelleXual Threesome
Actor… Mark Atkinson joins David and Bryan for an IntelleXual Threesome 10 years after meeting them while auditioning for WHAT’S THE VIG?
Super Punk Fantastic!
Actress and Musician Natalie Denise Sperl chats with us about her new band Kill My Coquette and their upcoming self titled debut EP, her experience on How I Met Your Mother…
The Podcast That Flaps In The Night
David, Steve and Carla have a lively chat with voice actor Jim Cummings. Jim delights with stories from his 30 year career as one of Hollywood’s leading voice actors. You might recognize him as Darkwing Duck, Tigger or Winnie the Pooh!
Megan Hayes – Sleepy Hollow Episode
Megan Hayes joins the podcast for the third time! (4th episode technically!) Megan guests tonight on Sleepy Hollow so naturally we talk about her completely awkward encounter with the dreamy Tom Mison. It’s a fantastically funny podcast with one of our favorite actors in Hollywood! Don’t miss it!
#EbolaSucks
An IntelleXual Threesome with David, Jessica Jerrain and Eric MD. Topics include: Guardians of the Galaxy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, children, princesses, acting and Ebola!
The Amazing Kelsey Crane
Actress Kelsey Crane joins the podcast to discuss her time on ABC Family’s Chasing Life, her upcoming feature Cardinal Matter and her amazing work at Quench LA.
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text]Last night was a theatre experience unlike any other that I have been in attendance for or on the stage of. Sci-Fest welcomed The IntelleXual and Sci-Fi Sundae to be part of a full house opening night of the 1st Annual Los Angeles Science Fiction One-Act Play Festival.
It was my first time being at the ACME Theatre in Hollywood. The theatre was a very small and intimate setting, bringing the audience and the performers that much closer together. As the lights go down, the show begins and 5 big television screens scattered across the house flick on with static. A very beautiful woman with a very attractive robotic sci-fi feel begins talking to all of us. Already, this was so far from what I have seen for the theatre. At any moment I thought our chairs would start rumbling and moving all around excelling us through some kind of black hole.
The tone was set and the first act “Forwarding Address” introduces us to a familiar face, Angeline Rose Troy. We interviewed her during our Sci-Fi Sundae podcast just weeks before, she was a riot and it was so wonderful seeing her big smile opening up the stage for her scene. Her character choices worked well, she made me laugh and believed the worry and panic that set in through the scene. She was accompanied by four other actors and actresses. All of them were familiar to me and I enjoyed each of them and their performances. The play took a twist that was a bit unexpected. It worked well and the comedy relief was delivered at just the right moments. Being an actress, I try and put myself in these character’s shoes while I’m engulfed in their story. Would I make those choices, what would I bring to the table, etc. I was able to relate to the efforts of ‘The Messenger’ played by Madison McLaughlin. It made you think about time travel and question the possibilities of it all.
The scene ends and while the stage was being dressed in the dark and set up for the next one act play the television screens flicker back on and we are entertained by some very eerie videos with very nail biting sounds to go along with it. I was definitely fascinated by the production and loved how interactive everything had been so far. Then there was another familiar face, James Kyson (Heroes) who was the only one powering “Freedom of Speech”. At first I didn’t recognize him due to all of the bandages covering so much of his face. The whole scene was powered by grunting and emoting through his body language; ‘the patient’ may or may not have had a voice. There was a very animalistic feel to this act, as if he was a tiger pacing back and forth in his cage hoping to bust out and finally be free. He held on to the hope that there was a chance of freedom and possibly be reunited with his mate. Hope is what keeps us going, and this is what kept ‘the patient’ going and curious to see how he would get through this very trying time. As an actor, playing a part such as this one, would be a challenge, some would fail during the attempt but James did not. It was wonderful to see him do something so different from his other lines of work.
The screens’ static goes up, everything is set up and the lights go up with David Dean Bottrell (Boston Legal) in a very ragged, post apocalyptic look crossing the stage. This was ‘ The Ringer’ which immediately conveyed a very somber and depressing feel the moment he took his first steps. Soon after he was accompanied by the youngest actor in the cast, Jakob Wedel, it’s unclear at first just how they were related, but the performances and the script filled in the larger back story with ease. These two actors, separated by decades, fed off each other so well I even found myself with a tear in my eye at one point. This definitely caught me a bit off guard. They were scared and fighting to live. Would they be saved or would their lives end in pain? The audience was left with a mixture of despair and hope. The complexity of these one-act plays is astounding.
We were let out for a quick intermission and when we returned for Act 4 we were treated to a piece to remember. We were in space with “Kaleidoscope” written by legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury. When I say we were in space, I mean – we were in space. The effects, the lighting, the sounds, the struggles of each actor fighting for survival was inspiring. The cast was strong with amazing chemistry. If it wasn’t for their strong performances and believable chemistry as a crew lost in space the special effects of the play would have fallen flat on its face. I’m pleased to say this didn’t happen. So much of the theatre’s space was effectively utilized to show the distance between these struggling astronauts that it really kept the audience in the middle of it all. I have never seen anything like this before on stage, it was beyond entertaining and was an incredible physically demanding performancel. As an actor, if I was on a theatrical hiatus this Sci-Fi Fest would bring me back from hybernation, and I would want nothing more than to be part of this success.
This may only be the first year of this festival, but it will be the first of many – without a doubt – and could very well be much bigger than they anticipate as the years move on. It is live theatre with such a unique vision that nothing, to my knowledge, has been done like this before involving live performance Sci-Fi.
[/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-success” style=”rounded”]Sci-Fest runs May 6 – June 1, 2014 in rep with two series of one-act plays:
EVENING A
MAY 6-11 | MAY 20-25
EVENING B
MAY 13-18 | MAY 27-JUN 1
Tickets can be purchased at Sci-Fest.com[/vc_message][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”rounded”]FORWARDING ADDRESS
Four friends receive a disturbing message from an even more disturbing messenger.
by John-Paul Nickel
Directed by Jack Kenny
Carmen: Angeline Rose Troy
David: David Blue
Tina: Julie McNiven
Mike: Greg Duke
The Messenger: Madison McLaughlin[/vc_message][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”rounded”]FREEDOM OF SPEECH
A patient and his automated caregiver struggle for
ultimate control.
by Adam Esquenazi Douglas
Directed by Jon Kroll
The Patient: James Kyson
The Voice: Pauley Perrette[/vc_message][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”rounded”]THE RINGER
The survivors of an alien invasion strike a horrifying bargain to stay alive.
by Minnesota Plates
Directed by Jim Fall
Edward: David Dean Bottrell
Max: Jakob Wedel[/vc_message][vc_message color=”alert-info” style=”rounded”]Festival Centerpiece:
50 years before “Gravity,” there was…
KALEIDOSCOPE
Sci-Fest presents an innovative revival of Ray Bradbury’s visionary and timeless classic. Seven astronauts’ routine mission turns deadly when their craft is destroyed, leaving them adrift in space. A terrifying, poignant masterpiece by one of the Grand Masters of Sci-Fi.
by Ray Bradbury
Directed by Pat Towne
Hollis: Dean Haglund
Stone: Rico E. Anderson
Stimson: Frederik Hamel
Applegate: Philip Anthony-Rodriguez
Lespere: Patricia Tallman
Barkley: Sheetal Gandhi
Woode: Alex Rapport
1st Boy: Zachary Haven
2nd Boy: Murphy Towne[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row]
Megan Hayes – Part 1
Megan Hayes of Hunger Games: Catching Fire joins the Podcast! This incredible chat includes the details of Megan being rescued by 911 when she got lost hiking in LA, how great Umami burgers are, Star Wars, and what it’s like to act in the Hunger Games. It’s a cool interview and Megan was just so cool we talked to her long enough to fill two episodes! So that’s what you get! Here’s Part 1!
Jon Briddell
Jon Briddell, star of the independent film Misogynist, is on the podcast! Jon talks about the challenge of playing a character that’s the polar opposite of himself, maturing into Hollywood and traveling around the world to find the love of his life was in his own town.
Joshua Bevier
The Intellexual – Josh Bevier: David sits down with actor Josh Bevier and discusses leaving the security of an engineering career in Ohio for the uncertainty of acting in California and much more.
Steven Schwartz
The Intellexual – Steve Schwartz: A lively discussion between host David S. Dawson and his co-host of the Sci-Fi Sundae podcast (and occasional co-host to-be on The Intellexual) Steven Schwartz.