NEWS
NEWS:
2014
MAY NEWS:
* The short film Hungry" is in production.
* Musiciens Sans Frontieres will be playing Gussy's in Astoria, Queens, on Sat. June 14th at 11 pm.
Gussy's - 20 - 14 29th Street, Astoria, NY
http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf - with High North, on at 10pm -
http://www.reverbnation.com/highnorth
* Jillie recorded the song "Betty the Elephant", for the upcoming musical & film "Frankie" (a transmedia project) by award-winning writer/director Devi Snively, and will be playing the role of Abby Normal in this re-imagining of the "Frankenstein" story, set in the early 1930's. Abby is a performer in a side-show circus, with her band "Abby Normal & the Anomalies". Slated for 2015/2016.
MARCH:
Currently in pre-production with short film "Hungry", starring Jillie as Allison Lenare and Alex Emanuel as Zachary Lanare. Bettina Bilger, Verna Hampton and Melissa Murray-Mutch co-star in this tale of a shy but big-hearted teacher who must practice what she teaches and confront a Congressman in order to help the children.
-Musiciens Sans Frontieres' (Jillie Simon, vocals, Thomas Simon, guitar, keys, samples, Jeremiah Hosea, bass, Alex Alexander, drums) next concert will be at Spike Hill in Williamsburg, N.Y. on Friday, April 18th, 10 pm, along with special guests Of Earth, and others, TBA - go to the concert calendar at http://www.endorphinrecords.com for more details
FEBRUARY:
- There will be a free screening of Jillies' latest film "We Became The Enemy" by Armand Ruhlman on Thursday, February 27th, 7:30 pm at Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie St., NYC.
- Reading of Eileen Deutsch's comedy "Take Me You Fool", at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South, NYC) on Thursday Feb. 6th, 6 pm. Jilllie plays the protaganist Marian Finch "Manhattan publicist Marian Finch wants to rekindle passion in her marriage, so she concocts an elaborate game of sexual Chicken by suggesting to her husband Errol they have an orgy with their closest friends."
DECEMBER 2013-
A live video of the song "Truth, Justice & Love" from the Musiciens Sans Frontieres CMJ show this past Oct. is now viewable at http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf
Also "We Became The Enemy", is now viewable online - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7a8v3tAfk
OCTOBER-
Jillie will be performing in "A View From A Death", a comedy by Willliam McCauley, which has been selected to be in the Primary Stages PrimeTime Reading Series on:
Friday Oct. 11th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Jillie's band Musiciens Sans Frontieres has been selected to perform on opening night at the
CMJ Marathon Music Festival
When: Oct. 15th at 11:00 pm
Where: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street
New York City, NY 10012
http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf
Price: $ 10
AUGUST- "We Became the Enemy" is currently in post-production, check back for news of a public screening of this 45 minute short in the Fall.
MAY- Jillie will be playing the starring role of Brigitte in a short film written and directed by Armand A. Ruhlman (-working title, "We Became the Enemy?"), shooting throughout June and July. It will be the first episode of the project.
-APRIL -Jillie played all the female roles in a workshopping of Jonathan Fitt's award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller".
- She was also cast in upcoming independent feature film "Asbury Park, USA", directed by Sean Guess, in the role of Daisy (one of the principal/leads), start date TBA.
-March - Jillie played a show at The Bitter End with her band Musiciens Sans Frontieres.
-February- Jillie performed in a reading of William McCauley's new comedy "A View From A Death" at TheaterLab. The other cast members were Marc Geller, Steve Hauck and Deborah Jean Templin.
-Dec. 2012- Musiciens Sans Frontieres latest music video, "So Many Ways (For Safe, Green, Sane Energy)" won the Golden Reel Award at the 2012 Nevada Film Festival, Las Vegas, December 2012 -and was selected to be screened in February at the Berlin Independent Film Festival 2013.
Musiciens Sans Frontieres played Fontana's in NYC, from which there are now three songs from the live concert on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHh5JXnoNM&list=UU_RsulNfNBr5edddRhF3mTg&index=3
-Nov. 17th 2012:
World premiere of "HANNAH HENRI"
At: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC, NY
A "charming" and "groundbreaking" New York story presented in black and white, "Hannah Henri" is a quirky homage to Woody Allen's masterpieces, "Manhattan" and "Annie Hall" a la lesbian.
written and directed by Akiva Penaloza and starring Jillie Simon as Hannah Henri and Gayle Robbins as Lola.
-Oct. 24, 2012:
There will be a public reading of "The Dog and the Mistress" by Armand Ruhlman, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm, at the Yippie Cafe, 9 Bleeker St, NYC. A developmental reading of this witty, political, three character comedy took place in July.
-Aug. 2012:
Jillie has been cast in one of the lead roles in the upcoming feature film "Margarita Night", a very funny comedy by Steve Marcarelli (associate producer of "Michael & Michael Have Issues" and writer at MTV) and Billy Lalor. A first public reading was at Soda Bar, Brooklyn (part of their Screenplay Reading Series).
- She also played an improv show at UCBEast on Sat., August 25th.
-July 2012:
The staged reading of William McCauley's new comedy "Under Certain Circumstances" played to a full house on July 12, 2012, and subsequently now has two interested producers.
-May 2012:
Romantic comedy "Hannah Henri", the short version (for SONY), by writer-director Akiva Penaloza wrapped on April 25th, 2012. Nathaniel Kramer was director of photography, and Jillie played the title role, "a radiant, life-affirming artist who commitment-phobe Lola can't help but jump into the ring for". There will be a NYC premiere in the fall of 2012, exact date TBA. The screenplay was one of the two winners of the 2009 NewDraft Screenplay Competition and Reading Series at Tribeca Film Festival's All Access Program and won Best Screenplay at New York’s prestigious LGBT film festival, NewFest. http://www.hannahhenri.com for more information and updates.
Jillie was asked by award-winning playwright-actor-master acting coach & teacher John Pallota to be one of the master actor/teachers at his NYC acting studio and will be there Mondays and Wednesdays 7:00 pm through most of summer 2012
For more info www.johnpallotta.com
-January 2012:
Jillie played all the women in "Clark Rockefeller"s life in the first New York reading of Kennedy Center Award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller", by Jonathan Fitts, directed by Aaron Pratt.
-Sept. 2011 - a staged reading/backer's audition of William McCauley's new dark comedy "Ritual Drama" ( in which Jillie, Matthew Semler, Heidi Jackson & Bill Kozy played four couples) took place at the Payan Theater, Arias Studios.
-Sept 3d 2011- Jillie and Thomas Simon played an acoustic Musiciens Sans Frontieres set at the First Annual Clear Creek Peace and Freedom Festival, RockPile Amphitheater, Winslow AZ. The show was broadcast on Peace Day TV, the United Nations "Peace Day" site and with numerous other collaborators allowing the event to reach a combined viewing audience of 200 million.
-July 2011 - Jillie played an improv set at Upright Citizens Brigade, NYC.
-June 2011 -Jillie has been cast in the upcoming independent feature film "Oscillator" by Dr. David Deak, a sci-fi thriller in which she'll play the principal role of Dr. Debi Hastings, British radio-astronomer. She has also, upon request, co-created the theme/title song "Oscillator" with Thomas Simon. "Oscillator" the film, is currently in development.
"Bucket of Fish" - Cast in a reading of new play "Bucket of Fish" by Eliza Miller, directed by Olivia Harris, part of the New City, New Blood Reading Series at Theater for the New City, Tuesday April 19th at 7:00 -for more details please go to- http://lnkd.in/mKJ_df
"To Protect the Poets"
Cast in the role of Kathleen McNamara in the production of "To Protect the Poets" by the award-winning playwright John Doble, directed by Olivia Harris, the showcase opened March 31, 2011 and ran for seven performances, playing to standing room only audiences in it's last weekend. The talented cast included Elizabeth Alice Murray and Craig Anthony Grant.
"Ritual Drama"
- Cast by Nicole Brending (filmmaker and producer) as Ivy/Gloria in acclaimed playwright William McCauley's new, dark & witty comedy "Ritual Drama". The staged reading took place Monday April 4, 2011. .
"Seeking Flight"
Jillie played the lead role of Sandra in "Seeking Flight" by Joan Boardman, directed by Bree Perlman in a staged reading of the award-winning script, Feb. 27th, 2011.
"Take Me You Fool"
- Jillie played the lead character of Marian in a staged reading of the new and very funny bedroom farce "Take Me You Fool" by E.K Deutsch, directed by the multi-award winning Diana Amsterdam, Spring 2010. The reading also featured the very funny and wonderful actress Karin de la Penha.
"Traditional American Values"
- After doing the reading of the screenplay "Traditional American Values", an extremely funny satire by writer-director Eric Diamond, in 2009, Jillie was cast in the principal role of Heidi Cornflower in the upcoming feature film, currently in development.
MUSICIENS SANS FRONTIÉRES News:
The new 2012 album "Spread Some Love" is now available on cdbaby.com and itunes.
UPCOMING SHOW: Saturday March 30th 2013, 12 am
At: The Bitter End, NYC
- Official record release party and concert - Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, 10 pm At Spike Hill, Williamsburg. Also on the bill for the celebration will be Of Earth ( Rob DeLuca of UFO's new band) and Band Of Outsiders.
Three songs off the album, "Affection", MSf's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "So Many Ways", are currently getting airplay on 23 radio stations across the U.S. as well as on Austria's premiere alternative station, FM4
- go to http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf to view the stations & call and request Musiciens Sans Frontieres
The MSF video "Legalize" (2011) was selected to eleven festivals and won the following awards- -
Awards:
*Winner, Rising Star Award, 2012 Canada Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada;
*Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada;
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, 2011 Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaii, USA
*Honorable Mention at the 2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards, California, USA
*Semi-Finalist; 2011 Action/Cut Short Film Festival: Los Angeles, California, USA
*Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Marijuana Music Awards, Toronto, Canada;
Official Selection:
*2011 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
*2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
* 2011 The Other Venice Film Festival, Venice, California, USA
*2012 European Independent Film Festival (ECU), Paris, France
*2012 Park City Film Music Festival, Utah, USA
To view it on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6jYK75vIq0
MSF's music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (2009, 2010) was the Official Selection of twelve film festivals and won three awards-
Awards:
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, Honolulu International Film Festival 2010, Hawaii, USA;
*Best Music Video @ the Los Angeles Global Film Festival 2010, California, USA;
*Award of Excellence in Filmmaking, Canada International Film Festival 2010, Vancouver, Canada;
- Official Selection:
*ION International Film Festival 2009; Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
*Queens International Film Festival 2009, New York, USA;
*Delray Beach Film Festival 2010, Florida, USA;
*Garden State Film Festival 2010, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA;
*Sunscreen Film Festival 2010, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA;
*On Location: MEMPHIS International Film & Music Festival 2010, Tennessee, USA;
*Cannes Independent Film Festival 2010, Cannes, France;
*Toronto Independent Film Festival 2010, Ontario, Canada;
*Victoria Independent Film Festival 2010, Australia;
- view it on this site or Youtube
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTzQP4-oE_I
Oct. 2012: New music video "So Many Ways (For Safe Green, Sane Energy)" (2012) has been selected to The Other Venice Film Festival,
- Check back on the endorphin records calendar for more MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
2014
MAY NEWS:
* The short film Hungry" is in production.
* Musiciens Sans Frontieres will be playing Gussy's in Astoria, Queens, on Sat. June 14th at 11 pm.
Gussy's - 20 - 14 29th Street, Astoria, NY
http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf - with High North, on at 10pm -
http://www.reverbnation.com/highnorth
* Jillie recorded the song "Betty the Elephant", for the upcoming musical & film "Frankie" (a transmedia project) by award-winning writer/director Devi Snively, and will be playing the role of Abby Normal in this re-imagining of the "Frankenstein" story, set in the early 1930's. Abby is a performer in a side-show circus, with her band "Abby Normal & the Anomalies". Slated for 2015/2016.
MARCH:
Currently in pre-production with short film "Hungry", starring Jillie as Allison Lenare and Alex Emanuel as Zachary Lanare. Bettina Bilger, Verna Hampton and Melissa Murray-Mutch co-star in this tale of a shy but big-hearted teacher who must practice what she teaches and confront a Congressman in order to help the children.
-Musiciens Sans Frontieres' (Jillie Simon, vocals, Thomas Simon, guitar, keys, samples, Jeremiah Hosea, bass, Alex Alexander, drums) next concert will be at Spike Hill in Williamsburg, N.Y. on Friday, April 18th, 10 pm, along with special guests Of Earth, and others, TBA - go to the concert calendar at http://www.endorphinrecords.com for more details
FEBRUARY:
- There will be a free screening of Jillies' latest film "We Became The Enemy" by Armand Ruhlman on Thursday, February 27th, 7:30 pm at Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie St., NYC.
- Reading of Eileen Deutsch's comedy "Take Me You Fool", at The Players Club (16 Gramercy Park South, NYC) on Thursday Feb. 6th, 6 pm. Jilllie plays the protaganist Marian Finch "Manhattan publicist Marian Finch wants to rekindle passion in her marriage, so she concocts an elaborate game of sexual Chicken by suggesting to her husband Errol they have an orgy with their closest friends."
DECEMBER 2013-
A live video of the song "Truth, Justice & Love" from the Musiciens Sans Frontieres CMJ show this past Oct. is now viewable at http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf
Also "We Became The Enemy", is now viewable online - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m7a8v3tAfk
OCTOBER-
Jillie will be performing in "A View From A Death", a comedy by Willliam McCauley, which has been selected to be in the Primary Stages PrimeTime Reading Series on:
Friday Oct. 11th, 2013 at 3:00 pm
Jillie's band Musiciens Sans Frontieres has been selected to perform on opening night at the
CMJ Marathon Music Festival
When: Oct. 15th at 11:00 pm
Where: The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker Street
New York City, NY 10012
http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf
Price: $ 10
AUGUST- "We Became the Enemy" is currently in post-production, check back for news of a public screening of this 45 minute short in the Fall.
MAY- Jillie will be playing the starring role of Brigitte in a short film written and directed by Armand A. Ruhlman (-working title, "We Became the Enemy?"), shooting throughout June and July. It will be the first episode of the project.
-APRIL -Jillie played all the female roles in a workshopping of Jonathan Fitt's award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller".
- She was also cast in upcoming independent feature film "Asbury Park, USA", directed by Sean Guess, in the role of Daisy (one of the principal/leads), start date TBA.
-March - Jillie played a show at The Bitter End with her band Musiciens Sans Frontieres.
-February- Jillie performed in a reading of William McCauley's new comedy "A View From A Death" at TheaterLab. The other cast members were Marc Geller, Steve Hauck and Deborah Jean Templin.
-Dec. 2012- Musiciens Sans Frontieres latest music video, "So Many Ways (For Safe, Green, Sane Energy)" won the Golden Reel Award at the 2012 Nevada Film Festival, Las Vegas, December 2012 -and was selected to be screened in February at the Berlin Independent Film Festival 2013.
Musiciens Sans Frontieres played Fontana's in NYC, from which there are now three songs from the live concert on youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSHh5JXnoNM&list=UU_RsulNfNBr5edddRhF3mTg&index=3
-Nov. 17th 2012:
World premiere of "HANNAH HENRI"
At: Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue, NYC, NY
A "charming" and "groundbreaking" New York story presented in black and white, "Hannah Henri" is a quirky homage to Woody Allen's masterpieces, "Manhattan" and "Annie Hall" a la lesbian.
written and directed by Akiva Penaloza and starring Jillie Simon as Hannah Henri and Gayle Robbins as Lola.
-Oct. 24, 2012:
There will be a public reading of "The Dog and the Mistress" by Armand Ruhlman, Wednesday Oct. 24, 2012 at 7:00 pm, at the Yippie Cafe, 9 Bleeker St, NYC. A developmental reading of this witty, political, three character comedy took place in July.
-Aug. 2012:
Jillie has been cast in one of the lead roles in the upcoming feature film "Margarita Night", a very funny comedy by Steve Marcarelli (associate producer of "Michael & Michael Have Issues" and writer at MTV) and Billy Lalor. A first public reading was at Soda Bar, Brooklyn (part of their Screenplay Reading Series).
- She also played an improv show at UCBEast on Sat., August 25th.
-July 2012:
The staged reading of William McCauley's new comedy "Under Certain Circumstances" played to a full house on July 12, 2012, and subsequently now has two interested producers.
-May 2012:
Romantic comedy "Hannah Henri", the short version (for SONY), by writer-director Akiva Penaloza wrapped on April 25th, 2012. Nathaniel Kramer was director of photography, and Jillie played the title role, "a radiant, life-affirming artist who commitment-phobe Lola can't help but jump into the ring for". There will be a NYC premiere in the fall of 2012, exact date TBA. The screenplay was one of the two winners of the 2009 NewDraft Screenplay Competition and Reading Series at Tribeca Film Festival's All Access Program and won Best Screenplay at New York’s prestigious LGBT film festival, NewFest. http://www.hannahhenri.com for more information and updates.
Jillie was asked by award-winning playwright-actor-master acting coach & teacher John Pallota to be one of the master actor/teachers at his NYC acting studio and will be there Mondays and Wednesdays 7:00 pm through most of summer 2012
For more info www.johnpallotta.com
-January 2012:
Jillie played all the women in "Clark Rockefeller"s life in the first New York reading of Kennedy Center Award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller", by Jonathan Fitts, directed by Aaron Pratt.
-Sept. 2011 - a staged reading/backer's audition of William McCauley's new dark comedy "Ritual Drama" ( in which Jillie, Matthew Semler, Heidi Jackson & Bill Kozy played four couples) took place at the Payan Theater, Arias Studios.
-Sept 3d 2011- Jillie and Thomas Simon played an acoustic Musiciens Sans Frontieres set at the First Annual Clear Creek Peace and Freedom Festival, RockPile Amphitheater, Winslow AZ. The show was broadcast on Peace Day TV, the United Nations "Peace Day" site and with numerous other collaborators allowing the event to reach a combined viewing audience of 200 million.
-July 2011 - Jillie played an improv set at Upright Citizens Brigade, NYC.
-June 2011 -Jillie has been cast in the upcoming independent feature film "Oscillator" by Dr. David Deak, a sci-fi thriller in which she'll play the principal role of Dr. Debi Hastings, British radio-astronomer. She has also, upon request, co-created the theme/title song "Oscillator" with Thomas Simon. "Oscillator" the film, is currently in development.
"Bucket of Fish" - Cast in a reading of new play "Bucket of Fish" by Eliza Miller, directed by Olivia Harris, part of the New City, New Blood Reading Series at Theater for the New City, Tuesday April 19th at 7:00 -for more details please go to- http://lnkd.in/mKJ_df
"To Protect the Poets"
Cast in the role of Kathleen McNamara in the production of "To Protect the Poets" by the award-winning playwright John Doble, directed by Olivia Harris, the showcase opened March 31, 2011 and ran for seven performances, playing to standing room only audiences in it's last weekend. The talented cast included Elizabeth Alice Murray and Craig Anthony Grant.
"Ritual Drama"
- Cast by Nicole Brending (filmmaker and producer) as Ivy/Gloria in acclaimed playwright William McCauley's new, dark & witty comedy "Ritual Drama". The staged reading took place Monday April 4, 2011. .
"Seeking Flight"
Jillie played the lead role of Sandra in "Seeking Flight" by Joan Boardman, directed by Bree Perlman in a staged reading of the award-winning script, Feb. 27th, 2011.
"Take Me You Fool"
- Jillie played the lead character of Marian in a staged reading of the new and very funny bedroom farce "Take Me You Fool" by E.K Deutsch, directed by the multi-award winning Diana Amsterdam, Spring 2010. The reading also featured the very funny and wonderful actress Karin de la Penha.
"Traditional American Values"
- After doing the reading of the screenplay "Traditional American Values", an extremely funny satire by writer-director Eric Diamond, in 2009, Jillie was cast in the principal role of Heidi Cornflower in the upcoming feature film, currently in development.
MUSICIENS SANS FRONTIÉRES News:
The new 2012 album "Spread Some Love" is now available on cdbaby.com and itunes.
UPCOMING SHOW: Saturday March 30th 2013, 12 am
At: The Bitter End, NYC
- Official record release party and concert - Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012, 10 pm At Spike Hill, Williamsburg. Also on the bill for the celebration will be Of Earth ( Rob DeLuca of UFO's new band) and Band Of Outsiders.
Three songs off the album, "Affection", MSf's cover of "Smells Like Teen Spirit", and "So Many Ways", are currently getting airplay on 23 radio stations across the U.S. as well as on Austria's premiere alternative station, FM4
- go to http://www.reverbnation.com/tsmsf to view the stations & call and request Musiciens Sans Frontieres
The MSF video "Legalize" (2011) was selected to eleven festivals and won the following awards- -
Awards:
*Winner, Rising Star Award, 2012 Canada Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada;
*Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada;
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, 2011 Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaii, USA
*Honorable Mention at the 2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards, California, USA
*Semi-Finalist; 2011 Action/Cut Short Film Festival: Los Angeles, California, USA
*Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Marijuana Music Awards, Toronto, Canada;
Official Selection:
*2011 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
*2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
* 2011 The Other Venice Film Festival, Venice, California, USA
*2012 European Independent Film Festival (ECU), Paris, France
*2012 Park City Film Music Festival, Utah, USA
To view it on Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6jYK75vIq0
MSF's music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' (2009, 2010) was the Official Selection of twelve film festivals and won three awards-
Awards:
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, Honolulu International Film Festival 2010, Hawaii, USA;
*Best Music Video @ the Los Angeles Global Film Festival 2010, California, USA;
*Award of Excellence in Filmmaking, Canada International Film Festival 2010, Vancouver, Canada;
- Official Selection:
*ION International Film Festival 2009; Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
*Queens International Film Festival 2009, New York, USA;
*Delray Beach Film Festival 2010, Florida, USA;
*Garden State Film Festival 2010, Asbury Park, New Jersey, USA;
*Sunscreen Film Festival 2010, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA;
*On Location: MEMPHIS International Film & Music Festival 2010, Tennessee, USA;
*Cannes Independent Film Festival 2010, Cannes, France;
*Toronto Independent Film Festival 2010, Ontario, Canada;
*Victoria Independent Film Festival 2010, Australia;
- view it on this site or Youtube
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTzQP4-oE_I
Oct. 2012: New music video "So Many Ways (For Safe Green, Sane Energy)" (2012) has been selected to The Other Venice Film Festival,
- Check back on the endorphin records calendar for more MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
