NEWS
NEWS:
Jillie will be playing all the women in "Clark Rockefeller"s life in the upcoming first New York reading of Kennedy Center Award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller", by Jonathan Fitts When: January 22nd, 2012, 7pm
Where: Davenport Studios, 250 W. 49th St, Studio D
FREE (please rsvp)
--To RSVP, please send an email to aarondpratt@gmail.com with the number of tickets you wish to reserve.
"Hannah Henri"
- The short film version of the feature is a go - filming will commence April 2012.
Jillie will be playing the title role of Hannah Henri in the upcoming romantic comedy feature film "Hannah Henri", by writer-director Akiva Penaloza. This very funny screenplay with heart 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. "Hannah Henri,” the short promises to be a vehicle to sell the feature film to a major production company as several prominent production companies have already asked for the short film version in anticipation of their participation in producing the feature.
http://www.hannahhenri.com for more information and updates.
Sept. 12th - the staged reading of William McCauley's new dark comedy "Ritual Drama" (a tour de force for actors, in which Jillie , Matthew Semler, Heidi Jackson & Bill Kozy played four couples) took place at the Payan Theater, Arias Studios.
Sept 3d - 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.
"Oscillator"
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, astronomer. Shooting is TBA. She has also, upon request, co-created the theme/title song "Oscillator" with Thomas Simon.
"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 MSF video "Legalize" has been released onto Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6jYK75vIq0
Awards:
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, 2011 Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaii, USA; *Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
*Winner, Best Music Video, Marijuana Music Awards, Toronto, Canada;
*Honorable Mention at the 2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards, California, USA;
*Semi-Finalist; 2011 Action/Cut Short Film Festival: Los Angeles, California, USA;
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 Film Festival, Paris, France
MSF's last music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 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:
*Queens International Film Festival 2009, New York, USA;
*ION International Film Festival 2009; Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
*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
MSF last opened the show for Polish Rock Legends 'Czerwone Gitary' at one of Brooklyn's premiere venues WARSAW, playing to a capacity crowd (1000).
- - Check back on the endorphin records calendar for the next MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
MSF's last album "Picture This" is receiving airplay and is available on CDBaby, Amazon, i-tunes, and other online outlets.
MSF is currently in production with their new 5 song EP.
Jillie will be playing all the women in "Clark Rockefeller"s life in the upcoming first New York reading of Kennedy Center Award-winning play "The Pursuit of Mr. Rockefeller", by Jonathan Fitts When: January 22nd, 2012, 7pm
Where: Davenport Studios, 250 W. 49th St, Studio D
FREE (please rsvp)
--To RSVP, please send an email to aarondpratt@gmail.com with the number of tickets you wish to reserve.
"Hannah Henri"
- The short film version of the feature is a go - filming will commence April 2012.
Jillie will be playing the title role of Hannah Henri in the upcoming romantic comedy feature film "Hannah Henri", by writer-director Akiva Penaloza. This very funny screenplay with heart 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. "Hannah Henri,” the short promises to be a vehicle to sell the feature film to a major production company as several prominent production companies have already asked for the short film version in anticipation of their participation in producing the feature.
http://www.hannahhenri.com for more information and updates.
Sept. 12th - the staged reading of William McCauley's new dark comedy "Ritual Drama" (a tour de force for actors, in which Jillie , Matthew Semler, Heidi Jackson & Bill Kozy played four couples) took place at the Payan Theater, Arias Studios.
Sept 3d - 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.
"Oscillator"
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, astronomer. Shooting is TBA. She has also, upon request, co-created the theme/title song "Oscillator" with Thomas Simon.
"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 MSF video "Legalize" has been released onto Youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6jYK75vIq0
Awards:
*Winner of the Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking, 2011 Honolulu Film Awards, Hawaii, USA; *Winner, Best Music Video, 2011 Toronto Independent Film Festival, Ontario, Canada
*Winner, Best Music Video, Marijuana Music Awards, Toronto, Canada;
*Honorable Mention at the 2011 Los Angeles Movie Awards, California, USA;
*Semi-Finalist; 2011 Action/Cut Short Film Festival: Los Angeles, California, USA;
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 Film Festival, Paris, France
MSF's last music video, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' 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:
*Queens International Film Festival 2009, New York, USA;
*ION International Film Festival 2009; Port Harcourt, Nigeria;
*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
MSF last opened the show for Polish Rock Legends 'Czerwone Gitary' at one of Brooklyn's premiere venues WARSAW, playing to a capacity crowd (1000).
- - Check back on the endorphin records calendar for the next MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
MSF's last album "Picture This" is receiving airplay and is available on CDBaby, Amazon, i-tunes, and other online outlets.
MSF is currently in production with their new 5 song EP.
