NEWS
NEWS:
2013
April- Jillie was cast in upcoming feature film "Asbury Park, USA", directed by Sean Guess, in the role of Daisy (one of the principal/leads)
March - Jillie played a show at The Bitter End with her band Musiciens Sans Frontieres...there'll be a clip from the show coming soon...
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), & there'll be a st. reading/backers audition coming up, exact date, TBA.
- Jillie 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, and Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00 - 7:00 pm whenever available, through Fall 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 - the staged reading/backer's audition 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 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 it's first film festival, The Other Venice Film Festival,
- Check back on the endorphin records calendar for more MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
2013
April- Jillie was cast in upcoming feature film "Asbury Park, USA", directed by Sean Guess, in the role of Daisy (one of the principal/leads)
March - Jillie played a show at The Bitter End with her band Musiciens Sans Frontieres...there'll be a clip from the show coming soon...
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), & there'll be a st. reading/backers audition coming up, exact date, TBA.
- Jillie 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, and Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:00 - 7:00 pm whenever available, through Fall 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 - the staged reading/backer's audition 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 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 it's first film festival, The Other Venice Film Festival,
- Check back on the endorphin records calendar for more MSf concert dates and events- http://www.endorphinrecords.com
