The Charcoal House - A partial set

The Charcoal House

I had a great set at The Charcoal House in La Mesa, on Saturday night. It was a tough venue since it was in a bar and it was the first time they had comedians performing there, but the crowd was friendly and receptive. Good times were had by all! Thanks to everyone who came and supported me! Michael, Sabrina, Kirk, Ann, Rocky, and, of course, Elsa, my biggest fan!

What's Up!

The second weekend filming on Bump went well. I found out they have a website up with a trailer. It's www.BumpTheShow.com. Check it out. Filming again the second week of November.
Ben's Christmas is only filming one day in November so I've started looking for more projects for November.
The short mockumentary style film is in progress, but I don't have a film date yet for that.
I had a free weekend this weekend so I jumped on an open project for the 72 International Film Festival. I should get a link to that tonight that I can post for y'all.
I've had a couple of cool auditions recently, but haven't heard back yet on either one. I have one tomorrow for an animated character voice over which I'm excited about as well, but I'm not feeling so hot and I'm worried I'll be sick for it. Not good. Hope it's not swine flu...
Upcoming events:
Oct. 30th ROAR Theatre, Zombie Vengance, An Improv Comedy Show, 9pm The Green Room, Next to Twigg's Coffeehouse.
Nov. 7th Stand Up Comedy, The Charcoal House in La Mesa, 7:30pm
Nov. 10th Movie Premier for my first feature length production, The Last Year of My Life.
I'm so stoked about it. I can't wait to see it!

Updated Comedy Dates

Demo Reel for Casting Agents

Thanks for your support!

Just a quick shout out to all of you who came out on a Tuesday night to see me do stand-up comedy! Elsa, Scott, Michael, Malia, Erwin, Jaime, Kathy, Glen. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!

All the girls from pretty funny women. You rocked the house!!!

Brick by Brick 4/28/09

Lauren at Brick by Brick from Lauren Holiday on Vimeo.

Next Brick by Brick Performance

I'll be doing stand up again on April 28th 8:00 pm at Brick by Brick. I'll send out the poster again when I get it.

Brick By Brick

I got asked back! New performance April 28th.

Brick by Brick show

Here is the audio from last night's stand-up performance. It's all I got. Thanks to Matt Schugar, John Ceccon, Rich "The Stitch" Flores, and Bob Murphy for all their help and kind words!

Exciting Times!

Oh so much to tell! Since the last time I posted I finished my first movie, Scarecrow, Tinwoman, & Lion, a UCSD student production. What a blast that was! I should be getting a copy of that pretty soon. Elsa and I went to the premier at UCSD to see it. That was fun. It's not gonna win any Academy Awards or anything, but it was a great experience for me and I'm really glad I got to do it.

The M Word finished it's run, and that was also a lot of fun. There's nothing like the immediacy of live theater. I was asked to audition for Annie at the Starlight Theater this summer, but ultimately decided to pass on it. I think it will just take too much of my time and energy that I need to devote to other things.

Yesterday, however, was quite the banner day. I spent the afternoon shooting another movie. This one is a series of mini episodes, 10 in all, 8-10 minutes each. It's a thriller called Crimson about a guy who is a hit man for hire, but he's also married with a kid. It should be pretty good. I am basically a featured extra in it. I play the waitress who serves one of the guys that gets wacked by the main character.

Shout out to Matt Snead, Peter Buitenhek, and Walter and his girl Malia. They were awesome! Thanks for coming to the show Walter!

It was such a fantastic experience. It was a very professional set and they shot with a 4K Red One Camera. Wow, it was gorgoeus! They had all kinds of toys. It was just fun to be a part of, and everyone on the set was so cool.

Then, I capped the day off by going to Brick by Brick and performing stand-up comedy for the first time. It was beyond my wildest imagination. I was simply hoping not to suck and it turned out I was pretty good. They asked me to come back, and both of the main headliners also invited me to perform at their venues. Wow! What an absolutely amazing experience it was.

Unfortunately, my "manager" ran out of battery power and didn't end up video taping any of it. That was a real bummer. So I've uploaded the audio from the performance, but it's just not quite the same without the visual. Oh well, it's the best I have to offer until I perform again.

Enjoy!

Current Gig's Update

Well, I had an extremely busy week last week. I started my stand-up comedy class, I had dress rehersals for the play every night, I shot a movie, I finished re-recording my voice over demo, I had my first paying voice over gig, I went to an open mic night to watch it and see what those were like, and opened the play on Friday night! Whew, no wonder I ended up sick as a dog.
I woke up sick Friday morning and the play opened that night! I got through both Friday and Saturday nights performances through shear force of will perhaps and now I am trying to get over this nastiness.
Man, it was fantastic, but I hope I don't have another week like that one for a while!

My first paying voiceover gig

This is it folks. My first paying gig in voice overs. It's tomorrow at a studio up in Kearny Mesa. It pays $150/hour and is for a nutritional supplement company. (Don't hate me USANA people--I gotta pay the bills somehow! I know, I know; I'm brand spanking new in the business and I've already sold my soul to the devil, right? At least there's no downward spiral to look forward to!)

Also, I'm starting a new class on Saturday given by a woman from up in LA. She's coming down to San Diego for a six week course on improv training. She also happens to be in voiceovers, which is a plus. She said she will give me some tips on getting more business there, too. It's called Pretty Funny Women, and it's a stand-up class only for women. I'm so scared though, because at the end of the class you have to do a stand up act. I'm petrified, but excited all at the same time.

I have several auditions for movies lately, none of them are paying gigs, but there here in San Diego, so it will be great experience for me if I can get hired for one of them. Plus, I'm working with my voiceover partner David and am learning SO much from him. He is really fantastic!

That's all the latest news from my quest to conquer Hollywoodland (via San Diego).