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LA friends:

Come see my movie!

“Trigger Finger” is a full-length micro-budget feature in which I play one of the two leads. There’s a screening on April 10th at 9pm. I would be honored if you were to attend.

Here’s the trailer:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10150595742993775

Location and reservations:
http://cinema.usc.edu/TriggerFinger

Reservations required. Admission is free. There will be a Q&A with the filmmakers and cast afterwards.

Thanks for your support!

Michael

I’m in a movie!

Here’s the trailer.

Check here for upcoming screenings and info.

These are the breaks. I just got word from the casting director at “American Horror Story” that they cut my scene from next week’s episode. I’ll still get paid, I just won’t get credit (or be on TV). So it goes. I had a blast working on the show, and now that my scene won’t air, it means I could be on it again as someone else!

Onward and upward. Thanks everyone for your support.

Also, Happy Thanksgiving!

Michael

Look out! I’m going to be a co-star* on “American Horror Story,” one of the best new TV shows this season. I couldn’t be happier.

American Horror Story
Episode 9: “Spooky Little Girl”
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011
10pm on FX

Be warned, this is a scary frickin’ show.

*”co-star” = “very small part”

I’m gonna be on the TV this week.

Wednesday, June 22, 10:30pm
Comedy Central
Jon Benjamin Has a Van
Episode 104 “Star Door”: Jon, Leo and Nathan have to stand alien trial in outerspace after the the van gets into an intergalactic wreck through a “star door” into another dimension.

I’m the alien prosecutor.

It’ll be my first time on the Groundlings stage this Thursday. I’m performing in an upper-level Student Showcase alongside some amazing improvisers. I can’t wait to see it myself.

Groundlings Student Showcase
Thursday, May 12, 2011
10pm
7307 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90046

For tickets, go to groundlings.com. Tickets are $6.50.

I’ve got a new reel. Sweet.

So things are starting to pick up here in sunny Los Angeles.

• I’ll be appearing on the new Comedy Central series “Jon Benjamin Has a Van” this summer, playing an Alien Prosecutor on Episode 4.
• The film “Trigger Finger”, in which I play one of the two leads, will finish post-production soon, hopefully appearing in a festival or two and on Netflix by the end of the year.
• Also, check out “First Time Therapy”, a comedy short starring myself and fellow Groundlings classmate Katie Elsaesser.

Some highlights of my first year in LA:

• I booked 36% of my auditions.
• I shot six student projects (mostly USC).
• I signed with a theatrical agent.
• I advanced to “Writing Lab” at the Groundlings.
• I joined SAG.

Not too shabby.

Sun, surf, parking tickets. I now live in Los Angeles. To find: swimsuit, agent, improv group to play with.