Backstage at Backdoor:
What's going on with the folks you know and love at Backdoor Theatre.



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Backdoor Theatre welcomes Christy Cameron, our new office assistant.  Stop by and meet her sometime!



Congratulations to Tyler Smith!   Tyler  is headed to Broadway!  He will reprise the role of  "Mary Sunshine" in CHICAGO in mid-August!

Adam  and Oliver Sharp live in Minneapolis, MN where Adam is co-founder of  BOX WINE THEATRE.   Adam will present his latest work, Uptown, The Musical,
in the Minneapolis Fringe Festival  in August.   Oliver  choreographed the show and is a cast member.  Uptown, The Musical is on the "Hot List" in the current issue of Minnesota Monthly!

Larry Sharp just wrapped up filming his role as a "Mob Boss" in the Indie film, 3 WAYS TO KILL A MOOK.   Skyline Pictures and Falls Media Productions will present this film in the 2012 Film Festivals.  The producers hope to have a red carpet premiere in Wichita Falls.  The film will also be available on DVD.

Jeri Sharp and Jeanette Perry can be seen on the small screen in a Castaway Cove Waterpark commercial.




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Congratulations to all the Backdoor Theatre Genesius Award Winners


The Best Production was Jekyll & Hyde the Musical
Musical
Best Actor -Andrew Jamison-Jekyll & Hyde
Best Actress -Johanna Hoshnall-Jekyll & Hyde
Best Supporting Actor -Billy Brasfield-Jekyll & Hyde
Best Supporting Actress -Erin Myrphy-Jekyll & Hyde

Non-Musical
Best Actor-Brad Austin-A Tuna Christmas
Best Actress-Jennifer Wicker-Dixie Swim Club
Best Supporting Actor-Brad Austin-Bus Stop
Best Supporting Actress-Nona Bailey-Bus Stop

Trouper of the Year-
Zack Brasfield
Ben Steimel
Dorothy Winchell

Rookie of the Year-
Mickey Jordan
Erin Murphy

Outstanding Tech Achievment-
David Cerreta-Jekyll & Hyde
Gare Brundidge-Jekyll & Hyde

Outstanding Volunteer Achievement-
Jeannete Perry

Ken Lambert (affectionately known as Kenny to those who remember him from SYM in the 1980's) is all grown up and practicing law in Dallas.  He's also a member of the Vocal Majority and, in his spare time, uses that old Backdoor Training in the Dallas Bar Association's annual Bar None fundraiser.  Follow this YouTube link and you'll see Ken doing his best Michael Jackson impersonation in a "Thriller" parody and then channeling Paul Simon in a lawyer's version of "Homeward Bound".



Now that summer is over, Bryan Tuck has started updating his blog. Enjoy the read! Bryan's Blog site: www.xanga.com/nexus6bt

From Bryan:
I graduated from Chapman with an MFA in Film Production/Editing in May and moved up into Los Angeles, where I hoped to find some employment in the industry I've been spending the last three years (officially, anyway) preparing to enter.  A script supervisor position on a series of three independent short films in June/July proved to be my first professional film work, and after that, I had some interviews, including one for a PA position on Robert Zemeckis's upcoming adaptation of A Christmas Carol, and another for a pilot for Lifetime.  After that, I wound up as a vault assistant at Modern VideoFilm, a post-production facility in Burbank.

It was not what I was hoping for, but it was income and the hours were agreeable.  While working there, I was contacted by a fellow Chapman 2008 graduate about an editing gig for O Entertainment, the company behind the various "Thumb" movies (Thumb Wars, Thumbtanic).  They were producing a short called Thumb Debate '08, spoofing the presidential elections, and I ended up being a co-editor on the project.

A couple of weeks later, I was contacted about an asssistant editor position on a new animated series that O's sister company Omation was producing.  On December 1st, I began at Omation as assistant editor on Planet Sheen, a spinoff of Jimmy Neutron, which should begin airing on Nickelodeon in late 2009.

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