GLOSSY Exclusive!

By Veronica F. Lupin

Mr. Emery, thank you for agreeing to meet with Glossy, I’m a big fan.
Me too.

You’ve been called the Voice of your Generation.  Do you feel that title comes with a sense of responsibility?
Well – sure.  To be the voice of your generation is always a responsibility. It’s just– you know.  How responsible can one be?

You’ve already experienced amazing success at such a young age.  Where do you see yourself twenty years from now?
Dead.
(Laughter)
You find that funny?

Not optimistic for a long career?
Well, I mean, look at whose died. Great talent has died young. And with the lives that they’ve lead – how does that make me any different, y’know.

Sounds like you believe this is something you were meant to do.
Yeah.  It’s not something I want to do, but it’s something that… Clearly… (a pause.) What magazine is this again?

Glossy.
Pretty girls on the cover? Yeah, I know that magazine.

Do you think of yourself as primarily a singer or as a poet?
(long pause) Neither.

What do you think of yourself as?
I’m gonna leave it at that.

How would you classify your music?
I’d say it’s pretty good.

Could you tell us a little bit about your creative process?
(pause.) No. (pause) My creative process is mine.

Plans for your first European tour are in the works.  How do you think your reception will be different in Europe than here in the States?
I can’t wait for that. They love us. Back over in Europe, they’re very appreciative of um – American music.  I’m very excited to go there.  Plus there, I could y’know, have some beer maybe over in Germany because–

Right.  You’re not even twenty-one yet.
Shh!

Are you currently seeing anybody special?
No.  No I’m not.  Why, are you interested?
Who, me?
Yeah.
Hey I’m just doing my job here.
That red dress you have on is very stimulating, I have to say.
“Stimulating”?
A little bit.
Okay.  Well that’s actually the last question I have for you, so–
No! Come on–
Thank you for your time.

[ANDY TAKES A HUSBAND premiers this weekend at The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, Studio 6.  Friday, July 30th @8:00PM, Saturday, July 31st @8:00PM, and Sunday, August 1st @ 2:00PM and 6:00PM. All performances are free. Email reservations@icbins.com for your tickets.]

Published in: on July 29, 2010 at 1:41 am  Leave a Comment  
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making the play

We are nearly two weeks away from the opening of Andy Takes a Husband at Stella Adler, and what a tremendous relief it is to unburden myself of the play that caused me so much grief during its incubation and watch the characters come to life in the hands of the actors.  This is the part that makes it all worth it, folks:

Cecilia and Roman's "Pietá"

Oh Roman, Oh Roman, Oh Roman

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Published in: on July 14, 2010 at 8:54 pm  Leave a Comment  
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ICBINS is Back!

I am thrilled to announce that I Can’t Believe It’s Not Shakespeare has been working on a very (a)rousing new project by our always fruitful writer (not to mention the artistic director of ICBINS), Julia Rae Maldonado.

ICBINS is collaborating with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting for this workshop production of Andy Takes a Husband, a new comedy about a troubled young American sex symbol.

This performance will be FREE to the public!

Our Stella Adler actors include:  Jesse Barrera, Isabelle Zufferey Boulton, Julian Conde and Nao Dobashi.

Performances will be the last weekend in July! More details and reservation info to come later this week!

Published in: on July 13, 2010 at 2:36 pm  Leave a Comment  
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the actor is the instrument

"That's it kitty, breeeeeeeath"

"That's it kitty, breeeeeeeath"

Recently I’ve started an acting conservatory program at Stella Adler, which includes a round of classes including a voice and speech class – a technical aspect of training that any actor will tell you is unthinkable to neglect.  Early in the term, voice and speech class has mostly consisted of my classmates and I lying on our backs and breathing deeply.  As I stared at the ceiling and imagined my intercostal muscles spreading apart, I couldn’t help but consider how this strange work to playwriting:

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Published in: on September 25, 2009 at 6:00 pm  Comments (1)  
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You Know What They Say About Jewish Girls…

After meeting me for about one minute, there are two things that people know about me:

1) I am an actress,

and

2)I am Jewish. 

So I thought that I would dedicate this post to something that combines both. . .  Yiddish Theatre!! 

 

Most people in the theatre world don’t know much about it, and yet we are all very much influenced by it.  Stella Adler and Lee Strasberg first experienced theatre in Yiddish.  Although the methods that they adapted were in large part a reaction to the melodramatic nature of the yiddish theatre, it is impossible to deny the impact that Yiddish theatre had on the creation of modern day realism in America.

 

The great thing to know is that there is still Yiddish theatre going on in New York.  The Folksbiene Yiddish Theatre is one of the last four Yiddish Theatres in operation today, and the only one in the US.  In fact, it is the oldest continually running Off-Broadway theatre, and is celebrating its 94th consecutive season this year: a testament to the fighting nature of the Yiddish culture. Click to read more on Yiddish Theater in New York City (more…)

Published in: on May 15, 2009 at 3:24 am  Leave a Comment  
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