The Updates

Here's the trailer for my new internet movie, courtesey of CENTRAL PARK WEST STUDIOS (www.cpwstudios.biz), I SAW BIGFOOT IN CENTRAL PARK, http://jeremiahmurphy.net/cpws/bigfoottrailer.mov

It stars the talents of Laura Dillman, John Harlacher, Justin Herfel, Jeremiah Murphy (me), Mark Von Sternberg, and Lulu Wu. It's an ongoing project. It's improvised of an outline that I wrote. I direct the actors by telling them what the scenes about, then they usually take it away. i also throw things at them to say. I have a lot of fun making little shorts this way. I also think ti's a good way to get the best out of actors. There are some scripted parts and those are brilliant too. Like Shakespeare, those parts are. Really good Shakespeare.

I'm a big fan of improv. Actually I had two improv shows last night. I was recently asked to be a member of an improv team, MINGLE, which performs here and there at The Peoples Improv Theater. Our next show is Tuesday, January 18 at 9:30pm, appearing alongside the imprv group, The Book Club. Then my improv team Jonly Bonly had a show later that night performing with Gunshow. I highly recommend Gunshow. they're hilarious. Their website is www.gunshowimprov.com Check that stuff out. Jonly Bonly will be having shows Firday nights at 10pm, $7 at Gotham City Improv, located aboce the Restaurant Monster Sushi in between 6th and 7th on 23rd Street. Come check us out; we're producing the show ourselves and want to take your money and make you laugh. Our show last night was pretty funny. We were down two and only had four people and still put together a slam dunk.

In Jonly Bonly we start off the show by asking for a one word suggestion. Then two memebers of the team step forward and have a scene. The other members stand around and when something in the scene reminds them of something they stand forward, stop the scene, and tell a short story. Then the scene continues until we get 2-4 stories. Then we launch into other scenes based off of the initial scene and the stories. Come check it out, hilarious!

I'm also on a team at The Peoples Improv Theater called "The Happy Clap." We're a new house team there. It's a great group of funny people. We have a show coming up in Feb., I'll keep you posted.

This Friday, you can catch Jonly Bonly again at 10pm at Gotham City Improv. BUT BEFORE THAT AT 7PM, you can catch me in this fun show called Character Dog Run at Juvie Hall (see www.juviehall.com for more info). This show runs once a month. I've done two previous shows. It's a fun idea. Six-Seven actors bring a character witha costume and monologue to the show. They introduce the characters to the audience, then they improvise scenes together. In a past show I was a zombie stand-up comedian based on the role of "Eddie" that I performed for Chris Alonzo's "Carrot and Stick" in the 2003 NYC Fringe Festival. In another show I played Jackie Claus, son of Santa and 2008 presidential 2008. A good old southern boy from the north pole, Jackie Claus is determined to fight terror and insure rights for elves and elf like peoples. Like I said before, check it out. In this month's Character Dog Run you can catch Central Park West Studios actors Laura Dillman (The Death Troll, Komansky, Vanessa) and Justin Herfel (The Pizza Man, O'Toole. Julius).

I'm also at work on the third episode of my internet series STAFF MEETING (www.staffmeeting.biz). We go into production January 29th.

All this and I just found out my wife's having a boy. Just kidding folks, I wanted to make sure you were awake. I'm still single and childless.