Kiersten Armstrong - actor + artistic accomplice
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April, 2012
-- Advanced Scene Study with Reed Birney at HB Studio.
-- 4/2: First meeting of The New York Actors School: Professional Ensemble. An exciting, supportive community of artists committed to growth and greatness.

March, 2012
-- 3/21, 8.30p: Premiere screening of 'Sparrow Lane' at the Cantor Film Center as part of the First Run Film Festival.
-- 3/23: Staged reading of 'A Banshee Killed My Boyfriend', directed by McKenna Dabbs
-- 3/25: Directing 'Glacial Decline' as part of the 'Knocked Up' staged reading series at The Looking Glass Theatre.
-- Continuing to direct with my independent Scene Study Class
-- Auditions/ Call backs: Commercial with Stacy Ellis, Empirical Rogue, RadioTheater NYC

January & February 2012
-- Continuing to direct a weekly scene study class.  I love flexing my directing mind and working with this incredibly talented group.  Thank you to the lovely, hard-working Samantha Payne Garland for the invite to create our own private gymnasium.
-- Auditions and call backs: Rising Sun Theatre Co, National Commercial with Renee Forbes, House Productions

December 2011
-- 12/17 & 18: Minnesota accents and flapper dresses!  'Rose Katz and Gilda Stern Say 'Atta Girl' by Shannon Reed directed by Renee Rodriguez part of the Short Play Lab.
-- Home for the holidays... never enough time with my family.

October, 2011
-- The last week of the extended run of 'Smart' by Robert Fieldsteel.
-- Clowning workshop/ intensive with cARTel: Collaborative Arts LA... Ready to get that red nose going!
-- Lots of exciting auditions and a couple stage projects in the works!

September, 2011
-- The revival of 'Smart' by Robert Fieldsteel is up and running at the Kraine Theater!  Tickets and information available through End Time Productions  
We are running Mondays at 7.30p through 10/24.  Based on the terrible true story of The Dartmouth Murders.  I am unbelievably proud of this cast and production!

-- Lots of auditions and engrossing scene study with Austin Pendleton at HB Studios.

May, 2011
- Deep into rehearsals for 'Smart' by Robert Fieldsteel with EndTimes Productions as part of Vignettes for the Apocalypse V (Tickets available soon!)
- Reviving Mark Borkowski's 'The Kids Are Awake' from last year's festival.  Playing Keri, the college-aged daughter of the BTK Killer.

April, 2011
- Filming 'Sparrow Lane' written and directed by the incredibly talented Patricia Gillespie produced by Yellow Belly Films.  A beautiful script and incredible locations in the Hudson River Valley including Cus D'Amato's boxing gym where Mike Tyson trained. 
- I can never say enough about the talented, dedicated, generous cast and crew... thank you for the art and the memories (Jesse Berlin, Doua Moua)

November, 2010
- Most of October was spent getting inspired and tan in lovely California and beautiful Portland, Oregon.  I saw some amazing cabaret and ate at a lot of food carts!  
- The Looking Glass Theatre's annual fundraiser is Tuesday 11/9, and I am so excited for the fun, games, and community.  All for a wonderful cause.
- Babelgum FAST is fast approaching 20 episodes and is getting better every week.  Great independent film, music, and host.  Thank you Oktane Media.

August, 2010:
-Hosting Babelgum FAST is such a blast!  We recently re-worked the shooting format and the show is more fresh and fun than ever.  I watch great independent film and animation and have opinions: best. job. ever.

May- July, 2010:
-Kate Marks' 'Bird House' at the Wings Theatre: directed by the venerable Dana Debrova, co-starring Stephanie Martinez, Carolina Ravassa, Carol Neiman, Eli Walker Palzkill, and an army of ants and kook-oo birds.

-Jumping through hoops and learning lots of new (hula-hoop) tricks for 'Buried' at The Looking Glass with an unbelievably talented cast and crew including the magical Mr Scott Raven T the award winning actor and poet.

April, 2010:  
-Last night wrapped 'The Kids Are Awake' by Mark Borkowski directed by Russell Dobular with End times Productions' annual 'Vignettes for the Apocalypse'.  What a challenging and wonderful piece of work to collaborate in creating.  But no more serial killer research for a while. 
 
The 22nd is the long awaited [insert mop here], the Looking Glass Theater's 2010 Winter acting intern showcase.  It includes works from contemporary women playwrights including: Caryl Churchill, Lucy Thurber, Sheila Calaghan. Directed by Amanda Thompson


February, 2010:

Currently, I am interning with The Looking Glass Theater {and having an amazing and rewarding time} and in rehearsals for 'Dismissing Robert Fink', {by brian kirchner directed by amanda thompson, opening March 10th} and just wrapped an SVA short.
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