Collin Worster - MFA Acting

Collin Worster goes by the name of Collin Frendz in the band Victor Bravo. Here's what they have to say about themselves:

Victor Bravo is made up by two guys from Maine who escaped out of the cold badlands for the relative warmth and laid-back ease of New York City. They burst out on the crest of tense, loud, fast garage-punk rock that people compare to the Ramones and Iggy Pop. Born in the same town, in the same hospital, in the same week, at times their performances make it seem like they're reading each other's minds.

Dan pounds the drums in a unique and sometimes terrifying way – broken sticks, cymbals, heads, shells, stands, bloodied hands, and other musicians standing aghast are the norm. Collin fires up blazing, dense, distorted guitar work and sings his guts out until people are shaking. Together, their songs are klaxon-blast warnings about everything that looms up to destroy you when you're not alert: parents, partners, politicos, and all the various forces of darkness.

The guys of Victor Bravo have been performing shows around New York City since 2006, when they released their DIY 4-song EP called Shut Out The Sky. Reviewers have given the disc strong praise, comparing their sound not only to the Ramones and Iggy Pop, but also Mudhoney, Husker Du, and the Dead Kennedys. The band themselves find other inspiration from acts
like Superchunk, Nirvana, L7, and Hole.

Victor Bravo is currently booking shows in New York City and around the U.S. Northeast. Shut Out The Sky is available from iTunes, CD Baby, and direct from the band's website at VictorBravo.com.

www.victorbravo.com
www.myspace.com/victorbravo

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Collin Frendz, Vocals/Guitar
VICTOR BRAVO
"Making Anthems for Wreckage"
collin@victorbravo.com

UPCOMING SHOW!
Sat Oct 13th @ The Charleston, Williamsburg Brooklyn

Michael A. Bachmann

Writer / Actor / Producer

Recently Mike's short film Neighborhood Watch was commissioned by Will
Ferrell's team to premiere with the launch of their website
FunnyOrDie.com. Mike is an active member of The Exploding Pajamas, a
sketch comedy group that performs live in Los Angeles and produces
film, television and commercial projects worldwide. In 2007 Mike
became part of the Untitled Wessler Project with Charlie Wessler and
the Farrelly Brothers. In addition to working on a new animated
television program set to launch in 2008, Mike is currently working
with Reveille Entertainment to develop a feature film based a current
hit MTV reality show. Mike's feature film SUPERTEMP was recently
optioned by Haymaker Entertainment.

Prior to relocating to Los Angeles from New York in late 2006, where
he was a partner at the equity research firm Sturza's Institutional
Research and hedgefund, Ursus Capital, Mike managed to juggle multiple
careers. He served as comedy writer and advisor on Nick@Nite's hidden
camera half-hour program Hi-Jinks and has appeared in several
television commercials for companies like Campbell's, EBay and Pepsi
as well as hit television programs like Hope and Faith, The Gilmore
Girls and Las Vegas. In his varied 15 year career in entertainment,
Mike has helped write, produce, and promote several projects with
production companies that include Banyan, Grainey Pix, TVBoy, and WOLO
Entertainment including a music video for rap sensation A.M.M.O., The
Nigga you love to Hate, the short film, Prairie Dogs, and the award
winning documentary, Freedom's Fury with executive producers Lucy Liu
and Quentin Tarantino.

Mike is managed by H2F Entertainment in Hollywood.

He currently resides in Studio City, CA with his wife and two small children.

Find out the latest info at http://www.AtTheMike.com

AC NY Chi-Town

Aaron Carter's one act Raw Material opens on September 23rd in Chicago. At the same time, Iowa Akhbar is being read at the KNF Series in New York.

The KNF reading is chock full of OU alums including director Carolina Conte and actor Erinn Ruth.

Dave Carrico and Meredith Neal.

Dave Carrico reports:

Here's an update on me and Meredith Neal.

We just celebrated our 2nd wedding anniversary. We're living in Brooklyn. I'm starting a new job Monday at Pace University, as an adjunct Professor of Theatre, and Technical Director for the Department of Theatre.

Meredith is a freelance costume designer, currently doing Costumes and Props for a production of Camino Real that Sarah Michelson, another OU alum is directing for the 2nd Annual Tennesee Williams Festival in Provincetown, Massachusetts. She had a small show in NYC's 365, and recently did Costumes for a new play, Leni, with Collaborative Play as part of FringeNYC. Her website is www.meredithneal.net.

We have three cats, Roux, Lola and Meatwad. If you're in NYC, give us a holler!

Qui Invades Chicago

OU Alum Qui Nguyen is invading Chicago. Check out his productions coming up here.

Christopher De Paola

Christopher De Paola reports:

For the past nine months, I've been working for Weigel Broadcasting (WCIU-TV) here in Chicago. I'm a head-writer and actor on the children's show "Green Screen Adventures." We take children's stories (grades 1-4) and adapt them for television. The show has been airing once a week for the last 6 months. But the powers that be have decided to amp it up. Original episodes begin airing weekday mornings, 5 days a week on September 17th. Channel 23 for all you Chicago folks!! Weigel Broadcasting is the only television station in Chicago creating original children's programming.

I was recently commissioned by Scott Foresman Publishing to write two short plays for a west coast reading/literature text book slated for publication next year.

I am also co-founder, with Aaron Carter, of Instant Theatre at Chicago Dramatists. Instant Theatre started on a trial basis at Chicago Dramatists this past summer. And lucky for us, Chicago Dramatists has signed us on as a permanent monthly fixture in their schedule. Aaron and I both organize and host the event every month. Check out our blog for details...
http://instanttheatre.blogspot.com/

As for my acting, I was in last season's production of "Cynical Weathers" at Victory Gardens Theater. Was in "Autobiography" by Sean Graney for Collaboraction's Annual Sketchbook Festival in June. I begin rehearsals next month for "Eye of the Storm"- an adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest." I'll be playing the lead role of Trinculo. The show runs November 1 thru December 6 at the Vittum Theater.

Laura Jacqmin

Laura Jacqmin reports:

I was commissioned by Collaboraction to write the final piece in a modern take on the Herman Hesse novel, Siddhartha. The resulting play (made up of shorter vignettes by Sean Graney, Stephen Cone, Emily Schwartz, myself and J. Nicole Brooks and directed by Joel Moorman), The Siddhartha Project: A Down-Home, Apocalyptic Avalanche of Beauty, will play at Lumen (839 W. Fulton) in Chicago, Sept. 29-Oct. 14. See collaboraction.org for more details.