These days, that’s all you ever hear about….”Is it green?”

Well, yes, it is GREEN. My next play reading with the Moving Arts Theater Company, at 1822 Hyperion Ave on Oct 1st at 8pm, is titled, “Green” by Bekah Brunstetter. http://www.movingarts.org/

I play the lead, CLINT, an Iraqi war veteran returning home with a worldfull of issues, ranging from falling in love with my best friend’s lady, having a need for my gun, longing for the security of my cigarettes and celebrating the memory of my fallen compadres. 

Which leads me to the title of the play, Green. There are so many things that green embodies.

Green often signifies life: money, grass, fresh, economic, fatigues, “greener on the other side”, and the list continues.

Whereas the opposite is also true, such as: Vomit, Hulk, Green Goblin, “turning green”.

So, take this opportunity to focus on the art of possibility and just look for green today. You will see what green means in your life. As you open and focus on finding what you want, it will show up. I want to focus on a full theater in attendance for my the premiere of “Green” on October 1st, and I will see what I choose to see. See ya there.

My test shoot pictures are out and they are f’in awesome! Please check crphoto.com for Christophe Randall’s website. 

Well, I joined an improv class on Monday nights! It’s good to get those veins flowing again and begin to reconnect with my spontaneity. In addition, I took class on Tuesday, studying the Viola Spolin Technique with Robin Brown. We had an interesting scene, but I learned a valuable lesson, how to harness my power and energy and use it effectively.

Phil Raymond, editor and co-creator of ‘Renegade Reporting’ is visiting from NY. We are shooting 2 more episodes this week on the West Coast and created our youtube channel: youtube.com/renegadereporting and contact, renegadereporting@gmail.com .

We have some big things coming up in the future, so look out. Any companies or products interested, better get on board now.

Today, I auditioned for a new pilot, ala Ghost Hunters, as the host. I am waiting to hear back, but thinking of just focusing on my own show. I have also been developing several pitches to put my hosting skills to the test with a new concept. More to come, my bread and butter will have a sizzle tape by the end of October.

Sandra Angeline, my dear friend from NYC and fab-o editor, is helping me log and capture my cross country footage for “Fueling Our Dreams” and I hope to be paper editing by next week. I will also be creating 2 travel show pitch sizzle tapes from the footage that will get sold. Trust!

My website is thriving and I will be updating with my test shoot photos and creating a comp card for print auditions. Gotta get your hustle on. No time to waste.

Lastly, I am in the final stage of joining ‘The Moving Arts’ theater company, and will be the lead in a reading on Oct 1st. It’s a Marine story from Iraq, really well written, come and check it. I also have an audition for an artistic gallery piece, which is demonstrating the black hole of the entertainment industry, there is some rage and anger in this piece, how fun!

My headshots came back from Chris Moscatiello and rock the casbah. I will be making moves shortly to get these in the right hands. Well, speaking of hands, my fingers are tired from typing. I’m out.

Weekends are a time for the finer things.

Yesterday a close friend, Joe Gatto from The Tenderloins visited us in LA. He made a nice home cooked meal fully equiped with potatoes, salads, teriyaki chicken and the works. That was a fine meal. He was visiting to check out his edit for his comedy troupe’s Spike TV pilot. It looks good, check em out, thetenderloins.com 

In addition, I saw my other friend, Joe Hursley, the front man of ‘The Ringers’ play at the ROXY on Thursday. My first time there, but it was well worth it. He is like Mick Jagger with yoga flexibility and the energy of Robin Williams. You must go see them. We used to study in Austin and I also met up with another bud, Brandon who is also excelling out here. 

While at the ROXY, my old fraternity bud, Curtis met up and we had a few beers and caught up on things. We discussed possibly working together in the future on my host driven reality shows. We will be meeting to review our ideas and put a plan together. We also kicked it on Saturday to watch the Penn State football game in WeHo. Quite a good time to see my alma mater tearing it up on the football field.

Emmy’s are in full swing. I shot over to the pre-show gift giveaway party produced by Debbie Durkin. Now she does a quality job producing and utilizing her sponsors to create a wonderful ambience. We spoke for a few minutes and may potentially work together in the future. I also ran into several other cool cats, while dining and checking out the promotional items. Today, I am headed over to the Emmy’s at 6:30. A close friend is a personal assistant for one of the nominees. I will let you know how it all unfolds.

Oh yeah, the Philadephia Eagles were victorious after the letdown to the ‘Boys’ last week. Watch out, PA is running wild in the sporting races. Lastly, my old friend Sandra is a freelance editor and will be assisting me in the uploading of my cross country footage of “Fueling Our Dreams” and pulling my shots for some of my reality show pitches. I can’t wait to begin completing it.

I keep forgeting, but close friends are producing “Ballad of a Broken Angel” and are looking for another investor to get the finances in place to complete this indie master film. Masiela Lusha and Roddy Piper are on board, amongst many others. If you are interested in participating, please contact me at stephen@stephesneidel.net

Hasta luego, let the Mondays begin…

The world runs on music. Without music, there’d be no rhythm, no beats, and no dancing. Everything can be heard, if you listen close enough.

Tomorrow, I will be hearing the sounds of a shutter; I will be doing a test shoot with a friend of a friend, Christophe Randall, crphoto.com and we will be taking LA style shots all over the city. They should turn out to be pretty fun, I will be working with another talented actress, Jacquelyn Richey, whom I first acted with way back when in Austin, TX.

In addition, I got a call for a final interview for The Moving Arts Theater Company. I will be meeting with them next week and got asked to participate in a reading on 10/1. It will be brand new material, read for the first time, so that should be exciting. We will be moving to the tune of a new hyme.

Today, I spoke with Johnny from Exclusive Casting Studios, where I auditioned for Bud Light and will be working with them in the future. They need additional assistance on the casting end and I would love to help out in my spare time. They work very closely with House Production, the NY offices where I booked my Hershey’s Take 5 commerical, ONDCP online PSA, and AMC’s Date Nite. Let the good times rock n roll.

Comedy and laughter is a sound so sweet. Laughter can make all your worries dissappear. Monday I will begin class at the LA Comedy Connection in Sherman Oaks. It’s an improv class and I will be studying with the founder, Kent. I am ready to get my comedy chops up and running again and will be doing shows in no time.

Tonight, I am going to meet an old friend, Joe Hursley from Austin, we studied together in CK MacFarland’s class. He is the lead singer of ‘The Ringers’ and they are playing at the ROXY. They will be bringing straight up rock and roll to the soul. It’s my first time there and I am a little excited, but can’t party too late, I have my photo shoot tomorrow. Joe was featured on PUNK’D back in the day. Funny story, he has no shame and I just knew he was going places. Another person from Austin, I knew was ‘going places’ was Amber Heard. I had a class with Gary Chason in Austin and she was probably 16, and she was very easy on the eyes, and you just knew, in due time, and sure enough, catch her in Pineapple Express.

Anyways, just a few cool stories, another cool story, a buddy is producing a pretty big film and we go way back. I might be helping him out in a little while, more to come, don’t need to let any cats out of any bags. However, we can be sure and listen to the stories of others and keep an open ear.

In the words of LL. ‘Doin’ it, and doin’ it, and doin’ it…wow’ Just keep on trucking and take whatever door opens. I have an interview for a radio station, MYFM tomorrow before my photo shoot, I’d love to do some broadcasting, that was my first passion, the good ole radio, then this info superhighway took over. We’ll see what happens, but the radio will always be here.

I can still hear the sounds of my youth, “…and this is Casey Kasem with America’s Top 40.”

So I’ve been away for a week or so, working on a new project. More to come once it’s completed, should be a kickass.

While I was back in LA, I auditioned at Exclusive Studios for a Bud Light Commercial, about Drinkability. Of course, as I shipped out of town, the callbacks where last Friday, so I missed them, but I’ll be back. I am available for the shoot dates, but we’ll see what they say. 

Anyways, moving forward, a few friends work in production and on some online shows, I am creating some concepts to integrate my hosting abilities and producer-like ideas. We’ll see what happens, I have a bunch of meetings next week. I am also still developing my latest screenplay, formerly titled, “De Pablo”. 

Lastly, I am working on my new show: RENEGADE REPORTING, which I filmed a few back in NY. I am also going to film a few more episodes back East, and then start a West Coast version. My buddy Anthony, who works at NBC may take over the East Coast operation. 

Well, here’s the latest version, UNION SQUARE MERCHANTS, Enjoy!

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