"John's Divine Comedy" at the fringe!

I don't know why it has taken me so long to write a blog about this but here it is. My third solo show for the MN fringe festival is now running at Huge Theater in Minneapolis. So far I've had two great shows and look forward to the rest of the run next week. It is by far the funniest thing I have written and it was nice to have friends and family laughing at the goofy jokes last night. It makes my job so much easier. And yet, at it's core...a love letter to God. They say comedy is the hardest thing to do. This show was definitely the hardest to helm. Without my wife, Karen, and acting coach, Cheryl Brinkley, I would've drowned in my own writer's ink. Also thanks to my son Jack for inspiration and patience. I brought him to a three hour tech! And he and Karen came to my opening night show which started at 10PM. A little late for a six year old!

Highlights from Hanson Family and Friends Concert May 17, 2014

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Here's some pics from "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day" that just closed at Stages Theater in Hopkins. I played Dad, Dr. Fields and a Kangaroo.

Walk ins Welcome

Here's some pictures from a film I've been working on called "Walk ins Welcome" for M.C.T.C.

Suburban Cowboy at Caravan du Nord!

Yippee Yi Yay! This went down last Friday night. It was my family band "Full Circle" followed by "The Cactus Blossoms" then Charlie Parr. What a bill! So grateful to be part of it. Like the old time song goes "Precious memories, how they linger."

Well, this has nothing to do with acting (Or does it?) but I am playing a gig with my family band "Full Circle" at The Paramount Theatre in Austin along with "The Cactus Blossoms" and Charlie Parr. So put that in your pipe and smoke it! In the meantime, I am still working on a play that centers around Apollo and a rewrite of the Greek tragedy "Medea." It's way back in my head right now. Luigi Pirandello is a big influence and possibly The Italian Renaissance. I haven't decided yet. I've been thing it would be fun to incorporate Commedia del Arte and masks but not sure how. It's just sitting in my head. I have written a lot but not much lately. it would have more than one person which is a big step for mister "don't trust anyone with your work." In just a few minutes I'm going to teach a tennis class at The Sabes JCC which oddly has made its way into my play. I know, I'm questioning it myself but I can put no limits on what I want to put out there. The class is kind of a play in itself and I play a very animated stock character who talks way more than usual. Perhaps I'm Arlecchino.