Paul Michael Remembered
This week we said goodbye to our dear friend and family patriarch, actor Paul Michael. Paul was not my biological father, but he and my mom were constant companions, and effectively a married couple for [...]
THUNDERCATS SCREENING REPORT
July 2, 2011 Tamra and I went to a screening of the new Thundercats show, a one hour “movie” that will launch the new series for Cartoon Network. Why? Because years ago, when I lived [...]
JIMPRESSIONS: review of the new show in Hollywood
Jim Meskimen: A Man for All Voices By Bonnie Priever The Tolucan Times May 12th, 2011 Jim Meskimen opens his show, Jimpressions, at the Acting Center in Hollywood, with a pithy, profound statement: “It’s all [...]
A REVOLUTIONARY NEW KIND OF ACTING TRAINING
For some time, my wife Tamra Meskimen and I have been on a path of supporting and establishing safe places where actors and students can pursue their craft without abuse from invalidative gurus who dominate [...]
JIMPRESSIONS
Photo by Phil Proctor Around about 1985, when I was just starting my acting career in New York, I got it into my head to create a one-man show. Seemed like the thing to do. [...]
FINDING JASPER ROSE
Last week, when I wrote about the inspiration for my own Professor Knestor Jackdaws, my old teacher from UCSC Jasper Rose, I casually requested that if anyone knew how to locate him to please pass [...]
WHY I CREATED PROFESSOR KNESTOR
You may or may not be aware that about a year and a half ago I reinvented myself. I didn’t really set out to reinvent myself, it just happened. Here’s how it began: Long ago, [...]