June 09, 2009
So, I've booked TWO short films that require me to shoot my husband and the other one to die with a knife in my stomach.
So FUN!!!
Here are some pix.
KNIFE IN MY STOMACH SHOOT
First, the makeup artist started me out with an almost dead zombie like appearance.
The next addition was THE BLOOD!
The blood was made up of red non-staining dye and laundry detergent. This fake blood was put into a bag that I wore under my white lab coat. You can see the top of my lab coat in the first image. I had to fall to the ground and die from my knife wound. When I fell all the blood squished out of the bag and onto the floor and my face. I lay in a pool of blood. I had the fake blood stuck in my ear for days.
When I got home my puppy Togi tried to clean it out.
KILLING MY HUSBAND SHOOT
The other shoot was one where I played a disgruntled housewife. The scene begins with my husband and me having breakfast together. After a few bits of chit chat I pull out a gun and ultimately kill my husband. However there's a twist! From the point where I pull out the gun right until after I kill my husband,the killing really takes place in my mind. ( I've heard this is a little like the JR situation in Dallas). Instead of my husband dying, he leaves the breakfast table and the scene ends with a chilly "I love you" to my oblivious husband. Leaving the question, will my character really eventually kill him?
Here is a picture of myself and the director and a shot of the set:
The set:
February 04, 2009
Another piece I've WRITTEN is being produced at Theatre West's West Fest 2009!
AND
I'm ACTING in two other piece's! Check it all out at:
http://www.theatrewest.org/WestFest2009.html
MY WRITING GOES UP:
Jan. 30, 31 and Feb. 1
Margaret and Grace are back...
"Bodice Rippers." Written by Heather Keller. Directed by David P. Johnson. Featuring Jeanine Anderson, Mary Garripoli, Arden Lewis, Barbara Mallory, Mary Linda Phillips. A new comedy: When a group of middle-aged women gather for their monthly book club meeting, a new member, Margaret, faces off with the tyrannical President of the club. When Margaret revolts and starts her own sassy book club, an uncivil war erupts in the midst of this menopausal mess.
http://www.theatrewest.org/WestFest2009.html
I'm acting in two other things on February 6-8 and February 27-March1.
Full press release below:
WEST FEST 2009 BEGINS JANUARY 30; FIVE WEEKENDS OF ADVENTUROUS THEATRICAL PRESENTATIONS AT THEATRE WEST
When Theatre West was founded forty-seven years ago, its initial purposes included serving as a laboratory situation where writing, acting and directing could be developed and perfected. This included the development of new and exciting works, works of a non-commercial and experimental nature, as well as the loving reconsideration of established material with an eye to enhanced performances. At least once each year, Theatre West has included a festival of such works, providing audiences to see interesting work they might not otherwise have a chance to see at a bargain ticket price. The West Fests have become among Theatre West's most enduringly popular attractions and biggest ticket-sellers.
West Fest 2009 may be the most ambitious of the series yet, with five full weekends of shows, a totally different presentation each week, to entice the loyal audiences who have returned for West Fest every year, as well as to introduce new audiences to the richly varied work of the city's longest-running, continuously operating professional company. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2. The calendar of events follows:
Jan. 30- Feb. 1:
"The Life and Times of A. Einstein." Written and performed by Kres Mersky. Directed by L. Paul Gersten. A comedy about a day in the life of Einstein as seen through the eyes of his secretary.; A hilarious and touching portrait of this Einstein loyalist and a humanizing look into the great thinker's life as seen through the people around them.
"The Women of Spoon River." Written by Edgar Lee Masters. Adapted by performed by Lee Meriwether. Lee is one of Theatre West's most famous members, a star of stage, screen and television (most recently as Ruth Martin on "All My Children"). In 2002, she was a cast member in the prize -winning revival of "Spoon River Anthology." Now she returns to probe more deeply into the lives of the women in the Midwestern community evoked by Edgar Lee Masters in his 1915 literary masterpiece.
"Bodice Rippers." Written by Heather Keller. Directed by David P. Johnson. Featuring Jeanine Anderson, Mary Garripoli, Arden Lewis, Barbara Mallory, Mary Linda Phillips. A new comedy: When a group of middle-aged women gather for their monthly book club meeting, a new member, Margaret, faces off with the tyrannical President of the club. When Margaret revolts and starts her own sassy book club, an uncivil war erupts in the midst of this menopausal mess.
Feb. 6-8:
"In A Different Light." Book by Doug Haverty. Music by Adryan Russ. Lyrics by Adryan Russ and Doug Haverty. Directed by John Gallogly. Featuring Neil Elliot, Kathy Garrick, Mary Garripoli, Arden Lewis, Steve Nevil. In this one-act musical, A man and a woman, once college sweethearts but now married to others, with grown children, now bump into each other in the oh-so-romantic city of Paris. Will they change their lives to rekindle the passion of their youth?
"van Gogh." Written by Brian Beery. Directed by John Gallogly. Featuring Brian Beery, Yancey Dunham, David P. Johnson and Heather Keller. In 1890, Theo van Gogh and his wife Johanna sift through the 900 unsold painting of Theo's late brother Vincent and begin to wonder whether Vincent was a failure or artistic genius.
"Two Lives." Book by Doug Haverty. Music by Adryan Russ. Lyrics by Adryan Russ and Doug Haverty. Directed by John Gallogly. Featuring David P. Johnson, Devra Korwin, Robert W. Laur, Lee Meriwether, Brian O'Halloran, Corinne E. Shor. In this one-act musical, two women who have been best friends for forty years are in a car accident together and have been subsequently declared brain dead. The women are not only alive but able to communicate to each other. Can they reach out to their loved ones in time to prevent their doctor from removing them from life support?
Feb. 13-15:
"The Price." Written by Arthur Miller. Directed by Stu Berg. Featuring Cal Bartlett, Marvin Kaplan, Don Moss, Dianne Travis. Two long-estranged brothers return to the family home after their Father's death, sure that they are now mature enough to get along together and complete their task, dividing up the family's possessions. But even with the help of a pragmatic, good-humored 89-year-old Lithuanian used-furniture dealer who leads them toward a degree of mutual understanding, they renew their past antagonisms.
Feb. 20-22:
"Bleacher Babes." Book, music and lyrics by Scott Martin. Directed by Jacque Lyn Colton. Choreography by Nikki D'Amico. Featuring Sandra Tucker, Victoria Lavan, Magda Harout, Jacque Lyn Colton and Nikki D'Amico. In this one-act musical, four middle-aged women gather for a Labor Day picnic to celebrate their many summers together as the cheering section for their late husbands' softball team.
"Traces of Memory." Written by Ann Wuehler. Directed by Kres Mersky. Featuring Maray Ayres and Saratoga Ballantine. Two women, both with blood on their hands. One highway, Highway 50 in Nevada, the so-called loneliest road in America. Phoebe is running from her past. Ruth is walking toward her very uncertain future when the two meet and spar. There's smoke in the air and questions that need to be answered.
"Sally Spectre: The Musical." Written and directed by David P. Johnson. Featuring Adam Conger, Yancey Dunham, Rebecca Lane and Rob Zabrecky. Subtitled "A Chlldren's Horror Story for Adults." Little Sally has been confined to one room for a long time. She has terrible headaches. Can her only two friends rescue her from the sinister Wraith who would banish her to eternal Oblivion? Will she ever be reunited with her beloved mother again? Where did the hatchet and the blood come from?
Feb. 27-Mar. 1: "The Socialization of Ruthie Shapiro." Written by Barbara Nell Beery. Directed by Susan Morgenstern. Featuring Heather Keller, Claire Partin, Nick McDow, Constance Mellors. In this touching and amusing reflection about those challenging preteen years, our adult heroine is on a mission---to uncover the 12-year-old girl she used to be and rediscover her authentic self. With her mother and brother as guides as well as an unlikely friend---a gawky, hilarious too-tall girl from Texas---Ruth's journey in this poignant and funny award-winning play touches on our deepest themes in life: desire, betrayal, regret and, most important of all, loss of innocence.
West Fest producer: Jill Jones.
Theatre West Executive Director: John Gallogly
Free Parking. www.theatrewest.org for more info or 323-851-7977 for tickets and reservations.
Theatre West: 3333 Cahuenga Blvd West, between the Barham and Lankershim exits off the 101 (Hollywood) Freeway, in the Cahuenga Pass, near Universal City.
Shows: Friday and Saturday at 8 pm; Sundays at 2 pm.
January 07, 2008
Currently, I'm working on a project entitled BUMP.
It's a Festival of new 10 minute pieces written with the idea of the word BUMP in mind.
I lucked out and my piece that I wrote was chosen to be a part of this New Work Festival.
I am also acting in another 10 minute piece.
BUMP
An Evening of Short Plays
Jan 25-Feb 3, 2008
FRI, SAT, @ 8PM, SUN @ 2PM
Theatre West
3333 Cahuenga Blvd West
Los Angeles CA 90068
Call 323-851-7977
Buy Tickets On Line
http://www.theatrewest.org/bump1.html
All Shows at Theatre West are Wheelchair Accessible.
Bathrooms are not Wheelchair Accessible.
July 25, 2007
Hi Everyone! I will be playing the role of Anna Botti in the world premiere play A Dose of Family written by the writer of What the Bleep Do We Know?!
It's part of the West Fest at Theatre West. My show is on Weekend Two of the festival
3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, LA, CA 90068
Friday July 27 & Saturday July 28 @ 8pm
Sunday July 29 @ 2pm. Theatre West
For Industry Comps, call (818) 601-4495.
Most recently, Heather received rave reviews in DANCING AT LUGHNASA, an award winning play at Theatre West.
OPENING JULY 20
WEST FEST 2007
New Works Festival
July 20 - 29, 2007
Call 323-851-7977
Buy Tickets On Line at www.theatrewest.org
For Discount tix check out www.goldstarevents.com
Hope to see each & every one of you there to support me and the ARTS!
Love,
Heather Keller xoxox
