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February 2012
Cast as Telegin in Anton Chekhov's UNCLE VANYA
with Target Margin Theater. Directed by David Herskovits, the
show runs from April 26 to May 19 at Here Arts Center in New York City.
January 2012
Don appears in the feature film MAN ON A
LEDGE, which stars Elizabeth Banks and Sam Worthington, and opens
January 27 in theaters nationwide.
Principal role in a Foxwoods Resorts Casino SAG commercial (Pictures in
a Row Productions) directed by Martin Aamund. Shoot dates from
January 8 - 10.
November 2011
ADR session for THE 2-2 (Tribeca Productions), a new CBS drama, currently shooting its 1st season.
October 2011
Don will take
part in an evening of excerpts of full-length plays currently in
development at the Dramatic Question Theatre, a company-in-residence at
the Soho Playhouse in New York City. The benefit event will take
place on October 6.
Cast in
Heather Violanti's FISH STORY as part of Altruistic Theatre's
Bareknuckle Theatre Festival. The show opens October 14 at the
Producers Club in New York.
September 2011
Cast in a
principal role in an episode of THE 2-2 (Tribeca Productions), a new
CBS Drama produced by Robert De Niro (The Godfather: Part II, Raging
Bull), Jane Rosenthal (Meet The Parents), and James Mangold (Walk The
Line). THE 2-2 is to be a part of CBS' 2011 - 2012 season.
Air date TBD. The episode shoots early September.
August 2011
Don will
have some of his photographs on exhibit at the Elusive Vision Artists'
2nd Annual Event that showcases the work of painters, designers,
photographers, and other artists at The Delancey, located in the lower
east side of Manhattan in New York City. For more information,
click here.
Booked a voice-over session with SAI GLOBAL.
Booked as a principal model for a COMCAST commercial print shoot (American market). Shoots early August.
July 2011
Featured in an interview with theawl.com,
a widely read online magazine, in an article written by Olivia
LaVecchia entitled, "When We Pretend We're Dead: Eight Actors On Their
Death Scenes," where eight Actors recall what it was like to play dead
in feature films and television. The piece also includes actors
from TRUE BLOOD, THE WIRE, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, and AMERICAN
HISTORY X. To read the article, click here.
An ensemble role in MANUEL VS. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (book: Noemi de la
Puente, music: Howard Post), a new musical project in development, will
be performed as a showcase at the Puerto Rican Traveling Theater in New
York City.
Performance Date: July 28 at 7pm.
A screening of AMMAR MAA (My Mother) as an Official Selection of
Manhattan Film Festival's Dramatic Film Series, which includes the
screening of three other short films for the evening. For
tickets, click here.
AMMAR MAA (My Mother)
Manhattan Film Festival
Friday, July 22, 9:30pm
Location:
Symphony Space (Leonard Nimoy Thalia)
2537 Broadway at 95th Street
June 2011
Principal role in an Industrial shoot with SAI GLOBAL. Shoots on June 8th in Princeton, NJ.
May 2011
Official online release of AMMAR MAA (My Mother) worldwide on
Dingora.com. AMMAR MAA is currently screening at Festival De
Cannes - Short Film Corner 2011 from May 11 through May 22.
Cast in an ensemble role in Noemi de la Puente's MANUEL Vs. THE
STATUE OF LIBERTY a new musical being developed as part of the
Playwrights/Directors Lab with the Dramatic Question Theatre in
NYC.
Verizon Android commercial campaign (Asian market). Shoot date: 5/10 in Edgewater, NJ.
March 2011
AMMAR MAA (My Mother) has been selected to screen
at the Festival De Cannes - Short Film Corner 2011.
The festival will take place from May 11 through May 22 in Cannes, France. Click here for more information.
December 2010
Currently shooting
scenes for MAN ON A LEDGE (starring
Sam Worthington) in New York City. For more information, please visit the film's IMDB
page.
AMMAR MAA (My Mother) will be screening at
The Stepping Stone Film Festival from December 6 - 13 in Bangalore, India. Click here for more details.
November 2010
Cast in a principal role in MAN ON A LEDGE (DiBonaventura
Pictures/Summit Entertainment) starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Anthony Mackie, and Edward
Burns. Film shoot starts on Oct. 30 in New York City.
A play reading of Uday
Jhunjhunwala's OUR LAND at
the Nuyorican Cafe in the Lower East Side, New York City, on Sunday, November 14 at 7pm.
October 2010
AMMAR MAA (My Mother) will have its world premiere as part of the YES INDIA Film Festival in New Zealand.
Trailer: here
Screening schedule:
Auckland - 2:30pm on October 30 at Rialto Cinemas
Wellington - 2:30pm on November 6 at the Paramount Theatre
Christchurch - 8:45pm on November 27 at Rialto Cinemas
A private screening will be held for AMMAR MAA on Saturday, October 9,
at the Anthology Film Archives (Maya Deren Theatre), 32 Second Avenue,
NYC 10003.
Screening times: 1:45pm and 2:30pm. Q&A session to follow
screenings.
September 2010
Part of an ensemble cast in Stephanie Bok's WHAT HAPPENED as part of the DUMBO Arts
Festival in Brooklyn, NY. Performance dates: September 24 - 26.
Model for CONCEPTUAL PORTRAITS
shoot with Art Director Bill Bon.
AMMAR MAA (My Mother) is now
an official selection of YES INDIA Film Festival in New Zealand. The
festival runs from October 28 - December 1. Screening dates TBA.
August 2010
Cast in
the role of Yummy in DOLLFACE, part of Theatre for the New City's Dream
Up Festival. Show opens on Sunday, August 15, at 2pm.
Please click here
for performance dates and times.
DOLLFACE
By B.J. Sebring
Lyrics by David Forman
Music by David Forman and Rob Hyman
Additional materials by Bette Midler, Rick Chertkoff,
Eric Bazilian, and Lou Bellofatto
Directed by Elizabeth Carlson
Theatre for the New City
The Johnson Theater
155 First Avenue
New York, NY 10003
Principal model for STATE STREET/GOLD TRUST commercial print ad to be
released in Chinese, Japanese, Singaporean, and American markets. Shoots
on August 8.
AMMAR MAA (My Mother) currently in production in New York City.
July 2010
Cast in a reading of SIAM, a screenplay by Cooper Wright.
Reading takes place Monday, July 12, at Artmar Productions in New York City.
Cast in a lead role in AMMAR MAA (Samir Banerjee, writer and
director),a screen adaptation of Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's short
story, WHAT
IS LOVE, from her novel, ARRANGED MARRIAGE. The cast includes
Rachna Shah,
whose credits include BOLLYWOOD HERO (IFC original series) and
RANG RASIYA (BFI
London Film Festival).
Voiceover booking for Lippincott Nursing instructional dvd series. Recording date: July 1st in Philadelphia, PA.
June 2010
Cast in DOI MOI (book and lyrics: Claire
Tran, music: Scott Tran) and in
MANUEL VS. THE STATUE OF LIBERTY (book and lyrics: Noemi de la Puente,
music: Jean-Marc Berne) as part of The Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre's
Second Annual Showcase of New Works,
an evening of ten-minute musicals and excerpts
from full-length works.
Performance Date: Friday, 6/25, at 7pm
Location: 304 West 47th Street (8th Avenue)
April 2010
New York City premiere of IN SPACE (Visra
Vichit-Vadakan, director)
as part of the Shorts:
Hardcore program at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.
Click here for screening times.
March 2010
Principal role in a JOHNSON & JOHNSON Industrial to be exhibited in
the Shanghai World Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China from May 1 - October
31, 2010.
A reading of Uday Jhunjhunwala's "What About East Timor?"
at the Nuyorican Cafe in the
Lower East Side, New York City,
on Wednesday, 3/31 at 7pm.
February 2010
Israeli Lottery commercial (CML Productions)
featuring Paris Hilton.
Shoot date on February 4th at midtown Manhattan.
November 2009
Ensemble role in a
staged reading of A STARSHIP ASTROV by Duncan Pflaster.
The reading is a part of Oberon Theatre Ensemble's reading series.
Click here for more information.
October 2009
BOHEMIBOT
screening at HD FEST on Tuesday, October 20th, at the
Sony Wonder Technology Lab Theatre, NYC, 56th Street and Madison Avenue.
August 2009
Principal
role in TO KILL A FLY, an independent short film written and directed
by D Bhatt.
June 2009
BOHEMIBOT
screening at the DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA in Los Angeles, CA.
Tuesday, June 2nd, at 8:00pm
7920 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
BOHEMIBOT screening schedule:
Ohio Independent Film Festival
Friday, June 5th, 2009, @ 8:30pm
Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.ohiofilms.com
Breckenridge Festival of Film
Saturday, June 13th, 2009, @ 3:00pm
Breckenridge, Colorado
http://www.breckfilmfest.com/
Visionfest 09
June 17th - 21st, 2009, in Manhattan, NY
http://www.visionfest.com/
Palm Springs International Shortfest & Film Market
June 23rd - June 29th, 2009, in Palm Springs, CA
http://www.psfilmfest.org/
May 2009
BOHEMIBOT
wins the 2009 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD for Best Narrative!
Past winners include Spike Lee, Robert Zemeckis, and Bob Saget.
The Ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 13th, at 6pm, at the
Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater, located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard
in Beverly Hills, CA.
Bohemibot screening schedule:
Short Film Corner
May 13th - 22nd, 2009 in Paris, France
www.shortfilmcorner.com
Big Island Film Festival
May 14th - 17th, 2009, in Waikoloa Beach Resort, Hawaii
www.bigislandfilmfestival.com
Maryland Film Festival
May 7th - 10th, 2009, in Baltimore, MD
www.md-filmfest.com/
Buffalo Niagara Film Festival
Saturday, May 2nd, 2009 at 4:30pm, in Buffalo, NY
www.BuffaloNiagaraFilmFestival.com/bohemibot.html
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival
May 1st - 3rd, 2009, Wilmington, NC
www.cfifn.org/
April 2009
BOHEMIBOT
screening schedule:
BeFilm The Underground Film Festival
April 29th, 2009 in New York, NY
7 - 9pm @ The Disney Screening Room
500 Park Avenue (SW corner of 59th Street)
www.befilm.net
Indie Spirit Film Festival
April 24 - 26, 2009
Colorado Springs, CO
www.indiespiritfilmfestival.org
Hollywood East Film Festival
April 28th, 2009
Danbury, CT
www.hollywoodeastfilmfestival.com
Southeast New England Film, Music, and Arts Festival
April 2 - 5, 2009
Providence, Rhode Island
www.senefilm.org
*Founders Award
Tallahassee Film Festival
April 15 - 19, 2009
Tallahassee, Florida
www.tallahasseefilmfestival.com
Riverside International Film Festival
April 18, 2009
Riverside, CA
www.riversidefilmfest.org
Kansas City Film Festival
April 24 - 26, 2009
Kansas City, MO
kcfilmfest.org
West Chester International Film Festival
April 23 - 26, 2009
West Chester, PA
www.WestChesterFilmFestival.com
March 2009
Principal
role in LAW & ORDER: Criminal Intent (NBC Universal) starring
Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, and Jeff Goldblum. Shooting
starts Monday, March 16th.
Principal role in Director Mark Breedlove's Radio Project for New
School University.
The piece will involve dream-like conversations among characters that
start off with
seemingly logical conversations but soon break off into fragments of
bizarre logic.
Recording session to be held March 28th.
BOHEMIBOT
screened at the Beverly Hills Short Film Festival on Sunday, March 1st,
garnering awards for "Best Sci-Fi," "Best Visual Effects," and "Best
Sound Design."
For more info, please visit: www.BeverlyHillsShortsFestival.com
Bohemibot trailer: http://www.bohemibot.com/trailer.htm
February 2009
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING opens at Theatre Row in
The Beckett Theatre in NYC. Performances run until Saturday,
February 28th.
For tickets and info, please visit: http://www.oberontheatre.org/
January 2009
Cast in the role of Borachio in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING in
OBERON THEATRE ENSEMBLE's Winter Repertory Season 2009.
Performances begin February 12th, 2009 in the Beckett Theatre
at Theatre Row, New York City. For more information, please click here.
December 2008
BOHEMIBOT - Private screening at NYU's Cantor Center.
December 5th, 6:30pm.
Conceived and created by NYU graduate Brendan Bellomo, BOHEMIBOT is a
sci-fi
drama combining live-action and CGI. For more info, please click here.
CONFRONTING
CHEKHOV - 4th Annual Festival of New Plays inspired by Anton Chekhov
produced by Brooklyn Playwrights Collective. Don was cast in a
lead role in SEXY MONK,
written by Ed Malin and directed by Naomi Tessler. Performances
at various locations.
For more information, please click
here.
Featured model in business photo shoot with PELAEZ PRODUCTIONS.
Shoot date: Dec. 11th.
Location: JLP Studios.
November 2008
Supporting role in IN SPACE (Hidden Rooster Films), an
independent short film
written and directed by Visra Vichit-Vadakan, an NYU graduate student
in film at NYU.
Shoot dates: Nov. 10th - 17th.
Featured model for PENSKE print ad campaign. Shoot dates: Nov.
20th & 21st.
Featured model for CORBIS "On The Go" business shoot. Dates: Nov.
14th & 15th.
AVAYA internet commercial - contract renewed!
October 2008
Featured model for NOKIA print ad campaign. Shoot date:
October 10th at Jack Studios in NYC.
Mode Magazine Core Staff (Recurring/Featured) in UGLY BETTY (ABC
Studios East).
September 2008
Featured model in a lifestyle-home photo shoot and business photo shoot
with Corbis.
Shoot dates: September 11th and 12th.
June 2008
Don can be seen in a Principal role in M. Night Shyamalan's THE
HAPPENING opens
worldwide on Friday, June 13th. Don is also in the film's
latest trailer: http://thehappeningmovie.com
Ensemble role in Desipina & Company's award-winning
SEVEN.11 Convenience Theatre. For tickets and info: www.desipina.org
June 4th - 22nd
Richmond Shepard Theatre
309 E. 26th Street, NYC
CAVE Butoh-kan workshop with internationally acclaimed Butoh artist
Ko Murobushi, a sought after performer and teacher of Butoh. He
has trained and performed with Butoh's founder, Tatsumi Hijikata,
and has founded influential companies responsible for introducing
Butoh to an international audience.
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