Charlie S. Jensen
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July - Cast in Return To The Hiding Place - shooting this summer in Michigan. 2 Voiceover spots with Pioneer seeds. Improvisation II begins with David Murphy at The Green Room Studio. A Master class with casting director Risa Bramon García. A series of industrials with Velasco and Rickard and a handful of readings. SP work for Kaplan.
June - Audition Technique with Erica Daniels. A musical reading of New To Tango. Actor for Will Dunne's class at Chicago Dramatists. Meisner Tech 2 continues. A reading with Provision Theater, SP work for Kaplan.
May - The Hiding Place at Provision Theatre (Jeff Recommended) continues and closes at the end of the month to sold out houses. A reading of Don Tieri's Stealing Michael Jordan. Improv class with David Murphy continues. Meisner Tech 2 starts again.
April - The Hiding Place at Provision Theatre opens and is Jeff Recommended! Improv class with David Murphy. Note: a computer death put me out of commission here for a bit.
March: Rehearsals for Provision Theatre's The Hiding Place begin. Voiceover work for SMS. Meisner 2 at The Artistic Home, SP work for Kaplan.
February: Cast as Eusie/Meyer Mossel in Provision Theatre's The Hiding Place. Voiceover work for SMS, on hold for ALAS, Level 3 at The Green Room, starting Meisner 2 at The Artistic Home, SP work for Kaplan.
January: Voiceover work for SMS. Another scene for the short film written by Steven Payne. Finishing up Meisner instruction at the Artistic Home, starting Level 3 at The Green Room, SP work for Kaplan.
December: A callback for a SAG Walgreens spot. A role in a short film written by Steven Payne, a reading with John Hancock of a musical he adapted from the 1987 movie Weeds - which he wrote and directed, Hungry Chicago? guidebook out in stores - with my restaurant reviews of suburban Chicagoland, Meisner instruction at the Artistic Home, SP work for Kaplan.
November: "On hold" for Wolverine Herbicide commercial, shooting ALAS industrial, SP work for Kaplan.
October: "Right of first refusal" in the campaign for Dominion - print/radio/commercial/internet, SP work for Kaplan.
September: An industrial for the GSA, an industrial for the NSC, a reading with Writer's Bloc, SP work for Kaplan.
August: Cast as Brian in the feature, "Schizo Cool," - filming for Schizo Cool, a reading of "Horrible" with Hobo Junction, filming PI Dangerous and SP work for Kaplan.
July: Reading with Larry Carpenter and Wegocentric. Work on P.I. Dangerous short film begins. SP Work for Kaplan.
June: VO work for NU Psychology department. The Green Room level 2. "Escaped! Lair of a Sadist" premiers on Investigation Discovery. Promotional work for CTA/RTA. SP Work for Kaplan.
May: Shooting an additional scene for Dead of Night. Episodes of TV shows I've done in the past year continue to air on A&E, Investigation Discovery and The Weather Channel. The Green Room level 2. SP work for Kaplan.
April: A number of the TV shows I've done in the past year continue to air: "Undercover: Double Life - Heidi Landgraf: Operation Green Ice" and "When Weather Changed History: Titanic." More vacation to LA. Travel writing for Storographer, Where I've Been and MySpace Local. SP work for Kaplan.
March: The last month for Timeline's "Not Enough Air." A vacation to LA. SP Work for Kaplan. Travel writing for Hungry City Guides.
February: Cast as the lead in an episode of "Escaped" with Bill Kurtis. The "Heidi Landgraf episode of "Undercover" aired on the Investigation Discovery Channel - I played Heidi's husband. Corporate improv. work with The Riot Act. SP work for Kaplan. Understudying the role of Mac/Man #2 for Timeline. For ticket information, go to Timeline.
January: Timeline's world premiere of Not Enough Air. I'm understuding the role of Mac/Man #2. For ticket information, go to Timeline.
December: Rehearsals begin for my understudy role with Timeline Theatre for their production of Not Enough Air. A first reading of a new play with academy award nominated director John Hancock, SP work for Kaplan.
November: The last week of The Giver (Title Role) with AppleTree TYA, a feature-length independent film with Thomas Sigmon, a reading with Citadel Theatre and promotional work for the Talent Group.
October: The Giver (title role) goes up with AppleTree TYA and takes up most of the month. Work for Kaplan. Work for Academy of Cinema and Television. The Titanic episode of When Weather Changed History that I'm in airs on October 18th.
September: A short film with Thomas Castillo about Miracle Valley, AZ. Rehearsals begin for the title role in The Giver for AppleTree TYA. A part in Element: A New Plays Festival. A speaking part on a special for The Discovery Channel. Extra work for The Beast. Work for Academy of Cinema and Television.
August so far: A short film with Caren Evers. Work for Academy of Cinema and Television. SP work for Kaplan. A day of extra work with Atmosphere's in which I am VERY excited about World Wrestling. A preview of the United Way spot...
July: Filming with EOS Intermedia for Northwestern. Voice over work for Loan Review, Inc. A part in Ravensfilm production of "Dead of Night." A United Way promo/web video with Pablo Korona. I will also be playing Bruce Ismay, owner of the Titanic in a documentary for Towers Productions (for the Weather Channel) and playing a father in another Towers Production (for Animal Planet).
June: We've opened "Alice in War" at Stage Left. Corporate improv work for The Riot Act. More permanent, part time SP work with Kaplan.
May: I will be playing Henri and a few other characters in "Alice in War" at Stage Left. The rest of May was taken up with a trip to Egypt!
April: Apple Tree's TYA production of "The Giver" begins! More permanent, part-time SP work with Kaplan. A reading of Frank Merle's new feature, "Criminality." And then a trip to Egypt!
Please click on "Photos" to view my beardless head shots.
Writing:
My short, "The Preview" was a first round finalist in the American Gem Short Screenplay competition (top 300 out of 1200).
CSW did a staged reading of my short, "Two Men" for their Shorts! festival and my monologue "Boarder" was chosen as a finalist in the Camenae Monomaniacal contest.
Production Photo/Vid.
Click HERE for Video of a scene from the Jeff Recommended Production of The Hiding Place at Provision Theater, in which I play Eusie/Meyer Mossel. (courtesy of The Stage Channel)
Morgan's Last Call. The trailer for an upcoming short by Frank Merle Films.
From the previews of The Brother, with Robert Breuler.
From the Bill Kurtis/National Geographic Special, Murder and Madness in the White City.
From 684 Brewster directed by Marcus Cohlan. I'm an orthodox Jewish man who brings up memories from the past for the main character.