Angus Hepburn - Current Projects

STATUS UPDATE: Angus has re-signed with Renee Glicker and About Artists Agency for LEGIT: Film, TV and Stage. Many thanks to all at About Artists.

Jan/Feb 2011 After far too long an absence, Stephanie Hepburn, from our new base in Beacon, NY, directed Moliere's Tartuffe at the Depot Theatre in Garrison in a wonderful translation by Roger Mcgough, the Liverpool Poet, originally commissioned by Gemma Bodinetz of the Liverpool Playhouse. Angus played Cleante (the straight man! - surprise, surprise) It's always a delight when a 350 year old play generates howls of laughter from contemporary audiences. (pics to follow)

January 2011: Filmed the Intro and Outro sections for a three part series called "Corrupting the Classics with Contemporary Crap" The Series combines classical characters/writer etc with some of the present day's high profile non-event 'personalities'. Check the first three shows out on Youtube:

December: Filmed "The Path of Avarice (Staran na Sanntachd)" , a 15 min short shot largely in Gaelic for submission in a 5 min version to the FilmG Festival in Glasgow. As of mid Jan 2011, the film has been shorlisted for the Best Director (newcomer) award - congrats to Catriona Rubenis-Stevens.

October-November: After the longest time trying to get together with Marcus and the Folding Chair team we finally managed it and the result was a lovely production of The Weir at the Access Theatre.

"Angus Hepburn is marvelous as Jack—he is at once jolly and morose, playful and mournful (in other words,
quintessentially Irish), and his entirely convincing performance serves as an anchor for the
proceedings." Nat Cassidy - nytheater.com

"A as in Mr. Angus Hepburn for whom the Folding Chair waited long to do The Weir. It was worth the wait." Theatre I'm Thankful for in 2010 - Kate

The reading of Marlowe by the Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum took place at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in early October with an encore reading in Tribeca.

June 8th - Rough cut of "Impossible Demonstration" shown at the NYFA graduation film presentation.

May 22nd: Reading of the latest revision of "The Man in the Newspaper Hat" by Haley Heaton. A new Scene 5 added to contrast the two poets' writing. A very effective introduction - the two approaches are beautifully contrasted - Haley strikes again!

May 10th: Reading of latest version of Vanda's play "Mrs Ryan of Maspeth" playing Russell Ryan opposite Tandy Cronin at the Players Club. A real delight!

May 13th, 15th and 16th: Filmed "The Impossible Demonstration" on location in the East Village. Angus played as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Impossible Demonstration was an NYFA Thesis film about the relationship between Conan Doyle and Houdini.

April 25 - May 26th: Workshop with the Directors Company. Shana Solomon adapting and directing 'The White Train' based on a short story by J. Malcolm Garcia about the Cartoneras in Argentina. Nagle Jackson as Master Director. Performances on May 24-26.

April 25th: Workshop reading of Babette's Feast with Threads Theatre Company. - Nice adaptation.

March 20th: Cast in a Directors and Actors workshop with Adrienne Weiss. Directed by Sharifa Williams , it's a scene from 'The Dead Zone' and Graham Powell (from the QED 'Antigone') plays the other character.

March 16th: A reading fof the latest version of Vanda's Mrs Ryan of Maspeth, Queens - (but reading a different role this time- not Mr Ryan) at the Players club. Tandy Cronin reading Mrs Ryan - lovely performance.

March 14th: A reading of the latest version of The Man in the Newspaper Hat at the Tornpage Salon with Haley's latest modifications

March 2nd 2010: Angus opened in "Merely Players" by Mark Castle and directed by Tzipora Kaplan as part of Emerging Artists EATFest in Feb/Mar 2010, Series B

February/April: Readings of Julius Caesar (playing Caesar) and Macbeth (playing Duncan) in Feb and York in Richard II for the Hudson Warehouse Theater Company.

January 4, 2010: Angus started rehearsals for Arthur Miller's The Crucible, which ran at the end of January at the Manhattan Theatre Source on MacDougal Street, just south of Washington Square. He played the role of Judge Danforth. The producing Company was the Coryphaeus Theater Company.

January 28, 2010: Angus will be reading "Address to the Haggis" and other poems by Robert Burns at the January meeting of the National Arts Club on Grammercy Park South. for their Burns celebration.

December 3rd Filming law office scene for Independent Film "John Adams" playing Adams boss (Directed by Steven Mondesir)

December 3rd Recording V/O for new RockStar Games Wild West video game for release in 2010.

November 23rd - 24th Filming Wall Street 2 with Michael Douglas and Eli Wallach, playing Gekko Trader #1. (Directed by Oliver Stone)

November 20th Filming CollegeHumor.com sketch "Marco Polo" playing Captain Hackman.
November 9th-22nd "Play On" Fall EATFest - TADA Theatre
October 30th Motion Capture For New Rockstar Games video game.
October 25th Workshop Reading of Mrs Maspeth of Queens (Manhattan Theatre Source)
October 15th/18th Pirates of Penzance - Commercial (Runs December 2009/January 2010) Check out this YouTube link.
October 8th, Record V/O for Broadcasters (Pharmaceutical)

Angus appeared for the first time at the New York International Fringe Festival. He opened August 14th at the Off-Broadway venue, the Cherry Lane Theatre playing Michael in the world premiere of "AFTERLIGHT". The play, written by Monica Florey, was produced by Threads Theatre Company and directed by Misti Wills. The show performed at the Cherry Lane Theatre main stage, 38 Commerce Street (between Bedford and Barrow), with performances on :
Friday, August 14th @ 7:15pm
Wednesday, August 19th @ 3:00pm
Thursday, July 20th @ 7:15pm
Saturday, August 22nd @ 12:00 noon
Tuesday,, August 25th @5:45pm

(AEA showcase)

Twilight.
A flutter, quick and light.
A wolf howls.
An accident.
Ordinary lives collide with the supernatural.

Afterlight, which is inspired by the imagery of surrealist photography, is the mysterious story of a quiet Northeastern town where a school bus accident incites a series of events that the residents cannot understand or explain. A wolf has been spotted lurking on the edge of the woods where teenaged lovebirds Pru and Hunter meet every night; Louise finds her recently retired husband digging up the floorboards; and seven-year-old Shane keeps seeing albino monarch butterflies. The members of the community, increasingly unsettled and energized by their circumstances, are forced to confront the messy nature of grief, the fragility of hope, and the dangers of loving someone deeply.

"Angus Hepburn is stellar as Michael, a sweetly befuddled elder gentleman with a curmudgeonly edge; reminiscent of Hume Cronyn or Spencer Tracy, he brings subtlety and elegance to the role of a man uncertain of purpose in life's later years. "Were we enough?" Michael asks of his wife, Louise (the dignified Kim Carlson), as they look back on a childless marriage." David Ian Lee, NYTheatre.com, August 17th 2009

The show took place in Moscow in 1933, a year after Stalin's second wife, Nadia, died and when he was beginning to transition to the "Reign of terror" monster, when the US was opening it's embassy in Moscow. In the fall of that year Harpo Marx went to Russia for a couple of months on a good will mission, playing shows for the Russian people. The conceit takes off from there: the English wife of the Russian ambassador to Washington tries to help a Russian engineer and his girlfriend who have gotten into trouble with the party and enlists Harpo to help. Stalin will have nothing to do with it although he is fascinated with Ivy and thoroughly enjoys Harpo's humor. Lots of songs, Marx brothers style slapstick and a Stalin well on the way to the purges complete the mix.

The 10th MITF Award Nominations have just been announced (August 23rd) and A Night in the Kremlin has picked up a nice handful of nominations:

Outstanding Production of a Musical
Outstanding Music & Lyrics - Bernard Besserglik & Bob Barton
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical - Jeff Essex
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical - Briana Layon
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Play or Musical - Angus Hepburn
Outstanding Choreography - Natasa Trifan

August 30: "A Night in the Kremlin"
Angus has been invited, together with Jeff Essex (Harpo) to reprise one of the numbers from the show for the MITF awards ceremony on Sunday, August 30th

ManyTracks production of "The Man in the Newspaper Hat" by Haley Heaton, in which Angus played Ezra Pound, finished a highly successful run at the 45th Street Theatre on April 1st. Click HERE for more info on the show.

Other Projects:

WENDY's Commercial for Latenight on MTV playing the Company Boss. October 2009

MINE 40 Films Short feature "Bleeding", directed by Nyle Cavazos Garcia, completed filming in early February and has now finished editing (Character: Dr. Frederick Gerlach). The Final cut screens in New York on Tuesday, Aug 18th at 7pm at Anthology Film Archives (corner of 2nd Ave & 2nd St). The Film should be available for distribution in mid-December

ESL- Brighton Beach/No Smoking program. The program, filmed in 2008 as party of the CUNY series, is now a part of the "We are New York" ESL cable program series and premiered on Saturday June 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm with an encore presentation on Sunday at 7:30 am. There is a VIP reception for the series and especially for the "No Smoking" episode on Monday, August 18th in Brighton Beach.

Short Film - "Kindergarten Shuffle" directed by Douglas Morse about the problems parents face in trying to put their children into the education system - played Johnathan - father of 4 year old Rebecca. May 25th.

10th Season of Instant Shakespeare: Malvolio in 12th Night, May 16th - Riverside Library; Capulet in Romeo and Juliet, May 30th - Jefferson Branch.

Short film - "Right in the Queen's Onions" playing pompous English 'expert'. Filmed May 8th.

Additional dialogue filmed for Daniel Califf-Glick's movie about the early life of President Harrison and V/O for "Life in a Game" - April 23rd and June 10th. "The Triumph of William Henry Harrison" will be premiere at Rutgers University on June 21st in the New Jersey Film Festival.

Workshop Reading of "Mrs Ryan of Maspeth Queens", March 29th as part of the Writers' Forum at the Manhattan Theatre Source

Poetry Reading/Scene Reading in the Morningside Library (Broadway and 114th Street as publicity event for "The Man in the Newspaper Hat" - March 18th.

ROCKSTAR GAMES - new untitled project - voice-over session completed March 19th - more info to follow.

NYFA short film "Unfinished Business" directed by Robert Ronny Completed shooting on Feb 25th and finished editing by the March 10th - surely one of the fastest turn round times ever! See the Reel:Film/TV page for a short scene (Character: John - the Father).

NYFA Short film "It's Your Fault " directed by Pablo Herran de Viu, is in final editing (Character: Husband) and waiting for completion of the specially composed background music.

Columbia U. Thesis Film "The Man Who Wasn't ", directed by Kevin McCormack, after some final make up shots and additional VO recording in late January, is currently in final editing (Character: Father). Further info available on IMDb.

SVA Short film "Taste", directed by Victoria Rivera, finished filming in December 2008. (Character: Richard Pratt). Music and additional sound recording are completed and received a special showing on Manhattan's biggest screen on May 1st. Clips will be up on the reels page soon.

Columbia U. Short film "Within Glass" which filmed in June 2008 has finished editing and is waiting for the final version of the soundtrack to be completed (Character: Peter).

Internet Video Series "Life in a Game" has several episodes, some of which feature Angus (Character: Howard), currently online. Some of these can be found at:
Life in a Game Episode 5-1
Life in a Game Episode 6-2
Life in a Game Episode Zero (the Howard backstory)

The Vaguard Retirement series filmed last year is now available on the Vanguard Investments Web site (Character: Ralph) and can be viewed here.

The NYFA Short Film "Ocean's Lover", directed by Giorgio Caridi is up on IMDb (Character: Roger). Check it out here.

Rockstar Games Grand Theft Auto IV voice-over work continues - look out for episode 2 of "The History of Liberty City" in the new "GTA: The Lost and the Damned" currently available as a download for the Xbox 630.

Broadcasters Demo Commercial for STARBURST completed VO recording on Feb 19th (Character: Father-Scottish accent).

Updated September 28 2011