January 24, 2012
The LaMaMa Cantata cast album is finally here!
Recorded on Dec 28th in NYC, the final cut is now ready and available for everyone to listen to and enjoy. Check out the amazing vocals of our freaky LaMaMa family singing Liz Swados' beautiful music. My solo song is Track 12, "Family" !
January 2, 2012
Happy New Year everyone! 2011 was wonderful and productive beyond my wildest expectations, and I am so excited to see what this new year will bring!
December 31, 2012
Our final show last night was a blast! I am oh so grateful for the last 3 months of working on this piece and the beautiful, brilliant, amazing artists it has brought into my life. Fingers crossed that we all get to sing our hearts out together again sometime soon. Much love, my freaky dope LaMaMa family! #LaMaMaCantata #ThankYouEllen
Plus, If you missed us live last night, you can still watch the recording of last night's performance of LaMaMa Cantata online. My solo song, "Family", is at the 47:40 mark!
December 30, 2011
Tonight is our final performance of LaMaMa Cantata by Elizabeth Swados at LaMaMa ETC, @7:30pm! If you are not able to join us in person, you can now experience this amazing piece from the comfort of your own home! The performance will be live streamed on www.lamama.org....so TUNE IN! :). There will also be a talkback with the cast and creative after the show.
December 19, 2011
FILM
I just met with the Coen Brothers, for "Inside Llewyn Davis" & THERE IS INTEREST! Will keep you posted! Shoots early 2012.
INTERNET
In the country that loves Woody Allen & Jerry Lewis, I star (and speak Mandarin!) in a viral commercial for NOVA French Radio.
INDUSTRIAL
Closer to home, I just finished an industrial for one of the world's top consulting firms. Greetings, corporate America!
ON STAGE
After a successful first run, I'm back in the world premiere of Elizabeth Swados' LaMaMa Cantata at LaMaMa ETC, Dec 29th & 30th at 7:30pm. The show on the 30th will also be shown as a LIVE STREAM! (hooray, technology! More info to come.) And last but not least, we are also recording a cast album this coming week
JUST SIGNED
With manager Annette E. Alvarez, Multi-Ethnic Talent. Inc.
See you in the new year, everyone! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
November 8, 2011
LaMaMa Cantata opened last night and was a huge success. What a magical evening, performing with my amazingly talented castmates, for an audience who included a number of people who knew and loved Ellen! They loved it, and we had such a blast singing Liz's beautiful music!
The critics enjoyed us as well! Check out the show page on the LaMaMa website to read more about our "young, sexy, and joyous" cast of "18 alarmingly talented young singer/actors" who are doing "the best musical in town"! Also, there's some video from our gala performance a few weeks ago!
Plus, read our Backstage review!
November 5, 2011
Tickets for LaMaMa Cantata are on sale!
November 7-8
7:30pm
at LaMaMa ETC
Check out the Playbill.com casting announcement and the article on BroadwayWorld.com
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween! The last two weeks of rehearsals for LaMaMa Cantata have been nothing short of amazing. I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to work on such a beautiful piece with a group of the fiercest, most talented people I've ever been around! Our gala performance went very well, and we are all looking forward to sharing the full piece with an audience very soon! Plus...cast recording is in the works! :)
October 17, 2011
Looking forward to performing at the LaMaMa 50 Gala tonight! We will doing a preview of selections from our upcoming show, "LaMaMa Cantata" by Liz Swados. Rehearsals have been going very well and this cast sounds absolutely amazing singing together. So excited to share some of what we have been working on with an audience!
October 1, 2011
Happy fall everyone! My favorite season is finally here. The weather in NYC is getting chilly and I am loving it!
I am excited to announce that I will be starting rehearsals next week for new show!
I will be performing in a new concert musical, LaMaMa Cantata, written and directed by Elizabeth Swados (Runaways, Kasper Hauser)
The piece is a celebration of the life of Ellen Stewart, the longtime founder and artistic director of LaMaMa ETC, who passed away early last year.
Here's some more information about the show via the NY Times.
I am looking forward to having the chance to work with Liz Swados at such an established and influential theater like LaMaMa ETC!
September 26, 2011
What a week!
First off, I did the reading of Philip Dawkin's beautiful new play, FAILURE: A Love Story, directed by David F. Chapman. After a week of rehearsals, we read and sang to a fully packed house! And the best feeling of all is that I know the audience enjoyed themselves just as much as we did onstage. What a pleasure it was working with Philip and David, and be able to play with an absolutely lovely cast of incredibly talented actors all week long. Many thanks to The Lark for giving us the space and resources to develop this piece!
I also shot a viral web commercial for NOVA, a French radio station, early on Saturday morning. It was a blast! I love doing on camera work, because you just never know what's going to happen. I had an ATM literally spewing fake cash at me, flying everywhere, on a random street in Chinatown. Tourists and passerby stopping and staring, trying to grab the money themselves...we definitely caused a scene!
Paradoxal Inc. is the studio who shot the project, and I am very impressed by their work. Check it out! I can't wait to see the final product!
September 12th, 2011
I will be doing a reading at The Lark Play Development Center, later this month! It's a new play called "FAILURE: A Love Story" by Philip Dawkins, directed by David Chapman. The reading is part of The Lark's Playwright's Week, September 20-24. Some info on the show, according to The Lark's website:
Looking forward to getting into the rehearsal room and dig into this piece with a group of very talented artists! :)!
September 1st, 2011
August has been extremely productive. First off, I am now working with Annette Alvarez of Multi-Ethnic Management. She is fantastic and I am looking forward to a fall full of auditions and new opportunities, with her help.
I am also get my butt back into class to work on those actor skill! I auditioned for, and was accepted, into Austin Pendleton's advanced scene study class at HB Studio for the fall. Class starts next week.
I also spent these last 4 days in Bob Krakower's on camera audition technique class, and I must say that my mind is completely blown! I learned so much in that short amount of time, and am really looking forward to continuing on camera coaching with him in his advanced student classes throughout the fall.
This coming week, I will be shooting a few things for a medical industrial project. I haven't worked off a teleprompter in awhile, so this will be a nice change. Plus, I will be shooting a few things in front of a green screen! Fun! Happy fall!
August 1st, 2011
Happy August everyone! It has been a busy summer! I had a wonderful time workshopping a new musical with my fellow Bats, written by the talented Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond. Then I enjoyed a lovely artistic retreat in the Catskills at The Orchard Project, working on THE POP PROJECT, a new musical by Ellen Maddow. I took two weeks off in the Florida sunshine to visit friends and family, and came back to New York refreshed and ready to get the ball rolling!
Taking some time to get back in to class and keep myself and my acting chops at the top of the game! I currently am taking a two week on camera class with Erica Jensen of Calleri Casting, and am having a blast and learning alot. Coming up are classes with Annette Alvarez of Multi-Ethnic Casting, as well as scene study and improv classes in the fall semester at HB Studio and UCB.
And...I am now officially an AFTRA member! Looking forward to the rest of this summer and the upcoming months :).
June 5th, 2011
I am looking forward to a busy June! Two exciting new projects coming up: - From June 12-15, I will be working with a fantastic NYC theater company, the Obie award winning The Talking Band We are traveling to The Orchard Project to workshop a new musical by founding member Ellen Maddow, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll (Eno's Middletown @The Vineyard). - From June 20-30 I will be workshopping a new play with music, FLIP SIDE, at The Flea Theater, by playwright Jenny Schwartz (God's Ear). Looking forward to collaborating again with my talented fellow Bats!
June 1st, 2011
#SERIALS@THEFLEA is back for a summer run! Hooray, Cycle 3! All summer long! Come check out the Bats in our popular late night play competition!
May 26th, 2011
Tonight is closing night of Future Anxiety at The Flea. It has been so enjoyable working with so many lovely and talented Bats these last few months. Congratulations on an amazing run!
May 24th, 2011
Tonight is the reading of "Don Quixote in Tiananmen Square", by Daniel Ho. We've had a quick and brief rehearsal process, and are looking forward to sharing this piece with an audience! The reading is free and open to the public! Part of East 3rd Production’s Enter: Playwright Theatre Festival. May 24th at 7pm at the Theatre @ 2 Great Jones
May 18th, 2011
I will be doing a reading of "Don Quixote in Tiananmen Square", by Daniel Ho, on May 24th. Part of East 3rd Production's Enter: Playwright Theatre Festival. May 24th at 7pm at the Theatre @ 2 Great Jones. The reading will be directed by Melissa Moschitto, I am playing Jiao, a pregnant, young revolutionary in the midst of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
May 5th, 2011
Being an understudy means being ready to go on at any given time. Such as discover ingyou are going on an hour before curtain, and being thrown onstage with about 15 minutes of rehearsal time. It also means a massive adrenaline rush while playing that character in front of an audience. Had a BLAST tonight going on for Lillian in Future Anxiety at the Flea!
April 30th, 2011
Check out what the critics have been saying about Future Anxiety, now playing at The Flea Theater through May 26th!
April 28th, 2011
Opening night of Future Anxiety at The Flea Theater!
April 15th, 2011
First preview of Future Anxiety is tonight at The Flea Theater!
April 13th, 2011
I will be playing the role of "Daughter" in a NYU Tisch student film called "Three", directed by Zhoujie Chen. The film is about the family dynamics of a Chinese-American immigrant family. Looking forward to working on camera!
April 11th, 2011
The time has come! We start tech week for "Future Anxiety" at the Flea today! Previews start this Friday, April 15th. Check out the Playbill.com announcement. Also, the lovely Sigourney Weaver took some time to talk about our show and its relevance to our current environmental issues with OnEarth.org. Come see Future Anxiety, April 15-May 26!
March 28, 2011
Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of "Future Anxiety" by Laurel Haines, running April 15 - May 26th at The Flea Theater! Tickets are now available!
March 26, 2011
Closing weekend of #Serials@TheFlea, Cycle 2! "The Connectors" has been voted back for an unprecedented 6 episodes! Thank you everyone for your support for THE CEREAL DOWNSTAIRS!
March 23, 2011
I have been hired by DeValk and Associates to be a part of their interactive theater team. The company does various diversity and multicultural training for huge corporations all across the country, using live actors in a combination of scripted scenes and improvised question and answer sessions, all in character. I am very excited to have the ongoing opportunity to act, travel, and hopefully teach people and get them thinking!
March 17, 2011
Rehearsals have begun for Future Anxiety! The show is slowly coming together, and its gonna be a doozy. Looking forward to sharing it with audiences come April!
March 11, 2011
#Serials@TheFlea is back! Cycle 2 kicks off this weekend! Come out and support my team, The Cereal Downstairs, in Episode 4 of THE CONNECTORS!
March 3, 2011
We did a photo shoot today on the streets of Tribeca for publicity photos for Future Anxiety! This cast is going to have a blast together doing this show! Check out the photos on the Flea’s website!
February 22, 2011
Josephine is happy to announce her next project! The Bats will be presenting the world premiere of "Future Anxiety" by Laurel Haines, directed by Jim Simpson, at The Flea Theater, April 15-May 26! See the BroadwayWorld.com casting announcement.
February 17, 2011
Thank you to everyone who came to #Serials@TheFlea for our SOLD OUT run. Good news! The Cereal Downstairs is voted back...and will be continuing on in the recently announced EXTENSION of #Serials@TheFlea! Coming back at you for more late night Batty madness, March 11-26!
February 7, 2011
SOLD OUT AGAIN! And... The Cereal Downstairs is voted #1 for the second week in a row! Congratulations,everyone!
January 30, 2011
Another sold out weekend for #Serials@TheFlea ! Our group, The Cereal Downstairs, came out on top with "The Connectors!" Episode two next weekend!
January 24, 2011
Congratulations to the cast of #Serials@TheFlea for selling out our opening weekend! Sadly, "Waking Drosophila" will not be returning next week. Stay tuned for The Cereal Downstairs in episode 1 of "The Connectors" by Musa Bacon!
January 18, 2011
Introducing, the most daring and dashing #Serials team of all...THE CEREAL DOWNSTAIRS! Come and see #Serials@TheFlea and vote for our group! The first episode of "Waking Drosophila", written by Seth Moore, Nalini Sharma, Donaldo Prescod, and Josephine herself, will be opening on January 21 at The Flea Theater!
January 12th, 2011
Please visit any of the following links for information on our upcoming show, #Serials@TheFlea! The Flea Theater or Facebook.
January 10th, 2011
The Cereal Downstairs (Bring Milk) is having their publicity photos shot tonight! Pictures to come soon! Looking forward to tech and opening for #Serials@TheFlea!
January 5th, 2011
Our script is ready to go! Josephine, along with the rest of her ensemble (which has officially been named The Cereal Downstairs (Bring Milk) ) have devised and written the first episode of their first show, Waking Drosophila. The piece will premiere on Jan 21st, part of #Serials@TheFlea!
January 1st, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to the many projects coming up in 2011!
December 20, 2011
Rehearsals and writing meetings for our new show at the Flea Theater have been going well. So many great ideas and concepts being discussed, Nothing is more exciting than having the opportunity to devise a completely original piece of theater with a group of such talented people!
December 1, 2011
Josephine will be part of a new late night show at the Flea in January, #Serials@TheFlea. The show will be episodic in form, featuring 5 new original pieces each week by 5 different ensembles of Bats. It will also be a competition, where the audience will vote their top three shows to come back for a new episode the following week. The bottom two groups will have to come back with an episode of a completely different concept and show! More information to come.
October 25,2010
Josephine has been in cast in a production of "Touch" at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. The musical is about a group of young hippie, anti-war protesters in the 1960's. She will be playing the role of Susan April. More information to come soon!
June 26th, 2010
Aporia's Passion in the Park was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came and supported our efforts!
June 1st, 2010
Josephine will be playing Celia in a selection from Shakespeare's As You Like It, as part of Aporia Theater's Passion in Park. The performance will take place at Mineral Springs in Central Park on June 26th. More Information
May 21st, 2010
Dancing with Elmo, anyone? Josephine will be filming a digital short for Sesame Street, titled "Air Bear", later this week at Astor Place. The short involves a polar bear made of plastic bags, attached to a subway grate, that inflates and comes to life, charming everyone that witnesses it as they walk by. Josephine will be playing the role of a hipster girl.
May 14th, 2010
Josephine will be playing multiple ensemble roles in a reading of Jonesin' , a new play Seth Moore, at the Flea Theater.
May 5th, 2010
Josephine is thrilled to be part of the ensemble of the workshop of a new Mac Wellman play, 9 Days Falling, at The Flea Theater from May 10-14, with performances scheduled for May 14 at 7 and 10pm. The workshop will be directed by the Flea's artistic director, Jim Simpson.
She will also be playing the role of Stefanie in the reading for another new piece, Office Hours, by A.R Gurney, at the Flea on May 17th.
April 28th, 2010
Josephine will be playing the part of "Girl" in a reading of Una, La Whore del Mundo, a new piece by Barbara Cassidy, on May 3 at The Flea Theater. The reading will be directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni.
April 25th, 2010
The Best Buy spec commercial, "Frames of Mind", that Josephine was part of a few weeks ago has won first place in MoFilm's Tribeca Film Festival Video Contest! The video was directed by the wonderful Lawrence Chen.
Josephine will be working with Lawrence again this week, playing the role of an artist in another spec commercial, this time for Diet Coke.
February 23rd, 2010
The next two weeks will be busy ones for Josephine!
First up, Josephine will be attending masterclass/Q&A session with casting director James Calleri of Calleri Casting with the Bats at the Flea on Feb 23.
Later this week, she will be playing the role of a hipster girl in "Nuh-uh", a short film for the Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Series. She will then be shooting an industrial for OpeniNetworks. And last but not least, Josephine will be participating in the workshop reading of a new piece, What Would Woody Do? at the Flea Theater on March 3rd. Josephine will be reading the role of Mad Girl. Written by Alex Wolff and directed by Polly Draper (both of Nickelodeon’s "The Naked Brother Band"), the workshop will also guest star Tony Shalhoub (Monk, Spy Kids).
January 13th, 2010
Josephine has been chosen to participate in a monologue/audition technique master class with Sigourney Weaver and Andre De Shields! The master class will take place on January 25th at the Flea Theater, featuring a select group of Bats performing in front of an audience of special invited guests.
January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year to all!
Josephine's show, "The Great Recession at the Flea Theater" closed two nights ago after a fantastic 6 week run! Check out the glowing reviews on the show and The Bats.
December 11th, 2009
Check out some of the reviews on THE GREAT RECESSION, playing now at the Flea Theatre:
Off-off Online, Variety, & Backstage!
December 10th, 2009
THE GREAT RECESSION officially opens tonight at the Flea Theater in New York City!
Starring The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea Theater, the evening features 6 world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp.
Josephine will be playing Jen in UNUM by Will Eno. She will also be playing the role of Kayla in select performances of RECESS, by Sheila Callaghan.
Tickets are available now! You can also check out photos from the show, and of Josephine and the rest of the Bats!
Read all about the show in the LA Times!
October 14th, 2009
Josephine Huang has been cast in the role of Jen in the world premiere of Will Eno’s UNUM. She will also be playing the role of Kayla in select performances of the world premiere of RECESS, by Sheila Callaghan. Both pieces are part of "The Great Recession", opening November 20th, off off Broadway at The Flea Theatre in Tribeca. This will be Josephine's debut on the New York City stage.
The Flea Theater has commissioned six playwrights to create ten-minute plays that explore the impact of the current economic crisis on the younger generation. Presented under the title THE GREAT RECESSION, the evening features new work by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp − all writers recently nurtured by The Flea. The plays will be performed by The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea.
More information about the show.
August 22nd, 2009
Josephine is happy and honored to have been accepted into the pool for The Bats for the 2009-2010 season! The Bats are the non-Equity resident acting company of the Obie Award-winning Flea Theater. Learn more about this unique company.
The first production of the season will begin casting in October; 6 short plays commissioned for the company by Thomas Bradshaw, Will Eno, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Adam Rapp and Itamar Moses.
August 20th, 2009
Josephine is stage managing "Decade at a Glance" at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC. The show is directed by Joan Evans. Performances are September 21-23 as part of the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts. More information.
June 5th, 2009
Josephine has made the move to New York City!
May 7th 2009
The UF Actors Showcase was a great success! In attendance were representatives from CESD, The Bethel Agency, The Luedtke Agency, Disney Theatricals, Tara Rubin Casting, among others.
May 5, 2009
Josephine will be featured in the 2009 University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance Actor Showcase! The showcase will take place on May 5, 2005, at the Sage Theatre in New York City. Shows will take place at 1pm and 6pm.
The Sage Theatre is located at 711 7th Avenue (between 47th and 48th Streets), 2nd Floor. A reception will follow. To RSVP, please contact Timothy Altmeyer at 352-273-0503 or email nyc@arts.ufl.edu.
You may also visit the Showcase Website.
April 24-25, 2009
Tickets for THE ALTRUISTS are available now! Show times are April 23rd and 24th at 6:30 and 9:00pm, in the Nadine McGuire Rm G15. Tickets are free and open to the public. To reserve your tickets, email thealtruists_uf@yahoo.com.
Also, check out the cast and crew bios, trailers, and more at at the show's official blog and website.
In this dark and satirical comedy by Nicky Silver, Josephine will be playing Cybil; a psuedo- lesbian protester, struggling with the decision of leaving her controlling and violent lover, Audrey. The production is directed by Michelle Karst, and also features Regina Stuzin, Jonathan Gerber, Anthony Rouhana, and David Stuzin.
March 23, 2009
Josephine begins rehearsals for The Altruists, her final show, and senior project role, at the University of Florida. In this dark and satirical comedy by Nicky Silver, Josephine will be playing Cybil; a psuedo- lesbian protester, struggling with the decision of leaving her controlling and violent lover, Audrey. The Altruists is directed by Michelle Karst, and will run on April 24 and 25, in the Nadine McGuire G15 Studio at the University of Florida.
March 4-8 2009
Josephine will be auditioning for numerous theatre companies at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
March 1, 2009
Josephine has been hired by the 352 Media Group as one of their web hosts! Companies may now view her work and hire her as their personal website representative.
The LaMaMa Cantata cast album is finally here!
Recorded on Dec 28th in NYC, the final cut is now ready and available for everyone to listen to and enjoy. Check out the amazing vocals of our freaky LaMaMa family singing Liz Swados' beautiful music. My solo song is Track 12, "Family" !
January 2, 2012
Happy New Year everyone! 2011 was wonderful and productive beyond my wildest expectations, and I am so excited to see what this new year will bring!
December 31, 2012
Our final show last night was a blast! I am oh so grateful for the last 3 months of working on this piece and the beautiful, brilliant, amazing artists it has brought into my life. Fingers crossed that we all get to sing our hearts out together again sometime soon. Much love, my freaky dope LaMaMa family! #LaMaMaCantata #ThankYouEllen
Plus, If you missed us live last night, you can still watch the recording of last night's performance of LaMaMa Cantata online. My solo song, "Family", is at the 47:40 mark!
December 30, 2011
Tonight is our final performance of LaMaMa Cantata by Elizabeth Swados at LaMaMa ETC, @7:30pm! If you are not able to join us in person, you can now experience this amazing piece from the comfort of your own home! The performance will be live streamed on www.lamama.org....so TUNE IN! :). There will also be a talkback with the cast and creative after the show.
December 19, 2011
FILM
I just met with the Coen Brothers, for "Inside Llewyn Davis" & THERE IS INTEREST! Will keep you posted! Shoots early 2012.
INTERNET
In the country that loves Woody Allen & Jerry Lewis, I star (and speak Mandarin!) in a viral commercial for NOVA French Radio.
INDUSTRIAL
Closer to home, I just finished an industrial for one of the world's top consulting firms. Greetings, corporate America!
ON STAGE
After a successful first run, I'm back in the world premiere of Elizabeth Swados' LaMaMa Cantata at LaMaMa ETC, Dec 29th & 30th at 7:30pm. The show on the 30th will also be shown as a LIVE STREAM! (hooray, technology! More info to come.) And last but not least, we are also recording a cast album this coming week
JUST SIGNED
With manager Annette E. Alvarez, Multi-Ethnic Talent. Inc.
See you in the new year, everyone! HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
November 8, 2011
LaMaMa Cantata opened last night and was a huge success. What a magical evening, performing with my amazingly talented castmates, for an audience who included a number of people who knew and loved Ellen! They loved it, and we had such a blast singing Liz's beautiful music!
The critics enjoyed us as well! Check out the show page on the LaMaMa website to read more about our "young, sexy, and joyous" cast of "18 alarmingly talented young singer/actors" who are doing "the best musical in town"! Also, there's some video from our gala performance a few weeks ago!
Plus, read our Backstage review!
November 5, 2011
Tickets for LaMaMa Cantata are on sale!
November 7-8
7:30pm
at LaMaMa ETC
Check out the Playbill.com casting announcement and the article on BroadwayWorld.com
October 31, 2011
Happy Halloween! The last two weeks of rehearsals for LaMaMa Cantata have been nothing short of amazing. I am so thrilled to have the opportunity to work on such a beautiful piece with a group of the fiercest, most talented people I've ever been around! Our gala performance went very well, and we are all looking forward to sharing the full piece with an audience very soon! Plus...cast recording is in the works! :)
October 17, 2011
Looking forward to performing at the LaMaMa 50 Gala tonight! We will doing a preview of selections from our upcoming show, "LaMaMa Cantata" by Liz Swados. Rehearsals have been going very well and this cast sounds absolutely amazing singing together. So excited to share some of what we have been working on with an audience!
October 1, 2011
Happy fall everyone! My favorite season is finally here. The weather in NYC is getting chilly and I am loving it!
I am excited to announce that I will be starting rehearsals next week for new show!
I will be performing in a new concert musical, LaMaMa Cantata, written and directed by Elizabeth Swados (Runaways, Kasper Hauser)
The piece is a celebration of the life of Ellen Stewart, the longtime founder and artistic director of LaMaMa ETC, who passed away early last year.
Here's some more information about the show via the NY Times.
I am looking forward to having the chance to work with Liz Swados at such an established and influential theater like LaMaMa ETC!
September 26, 2011
What a week!
First off, I did the reading of Philip Dawkin's beautiful new play, FAILURE: A Love Story, directed by David F. Chapman. After a week of rehearsals, we read and sang to a fully packed house! And the best feeling of all is that I know the audience enjoyed themselves just as much as we did onstage. What a pleasure it was working with Philip and David, and be able to play with an absolutely lovely cast of incredibly talented actors all week long. Many thanks to The Lark for giving us the space and resources to develop this piece!
I also shot a viral web commercial for NOVA, a French radio station, early on Saturday morning. It was a blast! I love doing on camera work, because you just never know what's going to happen. I had an ATM literally spewing fake cash at me, flying everywhere, on a random street in Chinatown. Tourists and passerby stopping and staring, trying to grab the money themselves...we definitely caused a scene!
Paradoxal Inc. is the studio who shot the project, and I am very impressed by their work. Check it out! I can't wait to see the final product!
September 12th, 2011
I will be doing a reading at The Lark Play Development Center, later this month! It's a new play called "FAILURE: A Love Story" by Philip Dawkins, directed by David Chapman. The reading is part of The Lark's Playwright's Week, September 20-24. Some info on the show, according to The Lark's website:
- Set in thriving 1928 Chicago, we follow the three Fail sisters, all of whom happen to die within the same year, and the one man who falls in love with each of them. A play about the journey, not the destination, about why we fall in love with who we fall in love with and how. It's about loss, success, and failure. But mostly, it's about love.
Looking forward to getting into the rehearsal room and dig into this piece with a group of very talented artists! :)!
September 1st, 2011
August has been extremely productive. First off, I am now working with Annette Alvarez of Multi-Ethnic Management. She is fantastic and I am looking forward to a fall full of auditions and new opportunities, with her help.
I am also get my butt back into class to work on those actor skill! I auditioned for, and was accepted, into Austin Pendleton's advanced scene study class at HB Studio for the fall. Class starts next week.
I also spent these last 4 days in Bob Krakower's on camera audition technique class, and I must say that my mind is completely blown! I learned so much in that short amount of time, and am really looking forward to continuing on camera coaching with him in his advanced student classes throughout the fall.
This coming week, I will be shooting a few things for a medical industrial project. I haven't worked off a teleprompter in awhile, so this will be a nice change. Plus, I will be shooting a few things in front of a green screen! Fun! Happy fall!
August 1st, 2011
Happy August everyone! It has been a busy summer! I had a wonderful time workshopping a new musical with my fellow Bats, written by the talented Jenny Schwartz and Todd Almond. Then I enjoyed a lovely artistic retreat in the Catskills at The Orchard Project, working on THE POP PROJECT, a new musical by Ellen Maddow. I took two weeks off in the Florida sunshine to visit friends and family, and came back to New York refreshed and ready to get the ball rolling!
Taking some time to get back in to class and keep myself and my acting chops at the top of the game! I currently am taking a two week on camera class with Erica Jensen of Calleri Casting, and am having a blast and learning alot. Coming up are classes with Annette Alvarez of Multi-Ethnic Casting, as well as scene study and improv classes in the fall semester at HB Studio and UCB.
And...I am now officially an AFTRA member! Looking forward to the rest of this summer and the upcoming months :).
June 5th, 2011
I am looking forward to a busy June! Two exciting new projects coming up: - From June 12-15, I will be working with a fantastic NYC theater company, the Obie award winning The Talking Band We are traveling to The Orchard Project to workshop a new musical by founding member Ellen Maddow, directed by Ken Rus Schmoll (Eno's Middletown @The Vineyard). - From June 20-30 I will be workshopping a new play with music, FLIP SIDE, at The Flea Theater, by playwright Jenny Schwartz (God's Ear). Looking forward to collaborating again with my talented fellow Bats!
June 1st, 2011
#SERIALS@THEFLEA is back for a summer run! Hooray, Cycle 3! All summer long! Come check out the Bats in our popular late night play competition!
May 26th, 2011
Tonight is closing night of Future Anxiety at The Flea. It has been so enjoyable working with so many lovely and talented Bats these last few months. Congratulations on an amazing run!
May 24th, 2011
Tonight is the reading of "Don Quixote in Tiananmen Square", by Daniel Ho. We've had a quick and brief rehearsal process, and are looking forward to sharing this piece with an audience! The reading is free and open to the public! Part of East 3rd Production’s Enter: Playwright Theatre Festival. May 24th at 7pm at the Theatre @ 2 Great Jones
May 18th, 2011
I will be doing a reading of "Don Quixote in Tiananmen Square", by Daniel Ho, on May 24th. Part of East 3rd Production's Enter: Playwright Theatre Festival. May 24th at 7pm at the Theatre @ 2 Great Jones. The reading will be directed by Melissa Moschitto, I am playing Jiao, a pregnant, young revolutionary in the midst of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.
May 5th, 2011
Being an understudy means being ready to go on at any given time. Such as discover ingyou are going on an hour before curtain, and being thrown onstage with about 15 minutes of rehearsal time. It also means a massive adrenaline rush while playing that character in front of an audience. Had a BLAST tonight going on for Lillian in Future Anxiety at the Flea!
April 30th, 2011
Check out what the critics have been saying about Future Anxiety, now playing at The Flea Theater through May 26th!
April 28th, 2011
Opening night of Future Anxiety at The Flea Theater!
April 15th, 2011
First preview of Future Anxiety is tonight at The Flea Theater!
April 13th, 2011
I will be playing the role of "Daughter" in a NYU Tisch student film called "Three", directed by Zhoujie Chen. The film is about the family dynamics of a Chinese-American immigrant family. Looking forward to working on camera!
April 11th, 2011
The time has come! We start tech week for "Future Anxiety" at the Flea today! Previews start this Friday, April 15th. Check out the Playbill.com announcement. Also, the lovely Sigourney Weaver took some time to talk about our show and its relevance to our current environmental issues with OnEarth.org. Come see Future Anxiety, April 15-May 26!
March 28, 2011
Tickets are now on sale for the world premiere of "Future Anxiety" by Laurel Haines, running April 15 - May 26th at The Flea Theater! Tickets are now available!
March 26, 2011
Closing weekend of #Serials@TheFlea, Cycle 2! "The Connectors" has been voted back for an unprecedented 6 episodes! Thank you everyone for your support for THE CEREAL DOWNSTAIRS!
March 23, 2011
I have been hired by DeValk and Associates to be a part of their interactive theater team. The company does various diversity and multicultural training for huge corporations all across the country, using live actors in a combination of scripted scenes and improvised question and answer sessions, all in character. I am very excited to have the ongoing opportunity to act, travel, and hopefully teach people and get them thinking!
March 17, 2011
Rehearsals have begun for Future Anxiety! The show is slowly coming together, and its gonna be a doozy. Looking forward to sharing it with audiences come April!
March 11, 2011
#Serials@TheFlea is back! Cycle 2 kicks off this weekend! Come out and support my team, The Cereal Downstairs, in Episode 4 of THE CONNECTORS!
March 3, 2011
We did a photo shoot today on the streets of Tribeca for publicity photos for Future Anxiety! This cast is going to have a blast together doing this show! Check out the photos on the Flea’s website!
February 22, 2011
Josephine is happy to announce her next project! The Bats will be presenting the world premiere of "Future Anxiety" by Laurel Haines, directed by Jim Simpson, at The Flea Theater, April 15-May 26! See the BroadwayWorld.com casting announcement.
February 17, 2011
Thank you to everyone who came to #Serials@TheFlea for our SOLD OUT run. Good news! The Cereal Downstairs is voted back...and will be continuing on in the recently announced EXTENSION of #Serials@TheFlea! Coming back at you for more late night Batty madness, March 11-26!
February 7, 2011
SOLD OUT AGAIN! And... The Cereal Downstairs is voted #1 for the second week in a row! Congratulations,everyone!
January 30, 2011
Another sold out weekend for #Serials@TheFlea ! Our group, The Cereal Downstairs, came out on top with "The Connectors!" Episode two next weekend!
January 24, 2011
Congratulations to the cast of #Serials@TheFlea for selling out our opening weekend! Sadly, "Waking Drosophila" will not be returning next week. Stay tuned for The Cereal Downstairs in episode 1 of "The Connectors" by Musa Bacon!
January 18, 2011
Introducing, the most daring and dashing #Serials team of all...THE CEREAL DOWNSTAIRS! Come and see #Serials@TheFlea and vote for our group! The first episode of "Waking Drosophila", written by Seth Moore, Nalini Sharma, Donaldo Prescod, and Josephine herself, will be opening on January 21 at The Flea Theater!
January 12th, 2011
Please visit any of the following links for information on our upcoming show, #Serials@TheFlea! The Flea Theater or Facebook.
January 10th, 2011
The Cereal Downstairs (Bring Milk) is having their publicity photos shot tonight! Pictures to come soon! Looking forward to tech and opening for #Serials@TheFlea!
January 5th, 2011
Our script is ready to go! Josephine, along with the rest of her ensemble (which has officially been named The Cereal Downstairs (Bring Milk) ) have devised and written the first episode of their first show, Waking Drosophila. The piece will premiere on Jan 21st, part of #Serials@TheFlea!
January 1st, 2011
Happy New Year everyone! Looking forward to the many projects coming up in 2011!
December 20, 2011
Rehearsals and writing meetings for our new show at the Flea Theater have been going well. So many great ideas and concepts being discussed, Nothing is more exciting than having the opportunity to devise a completely original piece of theater with a group of such talented people!
December 1, 2011
Josephine will be part of a new late night show at the Flea in January, #Serials@TheFlea. The show will be episodic in form, featuring 5 new original pieces each week by 5 different ensembles of Bats. It will also be a competition, where the audience will vote their top three shows to come back for a new episode the following week. The bottom two groups will have to come back with an episode of a completely different concept and show! More information to come.
October 25,2010
Josephine has been in cast in a production of "Touch" at the 13th Street Repertory Theatre. The musical is about a group of young hippie, anti-war protesters in the 1960's. She will be playing the role of Susan April. More information to come soon!
June 26th, 2010
Aporia's Passion in the Park was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came and supported our efforts!
June 1st, 2010
Josephine will be playing Celia in a selection from Shakespeare's As You Like It, as part of Aporia Theater's Passion in Park. The performance will take place at Mineral Springs in Central Park on June 26th. More Information
May 21st, 2010
Dancing with Elmo, anyone? Josephine will be filming a digital short for Sesame Street, titled "Air Bear", later this week at Astor Place. The short involves a polar bear made of plastic bags, attached to a subway grate, that inflates and comes to life, charming everyone that witnesses it as they walk by. Josephine will be playing the role of a hipster girl.
May 14th, 2010
Josephine will be playing multiple ensemble roles in a reading of Jonesin' , a new play Seth Moore, at the Flea Theater.
May 5th, 2010
Josephine is thrilled to be part of the ensemble of the workshop of a new Mac Wellman play, 9 Days Falling, at The Flea Theater from May 10-14, with performances scheduled for May 14 at 7 and 10pm. The workshop will be directed by the Flea's artistic director, Jim Simpson.
She will also be playing the role of Stefanie in the reading for another new piece, Office Hours, by A.R Gurney, at the Flea on May 17th.
April 28th, 2010
Josephine will be playing the part of "Girl" in a reading of Una, La Whore del Mundo, a new piece by Barbara Cassidy, on May 3 at The Flea Theater. The reading will be directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni.
April 25th, 2010
The Best Buy spec commercial, "Frames of Mind", that Josephine was part of a few weeks ago has won first place in MoFilm's Tribeca Film Festival Video Contest! The video was directed by the wonderful Lawrence Chen.
Josephine will be working with Lawrence again this week, playing the role of an artist in another spec commercial, this time for Diet Coke.
February 23rd, 2010
The next two weeks will be busy ones for Josephine!
First up, Josephine will be attending masterclass/Q&A session with casting director James Calleri of Calleri Casting with the Bats at the Flea on Feb 23.
Later this week, she will be playing the role of a hipster girl in "Nuh-uh", a short film for the Iron Mule Short Comedy Film Series. She will then be shooting an industrial for OpeniNetworks. And last but not least, Josephine will be participating in the workshop reading of a new piece, What Would Woody Do? at the Flea Theater on March 3rd. Josephine will be reading the role of Mad Girl. Written by Alex Wolff and directed by Polly Draper (both of Nickelodeon’s "The Naked Brother Band"), the workshop will also guest star Tony Shalhoub (Monk, Spy Kids).
January 13th, 2010
Josephine has been chosen to participate in a monologue/audition technique master class with Sigourney Weaver and Andre De Shields! The master class will take place on January 25th at the Flea Theater, featuring a select group of Bats performing in front of an audience of special invited guests.
January 1st, 2010
Happy New Year to all!
Josephine's show, "The Great Recession at the Flea Theater" closed two nights ago after a fantastic 6 week run! Check out the glowing reviews on the show and The Bats.
December 11th, 2009
Check out some of the reviews on THE GREAT RECESSION, playing now at the Flea Theatre:
Off-off Online, Variety, & Backstage!
December 10th, 2009
THE GREAT RECESSION officially opens tonight at the Flea Theater in New York City!
Starring The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea Theater, the evening features 6 world premieres by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp.
Josephine will be playing Jen in UNUM by Will Eno. She will also be playing the role of Kayla in select performances of RECESS, by Sheila Callaghan.
Tickets are available now! You can also check out photos from the show, and of Josephine and the rest of the Bats!
Read all about the show in the LA Times!
October 14th, 2009
Josephine Huang has been cast in the role of Jen in the world premiere of Will Eno’s UNUM. She will also be playing the role of Kayla in select performances of the world premiere of RECESS, by Sheila Callaghan. Both pieces are part of "The Great Recession", opening November 20th, off off Broadway at The Flea Theatre in Tribeca. This will be Josephine's debut on the New York City stage.
The Flea Theater has commissioned six playwrights to create ten-minute plays that explore the impact of the current economic crisis on the younger generation. Presented under the title THE GREAT RECESSION, the evening features new work by Thomas Bradshaw, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Will Eno, Itamar Moses and Adam Rapp − all writers recently nurtured by The Flea. The plays will be performed by The Bats, the resident acting company of The Flea.
More information about the show.
August 22nd, 2009
Josephine is happy and honored to have been accepted into the pool for The Bats for the 2009-2010 season! The Bats are the non-Equity resident acting company of the Obie Award-winning Flea Theater. Learn more about this unique company.
The first production of the season will begin casting in October; 6 short plays commissioned for the company by Thomas Bradshaw, Will Eno, Sheila Callaghan, Erin Courtney, Adam Rapp and Itamar Moses.
August 20th, 2009
Josephine is stage managing "Decade at a Glance" at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in NYC. The show is directed by Joan Evans. Performances are September 21-23 as part of the Harold Clurman Festival of the Arts. More information.
June 5th, 2009
Josephine has made the move to New York City!
May 7th 2009
The UF Actors Showcase was a great success! In attendance were representatives from CESD, The Bethel Agency, The Luedtke Agency, Disney Theatricals, Tara Rubin Casting, among others.
May 5, 2009
Josephine will be featured in the 2009 University of Florida School of Theatre and Dance Actor Showcase! The showcase will take place on May 5, 2005, at the Sage Theatre in New York City. Shows will take place at 1pm and 6pm.
The Sage Theatre is located at 711 7th Avenue (between 47th and 48th Streets), 2nd Floor. A reception will follow. To RSVP, please contact Timothy Altmeyer at 352-273-0503 or email nyc@arts.ufl.edu.
You may also visit the Showcase Website.
April 24-25, 2009
Tickets for THE ALTRUISTS are available now! Show times are April 23rd and 24th at 6:30 and 9:00pm, in the Nadine McGuire Rm G15. Tickets are free and open to the public. To reserve your tickets, email thealtruists_uf@yahoo.com.
Also, check out the cast and crew bios, trailers, and more at at the show's official blog and website.
In this dark and satirical comedy by Nicky Silver, Josephine will be playing Cybil; a psuedo- lesbian protester, struggling with the decision of leaving her controlling and violent lover, Audrey. The production is directed by Michelle Karst, and also features Regina Stuzin, Jonathan Gerber, Anthony Rouhana, and David Stuzin.
March 23, 2009
The Florida Players Benefit Auction! As the Director of Development for Florida Players, the student run theatre organization at the University of Florida, Josephine has organized numerous fundraisers and events. She is proud to have organized and be running the first ever Florida Players Benefit Auction on Monday, March 23 from 7 to 10pm. Various theatre and non theatre related classes, workshops, and goods will be available for bid in a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting Florida Players. Live music and food will also be provided. Josephine encourages you all to come out and show your support for student theatre!
The first ever Florida Players Benefit Auction was an enormous success! The event raised over $500, benefiting Florida Players! Josephine thanks everyone who volunteered their time and talents, and especially all the bidders and people who came out to show their support for student theater!
March 16, 2009
Josephine begins rehearsals for The Altruists, her final show, and senior project role, at the University of Florida. In this dark and satirical comedy by Nicky Silver, Josephine will be playing Cybil; a psuedo- lesbian protester, struggling with the decision of leaving her controlling and violent lover, Audrey. The Altruists is directed by Michelle Karst, and will run on April 24 and 25, in the Nadine McGuire G15 Studio at the University of Florida.
March 4-8 2009
Josephine will be auditioning for numerous theatre companies at the Southeastern Theatre Conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
March 1, 2009
Josephine has been hired by the 352 Media Group as one of their web hosts! Companies may now view her work and hire her as their personal website representative.