Denis O'Hare » News – Actor http://www.denisohare.com Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:10:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 An Iliad in Boston – the countdown begins http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-boston-the-countdown-begins http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-boston-the-countdown-begins#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:06:55 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=921 An Iliad in Boston

So our tour of “An Iliad” is beginning soon.  1st stop — -ArtsEmerson in Boston and it suddenly occurs to me that I have to dust off my script and make sure I still know all the words.

The funny thing is:  I still know most of the words.  The bad thing is:  I don’t know ALL of the words.  This is especially tricky when it comes to -

THE LIST OF WARS – that massive list of man’s folly that appears very late in the play and lasts for……a very long time.  I know a lot of ‘em.  Not sure I know all of ‘em. 

graphic script shot from "An Iliad"

So every day, I do at least an hour of running lines and then always end with THE LIST OF WARS.  Sometimes I run the lines in my head as I ride my bike to and from midtown (over the Manhattan bridge by they way – see my post about biking in the city).  Sometimes I run the lines as I try to fall asleep – not recommended.  Sometimes I sit at my makeshift office overlooking the kitchen and run the lines using the script open in front of me on my computer.

OH, and add to this the fact that I start shooting another episode of “The Good Wife” next week and have lines to learn for that AND I have a film audition tomorrow and have to cram those lines in my head and …..well, the days are short and the anxiety level is high.

I think the most common question an actor gets is: “How do you learn all those lines?”  The answers is:  “You just do”.  It’s sort of like asking a basketball player how he jumps that way or asking a musician  how she reads music.  It’s part of the basic set of skills – if you can’t do it, you get weeded out early.

 

 

Dates and performance times for “An Iliad” at ArtEmerson in Boston

 

  • April 27th @ 8:00 p.m.
  • April 28th @ 2:00 p.m.
  • May 3rd @ 8:00 p.m.
  • May 4th @ 8:00 p.m.

For tickets call or Visit ArtsEmerson at

559 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111
(617) 824-8000
]]> http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-boston-the-countdown-begins/feed 0 Announcing Homer’s Coat http://www.denisohare.com/announcing-homers-coat http://www.denisohare.com/announcing-homers-coat#comments Wed, 13 Mar 2013 03:46:31 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=887 Coat Header-965I’m happy to announce the birth of Homer’s Coat, a new website dedicated to my writing partnership with Lisa Peterson. Lisa and I wrote “An Iliad” together and had our New York debut last year at New York Theatre Workshop. We have since been commissioned to write a new play for the Court Theatre in Chicago and we decided the time had come to name our collaboration and Homer’s Coat was born.

Come over and visit us. There’s lots of information about our writing process during “And Iliad”. In addition, check out our tour page where we tell you where we will be performing “An Iliad” in the upcoming season.

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/announcing-homers-coat/feed 0 True Blood is back…and so is Russell http://www.denisohare.com/true-blood-is-back-and-so-is-russell http://www.denisohare.com/true-blood-is-back-and-so-is-russell#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:26 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=882 Share photos on twitter with Twitpic

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/true-blood-is-back-and-so-is-russell/feed 0 An Iliad – New Video http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-new-video http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-new-video#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2012 14:35:34 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=864 New York Theatre Workshop posted this video – very well done.  Check it out

An Iliad at NYTW

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-new-video/feed 0 An Iliad at New York Theatre Workshop http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-at-new-york-theatre-workshop http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-at-new-york-theatre-workshop#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:28:45 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=853 Some nice articles that talk about what we’re up to over on E. 4th Street.

Also, a new mini-movie to give you a taste of what really happens behind the scenes

Time Out New York Article

Backstage Article

 

 

 

 

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-at-new-york-theatre-workshop/feed 0 An Iliad in New York – Theatremania Article http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-new-york-theatremania-article http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-new-york-theatremania-article#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:18:53 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=830 This just appeared in TheatreMania – a nice article about our play.

 

An Iliad at New York Theatre Workshop

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/an-iliad-in-new-york-theatremania-article/feed 0 Out magazine article about Hugo and me http://www.denisohare.com/out-magazine-article-about-hugo-and-me http://www.denisohare.com/out-magazine-article-about-hugo-and-me#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:23:13 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=821 This comes out in February – but here’s a sneak peek.

Out Magazine Article for Valentine’s Day

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/out-magazine-article-about-hugo-and-me/feed 0 Denis O’Hare Reel http://www.denisohare.com/denis-ohare-reel http://www.denisohare.com/denis-ohare-reel#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:59:15 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=673 Just added my long version Reel.  Contains clips of my work in various film and T.V. shows.  It’s long but, I think, worth it.

 

Check it out under my Reel section.

 

http://www.denisohare.com/reel

Denis

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/denis-ohare-reel/feed 0 Larry Harvey tells all…. http://www.denisohare.com/larry-harvey-tells-all http://www.denisohare.com/larry-harvey-tells-all#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:51:09 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=667 So a big episode for my character Larry Harvey this week on American Horror Story.

Here’s a sneak preview:

Open House Preview – Ben confronts Larry

 

 

]]> http://www.denisohare.com/larry-harvey-tells-all/feed 0 American Horror Story http://www.denisohare.com/american-horror-story http://www.denisohare.com/american-horror-story#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:43:30 +0000 denis http://www.denisohare.com/?p=373 I love this show. I’ve been avoiding the reviews, because, as we all thought, it would probably baffle a lot of people.  Now that we’re up and running, I can talk about it a little more (at least the episodes that have aired).

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