Acting in SAG Short Film "Away with Childish Things"

Last Saturday I had the privilege of participating in a cool short film. It was called "Away with Childish Things" about a professional clown who has to step up to full custody of his five-year old son after the suicide of his ex-wife, who had limited his access to his child because she disapproved of his profession, considering it one for men who haven't grown up.

I play the social worker who brings the child, Travis, to the father Andrew. You can see me with the star and the writer of the short, Eric Charles Jorgenson (Andrew Gillick). Kudos to our make-up person, Chelsea Still, because I look great in these photos. And I usually hate what I look like in stills.

With me are three police officers who have to make the notification to Andrew of his ex-wife's suicide and his new custody situation. They also have to determine that this will be a safe environment for Travis before I can turn him over to Andrew.

To the left are RJ Farrington as Officer Madsen and Londale Theus as Sergeant Miller. To the right is Corey Rieger as Officer Parker.

Travis is played by the adorable and talented David Satchwell.

This was a great team to work with. The entire cast was very talented and the script was well-written and poignant. It also leaves many questions unanswered that just beg for sequel and prequel (hear that, Eric?)

The crew was equally talented and experienced. They showed how professional and up-to-the-challenge they were when we had a filming glitch. Something always goes wrong in every production. It's par for the course. And ours was no different. Filming was going to be done entirely on a hand-held camera. And for some reason, the camera refused to turn on.

The non-plussed camera guy made arrangements to get another camera. We would have lost about an hour of shooting, but there was some off-camera voice-over work to be done, so we filled in the time doing that. Ultimately, our crew and cast were so proficient that we finished our two day shoot in one day. And since they were night shoots, everybody was happy.

Can't wait to see the short put together and I'm looking forward to working with these people again.