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Ian

I am here for Networking

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Peter Brook, JoAnne Akalatis, and Ryne Sandberg

Music:

I have to give a shout out to Baltimore's own: Brass Uncle Band. Ben Kweller, Ben Lee, The Blind Boys of Alabama, The Flaming Lips, Counting Crows, Rolling Stones, Bela Flec, VIctor Wooten, Cat Stevens, Tom Petty, etc

Movies:

Currently:Frida, Scent of a Women, Capote, The Hours, Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas, Titus, Die Hard, Macbeth(Roman Polanski), etc

Books:

Currently:The Things they Carried

My Blog

Here, there, and everywhere

Wow. It has been a whirlwind the last several weeks. I have been in New York City, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. Rehearsing Murderers, this radical piece of storytelling with the Philadelphia Theatre C...
Posted by Ian on Sat, 23 Sep 2006 11:26:00 PST

Another Opening Another Show

Hey! So, Split opens tomorrow night. Which, is incredibly exciting, however it will leave my stomach in knots for the next 36 hours. I know many of you have you have recieved various pieces of sh...
Posted by Ian on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 10:21:00 PST

In the heartland

Came home for two whole days to this wedding and on the plane ride home I sat next to a man name Toy who was flying to North Dakota from Iraq. He had not slept in two days and he had not seen or taste...
Posted by Ian on Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:00:00 PST

A Wedding and Painting Sets

So--Split ( the new play by Ira Gamerman, that i have been shamlessly promoting on here) is coming together: the set is built and painted, the lights are hung and focused, we are close but there is to...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 08:53:00 PST

Baseball

Yeah, so all of you baseball fans out there...the big trade deadline was today...my beloved cubs traded future-hall of famer Greg Maddux to Ryan Turner's stinkin' LA Dodgers. We got a gold glove winne...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 11:28:00 PST

Lady in the Water

Wow...so..Wow...I just got out of Lady in the Water...awesome movie...i Mean...wow...it's a very smart ( sometimes a little too smart) story of this wonderful fable....the cast is tremenduous...especi...
Posted by Ian on Sat, 29 Jul 2006 11:25:00 PST

It's Show Time

Please Come Check us out! SplitA New Play by Ira GamermanDirected By Ian Belknap Adam has got problems: An overly impulsive girlfriend, A bossy shrink, an obsessive compulsive mother, no direction to ...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:51:00 PST

Hot baltimore days

Oh man, So it has been a hot couple of days here in old Baltimore. My car broke down on Friday( Fuel Pump and Line $$1200 Repair) so I have had to walk and bum rides...which made me think of beingh in...
Posted by Ian on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:00:00 PST

Awesome Actors and MidSummer

I can get used to these rehearsals for Split...I tell you what: Steve Polites and McCaul Baggett can just flat out act...they have some major chops...like i can't tell  you how nuanced their work...
Posted by Ian on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:02:00 PST

Split Rehearsals

So I have decided to make a little post on here about Split Ira Gamerman's brand new spanking play that I am directing. Which is  priemering at the Baltimore Playwrights Festival August 10th-27th...
Posted by Ian on Wed, 19 Jul 2006 11:07:00 PST