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Jesse L. Kearney, Jr.

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About Me

I am a writer, composer and actor living in New York City.

http://www.meez.com/daytonville

My Interests

Acting, Singing, Dancing, Writing, Composing

I'd like to meet:

Below are some youtube footage from Lin-Manuel Miranda, conceiver/composer of IN THE HEIGHTS. I especially like the Abuela parody of Rhihanna's "Umbrella" and the parody of Disney's High School Musical 2 "Bet On It". Cracks me up!
Montage
7 Years
Abuela
Bet On It
Breakdancing
In The Heights circa 1988
This is from my other favorite musical, PASSING STRANGE. It's phenomenal. I wish Stew and the cast the highest regard! Much love.

Music:


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"Touch Me" Spring Awakening on Broadway in 2007
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"Sunday" from tick, tick... BOOM!
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Christy Carlson Romano- Teacher's Pet
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Books:

Crime and Punishment; Mysterious Affair at Styles

Heroes:

Shirley

My Blog

Passing Strange Heights (plus the opening lyrics to In The Heights)

 A few weeks ago I went to see Passing Strange and In The Heights, and both shows have been steadily on my mind.  Both shows have so much to offer the theater community, and I'm very pr...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:40:00 PST

Performances - Godspell and The Back Room

Hi all, It's been a long time since I've blogged.  First off, a shout out to all of the cast and crew of Godspell.  We performed over the weekend, Sat. May 3rd and Sunday May 4th, at the Boy...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:32:00 PST

Your Thoughts on Across The Universe

Hey everyone!  Go check Across The Universe directed by Julie Taymor.  I saw it the other night and I really liked it.  I filmed two scenes as an extra and I'm happy that the scenes are...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 01:04:00 PST

Strange, Funny and True Facts of My Hometown Area

I read this on my friend Rashidra's blog and laughed myself silly.  I'm from Portsmouth, which neighbors Norfolk (area code 757), and the following all makes since to me in a bizarre wa...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:10:00 PST

Across The Universe and Best Actor

"Across The Universe" opens today.  Please go check it out!  I had two extra roles in this film which we shot SO LONG ago.  I'm not sure if I can be seen (besides, I was heavily co...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:48:00 PST

Thank You 1170 Underdog

I had a wonderful time performing in 1170 Underdog as Tree.  It was an amazing cast: Marcus, George, Paul, Ray, Rev, Fady, Doua.  Such a great director team:  Scott and Krista.&nbs...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:20:00 PST

Happy again! Next Role: Talking Tree

Yes, I'm happy to have another acting engagement!  Smiles, smiles, smiles!  This time, I'm playing the Talking Tree.  Rehearsals start tonight so I'm getting very excited!  As the ...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 08:56:00 PST

WHEW...so happy she's back in the slammer!

What a rough week for Paris!  Sorry for taking up any more time with this nonsense, but the very fact that she was able to walk out of jail because she was depressed (over the fact that ...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Mon, 11 Jun 2007 08:27:00 PST

PARIS HILTON OUT OF JAIL ...ALREADY??

I'm totally flabbergasted!  Wow!  I guess it reinforces the adage that money talks.  Oh well... more power to her.  Only 5 days...plus they counted Sunday, but didn't she only arri...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:19:00 PST

August Wilson's The Piano Lesson

God has been so good to me!  I'm cast as Wining Boy in August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, and performances will be May 23rd, May 25th, and May 26th at the Boys and Girls High School in Brooklyn, N...
Posted by Jesse L. Kearney, Jr. on Fri, 18 May 2007 01:17:00 PST