4PLAY: SF in Barcelona Sat, Aug 13th!

MiMi 2011 from MiMi Short Film Festival on Vimeo.

FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO continues its' world travels at the MIMI LGBT Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain on Sat, August 15th @ 6PM on a shorts program appropriately titled "Qué Overdose!!!" For more info about the screening including location and festival info click on this link. In Spanish only! Their cute trailer is posted above. - Kyle

4PLAY: SF in NYC @ Newfest!

(Cyndi Williams in FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO)

Have friends in NYC? Why not recommend they see FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO either this Fri, July 22nd @ 9:30 PM at the School of Visual Arts theater OR next Tues, July @ 3PM at the Cinema Village. See this link for more info and to purchase tickets:

http://newfest.slated.com/2011/films/fourplaysanfrancisco_kylehenry_newfest2011

4PLAY: TAMPA - Jose Villarreal Int Pt 3

Final part of my interview with FOURPLAY: TAMPA star Jose Villarreal. To read Pt 01 or Pt 02 just click on these links! Remember to come out to our NewFest screening in NYC of FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO on Fri, July 22nd, more info here. - Kyle

4) Was there anything you learned about your craft as an actor while making the film? As someone who is fairly new to film, what surprised you about the operation of the film set? Feel weird about all the fake dongs being bandied about?

Granted I'm still new, there was nothing really that surprised me. I had a pretty decent knowledge of what to expect from the commercial experience I've gathered. What I really enjoyed was something I had been waiting my entire career to experience, sitting with the audience and hearing their reactions. I actually loved the dongs. I thought, and I guess was surprised at this part, that there was a wrangler for them to keep clean and sign in and out for. I heard on the Harry Potter sets everyone had to sign in and out for their wands, the Star Wars sets people had to do so for their lightsabers. Big deal. We had people signing in and out for their dongs. How awesomely hilarious is that?

4PLAY: SF in NYC on Fri, July 22nd @ Newfest!

FOURPLAY: SAN FRANCISCO makes its' NYC debut at NewFest on Fri, July 22nd at the SVA theater @ 9:30PM. Put the kiddies to sleep early and come on down to see some wild, freaky shit! I'll be there to answer for what we've done, live and in-person. If you can't make, we have another screening on Tues, July 26th @ 3PM at the SVA but I'll be bye-bye by then. - Kyle

4PLAY: TAMPA - One more chance to see in LA...

Great packed screening at Outfest in LA last night! One more chance to see FOURPLAY: TAMPA at 9:30 PM on Monday, July 11th at 9:30 PM at the Laemmle Sunset 5. Click this link to purchase tickets or pass on info to LA friends! - Kyle

http://www.outfest.org/tixSYS/2011/filmguide/films/3419

4PLAY: TAMPA - Jose Villarreal Int PT 2

A continuation of my interview with FOURPLAY: TAMPA star Jose Villarreal. Click here to read part one. - Kyle

3) What particular challenges did you face playing your role? Any fears you had to overcome?

For me, it was quite a unique sort of challenge/fear. I take comedy very seriously. I've made crude jokes and whatnot, but to be part of them physically in such a way as this is entirely different from just talking comedy. I've always been of the mind that, if done properly, nothing is off limits in the world of comedy, with exception to "too soon" jokes which people don't realize is an aspect of the timing of comedy.

Luckily for us/me, the first day of shooting included the scene of (SPOILER) me being found in the stall at the end of the short covered in "happy juice" (END SPOILER). The process of getting prepped for that, and the light atmosphere by everyone involved helped remind me that this was not a melodrama, and my fears were quickly alleviated. Had that not been shot the first day, I might have had a harder time giving Kyle what he wanted for Louis.

That being said, the only real fear I still have is that my mother will see this. I don't need her telling me I'm going to hell (for yet another of many reasons).

4PLAY: TAMPA - Jose Villarreal Int Pt 1

Happy 4th of July, America! We're celebrating our freedom to be freaky by counting down the days to the North American premiere of FOURPLAY: TAMPA at Outfest in Los Angeles this Fri, July 7th @ 9:30PM, with an interview with the film's star, Jose Villarreal. Jose was game for pretty much anything thrown his way and always went 200% above and beyond what was required to break our hearts while making us hysterically laugh. What's not to love about that pouty Charlie Brown expression thrown your way in the photo above? - Kyle

1) What were your first feelings when approached to play your role in TAMPA? First thoughts after reading the script?

When my agent first sent me the script, she warned me it might be out of my comfort zone and pretty much left it at that. I started to read it and began to feel a bit awkward at the first "encounter". I honestly thought to myself that my agent had submitted me for gay porn, but out of sheer curiosity I kept reading; even before deciding to audition, I already felt connected to Louis after a few scenes. Once the farce antics began to roll, I knew this was going to be an experience I wanted to be part of. After reading the script, I couldn't wait to audition.

2) What, if anything, helped you prepare to play your role?

I've performed gay characters before, but only my interpretation of them. This was the first time I had a role that was originally written as a gay character. I could see how it would feel strange, but it wasn't just that a gay man was being turned down for gay sex, it was someone just looking for someone to accept him as a lover, that was part of how I felt so strongly connected to him. It wasn't his sexual orientation, but his quest failures and success and situations that I focused on, I guess. The audition was a little awkward at first, but I guess I was too nervous about the audition process itself than it's material. Again, like the filming, it was the fact that it was comedy that loosened me up. I ended up having a blast; it was probably one of the most fun auditions I have ever been too. I really enjoy that, to this day, I can embarrass my friends (hopefully in the middle of a family friendly restaurant) by getting up to squat and air hump and say, "I did this for about a half hour straight for the audition. My glutes got a good workout."

I guess what was most difficult after the audition was accepting (THINKING) I didn't get the part. I was telling someone at the Alamo Drafthouse fundraiser we had about that. After my singles audition with you, I was sure I didn't get the part. With each take you kept asking me to be more subtle. I thought I wasn't giving you what you wanted and you were basically repeating/rewording yourself to get subtlety out of me, it wasn't till a conversation we had after filming that you told me about how you were seeing how subtle I could get; I was subtle, but still connected and comedic.