Drew Powell in Snapshots 2011 – A Benefit For Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk
Where:
The Stella Adler Theater
6773 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028
(323) 465-4446
Performance Dates:
September 28th – October 2nd, 2011
Written by MARC CHERRY, MIKE HAUKOM, VICTORIA KELLEHER, GLORIA CALDERÓN KELLETT, ANDREW ROTH, MIKE SIKOWITZ & KELLY YOUNGER
Produced by NICKI GEORGI & LARA WICKES
Directed by MARC CHERRY, MIKE HAUKOM, JIM HOLMES, VICTORIA KELLEHER, GLORIA CALDERÓN KELLETT, FRED SCHROEDER, DAVID WARREN & JUSTIN ZSEBE
Starring SHIRI APPLEBY, ANGELIQUE CABRAL, TODD GRINNELL, JOLIE JENKINS, ADHIR KALYAN, VICTORIA KELLEHER, GLORIA CALDERÓN KELLETT, LINDSEY KRAFT, ANDREW LEEDS, SHARON MADDEN, EYAL PODELL, DREW POWELL, GREG RIKAART, DAVID SCALES, MARC VALERA, NADINE VELAZQUEZ & JENNY WEAVER
Drew’s commercial for Citizen’s Bank
Most Likely
Just to explain a little, the monologue show I did both in LA and NYC “Skirts and Flirts” is trying to make the transition to the screen! Now called “Most Likely”, it’s written and directed by my good friend Gloria Calderon Kellett (How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement, etc.). We’ve got a page on Kickstarter.com if you’d like to be a part of this awesome project.
I play Paul, a singer at the Antelope Bar and Grill in Fresno who is “known for his dead-on Journey covers” but on this night he’s singing his original songs inspired by a recent break-up. Paul is one of my most favorite characters and I hope we get to make this so you can see more! Check it out and if you can swing it, become a Producer!
State Farm Commercial “Better Half”
Project Mercy
I’m going to forgo the usual “it’s been a long time since last I’ve written” self flagellation and get right to the point this time!
Recently I was lucky enough to be a part of a volunteer group that travelled to Mexico and joined up with an outfit called “Project Mercy” to help build a home for a homeless single mother of two in the shanty towns or “colonias” east of Tijuana. I had never been to that part of Mexico and was amazed to see how third-world that area really is. Pot-holed roads took us through dusty and dry foothills to a vast “community” of lean-to shacks and rudimentary dwellings for the poorest of the poor. Project Mercy(www.projectmercy.net), is a non-profit group based out of San Diego that provides basic shelter for families in need in this particular part of the world. These brightly colored small houses(kinda like a larger, more glorified storage shed) with their cement foundation, roof and loft are a welcome luxury when compared to the normal living conditions in these parts. Families must put in “sweat equity” in the community, building other homes for their neighbors, to be eligible for one of their own.
On this particular day we were building a home for a single mother of an eight year old boy and a three year old girl. Her husband had been murdered two years ago and they had been crammed into another Project Mercy house owned by her mother. Our crew of about 20-30 arrived early in the morning where only the slab of concrete had been laid. With some great leadership(much of it from my pal and fellow actor Rick Hall) we were able to frame, side, roof and paint the house all by late afternoon. We even had a splinter group finish another house up the road! I was so amazed at the volunteers who gave up a Saturday(getting up at 3am no less!) and worked their tails off all the while with a smile on their face and a spring in their step. We had school teachers, retired truck drivers, ministers, architects and writers all swinging hammers and cutting wood. There’s something very special about a group of strangers coming together to do some good.
It was nearing sunset as we drove over the border and I was as tired as I’ve been in a long time. Sunburned and with dirt and grime in every nook and cranny of my body, I sat slumped in the front seat of a minivan. But as I remembered the look on the face of the mother when we handed her the keys to her very own house, and the smiles on her two small children I swear it felt like we were floating back to Los Angeles.
It’s easy these days to get caught up in all the negative things that hover around us like flies: politics, religious differences, environmental crises, wars to name just a few. I know that I, for one, can get bogged down by that negativity and retreat inward to escape. I focus only on my needs and what I have to do to carry on. Let me tell you something you probably already know and hopefully have experienced for yourself–helping those in need is the elixir for that particular ailment! I’m looking forward to finding that next way to give back and I sure hope you’ll do the same.
Peace,
DP
Charter Communications
Skirts & Flirts Redux
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8:00pm – 11:00pm
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Pico Playhouse
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10508 West Pico Blvd.
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Los Angeles, CA
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Join us for a stage reading benefit written by Gloria Calderon Kellett and produced by Lara Wickes.
Cast members include: Jolie Jenkins, Gloria Calderon Kellett, Dave Kellett, Taran Killam, Joe Manganiello, Maya Parish, Drew Powell, David Scales, Cobie Smulders, Mageina Tovah, Marc Valera, and Nadine Velazquez.
All profits will go to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
Tickets $20 available at: www.brownpapertickets.com (http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/105996)
Or cash at door
Open Vodka Bar from 7:30pm
Hosted by Organic Ocean Vodka
The Pee Wee Herman Show!
On the set of Straw Dogs
My very own parking space. I have arrived….
Drinking Games
“Drinking Games” opening to benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Wednesday August 12-16th at the Pico Playhouse. General Admission : $17. Reserve Your Tickets @ http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/73961
And if you can’t attend but still wish to donate you may do so by clicking the link below. Thank you!
Gloria Kellett Personal Page Link:
https://www.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=312335&supId=238118641
