Friday, October 18, 2013

Better than 'Laurel & Hardy!' Better than 'Abbott & Costello!'

Better than 'Laurel & Hardy!' Better than 'Abbott & Costello!'

Sean & B.D.!!! "There's a possibility!"

We're talking about our acting clients and everybody that sees them is, too! Sean O'Brien and B.D. Anthony are two of the funniest you'll find anywhere. But, before you see them everywhere, you can catch them doing there stuff next month (Nov.) on the Discovery Channel featured in an episode of Animal Planet's hit show, "Monsters Inside.” We are forbidden by contract to say too much or show pictures, but these guys are priceless according the show's  producers. Leave it at, they go down to the river and play!

These two are great and fun to work with in front of the camera and on stage. But, they are a stitch to watch! They both also have roles in the Willy-Gilly Productions staging of the Donald Driver penned comedy revival, "Status Quo Vadis." Set to play early next year at SUNY OCCC for a couple of weekends, it will be heading off-Broadway for a run at a house TBN later, after that.

Trained by David Patrick Wilson at the Acting Anyone Academy, it is possible that they will pair again, this time to co-star in the coming-of-age flick (penned by DPW), "Shadow's Serenade," going in front of the lens sometime next Spring (2014). Sean will play a high school All-American QB in a football crazed town, B.D. Will play his best buddy and fellow footballer, whose life is changed forever by a freak accident. You will want to keep an eye out for that one and for these two over the next few seasons. We predict some very big things for each of them, singularly and as a team!

Willy Gilly Production's mission is to build the Independent film and television industry in New York's Hudson Valley. If you'd like to continue receiving an occasional update about our films in production, acting and technical training, please sign up at our new website's contact form. 

And thank you for you interest in and support of Independent Film production.

Peace,

Nan and David



Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Oh!! What a Weekend !!! Day 2

Oh, what a weekend! Day 2

After a thoroughly empowering awards breakfast in good old 'Tom Bull' park on Friday, the Willy-Gilly duo hit out to Chester on Saturday morning for  a monthly 'satnam' celebration of Life  with our beloved friends at the ashram. Joining Raj and Ama "G" and all of the beautiful People there for Prayer, Meditation, Poetry, Song and the teachings of Ama on 'God consciousness,' we were treated to some of the best Indian food on this side of the planet.


If you love Indian food, you had better check out this place!

AAOJEE
235 E.  Main St.
Middletown, NY 10940

845-342-0040

The food is outrageous at any price! The prices are ridiculous! (It's a good thing!)

(SORRY! I mistakenly identified the caterers at 'AAOJEE' as 'Saffron!' Saying that they were 'Arjuna's favorite restaurant!'  Without question, it is a great restaurant! But, I have now been told that, while the Deity may dine at Saffron, he gets his take out from 'Aaojee!' €8-.0)

ANYWAY! They catered the lunch after the services at the ashram in Chester last Saturday and the food was from Heaven! What a blessing! EVERYTHING IS OUT OF THIS WORLD! I MEAN EVERYTHING!

After lifting our collective Spirit and over-filling our sagging tummies in the morning, we headed for Banana's Comedy Club on Rte. 9 in Poughkeepsie, NY to try and laugh it off at the Finals of the "Funniest Comic of Hudson Valley" competition. Acting Anyone's own (and his families favorite son) Anthony Terrebile, barely in high school and already a 'pro,' blew away the field, which had been narrowed over the summer months by an intense process that included such incredible challenges as, telling a joke while standing on your head, eating a salami sandwich and speaking Chinese! JUST KIDDING!

CONGRATULATIONS WILD BOY! Keep this up and you will be a 'wild man' in a matter of a few short years! You deserved it! You've worked hard and smart and nobody can take that away from you. It's a real treat to see you working a room. I'd lose the garter belt though, it clashes with the heels! Oh, that wasn't you?! My mistake, that was the blonde you left in the dust! SORRY, BLONDIE! (She could have taken you, but I heard the dog ate her cheat sheet!)

Keep it up, buddy!  You 'll have me farting through silk in no time! €8-.D

Last note: Kevin Lee nailed down the 'pro' slot with some of the bet stuff I've seen in a long while!  (BTW: Kev, I just found out that hurricane, 'Shawnecqua' is next up on the NOAA list, it's 1000 miles off of Miami and the locals are already on the roads out of town! You nailed it!)

Greetings from Willy Gilly Productions, our mission, build the Independent film and television industry in New York's Hudson Valley. If you'd like to continue receiving an occasional update about our films in production, acting and technical training, please sign up at our new website's contact form. 

Thank you for you interest in and support of Independent Film production.
Nan and David







Monday, October 7, 2013

Oh!!! What a Weekend!!!


Let's start with Friday 10/4/13. It was a red letter day for Willy-Gilly Productions and our IT specialist, Connor Harrison.  At the OSCEAN (Orange/Sullivan Employment Alliance Network) annual breakfast event, he received an award for his extraordinary contribution to the organization. They had been attempting to get a website up for years and Connor provided them with the much needed portal.  We also received a certificate of acknowledgment for working with Connor, but the day clearly belonged to him, along with many other businesses and individuals in the Hudson Valley for their work with the developmentally challenged and those battling mental illness.

Connor, who has struggled with mental illness for the better part of the last decade, has been working with Willy-Gilly for the past three (3) years, handling all of our web development. In that time he has made tremendous strides in overcoming his previously crippling bout with chronic paranoia. When he came to us he could not enter a room in which there were people he did not know. On Friday morning in beautiful Graham M. Skea Recreational Center at Thomas Bull Memorial Park in Montgomery, NY, he addressed the entire body of breakfast attendees (approx. 300) at the awards event.

Following an inspiring and powerful keynote speech by Michelle Benjamin, CEO and founder of Benjamin Enterprises (and, coincidentally, his prior employer) Connor stood and delivered one of the most sincere and humbling speeches we have ever heard.  As an advocate for the mentally challenged, after acknowledging us, his Mom and the health care professionals at OSCEAN he gave God center stage in his recovery and was treated to a standing ovation by the distinguished body of business, healthcare and political professionals as a result. IT WAS ALTOGETHER OUTSTANDING!

OSCEAN does amazing work in placing the physically handicapped, mentally challenged and learning impaired in jobs with companies all over the state, Hudson Valley and New England region. Working with companies locally like, Benjamin Enterprises, Price Choppers, Wal-Mart, Crystal Run, Walgreen's, Chili's, Best Buy and Mighty M Gaming & Raceway, they provide the connection and manage the placement of their especially gifted, 'special needs' workers. They do FANTASTIC WORK and we at WGP are proud and delighted to work with them and their charges. We look forward to a growing commitment to OSCEAN over the years to come. We congratulate all of the recipients of their awards and we want to tell the world how proud we are of Connor Harrison and how much we love him. We invite everyone to join us and say, "ALL HAIL CON-NOR!"

Willy Gilly Production's mission is to build the Independent film and television industry in New York's Hudson Valley. If you'd like to continue receiving an occasional update about our films in production, acting and technical training, please sign up at our new website's contact form. 

And thank you for you interest in and support of Independent Film production.


Peace,

Nan and David