From my stand-up performance at the 2012 Fresh Meat showcase at Toronto's Second City Theatre on September 10, 2012. What an amazing night! Photography by James Dalzell.
From the Set of "Taken," Nov. 2011
Day 1: Choosing wardrobe. (Decisions, decisions.) 
Getting into costume. 
My soon-to-be-victim. 
One of our production assistants. (He's pretending not to be cold.) 
Our prop weapons master. (HE'S real though--a former SWAT team member, and currently a senior police academy instructor. I was in good hands.) 
Getting the light JUST right. 
Windy. 
Day 2: an alleyway shot. 
Discussing the shot of the victim and the pick-up truck. 
Check out the action in the rear-view mirror. 
Day 3: Me and our two "nurses," waiting on set on the final day of shooting. (It was a LONG one.) 
Lighting it just right. Again. 
Our director, carefully figuring out the next shot. (You can tell how carefully he is thinking by the gentle application of his fingers to his chin.) 
Watching the magic unfold on the monitor. 
The "pastor" and me, chillin' on set. 
It's about to get REAL, y'all. |
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New York Television Festival, Sept. 2009
Members of the cast of GREEN ROOM (l. to r.: Christopher Peuler, Lauren Sieczkowski, Stephanie Casaubon, Tammy McNeill, Lizzie Thrasher, Robert Keller, Stephanie Shipp, and Alexandra Case), smiling for the cameras on the red carpet at the New York Television Festival on Sept. 24, 2009. 
L. to r.: Christopher Peuler, Stephanie Casaubon, Amanda Parenti (the real-life fashionista who inspired GREEN ROOM), Hollis Witherspoon, Robert Keller, Vince Parenti (creator and director of GREEN ROOM), and Alexandra Case. 
Lizzie Thrasher and me, hamming it up for the photographers. 
Blue Steel. 
Both of our screenings played to virtually sold-out crowds! 
After each screening, we did a live talk-back with the audience. AWESOME! 
Another glamour shot. |
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The Second City's Next Comedy Legend
My very own wallpaper from The Second City's Next Comedy Legend! |
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"The Best Party Ever"
These photos are from an Off-Off-Broadway show I did in February 2007 entitled The Best Party Ever at the Richmond Shepard Theater. In this scene, my co-star Leanne Fornelli arrives for a job interview, dressed like a cross between Ugly Betty and E.T., while I'm dressed like a Republican. 
At this point in the scene, Leanne's character is cleverly threatening me with a loaded weapon to enhance her job prospects. Way to think outside the box, Leanne! 
In this scene, I play a really butch, wand-carrying dude who wears boas. (Can you believe I'm actually gay in real life? It's crazy, I know!) 
In the big musical finale, pictured here, I seem to be praising Jesus, while a (mostly) Caucasian gospel choir falls to its knees in ectsasy and starts singing a hymn. Also, notice how I am strategically blocking the face of my co-star Gary Ward with my left hand. I did that on purpose so as to shield the audience from Gary's grotesque, Phantom-of-the-Opera-like face. 
OK, I lied--that Gary Ward is pretty darn handsome. (And I look like a really gay Tony Robbins.) |
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When Celebrities Get Desperate
Susan, you are an Emmy-award-winning actress... What were you thinking? This is an ad for... SWISS CHEESE! (And Cheese is most defintely the operative word here.) ![What is going on here? Why is George Hamilton hanging out in the lounge of a Florida time share "colony" with all of his ethnically diverse friends? I think my favorite person from this ad is the bartender. Check out the shaved line along the side of his head and the slicked back ponytail. Did he just step out of a C&C Music Factory video?Wowzers. It's like, George, the Surreal Life would be a step up for you at this point. You might want to put out some feelers. Or maybe try getting in touch with Priceline.com--Shatner can't live forever, after all.](http://content.bandzoogle.com/users/RobertKellerComedian/images/photos/gallery/149782.jpg?0 "What is going on here? Why is George Hamilton hanging out in the lounge of a Florida time share "colony" with all of his ethnically diverse friends? I think my favorite person from this ad is the bartender. Check out the shaved line along the side of his head and the slicked back ponytail. Did he just step out of a C&C Music Factory video?Wowzers. It's like, George, the Surreal Life would be a step up for you at this point. You might want to put out some feelers. Or maybe try getting in touch with Priceline.com--Shatner can't live forever, after all.")
What is going on here? Why is George Hamilton hanging out in the lounge of a Florida time share "colony" with all of his ethnically diverse friends? I think my favorite person from this ad is the bartender. Check out the shaved line along the side of his head and the slicked back ponytail. Did he just step out of a C&C Music Factory video? |
