David Millstone, Actor

David will be playing the preternaturally self-assured editor of a small magazine in Polar Studio‘s web series, The Weekly, coming soon to a lap top near you.

David is deep into preparation for his role as Richard Nixon in the Springer Opera House’s production of Frost/Nixon, directed by The Springer Opera House Artistic Director, Paul Pierce.  David Frost is played by Topher Nixon Payne, a highly regarded Atlanta area actor and playwright, and word has filtered back to David that the entire cast is stellar.  If you’re in the Atlanta area in late January or early February, you could do worse than to make a trip down to Columbus, to see this dynamic, boxing match-like verbal duel between the media savvy David Frost and politically astute and cagey Richard M. Nixon.

Frost/Nixon plays in a limited run from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4, in the Emily Woodruff Hall, at The Springer Opera House, in Columbus, Ga.  (706) 327-3688. springeroperahouse.org

David has accepted an offer to join The American Shakespeare Center’s Tempt Me Further tour, which is The ASC’s 2012-13 nationally touring productions of Love‘s Love’s Labor’s Lost, Twelfth Night, The Duchess of Malfi, and A Christmas Carol. He begins rehearsals in July, 2012. The tour goes on the road, in trips as short as one night and as long as two weeks, during September and October, then remains in Staunton for rehearsals in November, and plays solely in Staunton, at The Blackfriars, through December. The tour is back on the road from January through March, before coming home, at last, to Stuanton to perform in the Blackfriars from April through June. The entire commitment is July, 2012, through June, 2013.

David’s featured roles will include Dumaine and Holofernes, in Love’s Labor’s Lost, Antonio in Twelfth Night, and supporting roles in Duchess of Malfi (A Christmas Carol isn’t yet cast.) All of his roles are rich in comic possibility ad deep feeling and he couldn’t be happier!  For more information about The American Shakespeare Center, a company dedicated to performing Shakespeare under ‘original’ conditions, please visit americanshakespearecenter.com.

(For information about David’s availability before and after his year with The ASC please feel free to contact him at davidmillstone@me.com.)

David plays Richard Nixon this coming winter in the Springer Opera House production of Frost/Nixon, directed by Paul Pierce, in Columbus, Ga.  The Springer Opera House is The State Theatre of Georgia, and on the National Registry of Historical Sites.  It’s a beautiful venue. Frost/Nixon will perform in a limited run from Jan. 26 through Feb. 4th, 2012.

In October, David appears as The Actor inThe Woman in Black, directed by Warner Crocker, at Wayside Theatre, in Middletown, Virginia. The show is a terrifying ghost story in which two men confront the malevolent spirit who strikes at the living out of grief that doesn’t end with her death. The cast is made up entirely of two actors and David plays multiple parts.

The show runs October 8th through November 5, 2011.

Neal A. Corl writes on his blog, Finding Fellini, that:

“Work was scheduled for this weekend for DW. I received a progress report tonight. Good news – almost all of the music has been mixed and synced. My immediate reaction: good thing we waited almost a year to do two days worth of work! Oh well. It’s moving forward; that’s the important thing. We’ll do another review this weekend and then after a few tweaks it will be ready to be color corrected. That should take another week or two. The deadline for the Bend Film Fest is May 15th. We’re aiming for that. Seems more than likely. Which is very exciting.”

David stars in DangerousWriting as Ezra Rosen, a once famous writer now seeking to re-invigorate his powers by manipulating the hopes and dreams of a group of young writers, who look to him for answers other than the ones he’s prepared to give.  Dangerous Writing was shot in the Spring of 2007 in the final days before David moved from Portand, Oregon, to Houston, TX, to pursue formal training as an actor.  Budget limitations and life responsibilities made Dangerous Writing a project of love that rarely got the attention it needed over the years between then and now, but one that couldn’t be abandoned, either.  The creators look forward to it’s soon being seen.

David is currently understudying the role of Jim Tyrone Jr. in The Arden Theatre’s production of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece, Moon for the Misbegotten, directed by Matt Pfeiffer.  An understudy run of the show will be scheduled for some time in late January or early February.  Drop David an email if you would like an invitation.

The principle cast in the Arden production is excellent so you should see it even if you don’t see David.

Coming up on September 16th and running through Oct. 2nd is Titus Andronicus, directed by Liam Castellan, at Plays & Players, in Center City, Philadelphia.  David plays the title role in Shakespeare’s early pot boiler and grand guignol tragedy, in which laughter is often unavoidable, not always at intended moments, but in which can also be found some heart-breaking poetry.  More bodies hit the stage in Titus Andronicus than in any other of Shakespeare’s plays.  It’s rarely performed and a wonderful opportunity to hear Shakespeare working out ideas for his later, far more familiar tragedies.

Titus Andronicus,

Plays & Players

1714 Delancey Street,

Philadelphia, PA 19103

(215) 735-0630

Thursday, Sept 16 at 8:00pm, 1st preview
Friday, Sept 17 at 8:00pm, 2nd preview
Friday, Sept 17 at 11:59pm
Saturday, Sept 18 at 8:00pm, OPENING
Sunday, Sept 19 at 4:00pm

Thursday, Sept 23 at 8:00pm
Friday, Sept 24 at 8:00pm
Saturday, Sept 25 at 8:00pm
Sunday, Sept 26 at 4:00pm

Thursday, Sept 30 at 8:00pm
Friday, Oct 1 at 8:00pm
Friday, Oct 1 at 11:59pm
Saturday, Oct 2 at 8:00pm