“I can be forty,” I say to myself while furrowing my eyebrows in my bathroom mirror. I don’t stop creasing my forehead and repeating my four word mantra as I drive to the Warehouse district of Minneapolis. It’s only when I walk into the casting director’s waiting room that I stop the creasing. Quickly I …
By Claude Peck, January 28, 2010 An indie actor in this town has a tough life — living from small paycheck to small paycheck,auditioning, waiting for good parts, praying for a big break.For Paul Cram, who has appeared at the Guthrie (“Edgardo Mine”), small Twin Cities theaters (“Everywhere, Signs Fall” at Gremlin) and …
Article: Chicago’s Screen Magazine. 1. Get Contracts Signed Before the First Day of Filming. Besides legal protection, contracts spell out your on-set expectations of the cast and crew. Actor’s contracts are available to download on sites like SagIndie. Not only will you look like a pro with these, but if you opt to follow SAG guidelines you’ll …
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Rated R, Action, Runtime 1 hour 30 min IMDB A CIA assassin attempts to break out of the contract killing business to try to lead a normal life.
Tim Gihring of Minnesota Monthly Magazine had some nice things to say about me and my play in his 62 Reasons to Go Out This Weekend Blog posting: “Meanwhile, keep your eye on a play at the Loading Dock Theatre in St. Paul that’s going on hiatus this weekend but will return next week, May …
movieladiesman04 said in an earlier blog comment… “Paul ought to play Tobin Bell’s son in a movie.”May 25, 2008 12:51 PM -I had to look up Tobin to see if there was a resemblance… do you agree?
Filmed my role of KENNY in the movie “Peacock” with actor Cillian Murphy in a tiny town down past Des Moines, Iowa. While on-set Cillian and I discovered we have the same build as we were trying on zip-up sweaters. It’s rare for me to come across someone that I can toss sweaters to across …
Over coffee in Minneapolis a few weeks back, Josh Leseur interviewed me for an article on www.Minnewood.com. Here’s a clip: “Whenever Paul Cram hops state lines, something interesting happens. No, he doesn’t suddenly find himself hounded by a psychotic truck driver or picking up a supernatural hitchhiker. This isn’t The Twilight Zone, after all, although …
Graydon Royce of the Minneapolis Star Tribune had a few thoughts about the play “Everywhere Signs Fall” that I am in: “Gremlin’s production, directed by Leah Cooper, shoots directly into the angst of Berks’ play with gripping performances by all three actors. Maloney possesses such an easy surety to whatever emotion she is portraying — …
Feels like I’ve been hammering away for a long time at learning my lines for the play “Everywhere Signs Fall.”I’ve chatted with the actors and realize I am not the only one doing double time to get a grasp of the text. It is beautifully written, the cadence is great, but therein lies a little …