stage & screen
Denzil J Meyers
Height: 5’ 10” Weight: 150 Eyes: Brown
Suit: 38R Hair: Some
Multi-ethnic — Asian Indian, Italian, Portuguese, French
FILM acting
“Lucid“, dir. Dean Mermel, 2007— Principal in short
San Francisco STAGE acting:
Twilight Zone Series 5, “Aliens Among Us” — Jerry Seinfeld (Darkroom)
“Galápagos”, novel by K. Vonnegut — 6 roles, including Kilgore Trout (Boxcar)
“History Lesson”, 365 Plays/Days — Clown War Profiteer (10 Red Hen)
Twilight Zone Series 3, “Escape Clause” — Doctor, Prison Guard (Darkroom)
“The Gong Show” — The Unknown Comic (Darkroom)
Twilight Zone Series 2, “Steel” — Paul the Mechanic (Darkroom)
“Emperor Norton: The Musical” — Samuel Tetlow, Butt Riley (Darkroom)
Twilight Zone Series 1 — Rod Serling (Darkroom)
“Clue: The Play” — Motorist, Cop, Jehovah’s Witness, FBI Agent (Darkroom)
Stagecraft
“Zippy the Pinhead: Fun, The Concept” — Writer, Co-director (Darkroom)
“Lovesick, The Cat Allergy Musical” — Director (Darkroom)
Twilight Zone Series 1, “Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?” — Director (Darkroom)
“Outing Wittgenstein” — Director of fully staged reading (CounterPulse)
“The Tempest” — Stage Manager (Ragged Wing Ensemble)
Training & Skills
Impro: Bay Area Theatre Sports; “The Harold”
Clown: Avner (The Eccentric) Eisenberg; “The Red Nose” with Giovanni Fusetti
Movement: Dunham & jazz at Alvin Ailey; Contact Improvisation; Anna Halprin
Story/Screenplay: Robert McKee, Syd Field
Percussion: Brazilian folkloric & samba hand drums, Latin bell & congas
Athletics: Yoga, Gung-fu, ran marathon, multiple sports, tall bike stunts
Hobbies: self-portraits of scary bow-tie wearing clowns, making wine
20 years in US/New York ad and branding agencies: excellent skills in script/text analysis, creative process, and written/verbal communication
Teaching
Adventures in Micro-fiction is a 10-week course in story and improvisational narrative writing, with exercises adapted from Keith Johnstone, informed by Viola Spolin’s approach to coaching creative process, and structured like a Harold. Offered at the Miami Ad School, and as a 3-hour workshop at several conferences.