Thursday, December 31, 2015

I have wonderful news!

Hello friends,

First, Happy Holidays. And wishing you a fine New Year's Eve. I'm very, very excited to share this with you:

This is formally both your invitation to join, and my announcement to , and in earnest, introduce my new organization, Ben Davis Arts, and my new production concept, Consensus.

You're here because you've met me over recent years, either when I was in college; or when I've worked as an actor or producer; when following my blog, Ben Davis' Acting Journey; or, when you encountered earlier version of this project, ThreeAxis (also called Meteor Company, more recently). Some of you even know it as it is right now. They have gone by many names, but represent the single evolution of my eight year long quest for a creative family to help myself and other actors flourish in the digital age.

Specifically, to reinvent the way the industry makes film and theater so all working actors receive no less than $15/hr.

Consensus will be the means to do this. This is an experimentation phase that will last for at least the next year or two. It is the first of many, many small steps. Learn more here or here. But, like all great artistic projects, it requires a village of special
people like you. Since there's at least THREE HUNDRED of you reading this, believe me when I say this project already has real attention, and continues to grow.


This process runs on your input. Your attendance and feedback WILL make the difference. Your previous support has sustained me. And now, I want to give back to you through the work you helped make possible.


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What does this mean:
1. Ben Davis Acting and the old blog will be shutting down for good in another month or so. The new blog begins next week!
2. Consensus will begin new monthly events in Manhattan and Brooklyn starting in next year! And, next month! You'll be getting more details by next year! I mean, next week!
3. Please subscribe following me online, such as facebook, twitter, and google+, to continue to receive updates.

The most important things you can do:

  1. Attend Consensus.
  2. Share my cause.

This moment feels incredible to have achieved. I am grateful to celebrate it with you here and from afar. Thank you--for just being damned awesome. You'll be hearing from me soon. I mean it.
-Ben

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Ben's 2015 Stage Debut

Hello one and all,

I'm at it again. Back at Theater for a New City to act in Barbara Kahn's newest work: Women of the Wind. Come see some of the lesser known heroes that made the movie it refers to (Gone with the Wind, of course) the iconic picture that it became.

From our event page on facebook, here: "The production runs from February 5-22, 2015, Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Avenue (10th Street), New York, NY."

To reserve tickets: You can call the theater themselves at 212-254-1109 (highly recommended) and pay at the door or they can go to the theater's website and order through Smarttix (pre-pay has a small fee). If you are Industry, and wish to attend, please email me at bendavisacting@gmail.com.

See you there!
-Ben