HomeHomehttp://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2012-01-11T19:42:16ZSquarespace2012 Starts with a Bang!http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2012/1/11/2012-starts-with-a-bang.htmlRebecca Metz2012-01-11T19:38:33Z2012-01-11T19:38:33ZI'm happy to report that I booked my first audition of 2012 - a role on Southland. There will be some tears and a gunshot, and that's all I'm saying.

It's a great show, and this episode will be directed by Allison Anders, whose work I've admired for years - so I'm extra excited.

More info to come!

 

]]>Happy New Year (& New DVD Releases!)http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2012/1/3/happy-new-year-new-dvd-releases.htmlRebecca Metz2012-01-03T22:58:34Z2012-01-03T22:58:34ZHappy 2012 everyone!

It sounds like a lot of people were happy to see 2011 go - but don't we always feel that way? 

For yours truly, 2011 was a big year. I got married, worked with Timothy Olyphant, performed for sold-out houses at the Kirk Douglas Theatre, and spent 2 weeks in South Africa. So you won't hear me complaining. Just a hearty, "MORE PLEASE!" for 2012.

Speaking of my Justified co-star, Season 2 comes out today on DVD and BluRay. If you don't watch it for me, watch it for Margo Martindale's Emmy-winning and totally incredible season-long performance. Some of the best acting tv has seen in a long time, I say.

I hope you and yours had a fantastic holiday season, and that you're as happy as I am to take the lights down and get back to business!

]]>Come See Me on Stage...http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/10/30/come-see-me-on-stage.htmlRebecca Metz2011-10-30T21:05:01Z2011-10-30T21:05:01ZSyzygy Theatre Group and The LA Writer's Center
present... 

a developmental reading of

Delicate Blossoms
by Jennifer Kenyon

 

directed by Che’Rae Adams

with
Sabrina Bernasconi
Heather Fox
Charley Knapp
Di Koob
Shawn MacAuley
Rebecca Metz
Jennifer Pennington
John Schumacher
Bart Tangredi
Mark Thomson
Alisa Tangredi Wilson

DATE: Saturday, November 5th, 2011
TIME: 2:00 p.m.

LOCATION: The Son of Semele Ensemble
3301 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90004

Luscious Demeter dotes on her daughter, the untried but true Persephone. Demeter instructs her precious flower in the family business - Fertility, Fecundity and Fruitfulness - while keeping her favorite creation close and safe. Persephone, however, is desperate to leave the nest. To demonstrate her budding independence, Persephone runs away and takes up with her mother's nemesis, the Lord of the Underworld. Naturally, Demeter tries to get her baby back from the dark side, but finds no help. As Persephone gestates in the belly of the Underworld, Demeter’s self-imposed death march threatens the survival of humankind and sparks a war amongst the Immortals. (This is a super sexy neo-feminist update of the ancient Greek myth – no classical education required.)

READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
This reading will be followed by discussion with and feedback for the playwright.
Please stay and share your thoughts.

 

]]>I'm in your TV... twice!http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/10/3/im-in-your-tv-twice.htmlRebecca Metz2011-10-03T23:50:01Z2011-10-03T23:50:01ZYay reruns!

 

Scrubs - 10/7 @ 9pm on TVLand

I run a kennel... But not for animals. It's an idea they'd been holding on to for several seasons, and I got the offer without an audition. Love those!

 

Gilmore Girls - 10/9 @ 11am on ABC Family

One of the few shows that would being back actors to play different characters. This was my first appearance - I showed up again two seasons later as Ann the Gilmore's Accountant, opposite it-girl Melissa McCarthy.

 

Happy watching!

]]>Bravos all aroundhttp://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/9/20/bravos-all-around.htmlRebecca Metz2011-09-20T18:21:12Z2011-09-20T18:21:12ZThanks to everyone who came to see The Behavior of Broadus at The Kirk Douglas Theatre!

Saturday's reading sold out so quickly, a Sunday performance was added - and that nearly sold out as well. The Kirk Douglas has never sold out a reading before, and the feedback has been glowing, so we're feeling pretty proud and excited about the future of the show. 

Since I was on stage Sunday evening, I avoided all news coverage until yesterday afternoon, when I finally got to curl up and watch the Emmys. I have to say, I have never been more thrilled with the winners! Melissa McCarthy, Barry Pepper, AND Margo Martindale? SO glad to see character actors getting their due!

As far as I'm concerned, it all bodes well for a great fall season. Onwards and upwards!

]]>Come See Me at the Kirk Douglas!http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/8/29/come-see-me-at-the-kirk-douglas.htmlRebecca Metz2011-08-29T23:15:19Z2011-08-29T23:15:19ZI am thrilled to report that I'll be performing in a one-night-only staged reading of a new play by Burglars of Hamm, commissioned by Center Theater Group, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre on Saturday, September 17th.

 

 

For details and tickets, click on the image above or visit http://www.centertheatregroup.org/theatres/douglas/ .

]]>Is that a bag on your head, or are you just a masochist?http://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/8/23/is-that-a-bag-on-your-head-or-are-you-just-a-masochist.htmlRebecca Metz2011-08-23T20:17:22Z2011-08-23T20:17:22ZThat's a long way of saying that the Nip/Tuck episode that started all is re-airing this week!

Watch 'Abby Mays' on 8/26 at 10pm on Logo.

Unless you're related to me. It tends to traumatize those people.

]]>The King of Queenshttp://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/8/16/the-king-of-queens.htmlRebecca Metz2011-08-16T18:08:56Z2011-08-16T18:08:56ZBoth of my parents are from Queens, so this role was a match made in heaven. Or Bayside.

And what's this? A rerun during normal waking hours? 

Yep, tonight at 6:30 on TBS, I'll be on The King of Queens.

They gave me a mug with a note thanking me for my great comic timing. Which made me think every show gives presents. Which is not true.

]]>Without a Tracehttp://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/7/26/without-a-trace.htmlRebecca Metz2011-07-26T18:39:09Z2011-07-26T18:39:09ZNeed something to do this Sunday at 1:30am? Catch me on Without a Trace (ep. 'White Balance') on CBS!

 

 

 

 

 

 



]]>Melissa McCarthy and Mehttp://www.rebeccametz.com/home/2011/7/23/melissa-mccarthy-and-me.htmlRebecca Metz2011-07-23T18:30:29Z2011-07-23T18:30:29ZLong, long ago, there was a show called Gilmore Girls. I got to be on it - twice, actually. As two different characters, which most shows don't allow. Once as a breast-feeding mother, and once as Accountant Ann.

You can now see the latter, as well as scenes from Scrubs and The King of Queens, in my Comedy Reel on the video page.

 

Enjoy!

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