Ned Donovan - Ithaca ‘12

Hey everyone,

So on May 2nd, some of the members of the class of 2012 here at Ithaca College Department of Theatre Arts put on a cabaret to raise money for The Dysautonomia Foundation. We filmed the cabaret and I have put up the videos that people involved wanted posted. So there are some gaps as some people preferred to keep themselves YouTube free, however you can see all the posted videos at Ned’s YouTube Page or in the player posted below!

Here is some information on the Dysautonomia Foundation: FamilialDysautonomia (FD) is a rare genetic neurological condition that affects the sensory and autonomic nervous systems, causing severe gastrointestinal,cardiac, pulmonary, orthopedic, renal and ophthalmologic problems. The Dysautonomia Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that supports medical treatment, research, public awareness and social services for the benefit of people afflicted with FD. The Foundation has established the world’s only two FD treatment centers and is the largest single source of funding for research and treatment specifically for the benefit of people with FD. For more information, visit http://www.familialdysautonomia.org/

Performing members of the Class of 2012 were:

Will Boyajian
Sarah Brenner
Danny Bristoll
Ned Donovan
Beth Ellson
John Gardner
Megan Green
Hannah Guillory
Elizabeth Hake
Priya Iyer
Andrew Karl
Bruce Landry
Danny Lindgren
Mary Malaney
Mallory Newbrough
Emily Putnam
Josh Sedelmeyer
Tony Vo

Accompanists were:
Drew Benware (School of Music Faculty)
Katie Peters (Class of 2012)

Here’s the player! Enjoy!

Hey everyone,

So the contest has closed to new video submissions, and now all of us who have entered have to wait the week to see the outcome. I thought I’d post a large post now that links everyone’s videos so there’s a nice centralized place to watch all the videos in this contest. Some of them are really quite fantastic, and it’s nice for everyone to get exposure to a new group of people. I’ve been talking a lot with the creators of some of these episodes, and some pretty big The Hunted plans are in the works. I can’t talk a lot about them because we want it to be a surprise when it happens, but I think everyone will be really happy with the outcome. The Hunted is starting take off for lots of people so be sure to look for more new episodes in the next year or so.

Anyways I’ll start with our player with our three episodes. If you’ve watched them already, feel free to give them another look, or if you just want to see what everyone else is doing, feel free to scroll down past this player and look at it.

Hey everyone,

Since my encounter with the vampires (see The Hunted: Expulsion) I have been unbelievably busy.  We’ve begun mask work in movement class with Norm Johnson and we’re building our own masks this week.  This is an incredible experience, but very time consuming and frustrating.  My mask is almost done, I’m on to the painting stage, and hopefully it turns out well.  Other classes are going well, this is the first time in my college career where all my classes seem to be working in synergy, and things are moving a little easier than they have in the past.

We’ve begun rehearsals for Much Ado About Nothing, and while we’re still in the table read stage, the cast just seems amazing.  I can’t wait to get going.  Everyone seems to work well together (the cast is full of the people I spend my time with anyways) and the reading is hilarious.  It’s very easy to see everyone in their roles, and working with Greg is great.  As I mentioned in an earlier post, I am cast as the Messenger (and I’m understudying the Friar), but I was given the extra role of Lord in Act 5, and I will be Fight Choreographing for the show.

Hey everyone,

I have a story to tell you all, that’s a little scary.  A couple weeks ago, my roommate Max and I were on our way to a film shoot with our friend Mitchell, when I received a phone call.  It was from Mark Bedell, the man I trained with back in Maine.  He informed me that this web series that we had been watching entitled “The Hunted” was actually real, and it was chronicling Bob Chapin’s fight against vampires in L.A.  The vampires had moved from L.A. and spread out all across the country, however, and they came to Maine.  He had fought them, and was calling me to warn me that they knew about me from an article that had been written about Mark and I, and may be coming to get me before I could help Mark.

Needless to say, they came.  Mitchell caught the whole thing on film, thank god, and we in turn have posted it both on this site and on YouTube.  Now I am joining the ranks of vampire slayers across this country.  My friends and are fighting back against them and putting our videos up to make sure that the world knows about this threat.

Hey everyone,

Just a quick post to let you all know that I have a new video up on my YouTube channel, and therefore here on my website.  This one is a performance of “I’m Coming Out of My Shell” from A Year With Frog and Toad.  To see the video simply click here, or click on the “Media” button in the upper right hand corner of the page, followed by the “Videos” subpage.

The video is from the Bonnin Studio Recital on June 28th 2009 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland Maine.  I had hoped to put up a video of myself performing “Streets of Dublin” from A Man of No Importance, but due to both my own error while singing the song, and a camera error involving intermittent sound cutouts as well as focus issues, that one will have to be saved for another day.

Enjoy the videos, and please let me know what you think either by leaving me a comment here on the site, sending me an e-mail using my contact form, or leaving me a comment on the video on Youtube!

~Ned Donovan