Oy! where has the time gone? This is long overdue. Though I've had the best of intentions, it's been far too long since I've posted here. Each time I had a moment, something else always seemed to come up and had me dashing off in another direction. In any case, here's what I've been up to.

In early September, I finished up a great run of playing lead roles in two plays at the Repertory East Playhouse. I had a blast, the cast and crew were great and, even better, the audience response was really positive. Of The Real Inspector Hound, one review said: "Kimball and (George) Cummings keep the play-within-a-play grounded with their brilliant comic turns." For Black Comedy, "the play opens on the darkened flat of starving artist, Brindsley Miller (in a knockout performance by Trevor Kimball)." Though I had a great time onstage, I have to admit, it was a very time-consuming and somewhat exhausting commitment. It may be awhile before I do another stage play. For now, I'm looking forward to focusing even more on on-camera work.

This past weekend, I filmed a guest role in a documentary about BET/NPR/PBS host Tavis Smiley. The program is called Keeping the Faith: Tavis Smiley 15th Anniversary and focuses on Tavis' inspiring career. I played a contentious Newsweek reporter interviewing Tavis in a flashback scene. No word yet on when the special will air.

I'll soon be shooting additional pages for the indie film I shot over the summer entitled Xenophobia, directed by Rob Phillips. I play a racist, gun-enthusiast whose family camps out to protect the US/Mexican border after his sister is killed by a drunken illegal immigrant. The additional scenes focus even further on my and my "brother-in-law's characters and I'm looking forward to delving back into that character.

I've just been cast as the star of an indie film called The Fairless Gang by Alex U. Garcia. The film is an "Arrested Development-style" comedy and is really well written. I play a family man who, while trying to lead an honest life, gets drawn into pulling off one last heist with his ex-con Dad and older brother. Filming's scheduled to start in six weeks.

Awhile back, I was cast in an abdominal workout video. My abs are in pretty decent shape but are genetically one of my weaker areas. Heck, getting older hasn't helped either! As part of this project, I have to use a piece of exercise equipment daily, eat a certain diet and attend special workouts. Working out isn't a problem since I exercise daily anyway. However, the classes I have to attend are in Santa Monica which is about an hour from where I live. So, three days a week, I've been hitting the 405 freeway at 5:30am to arrive in Santa Monica for an hour-long aerobic, abdominal workout. I typically arrive back at my house around 9am which usually puts me behind in my schedule for the rest of the day. (Just between you and me, my abs look and feel better but it doesn't look like I'm going to be seeing a six-pack by the end of the 30 day program.)

I'm still working regularly with my acting coach, actress & director Georgia Harrell, as well as studying with actress & director Amy Lyndon via her advanced cold reading class. I recently had a private session with Amy to go over my resume, headshots, postcards and other marketing pieces. It was really helpful -- I was in good shape overall but it's always nice to get feedback from a working pro. I'll be adding some new headshots to the mix as a result.

Aside from all that, I've been auditioning like crazy. One week, I was out on ten auditions and two callbacks. I booked two of those projects and was put on avail for another.

It's great to be busy but man, trying to fit in regular work and family time can be a real struggle. Regardless, I'm going to make an effort to post here more frequently. What's the use of having a blog if you don't post to it!?

Talk to you soon. No really. I really mean it. ;-)
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I always love to hear you're working. And, as exhausting as the plays were, they were exhilerating, right?