January 08, 2022

Thinking Outside the Box with Colin Hanlon

22 minutes

Thinking Outside the Box with Colin Hanlon

Today we welcome actor, director, writer and producer Colin Hanlon as our guest. Colin has many years' experience on stage and screen as an actor, and he is currently developing a new exciting project as a writer and producer!

Join us as we talk about:
- Colin's background and current projects [01:01]
- Filming Netflix's Uncoupled - and an upcoming scene with Dan Amboyer, another Story and Horse podcast guest! [4:50]
- An exciting new project underway [6:38]
- The importance of thinking outside the box, making masks with his Mom (Masks by Terry) and how creativity is living [15:22]
- Finding a way to be creative every day [20:12]

Guest Bio: After appearing in numerous commercials, Hanlon began work in the theatre. He has appeared on Broadway as Gordon, Mark, and Roger in Rent, and played Fiyero in the national tour of Wicked. Off-Broadway, gave a Lortel Award nominated performance of Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance and starred as Austin Bennett in I Love You Because. He also appeared in the world premiere of Edges, and played Adam in Colman Domingo's play Dot at The Vineyard Theater, directed by Susan Stroman. In 2015, he starred as Pete in the The 12 at the Denver Center, for which he won a Henry Award.
On screen, he starred as Tim Trull on the web series Submissions Only (2010), which ran for three seasons, The Good Fight (2017), and played Steven on on ABC's Emmy-winning Modern Family (2009). Colin is currently acting in Netflix's upcoming Uncoupled, as well as producing and writing new material.

Connect with Colin:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colinhanlon/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ColinHanlon
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/colin.hanlon.503
(Do not go to a website with Colin Hanlon's name to connect with him - that is not his site)

Masks by Terry: https://www.instagram.com/masksbyterry/?hl=en