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Jim Parrack has revealed that Ryan Kwanten often plays pranks on his True Blood castmates.

Jim, who plays Hoyt Fortenberry on True Blood joked to People Magazine that:

“I think if Ryan could retire from acting and be a prankster, he would consider it,” he told People.

“He took our cameraman’s car and filled it with ladybugs. He goes all out.”

source: Digitalspy.com

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True Blood’s Jim Parrack and Mike Farrell have been set to star in the first production of The Blank Theatre Company’s 20th anniversary season, the Los Angeles premiere of Terre Haute by Edmund White.

Directed by Kirsten Sanderson, Terre Haute will begin preview performances on Saturday, October 2, 2010 and is set to open on Saturday, October 9 at 8pm. The engagement will run through Sunday, November 14.

Parrack will play the imprisoned bomber opposite Mike Farrell, an alumnus of TV’s “MASH,” who will take on the role of the writer. The production is directed by Kirsten Sanderson, who worked with the Blank on the musical “Little Fish,” starring Alice Ripley.

Fans of HBO’s “True Blood” know actor Jim Parrack for his supporting role as Hoyt Fortenberry, the lumbering, socially awkward love interest of vampirette Jessica Hamby (Deborah Ann Woll). He has also made guest appearances on Monk, ER, CSI, Grey’s Anatomy, Close to Home, NCIS, and Criminal Minds, among others. The True Blood cast is currently in between seasons 3 and 4, which means that the cast has time to expand their acting chops into non-vampire-related territory. For Parrack, the decision was to head back to the stage where he will star in “Terre Haute”.

Mike Farrell is perhaps best known for playing Captain B.J. Hunnicutt on television’s M*A*S*H. During his eight years on the show, he also wrote and directed several episodes, earning him nominations for Director’s Guild and Emmy Awards. More recently on television, Mike played veterinarian Jim Hansen on NBC’s Providence with Melina Kanakaredes.

The regular performance schedule is Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm through November 14. All preview seats are $26; regular performance prices are $26 on Thursday and Sunday, $30 on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are on sale now and may be purchased by calling (323) 661-9827 or online at www.TheBlank.com.

The Blank’s 2nd Stage Theatre is located at 6500 Santa Monica Boulevard (at Wilcox), in Hollywood. Secured valet parking is available.

source: LATimesblogs
source: Los Angeles Broadwayworld.com

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In June, True Blood’s Jim Parrack performed at the iOWest Improv Theater with other True Blood cast members that included Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica) and Michael McMillian (Rev. Newlin).  At that occasion Deborah’s boyfriend EJ Scott, who is also an improv artist, received the Chris Farley award.

On July 18, Jim made a return visit to the iOWest in Hollywood where he performed a skit called “True Blood for Kids”.  The video from this performance is below.

In this installment of the Improv, Jim Parrack visits a school to talk about his show, he’s surprised to find out he’s not addressing high school students but third graders!

TRUE BLOOD FOR KIDS by Andrew Payne – from Top Story! Weekly Episode 61: “There Will Be True Blood”

Starring Jim Parrack (Jim), Melissa Okey (Mrs. Hess), Tammie Smalls (Sue), Tommy Bechtold (Andy), Artemis Pebdani (Beth), Shannon Ayers (Wendy), Phillip Wilburn (Eli), Jim Nieb (Paul), Gregg Lopez (Kyle) and John Abbott (Tanner)

Directed by Michael Hughes

Source: Top Story Weekly

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It sure looks like we are in for some interesting interaction between Hoyt (Jim Parrack) and Sam’s little brother Tommy (Marshall Allman). I can’t wait for Sunday night!

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True Blood’s Jim Parrack (Hoyt) will be a star in the upcoming film, Battle Los Angeles which is do out in 2011.  At the Comic-Con Convention last week, the film was being very agressively advertised as you can see by some of the photos I took below.  The first photos are outside the convention center near the Hard Rock Hotel.  The last photo is inside the exhibition hall.

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Jim Parrack, who plays lovable Hoyt Fortenberry on True Blood guests in Top Story! Weekly this Sunday, June 18 @ 9pm!

This Sunday, July 18, at 9pm, the “Bon Temps” will roll at iO West, when Jim Parrack – Hoyt Fortenberry from HBO’s “True Blood” – guest stars in Top Story! Weekly!!!

Don’t miss Jim as he joins the Top Story! Weekly cast for an all-new show based on the events of the previous seven days – plus special guest comedian Nick Rutherford!!!

You won’t want to miss this very special edition of Top Story! Weekly – if you want to buy your tickets in advance, you can do so here (21 and older only please!).

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Jim Parrack is interviewed in the video below by Young Hollywood about his role of Hoyt in True Blood. Great interview with Jim, but we wish that they had turned down the volume on the music a bit so we could hear Jim’s responses better.

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Jim Parrack joins Sam Trammell and Kristin Bauer at the UK convention Bitten that will be held in Northampton the weekend of August 6 through August 8, 2010.

Check out the Bitten website for more info on this True Blood convention.

I will be attending this event and I am looking forward to meeting you all there!

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Deborah Ann Woll and Jim Parrack and his wife Ciera Parrack attended the 14th Annual Playhouse West Film Festival Opening Gala at El Portal Theatre on June 18, 2010 in North Hollywood.

More photos in the Photo Gallery.

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Last Saturday night, I attended one of the iOWest Festival performances at the iOWest Improv Theater in downtown Hollywood, The performance I attended was the E.J. Scott Improv session where he was awarded the Chris Farley award.  Also at this event were three True Blood cast members, EJ’s girlfriend, Deborah Ann Woll (Jessica), Jim Parrack, (Hoyt) and Michael McMillian (Rev. Newlin).  Before the show I spent some time with Deborah, E.J., Jim and Michael.

You can read my interview with EJ and Deb which is in a separate posting about EJ receiving the Chris Farley award by clicking here.

I separately interviewed Michael and Jim in the upstairs section of the main lobby of the theater and it was a quite casual and friendly time where friends where mingling together before the show.

I first interviewed Michael and in his interview, he hints that Rev. Newlin might be in Season 3 and also tells me about his new comic book, “Lucid“, which can be purchased at your local comic book store.  He instructed to ask for “Lucid #1″ when you go to your local store. You can read more about Michael’s comic book here.  He also talked about his upcoming independent film of “Half Dragon Sanchez” which is currently making the rounds of independent film festivals.

Then, I met with Jim who shared information about his own independent film that he is currently working on and directing, “Post“.  His wife Ciera Parrack plays the lead role and they will continue shooting this summer in Los Angeles. He then spoke about his upcoming film Battle Of Los Angeles.  When asked about True Blood, he mentioned what all of the cast seem to feel, that there is a real appreciation for each other, Deborah shared the same impression with me.  It seems that True Blood is a great ensemble group that cares about each other and works well together. I think it shows in the performances.

Below is the video of these interviews with Michael McMillian and Jim Parrack.

Then, once the show began I got to see EJ and the Improv troup along with the three True Blood cast.

Michael, Jim and Deborah on stage

Here’s a sample of what we saw that night in the videos below:’

It was a great evening and I enjoyed meeting and hangin’ out with all four, EJ, Deborah, Jim and Michael.

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