During the fourth quarter of 2007 Jesse created MeansTeam Productions, a
film/video production company. Some of their work includes an instructional
video for Montefiore Medical Center, a Najee, benefit-concert video, and most
recently a music video of a NYC, public school, 1st-grade choir:
Currently MeansTeam Productions is working on a series that will be available
as a PodCast on iTunes. Stay tuned for more information and updates here.
Jesse Means Online
Projects
MeansTeam Productions
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Jesse will be featured in the DreamWorks Studios film
GHOST TOWN when it premiers in the U.S. on Friday,
September 19, 2008. Make sure you get out there and see it
opening week to get those numbers up!
GHOST TOWN is a romantic comedy staring Téa Leoni,
Greg Kinnear and Ricky Gervais. Jesse will be playing
one of three construction worker ghosts trying to get
something from Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gevais), who has
the ability to see them. (See full plot summary.)
GHOST TOWN is also set for release in Spain, the UK, Russia, Australia,
Germany, France and Spain.
Ghost Town is now available on DVD and BluRay Video.
The new “film noir” musical, Cairo is a Who-Done-It in the Hitchcockian
tradition. Music, Lyrics & Book by: John C. Introcaso.
This reading is Monday, September 22nd at 4PM & Tuesday, September 23rd
at 3PM at the Snapple Theatre; 1627 Broadway (at 50th St.) 3rd Floor
(Please use the 50th Street entrance
June Rachelson-Ospa and David Spaulding - Producers, in association with
Scripts Up! Inc. Directed by Christopher Scott and Music Directed by Eugene
Gwozdz. To RSVP please call 212-946-1155. Not sure if it’s open to public.
In Staged Reading of New Musical
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CAIRO
•June 12, 2009
• MEANS TEAM INCORPORATED
established in the state of New York.
•June 19, 2009
• Means Team Incorporated hired and
adopted its official logo designed by
Hooleeyo’s Logos.
• HOOLEEYO’S LOGOS is now a division
of Means Team Incorporated.
• MeansTeam Productions is now a
division of Means Team Incorporated.
Incorporation, June 2009 of
Means Team Incorporated
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Jesse is Booker T. Washington in Portland
Center Stage production of Ragtime
Book by Terrence McNally
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, and music by Stephen Flaherty
Directed by Chris Colman, on the Main Stage of Portland Center Stage
128 NW Eleventh Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209
September 22 to November 1, 2009
Jesse set to play Zeinvel Shmeckel in SHLEMIEL THE FIRST
Laugh until your sides burst in this unique revival of Robert Brustein’s musical
adaptation of the folktale-based play by Nobel Laureate Isaac Bashevis
Singer. Since its world premiere in Cambridge before sold-out houses in 1994,
Shlemiel the First has delighted audiences in New York (Lincoln Center), San
Francisco (American Conservatory Theatre), Philadelphia, and several cities in
Florida. The naive beadle Shlemiel is sent on a pilgrimage to spread the town
of Chelm’s questionable wisdom to the world only to wind up right where he
began, believing he’s found a second Chelm exactly like the first. Gordon’s
playful and elegant production features fun-loving lyrics by Arnold Weinstein
(Dynamite Tonight and Casino Paradise), set to gorgeous klezmer score that
makes the designation “masterpiece” easy to shout.
Montclair State University, Alexander Kasser Theater
Montclair, New Jersey 07043 | 973-655-4000
January 16 - 24, 2010
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Jesse is Papa Ge in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
original and theatrical Caribbean adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The
Little Mermaid features a Calypso-flavored score by the creators of Seussical
and Ragtime. It’s an enchanting tale for all ages.
Marriott Theatre in Lincolnshire
10 Marriott Dr., Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069 | 847-634-0200
June 30 - August 29, 2010
A CARIBBEAN FAIRY TALE!
Once on this island on a stormy night, as legend tells it, a small
girl cries in fear as the thunder booms. To comfort her a group
of Caribbean peasants tell her the story of Ti Moune, a beautiful
peasant girl who rescues and falls in love with Daniel, a wealthy
boy from the other side of the island. When Daniel is returned
to his people, the fantastical gods who rule the island guide Ti
Moune on a quest to test the strength of her love. This highly
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BLACK THEATER ALLIANCE AWARDS, INC.
hile performing in Chicago in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Jesse’s
performance was nominated for a Black Theater Alliance Award
Jesse is nominated for a BTAA
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Nominated under the category, Best Featured Actor in a Musical or
Revue, Jesse will be returning to Chicago, Monday, October 11 for the
16th Annual BTAA Dinner and Ceremony.
Date: Monday, Oct 11, 2010
Time: 7pm-Dinner, 8pm Awards
Location: The Illinois Institute of Technology Herman Hall Ballroom
3241 South Federal Street
Chicago, IL 60616
Website: http://www.btaawards.org
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York Theatre Mufti Concert
JESSE PLAYS QUENTIN IN “I LOVE MY WIFE”
I LOVE MY WIFE is a dynamic, irreverent look at relationships and
marriage during the sexual revolution of the 1970s. Grappling with the
rapidly shifting spirit of the time, two New Jersey couples consider
merging their marriages in this hilarious hit musical from Broadway’s
1977 season.
Book and Lyrics: Michael Stewart
Music: Cy Coleman
Date: October 22-24, 2010
Location: The York Theatre Company
The Theatre At Saint Peter’s
619 Lexington Ave., New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 935-5824
Website: http://www.yorktheatre.org
JESSE PLAYS JIMMY JAMES IN
“THUNDER AND LIGHTNING”
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING tells the story
of The Storm, a Negro League baseball
team, on the day that Jackie Robinson took
the field for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947,
breaking the color barrier in Major League
sports. A Major League scout has come to
Ralston Stadium, home of The Storm, ready
to sign two players to a contract. The team
owner seems ready to sell any of his players to the Majors. Surprisingly, the scout offers a
contract to the team manager, whose maturity and experience are needed to work with the
newly signed players from the Negro League. As the season opener enters the ninth
inning, the scout plans to sign one more player - either Thunder, the veteran, or Lightning,
the rookie, team rivals competing for the prize of a golden future.
Playwright: Ivan Comer and Taylor Hallman and Tom Ferriter
Director: Tom Ferriter
Dates: Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011 - 7PM
Wednesday, February 23rd, 2011 - 7PM
Location: Baruch Performing Arts Center (NYC)
55 Lexington Avenue (at 25th Street)
Reservations: 212-252-2727
Admission: Free - Donations Accepted
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Means Team wins People’s Telly Award
A HUGE “Thank you” goes out to all of you who visited and voted
for the Means Team Incorporated project that was nominated for a
People’s Telly Award. Your work paid off in the best of ways.
WE WON!!!
The music video, “Glenn Turner - Money (director’s cut)” is now a Bronze Award winner
of the People’s Telly Award thanks to you and others like you who took the time to view,
vote and spread the word.
This award puts Means Team Incorporated in the company of the most respected
advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators and
corporate video departments in the world. Other winners this season include productions
from Cartoon Network Studios, Dick Clark Productions, Disney Consumer Products and
Microsoft User Research. As well as videos produced for Yahoo! and The History
Channel.
If you did not have an opportunity to watch the video starting Glenn Turner, it can still be
viewed on the MeansTeamNY YouTube Channel or the Telly Awards YouTube Channel at:
MeansTeamNY: http://www.yourtube.com/watch?v=UqubQk_bR80
Telly Awards: http://www.youtube.com/tellyawards?x=UqubQk_bR80
Once again -- THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT!
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