Writing, Directing, Performing, Filmmaking, most athletics, sunrise, Nevada, creativity, Montana, changing the world, saving the world, sticking it to the man (yeah, you especially ... you know who you are!), watching my niece, nephews, and Godkids become ass-kickers!
Music
Rap, Hip-Hop (just say something worth while, shit), R&B, movie soundtracks, gospel, soul, some rock, not that ... but a little of that, old shit ... and when I'm hanging with my brother ... even a little country music will do.
Movies
Jeez, too many to name! But check me out in the David Fincher/Brad Pitt movie, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" now on DVD! Buy it or rent it tonight!!!
Television
MythBusters, yeah!!! Still my nerd homies! Jamie, Adam, Grant, Tory, and Kari are all dorks, but man do they kick the crap out of those other posers!
Books
My mind aches from the daily challenges of reading amazing words from so many amazing minds ... and then having to walk the city streets and deal with everyday shit!
Heroes
J.C. - oh, yeah ... Mom - of course ... Grandma and Grandpa - my namesakes and the protectors of my existence ... my Sister, Brother, Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, Friends, Niece, Nephews, and Godchildren - "... you never know what you're going to get."
Myrton's Details
Status:
Engaged
Here for:
Networking
Orientation:
Straight
Hometown:
Minden, NV
Body type:
6' 5" / Athletic
Ethnicity:
Native American
Religion:
Catholic
Zodiac Sign:
Taurus
Smoke / Drink:
No / No
Children:
Someday
Education:
Grad / professional school
Occupation:
Producer
Myrton's Schools
New York University
New York, NY
Graduated: 2008
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Performance Studies
About me:
I'm a Blackfeet Indian from Browning, Montana! I was once a collegiate athlete, and when those days were over I found performing arts ... as athletes are apt to do ... the need/neurosis for attention. I received a scholarship to a performing arts school in New York City and thought I'd be an actor, but skin color and race are still important, sensitive, and volatile issues here in the good old U.S. of A., so acting hasn't panned out as I thought it might, damn it. I decided to go to the best damn film school in the world (USC - Go Trojans!!!) to learn how to make my own films and television shows, by God. Then I learned that money and social status are even bigger issues here in "The Land of the Free and Home of the Brave", so I haven't directed too many films. I got another graduate degree from New York University and learned that the best part of our country is that no one can shut you up as long as you're smart about it.
Most importantly, however, I do believe in God ... so kiss my butt ... and I do believe that we're supposed to be good and help each other, even when being good and helping each other means pissing off some people!
Thank you to all who came and saw "CARLISLE"! It was an amazing experience. Here are some of the wonderful reactions we've received ...
CARLISLE - REVIEWS
· I thought "Carlisle" was a stimulating adaptation of [Chekhov's] "Three Sisters" to the Native American experience. The personal story lines were seen through the lens of the very particular cultural situation … I would like to see a full production with the additional dances, music, and other materials … I wonder if those "realities" could be more forcefully brought in; not as introduction or at the tail end but as some kind of disruption, an explosion of "Indian" into "Chekhovian" – something that the characters might simply stop and watch, as if from another dimension.
Onwards,
Richard Schechner, Ph.D.
NYU-Tisch Professor of Performance Studies
Editor, "The Drama Review"
Founder, The Performance Group at the Garage Theatre
· My NYU colleague, his wife, and I saw 'Carlisle' last evening and we recommend it highly. It wasn't initially obvious to me how [Anton] Chekhov's 'Three Sisters' could tell the complex story of the Indian Schools, but Myrton Running Wolf's script ingeniously creates a compellingly and disturbingly plausible account of how that period might have played against the universal vulnerabilities of family and the psyche in general. It is a work-in-progress, some lines still read, but the actors reflect New York's always astonishing talent pool, and the staging, with a touch of 'Our Town', deftly defies the spare facilities. It is a story told with wit and intelligence by a Native author whose voice, as he points out, is one we should be listening to.
Enthusiastically,
T. James Matthews, Ph.D.
NYU Assoc. Dean, Grad. School of Arts & Science
Coordinator of the Native People's Forum at NYU
Professor of Psychology and Neural Science
· Dear Myrton,
It was a pleasure to meet you and to see your wonderful production … We would be honored to have you as our guest speaker at our upcoming Salon as part of our production of Adam Hunault's The Ghost Dancers, which is part of our current season about occupation at the Sanford Meisner Theater.
Maria Schirmer
Education Director
Stone Soup Theatre Arts, NYC
· Congratulations on Carlisle! I saw it Saturday at La MaMa and was impressed with all the work … Please convey my congratulations to all involved for their great work.
Karen Oughtred
Artistic Director
Australian Aboriginal Theatre Initiative
· Congratulations! Terrific job on adapting the play; I loved the visuals and music. The director had a real understanding of the script and staged it well … let me not forget the actors. Excellent job on their part. I am very impressed with it all. You are in a position to be heard and quit frankly, its very time appropriate … Venetia Reese, [one-time] casting director at the Public [Theatre, NYC] attended with me and really liked the show.
Kim Snyder
New York based Lakota playwright
Documentary filmmaker
· Congratulations, Myrton. It's a hit!
Steve Elm
Editor, "Talking Stick: Native Arts Quarterly"
The American Indian Community House, NYC, Performing Arts Department
· I was honored to attend Myrton Running Wolf's play "Carlisle" at La MaMa ETC. Myrton's multi-media performance shared how the First Nations students at Carlisle struggled to see their indigenous past and how they were tortured by the assimilationist ways dreamt up by Army Lt. [Richard Henry] Pratt who said: "Kill the Indian and save the MAN."
Matthew Bessell, LCSW
Extended Care Social Worker
EEO LGBT Group Chairperson
Who I'd like to meet: J.C. - you know! ... M.L.K. Jr. - yes ... Malcolm - definitely ... Joseph - probably all the ones you can think of and a few more ... Tecumseh - Damn, man! ... my Grandmother and Great Grandmother - again ... my Grandfather - face to face, finally ... and ... your mom! :o)
THAT AUSTRALIAN CLIP YOU GOT SOUNDS GOOD BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A SPEECH THY GIVE JUST BEFORE THY BRAKE OUT DA SMALL POX BLANKETS BUT MOST LIKELY THY ARE GONNA BE NICE 2 THE ABORIGINES THAT LIVE IN THERE SQUARE HOMES AN THY WILL GIVE THEM GOV. MONEY SO THY CAN SCHOOL THEM IN 2 WANTING 2 LIVE IN THERE SQUARE LIvES AN THE PRUFf THY WORSHIP THE SQUARE IS THAT IF YOU DONT STAY IN THERE SQUAIR WORLD THY WILL TELL YOU YOU"LL WILL FALL OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD 4 THY SEE THERE WORLD AS SQUARE THE SAME AN I SEE THE WORD OF ROUND AN ID LOVE 2 SEE PEOPLE RETURN 2 ROUND LIVING 4 I HAVE SEEN THE SPIRITUAL DIFFERENCE < WELL YOU KEEP SPREADING DA GOOD WORLD NEWS BROTHER
THE FIRST SHOT I GOT THE STRING 2 THE ARM AN IT SWOLLEN AN INCH HIGH AN 5 "" LONG I DIDN'T REALIZE IT TILL I SHOT 4 ARROWS LATER (LOL) my arms back 2 normal now but still painful
hey myrton, good to hear from you! long time man. we were in nyc for the last couple of yrs. good to be back in cali. for sure keep us in the loop on things bro! blessings, johnny
Awesome seeing you in Benjamin Button...one of my new favs! Wishing you a fabulous weekend! Thank you for your friendship, support and comments, all are truly appreciated:)
Cocktails.... That used to be the sound I would listen for on the casino floor. It's Reno baby you know how we do it or should I say how we used to do it, LOL. M.
Myrt, Just stopping by to Say Hi and seeing what your up to. Arizona is cool and breezy today. Enjoying the Coolness. It gets to about 120 in the hottest part of summer here. Much Love, Julie N Jake
I use to think you were awesome!!!!! Ahhh who am I kidding....I always thought you were great even if you disappeared and never wrote to say you were alive or see how the hell I'm doing lol. Miss you hef! Whats good out west?
I've got a screening of an experimental film I made, today from 4 to 6 at the NYC NMAI museum. I brought 7 guys my my rez to come and be part of the screening! It's been really fun!
