{"id":12503,"date":"2011-07-06T17:43:44","date_gmt":"2011-07-06T21:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12503"},"modified":"2011-07-06T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-07-06T21:43:44","slug":"sleepaway-camp-star-jonathan-tiersten-is-back-with-two-new-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=12503","title":{"rendered":"Sleepaway Camp star Jonathan Tiersten is back with two new movies!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Two decades after Jonathan Tiersten seemingly vanished into thin air, the man behind one of the most popular characters in slasher film history is roaring back onto the screen in two highly-anticipated independent films later this year.<\/p>\n

Co-directed by Kris Hulbert and Randy Kent and starring John Philbin, Andrea Wahl, Felissa Rose, and Chris Raab, as well as Tiersten, The Perfect House is a three-part horror anthology about the previous occupants of a young couple\u2019s dream home\u2014with each nightmarish story ending with the brutal escape of a single character. In it, Tiersten plays an unstoppable maniacal killer with a sly sense of humor who enjoys terrorizing his victims. \u201cJohn Doesy is an insane sociopath who sees himself as a performance artist. My wife saw a clip of The Perfect House and said, \u2018You are absolutely terrifying in that role,\u2019\u201d says Tiersten with a laugh.<\/p>\n

In the psychological thriller, Redemption, Tiersten plays a predator who pimps underage girls he recruits through social media. \u201cMy role concludes with an amazing choreographed chase and fight scene that took two nights to shoot. I was bruised and battered, but I would love to continue to do my own stunts,\u201d he says. Rumored to debut at the next Tribeca Film Festival, Redemption was directed by Tim Martin Crouse, who teaches acting at The Strasberg School and Tisch School of The Arts. The film stars George Loros (Raymond \u201cBuffalo Ray\u201d Curto in HBO\u2019s The Sopranos), Meredith Ostrum and Barry Primus.<\/p>\n

And then there\u2019s his critically-acclaimed new EP, We\u2019ll See (Edward Records), which has been called \u201can earthy blend of roots rock, folk-rock and adult alternative pop-rock that is at once contemporary and timeless.\u201d The CD was added to ALL ACCESS Music Group\u2019s \u201cAAA \u201cCool New Music\u2019s\u201d list by former Billboard executive John Schoenberger and named Goldmine Magazine\u2019s Pick Of The Week. Among other praise, AOL City\u2019s Best says Tiersten is \u201cthe kind of artist who can seamlessly move from grungy rock to folksy reflection, and does so appealingly.\u201d Shakefire.com rated the EP \u201csimply amazing\u2026.If you\u2019re into artists like Van Morrison, Cat Stevens, or in some ways Jeff Buckley, chances are you\u2019ll enjoy this album. Definitely worth checking out if you\u2019ve had enough with the cookie cutter music that you hear on the radio day in and day out. Grade: A.\u201d Mike Abrams of Sirius XM noted: \u201cNothing beats JT\u2019s work… It is so good to hear QUALITY music from an artist. … Nothing scary about it.\u201d The Rocky Mountain News wrote: \u201cIf you haven\u2019t heard Jonathan Tiersten sing, you\u2019re only cheating yourself.\u201d Dan Herman at Radio Crystal Blue recently awarded it \u201cDebut of the week.\u201d The single Vertigo has been getting regular airplay on both NPR and AAA stations nationally. And the first song on the album, In The Air, is also the theme song for The Perfect House.<\/p>\n

So why the long hiatus from acting? Following the success of Sleepaway Camp, Tiersten was accepted into NYU\u2019s elite acting program and spent the next four years training under some of the world\u2019s living legends in the field. (The program was so intense, however, that out of 125 students in his freshman class, Tiersten was one of only 20 who graduated.) At the same time, he supported himself through commercials and a co-starring role in the Emmy-winning ABC After-School Special, \u201cSeasonal Differences,\u201d starring Uta Hagen, Melba Moore, Gabrielle Carteris and Frank Whaley. He also appeared in several episodes of \u201cAnother World.\u201d<\/p>\n

They came four years of chasing roles to try to make a living. \u201cI lived in squalor in Elizabeth, New Jersey, because I could take a train right into the city. I spent weeks, literally, just walking from midtown all the way downtown, stopping in restaurants\u2014asking if they needed help. Because that\u2019s what actors do. And that is a really humiliating experience, because you think to yourself, \u2018Well, how am I going to get an acting job when I can\u2019t even get a restaurant job?\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Tiersten made his presence felt on the Greenwich Village folk-rock\/roots rock circuit as one-half of the acoustic duo The Magic Box. Then came the opportunity to play a gig in Ft. Collins, Colorado. \u201c I fell in love with the place. It was just totally different. I had always lived in cities.\u201d Over the years, he opened a beer bar\/live music venue called The Mountain Tap Tavern, which attracted its share of well known artists (including Dishwalla, David Gray and Victor Wooten), but ended up selling it to devote more time to his own music. His contributions to the Colorado music scene have included everything from solo performances to AC\/DC and Black Sabbath cover bands to the alternative rock outfit Bambi\u2019s Apartment (which he co-led with guitarist\/singer Micah Stone). Tiersten (whose first solo album, Heaven, was released in 1998) also has been a member of the alternative funk-rock band Gaphiltaphunk, and currently leads the band TEN TIERS, whose debut album, Don\u2019s Club Tavern, Part 1, was released in 2006.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I got back into acting,\u201d he says, \u201cI realized how much that was an itch that needed to be scratched. I\u2019m very passionate about my acting, but I don\u2019t want to be perceived as an actor who became a musician. Music is always on my mind. Music is not what I do. It\u2019s who I am.\u201d<\/p>\n

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