Geoffrey Arend Paradise Season 2

     This past week as AirCargo Conference took place in Orlando, Florida home of Walt Disney World, the most famous amusement park, our son actor Geoffrey Arend II was pictured as cast member alongside a stellar group of actors at the premiere in Hollywood for the second season of the hit TV series “Paradise”.
     Paradise second season premiers on Monday February 23 on the Hulu Channel, which also happens to be part of Disney.
     Actually, just like most parents, we recall special times and moments fondly in all four of our children’s (now adults) lives.
     And at times, love the coincidences.
     In Geoffrey’s case, thinking Disney this week, drives memory of how his acting in the back of a car for 7 minutes of screen time changed everything,
     After studying at Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts, (think of movie “Fame”) Geoffrey (at age 22) landed a cameo role in Jay Chandrasekhar’s cult movie classic “Super Troopers”.
     Geoffrey’s back seat soliloquy in that movie went viral and created for him an unforgettable character identity with legions of fans.
     Now today, a quarter plus century later, at airports and other public venues even just walking down the street, everyday people now older, remind Geoffrey at age 47 of those screen moments as part of their life experience.
     Geoffrey has starred in more than 100 episodes of "Madam Secretary" that currently airs on Netflix.
     His portfolio includes much stage work, many movies and TV work, including a recent appearance on the Billie Bob Thornton Series, "Goliath".
     At a recent reunion at The Greek Theatre celebrating 20 years of the movie "Garden State" starring Zack Braff and Natalie Portman, Geoffrey reprised his memorable role in the movie, to a standing ovation from the audience of several thousand gathered to celebrate the movie.
     Geoffrey trained at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, New York University Tisch School of the Arts in New York.
     He was featured in The Public Theater's month-long, Central Park Delacorte Theater production of Bertolt Brecht’s anti-war play "Mother Courage & Her Children."
     Geoffrey appeared on stage for every performance of the sold-out epic play as son to Meryl Streep’s Mother Courage role.
     Mother Courage also featured Kevin Kline, Austin Pendleton and others.
Mother Courage was heralded by the The New Yorker Magazine generously all around, saying that Geoffrey, as Swiss Cheese in the play, delivered his craft reminiscent of a young Peter Lorre.
     Seven minutes that began it all in "Super Troopers" is not all it took, but after Geoffrey uttered the words: “I’m freaking out,” life would never quite be the same again.
GDA