Brian O’Halloran (a.k.a. – Dante) will be appearing as Jesus in the upcoming, outrageous comedy PANAMA playing at the New Jersey Repertory Company, 179 Broadway in Long Branch. Written by Mike Folie, this world premiere will be performed Thursdays through Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm June 20 through July 28th only! PANAMA is the story of a man who tries to cheat death by searching for the secret of eternal life. This leads him, his wife and two young serial killers on a chaotic, comic road trip, guaranteed to offend everyone. For tickets call 732-229-3166. For additional information visit www.njrep.org.

Given that Dushku has worked with a variety of directors and actors, not to mention her stint on television as Faith, one can’t help but wonder if this was the most improv-oriented project she’s been involved with. “No, Kevin Smith takes the cake,” she replies. This comes as a surprise, given that Smith is supposed to be a notorious stickler not only in terms of dialogue, but also with hardcore rehearsals prior to shooting. “Half my lines on Jay and Silent Bob were given to me in-between the words “roll” and “action.” Exclaims Dushku. “[Smith was like] “Duck Shoot, [his pet name for her] before you throw the thing to Shannon say, ‘B-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b-b.’ And I’m like, ‘What?’ He would give me this whole thing to say. And I’m a good mimic, I have a terrible long-term memory, but I have a really good imitating ability. So he’d be like, ‘Say this, okay? And Action!’ The scene would be going on and all of a sudden I’d get to the point where I spit out the line and I’d hear Kevin just dying laughing. I’d be like, ‘Kevin, you can’t do that dude! I have such a potty mouth.’ The scenes were all full of curses and just really, really crazy stuff. I’m telling you some of those lines came on the moment. Kevin really liked playing that little game with me.”