Hudsonite lands role on Law & Order
Reserve grad, NYU student to appear May 15
May 8, 2007
We know where the
Kathryn and John Taylor and their daughter Megan, 21, will be gathered around the television, with the DVR running, watching their son and brother, Patrick, perform on NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit show.
"I'm playing a delinquent teenager," said Patrick,
21, who attends
He said the high school-age teen he is portraying gets in trouble with online gambling.
"I got to work with Chris Meloni, Ice-T and a few minutes with Mariska Hargitay," Patrick said.
"They were really, really nice," he said. "It's a professional environment, but they were friendly."
Patrick, a 2003 graduate of
"I plan to live in
Patrick credits his interest in acting to WRA drama teacher Donalee
Ong.
"Everyone benefited from her instruction," he said. "She was
always very encouraging. She always
asked that we be professional. She's so
great, she flew to
"I'm so happy for him," said Ong. "When I saw him in the play last month he was great. He was so centered and so professional. I am so proud of him."
Ong said she cast Patrick in a lead role in her very first production at WRA, Dancing at Lughnasa, by Brian Friel, when he was a sophomore.
"He was awesome," she recalled.
This is the first television role for Patrick, but he has appeared in an
off-Broadway play, in addition to NYU productions.
He said he auditioned for the "SVU" role and was notified an hour later by his agent that he had landed the part.
"I was in class when I got the call," he said. "I went to class right after the audition. I was pretty thrilled."
Kathryn said their entire family also is thrilled. "He's so happy. He's following his dream," she said. "And so far, so good."
The show is slated to air May 15 at 10 p.m. on NBC.
NOTE: Article courtesy of Dorothy Markulis, the