around
15 years of age, Kirk was taking frequent 80 minute train rides from
Fairfield County CT to New York City for scattered commercial auditions...came close a helluva lot. Opting for the college experience, Kirk graduated from Lynchburg College in
Virginia with a BA in Communications, business minor,
& baseball major, proudly playing for the
Lynchburg College Hornets!
after college
Kirk jumped back to NYC studying acting, advertising &
screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts where his dad,
Charles I. Jarvis, was teaching video. Irv, at the time, was
producing & directing countless television & news shows at
WPIX 11 as well as commercials, television broadcasts &
beauty pageants worldwide. Irv co-created & directed the
original Christmas Yule Log while at WPIX and produced &
directed the magical children's show, The Magic Garden.
Kirk’s mom
Connie Jarvis, was an accomplished theatrical actress taking
on one lead role after another. She studied & performed
under the direction of acclaimed NYC theatrical director,
Gene Frankel. Sensing Kirk had continued acting ambitions,
Connie suggested that he too study with Gene if his
pursuit of acting was indeed serious in nature.
after
several years of study with Mr. Frankel, Kirk began auditioning
& gathering experience in commercials, stage, film & daytime
television. Kirk has written national TV commercials and
creator of PROSEOGRAPHY poetry, transitioning the
last several years to song lyrics,
Kirk
is currently creating & directing indie projects between NYC
& South Jersey, writing screenplays & producing, writing
& directing The Jershey Devil that he created as
an episodic series proposal; in production...