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“The Realm Tree” wins two categories of the audio verse awards 2021

“The Realm Tree,” the audio series co-created by Julian, has won two categories of the Audio Verse Awards 2021, the biggest award coalition for online audio series!

The categories won were “Best New Story-Based Production”, and “Best Storyteller” where lead actress and narrator (Madi Tozier) was a winner of the category along with big names such as Will Wheaton and Mara Wilson.

The Realm Tree currently has over 14,000 podcast downloads and an equivalent amount of YouTube views.

Read more about the winners here

“The Realm Tree” launches on youTube and spotify, a new series co-created by Julian

Featuring actors from Avatar The Last Airbender, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, and more, Julian’s new audio series The Realm Tree has finally been released. Along with his co-creator Jamar Thompson, they will continue to facilitate the weekly release of the show’s 30 episodes, while producing bonus content such as cast interviews and creator commentary.

Hermano and Thompson present: The Realm Tree: a story of how fairies get their wings.
Madi Tozier stars as Talia Wick, a fairy climbing the largest tree in the Six Realms to earn her wings and prove herself as a fairy born without magic.

The show’s trailer had over 10,000 views at the time the episode released, and the first episode’s view count is climbing rapidly.

The cover art was created by Trevor Nicholas Fisch (@nerevio on Instagram).

The Realm Tree official trailer made public

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May 25th, 2021

The trailer for Julian’s upcoming audio series The Realm Tree gathered thousands of views across multiple social media platforms in under a day. The YouTube video itself had 10,000 views in 2 weeks.
Julian served as co-creator and co-writer of the series, authoring a 700 page script. Featuring voice actors from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, and more, the show’s release date is set for June 7th, 2021.

making history as the First non-japanese actor to play lead character “Luffy” of hit anime “one piece” at universal studios japan

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June-August 2019

Julian played the lead character Luffy in a stage show based off of the smash hit anime One Piece, a program going strong for over twenty years. Universal Studios Japan has a yearly show based off of the series, and Julian made history as the first non-Japanese actor to portray the quirky young hero.

Julian's first commercial, showing off Sony televisions and the new "jumanji" film

March 21st 2018

Partnering with Sony and the new "Jumanji" film, Julian was featured in a commercial for the first time as a teenager watching the film with his friends. The commercial was aired on Sony's social media pages.

Watch the commercial here

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Improv Performances at the Creek and the Cave alongside UCB teachers

February 20th 2018 and March 12th 2018

Julian performed on two different dates at the Creek and the Cave comedy club in Long Island City for their weekly Kaleidoscope improv performance. On February 20th he performed alongside his 4th level UCB teacher Caroline Fiona Martin, and he returned on March 12th to perform alongside Bridgette Rizkalla, current organizer of Kaleidoscope.

Read more about Kaleidoscope here

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Photoshoot with electric scooter from brand jetson electric

February 20th, 2018

Julian completed his first brand photoshoot partnering with Jetson Electric, a brand prominently featuring electric scooters, hoverboards, bikes, and other personal transportation vehicles. New York photographer Taylor Reyes was behind the shutter as Julian showed off one of their electric scooters.

Visit Jetson Electric's website here

View the photography of Taylor Reyes here

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Graduating from UCB's primary training; advanced study on the horizon

February 18th, 2018

After a show at UCB East, Julian completed UCB 401, the final level of primary improv comedy training at the Upright Citizen's Brigade, even getting a diploma for graduating from the training. He will move on to the Advanced Study program in early April.

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julian reads stage directions for new play, "Little Treasons"

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November 6th, 2017

Little Treasons, a new play by Jack Canfora, premieres as a play reading open to the public. The play tells of a driven NYC lawyer, and how her life is affected after an ex commits suicide. Julian read stage directions for the show for the audience, for the second time in his life and first time since finishing school at New York University. It was an honor to work alongside such established and active members of the New York theatrical community.

Read more about playwright Jack Canfora here

"sONNET 23" makes its way to NewFest NYC

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October 20th, 2017

The short film Julian starred in, "SONNET 23", made its way to NewFest NYC, one of the biggest film festivals for LGBTQ films and filmmakers. Julian attended the screening and talkback for "SONNET 23", alongside his director and close friend Rebecca Shoptaw.

Read about NewFest here

Visit Rebecca Shoptaw's page here

"The Masque of the red death" is adapted into a movement piece at the players theater

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October 19th, 2017

Julian makes his Off-Off-Broadway debut at the Players Theater in Greenwich Village, as a member of the ensemble in an adaptation of "The Masque of The Red Death", Edgar Allan Poe's short story. The classic horror tale tells of nobles who escape a plague by hiding in a lavish secret mansion. However, the embodiment of the disease joins their masked ball to prove that not even the wealthy can escape death. This production was a fifteen minute movement piece for the Boo Festival, hosted at Players, and put up by the Battle Damage Theater Company. Julian played both a peasant watching the illness afflict his town, and one of the nobles who hides, only to die a bloody death to the illness at the show's climax.

Read about the Boo Festival here

Visit the page of Battle Damage Theater

Front of house work begins at the public theater

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October 18th, 2017

After working as an usher at Shakespeare in the Park over the summer, Julian was hired as front of house staff at the Public Theater, their mother location. Championing philosophies of inclusiveness and giving voices to the unheard, the Public has premiered smash hits such as Hamilton and Hair, as well as powerful social statements such as Topdog/Underdog by Suzan-Lori Parks.

Read more about the Public Theater here

"Not Your Heroes" Dungeons and Dragons Podcast Launches

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October 8th, 2017

"Not Your Heroes", a podcast featuring young actors and filmmakers, became available for free download on iTunes. The cast will roleplay the characters they create to fight monsters using the luck of the dice and some creativity, and hopefully save the world in the process. But these adventurers are a little ill suited to being your typical fantasy heroes. Julian plays Vann Finn, a sour teenager with demon blood and magical powers, who might be able to save people if he wasn't so distracted by girls and his superiority complex.

Listen to the podcast here

 

Another Generous Scholarship from UCB

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September 13th, 2017

Julian received his second diversity scholarship from the Upright Citizen's Brigade. This means his fourth level of improv training is just around the corner--with a plan for the advanced study program to follow soon after.

"SONNET 23" breaks 100,000 views on YouTube

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August 26th, 2017

"SONNET 23", the short film inspired by one of Shakespeare's love sonnets, passed 100,000 views on YouTube. Its success is palpable, as it continues to be screened at multiple LGBTQ film festivals across the United States.

Watch the film here

"SONNET 23" screened at Indieworks festival

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June 13th, 2017

"SONNET 23" a short film by Rebecca Shoptaw, was screened at Indieworks NYC. Indieworks is a local film festival showcasing new short films by emerging filmmakers. Shot at Yale University's campus, Julian plays a boy in love with one of his guy friends, as they learn to express themselves to one another despite the hindering insecurity of their own masculinity.

Watch the film here

Read more about Indieworks here

3rd Level UCB Show at UCB East

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March 18th, 2017

Finishing his third level of improv training at the Upright Citizen's Brigade, Julian performed on the UCB East stage for the second time.

UCB 301 Approaches

The Upright Citizen's Brigade aims to support diversity in the world of comedy, by providing scholarships and fellowships to applicants. Julian was the lucky recipient of a diversity scholarship, allowing him to continue to the third level of his improv comedy training at UCB. His third round of classes begins on January 17th, and his 301 class show will be on Saturday, March 18th.

"Twelfth Grade (or whatever)" screened at the 2016 NYC Web Fest

"Twelfth Grade (or whatever)", a webseries based on Shakespeare's Twelfth Night was screened at the 2016 NYC Web Fest at the Peoples Improv Theater in Manhattan. The tale follows Viola Messing (Sarah Taylor), pretending to be a boy named "Sam" to attend an all boys school. Julian Hermano plays Oren Douglas, her clueless, charismatic, flighty roommate, with whom there is undeniable tension. 

Watch episode one here

Read more about the NYC Web Fest here