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Stage Time is a monthly event where actors get the chance to perform in front of a live audience of peers and fans. Monologues, partner scenes, classics or new works.
I am an actor and musician. For the last 25 years or so my career has been dominated by music, gigging locally as well as touring internationally. Last year I was offered a role at the Stratford Festival (Death of a Salesman & Othello). I hadn't acted in years, but my tools were sharp because I am constantly on stage performing. I was up to the challenge.
A director and mentor of mine once told me, “an actor has to act” and he was right. We need to keep our tools sharp. Sitting idle between auditions we get dull. Doing classes or your own vocal warmups helps, but it's not like being on stage. This monthly event gives actors the chance to commit to a performance slot, creating the pressure of accountability to put in the work and prepare a performance.
Writers! Got a scene you want to hear read out loud in front of an audience? See if those jokes really land? or your story makes sense? Here's your chance. Contact me and we'll find a cast to read your work.
Here’s how it works:
1. send me a direct message to book a spot.
2. prepare a monologue or work up a scene with others
3. show up and present it.
4. if you want, invite some friends down to come and see you perform.
Tapestry is great little bar in Kensington Market. We'll pass a hat to collect a PayWhatYouCan cover charge. (and really, if you are a starving actor, don't worry about the cover, just come.)
My goal is for the night and the community to grow month by month. I'd love to see a number of monologues, some partner scenes and maybe we end each night with a reading of some classic scene.
Should make for a nice Tuesday evening in a bar.
for more on Michael Louis Johnson visit https://www.michaellouisjohnson.ca/theatre
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