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On opening night fear had ambushed me like a predatory animal, manifesting as dry mouth that almost prevented me from speaking my lines. I knew it could happen again.
Health Canada Warning, Scrotal Origami, and Great Directing
I want to know what a director wants to see me do in a scene but not tell me how to do it.
A Grave Need for Empathy
I’ve often found myself thinking about how playwriting might actually be similar to funeral direction.
Doug Ford, Back-to-School Pictures, and My Hearing
Whenever someone starts following me on Instagram and likes a picture, I automatically wonder why they didn’t like all the other ones. #needyactor
Spotlight: Tom Rooney
When Tom steps on stage, the atmosphere in the theatre changes. It’s palpable.
Netflix Messages, Dental Issues, and Bad Blood
If I HAD to be a tall handsome Jew, I’d be Ari Cohen. But Jeff Goldblum would be a very, very close runner up.
Here Are All the Directors for Factory Theatre’s Upcoming Season
Factory Theatre has announced the six directors who will be working on their upcoming 2017–18 season.
Masculinity and Shakespearean Fuckboys
Demetrius is an entitled, possessive, insensitive womanizer who holds a position of power in a man’s world. He takes advantage of the male-dominated society in which he lives, and, in the end, he wins.
Ella’s Return, Self-Tapes, and the Sears Ontario Drama Festival
When I was younger and painting a house and took my shirt off, I would kind of fake apologize to draw attention to it. Now I just sincerely apologize because it’s the right thing to do.
In Conversation: Yvette Nolan
“I think everyone is afraid.”
“So You Think You’re A Badass” Workshop, Game of Thrones, and Tina Fey’s Cake Skit
I think Cary Grant was way ahead of his time as an actor and was doing something Brando usually gets almost all the credit for in terms of naturalism on screen.
Casting Announcement: Asking For It
We have the exclusive casting information for Ellie Moon’s Asking For It, a Nightwood Theatre, Crow’s Theatre, and Necessary Angel production.
Making a Feminist Show
Contemporary feminism is as complex, as diverse, as rich, and as paradoxical as are the humans who practise it.
Charlottesville, My Circumcision, and Taste of the Danforth
I find the 1979 Steve Martin classic comedy The Jerk is one of those movies that really stands the test of time… provided you stopped watching it in 1982.
Casting Announcement: Theatre Inamorata’s Gray
We have the exclusive on Theatre Inamorata’s casting for their fall production of Gray.
Transition and Artistic Burnout: Haley McGee Talks with Brendan McMurtry-Howlett
“I might not be able to handle it. I might go crazy and run naked down the 401 or something. But I think it’s about trying to just be open to not knowing what will happen next.”
Mood Rings, Superhero Movies, and Sam Shepard
I won’t ever forget the first legitimate performance I gave as an actor.