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Casting Announcement: School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play |
The part I auditioned for last week was so small that I learned my lines for it while I was slating.
What I Wish I’d Known: Michael Healey
I was a better artist once I got on the drugs and the chat.
Cues, Math, and Canadian Actor Daydreams
The wonderful actor/teacher and friend/house painter, Jeff Clarke, recently told me he had a daydream where he was sitting in a laundromat watching all of his painting tarps going around in the dryer. #AttainableCanadianActorDaydreams
My Family’s Story
The piece tells the story of how this played out for us, but it is not a unique event.
A Quiet Place, Spicy Food Solutions, and Growing Up
Sometimes it really comes in handy to be the greatest actor ever born.
Spotlight: Mike Ross
“It’s got to be words first, ’what’s being said here?’ Setting other people’s words to music is what I’ve always done, and this is the apex of that”
The Most Popular Intermission Articles of 2018
Here are the most-read articles on Intermission in 2018.
Best of Nappoholics Anonymous 2018
Revisit Tony Nappo’s best musings about 2018, acting, politics, getting older, and more.
Christmas Movies, My Dad’s on Facebook, and Ella’s Boyfriend
My dad joined Facebook this year, and he can’t spell shit, but that doesn’t stop him from making himself heard…
A Star is Born, Little Italy, and Budapest, Missouri
I finally saw A Star is Born. It was so barely even a movie that it made Showgirls seem like Cabaret.
The Phoenix and the Fire
As if I’d been sucked through the phone and appeared on the other end of the line, I could see an abstraction of the house against a blue sky with its windows ablaze.
Newfoundland, Nicolas Cage, and Saying Hi to the Audience
This is just a guess but I think the most commonly used phrase in Hollywood between 1997 and 2018 was probably: “I’ve got a really terrible idea for a movie. Get me Nicolas Cage on the line!”
Forgetting the Fear
I used to isolate myself backstage and cry after we performed for our first audiences. The energy they brought into the room utterly rocked me.
Cantonese, Culture, and Being ‘Canadian’
It had been so long since I had heard Cantonese spoken in performance and media. I had forgotten how wonderful it was to hear your own language on stage.
Paving the Way for Change in Our Churches
Systems of oppression and imbalance between men and women have been built, reinforced, and codified through some of our primary foundations of faith.
Tweets, Muscle Memory, and Selfies
- The one big benefit to letting your mistakes be fuel for your actions and choices is that there is little to no chance of ever running out of it.
To the Theatre School Graduates of 2019
Two years ago, a very scared, small, worn down version of myself sobbed in a bathroom stall. This was after I’d performed in, what I was told, one of the biggest opportunities of my young (not yet even started) career.