Michael Venske

Michael shares his next adventure…!

REHEARSALS GREET “BYE BYE LIVER: THE TWIN CITIES DRINKING PLAY!” Rehearsals have officially begun for the Actors Theater of Minnesota Twin Cities’ premeir of the hit interactive booze-centric sketch comedy show, “Bye Bye Liver: The Twin Cities Drinking Play!” “Bye Bye Liver: The Twin Cities Drinking Play” opens June 12th at Hennepin Stages downtown Minneapolis [...]

A few years ago, I took an audition class offered by Cheryl Moore Brinkley.  One of the nuggets of awesome I learned in the class was to maintain an “audition journal.”  The following is is what I entered into my journal after an audition for a sketch comedy show (“It’s Outta Here”) last night: Audition [...]

For the past month I’ve been working on a new sketch comedy show that premiere’s next week at Bedlam Theatre. Phillip Andrew Bennet Low sat down with the producer’s of Panda Sandwich Sketch Comedy, Questionable Company Theater, and answered some important questions here. For more information and to order tickets, click here! Hope to see [...]

(photo by michele manske) During the first three weekends of this past June, I co-produced, co-wrote, co-directed, co-starred, and co-mingled in “The Weekly: Yesterday’s News Today.” In early February, Minneapolis playwright / producer / comedian Chris Knutson and his girlfriend saw my performance in “The Two Gentlemen of Verona.” After the show we met at [...]