Michael Venske

On Monday evening I was standing perplexed in front of the jukebox at Lyle’s debating which classic Styx number to close the night with when Matt, a friend of my girlfriend’s, approached.  Matt and I were catching-up when two women approached.  These women were friends with Matt.  They helped me choose the right Styx power-ballad. [...]

There are some auditions you go to and you know you’ve “nailed it.” Then there are the auditions where thirty-seconds into them you know you’ve failed… Yesterday I failed during the audition for

As an improvisational actor that craves being in front of an audience, the opportunity to perform in Rubber Chicken Theater’s Chicken Hat Plays is a golden opportunity. After two flight delays (thanks Frontier Air), I picked up my friend Lauren at 12:30AM Friday morning from the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport. We had seven and a [...]

Last week I scheduled an audition with a production company for a film. The audition was immediately following my Best Buy audition, which may have explained my hurried look. At any rate, I left the Best Buy audition with thirty minutes to get to the other side of northeast for the film audition. I arrived [...]

In February I made this note about being cast as a racist in “God Is Good.” This weekend the film came and went… Here’s the highlights:Shoot Day 1 was a lot of “hurry-up and wait.” That sucked, but what can you do? We didn’t get to film any of my dialogue because…(Can you find the [...]