Michael Venske

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 [...]

It’s been a while, I know. But I’ve been absent for a few good reasons… My computer monitor is no longer working. I booked and shot a commercial for Cox Communications through Meredith, one of my agents. I shot “Forty Grand.” A week later I was called in for ADR (Additional Dialogue Recording) for “Forty [...]

This morning, Chris Knutson and I had an interview with Dylan Thomas of the Southwest Journal. What a great way to start a Tuesday! What was the interview for? The sketch show that Chris and I are producing (originally mentioned here): The Weekly: Yesterday’s News Today! Here’s all the information you need… LOCAL COMICS PRESENT [...]