Murray Never Thought He'd Be An Actor (He was wrong)

I never thought I’d be an actor.

I sort of fell into performing, taking a job as a character server at Celebrations to pay the bills while I trained in another career.  I learned what I knew of acting by watching others and experimenting, got cast after auditioning a few times, and gained a decent amount of performance experience there.  When my original career path didn’t work out for me, I decided I would give a career in acting a shot. Unfortunately, I had little to no formal training, and even less of an idea about the business of acting. 

Luckily, a friend told be about the auditions for PTE@PTE.  I’ve found the training and connections that I made in the program incredibly helpful over the past few years.  

Since the course, I’ve been part of MTC’s regional tour, voiced dozens of characters for cartoons,  and been part of many local independent productions on stage and screen.  Most recently, I was part of a professional production of local playwright Joseph Aragon’s Bloodless, produced and performed a three-city Fringe tour of Daniel MacIvor’s one man show Here Lies Henry, and worked with PTE@PTE alumni Heather Russell and director Deb Patterson  in The Crackwalker.  Coming up, I’ll be working on PTE’s touring show Portage and Munsch under direction from PTE@PTE instructor/director Sharon Bajer.

While this path is a constant learning process, the instruction and support that I received through the school was invaluable in steering the early stages of my acting career.  Confidence, preparation, and the drive to persevere; those tools have and will continue to aid me as I continue to work in the coming years.