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John Paul Karliak: The Mistakes Madeline Made
Check out John Paul Karliak in The Mistakes Madeline Made
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John Paul Karliak – Donna/Madonna at The Celebration Theater
Celebration Tuesdays in August Brings Laughs with “Donna/Madonna”
New Comedy by John Paul Karliak Takes Mama-Drama to the next Level
Beginning August 10 at 8:00 p.m., a new comedy about two wildly different women who share a common bond through a son will hit the main stage of Celebration Theatre. “Donna/Madonna” takes mama-drama to a new level as writer and performer John Paul Karliak takes audiences through a life of being raised by a Donna Reed-like mother in Scranton, Pa., but sharing genes with a Madonna-like fashion designer in L.A. Adopted by a doting, delicate Catholic housewife from Scranton, John Paul wants badly to be her perfect son. As he realizes he will never be the ideal local boy, he seeks answers from a very different source: his fashion-writing, married-to-a-British-pop-star birth mother. Through stories, characters and song, audiences will laugh out loud as John Paul fights the battle of nature versus nurture in “Donna/Madonna”. Taking us from his first living room performances to Celebration Theatre, he shows just how strong a mother can be… and when not to impersonate Carol Channing.
Backstage West has given John Paul Karliak, “Gold stars for believability and character commitment.”
WHAT: “Donna/Madonna”
Presented by Celebration Tuesdays and John Paul Karliak
WHEN:
Tuesdays in August, beginning August 10, 2010 at 8:00 PM
(60 min. performance followed by 15 minute talkback)
WHERE: Celebration Theatre, Mainstage
7051 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles
WHO:
Written and Performed by John Paul Karliak
Directed by Tiger Reel and Matthew Craig
Musical Direction by Billy Thompson and DJ ChocliXxX
TICKETS:
$15 general admission Buy tickets here
Watch a video clip from my interview with John Paul Karliak where he talks about his two mothers:
John Paul Karliak – University of Southern California:
Manager of Alumni Relations
WATCH JOHN PAUL KARLIAK TALK ABOUT HIS BEST MOMENT IN LA:
Age: “Between 20 and death.”
John has lived in LA for 8 years, but is originally from Scranton, PA. He has worked at USC for 4 years.
FAVORITE CELEBRITY SIGHTING AT WORK: “Well you see George Lucas every once in a while, but I haven’t actually bumped into him and said hello. Ok, so it wasn’t this job. I used to work grocery delivery before I did this. My favorite person to deliver to was Kevin Smith. He would just reach into his wallet, take however many bills he had and just give them to you. My last delivery he gave me a $90 tip, I bought a bottle of champagne.”
WORST MOMENT IN LA: “When my car exploded. I was driving to a temp job downtown. I had this 1st edition PT Cruiser that used to be my dad’s company car, which became a graduation present. My dad knows nothing about cars, but felt that he could take the engine apart and add a supercharger to it. I’m not saying that’s what caused it to explode, but draw your own conclusions. Anyway, it started to smoke while I was driving to work. I pulled over to the side of the road and called for help. While dialing, the car exploded. Fireball out of the engine, the hood popped off, the tires melted. I wasn’t pulled all the way off the road, so people were swerving out of the way. Luckily, my CD’s didn’t melt. They stank, but they still played.”
WORST AUDITION STORY: “It was for McDonalds and was the first audition my agent sent me on in a year and a half. I walked into the room and everybody was a Latin type. So I picked up the copy and it was entirely in Spanish. I asked the casting director if I was in the right place and she said ‘can you speak Spanish?’ When I told her I couldn’t she said, ‘just futz your way through it.’ The girl next to me instructed me to shout out ‘Big Mac por favor, Quarter Pounder Por Favor.’ Once the audition ended I called my agent and asked what happened. He just laughed and said ‘my bad.’ So I fired him.”
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD HIM IN: Dante’s Inferno: An Animated Epic, A Red Bull Commercial, Tom Clancy’s Endwar (VG), H&R Block radio commercial.
UPCOMING: An AFI short called Little Black Dress
ADVICE FOR PEOPLE MOVING TO LA: “Keep in touch with everyone and thank them. So many people you do random things with move on and do bigger things. It’s about building professional friendships. Also, focus. It’s not enough to just say ‘I want to be an actor.’ What do you want to be on? Do you do Comedy? Drama? Voiceover? Get specific, I spent the first 3 years out here unsure.”
