As we celebrate lots of new things on the Live Arts Theatre horizon, we are highlighting various people who make up the village we like to call the Live Arts Theatre family. This series will focus on the many actors, directors, techies, stage hands, members, and even our regular theatre-goers who make Live Arts Theatre great.
Our next profile is Mike Yow.
Please introduce yourself:
My name (and stage name) is Mike Yow, and I currently reside in the beautiful mountains of Western North Carolina in East Asheville. I work as a professional actor, both stage and film (but primarily the former), which of late hasn’t been particularly prosperous (or safe). This has prompted me to focus more on my secondary life-paths, that of an author, game designer, and teacher.
How long have you been involved in theatre?
On and off since high school (where I was both jock and nerd), but professionally about 13 years.
What brought you to Live Arts?
I got to know Becca and Michael by way of an improv troupe that we all performed within. Good creative peeps, those two!
What is your favorite Live Arts show that you’ve worked on/seen? And Why?
Close call between Greater Tuna and The Importance of Being Earnest, but if my hand is forced, then I’ve gotta to go with the latter. Some crazy shenanigans in that production, including some last-moment miracles, with enough material to teach a two-hour theatre class.
What do you love about Live Arts?
Although I haven’t been directly involved with LAT since moving away from Atlanta these past 5+ years, I still love that most of the key – and awesome – people are involved and that they keep delivering on quality, creative theatre for their community and beyond.
What are you looking forward to?
Like a lot of us, I’m looking forward to our current state-of-things to return to some degree of normalcy so I can get back on the stage in several upcoming productions that have already seen fit to bless me in casting. But it’s a precarious, phased path that, in my opinion, that will need to happen and caution and common sense must prevail. Oh, and being around my fellow humans once again!