The life & times of an actor/theatre educator in the city of Tucson.
My teaching colleagues and I lunched at the historic Arizona Inn. Bette Davis and other celebrities of her time stayed here to escape the glare of Hollywood...
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Ben Gonio has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University. He attended the Moscow Art Theatre Exchange Program. A certified Stage Combatant (emphasis in Unarmed, Rapier & Dagger, Broadsword, and Quarterstaff) He has an M.F.A. in Acting at the University of Washington. Ben is a teaching artist and has taught at University of Arizona, The University Of Washington, as well as Northwest Actors Studio. Ben studied under regional theatre luminaries Jon Jory, Peter Brosius, Mladen Kiselov, Joe Dowling, Julian Patrick,Marsha Mason Andrei Droznin, Anatoly Smeliansky and Bob Parks. Ben has worked with stage director Mark Weill, playwrights Naomi Iizuka and Kevin Kling. He has also acted with stage notables such as Hinton Battle, Sab Shimono, and Patti Coheneur. Credits include film, television, and commercials. He continues to work for regional theatre companies such, Tony Award winning Minneapolis Children's Theatre, Houston's Arena Theatre, Sierra Repertory Theatre, Guthrie Theatre and local Seattle companies including Seattle Repertory Theatre, 5th Ave. Theatre, ACT Theatre, Empty Space Theatre, Village Theatre, and Alice B. Theatre. Proud member of SAG/AFTRA/AEA.
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(Ben imagines himself escaping the glare of Hollywood...)
Ben: Cabana boy! Bring me hot water with lemon!
Cabana boy: ...yes...
The Ghost of Bette Davis: Ben, you need to relaaax, dear boy. Everything at your fingertips, just let it come to you.
Ben: Bitch, I relax on my terms! You've been dead for twenty years and Joan Crawford made a better legend! What have you got? That Kim Carnes song?!
TGOBD: You're a cad. Bill Holden used to finger-bang me under that palm just there...
Ben: Spare me the details. If you were alive today you'd be reduced to the dead grandma role in splatter movies. Why do you haunt me so?!
Cabana boy: ...your lemon water... sir... (wiggling)
Ben: I'll show you how to be a proper cabana boy. Langorous, that's the key word. Where's the oil?
TGOBD: ...filthy man.
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