Nice things people have said about me on the internet and in the newspaper:
"A Creative force...one of Toronto's improv institutions."
CBC Radio
"...Colin Munch is pushing the boundaries of improvised storytelling..."
Toronto Star
"Munch dials up the awkward and cringe-inducing dialogue to the max, creating an unlikely breakout character that could easily be spun off into another comedy."
"Colin Munch stands out as one of the city's funniest actors."
NOW Magazine - 2016 Artist to Watch
“…the comedy MVP of the (Toronto Fringe) festival”
Torontoist
"The show clearly belongs to director Colin Munch...he rolls with the punches like nobody’s business, never fazed or flummoxed, and is highly adept at pulling off the unique trick of appearing to be very, very serious about extremely, extremely silly things."
Mooney on Theatre
“With True Blue, director Colin Munch is bringing something different to … improv and the effect is thrilling.”
“Munch himself is the other MVP, his dual role as director and performer allowing him to guide the show from within…”
“Colin Munch knows how to leverage his lightheartedness for maximum poignancy when dealing out a moment of terror or desperation”
My Entertainment World
“Colin Munch performs a stellar, choreographed sketch of a YouTube personality that includes one of the funniest Steve Bannon jokes I've heard yet.”
Broadway World*
“Munch does a hilarious job with Pat’s stand-up meltdown, his comic rant turning to rage, revealing a man who’s hit rock bottom,”
“Munch gives Trout an edgy lost boy quality, tempered with a sharp wit, poetic soul and an aura of mystery.”
Life With More Cowbell
*The joke was “Bannon, a man who looks like he’s allergic to himself”
COLIN
Oh hi, didn't see you there!
COLIN sits up straight and pretends he has been working this whole time
COLIN
(shuffling papers into a drawer)
Let me just… clean up a bit… there! So, yes, hello! Welcome to my WFH paradise!
You take a look around the room. It's clear someone works here, but you wouldn't call it a paradise: there doesn't seem to be anything resembling a filing cabinet, but the desk area is pretty nice and you are intrigued by that cat tree in the corner...
COLIN
So: me! I was a theatre-maker for roughly 20 years—I went to an arts high school—and after studying to be an actor I began making my own shows from scratch because I wasn't wild about the shows I was seeing being produced. I taught myself pretty much everything to do with making shows: I was a writer and actor, sure, but also a producer. I did all my own marketing, I booked the venues, I also directed all the shows. I did some cool stuff: I wrote a musical parody of 50 Shades of Grey, I taught improv all over the world, and I ended up on the main stage of The Second City
You nod, seems pretty good so far
COLIN
After Second City I thought, 'what else is there?' I did some freelance writing for a few magazines, got to go on a few trips, and wrote a ton of digital content across a huge variety of topics: crypto, cannabis, cobalt, other things that don't start with the letter 'C'!
He chuckles. You smile politely. This makes him a little nervous but he clears his throat and recovers gracefully
COLIN
I ended up doing comms for a few tech companies. I just finished a year at TwentyBN, which was developing a fitness app. They hired me as a scriptwriter and by the end of that year I was their voice director, I worked on their brand voice, I writer all their outgoing and internal comms, I wrote the copy for the product website and the corporate site, I was in charge of developing their paid marketing (ad buys on FB/IG and Google) for which I managed a team of a graphic designer, PR guy, and digital media expert under a marketing director. I increased newsletter subs and app installs by over 1000%.
He takes a sip of coffee
COLIN (cont)
All that led to buyout attention from Lululemon and Peloton. So now I'm living in Calgary and looking for the next thing while toiling away on personal projects like screenplays, novels, and teaching myself how to make video games.
He gets up and walks over to the eastern wall, which is covered by a big screen with a pull-down tab
COLIN
You can check out my portfolio at…
He pulls the tab and the screen shoots up into the ceiling, revealing...
WWW.COLINMUNCH.COM
...taped to the wall in big, colourful construction paper letters covered in glitter and macaroni, which also litters the floor.
COLIN
Thanks for meeting with me!
He pulls out a little hand-held confetti cannon and strikes a whimsical pose. He yanks on the tab to fire the cannon...but nothing happens. He pulls on it again.
Nothing.
He smiles and quickly digs his fingernails under the lid of the confetti cannon, pries it off, digs some confetti out of the little cardboard tube, and tosses it into the air.
COLIN
Ta-Da!
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