N.T.B.A. Productions Inc.
Showcasing as of yet "Undiscovered" NL Talent
Cast In Order of Apperance
Norm Karlik- The Valet
Norman Karlik is so pleased to be part of this production of "No Exit". You may have seen Norman act In numerous NIFCO films. He's worked with local theater with Shakespeare By The Sea, Beothuck Street Players and recently Nothing On Productions. He also has had many voice overs with Best Boy Productions to Political campaign ads. The amateur philosopher in him is more than a little excited that we are doing a Sartre play.
Frank Barry- Vincent Gallant
Frank Barry has worked in theatre, film and television as an actor, writer and director since 1976 when he co-founded the Sheila’s Brush Theatre Co. He has toured extensively around Newfoundland and Labrador and the mainland of Canada. He was twice awarded top prizes in the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts and Letters Competition for poetry and dramatic writing. His short film A Life in the Days of Mary which he wrote and directed showed at the Nickel Film Festival and is slated for other festivals in the Fall. He is currently writing the feature film script ‘Carl and Albert’ a retelling of the story of Cain and Abel set in a Newfoundland outport.
Crystal Dawn Parsons- Agnes Sterling
Crystal Dawn Parsons has been working and learning in the entertainment industry since 1998. Graduating from Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in 2002 with a BFA in Acting; Crystal actually put her stage management experience to the test working with Theatre Newfoundland & Labrador, The Grand Bank Regional Theatre Festival, The Resource Center for the Arts, Wonderbolt Circus and Kanutu Productions.
Crystal recently had her St. John’s acting début in NTBA’s production of Jenny’s House of Joy as the title role and she can be seen in the opening sequence of the award winning feature film, The Grand Seduction as Alice French.
Currently she is living and working out of St. John’s with film Producer Barbara Doran of Morag Loves Company as Assistant Producer on several exciting projects.
Monica Walsh- Estelle Delaney
Monica Walsh has been an active member of the St. John’s arts scene for quite some time. She is a graduate of Memorial Unviersity. She holds a BA in English Drama, as well as a diploma in Performance and Communications Media. She also holds a BA in Russian Language and Literature.
Monica spent the fall of 2012 in London, England attending Method Acting London, a Strasberg acting Studio. Recently, in summer 2014, she spent June and July in New York City attending Movement Theatre Studio NYC’s Summer Intensive Program.
Monica has taught acting all over the city and province, starting with a job teaching acting at Stella Burrey’s New Beginnings Program, Choices for Youth, and MAX Arts Summer Studio for children . In 2012, she travelled to Merida, Mexico where she worked at a school for differently abled children and taught techniques to them and produced a play there with the children performing. In 2013, Monica was brought to the Labrador Creative Arts Festival, where she taught physical theatre and movement exercises in various schools in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and Sheshashiu. Monica travelled to Natuahsish, Labrador with Wonderbolt Circus, teaching workshops for the Kamataukatshiut Festival.
Monica is the founder and artistic director of Kanutu Theatre. Kanutu Theatre has produced 4 consecutive years of a festival devoted to Anton Chekhov. The festival is called “An Evening Inspired by Chekhov” and happens in Jan/Feb of each year at the Barbara Barrett Theatre in St. Johns. In 2012, Monica created, performed and co-produced a movement piece in Mexico with a visual artist there. In 2013, Monica travelled to Toronto to star in the play The Collectors which played at the Toronto Fringe Festival. This play had been work shopped in St. Johns at the Women’s Work Theatre festival, in 2010, when Monica was the festival co-ordinator.
In April, 2014 Monica performed at the Arts Council Awards in Clarenville with Bryan Hennessey. It was a great honour. Monica appears as an actor in 2014 in the films BOARDING and FLANKERS, both of which have screened at the 2014 Atlantic Film Festival.
In addition to acting and producing, Monica has worked as a stage manager, production manager, wardrobe assistant, writer and basically any job the theatre requires.