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Toronto, Ontario - This fall Canadian Comedy Award Winner Daniel Stolfi will be taking the stage with a brand new one-person show. After touring his cross country hit Cancer Can’t Dance Like This for the last 5 years Daniel thought to him self…What happens next?
“You’re only given a little spark of Madness. You mustn’t lose it.” – Robin Williams.
What happens when that little spark fades? How do you rediscover it? When comedian Daniel Stolfi thinks he’s lost his comedic spark, he decides to rediscover what drove him to make people laugh in the first place. While backstage at an open mic comedy night, hosted by one of the biggest hack comedians in the city, Daniel Stolfi, recounts the story of the first time he made someone laugh and the profound impact that moment had on his life. Finding Funny is a character driven comedy piece that invites the audience into the mind of a comedian, whose only desire has ever been to make us laugh.
Stolfi has natural charisma and undeniable passion for performance!
-CBC News
Daniel is charming witty and extremely versatile...
-Rosa Laborde, Canadian Playwright
Daniel Stolfi is quite simply a brilliant comic actor.
-Stage Door
Daniel Stolfi, is a Canadian Comedy Award Winner for “Best one-person show, Cancer Can’t Dance Like This.” He is a graduate of the University of Guelph Theatre program, The Second City Toronto Conservatory program and studied improvisation at The Upright Citizens Brigade in NYC. Daniel’s selected acting credits include: The two-time Gemini award winning television show, Cock’d Gunns (Tricon Films/Showcase), The Egyptian Job (Cream Productions), I, Martin Short, Goes Home (Second City Television), Prank Science (Discovery), The Dishes (You & Me Ent.), The Amazing Gayl Pile- Seasons 1 & 2 ( LaRue Ent.) and Mr. D Season 4 (CBC). Daniel currently resides in Toronto and is a self-appointed “Tetris Master”.
FINDING FUNNY
A One Man Show
Written and Performed by Daniel Stolfi
Directed by Andrew Ferguson
The Bad Dog Theatre
Thursday Oct 1, 8, 15, 29, & Nov 5
Venue: The Bad Dog Theatre – 875 Bloor Street W. Toronto, M6G 1M5
Tickets: www.baddogtheatre.com/finding-funny or Cash at the Door
Price: $15 in advance $20 at the Door
Photo: Daniel Stolfi as various characters in Finding Funny. ©2015.
2015-09-09
Toronto: Daniel Stolfi's new show "Finding Funny" begins at the Bad Dog Theatre October 1