Act Out Loud.
From singing to Shakespeare, Macbeth to McDonagh, I love breathing life into the width and breadth of characters both classic and contemporary.
Excerpt from The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh (NY dialect)
Excerpt from The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh (American dialect)
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Acting Reviews
The Pillowman by Martin McDonagh
“James Napoleon Stone is a jackhammer powerhouse as… the ‘hard cop’, Ariel. His is a portrayal of dogged obsession that places no value whatsoever of innocence until proven guilty. Stone’s vividly unsettling intensity fuels what can be described as a fittingly dangerous performance. To put it bluntly, he’s scary and you feel you are in the very presence of an actual torture about to be administered.”
- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine
“James Napoleon Stone embeds seething passion in his portrayal of Ariel, so filled with hate for anyone who would harm a child that he can barely restrain his own violent nature, yet makes a fully convincing turn when truth manages to seep into his mind, drawing on unexpected yet authentic well of sympathy.”
- Arthur Doorman, Talkin’ Broadway
“James Napoleon Stone’s superb lead performance as Hal underscores one the true virtues of of Briggle’s adaptation—the unfolding of the consciousness that Falstaff is a black hole and remaining the senior man’s pal is the road to personal, and by extension, political destruction. With sharp and swift reactions through his eyes, tone, and body language, Stone slices intensely through the morass of ‘just havin’ a good time’ with moments of urgent realization.”
- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine
Rogue Prince by Gary Briggle (adapted from Henry IV parts I and II by William Shakespeare)
Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare
“Romeo’s pal Mercutio (James Napoleon Stone), usually such a drama queen, is the most cool-headed of the bunch here. Even when Mercutio is badgering Tybalt (Lijesh Krishnan) into a swordfight, he barely raises his voice. Underplaying the role turns out to be a very successful way to play things. Mercutio’s such a stabilizing force in this production that everyone misses him when he’s gone.”
- Matthew Everett, Twin Cities Daily Planet
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
“…large and capable cast, highlights of which include James Napoleon Stone as a strong and sympathetic John Proctor”
- Jill Schafer, Cherry & Spoon
“James Napoleon Stone stars as a complex John Proctor.”
- REBECCA RITZEL Star Tribune
“Stone revealed Proctor's weaknesses—his pride, his short tempter, his stubbornness—yet conveyed the sense of Proctor as an admirable man, intelligent, principled, and guided by inner light rather than the laws of a corrupt theocracy.”
- Arthur Dorman, Talkin’ Broadway
A Rat in the Skull by Ron Hutchinson
“…an appropriately seething and sinister performance by James Napoleon Stone.”
- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams
“James Napoleon Stone’s Tom is more rugged than most Toms you are likely to have seen. His scenes with the three other actors are excellent and in keeping with Williams’s intentions… Stone’s is a stronger Tom than Randy Harrison’s (Queer as Folk), who played Tom at the Guthrie Theater in 2007. - John Townsend, Lavender Magazine”
- John Townsend, Lavender Magazine