I discovered my passion for theatre in 2019 after being introduced to Hamilton during a long car ride. Despite not being cast in high school, I rediscovered my love for performing and am now navigating between being a singer and an actor.
After auditioning for a local theater and making it only as far as callbacks, I decided to try at another theater where I landed some great roles in Newsies. The pandemic hit shortly after the show closed, and I thought nothing of it at the time.
It wasn’t until two shows later when I really started considering pursuing theatre as a career. After encouragement from friends, family, castmates and directors, I decided to take a chance and I haven’t looked back since.
Since then, I have done so much more theatre, originated a role in a brand new musical that was directed by the original writers from NYC, performed in a newly written opera, acted in several new works by college playwrights, participated in a few cabarets, and more.
I have performed with every local theatre company in my area, including colleges and universities. I have also performed professionally at theatres across the country and have fallen more in love with the craft.
One of the things I love the most about doing theatre is that growing up, I would change dream careers constantly, one week, it’s a doctor, or a baseball player, or a lawyer, or a scientist, or a trainer, etc, etc. The beautiful thing about theatre is it lets me check off every person I wanted to be growing up. Groovy scientist photographer? Check. Charismatic ladies man inventor? Check. A doctor struggling with an inner demon? Check. A distraught ex boyfriend who’s determined to crash his ex’s weddings for reasons “unknown”? Checkity check check.
I haven’t gotten tired of this whatsoever. Honestly, whenever I’m not in a production, I genuinely feel like something’s missing.
That’s not to say that I don’t have other hobbies. I enjoy gaming, I do martial arts, I work out, I watch sports, I go to the lake in the summer, I have quite a few hobbies. But recently I’ve learned that nothing can quite scratch that itch for me like theatre does.
What People Say
“This summer, in a jukebox musical titled “Disaster,” that ascending star at Arkansas Public Theatre is Edward Mountz. As co-star Patrick Edmunds — another one of those APT legends — puts it: “He’s killing it.””
-Arkansas Democrat Gazette
“And then, there were the flat-out blow-me-away surprises, like Edward Mountz, last seen in “Avenue Q,” owning “This Is the Moment” from “Jekyll and Hyde” “
-Arkansas Democrat Gazette
“A particular standout in the cast is Edward Mountz, who plays the ex-boyfriend and ex-best friend of Rebecca and Jenny, respectively. The earnestness with which he tackles this role makes him hard to dislike, even as we are introduced to him as an ex-lover ready to crash Rebecca’s wedding with no invite.”
-New Haven Independent
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