Respondent: Michael Butler
Position in Company: Lackey
Company: MEB Productions
Show Title: Look At Me! Look At Me! Look At Me!!!

“I love being on stage, in front of people, doing what I love best, seeking attention and approval!”

  1. Why should people see your show?

It’s a fun and slightly different show every night. There’s comedy, there’s magic, there’s comedy…

  1. What about festivals intrigues you? And why the Atlanta Fringe?

They do a lottery to pick so literally anything can make it, case in point!

  1. What inspired you to create this?

I love being on stage, in front of people, doing what I love best, seeking attention and approval!

  1. Life has been weird the last few years, to say the least. How has the “real world” affected the art you’re creating?

Gotta laugh or it wouldn’t be worth sticking around. Even at my lowest and darkest I can look to the magical arts and find hope and joy.

  1. What have you learned from working on your show so far?

That nothing really goes as planned and ya gotta be ready to improvise or call an audible.

  1. A mysterious stranger asks to meet you and your cast and crew after loving your show. In your WILDEST DREAMS, who is it? (Bonus points if your mysterious stranger is an Atlanta celeb.)

Only to brag, I’ve worked with or am pals with most of my ATL celebrity fanboy crushes (Amber Nash, Blair Crimmins, all of Dad’s Garage folks, Jon Carr, Raymond Carr, Molly Coffee and so many others) however seeing them at my shows still is amazing and encouraging. That said, looking out and seeing Taylor Tomlinson, Nate Bargatze, or James Acaster would be a dream.

Though really, if it was someone I did not recognize I would hope was a talent agent or booker for P&T Fool Us.

  1. Fringes are the place to really push the boundaries so we gotta ask: are you inviting your family to this show are “Hey, maybe sit this one out you guys…”

My family loves my show! It’s borderline adult humor but never too in your face. You have to fill in the blanks. I’m not teaching anyone anything new…

  1. Will your show change the world?

God I hope so! At least for the few moments we spend together.

  1. AI: the death of our art form or just a new tool to create?

An argument to distract us from loving one another and creating whatever we want.

  1. We’re making an excellent Fringey Feelings playlist. Describe your show in two or three songs we can add to keep the jams flowing.

Pink Pony Club- Chappell Roan

Party Hard- Andrew WK

Tightrope – Leon Russell

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