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Long Valley’s Joshua Ritter has The Right Stuff
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By Megan Roche or Long Valley’s own Joshua Ritter, a potential career in acting didn’t click with him until college. Growing up in Long Valley, Ritter was always involved in church Christmas programs, musicals, and plays. It wasn’t until his senior year at West Morris Central in 1997 that he auditioned for the school musical; Showboat the production that year. “I decided to audition for Showboat during my senior year. I got a couple small parts and I kind of liked it. I didn’t really think much of acting at that point, I just thought it was something fun to do and participate in,” Ritter says. After heading off to college at Ramapo College of New Jersey, Ritter took more of an interest in the theater realm. Majoring in literature, Ritter threw himself into the theater arena and auditioned for countless shows. According to Ritter, one of the blessings was that the shows during his years at Ramapo were not major pop culture musical productions, but lesser known works that allowed him to progress as an actor. “Being surrounded by people who took acting so seriously and to learn the ropes of production, and the importance of rehearsal, it all clicked at that moment in my mind that this was something I enjoyed being part of,” Ritter said. While in college, Ritter and three friends started their own sketch comedy show troupe that toured local schools and theaters in the New York and New Jersey area. After that disbanded, Ritter finally realized that he could pursue a full blown career in acting. “Four of us were in the theater program together and I had told one of the guys that I had always wanted to do a sketch troupe. We got together with two other friends and
just sat down and said ‘let’s put on a sketch show’ and we just started coming up with ideas. I was always a creative writer, but I had never done sketch before. Like a lot of kids in my generation, we dug my dad’s old camcorder out of the closet, and we put on a bunch of video sketches. I realized how much I loved it and just said to myself ‘maybe I can do that as a grownup’,” Ritter shared. continued on page 4
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