Not So Humble Beginnings

Matthew Villemaire
5 min readMay 10, 2023

When I graduated from theatre school nearly twelve years ago, I felt like I was entering the prime of my life. I was barely twenty-two years old, I had energy for days and an optimism that could get a novice runner to cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon (LOL). What I failed to realize, was that it would take me almost ten years to even begin hitting my stride. And even still, I’ve yet to cross the proverbial finish line of that damn marathon.

I haven’t crossed any finish line, because I naively thought that booking the job was the goalpost when in reality, the job is only maybe…

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Matthew Villemaire

33, Toronto-Canada, LGBTQ+, Actor, Singer, Writer, Lover! ❤