Kahlil Ashanti - Comedian - Broadway Show 'basic Training' - Tells His Story About How it All Started and Where it All is Today

In October of 2002, I found myself living in Los Angeles sharing a decrepit North Hollywood house with a few roommates.  When I say decrepit I mean there were mouse droppings on the dining room table and the roaches had actually given up and moved out.  One of the roommates was the landlord, who shall remain nameless, but trust me when I say he was a character - short Mexican dude with a Yosemite Sam mustache. 
Being an actor in Los Angeles was never my cup of tea because I never wanted to talk about acting

In October of 2002, I found myself living in Los Angeles sharing a decrepit North Hollywood house with a few roommates.  When I say decrepit I mean there were mouse droppings on the dining room table and the roaches had actually given up and moved out.  One of the roommates was the landlord, who shall remain nameless, but trust me when I say he was a character - short Mexican dude with a Yosemite Sam mustache. 
Being an actor in Los Angeles was never my cup of tea because I never wanted to talk about acting - I just wanted to do it. 
I had moved to LA to pursue a career in acting, but now I was feeling stuck.  Making friends was hard because I always liked talking about barbecues or who was going to win the World Cup, not which television show I read for or which part I 'almost got'.  In an effort to learn the lay of the land, I took some acting classes and was pleased to find some like-minded people which proved to be my first step in a fantastic journey. 
One of these people was a girl from Trinidad named Dalia who was not only a confidant, but a solid person with more talent and pizazz than I had seen in a long time.  We were never anything more than friends and that is what helped our chemistry on stage.  We did an actors showcase where agents show up and critique you and the whole time you're hoping they might like you enough to represent your talent.  We rocked the house, but we never got any feedback from the agents.
After that showcase, we went our separate ways and I quickly grew tired of attending acting classes, sending out headshots, etc............to read the rest of Kahlil's story go here