Jonaral Martin

Every day after school while waiting for his mother to come home from work, 7-year-old Jonaral would sit and watch television, imagining himself playing numerous characters on the screen. Sitcoms like The Cosby Show, A Different World and movies like The Goonies, greatly influenced Jonaral's boyhood. As he grew older, this envisioning would only be a passing thought, but Jonaral never lost that childlike sense of wonder and imagination. After entering high school and experiencing difficulties in his academic performance, Jonaral was assigned the task of attending a performance of Damn Yankees for extra credit. Once the play concluded, Jonaral's life was changed. Lightning had struck, the "acting bug" had bitten, and a trajectory was set in motion. Jonaral was going to be an actor. A short while later, Jonaral worked up the nerve to audition for his school's next show, The Roaring Twenties, and was so excited to receive his first role. Since then, Jonaral has studied with numerous act