Even John would have a problem with this actor’s “method”…
The 8th Circuit has ruled that actor Paul Doering was justly sentenced for his conduct during a 2011 theatrical event in which he was performing. What did he do?
For a Western-themed charity event in Hill City, South Dakota, Doering portrayed an outlaw in a shootout.Stage actors using guns shoot blanks, of course. For some reason—extreme method acting? Bad reviews? That ineffable something that makes a star?—Doering used live rounds, real bullets, wounding three spectators.
And they say the theater is dull.
You can read about the case here; that’s of secondary interest. What I find fascinating is that this might be the most unethical performance by an actor in a theatrical performance ever.
John Wilkes Booth doesn’t qualify: he wasn’t in the cast when he shot Lincoln during “Our American Cousin.” I’m pretty sure he would have found Doering thoroughly unprofessional.
Ethics Alarms 
There are no small parts, only stupid actors. Having just returned home after a 10 hour day spent in a tech rehearsal, followed by a first dress, for a community theater production, this is my shocked face.
Well Jack [am chortling quietly here], I hope that in any future ACT productions, if ever there is a scene involving the discharge of a gun, you’ll be able to trust someone to do a timely and thorough pat-down and inspection of the cast and their props – without further ethics violations.