Jun 25, 2006 01:00
A Quiz to Waste My Time and Yours
A THEATRE QUIZ
LAST SHOW YOU ADDED TO YOUR RESUME:
Beyond Sondheim--The Musical Theatre Revue
LAST SHOW YOU AUDITIONED FOR:
Beyond Sondheim
DID YOU GET INTO IT:
Yeah
LAST SONG YOU USED AT AN AUDITION:
"If I Didn't Believe in You"
FAVORITE PLAY:
Can't decide.
FAVORITE MUSICAL:
Last Five Years
NAME A THEATRE SUPERSTITION:
This is a stupid question, but I would have to say that I hate it when people worship satan on opening night.
Surely not good for the show...right?
LAST PART YOU PLAYED IN A SHOW:
Black/Coneybear/Marvin/Ensemble
YOUR GOAL IN SHOW BUSINESS:
Hmmm. Superstar. That'll do.
FAVORITE DIRECTOR:
So many..... (I'm sure this quiz is thrilling to read)
WHAT WAS YOUR VERY FIRST SHOW:
I think I banged on a drum while we sang little mermaid songs in preschool....but In middle school I was in Romeo and Juliet.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DANCE SOLO:
I am pretty sure I have at one point. Though everyone involved would rather not relive it.
HAVE YOU EVER HAD A SINGING SOLO:
Many a time. :)
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THE LAST PERSON TO TAKE A BOW:
Yes.
NAME A SHOW YOU'VE DONE MORE THAN TWO TIMES:
I have done Blithe Spirit twice, but haven't done any more than two times.
HAVE YOU BEEN TO NEW YORK:
Love it there!!
HAVE YOU BEEN TO LA:
Yes I have.
SCARIEST PART OF AN AUDITION:
The whole damn thing!
BEST PART OF AN AUDITION:
When you feel yourself make a connection with someone there.
NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD NEVER DO (AGAIN):
I am not entirely sure I would ever do Greasepaint again.... Though I had fun doing it.
NAME A SHOW YOU COULD DO FOR YEARS:
Black Comedy! Or the Revue that I was just in.
NAME A SHOW YOU WOULD LOVE TO DO BUT HAVE NEVER BEEN IN:
Oh my goodness I could write a book of them.....
NAME A PERSON YOU'D LIKE TO WORK WITH AGAIN:
Everyone I've worked with so far at UCI.
WHAT ARE YOU AUDITIONING FOR NEXT:
Probably the Season Auditions at UCI
HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN PERFORMING:
6 years
DO YOU CARRY YOUR HEADSHOTS AROUND WITH YOU:
I don't have any!
DO YOU KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PAST CAST MEMBERS:
Always.
ON A SCALE OF 1-10 HOW IMPORTANT IS GETTING PAID:
It totally depends on the project. It isn't terribly important to me but if someone else in the production is getting paid, and I'm not, then we might have a problem.
WHAT IS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE PERFORMANCE:
I try to make each one as memorable as I can.
WHAT'S SOMETHING EMBARRASSING OR UNEXPECTED THAT HAPPENED TO YOU WHILE ON STAGE:
In Bay Boy, Katie jumped at me in the courtroom scene and I was supposed to catch her. One night she jumped too high and knocked me on my back. But she and I improvised our way out of it.
WHO IS THE MOST DIFFICULT PERSON (ON STAGE OR OFF) THAT YOU HAVE EVER WORKED WITH:
I would have to say a director who had no idea what she was getting into when adding piano to a classic play that usually doesn't include that feature.
EVER BEEN NAKED ON STAGE?:
every friday night!!!! DAMMMMMNNN.
No.
WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST INSPIRATION OR INFLUENCE?
So many. I really admire Jason Robert Brown, and Stephen Sondheim.
I love Bernandette Peters and Norbert Leo Butz.
I could list them all night long and you would all (if anyone is reading this) be very very bored.
IF YOU COULD BE A RICH FAMOUS PORN STAR OR A STRUGGLING THEATRE ACTOR WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE?
Well, I lived the life of a pornstar, and there is a reason that I gave it all up to be a struggling theatre student....so I don't think I really need to answer this question.
BEST PROFESSIONAL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN:
The Last Five Years, Rent, and Big River
BEST COLLEGE SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN:
Orpheus Descending, Seven Guitars.
BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHOW(S) YOU'VE SEEN:
Crazy For You
ONSTAGE, HAVE YOU EVER...
a) Been killed? No
b) Been drunk / stoned? I was quite tipsy in Blithe Spirit.
c) Played someone half your age? I was Schroeder in Charlie Brown, I was a homeless British child in Greasepaint. And a deaf Who Child in Seussical.
d) Played someone twice your age? Black Comedy, Blithe Spirit, Seussical, Beyond Sondheim, Out of the Frying Pan.....
e) Cried? The Seagull
f) Fired a gun? No, though I did talk about having one in Bat Boy.
g) Driven a car? No.
h) Been drenched? With sweat, yes. Otherwise, no.
i) Been in a dream sequence? In greasepaint, we were some kind of weird dragon or something like that.
j) Been kissed? Yes! I was kissed in As You Like It and something else, but I don't remember.
IF YOU WERE ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW, WHAT SHOW WOULD YOU WANT TO BE IN AND WHAT ROLE WOULD YOU PLAY?
Of the current pick on broadway? WEll, I don't think they would let me be Sophia in the Color Purple....but I would love to be in Spelling Bee, or Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, or The Producers, or Hairspray.....