Hometown: La Habra, California
Education: MFA, UC Irvine
Select Credits: Robert Cohen’s Machiavelli (Cesare Borgia, Los Angeles); many productions with Company XIV, including “Lover.Muse.Mockingbird.Whore.” adapted from writings of Charles Bukowski on women.
Why theater?: All the people in the same joint.
Tell us about Nutcracker Rouge: It’s a Dionysia, a burlesque on fertility and sex loosely arranged around a young girl’s coming-of-age.
What kind of theater speaks to you? What or who inspires you as an artist?: Sad clowns or the happily condemned.
Any roles you’re dying to play?: Emmett Miller, or Herr Cazotte in an adaptation we should make of Ehrengard.
What’s your favorite showtune?: “Send in the Clowns”
If you could work with anyone you’ve yet to work with, who would it be?: Nick Tosches
Who would play you in a movie about yourself and what would it be called?: John C. Reilly in “I’m Not John C. Reilly”
What show have you recommended to your friends?:La Soirée and Fun Home at the Public.
What’s up next?: Who knows?
For more on Nutcracker Rogue, visit http://www.NutcrackerRouge.com. For more on Company XIV, visit http://www.CompanyXIV.com