Guthrie Theater

What's your hometown?
Minneapolis

First show you saw at the Guthrie?
The Cherry Orchard. Helen Carey changed my life!

First show you were in at the Guthrie?
I was an essential in School for Scandal when I was sixteen

First show you were ever in?
I honestly don't really remember. Maybe...Oliver.

What's the best advice you've received from a fellow actor?
Sarah Agnew and Virginia Burke have a great story that takes too long to explain, but it all comes down to asking yourself..."Is it the poop - or is it the wipe?"

What's the worst advice you've ever received from a fellow actor?
"You need to move so that I can be seen during your speech"

Cue or Target Lounge?
Why not one then the other?

What is always in your dressing room?
Lots of magazines

Favorite place at the Guthrie?
The rehearsal rooms. It's great to congregate with people from different shows.

Where else do you go to see theater in the Twin Cities?
The Jungle, Jeune Lune, Penumbra, the University, the Southern and anywhere I can get free tickets.

What's your dream role?
Edmund in King Lear, Proteus in The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Brick in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof...and many more.

Is there a local actor you haven't worked with, but want to?
I would love to work with Tracey Maloney

Favorite movie?
Gosford Park

What's the last book you read?
This will sound nerdy...but it was A Life in the Theater, by Sir Tyrone Guthrie. I highly recommend it.

What's on your iPod?
Everything I can fit. My favorite is Nina Simone

Relationship status?
Single

If you could have dinner with any playwright, living or dead, who would it be?
Tennessee Williams

Best State Fair food?
Something on a stick?

Ever been arrested?
No, but I've been held for protesting

What's your drag name?
Miss Demeanor

What's the most cringe-inducing thing you've ever said or done in front of Joe Dowling?
I forgot my lines during an audition monologue in school once. He was great. He gave me a note and let me start over. It was a lot better the second time.

Any place in town where you're considered a "regular"?
Maxwell's until recently. I'm still in mourning.

Dogs or cats?
Sometimes both, sometimes neither

Shaw or Chekhov?
Depends on the day...but generally I'm a bigger Chekhov fan

Boxers or briefs?
Boxer briefs