Showing posts with label Stage One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stage One. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Stage One - Singing in the Park with Susan

Emma Sophie and Susan work through a song
with Stage One students chiming in.
Here at Signature Theatre, we are incredibly lucky to have so many talented performers and artists working with us on a day to day basis, both onstage and off. From the actors that perform most every night to the technicians and staff here that keep everything running smoothly. (Or at least as smooth as live theatre can ever go.) Yesterday, Stage One students got to receive advice and instruction from one of Signature Theatre's favorite performers, Susan Derry.
Stage One looks on and supports
one another during the master class.

Susan Derry is a popular performer in the DC area. Having performed in several Signature events and productions including: Sunday in the Park with George (Celeste), Sunset Boulevard (Betty Schaeffer), Saturday Night (Helen), I Capture the Castle (21/24 workshop) and Show Boat, Susan is very familiar with the comings and goings of the world of theatre. Some of Susans other performance credits include: Kennedy Center: Ragtime (Kathleen), Bernstein’s Mass (Street Chorus Soloist), Mame, Camelot, My Fair Lady. Her regional credits include: Othello (Desdemona), My Fair Lady (Eliza), Crimes of the Heart (Meg), The Importance of Being Earnest (Gwendolen), I Do! I Do! (Agnes), Brigadoon (Fiona), West Side Story (Maria), Company (Susan), Regina (Alexandra), The Merchant of Venice (Jessica.) 
Caleigh works on "If I Loved You" with Susan.
Throughout her master class, Susan worked with several Stage One students on presenting and refining audition material. Now, wherein other master classes here at Signature Theatre have focused on working 16 or 32 bar cuts of songs, Susan's class instead worked full versions of songs. Some songs that were presented and workshopped  included "If I Loved You" (Carousel), "What You'd Call A Dream" (Diamonds), "A Change in Me" (Beauty and the Beast) and "Frank Mills" (Hair).

A few particular things that were stressed throughout the workshop included specificity, clarity, and honesty. When a performer is presenting a song at an audition, whether a full song or a smaller cutting, they need to be able to present the song as a stand alone piece. The other people in the room may or may not be familiar with the song in question, but the performer needs to make the context of the song maintain itself. So, who or what is the performer singing at or about? Place the objective of the song in the room itself if possible and communicate through the song to it as actively as possible. 
Amanda sings her rendition of "Frank Mills"

Singing in musical theatre is the apex of emotion. It is all very well and good to get basic emotions and dialogue out through the delivery of lines, but it is another thing to sing what one is saying. The characters' emotions and thoughts have reached a breaking point and the only way to communicate their frustration, love, anger, confusion, determination, etc., is through the heightened emotional form of communication that is singing. Use this song to convey what you are truly feeling.

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Stage One - Another One Bites the Dance


Rachel Dolan demonstrates a bit of choreography to
the Stage One students.
The students of Stage One work hard. For eight hours a day, five days a week, these students are acting, singing, and dancing their hearts out essentially nonstop. There are a few merciful breaks worked in here and there for essentials like food, water, and bathroom breaks, but the work is difficult, demanding, and constant. So as the day comes to an end each weekday, one can imagine the last thing these talented young men and women might want to do is something physical. Too bad for them, because yesterday their master class to close out the day was a musical theatre dance workshop with the noted Rachel Dolan.
Stage One students warm up under
Rachel's direction.

Rachel Dolan is a musical theatre choreographer based in Washington, DC.  Some of her credits include work at Keegan Theatre: Cabaret (Helen Hayes Nomination, Outstanding Choreography, Broadway World Award) and Hair (Helen Hayes Recommended); Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre: Seussical. Rachel’s musical theatre and jazz choreography have appeared in showcases in New York City, Washington, DC and internationally.  As a teacher, Rachel has trained thousands of students in Tap, Jazz, and Musical Theatre. Her students’ credits include the Radio City Rockettes, Mary Poppins and White Christmas, Equity national tours, numerous cruise ships and theme parks, and renowned college programs across the country.  She is currently on faculty at Metropolitan School of the Arts and a recent guest teacher for Joy of Motion, American University and Catholic University.  
Caleigh stretches before starting in on "Another One Bites
the Dust".
During her hour long workshop, Rachel worked a sequence set to "Another One Bites the Dust" by Queen. As the students were learning the steps, Rachel reminded them that auditions, particularly dance auditions, are an opportunity to present oneself as a dancer. From the way one answers questions to how somebody enters the room and holds the space, there are ways in which a performer can convey what it is they are good at and where their strengths lie. If one wishes to be considered and read as as dancer by directors and casting teams then they should always be ready to have a movement or response to a prompt; physical or otherwise. Performers should be able to show the ability to think on the fly and be open to learning.


Stage One hits all the right steps during
"Another One Bites the Dust".
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Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Stage One - Taking a Hit


Casey Kaleba offers up advice to Caleigh for a stage slap.
To kick off the master class series for the second and final week here at Stage One we thought it might be good to let out a little aggression. Supervising this release of pent up aggression and rage was the ever so talented and delightful fight choreographer Casey Kaleba. 

Over the course of his career, Casey has arranged violence for more than three hundred productions, including work at Signature, Folger Theatre, Round House Theatre, Rorschach Theatre, six national tours for the National Players, Olney Theatre, and Shakespeare Theatres.  He has arranged fights for knights, musketeers, princesses, zombies, wolves, pirates, ninjas, and at least one alien tentacle. A Certified Teacher with the Society of American Fight Directors, he has taught throughout the country as well as serving as a guest artist for the Nordic Stagefight Society and Fight Directors Canada. Casey is also one of the founders of Tooth & Claw Combat; a stage combat training and choreography school for theatres, schools, and interested parties big and small.
Bryan squares up against Gillian with a clean
and clear punch.

During his hour-long master class with Stage One, Casey provided the students with a basic toolkit of stage violence to employ throughout their fledgling careers. Starting with a simple stage slap and ultimately culminating in a six move stage fight between two people, Casey gave the students the ins and outs of the world of stage violence. 

Casey illustrates some
moments where stage combat
can go wrong.
Slaps are one of the most dangerous moves in regards to violence on stage. There are just so many things that can go wrong if not taken into account and done safely. From distance apart to trim fingernails and back again, a stage slap should always be done with safety in mind on all fronts. As Casey told the Stage One students, a bad slap or hit can make or break a career, literally. You do not want to be the actor that knocks out another actors hearing or breaks their nose during the run of a show. (Not a good life / career choice.)

As Casey went on to later describe throughout his workshop as his students fought around him, the majority of his job as a fight choreographer is maintaining safety. He is present to make sure all manner of activities that could result in any type of harm or danger are done in the safest way. Yes, there are punches, kicks, rolls, shots and stabs to choreograph with the actors but it is making sure these actions are continuously safe for all involved that retains highest priority. 
Liam sells a choke with the help of Casey.

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Friday, August 8, 2014

Stage One - Vocal Technique


Lisa Carrier demonstrates proper vocal technique to
Stage One Students
 We are wrapping up the first week of Stage One here at Signature Theatre this summer and with the close of the first half of the workshop comes one more master class. Our final master class focused on proper vocal technique and presentation and was led by the incomparable Lisa Carrier Baker.
Jacob gets a few pointers from Lisa on his
prepared 16 bars.

An acclaimed vocal teacher and performer, Lisa spent three seasons as Artist in Residence with the Fletcher Opera Institute at North Carolina School of the Arts. From 2009 to 2011, Lisa served as both Director of Education at the Musical Theatre Center (now Adventure Theatre MTC) and continues as Director of Ensembles. She has performed on several national tours including La Boheme (Musetta) and The Merry Wives of Windsor (Anne). Other performance credits include: Ohio Light Opera: Christopher Columbus (Gretel – American Premiere); Lyric Theatre: Follies (Young Sally), Singin’ in the Rain (Zelda Zanders), Dames at Sea (Mona). Some of her Washington DC credits include: Kennedy Center: TThe Emperor’s New Clothes (Reyalto), several Page to Stage Festivals; American Century Theatre: Dear World (Nina); Washington Savoyards: The Mikado (Yum Yum); Toby’s Dinner Theatre: The Sound of Music (Mother Abbess); Ganymede Arts: Falsetto’s (Trina.) 


Lisa explains how to captivate an audience
and act a song.
Lisa is an adjunct professor of voice at American University and Montgomery College. Her students can be heard on Broadway stages, national tours, and are local Helen Hayes award winners and nominees. 

During her master class, Lisa observed several students cuttings of audition songs. After observing each short performances, Lisa offered up advice and exercises to help each individual student. The advice ranged from different physical exercises to directing the students' sound to visualization and association to helping find purpose and connection to the songs. 

One of the main points that Lisa helped get across to the students was finding relatability and connection to a song. A person might be singing about the biggest and saddest moment of their life in the context of the show, and that is all very well and good but not everyone has had that same giant, sad moment in their life. For instance, in Show Boat, the song "Make Believe" is about falling in love and admitting one's feelings for another person. Not everyone has had colossal conflicting feelings like this before. So, perhaps instead of using the image and idea of admitting love for another person use something you do love. Does the performer love pizza and peanut butter? Then sing about admitting your love for pizza and peanut butter. Keep the lyrics but alter your connection to the feelings expressed in the song.

Bryan sings a cut of "Santa Fe" from Newsies after receiving
a bit of direction from Lisa.
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Thursday, August 7, 2014

Stage One - How Do I Get Out of the Box?

Jack gives suggestions and encouragement to Abby and Jacob
during a pantomime exercise.
One of the final master classes of the week here at Stage One at Signature Theatre was led by the supremely talented and entertaining Jack Novak. The class itself focused on the art pantomime, which Jack is very adept and familiar with.

Jack Novak is an actor, writer, and teaching artist in the DC area. Some of his recent acting credits include Pinocchio in Pinocchio with Faction of Fools, Washington DC's Commedia dell'Arte Theatre Company, as well as Dusty in The Stone Tape Party  with Nu Sass Productions. Jack is an Associate Artist with InterAct Story Theatre, and is a member of the improv group Commonwealth (an in-house ensemble at Washington Improv Theatre). Jack studied with The Mime Company at Northwestern University; where he received a degree in Theatre, and performed with the company for several years.

Maria and Amanda attempt to pull Grace over
to their side with a pull of a rope.

During his class, Jack went into a brief history of pantomime and touched on the work of Marcel Marceau, one of the most well-known mimes and practitioners of pantomime. Once introduced to the subject, the students dove in with Jack as they explored the world of pantomime.

Abby demonstrates focus from her core as Jacob attempts
to move her "Unbendable Arm".

One of the primary pillars that Jack stressed in regards to pantomime was the "center". The center exsists three fingers below belly button. For one to successfully exercise effective pantomime one's energy must emanate from their center to the rest of their body and into the earth. If this center of focus is held and kept, wonderous moments of play and creation can come forth from the performer.


As the master class went on, the students explored various mime moments. From walks to walls and pushes to pulls, Jack had Stage One feeling objects and tensions that did not exist literally in the space. It was a blast to watch and participate in these pantomime exercises. 
Bryan explores inside his box with his hands.
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Stage One - Dialects with Emily


Emily Burnworth joins Stage One to discuss dialects.
Stepping away from all of the singing and dancing that exist within the world of musical theatre, the Stage One students got to spend some time with their speaking voices and dialects with the talented Emily Burnworth.

Emily is an actress and dialectician. Originally from Pennsylvania, Emily obtained her BFA in Acting and Minor in Linguistics from Brigham Young University before migrating back east. Emily has assisted as a dialect and vocal coach on numerous projects. Some of her favorite projects include Mr. Bellpond’s Materpiece; For Robbing the Dead (retitled: Rdemption); an enhanced dialect production of the musical, The Scarlet Pimpernel; My Fair Lady; Persuasion; Roofsliding; The Hasty Heart. Some of her favorite acting credits include Dancing at Lughnasa and the film Unicorn City. Emily is a graduate of Signature Theatre’s Overtures program and has been a huge fan of both Signature Theatre and the DC theatre scene ever since.

Emily answers questions
about rules when it
comes to speaking
with an Irish dialect.

As a dialectician, Emily clearly knows what she is talking about. Some tips, tricks, and insider info she had to lend the Stage One students during her master class included:
  • Speak to and utilize friends, family and strangers that are native speakers and practitioners of the language and culture you are seeking to copy.
  • Familiarize yourself with the international phonetic alphabet (IPA) and how to use sound substitutions in your dialect practice.
  • Be able to hone in on particular sounds and alter them in a slight way to make them suit your given dialect.
  • Establishing "rules" and consistencies in a dialect in regards to particular vowels, consonants and sounds can make learning a dialect a snap.
  • Most books and plays come with a key or breakdown for particularly tricky words or phrases. These are often in IPA to differentiate the specific sounds from letter to letter and word to word.
  • Always listen to people around you, particularly those with dialects and voices that interest you.
  • A person's voice holds great sway over their personality and behavior. Be sure not to forget that a characters voice is just as much a part of them as the rest of their body. 
The 2014 Stage One class practices
their Irish Brogue.
Over the course of her master class aside from dispensing dialectic wisdom to the students, Emily also worked on an Irish dialect with the students. The students spent the rest of the class exploring, establishing, practicing and presenting the quick progress they made with the Irish dialect thanks to Emily.


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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Stage One - From Fosse to Kelly


Kelly d'Amboise instructs Stage One students through
"Hot Honey Rag".
Following a delightful comedy workshop with Evan Casey, up next on the master class docket for Stage One this year was a dance intensive with the talented Kelly Crandall d'Amboise. Kelly trained at the School of American Ballet and the University of Michigan. She has performed on Broadway, on the road, in Hollywood and in Vegas. She was an original cast member of The Boy From Oz where she had the great pleasure of working with Hugh Jackman. Some of her performance credits include work as the lead dancer in the Disney film, A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey, Chicago on Broadway and the National Tour, Susan Stroman’s A Christmas Carol, the National Tour of The Producers, the Broadway workshops of Dirty Dancing and Last Dance, The Most Happy Fella with NYC Opera, EFX at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Samson and Delilah with the LA Opera. She was a series regular on Penn & Teller’s Sin City Spectacular and has appeared in numerous commercials, videos, on the Academy Awards and the Tony Awards. In addition, she has been the Associate Choreographer on numerous productions including those at Lincoln Center, South Coast Rep., Busch Gardens and Signature Theatre. Kelly’s teaching credits include work at Interlochen Arts Academy, Orange County Performing Arts High School and George Mason University.

Abby and Emma practice their Fosse walks.
Kelly's master class with the Stage One students yesterday focused on the choreographic style of Broadway legend Bob Fosse from the mid 50's to 80's. Some of Fosse's most well known shows and bits of choreography include The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Cabaret, Sweet Charity, Pippin and Chicago.

Bryan leans into warm ups with Kelly.
Throughout the short and intensive dance session Kelly and the students worked on choreography from "Hot Honey Rag" from Chicago. It's amazing how quick the Stage One students took to Kelly's steps and how fast the number came together. Keep your eyes peeled for a video snippet of the song itself.

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Stage One - Make 'Em Laugh


Evan Casey gets to the point of comedy.
Signature Theatre's Stage One 2014 Workshop got off to a quick start yesterday as our 15 students met one another and their instructors for the first time. With acting, dancing, and vocal training crammed into every days schedule, these bright and talented young people will  be working very hard over the course of the next two weeks. We can't wait to see what kind of steps they take on their artistic journies as we work with them this summer.

One of changes to this year's format with the Stage One is the inclusion of daily master classes taught by DC area theatre practitioners. These master classes will vary greatly in terms of topic and structure as the instructors come from very different parts of the performance world. ( Be sure to stay tuned to the Education Blog to get the inside scoop on who and what the Stage One students are working with and on.) 

Stage One students listen as
Evan tells them the ins and outs
of comedy.
To get the master class ball rolling, we  thought it might be a great idea to start things off on a lighter note with one of our favorite performers, Evan Casey. Evan is a DC area actor and teacher and has appeared at Signature Theatre in Company, Really Really, The Hollow, The Boy Detective Fails, Urinetown, Ten Unknowns and Allegro. Evan has performed heavily in the Washington DC area at such theatres as The Kennedy Center, Ford's Theatre, Olney Theatre, Studio Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre, Round House Theatre, Rep Stage and Theatre of the First Amendment among many others. Evan trained at Catholic University and the London Dramatic Academy and has taught extensively throughout the area.

Evan takes a moment to field a few questions.
One of the many areas in which Evan excells is comedy (This man knows how to make an audience laugh.) Throughout his master class Evan discussed and explored the concepts of comedy with the Stage One students and what differentiates comedy from a straight drama. In comedy, the stakes are higher than drama. This is because emotions are elevated and the shifts in emotions more drastic. This often leads to comedic moments because the needs of the character are great and others responses to their actions are larger than life at times. 

Other major concepts that Evan discussed with the students were the importance of specificty, clarity, and hyper awareness in comedy. The jokes and lines are written on the page in a certain way for a certain reason. A comma or period is placed in a sentence to break up a moment or insert a pause so a joke has time to land or to misdirect an audience. Evan highlighted these concepts by showing clips of Abbott & Costello's "Who's On First?", Seinfeld's "Marine Biologist" and Sweeney Todd's "A Little Priest". These clips all demonstrate these important tennants of comedy and how they are indespensible when it comes to making an audience laugh. We were so lucky to have Evan join us for the afternoon and cannot wait to see what some of the other instructors have in store for us over the coming two weeks.

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Signature Summer: Stage One

“The Stage One program was an incredible transitional experience for me. Having participated in the program the summer before my senior year of high school, it fostered my growth from an excited yet inexperienced young performer to a more confident, emotionally-intelligent actor, singer and dancer.” – Edward Simon

This coming Saturday the 26th, the Signature Theatre Education Department will be holding auditions for its 2014 summer Stage One musical theatre workshops at 10:00 am.

The Stage One workshop is a two-week program that gives anyone ages 14-17 the chance to experience in-depth the world of professional musical theatre and to hone their vocal, dance and acting skills. Musical theatre professionals provide students with personalized, supportive instruction in daily dancing, singing, and acting courses. As the prequel to the successful Overtures Musical Theatre Institute, Stage One aims to create fully-developed young musical theatre performers. At the conclusion of the program, students will demonstrate what they’ve learned in a performance for friends and family members.


Education Director David Zobell (center) with the 2011 Stage One crew
In addition to daily training in acting, music and dance, this year Stage One will be a full hour longer to incorporate daily master classes from a professional from the DC theatre scene. With a different instructor everyday, this is an incredible opportunity for high schools students to work with award-winning actors, directors, choreographers, musicians and casting directors.

Check out the comments former Stage One students have had about their involvement with the program and how it has helped them as performers.


Eitan and the others warm up at the start of the day.
“I came into Stage One already knowing I wanted to pursue  musical theatre as a career, but when I left, my love for the art was even stronger because I was so heavily exposed to the varied disciplines within the art form. Stage One is the right program for anyone who loves performing musical theatre, wants to learn much more about it, and simply wants to have a fantastic time with other kids that share the same passion.” - Eitan Mazia

You’ve heard it from some of our past students so now why don’t you audition to be one of our students? Come out this coming Saturday at 10:00 am with 2 contrasting musical theatre pieces, no more than 16 bars a piece, and be prepared for a short dance call. We look forward to hopefully seeing, meeting, and working with you.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Inside Stage One

Inside Stage One

Listen to the 2013 Stage One students, as they give you the inside scoop on the program's first week.



For more about Stage One, check out the official site. Congrats to this year's students! 

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

In With the Interns: Irene Casey

Irene in the Signature in the Schools production
of Civil Wars.
Name: Irene Casey
School: Yale University, class of 2014, where I'm a Theater Studies major and have focused on directing.
 
Favorite Musical: At the moment, Matilda, but for always, Assassins.

Favorite Play: Wit by Margaret Edson.
 
Favorite Movie: The Brothers Bloom

Internship: Education Intern.
 
Internship Start Date: June 10th, 2013

Internship Duties: Assisting with Overtures and Stage One. And soon, starting research for this year's Signature in the Schools production!
 
Favorite things about DC: Eastern Market, the bike paths and Dumbarton Oaks

If you were a type of food, what type of food would you be? Lemon Meringue Pie (possibly because that's the flavor of yogurt I just bought).

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Summer at Signature: Stage One and Overtures

It's generally acknowledged that it's in the theatre industry's best interest to nuture the next generation of talent: The best way to ensure the quality of your future shows? Provide top-notch training. Signature is no stranger to this principle. In fact, Signature has been hosting summer musical theatre programs for young performing artists for over ten years. In both Stage One Workshops and Overtures, students are given the opportunity to further develop their performing skills in a professional and focused environment.

Overtures students rehearse for their final showcase.
Stage One Workshops: A Musical Theatre Intensive for Ages 14-17
In Stage One Workshops, high school students go through two weeks of all-day training in singing, dancing, and acting. An audition-based admission program, Stage One is competitive and those admitted have their work cut out for them. Trained by some of the best in the DC Metro area, students learn what will be expected of them as theatre professionals.

Overtures: Signature Theatre's Musical Theatre Institute 
Overtures in the next step in a musical-theatre hopeful's training. It is designed to benefit college students, recent grads, and early professionals seeking to advance their performing abilities. While two weeks in length like Stage One, Overtures requires longer hours, includes mock auditions in front of real casting directors and master classes with NY actors, provides individual as well as group coaching, and concludes with a public showcase performance. Overtures is grueling, but ultimately rewarding: "I have gotten some of the best training I have ever received here at Overtures... I really love that we are pushed out of our comfort zone... I can feel my growth as a performer" (2012 Overtures participant). Students leave Overtures with a better understanding of the business and more mature as artists.
 
"It's amazingly complete... I feel like I learned more that was practical for a life in the theatre than I did in four years of college." (2011 Overtures participant)
2011 Overtures Showcase. Photo: Dennis Deloria
Auditions 
Auditions for Overtures and Stage One typically occur in April and May, although this year we're having an additional day of auditions for Stage One on June 1 (read more here). For both programs, auditioners are asked to prepare to contrasting vocal selections and demonstrate their movement abilities in an open dance call.

The Pay-off
Do these programs really produce "good" performers? We'll let you be the judge:
  • Matthew Gardiner: Associate Artistic Director at Signature Theatre. 
  • Michael Mainwaring: DC actor currently in Thunder Knocking at the Door at Creative Cauldron, recently in Signature Theatre's Dreamgirls.
  • Florrie Bagel: NYC actor, recently in the US National Tour of Sister Act.
  • James Gardiner: DC actor currently in Company at Signature, book writer for the musical Glory Days. 
  • Hannah Willman: DC actor, recently in My Fair Lady at Arena Stage.
  • Nick Blaemire: NYC actor, recently in the Broadway revival of Godspell, lyricist and composer for the musical Glory Days.
  • Aaron Reeder: DC actor, currently in Show Boat at The Kennedy Center.
Looks like Signature should simply keep up the good work!

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

In With the Interns: Vitale Christy






Name: Vitale Christy

School (Where/When/What): A rising sophomore at the University of Tampa in Florida

Long-Term Goals: I want to understand the language of Shakespeare and Sondheim. I want to write plays and hopefully get a Pulitzer for them, and hone in my craft as an actor and dramaturge.

Favorite Musical: Sunday in the Park with George

Favorite Play: Noises Off

Favorite Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth

Internship: Education intern

Internship Start Date: June 13

Internship Duties: I helped out with Overtures, Stage One, and will help with the Open House. I print music, scenes, etc. for the kids, set up rehearsal rooms for classes, and when I’m a good boy I get to help coach the Stage One kids. I'm also doing dramaturgical work for the upcoming Signature in the Schools show.

Favorite Things About Signature: Working with the kids and watching them grow as children of the stage.
Favorite Things About D.C.: Driving on GW Parkway home after a long day’s work.

General Cool Things About You: I shave with a straight edge razor, worked with Ashley Joye in a production of Our Country’s Good, got shot 12 times in the neck playing paintball once, can make the best PB&J you’ve ever had, and I am a brother of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia

Why are manhole covers round?: So that if a mugger snagged an old lady's purse, then a bulky-Arnold Schwarzenegger-superhero-type guy could pick it off the ground, throw it like a Frisbee at the mugger and save the day!

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