Category: Five Questions
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Five Questions for Sarah Kilby
Five Questions for Sarah Kilby Name: Sarah Kilby Title/Occupation: poet URL: http://sarahkilby.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Well, I grew up in western North Carolina, in a town called Mt. Airy, and it is at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains, which are…
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Five Questions for Deborah Black
Name: Deborah Black Title/Occupation: performer URL: www.deborahblack.net 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in rural, western Pennsylvania, about 1.5 hours southeast of Pittsburgh in the Appalachian Mountains. My grandfather had a fairly large dairy farm and my mom, dad, sister, and I…
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Five Questions for Shireen Dickson
I grew up in Maryland. Then I got into grad school @ NYU so it all worked out. This is what I did Friday: I’m lucky. It’s working out OK so far.
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Five Questions for Arthur Aulisi
Name: Arthur Aulisi Title/Occupation: Actor 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in the small town of Gloversville, New York and wanted to get far away. After a few years in the Chicago area and a year at Actors Theatre of Louisville, I…
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Five Questions for Pavel Zustiak
Name: Pavel Zustiak Title/Occupation: Artistic Director, Choreographer, Sound Designer Organization/Company: Palissimo Inc. URL: www.palissimo.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in the eastern part of the former Czechoslovakia, which is now Slovakia. I studied in Canada then in Amsterdam, Netherlands before getting…
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Five Questions With The Octopus Project
Name: The Octopus Project Title/Occupation: Band (…a sort of Tim Burton block party is unfolding) Organization/Company: Peek-a-Boo Records URL: http://www.theoctopusproject.com Note: Questions were primarily answered by Josh Lambert. 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? We all grew up in different parts of Texas (Josh –…
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Five Questions For Stu Campbell
Name: Stu Campbell Title/Occupation: “…interactive installations… “ Organization/Company: Nawlz URL: http://www.nawlz.com/ 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up on the Northwest coast of Tasmania–the island off the bottom of Australia. It’s a beautiful place but very isolated, which is probably why I left…
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Five Questions for Tom Murrin
Name: Tom Murrin Title/Occupation: Alien Comic; performer, writer Organization/Company: The Alien Comic, Paper Magazine URL: http://www.thealiencomic.com/ 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Well, that’s really the whole show to tell you the truth. I grew up in Los Angeles, California; I moved to New York…
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Five Questions for Adam Greenfield
Name: Adam Greenfield Title/Occupation: Literary Manager, Director Organization/Company: Playwrights Horizons URL: www.playwrightshorizons.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up nestled between two freeways in Orange County, California. I did my best to be one of those kids who skateboards around the mini-malls with…
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Five Questions for Aaron Landsman
Name: Aaron Landsman Title/Occupation: playwright/actor/advocate Organization/Company: myself. URL: http://www.thinaar.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Minneapolis during an amazing cultural moment. The punk rock subculture was incredible, as was Prince’s music scene; Liviu Ciulei was at The Guthrie overseeing some pretty…
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Five Questions for Phil Soltanoff
Name: Phil Soltanoff Title/Occupation: Director URL: http://www.philsoltanoff.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Stamford, CT right on the border between middle class and upper middle class white cultures. I didn’t like it there, but I did find a starting point working…