Category: Five Questions

  • Five Questions for Lisa D'Amour

    Name:  Lisa D’Amour Title/Occupation:   Playwright and Interdisciplinary Artist Organization/Company:  PearlDamour URL:   Pearldamour.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Born in St. Paul while Dad was in grad school, moved to West Virginia could teach Philosophy, wound up in New Orleans by age 10…

  • Five Questions for Mike Daisey

    Name:Mike Daisey Title/Occupation: Monologist Organization/Company:None—independent working artist URL: http://mikedaisey.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in far northern Maine, around Fort Kent, on the Canadian border. It is an area that is very remote and very poor, though I trace my obsession…

  • Five Questions for Justin Krebs

    Name: Justin Krebs Title/Occupation: Artistic Director, The Tank; Executive Director, Living Liberally Organization/Company: The Tank URL: thetanknyc.org / livingliberally.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Highland Park, NJ. From an early age, my parents exposed me to theater (went to shows…

  • Five Questions for Tia Walker

    Name: Tia Walker Title:  Celebrity Lifestyle Blogger  & Publisher of The Quest for “it” URL: www.thequestforit.com 1.  Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I’m from Virginia. I’m a Southerner. My mom hails from Virginia; my dad from Florida. Having a father in the military was always a…

  • Five Questions for Travis Chamberlain

    Name:Travis Chamberlain Title: Public Programs Coordinator at the New Museum, member of The Fabulous Entourage, burgeoning video artist and dancemaker URL: http//www.newmuseum.org/events and http://www.fabulousentourage.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Fairmont, NC, about 10 minutes away from the tourist trap known…

  • Five Questions for George Lugg

    Name: George Lugg Title: Associate Director, REDCAT URL: www.redcat.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? The first half of my childhood was spent on Long Island, in a housing development where the streets were named after American-made cars. I lived on DeVille Drive. My family…

  • Five Questions for James Hannaham

    Name: James Hannaham Title/Occupation: Writer/professor Organization/Company: Pratt Institute/McSweeney’s Books URL: http://www.jameshannaham.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Yonkers, New York. To get to Fort Greene, Brooklyn, I took the BxM4C bus from the stop at Tuckahoe Road and Rockne Road down…

  • Five Questions for Thomas Kriegsmann

    Name: Thomas Kriegsmann Title/Occupation: Producer Organization/Company: ArKtype URL: www.arktype.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I evolved in the great state of New Jersey. Luckily, my Queens-bred parents worked in the City so early exposure to its chaos led me toward as many solitary NYC…

  • Five Questions for Leslie Strongwater

    Name: Leslie Strongwater Title/Occupation: Director of Programming/Curator Organization/Company: Dixon Place URL: www.dixonplace.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? If I say New Jersey I’m screwed, right? So, let’s say this. Seminole, Oklahoma shaped my formative years, New York educated me in the theater, and Hampshire…

  • Five Questions for Kevin Cunningham

    Name: Kevin Cunningham Title/Occupation: Director/Writer/Designer—Executive Artistic Director Organization/Company: 3-Legged Dog Media and Theater Group/3LD Art & Technology Center URL: www.3leggeddog.org/www.3ldnyc.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Colorado and moved to Texas when I was 12. After working in high security mental…

  • Five Questions for Adam Huttler

    Name: Adam Huttler Title/Occupation: Executive Director Organization/Company: Fractured Atlas URL: www.fracturedatlas.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Maryland right outside of DC. After graduating college in 1998 I moved to New York and started Fractured Atlas. I stayed in the city until November 2001, when…

  • Five Questions for Heidi Schreck

    Name: Heidi Schreck Title/Occupation: Actor/Playwright 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Wenatchee, Washington, the Apple Capital of the World. When I was 6, my mom cast me as Hermia in a children’s production of  A Midsummer Night’s Dream and that’s how…