Category: Interviews

  • Five Questions for Christina Campanella

    Name: Christina Campanella Title/Occupation: Composer/Performer Organization/Company: Co-founder, Latitude 14 URL: latitude14.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I was born in Washington Heights near 181st Street and grew up in New Jersey just over the George Washington Bridge. There were a lot of art-makers in…

  • Five Questions for Andy Horwitz

    Name: Andy Horwitz Title: Founder/Editor Organization: Culturebot.org URL: www.culturebot.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up near Baltimore, MD in a suburb called PIkesville then went to college at Northwestern. After graduation a group of us moved out to Seattle to start a…

  • Five Questions for David Cote

    Name: David Cote Title: Theater Editor Organization: Time Out New York URL: www.timeoutnewyork.com/theater 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Born and adopted in New Hampshire. From the age of four I grew up in a small town, population 2,200. Since I was 10 I wanted…

  • In the Studio with Phantom Limb Company

    Starting January 6th you can see THE DEVIL YOU KNOW at LaMama.  This show marks the first collaboration between the legendary Ping Chong and the increasingly renowned Phantom Limb Company.  On a recent snowy Sunday, Jessica and Erik from Phantom Limb invited Culturebot into the studio for an interview. [BTW – Culturebot’s former intern Meryl…

  • Five Questions for Theo Stockman

    For 2 ½ hours, I wear faded, patched jeans and a maroon Sgt Pepper’s/Hendrix jacket and jump around, sing rock and roll protest songs, and get naked…. What more can you ask for?

  • Five Questions for Shannon Sindelar

    Name: 
Shannon Sindelar Title/Occupation: 
Director and co-writer for 31 Down; managing and programming director for the Ontological-Hysteric Theater URL: http://31down.org; http://ontological.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Everett, Washington, outside Seattle. I started doing theater when I was young and, much…

  • Five Questions With Alexis Macnab

    Name: Alexis Macnab Title/Occupation: Director-Adaptor, Theater Organization/Company: Infinite Coast URL: http://infinitecoast.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Evanston, Illinois, which is an idiyic place to raise cultured, liberal, yet still suburban children.  Evanston is a stone’s throw from Chicago so I…

  • Five Questions with Corey Dargel

    Name: Corey Dargel Title/Occupation: composer & singer/songwriter URL: http://automaticheartbreak.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I was born and raised in South Texas, the Rio Grande Valley.  It took me a few years to realize that my hometown was the primary cause of my severe…

  • Five questions for Taylor Gordon

    “but oh, that stage…. To this day when I see or hear Nutcracker music playing it has a huge influence on me…”

  • Five Questions for Aynsley Vandenbroucke

    Name: Aynsley Vandenbroucke Title/Occupation: Choreographer http://www.movementgroup.org and Artistic Director of Mount Tremper Arts: http://www.mounttremperarts.org/ 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I grew up in Chicago and L.A. My father worked in theater so I grew up going to performances and peeking in on rehearsals. Some…

  • 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…