Category: Interviews

  • 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…

  • Five Questions With Jennifer Mazza

    Name: Jennifer Mazza Title/Occupation: Artist / Adjunct Professor Organization/Company: Various URL: jenmazza.com 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? I was born in Washington D.C., but grew up 50 miles west of the city, in Wheatland, VA. The place is marked by a green and white…

  • Five Questions for Tommer Peterson

    Name: Tommer Peterson Title: Deputy Director, Grantmakers in the Arts URL: www.giarts.org 1. Where did you grow up and how did you end up where you are now? Grew up here in Seattle, and after bouncing around a bit, Tuba City, Arizona and Kyoto, Japan, ended up back here, and still like it a lot.…