Retrospect(ive): Bellow

What was your first CP year?

I belieeeeve I was just out of high school, so would have been the summer of 2005, and when Clare asked me to be involved it was one of those jawdrop moments where a TEACHER (!) / ROLE MODEL (!) asks you to come to be a part of her REAL LIFE (!) and act in front of REAL PEOPLE (!) in a BAR (!). As I recall, I played a child, and was strictly informed not to order any drinks, but it was still the most thrilling moment for me and I never looked back. 

Who brought you into the CP family/ How did you get involved?

In case you didn't get this from my above answer, it was THE Clare Mottola. I met Clare when I was in 8th grade and she became the teacher I most wanted to be and to be around. She just has this infectious energy that makes you believe you can do anything. When I graduated, she cast me in a CP play, which I felt was the biggest compliment of all time. I never let her cut me loose after that. 

What has been the most memorable CP play you have seen or worked on and why? 

 For me I think it has to be David Koteles' PRKS show from 2016 (ahh... remember summer 2016?), which was the first longer-form show I'd been a part of in many years. I had so missed digging into material and really working on a show, and I just loved working with that cast and pretending for a moment that Chris Tomaino was my real dad. 

So you win the cherry pie, who are you sharing it with? 

My toddler. I'll be lucky if I see a piece.  

CP gives me the courage to…

Get on stage!!  

What have you learned during quarantine that you’d like to carry with you in the future? 

Hahahaha - the future is quarantine. Quarantine is all there is. Quarantine is forever.

Also, I learned about sourdough.