![]() ![]() I moved my tongue around inside my mouth when he chewed. I hummed “From A Distance” quietly and stood mouth-breathing, glassy-eyed, runny-nosed and slack-jawed. From a distance I watched him eat through the kitchen window. I can’t say that I met him, but I made him eggs a few times. The most famous person I ’ve ever met … Man, you guys are into your celebs, huh? Ok, here’s a juicy tidbit for ya: I used to cook breakfast and lunch at a record store/café in Seattle. It was a longing, melancholy kind of crush not only for a girl who didn’t really exist but also for the situation itself, in a fleeting time that had already passed. My surprising celebrity crush is … Well, I remember as a kid being all heavy-hearted about the girl Kevin meets over summer vacation on The Wonder Years. There are some I’m looking forward to if I make it to be old and grizzled and crotchety and I’m still doing this. My dream role is … I get asked this every so often and I never have a good answer. I played a walk-on character called “Bill Poster.” My sole duty in the scene was, in fact, to post a bill, but I was nonetheless confused as to whether “Bill Poster” was my name or my occupation. Another early performance of note was a time when I was maybe 13 and in the chorus of a musical. I also played a shepherd and I wore my Captain America bathrobe as a costume. The first play I was in was … a Christmas pageant when I was in 1st grade. My first stage kiss … was in a provocative, boundary-pushing school play called Below Deck: Shiver Me Tender. Then at about 5 minutes to curtain I wipe it all off. The whole process takes about 3 1/2 hours and requires 3 assistants and some very expensive prosthetics. To get into character for this show, I … make myself up to look exactly like Morgan Freeman. Working with essentially the same company for both productions is absolutely joyous, and it’s even better having my wife Sarah right there with me. The Tragedians are at an interesting spot right now Mongo in particular is currently undergoing a beautiful chrysalis. We have one week of Hamlet performances remaining, and it’s really incredible experiencing all the characters transition between the two plays. It’s prime creation time with plenty of exploration left, which is just so much fun, especially with material like this. My favorite part of the show is … Well right now we’re still in rehearsals and we’re just beginning to incorporate the full cast. Just before stepping onstage I drink my bottled tears. I spend the next 12 hours wrapped in a coat of Spanish moss, meditating, chanting and purging I hold a rose of Jericho and watch it bloom. I let the First Rays of Our Sun that break over the horizon shine into my eyes as I weep into a glass jar, saving the tears. On opening night … I wake before dawn, and in the deep blue ultraviolet early morning hues I bathe in dew and plant a seed in the earth with my mouth.
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