When I was a kid of six or seven, I used to get up on the stove woodpile for a stage and I'd put on the wildest show.
I got amazing training both with Theatre Sports... back in Edmonton, Alberta - I can't give those people enough credit - and the daytime drama I did. Incredible training, both of them.
I think, coming from an improv/sketch background, I'm just used to having people around me to feed off of and support.
Nothing is better than showing up twice a week, acting like a 12 year-old for two hours, and then going home.
There's a lot of audience participation in 'Rock of Ages' and 'Rocky Horror.'
I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?'
I loved 'Les Miz' and 'Into the Woods' - I used to cast 'Into the Woods' with my friends, even if they'd never stepped on stage before.
I actually studied with The Groundlings.
I'm an old fashioned theater major at heart. I love to do a show, do something with friends; I'm kind of a nerd in that way. I like to put on a wig or a fake mustache and do something silly with friends, do a little dance.
Without sounding negative, I'm not a huge fan of a lot of stand-up. I'm more interested in an absurd kind of theater.
