There are places I remember

There are places I remember

Review #2! Huzzah! This time, the Seattle Weekly…

Mass Murder (Performing Arts)
Where: Northwest Actors Studio, 1100 E Pike, Seattle, 206-324-6328
When: Fri 6/8, Sat 6/9, Sun 6/10
What: Fine acting and occasionally brilliant writing make this evening of monologues shared by post-rampage serial killers an intense and, at points, extremely disturbing work. Standout performances include Eric Mayer’s Ted Bundy and Alicia Barta’s Nurse Genene Jones, the baby killer, both of which help the production achieve a rare squirm factor. It’s more than a little disquieting to have an actor aptly portraying both the all-American charm and the psychopathic denial of Bundy peer out into the audience and look you straight in the eye: “How are you tonight? Is your seat comfortable?” My speechlessness caused the gentleman in front of me to respond, to which Mr. Bundy said, smoothly, “No, not you, sir; the young lady behind you.” Northwest Actors Studio, 1100 E. Pike, 324-6328. $10-$12. 8 p.m. Fri.-Sun. Ends Sat. June 16. -Bethany Jean Clement

So far as good reviews go, we’re now 2 for 2! I just love being part of this production. It’s so, so odd, and yet so damn fun. What I’ve really been meaning to do is write a note to Dona Werner Freeman, my acting coach from college. I always knew that I wanted to do and be what she did and was. She’s an incredibly vibrant woman, mid-thirties, married to a dashing and fiscally solvent man, two absolutely adorable kids. She teaches acting classes by day at a small private college to a group of rabidly devoted students, and by night she acts with all the best little theatres in Minneapolis. She is, quite honestly, what I want to be when I grow up. When I decided I wanted to be a theatre major, she’s the one who took me under her wing and schooled me good! I kind of feel like I owe any success I ever have as an actor directly to her. Maybe I’ll send her a copy of the review and say thanks. There’s nothing I would like more than to be able to have her day-job — and hopefully, I would be able to make as much of a difference in the students’ lives as she has in mine. (sorry, having a cheesy nostalgic moment.) That’s why I want to save up and get my MFA. Right now I want to get it in Acting, but by the time I can actually afford it, I’ll probably want to do it in Theatre Education. I’m constantly realizing that I know nothing, and that’s pretty cool.