Meet Christie Vela!

KDT Artistic Company Member Christie Vela directs a lovely cast of KDT newbies in the world premiere of Octavio Solis' SE LLAMA CRISTINA, running from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

CHRISTIE

FULL GIVEN NAME

Ana Cristina Vela Chavez Carmona Guerra Vela Vivero Serna Perez de Flores

HOMETOWN

Laredo, Texas

ZODIAC SIGN

Capricorn

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

I was recommending Theresa Alice by Jenny Ledel and Fly by Night [at Dallas Theater Center]

FAVORITE PLAY

Macbeth; The Pillowman; Boom

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Yesterday is Here" Tom Waits; "Pepita" by Calexico

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The Brief and Incredible Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

For me? Or for the people reading this? Everyone should watch "Deadwood" at least once. Best thing ever. For at night when I get home from rehearsal? "Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot" with David Suchet.

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"Super 8"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Maggie Smith

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

Julia Roberts movies from the 90's

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
I can't eat for about 2 hours prior to curtain. Post: Whatever is within my reach.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

Bette Davis and/or Edith Head

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

During Fat Pig at the DTC, I had to kiss Regan Adair and then pick-up the remote control and turn on the television (which was actually being operated from the booth) to end the scene. I got carried away by the moment and forgot to pick up the remote, so the people in the booth could not turn on the tv, and the scene just kind of stopped until Regan reminded me with a crazy eye movement to grab the remote. It was very embarrassing.

Vela and costar Regan Adair give good face.

WORST COSTUME EVER:

Ugh... My sensible pantsuit/tent/muumuu in King Lear at Trinity Rep. Some designers are afraid of Big Boobs. Thank Goodness for Tina Parker and Jennifer Ables. Those ladies know how to dress me.

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

Spark by Caridad Svich AND Kita Y Fernanda by Tanya Saracho

[Ed: KDT's 15th Annual New Works Festival will feature a reading of 'Spark' by Caridad Svich - make sure to check it out! More information on NWF here.]

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Red Light Winter

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Judas in Jesus Christ Superstar; Mother Courage. Arkadina. Medea. Bernarda Alba. Titania.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I did a production of Macbeth at Kitchen Dog that I could have run forever because I LOVED the cast. Every night, it was like we were all alone in this dark room telling the story to each other and we didn't care who was watching. I don't know if people loved it. Frankly, it doesn't matter to me. But we did and that's really all that counts.

SUPERSTITIONS

The "M" word said out loud in a theater, or quoting the show in a theater DURING the run of a show. Other times, it's okay.

[Ed: Christie's referring to the same superstition as Vanessa, read here.]

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Selling bridal gowns at Kleinfeld in NY. Or Captain of the Starship Enterprise.

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

The Taming of the Shrew

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Reckless

We couldn't find a good shot of Christie's AMAZING Deviled Egg costume
from Reckless (an egg with horns & a pitchfork, GET IT??!!),
so here's a series of photos.
You get the gist.

KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker, Artistic Company Member Karen Parrish, Craig Parrish,
Christie, David Stroh, and KDT Artistic Company Member Max Hartman

Yay!

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

The cat dressed like a shark that rides around on the Roomba terrifying that duckling. It's got everything: comedy, drama, and sharks. It's on Youtube.

See Christie's phenomenal directorial work onstage in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.

Meet Vanessa DeSilvio!

Newlywed Vanessa DeSilvio has been onstage in Dallas at SMU, Shakespeare Dallas, and DTC, but this is her first show with Kitchen Dog, and we're thrilled to have her! Catch Vanessa and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

VANESSA

FULL GIVEN NAME

Born Vanessa Gibens Acosta. I gave myself my middle name, Renee, when I was 15.

HOMETOWN

Born in Kansas City, Missouri, but I grew up all over the place and ended up in Plainsboro, New Jersey, for high school, so I guess that is my "hometown."

ZODIAC SIGN

Sagittarius

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

Cara Mia Theater's The Dreamers: A Bloodline.

FAVORITE PLAY

This one. Seriously.

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

Dave Matthews Band "If Only"

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The third installment of Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Freed.
Don't judge.

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

I'm thinking of re-watching The Sopranos seasons. Because it's that good.

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"Django Unchained" Finally got around to seeing it.

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Speaking of...Christoph Waltz

Christoph toasts Vanessa's choice

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

The Real Housewives of New York. So much drama.

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Pre-show meal: I like a healthy salad. Post-show meal: Beer.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

I wanted to be a pediatrician. But then I got totally turned off when I found out med school required you to be really good at math. I hated math.

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

I was in a production of The Taming of the Shrew, playing Katherine, and we were performing the famous "wooing scene" to a packed house. Just as lines were getting quicker and quicker, the guy playing Petruchio said a line that he says near the top of the scene and I immediately responded with the line that comes after his, so we totally went back a few pages in the script and literally did the entire scene over again, complete with the choreographed slaps and ear pulls and all. I know audience members were like, "didn't we just see this?"

WORST COSTUME EVER:

When I was in a production of Cyrano with Shakespeare Dallas, in the middle of the summer, I had a super quick change that could only be solved with me wearing one costume on top of the other. It was 95 degrees outside. Outdoor theater. The costumes had to be peeled off me.

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

El Nogalar by Tanya Saracho. Wonderful play, based on The Cherry Orchard but set in Mexico.

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Mmm. I will skip this one.

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

Imagine if more people who graduate from acting programs in Dallas would stay here and not move off to LA or NYC... The theater in this town would be unstoppable.

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Shakespeare's Cleopatra; Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet; Natasha in Three Sisters, Adela in La Casa de Bernarda Alba.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Honestly, I loooooved playing Jeanette in The Full Monty. It was a total character role, so I could play the role for 50 years and actually grow into it.

SUPERSTITIONS

You cannot say the name of the Scottish Play in a theater. Please. Don't.

(Ed: learn more about this long-standing superstition here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scottish_Play)

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

I would be a food critic! I would taste foods everywhere and write about them.

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

Vigils by Noah Haidle

KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker
and Matthew Gray in Vigils in 2010

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

August: Osage County

Don't miss Vanessa in her KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.

Meet Jeremy Schwartz!

Plano-born Jeremy Schwartz returns to Dallas and we got him first! New to KDT, but not new to Octavio Solis, Jeremy was previously in Solis' work with Erik Ehn, Shiner, at Undermain Theatre. Catch Jeremy and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

JEREMY

FULL GIVEN NAME

Jeremy David Schwartz

HOMETOWN

Plano

ZODIAC SIGN

Sagittarius

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

Haven't had a chance to see anything

FAVORITE PLAY

The one I'm in. Always.

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Lukin" Pearl Jam

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The Yiddish Policeman's Union

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"American Dad"

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"Caddyshack"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Can't think of a one.

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

Can't think of a one.

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Post: Veggie burger from Lakewood Landing

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

An actor

 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

I've blocked it out

WORST COSTUME EVER:

A wool tux. I had an AWFUL sunburn, and was covered in blisters at the end of every show.

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

Jerusalem

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Orphans

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Henry in Lion in Winter; Falstaff

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

I would not choose to run anything for 10 years.

SUPERSTITIONS

I'm afraid of the Dutch...

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Chef or Music Producer

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

This one

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

This one.

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

Matthew Earnest's production of Fen. 

Don't miss Jeremy in his KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.

Meet Israel Lopez!

Israel Lopez ALSO just finished his undergrad studies (English Literature) at SMU while starting rehearsals for a world premiere play. What can we say, SMU teaches 'em right. Catch Israel and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

ISRAEL

FULL GIVEN NAME

Israel Lopez Reyes Jr.

HOMETOWN

South Los Angeles

ZODIAC SIGN

Cancer

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

one:man.show and PUP Fest at Kitchen Dog

KDT Artistic Company Member Tim Johnson in one:man.show

FAVORITE PLAY

References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Get It Together" by Beastie Boys

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The Lamentable Journey of Omaha Bigelow into the Impenetrable Loisada Jungle by Edgardo Vega Yunque

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"Seinfeld"

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"The Place Beyond the Pines"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Tupac. I'll settle for the hologram.

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

Telenovelas. They're totally fake and extremely entertaining.

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Oranges.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

The President. 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

I was in a chicken costume we had rented from Pollo Campero or some place. I couldn't find my way offstage and I crashed into everything before I decided to take the chicken head off and exit.
It was sad.

WORST COSTUME EVER:

I played a fairy with leopard wings and blue parachute pants in high school. I also wore a vest. There was glitter everywhere. It was terrible.

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

Welcome Home Jenny Sutter by Julie Marie Myatt

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Bad Shakespeare

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

I don't know. Developing more original work by Texas playwrights? More staged readings? Does Dallas have a fringe festival?

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Edmund in King Lear; Orestes in Electridad; Uday Hussein in Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo. Honestly, I'd rather play a role in a new play than a role people are already familiar with.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Suburbia by Eric Bogosian

SUPERSTITIONS

Black cats? I'm not into cats.

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Drummer for Metallica...or Slayer. I guess that still falls under artist.

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

RX by Kate Fodor

KDT Artistic Company Members Martha Harms,
Tina Parker, Max Hartman in RX.

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

So many. Lydia by Octavio Solis at the Mark Taper Forum; Lynn Nottage's Ruined and Party People by Universes at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Don't miss Israel in his KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.

Meet Samantha Rios!

Samantha Rios only just finished her undergraduate theater studies at SMU and we're pullin' her up onstage at KDT. See Samantha and the cast of SE LLAMA CRISTINA from May 24 to June 22 at Kitchen Dog Theater!

SAMANTHA

FULL GIVEN NAME

Samantha Alexandra Rios

HOMETOWN

Olympia, WA/Lexington, KY

ZODIAC SIGN

Leo

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

Midsummer!
(By our friends at Shakespeare Dallas)

FAVORITE PLAY

Marisol by Jose Rivera

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Pandora" by The Cocteau Twins and 
"Eyes Without a Face" by Billy Idol

LAST BOOK YOU READ

Does a play count? If so, Loot by Joe Orton

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"TWIN PEAKS" 4 Life!

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

"The Kingdom"

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Cillian Murphy

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

ANTM. "We were all rooting for you, Tiffany!"

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Cheese/cheese.

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

singer 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

Walked onstage without my animal mask on during a run of Animal Farm.

WORST COSTUME EVER:

Animal Farm...

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

'Tis Pity She's a Whore

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Our Town, though it's great

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

Sticks up some rectums. :)

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Angel/Marisol; Lady Anne/Richard III; Skriker/The Skriker; Clytemnestra/Iphigenia; any role in The Maids.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

And Baby Makes Seven (with Miranda Parham as my director!)

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

Pet photographer/Wildlife photographer

SUPERSTITIONS

no thanks

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

Vigils

KDT Co-Artistic Director Tina Parker
with Matthew Gray in Vigils in 2010

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Se Llama Cristina by Octavio Solis

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

The Devil and Mr. Punch at Barbican Theater

Don't miss Samantha in her KDT debut in SE LLAMA CRISTINA at Kitchen Dog Theater, May 24 - June 22!

Buy tickets for SE LLAMA CRISTINA here.

Meet Jane Willingham!

Jane Willingham is turning in a funny and poignant turn as Frances, who befriends Meena in the ladies' underwear department and hijinks and bonding ensue. Catch Jane and the cast of RX only two more nights at Kitchen Dog Theater!

JANE

FULL GIVEN NAME

Jane Willingham

HOMETOWN

Now Dallas (raised on a ranch outside Guymon, OK)

ZODIAC SIGN

Capricorn

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

The Chairs

FAVORITE PLAY

Maybe To Kill a Mockingbird for one - such a wonderful story

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

Would you believe, no iPod or device, but love XM72 'On Broadway' on the radio.

LAST BOOK YOU READ

Bossypants by Tina Fey

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"Project Runway"

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

Les Miserables

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Meryl Streep

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

TV reality shows - are they pop culture?

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL
Bowl of soup

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

I wanted to be...playing with my dolls and/or with friends. 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP:

Melodrama - college - jumped off a pier - dress caught on pier post - ripped skirt half off - left me hanging!

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

With so many theaters doing so many shows I don't know what hasn't been done.

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo - glad I saw it; not my favorite

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

Who says Dallas doesn't have greatness?

BUCKET LIST ROLES

A recurring role on a TV show.

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Man of No Importance

SUPERSTITIONS

No walking under ladders

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

Can't remember - favorite KDT play: The Glass Menagerie directed by Tina Parker, brilliant!

Mary Booty, KDT Artistic Company Members Emeritus Shelly Tharp-Payton and Dan Day,
and KDT Artistic Company Member Bill Lengfelder in The Glass Menagerie

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

True West

KDT Artistic Company Members and Co-Founders
Dan Day and Joe Nemmers with Jane Willingham in True West.

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

Maybe not the best but one I most remember: I Can Get it for You Wholesale 1963 starring Jerry Orbach, Elliot Gould, and newcomer Barbra Streisand - her 1st Broadway show.

Don't miss Jane in the last 2 performances of RX at Kitchen Dog Theater! Closes Saturday April 27!

Buy tickets for RX here.

Meet Christopher Curtis!

Kitchen Dog Theater is thrilled to welcome KDT newbie Christopher Curtis to our stage! Only a few more chances to catch him and the terrific cast of RX before April 27!

CHRISTOPHER

FULL GIVEN NAME

Christopher Hunter Curtis

HOMETOWN

Oklahoma City

ZODIAC SIGN

Aries

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

Fiction at Amphibian Stage

*Fiction is now closed, but you can catch The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs at Amphibian through May 12.

FAVORITE PLAY

Hamlet

(Happy Birthday Week Shakespeare! Shakespeare lovers received a great gift: access the First Folio online here.)

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Spinning Wheel" Blood, Sweat and Tears

LAST BOOK YOU READ

John Adams

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"House of Cards"

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

Argo

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Patrick Stewart

*lucky ticket-buyers at Berkeley Repertory Theatre will get to see Patrick Stewart onstage with Sir Ian McKellan in No Man's Land this August!

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

comic books

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL

Subway

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

Captain Kirk

 

WORST COSTUME EVER

3 layers of upholstery fabric doing outdoor Shakespeare in August

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

Wittenberg

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

Thee and Thou

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

The talent is here, we just need to keep growing the audience and investing more in it.

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Sweeney Todd, Heisenberg in Copenhagen, Brutus in Julius Caesar, Richard III, Fred Graham in Kiss Me, Kate, Faust in Wittenberg

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Singin' in the Rain

SUPERSTITIONS

None

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

In the Next Room, or, the Vibrator Play

KDT Artistic Company Members Max Hartman and Martha Harms
with Austin Tindle in In the Next Room, or, the Vibrator Play in 2011

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Rx

Tina Parker and Christopher Curtis in Rx

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

Copenhagen on Broadway: three people, three chairs, absolutely mesmerizing

Don't miss Christopher in his KDT debut in RX at Kitchen Dog Theater!

Buy tickets for RX here.

Meet John Flores!

If you've been to even one show this season at KDT, you've heard John Flores' work. If you've been to all the shows this season at KDT, you've definitely heard his work. And if you've been to KDT shows in the past years, you've seen AND heard his work...you get the picture. Meet KDT Artistic Company Member John Flores, now onstage (and behind the scenes) in RX at Kitchen Dog Theater!

 

JOHN

FULL GIVEN NAME

John Michael Flores

 

HOMETOWN

Dallas

 

ZODIAC SIGN

Pisces

 

 

 

CURRENT SHOW (OTHER THAN YOUR OWN) THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDING TO FRIENDS

The Dreamers Project at Cara Mia Theatre

 

On the Eve Nouveau 47/Theatre Three

 

FAVORITE PLAY

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett*

 

*Hopefully by now our readers know that the origin of the name of our theater is from this play.

 

MOST PLAYED SONG ON YOUR IPOD/DEVICE

"Erotic City" - Prince

 

*Prince is notoriously protective of his stuff showing up on YouTube, but here's Sheila E's version...

 

 

LAST BOOK YOU READ

The Road - Cormac McCarthy

 

MUST-SEE TV SHOW

"Arrested Development"  - to laugh

"Downton Abbey" - to cry

 

LAST GOOD MOVIE YOU SAW

Skyfall

 

PERFORMER YOU WOULD DROP EVERYTHING TO GO SEE

Miles Davis

 

POP CULTURE GUILTY PLEASURE

"Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" with Gil Gerard and Erin Grey

 

 

FAVORITE PRE-/POST-SHOW MEAL

Pre - Monster naval orange and hot green tea

Post - breakfast: eggs, bacon, toast

 

WHAT DID YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE?

An actor in a TV police drama

 

WORST FLUBBED LINE/MISSED CUE/ONSTAGE MISHAP

Teatro Dallas, Tales from the Mist - I was dancing too close to a candle and the headpiece on my head completely caught fire; I was tackled and put out by the stage manager (thanks Victor!)

 

WORST COSTUME EVER

Rouged Nipples

 

A PLAY THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE ON A DALLAS STAGE BUT SHOULD BE DONE

John Carpenter's The Thing

 

 

ONE PLAY YOU HOPE YOU NEVER SEE AGAIN

The Real Thing by Tom Stoppard

 

IN YOUR OPINION, WHAT HOLDS DALLAS BACK FROM THEATRICAL GREATNESS?

Theatrical greatness abounds in Dallas; but it takes courage to go out, experience it and spread the word.

 

BUCKET LIST ROLES

Prospero - The Tempest

 

IF YOU HAD TO RUN A SHOW FOR 10 YEARS AND YOU GOT TO CHOOSE - WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Aesop's Fables 2: Electric Bugaloo, with David Goodwin

 

SUPERSTITIONS

Blood on a costume makes it magical; if you see an animal in the parking lot, it has a message.

 

DREAM PROFESSION IF YOU DIDN'T BECOME AN ARTIST?

CIA Analyst

 

FIRST SHOW TO SEE AT KITCHEN DOG

Taming of the Shrew

Max Hartman (foreground) and the cast of
The Taming of the Shrew.

 

FIRST SHOW TO BE IN AT KITCHEN DOG

Titus Andronicus

 

 

BEST PIECE OF THEATER YOU'VE EVER SEEN

Pillowman by Martin McDonagh - Kitchen Dog

Shiner by Erik Ehn & Octavio Solis - Undermain Theatre

 

Octavio returns to Dallas next week to join us for the first week of rehearsals of SE LLAMA CRISTINA!

 

 

 

Don't miss John and his rockin' soundtrack onstage now in RX at Kitchen Dog Theater.

 

Buy tickets for RX here.