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.