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Meet
Martin Andrews
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Roles in RTSF 08:
Dromio of Syracuse
in The Comedy of Errors
Time/Storyteller in The Winter's Tale
How did you
get involved in acting?
I came to acting later in my life, after teaching Latin and History in
high school. While my wife was working on her MA one summer in Vermont,
I audited an acting class: nothing has ever been the same since.
What was your first
acting experience?
Well, all the world's a stage and you know, all men and women...wait,
someone said that before, right? I guess the first defining acting
experience came in that first acting class, when I performed a scene
from Gingham Dog by Lanford
Wilson in front of an invited audience. The scene depicted the final
gasps of an interracial relationship. All the anger and hatred came out
in that scene. It was one of the hardest things I had ever done at that
point in my life.
What is your
favorite role that you have played?
A few years ago I played Louis in Angels
in America: Millennium Approaches. I loved the journey of that
character - and the challenge of finding the admirable qualities in
him. I also had the opportunity to play Oedipus. Each night that I put
the mask on, I felt connected along a continuum of actors stretching
back two thousand years: that was a pretty cool feeling.
What is your
favorite play?
Wow. Not an easy question. For me theatre is about experience and
memory. I feel like the first memory of theatre I have is watching an
actor scaling a ladder in the production of The Master Builder - it's an image
burned into my mind. I have many others too numerous to list.
Who is your favorite
Shakespeare character?
I remember seeing Richard III up at Stratford in Canada. He seduced
everyone on stage and in the audience!
Why does performing
Shakespeare interest you?
Shakespeare demands that you enter into a relationship with the work.
I'm beginning to understand more and more that you can't have a fling
with Shakespeare, no one night stands. You must dedicate yourself to
the work, probably for your whole life, in order to be the actor that
the work requires.
Who are your heroes?
My heroes are the teachers that have inspired me. Also, last summer I
witnesses the bith of my daughter, the most heroic act I have ever
seen. If I could bring half of that bravery to my work, I could take on
any challenge.
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