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Eight Tales of Pedro writer Mark-Eugene Garcia and director Rodrigo Ernesto Bolaños sit down with Joe Torres on Tiempo on ABC7NY, to discuss more about the play and why more than ever, especially during these political times, we need to be sharing these types of stories.
MARK-EUGENE GARCIA--No introduction needed. Read on for Mark's thoughts on mangerie! Why did you take up performing? "Performing started with music and music started with HER: My elementary school crush was the first chair flute player and I learned how to play flute well enough to be second chair so I could sit next to her. Years later, she would quit band and I would quit girls. But music would lead me to musical theatre and theatre in general." Who is your character? How are you like this character? "In THE UNDERPANTS GODOT, I play Mark Ransom, who plays Vladimir in 'Waiting for Godot'. It’s complicated ...but it’s not. My character and I are alike in that: We’re both actors named Mark. We both have a lot of a lot of respect for theatre. We both fight to elevate the visibility of queer characters. We both agreed to do shows in our underwear. And we both have a pretty wicked sense of humor. How do you differ? "We’re different in that Mark (him) [is] a lot smarter than Mark (me). I realized that when I first read the script. Preparing for the role, I had to read up on Beckett, re-read some theatre history, revisit some Shakespeare, as well as research some Queer Cinema of the 80s and 90s. He also didn’t like 'Batman Begins' and I did. That’s important." It happened at a dinner that I had been looking forward to. It was a cold February evening and I was glad to be out of the house. I’d been unemployed for a few weeks, had no real employment bites, hadn’t really told any friends about it, and was having some cabin fever. It was Feb 2016. I had been at Marbles for over a year and was beginning to consider it a career. It was a bit of a betrayal when they decided to close their NY stores leaving me and my staff without work. I was angry. I was upset. I decided since I didn’t have anything nice to say I wasn’t going to say anything. So I didn’t. I didn’t really tell friends. I didn’t tell family. I avoided social media. Winter was at its worst and darkest and so was I. I felt my face flush. Sweat beaded on my forehead and began to slide down my nose. I was burning up inside. My shirt was sticking to me.
Have you ever wanted to go back and do something again, knowing what you know now? Or wondered where you came from? I can honestly say thatdoing that, through Encore, was one of the most profound, motivating, and most beautiful experiences in my life. The week with this group, redoing this show, with the pressures of reality tv was such a crazy journey. But in that journey I redisovered who I am by re-meeting who I used to be. Read on to see some of the pics from ABC, as well as some of the behind the scenes pictures that we took as we re-met, rehearse, and freaked out about having only five days to do it all. Kristen Bell Explains Why Encore! Is the Perfect Show for These Anxious Times- Entertainment Weekly12/8/2017
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