NOW PLAYING:
From the Inside, Out
Sat., Aug. 9th @ 7:00 p.m.
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In the Q-Box: Maggie Keenan-Bolger
Smoking. Drinking. Cutting. How do you cope? A patchwork of true stories delve into what it really means to be a self-injurer. Tying it together? One young woman, sitting in an empty Indian restaurant with her dad, revealing her secret.
From The Inside, Out's Maggie Keenan-Bolger, steps into this special Fringe-centric Q-Box to answer our always informative, albeit mostly ridiculous, questions.
What's the best thing about Fringe?
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Getting to be a part of mass quantities of original theater-making. The diversity of the performances are incredible. Plus, it's all produced by people invested in getting good things out there.
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What's the #1 reason people should come see your show?
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Self-injury is rarely talked about in any sort of accessible forum. In fact, it's even more rarely talked about in a humanistic, often humorous way. Our show makes something seen as a huge social taboo a little less foreign to everyone. If you're a self-injurer, a friend of, or someone whose never heard the term before, there's something useful in this show for you. And you don't have to dig through miles of medical jargon and psychological nonsense to get to it.
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Do you have any opening-night rituals?
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I'm quite fond of silly energy games such as Brown Squirrel and Big Booty.
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What are the craziest performance conditions you've had to work under?
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My theater company produces a web-series called The Gifted Girls and the last two shootings were polar opposites in terms of comfort. The first one we were outside in 40 degree weather in short sleeves and s skirt trying to shoot with the subway and helicopters overhead. The next shooting weekend we had a heat wave and ended up lugging tons of lighting and sound equipment on the subway all around the city. The whole time we were still trying to look camera-ready even though we had sweat seeping through every layer of clothing.
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How did you get involved with the arts?
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My sister saw The Sound of Music when she was 5 and decided she wanted to be on stage. My brother and I grew up in baby backpacks while my parents helped out behind the scenes of her shows. As soon as we were old enough to do Community Theater my brother and I were there too. To this day, the three of us still are involved in the arts.
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THE STATS:
High school attended: Renaissance High School in Detroit, MI.
Favorite Class:
I was oddly smitten with economics.
Next-up on Netflix queue:
I have an unusual propensity for bad lesbian movies.
Playing on your iPod right now: [title of show]
Favorite pizza topping: Cheese, cheese and more cheese.
Last good book you read:
Kindred by Octavia Butler
All-time, hands-down favorite piece of theater: I'm going to have to go with Angels in America by Tony Kushner.
Who's the least-bad Batman?: Hmm, I prefer Buffy.
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