And next:
Snug Fytt!
What role
do you play in the Mechanicals?
I be the eye-candy, bless the mark! Each traveling troupe needs someone with good
looks and a fully-some figure to draw in the audience. Without me, the Mechanicals
are just another homely rag-tag group of actors!
What is
your occupation outside of the Mechanicals?
I possess
the highly valued talent of joining...wood.
It doth to be a quite lucrative profession to join...wood.
Who
inspires me in performance?
Before we
begin each performance, I make a point of searching the patrons in the playspace for my muse.
Most often my muse doth to be a gentleman of good standing, good calf
and excellent coinage.
The woman
behind the womadness:
Jill Wentzel
How did I
get involved with the MM?
In 2002, after auditions, Richard and I were talking about his audition monologue, the Thisby monologue from Midsummer’s if I remember correctly, and how he wanted to portray Francis Flute that season. That was such a cool idea that I suggested that he talk to the directors about having some additional people help out and be the other members of the Mechanicals. Basically, Richard had a good idea, and I jumped on his bandwagon!
What is
my performance background?
I began my lofty career in the theater as the Littlest
Billy Goat Gruff and played such exciting roles as Narrator, Japanese mother, and Refrigerator
door. I was actively involved in
community and school theater in my hometown and was a charter member of Shippensburg
University’s only improvisational theater company “Game On: Improv!” My first official Shakespearean role was that
of Brother John in “Romeo and Juliet.”
Recently, I acted with Dan Wentzel in a
production of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: Abridged” in
Comedic
inspiration:
My father was the king of punsters and bad jokes. I would have to say that he was my earliest comic inspiration. I remember realizing that the joke could be horrible, but with the right delivery almost every joke could be funny (almost...even my dad had a few bombs!). Since I have been working with the Mechanicals, each of them have taught me new and creative ways to be funny! They inspire me every time we get together!
How long
have I been a member?
I have been a member since 2002, when the Mechanicals were born! That makes me as old (in Mechanical years) as Richard! ACK!
Favorite
Mechanical Memory:
There are so many! I guess that my favorite memory would have to be the day that we took “Romeo and Juliet” out to the street instead of Bacchus’s garden. I’ve also enjoyed each and every “final” performance that the Mechanicals have had!
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