I'm conflicted with theater in the city because you want to reach a diverse audience, and that audience doesn't typically go to the theater.

I actually run a non-profit where one of the main objectives is to branch out and get a new audience for the theater. Just because the writing is so good and nothing is more effective than seeing something live and happening right in front of your face, so I definitely want to continue to pursue that.

I want to show that theater isn't just talking about feelings or people wearing tights.

The most you play a character in the theater is, like, a couple months, and then you put it away.

Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.

I was having an argument with my stepfather, and he was like, 'Why don't you join the Marine Corps?' And I was like, 'Noooo! Well, maybe, actually... ' I went and saw the recruiter, who was like, 'Are you on the run from the cops? Because we've never had someone want to leave so fast.'