The Last Thing I Want To Be Is Forgettable
"I have to admit when I first walked in the X (Experimental Theatre at the University of Minnesota) last Monday, I was a little leery. For some reason, I knew right away we were going to get in a circle and hold hands. Not that I'm opposed to that sort of thing, or anything, I just need a little time to warm up. It's not always easy for me to embrace new things. In fact, that is one of the things that I like about theatre: the perpetual challenge, the ongoing dare, the prodding, the danger, the cliff. In a way I like that it is not easy ... and then, my fears were of course realized, and I was holding hands with people I didn't know and there was this profoundly sensitive man asking us to reveal to the group something that mattered to us. My heart started to pound. What was I going to say? Should I make something up? No, I'm not a very good liar (and I call myself an actor!). Should I say something that kind of matters to me, perhaps I could say something general, like the election and just sort of fudge my answer a bit so that everybody just nods in agreement (like, say something that everybody is supposed to care about) and then my turn would be over, and yes, I won't stand out, but this time that would be a good thing. I could blend in and be forgettable.
No. That's not me. The last thing I want to be is forgettable.
So, right there I decided. I am going to try this. I'll say what's really on my mind. [expletive] it. These people wil know, but there's no freedom unless you're vulnerable first. So, I did it. Then I turned a corner. I realized that sharing something intimate or important to me or something that really matters to me doesn't necessarily have to be anything sexual or a profound weakness of mine or anything like that, it just needs to matter enough that I need to share it."
- Chase Korte
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Company Members
Rita Ahuja, Andrew Amani, Sarah Bogatti, Leona Britton, Karen Cooke, Mariko Denda, Tracy Drolet, Tania Getty, David Hassett, Desiree Hill, Karen Kahler, Dara Keneally, Jai Khalsa, Olga Konstantulakis, Chase Korte, Shae Kuehlmann, Morgan Lariah, Helene McCardle, Lisa Anne Nicolai, Masashi Odate, Nick Ortega, Maria Pasquarelli, Sarah Kay Peters, Melina Sharon Rosner, Mandana T. Rothschild, Kate Roxburgh, Daniel Barclay Smith, Amol Shah, Juliette Storace, Collin Sutton, Alyssa Tomoff, Toni Trenton, Tina Tong, Taka Yamamoto, Claudia Vasquez, Kerri Yoder
Elizabeth Huffman - Artistic Director
