10 ON TUESDAY With Sarah Bockel
By: M. William Panek
Happy Tuesday, all!
BroadwayWorld Chicago is bringing you 10 on Tuesday, featuring artists in and around Chicago. This week's questionnaire filler-outer - the 1st national tour of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical's Sarah Bockel.
1) Go-to audition song or monologue? Hopefully sides.2) Where Are You From? Chicago! Ravenswood specifically. 3) Currently Working On? Beautiful: The Carole King Musical tour. 4) What's your dream role? Dot in Sunday in the Park With George, or any Sondheim. 5) Favorite post-performance haunt? Fountainhead on Montrose and Damen6) Living or dead, who would you drop everything to see perform? On the forefront of everyone's minds, David Bowie. 7) Who's your biggest inspiration? Probably the Muellers.8) Describe the Chicago community in three words: Intimate, relevant, authentic. 9) Fill in the blank: "If I could change one thing about theatre in Chicago, it would be ..... to expand our audience base; to interest more people who 'normally don't come to the theatre' to get their butts in the seats. Whether that's by producing work that is real, inclusive, and applicable to everyone's daily lives or just marketing our shows better. We need to communicate important work to everyone not just other theatre artists." 10) Fill in the blank: "The thing I'd never change about theatre in Chicago is .... the people, the friends I've made and continue to meet while working. They make Chicago my home."Sarah Bockel (Ensemble) 1st National Tour debut! Regional: Million Dollar Quartet, Apollo Theatre Chicago; Parade (Lucille, non-eq Jeff nom), Bohemian Theatre Ensemble; Into the Woods, The Hypocrites; Rocky Mountain Repertory Theatre. BFA, Illinois Wesleyan University. Proudly represented by Stewart Talent Chicago. Love to family, friends, and Chicago. Have an Chicago actor, dancer, choreographer, or director you'd like to see featured on 10 on Tuesday? Let us know!
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The Dave Matthews Tribute Band Raue Center For The Arts (9/25-9/25) |
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Memphis The Musical Studebaker Theater at the Fine Arts Building (10/24-10/25) |
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The Beautiful Game In Concert Athenaeum Center for Thought and Culture (8/31-8/31) |
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for colored girls who considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf eta Creative Arts Foundation (8/01-8/30) |
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Las Locas Comedy at Riddles Comedy Club Riddles Comedy Club (8/21-8/22) |
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Goldilocks and the Three Bears Chicago Kids Company (4/08-8/31) |
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Anthem's Grand Illusion: A Tribute to the Music of Styx Raue Center For The Arts (10/30-10/30) |