Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Interviews. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
The Our Time Questions with Liz Tuccillo
Periodically, we will interview members of the Our Time and Camp Our Time family (company members, alumni, honorees, participating artists, the board, volunteers, staff, donors, parents, campers, counselors, etc.) by asking them the same 20 questions. Which will now be known as THE OUR TIME QUESTIONS.
Our fifth interview is with Liz Tuccillo. Liz is an accomplished writer perhaps best known for her work on the HBO comedy series Sex and the City and for co-authoring (with Greg Behrendt) the best-selling book He's Just Not That Into You. She also wrote Fair Fight and Joe Fearless (which are two of Taro's favorite all-time plays).
Liz is involved in MANY ways with Our Time: Liz is a Board Member, a volunteer, a playwright teacher/adviser for our One-Act Play Program, a host for many cast parties and other Our Time events including an unforgettable afternoon with Our Time Gala Honoree Bill Withers and the Our Time kids. She is one of Our Time's most important friends and we are all SO THANKFUL to you, Liz for EVERYTHING that you do for us!
1. Favorite Food: Very hard to say, possibly French fries
2. Favorite thing about Our Time: The love, baby – all the love!
3. Favorite place I’ve been: Reykjavik, Iceland
4. Place I’ve always wanted to go: The Grand Canyon! And all the other National Parks out west as well.
5. Favorite Movie: I don't know if I can say I have a favorite movie. The two movies that come to mind that have affected me the most have been Ordinary People and The Lives of Others.
6. If you were trapped on an island for three years, and you could only listen to one recording artist, who would it be: Stevie Wonder. Does that make me really old?
7. Mac or PC: Mac. Does that make me really young and hip?
8. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate, c’mon.
9. Cats or Dogs: Neither, really. Don’t tell anyone, I think people will hate me.
10. Favorite Our Time moment: Recently – Tom singing Neil Diamond at the One-Acts! I mean talk about a magical moment!
11. What do you want to be when you grow up: Completely satisfied with my life and unafraid.
12. Who would play you in a movie: Tina Fey. No wait. I think what I really mean to say is that I want to be Tina Fey.
13. Favorite Book: Um. “He’s Just Not That Into You.” What? What????
14. Favorite sports team: Giants right now. So obvious, I know.
15. What advice do you have for people who stutter: Hang around Taro and Our Time for the rest of your life.
16. What advice do you have for people who don’t stutter: Hang around Taro and Our Time for the rest of your life.
17. Favorite TV Show: 30 Rock. I WANT TO BE AS FUNNY AS TINA FEY.
18. Favorite Play or Musical: Six Degrees of Separation was pretty amazing. And Rent. That’s right!
19. If you were President, what would your first official act be: Shutting down Guantanamo Bay, getting all the prisoners to trial or releasing them.
20. Where do you see Our Time in 10 years: That is a very difficult question as I am not clear how much the company can expand, if we are not able to clone Taro into twenty different people. But what I do see, is an amazing, thriving, huge camp for kids who stutter, and their friends and siblings. And a space – for rehearsals and offices.
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Board of Trustees,
Celebrity,
Interviews,
Liz Tuccillo,
Questions
Monday, December 22, 2008
The Our Time Questions with Chelsea Lacatena

Periodically, we will interview members of the Our Time and Camp Our Time family (company members, alumni, honorees, participating artists, the board, volunteers, staff, donors, parents, campers, counselors, etc.) by asking them the same 20 questions. Which will now be known as THE OUR TIME QUESTIONS.
Our fourth interview is with Chelsea Lacatena. Chelsea has been an important part of Our Time since the very beginning. Chelsea was the first Our Time employee and is now the Associate Artistic Director of Our Time. Our Time would not be as groovy without her. THANKS CHELSEA!!!
1. Favorite Food: I could eat pizza everyday
2. Favorite thing about Our Time: just one?! Hmmm… the LOVE!
3. Favorite place I’ve been: Ireland
4. Place I’ve always wanted to go: Italy
5. Favorite Movie: Clue
6. If you were trapped on an island for three years, and you could only listen to one recording artist, who would it be: Stevie Wonder
7. Mac or PC: Mac
8. Chocolate or Vanilla: Chocolate
9. Cats or Dogs: er… neither.
10. Favorite Our Time moment: My favorite Our Time moments are when it dawns on the new members how amazing the experience of being in Our Time is. You can see them becoming more comfortable with the group each week, more confident, and participating more. Then they start the process again, warming up to the theatre, and then they shine in front of the audiences when the show finally opens! Then they “get it” and are able to help the NEW new members when the season starts again!
11. What do you want to be when you grow up: still trying to figure that out!
12. Who would play you in a movie: Amy Sedaris
13. Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
14. Favorite sports team: Yankees
15. What advice do you have for people who stutter: Speak from the heart & people will listen! Don’t let your speech interruptions dictate your behavior, people are more willing to listen than you may believe, especially if you’re being honest and speaking from the heart.
16. What advice do you have for people who don’t stutter: LISTEN. Just relax and don’t judge, or get all freaked out if a person you are talking to is stuttering
17. Favorite TV Show: 30 Rock
18. Favorite Play or Musical: Gypsy
19. If you were President, what would your first official act be: 4 year supply of Ben & Jerry’s stocked in the presidential freezer
20. Where do you see Our Time in 10 years: In our own beautiful building with rehearsal spaces, computers, a theatre, and an office where we can do everything under one roof… OUR HOME!
Friday, December 19, 2008
Check out Our Time on StutterTalk.com

Our dear friends Peter & Eric (from StutterTalk.com) attended our show this past Saturday and recored an awesome, in-depth podcast here.
Be sure to check it out to hear behind the scenes fun and great interviews with Musical Director Everett Bradley, Tom, Danielle, and others.
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Audience,
Danielle,
Everett Bradley,
Interviews,
Podcast,
Stuttering,
Tom
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Our Time Questions with Doug Filomena

Periodically, we will interview members of the Our Time and Camp Our Time family (company members, alumni, honorees, participating artists, the board, volunteers, staff, donors, parents, campers, counselors, etc.) by asking them the same 20 questions. Which will now be known as THE OUR TIME QUESTIONS.
Our third interview is with Doug Filomena. Doug has been Our Time's Lighting Designer for years and is an all around awesome person. Doug is also a person who stutters. Last week, Doug created beautiful light for our one-act plays at the Cherry Lane Theatre. My favorite quote from Doug last week was, "Let the process come to you." Thanks for all that you do Doug!
1. Favorite Food: grilled sardines
2. Favorite thing about Our Time: Taro’s and the Kid’s energy
3. Favorite place I’ve been: Rome, Italy
4. Place I’ve always wanted to go: back to Rome
5. Favorite Movie: Style Wars
6. If you were trapped on an island for three years, and you could only listen to one recording artist, who would it be: Fela Kuti
7. Mac or PC: MAC
8. Chocolate or Vanilla: chocolate
9. Cats or Dogs: cats
10. Favorite Our Time moment: Seeing Ned’s play performed last year
11. What do you want to be when you grow up: an archaeologist, like Indiana Jones
12. Who would play you in a movie: John Cusack
13. Favorite Book: The Wind Up Bird Chronicles
14. Favorite sports team: Pittsburgh Steelers/New York Mets
15. What advice do you have for people who stutter: Just keep going. Think of yourself as being perfectly normal, because you are.
16. What advice do you have for people who don’t stutter: don’t ask me if I am OK.
17. Favorite TV Show: Shark Week
18. Favorite Play or Musical: Fences by August Wilson
19. If you were President, what would your first official act be: Universal Healthcare
20. Where do you see Our Time in 10 years: still working and doing its thing, but with a much, much bigger family and a lot more love to go around.
Labels:
Interviews,
Lighting Designer,
One-Acts,
Questions
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
The Our Time Questions with Peter Reitzes
Periodically, we will interview members of the Our Time and Camp Our Time family (company members, alumni, honorees, participating artists, the board, volunteers, staff, donors, parents, campers, counselors, etc.) by asking them the same 20 questions. Which will now be known as THE OUR TIME QUESTIONS. Our second interview is with Peter Reitzes. Peter is a long-time Our Time supporter, a speech language pathologist, an Adjunct Professor at Long Island University, the Co-host of StutterTalk.com podcast, the Co-editor of The Journal of Stuttering Therapy, Advocacy and Research (JournalofStuttering.com), and a person who stutters.
1. Favorite Food: Anything but olives! I love Mexican food (tamales, tortas, etc.)
2. Favorite thing about Our Time: I get to meet and appreciate so many cool and talented people who stutter.
3. Favorite place I’ve been: Israel
4. Place I’ve always wanted to go: Outer space (no joke, I want to be the first stutterer in orbit).
5. Favorite Movie: Star Wars
6. If you were trapped on an island for three years, and you could only listen to one recording artist, who would it be: The Hold Steady
7. Mac or PC: What’s a Mac?
8. Chocolate or Vanilla: Vanilla with peanut butter cups and M & Ms.
9. Cats or Dogs: Both. Seriously, I could love a squirrel, no joke.
10. Favorite Our Time moment: Years ago, seeing the Our Time band respond to an actor’s stuttering by holding the music for a bar or two and staying with the actor through the block. When the actor finished the stutter, the band played on.
11. What do you want to be when you grow up: A good father.
12. Who would play you in a movie: A good looking bald dude. Is Harrison Ford bald yet?
13. Favorite Book: Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad
14. Favorite sports team: The Philadelphia Eagles
15. What advice do you have for people who stutter: Stuttering is allowed.
16. What advice do you have for people who don’t stutter: Support Our Time! And, it’s good to talk about stuttering with your friends and children. Even if that makes us stuttering folks uncomfortable sometimes, it shows us that when we are ready, you are there.
17. Favorite TV Show: Battlestar Galactica (not the old series, the new one)
18. Favorite Play or Musical: Our Time shows.
19. If you were President, what would your first official act be: I would try and appoint an equal number of people from both political parties, men and women alike. I want to live in a non-partisan country in which we look for common ground.
20. Where do you see Our Time in 10 years: I see Our Time changing lives and making this a better world for people who stutter, our families and friends. Our Time is like pizza, it is always good.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Our Time Mother & Son Get Excited Over Upcoming One-Acts
Taro Alexander interviews brilliant actor and company member Joe Popovich, Jr., 12, who is set to star in the One-Act play Cherish Every Moment, written and directed by fellow company member Tom King. Also in this clip, Joe's mother Kate beams with pride over her son's involvement with this highly anticipated show.
Be sure to reserve tickets to catch Joe's upcoming performance! It's going to be INCREDIBLE!
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