Artist Insight

10 Questions — Jenny McConnell Frederick

June 21, 2012 | by Manny Strauss   
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  1. First show you saw:
    I actually don’t remember, but I can say for certain that in high school I did a Career Day at a production of 1776 at Lazy Susan Dinner Theatre.

  2. First involvement in a theatrical production:
    Probably producing and directing remounts of Brady Bunch episodes featuring my cousins at Sunday dinner at my grandparent’s house.

  3. Favorite play / musical:
    I’m so fickle. This answer would change from day to day. One of my recent favorites is Jason Grote’s This Storm is What We Call Progress. It’s beautiful and strange and magic.

  4. Favorite playwright / composer:
    I don’t have a single favorite, but I fall for any playwright who writes things that don’t seem possible to achieve on the stage—an invitation to achieve the impossible.

  5. What you like most about Washington area theatre community:
    People are generally nice. They’re supportive and they share. I love that.

  6. Something others are often surprised to find out about you:
    I spent a great deal of my young life in a competitive dance troop. (Like Dance Moms only my mom was nicer.)

  7. Other than your significant other, who would be your dream date (living or dead)?
    Baz Luhrmann

  8. If not theatre, then what?
    I always really wanted to direct music videos—being of the MTV generation and all.

  9. Why do you do what you do?
    It’s just a really cool job to take the words on a page and make them real for people.

  10. Advice for an 8 year-old smitten by theatre / for a graduating MFA student:
    When all else fails, turn out the lights and cross your fingers—it’s probably going to work out alright.
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