Hi everyone! This is Cassie, and starting in Houston I will be playing best friend Ally in Unbeatable, so I thought I'd stop by and say a few things!
Q. When did you get here?I just got to Phoenix last week. I actually just quit my job in Cleveland 3 days before I got called to come work on Unbeatable! I've been working with Laurie Frey, who is one of the creators, in her office for the last year on and off, and I actually played the Young Woman when the show workshopped in Cleveland, but i never expected this phone call! i had about 4 days to pack up my life in Cleveland, and now hear I am!
Q. Has the show changed alot since the last time you performed in it?
A. Well, songs have changed. Characters that used to be men are now women, and vice versa. Lyrics have changed but the music has stayed the same, that's the most confusing, because sometimes I want to sing the old stuff. But the message is still the same, and the core of the characters, especially the leads, are the same, which is great. They are these great, quirky real people, and the whole show just has a lot of heart.
Q. Are you alot like Ally?
A. I think so. Ally has a really big heart, and she's very loyal. She enjoys life, she just doesn't always have it under control. I am really loud and do things without thinking alot, and am an eternal optimist. I also constantly lose thi
ngs and I let me emotions run away and my personal life is very messy. But i also have this really business side of me, where I am anal retentive about time. I hate being late. U
sually I am REALLY early for appointments and i end up sitting in the parking lot so I don't look totally awkward sitting around in the waiting room for 45 minutes.
Q. Why do you live in Cleveland?
A. Haha, well i have to say I never would have imagined it would be the city i would live in for my 20's
, but it is. I went to college there, and after spending some time on tour and in New York City, I took a job in arts management in Cleveland, and I just really like it there. I can do everything I want, and it's really cheap to live there, I have a great apartment right in the center of the city, I have wonderful friends there. For now, it's totally where I want to call my home base.
Q. So you work alot backstage, right?
A I do a little of everything. I love the collaboration in acting, but i love and need structure. I work mostly in theater management, I have a production company called Late Night Theatrics, I work with this amazing group called Theater Ninjas whenever I can. I am also an electrician and lighting designer, and when i was younger I was a cellist. It's random, but i have a very short attention span and constantly need to be learning new stuff.
Q. One more question and then we'll let you get back to rehearsal. How many different colors are in your hair?
A Um, it depends on the day. I think right now, about 4. like I said, short attention span. and can i say that picture is silly.
Q. Yea, well, it's not the New York Times. We're a little silly around here. A Okay, fair enough.
At the final performance of Unbeatable in Phoenix, Carole Machiz, a longtime supporter of theater in Phoenix, announced that she was donating $5,000 towards Unbeatable's New Yovrk City run in October! She then challenged her husband Robert to match her donation, and he very quickly accepted. Carole is a breast cancer survivor, and was so moved by the show that she came FOUR times!
At the final performance of Unbeatable in Phoenix, Carole Machiz, a longtime supporter of theater in Phoenix, announced that she was donating $5,000 towards Unbeatable's New Yovrk City run in October! She then challenged her husband Robert to match her donation, and he very quickly accepted. Carole is a breast cancer survivor, and was so moved by the show that she came FOUR times!
Carole with cast member Natalie Ellis
