40 A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess dir Terry Kinney. In 1994 I auditioned for and received the Illinois State University Acting Fellowship along with Mike Dailey. It was a season long internship at THE Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and on August 6th, 1994 I began my internship. On August 5th, I received a letter from the ISU department chair at the time, telling me that since I didn’t graduate (not a requirement for the internship) they didn’t have a tuition waiver for me, and if I wanted to do it, I would have to pay for the college credit that the waiver would have covered out of my own pocket, which canceled out the money that ISU gave me as part of the internship, since I would be living in Chicago making anywhere from $0 - $100 a week. Also, Sallie Mae refused to recognize the internship as an internship and would not grant me a forbearance on my student loan. So I went horribly into debt and would have financial problems all the way until I was nearly 40. Which was a shock since I thought I would be dead by 30. Was it all worth it? Maybe? I certainly know I wouldn’t be the person I am now without it, but whether or not that is a food thing depends on who you talk to. But the first show was A Clockwork Orange, an adaptation by Anthony Burgess of his own Novel. It was directed by Terry Kinney one of the founding members of Steppenwolf. At the time the building on Halsted was only three years old, so I always think of it as the new building, even though by now it’s almost thirty years old. Clockwork was a HUGE show, large cast, amazing spectacle and if you read the reviews, huge other things. For some of my stories on Clockwork, you can check out https://vimeo.com/117766425. I didn’t get to perform in this, but I was a PA and did running crew. And I learned a lot watching professionals work. Show photo by Michael Brosilow. Collages by Ben Werling. #retrospective #1994 #aclockworkorange #anthonyburgess #terrykinney #steppenwolftheatrecompany #dirtfarmer #soontobefamouspeople #molokoplus #horrorshow #birthdaycake (at Steppenwolf Theatre Company) https://www.instagram.com/p/B5VX4vjJHo_/?igshid=opozv2zk9x93
