Eric Evans Gets Unstuck from the Flagpole Just Long Enough to Lick "The Questionnaire"

Posted by Billy Christopher Maupin

Eric Evans, who will be seen in Theatre IV's production of A Christmas Story opening this Friday as Schwartz...you know...the kid that gets his tongue stuck to the flagpole?...answers "The Questionnaire." You may have seen Eric recently in The Member of the Wedding in Barksdale Theatre's Signature Season or in 365 Days/365 Plays at Barksdale Theatre. An incredibly astute and intelligent actor and fantastic to work with, be sure to catch Eric in A Christmas Story at the historic Empire Theatre November 30 - December 23.

On to the questions! (and the answers...)

1. What is your favorite word?

Serendipity

2. What is your least favorite word?

Hate

3. What turns you on [creatively, spiritually or emotionally]?

Creatively. Doing a play, or what not with acting.

4. What turns you off?
Out of the three? Spiritually, nothing wrong with it, just out of the three.

5. What sound or noise do you love?
The sound of a typewriter

6. What sound or noise do you hate?
An alarm clock

7. What is your favorite curse word?
S*** or B*** (honesty people)

8. What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Novelist

9. What profession would you not like to do?
Electrician

10. If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
"Finally, he's arrived!" something like that

Oh, yes. Those are Bernard Pivot's questions that James Lipton asks each guest on Inside the Actor's Studio! Doesn't every theatre person dream ofbeing asked these?!!!
Abso-frekin-lutly...Was that a rhetorical question?

A Christmas Story, Adapted by Philip Grecian runs November 30 - December 23 at the historic Empire Theatre. Get your tickets today! 344-8040