Lenne Klingaman is a 2008/2009 Ovation Nominee in the Acting Ensemble category for her performance in MODEL BEHAVIOR, I.E., THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE at 24th Street Theatre.
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As an Ovation Award Nominee, LA Stage asked Lenne the following questions:
What was the moment that first inspired you to pursue working in the theatre?
Hard to say…reading Shakespeare and dying to make the words alive and jump off the page in high school English class or studying one summer at ACT in San Francisco working on Angels in America and knowing once and for all I was hooked.
What do you feel made the production you were nominated for particularly successful, either overall or for you specifically?
Model Behavior is the epitome of ensemble work. And thus why it was so incredible to see and to work on. Tina Kronis and Richard Alger are both, of their own accord, so inventive and inspiring, and they too inspire that same passion and creative spirit in others and encourage it be brought to rehearsal. The process was as paramount as the performance, though nothing was too sacred. We had so many incarnations of scenes, and the workshop and rehearsal process was like a filtering and essentializing of the material. Plus, it can’t hurt that everyone involved is immensely talented.
What project or projects are you currently working on?
I am currently performing in A Noise Within’s Richard III as Lady Anne, and rehearsing Noises Off there as well, in which I play Poppy Norton-Taylor. Noises Off opens Nov. 14th!
What do you love most about theatre in Los Angeles?
The array of material and talent…there is a well spring of creative, versatile, unique artists here and I think the theatrical community can take even more advantage of this.
What’s your dream project?
My dream project includes amazingly-written roles for women and would allow for dynamic physical performance. Deep of investigation of the text, as required by Shakespeare and Kushner, combined with the focus, intensity, and dynamism of such performance styles as Suzuki would be a great challenge.
Biography: Lenne Klingaman is thankful to have been a part of The Rehearsal and Model Behavior. Congratulations to the wonderful artists who blessed these productions. LA Theater: Lady Anne in Richard III, Poppy Norton-Taylor in Noises Off, Lucile in The Rehearsal, all at A Noise Within; Ensemble member in Model Behavior with Theatre Movement Bazaar. Regional credits: Hermia in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare Santa Cruz; Lady Anne in Richard III, Intiman Theatre (dir. Bartlett Sher); Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Widow in The Taming of the Shrew, Lake Tahoe Shakespeare; Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew, Connie in The Emperor’s New Clothes, Gretel in Gretel & Hansel, Shakespeare Santa Cruz. Member of the Road Theater. Film/TV: Cold Case, A Night in the Sunlight. Education/Training: University of Washington MFA in Acting; University of California-Santa Cruz BA Theater Arts, American Conservatory Theater Summer Training Congress. Thank you Tina, Richard, Geoff and Julia.
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