What bought you to NYC?

  I came here to follow my dream….a nineteen-hour train ride (never again!). I thought it was the ‘best’ spot to be to become ‘something’ and ‘someone’ worth knowing. I had no idea what I was getting myself into…I still don’t!

Is it a career for you? How do you feel about that?

  If you mean acting, yes. I think it is my career of choice even when I am not doing it as often as I would like. I think it is awfully hard. You face rejection and judgment simply for who you are or how others see you. That’s a risky life choice; to willingly hand others your dream with the hope that they will care for it with the sanctity it requires. I sometimes hate it and sometimes love it. And honestly, it all depends on how well my dream has been kept and preserved by those I encounter daily in auditions, shows, and life.

What do you like most about your character in Love!?

  I like that Cleaver genuinely wants to do the right thing. He truly believes in the concept of love and understands that it takes work to cultivate it. He is also passionate about what he longs for both in people and in himself. His passion gives him his purpose and that’s admirable; the juxtaposition of who you are and where your truest passions and desires may lead you.

Any personal stage stories we should hear?

  I have so many. I have been rejected by many, accepted by a few….I like those few the most. I think that everything I could bother to say has shaped me and made me stronger and wiser!

Your favorite personal love story

  My favorite personal love story is actually about my parents. A few years ago at Christmas I was visiting my folks in Chicago. They have been married now for over 30 years and I though they had gotten over the whole ‘love’ thing. I thought they had settled into contentment. I woke up Christmas morning and walked to the front room and saw them standing hand in hand watching it start to snow outside our house. And they leaned in and kissed one another. They never saw me see them. It was small, simple, and perfect. It was what ‘love’ is and should be. After all those years they not only understood love, but had shown in one small moment how deep it could possibly be when it is true and pure.

Your favorite old love song?

  "I’ll See You In My Dreams" by Isham Jones. Though the days are long, twilight sings a song, of the happiness that used to be…soon my eyes will close, soon I’ll find repose, and in dreams you’re always near to me….I’ll see you in my dreams, hold you in my dreams, someone took you out of my arms, still I feel the thrill of your charms, lips that once were mine, tender eyes that shine, they will light my way tonight, I’ll see you in my dreams.

Favorite place for a date in NY and why

  Central Park----the Boat house…..you get to row and row on a lake in the park. You are alone with one person in a city that is known for its rapid rush. The combination of peace and tranquility in the midst of it all is amazing. It’s like time stands still and you can just be.

Is romance alive today? How do you know?

  Of course, just look around you. In smiles, in voices, in songs, in pleasure and pain, we are derived from love and romance. It stands to reason that is where we long to journey toward. The connection of love and romance is what indeed circulates the momentum of being. The connections we make with one another, with our partners, with the world, it is romantic and beautiful in its existence.

Have you been in love? What is/was it like?

  I have and am. To define it in a word is impossible. Anyone who loves can understand why simply saying that love ‘is’ ….makes sense. When it is yours, when it is felt, you don’t need to describe it.