Full Name: Michael Kushner
Character: George Seacoal
Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, just graduated from Ithaca College with a BFA in Musical Theatre.
Something you are really good at: painting and photography
Something about you that surprises people: I’m obsessed with Disney Villains.
Favorite Pre/Post Show Meal: grilled chicken Caesar salad from Marketplace Cafe.
Pre-Show ritual: put my phone away for no distractions.
First play that you saw: sleeping beauty? First professional show was Titanic tour. Or beauty and the beast.
First experience with Shakespeare: always loved to read Shakespeare. Did my first performance of Shakespeare in a scene from Midsummer in 7th grade. Did Macbeth in 9th grade, much ado freshman year of college, and continued to study it throughout college.
Career other than performer that you would want: photographer, engineer at NASA.
What preparation did you do for your role in Much Ado: Play!!!!
Worst Flubbed Line/Missed/Onstage Mishap: “purpose, it’s like that little car… With a little car… With a full tank of gas.” So basically I sang a about a little car, who owned an even littler car. But don’t worry, they had a full tank of gas.
Craziest Audition Story: one school rejected me for musical theatre and instead accepted me for nursing.
Pop-Culture Guilty Pleasure: JESSIE J AND BEYONCE
At a dinner party, who would be your three dream guests? Idina Menzel, Sophie Thompson, and William Shakespeare.
Three things that you can’t live without: Disney, Broadway, memories.
Michael can be see on stage now in Much Ado About Nothing. Read more.