He has appeared on screen in "Chicago Fire," "According to Jim," "The Chicago Code," "Public Enemies" and "The Dilemma."
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Full given name:
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Madison Key Dirks |
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Where you were born/where you were raised:
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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Zodiac Sign: | Virgo |
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What your parents did/do for a living: | My mother works in Human Resources at Tulane University in New Orleans. My father was a lawyer. |
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Siblings: | 5 total: 3 brothers, 2 sisters. |
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Special skills: | I hope to put "bluegrass banjo" as my answer to this one day. |
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Something you're REALLY bad at:
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Bluegrass banjo |
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First Broadway show you ever saw: |
Big River in 1985. |
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If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be? |
Man, oh man. It would have to be Kazan's production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947. |
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Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations as a young actor? |
Is Brando's name ever not mentioned here? |
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Current show other than your own you have been recommending to friends:
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I haven't gotten a chance to see any shows just yet, but I'm dying to see Mike Shannon and Kate Arrington in Grace. |
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Some favorite modern playwrights:
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Martin McDonagh, Bruce Norris, Tracy Letts. |
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Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with: |
I wouldn't have minded having had a lanky-tall-man tussle with Jimmy Stewart. |
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The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: |
August: Osage County at Steppenwolf Downstairs Theater in Chicago, 2007. |
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MAC or PC? |
MAC
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Most played song on your iPod: |
"Re: Stacks" by Bon Iver is pretty up there in the play count number. |
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Last book you read: |
"Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen" |
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Must-see TV show(s): |
"Louie"
"Parks and Recreation"
"Mad Men"
"Breaking Bad"
"30 Rock"
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Last good movie you saw: |
"Killer Joe"
Boy, I'm really waxing Tracy Letts' car with this Cue & A, huh? |
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Worst job you ever had: |
Making and packaging frozen daiquiris in a warehouse in South Louisiana.
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How does it feel to be making your Broadway debut? |
It ain't bad. It...ain't...bad. |
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Other Albee plays/roles you'd love to take on at some point in life: |
I had always wanted to play George actually, but I just don't know if I can do it after this production. I don't know, check in with me again in 15 years.
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Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Boy, I'd love to play Valene in The Lonesome West.
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Three things you can't live without: | My family, LSU Football, New Orleans Saints Football
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"I'll never understand why…" |
… people text in theaters. NEVER. |
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Words of advice for aspiring performers: |
Live in a city that you love. It makes the waiting bearable. And there will be a lot of waiting. |