Meet The Cast: Heather Moats
Heather Moats was born in Tampa, Fl, one hot, humid, August morning. She would stay in this flat, sweaty city for the next 18 years of her young life. Upon her high school graduation she would journey to Tallahassee, another sweltering town, only this time, with hills. At Florida State University, she studied theatre and only theatre, much to future-post-graduate-job-seeking Heather’s chagrin*. Her senior year, she jetted over the pond and studied yet more theatre in London, traveling to such places as Italy and France. Early May 2009, she graduated with a BA in (you guessed it) theatre. Late May 2009, she packed her cat in the back of her car and moved up to Chicago, Il. Since then she has worked with Red Tape’s Fresh Eye’s project and has been the dramaturge for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest with Consortium Project, and Ozma and Harriet with Tympanic Theatre Company. She is thrilled that she will be making her Chicago stage debut with Tympanic in Dark Horse.
*Future-post-graduate-job-seeking Heather is no longer job seeking and is in love with her theatre degree once more
Which show/part are you in?
I play Sable in Dark Horse.
If you met your character in real-life, would you be their friend? Why/why not?
Heck yes I would! She’s got this really sweet and silly side to her that I’m very drawn to. She’s honest and open and empathetic, all things I strive to be.
If the world ended tomorrow what would you do with your day today?
I would go to the Field museum to see Sue. There’s something rather poignant about the idea of greeting my imminent extinction by examining the extinctions of animals 65 million years ago.
What aspect of this project are you most excited for?
I love premiering new work. Knowing that our audience is going to witness the birth of theatre and that I’m a part of that birth is exhilarating.
Tell us two truths and a lie.
I have a cat named after Fay Wray.
I’ve hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
I’m a terrible photographer.
EXTINCTION FANTASIES: two apocalyptic romances
by Daniel Caffrey
directed by Timothy Bambara and Jamie Bragg
July 4th through July 18th
Sundays at 7:00pm, Thursdays at 9:00pm
The Side Project (1439 W. Jarvis Ave.)
For tickets and more information, visit www.tympanictheatre.org
Thanks for reading!
Susan