Name: Ilana SimonsHometown: Brooklyn, NYEducation: PhD in Psychology, The New School; PhD in Modernist Literature, NYUWhy theater?: Performing has meant a lot of things to me. I grew up around close cousins who are incredibly charismatic storytellers. My father comes from a family of teachers, and his favorite mode of talk is probably speech giving. I grew up with some sense that "holding court" in conversation is a …
SOURCE: TheaterInTheNow at 10:00PM on August 19, 2016