Columbus is home to the nation’s largest resident theater company, Shadowbox Live. Meta-performer Amy Lay sits down in this episode of The Confluence Cast to talk about her craft, the importance of play, what’s coming up at Shadowbox, and why she chooses to stay Columbus.
“I started going right into being a an actor, singer and dancer — that’s what I wanted to become, was a triple threat — and I think Shadowbox had that opportunity and created that opportunity,” says Lay. “I saw a lot of flexibility in creating many different characters in a short amount of time, versus going to Chicago or New York where I would be a server as well as trying to make it in this one theater to play this one character, and I just saw more opportunity to create.”
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