I sit down with Corvette to discuss a rainbow of things:
– our past in Viewpoints, and Waldorf education
– how she feels she is first and foremost a performer, then an actor
-Being a member of The Bats at the Flea Theater, as well as an apprentice for the Williamstown Theater Festival
-the influence of RuPaul and later Drag Race on her
-the Godfather
-writing a TV pilot
-her pure, undeniable awesomeness!!!
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What I’ve learned from this episode – Corvette’s first act was to Computer Love by Zapp and Rogers, transforming from a PC into a Mac like in the classic Apple ad. I would love to see that act again, that sounds fantastic!
She comes out planning to murder it, every single time.
Sapphire’s dad wrote for the Cosby show!
Corvette is writing a TV pilot and harbors a lifelong obsession with the maffia.
Biggest fear: performing other people’s words in front of other people. On the other hand, improvisation is not a problem.