Going into a bodega or deli and interacting with the people and the cats!
Kara Young, whos starring inPurposeat the Hayes Theater, has come home.
Thats the beauty of these spaces and the memories that they hold.
She then meets his family, prominent Black activists whom many criticshave likenedto Jesse Jacksons.
That is Azizas experience throughout [too], in awe and in reverence.
On Relating To Her Character:
Aziza Houston is a lot of who I wish to be.
She moves through the world freely.
Shes very educated and wants to do right in the world for the sake of humanity.
Shes Harlem born and raised.
I went to a very hippie elementary school.
On Her Pre-Show Routine:
We pray together before every show.
Its a moment to center all of what has been created.
That puts us in a mode of readiness and the willingness togo.
I definitely have some menthol cough-droppy kind of stuff, natural things.
Theres always a new element that comes in, and thats why I leave with an apartment.
On Her Post-Show Comedown:
It really depends.
A lot of those thoughts are explored and questioned and interrogated with myself when Im eating.
On Her Go-To Snack:
I love Westvilles carrot cake.
It is off the chain.
Theres honestly nothing like it, honestly.
On Her Biggest Acting Influence:
New York City as a whole.
it’s possible for you to turn a block at any moment and see a piece of theater.
Watching someone admire something is a piece of theater.
Watching someone be upset because they spilled their coffee is theater.
Watching someone getting into a cab and the cabbie saying, I cant go that way is theater.
Going into a bodega or deli and interacting with the people and the cats!
Every little nook and cranny of New York City is a source of inspiration when activating the imagination.
