Spotlight On: Kelley Mountzoures
Connecticut Theatre Company’s “Spotlight On…” series continues with a look into our talented cast and crew of Calendar Girls. Get to know Kelley Mountzoures who is portraying Celia!
Introduce Yourself to Our Audience:
Why did you want to be involved in this production?
I had remembered seeing this movie when it first came out. I think I was a Junior in High School at the time and while I remember watching this movie with my Grandmother, I couldn’t remember the details of the story. I did however, specifically remember the cover of the DVD with its bright sunflowers and that vibrant pink hat! Maybe that was when I decided that Sunflowers and pink were my favorites? I’m not sure though! When I heard about CTC producing this play, a favorite friend of mine 😉 let me borrow the script for a quick read and it instantly brought me back to my Grandma’s tiny living room. I cried and laughed and cried again. Then I immediately bought the movie on Amazon! Also, anything Tony and Stephanie touch turns to gold so I knew I wanted to be involved somehow!
What sort of person is going to love this show?
What do you love about your character?
Celia is not a character that I typically get cast as. She is a rich, very self confident, slightly mysterious, very proper women from London who is newer to the Yorkshire WI. I love her sass and very dry sense of humor. I love the challenge in getting to walk in her shoes- quite literally!
Without giving anything away, what’s your favorite line of dialogue?
“All I got my husband was a squirrel feeder.”
Who do you look up to (as an actor/director/etc.)?
What’s the last thing you do before you step out on stage / the curtain goes up?
Take a deep breath and smile ear to ear. It’s the very best feeling in the entire world. A literal climb of endorphins, being on stage is, from start to finish.
What’s going to surprise people about this show?
Calendar Girls opens March 8th and runs through March 24th at Connecticut Theatre Company. Tickets on sale now!
“It’s a show full of poignant moments – about friendship, determination and hope; about loss in many forms; about the importance of acceptance; about knowing when to let go. But it also offers plenty of humour, as the six friends and WI members decide to pose nude for a calendar” – Liverpool Daily Post