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?
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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