Answer to BroadwaySpotted's Contest

If I could be any role in any show on Broadway, I'd want to be Jeanie in Hair. Not only are the songs in the show amazing and fun, but I also feel personally close to Jeanie. Some people (definitely not me!) might look at her and the first thing they think is that she's stupid, high or delusional. Because I'm sometimes thought of the same way that Jeanie might be I know that there's more to her than that. Jeanie's life isn't perfect and there's a sadness that she might feel--sadness about how her life and her love aren't deal--but she's a fighter and she tries to think on the brighter side of things. People may think she's delusional when she says things like that Claude loves her. But I think her and I both know that sometimes when nothing's going your way that it helps to have an alternate reality of sorts to take solace in. Your alternate reality is what keeps you happy and prevents you from getting too hurt. Jeanie and I are both very observant of how other people act and feel. But people don't even realize how observant because sometimes we seem so off-in-our-own-world that people don't consider us. After a lot of thought and self-reflection I think Jeanie would be one of the greatest roles for me because it would put me in touch with who I really am. And for the first time ever, people would actually see the real me.