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Personality Test: Quantum Theatre founder Karla Boos
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In 1990, Karla Boos founded Quantum Theatre and embarked on a journey with area theatergoers.
Over the past two decades, Boos, who serves as the company’s artistic director, has produced an eclectic selection of highly theatrical works that range from classics such as Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the musical “Candide” to contemporary dramas such as the world premiere of “The Howling Miller,” which begins the company’s 2010-11 season today.
The company has performed in Allegheny Cemetery, the defunct swimming pool in the basement of the Braddock Carnegie Library, outside the stables at Hartwood Acres and numerous vacant Pittsburgh industrial spaces.
In keeping with that tradition, “The Howling Miller” will be performed outdoors, using as its backdrop the burned-out Frick Environmental Center building in Squirrel Hill.
An actress and director with an interest in tango and opera, Boos lives in Squirrel Hill. She has won local recognitions that include a Pittsburgh Cultural Trust Creative Achievement Award, Pittsburgh Magazine Harry Schwalb Excellence in the Arts Award, and a University of Pittsburgh Freddy Award.
The star who would play me in the movie version of my life and why:
Maybe Anna Magnani? Weird combination of Earth mother, intellect and scary free-form passion bordering on complete insanity.
Childhood hero and why:
Lucy in “The Chronicles of Narnia”
In five years, I’d like to:
Speak better French
My favorite thing about Pittsburgh is:
Its physical self — topography, climate, architecture
If the TV is on at 2 a.m., I’m watching:
Nothing. I don’t watch TV.
Choose one:
A. Andrew Lloyd Webber
B. Richard Rodgers
C. Stephen Sondheim
D. John Kander
Really none of the above. With all due respect, not my thing
swimming pool landscaping
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