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Featured Company Member Play Seven Questions with Paul Joseph, soon to appear in Lewis and Clark Reach the Euphrates.
A: The first vacation I ever took with my family in Disneyland. I had been sick with a cold right before we left and I had never traveled on a plane before. Having a weakened immune system already I contracted an ear infection and spent the majority of the trip in the hotel room. One day on the way back from the Disney doctor my mother was walking me down the corridor to our room and I started feeling my stomach turn. I told my mother what was coming and she called to my father who came running out of the room with a garbage can in his hands. Unfortunately, we didn't meet each other in time. Not exactly Norman Rockwell, but very memorable. Q: What is your favorite vice? A: Cigarettes Q: What is the first show you were ever in, and what was the experience like? A: I played Linus in the third grade production of A Charlie Brown Christmas. It was amazing actually. I remember first sitting down to memorize the monologue he has toward the end of the play, and discovering how easily the lines came to me. Nothing had ever come that naturally to me before. A little too naturally everyone would come to find out as I proceeded to memorize everyone else's lines as well and began prompting the other actors if they missed a cue. I try not to do that anymore. Q: What is the biggest challenge you face as an actor in Chicago? A: Trying to balance the business side of theatre with the artistic side. I love the art, and I hate the business. I've gotten better at it, but I don't know if I will ever feel comfortable with all of the networking and superficial relationships that must be created in order to "get ahead". Q: What is the best smell in the world? A: I don't think it's suitable to print on a public website. Q: What aspect of the season topic Righteousness is most interesting to you? A: There is a poem by Yeats that deals with what will happen when Armageddon comes. There is a specific line that describes the division of souls into two categories: The best have no beliefs, and the worst are full of strong conviction. For me, it is important to remember that righteousness cuts both ways. While there is a lot of good that is accomplished by people who think they are absolutely "right" in their beliefs, it is also true that Hitler believed he was absolutely "right". Righteousness is a powerful tool that unfortunately belongs to the public domain. Q: How would you describe your dream home? A: Somewhere near a river or stream, big enough to comfortably fit my family and friends, but small enough that I don't feel overwhelmed. Clean but lived in. To steal from another author, ...the kind of place you'd like to wake up in on Christmas morning.
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What is your most vivid memory of childhood? 
