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Hi, and thanks for stopping by my website.
I've been acting and making people laugh...not necessarily in that order...since
the 3rd grade.
If you happen to have an addiction to reality TV, cupcakes or really intense
workout shows (because they are all the same thing),
you might recognize me from the Bravo TV series, Thintervention with
Jackie Warner.
That's right, I am the "that's a small puppy girl" (no offense PETA).
By Thomas Kholn
How does a job with a major retailer lead to an acting gig in Los Angeles? Well, it doesn't, not directly. But for Stacy Citron, getting that retailer to transfer her from Seattle to L.A. was the first step. The second was subscribing to Back Stage and literally tap-dancing her way to the role of Julia Thomas III in "Aunt Fondeen and the Lost Dutchman Goldmine," an original children's show for the Culver City Public Theatre. Julia needs money to save the family ice-cream parlor and open a nail-and-hair salon, so she and her sister set off in search of a gold mine.
A theater major from Western Washington University, Citron took the retail
job to work off her school loans, but she always knew she needed to be in L.A.
to pursue her dream. The opportunity presented itself when an L.A. performance
of Charles S. Dutton's "From Yale to Jail," a benefit for the Actors Hall of
Fame Foundation, of which her father is founder and president, needed
volunteers.
"He needed volunteers and I needed a way to get down to California," Citron
says, "so I told my work that I needed to be in California, and they transferred
me—and my life in Los Angeles began." She submitted herself for "Aunt Fondeen"
through BackStage.com, and her initial audition and callback were for the
theater's mainstage production.
"The audition was very interesting," Citron recalls. "They grilled me for a
couple of minutes and had me do my monologue." Afterward, one of the directors,
Sharon Savene, asked if Citron would be interested in a children's show; Citron
said yes and was asked to read new material.
"She had a lot of energy, and I could tell she was a very good actress," says
Savene. "She wasn't nervous in the room. She just kind of came in, knew what she
had to offer, and gave it to us."
At the callback, the director asked Citron if she knew how to tap-dance. Savene
confesses that she recently taught herself via YouTube and wanted to see
Citron's time step. "I totally put her on the spot," the director says. "So in
the middle of the callback, she throws on her tap shoes and starts tapping. It
was really a lot of fun, and from that moment I really wanted to cast her."
Citron had heard she might be asked to dance at the callback, so she came
prepared.
"The rehearsals have been great," the actor says. "I'm outside doing theater, so
I really can't complain." But she admits to having to "bulk up on my SPF" to
protect her Seattle skin from the L.A. sun.
"Stacy has been a great sport," says Savene. "I would try to find a part for her
in any project that I was doing. I feel lucky to have found her."
Contact:
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