Farrell Parker

This week’s Take Ten finds FARRELL PARKER reminiscing about backstage magic during a youthful Nutcracker, imagining Sweeney Todd performed by third graders, and dreaming of elevator rides with Beyoncé and Jay-Z. Catch her and her “wonderful group of collaborators” in Fly By Night at 1st Stage through May 6.

1) What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?

Dan Crane

This week’s Take Ten finds DAN CRANE longing for his Elizabethan soul mate, dreaming of Lear, and reveling in his love for the collaborative artists of the Taffety Punk Theatre Company – “every damn one of them.” Catch him in the famed Stephen Wadsworth adaptation of Moliere’s Don Juan through April 21.

1) What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?

Katie deBuys

This week’s Take Ten finds actor KATIE DEBUYS waxing poetic over Lin, longing for quality time with Barack, Michelle, and Joe, and reveling in dreams of Brutus and Marc Antony. Catch her as Hermione in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale at Folger Theatre through April 22.

1) What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?

Claire Schoonover

This week’s Take Ten finds CLAIRE SCHOONOVER tackling the role of Amanda Wingfield in Tennessee William’s The Glass Menagerie at Annapolis Shakespeare Company through April 15. Get the inside scoop on this tractor-driving, chrysalis-busting artist who is one of  “four people struggling to express their poetic souls.”

1) What was the first show you ever saw, and what impact did it have?

Roc Lee

Composer and sound designer ROC LEE is living the dream with 410[GONE] opening at Rorschach Theatre on March 23 and SNOW CHILD opening April 13 at Arena Stage. This week’s TAKE TEN captures the artist’s aspirations for a tete-a-tete with Professor Dumbledore and a time-travel journey to the premiere of "The Rite of Spring."