GettinG to Know
TAyLOr TreNSCH
Rage: last time you were extremely embarrassed?
TT: I fell face-first in the airport bathroom earlier today. That was pretty
embarrassing ...and gross.
Rage: a television show that you try and watch as often as possible?
TT: I am really digging Mad Men at the moment but Arrested Develop-
ment will always be my favorite.
Rage: First celebrity encounter that had your stomach in butterflies?
TT: Jeff Goldblum. His performance in Jurassic Park is momentous.
Rage: Your favorite thing to do on a day off?
TT: Sleep.
Rage: The first musical soundtrack you bought on CD?
TT: West Side Story.
1961 film version. Best CD ever.
Performance dates for Spring Awakening are November 17 through
29. The Orange County Performing Arts Center is located at 600 Town
Center Drive in Costa Mesa. Purchase tickets at 714.556.2787 or ocpac.
org. Sexual situations, partial nudity and strong language.
Taylor Trensch in the Spring Awakening national tour.
Photography by Paul Kolnik.
supportive. I worry that some will go bankrupt if they keep coming to the show!
It is amazing to see a group of people get so excited about a musical, especially
because a majority of the fans are in an age bracket not commonly associated with
theatre patronage.
Rage: as an actor, how do you prepare each night to transform into this character? as the
play takes place in 1891 yet, musically it’s modern. That duality must be a difficult aspect to
realize.
TT: My pre-show ritual consists of getting into costume really early, jumping
around like a crazy person, and singing a song by a band I am obsessed with (cur-
rently: The Avett Brothers). you know, the material is so strong that I find it to be
quite easy to lose myself in the play night after night.
Rage: The reality is that your character is a tragic one and the only time that you as Moritz
get to explore your own thoughts and emotions in such a straight-laced society is when you
emote in song.
TT: yes. During the scenes of the play I am Moritz Stiefel living in an uber-repres-
sive, century-old environment. Then, as soon as a song begins, I am able to escape
to 2009 and comment on the story as Taylor Trensch. It is extremely invigorating
to break out of a dialogue with one of the stifling authority figures of the show and
rebel by means of Duncan Sheik’s brilliant indie rock score.
november 2009 | RAGE monthly 11
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