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For Von Vogt, who will remain mum on the


flaws he shares with Jordan, there was a well- spring of similarities to draw upon. “We can start with carrying your heart on your sleeve, mixed with a lovin’ dose of a little neurotic personality,” he said. “He’s a great friend and his friendships are very important to him and as a Gemini I can really relate. Jordan’s an amazing storyteller and I think that part of the way that he identifies his participation in his relationships is through the telling of stories, which also hits home for me.” Speaking of home, Von Vogt recently moved


It was nice to have a queer identified main character with this much scope and real human emotions and conflict that every human on the planet could relate to…”


to Los Angeles from New York and joked about being the new kid in town. “I’m fresh, I’m ready, put me in coach! I’ve got a face mask, I’ve got some Crest White Strips and I’m ready to do this!” Von Vogt has also been ready to do this play for years, “I’ve been a fan of this script for a couple of years and I knew of its life in New York. A friend actually sent me the script and said that it would be something in my wheelhouse,” he explained. “I read it and fell in love with it, because Josh [Harmon, author] has such a really relatable human kind of modern way of writing in general.” “It was nice to have a queer identified main character with this much scope and real human emotions and conflict that every human on the planet could relate to,” Von Vogt stated. “And yet, it’s a queer man in this role that gets to share that and I thought the script was really special in that way. And my favorite part of a comedy is the comedy that is funny and then hits a complete raw, emotional nerve.” As for his favorite aspect about performing theatre, aside from performing in front of a live audience and the “shared experience” of making a play happen, Von Vogt had this to say. “It’s just


so great to be an actor on stage, because you have the opportunity, unlike film, where you get to act out long parts without being interrupted,” he explained. “It’s just a different journey telling a story for two hours versus 45 seconds, then hearing ‘cut’ for a different camera angle; it’s really a gift to be able to do the long form with actors who are amazing and volleying back and forth with them in that sort of tennis match.” In the game of life, as with the character he


plays, Von Vogt has had his fair share of learning curves, as he shared with us. “I think the most valuable lesson that I’ve learned is the patience of understanding that everything is sort of a long game,” Von Vogt said. “Things can seem so heightened in a moment that you can forget that the future is actually unpredictable and things do change. If you can just breathe, and be gentle on yourself or on others, time will move on and the horizon will look different.” But something that looks similar to Von Vogt is


the universal appeal of Significant Other to audi- ences. “People come of age in so many different ways that I think one of the most universal ways of learning the tools to find patience and self-love for yourself on your journey as it unravels for you,” he said. “The play follows Jordan’s journey, but it also highlights his three best girlfriends, and also this amazing grandmother role. So you get this spectrum of human experience and the thing that unifies is that they’re all trying to still figure this out and that’s a human lesson.”


Significant Other runs fromTuesday, April 3 through Sunday, May 6 at Geffen Playhouse, 10886 Le Conte Avenue in Los Angeles. For ticket information, call 310.208.2028 or go togeffenplayhouse.org.


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