The funniest thing is: I always tell people that this show is semi-autobiographical and it is. There are some things that happen to the main character, Dylan, that haven't happened to me, etc. etc. But, assuming there are some elements of truth... Dylan is married to Kennedy and I am married to Clarissa. So, Kennedy (the name that Clarissa picked for the character) would kind of represent her. Well, the funniest thing is I am relatively white (quite a bit American Indian, but I don't really get any tribal benefits) and Clarissa is Puerto Rican to the core. Well Jason, who plays Dylan, is a Spanish mix and we got the whitest of whites (albino?) Ms. Cari Downing to play Kennedy. I think it's amusing...
So... Cari Downing... she played Kennedy in the read through back in October '09. She has a nice singing voice and really had a great, heartfelt read, so I was happy when I heard we were getting her back for that role. Anyway, I'm not going to give a big bio or anything, just real brief... Cari majored in Musical Theater, lived out in California for a while, moved back to Iowa, just went to Tennessee and auditioned for a bunch of theatres across the nation, got a bunch of call backs and now has to decide what move she's going to make. She loves Chekhov and Jane Martin comedies, hates Tennessee Williams (although she played Stella in "A street car named desire")... her first role was Cosette in "Les Miserables", she has also been in "Dracula", "I love you, you're perfect now change", "Threepenny Opera" and "The turn of the screw", but she credits her role as "NIGHT" (one of 3 elements) in "Brave Irene" as the turning point in her career and life... (that last part is just not true)... Cari was last seen at the Hilltop as Janet in "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and one of her dream-roles would be in "The Last 5 Years"...
That's about all I know about Cari!
She was just asked by a director at an audition, "Is this who you really are? This super cute, perky girl?" To which she replied, "Yeah. Pretty much. I'm the girl next door."
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