Who are you and what is your role in this production? My name is Phil Kreisel and I am the sound designer for this show. This is one of those shows where I get to contribute exponentially to the mayhem that occurs in this production.
What is your background in theatre? With Walterdale? I started out as an actor, and before too long became involved with sound design. I have designed sound for over 80 different shows since 2004, many of them with Walterdale. I have also done some directing and have written 8 one-act plays (with probably about 4 more scripts in development).
Why do you think people should come see The Triangle Fire Factory Project? It’s an important part of history that unfortunately keeps occurring today in other parts of the world, such as the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building which killed 1,135 people in Bangladesh. This show focuses on what happened in New York, and the aftermath. There are surprises in this show which I cannot divulge at this time.
My Worst job/Funniest thing? I took a part-time job in my first year of university. I was one of three people hired to sharpen 5,000 pencils for some in-person survey. Apparently, they needed us because the electric sharpener broke down, so we had to sharpen them all manually. To this day, I don’t know how their survey turned out. I never filled it out.