Behind the Curtain - Gin Hammond (Writer/Performer - Living IncogNegro)
Our latest interview takes us "Behind the Curtain" with Gin Hammond, author, playwright, performer. Gin is a Harvard University/Moscow Art Theatre grad and a certified Associate Teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework™. She has performed nationally at theatres such as The Guthrie, Arena Stage, The Longwharf Theatre, The Pasadena Playhouse, the ART, The Berkshire Theatre Festival and The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C., where she won a Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actress for her performance of The Syringa Tree. Internationally, she has performed in Russia, Germany, Canada, Ireland, Belgium, Scotland and England. Ms. Hammond also received a Kathleen Cornell award, and WA state grants from Allied Arts, The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Artist Trust, 4 Culture, as well as from the NEA.
She teaches voice, voice-over, public speaking, and dialect coaching, and can be heard on commercials, audiobooks, radio plays, and a variety of video games including BattleTech, DotA 2, State of Decay 1 & 2, Aion, and Halo 3 ODST. She has performed at Seattle's ACT Theater, Seattle Children's Theater, Book-It Repertory Theater, Washington Ensemble Theater and various Sandbox Artists Collective productions. Hammond has also been a dialect and vocal coach for ACT Theater, 5thAve. Theater, Seattle Rep, Book-It, Taproot, Seattle Children's Theater, Village Theater, and films, and was the director and dialect coach for the video game, Post-Human W.A.R., and has begun working in the fields of motion capture and volumetric video.
We chatted with Gin about her latest project, premiering on stage at Key City Public Theatre in Port Townsend, Living IncogNegro, which will run from February 1 through February 11. Gin tells us about the inspiration for the story and her ongoing relationship with Key City and why it is such a special place for creatives. For tickets to the show, visit the link below for Key City.
Links:
Gin Hammond - https://www.returningthebones.com/
Key City - https://keycitypublictheatre.org/
The Sound on Stage - https://www.thesoundonstage.org/
