I like to say, very glibly, that I did no research for this play about Mary Todd Lincoln. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
Cheri Oteri, Molly Shannon and Ana Gasteyer were like the holy Trinity for me. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
All I listen to are bootlegs of dead ladies' cabaret shows, like Dorothy Loudon, and some not dead. Anyone who's been on… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I saw 'Hello Dolly!' like five times and I put the playbills in my freezer at some point. And I don't know… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I mean, I don't like playing male roles. I feel very uncomfortable, constrained, and bored. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I even feel unsure about really sinking my claws into the term 'nonbinary' and 'they/them' pronouns, because it feels like it's ironic… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I would love to write something that I'm not in and just be in a rehearsal room as a writer. But I love theater. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in Oregon. I have a younger brother and an older sister. We were very poor. VERY POOR. We lived in a… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I grew up in a trailer until I was 5 or 6, and then my dad chased us out with a gun. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I do have that secret desire to be a cabaret star and just sing Cole Porter medleys. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I just wanted to make the stupidest, funniest thing possible. My version of Mary Todd Lincoln is basically just me. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
The first Broadway show that I ever saw was 'Kiss Me, Kate.' I was in New York, on a school trip. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
There's something so embarrassing about doing characters and talking about it. It's humiliating. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I went to school at Marymount Manhattan College for a year, and then I dropped out. — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
I don't understand relationships. I feel like I'm pretending when I'm in one. Like, 'Oh yeah, I love eating with my left hand. This… — Cole Escola Copy Share Image
