Actor Quote by Matt Letscher

I started acting at the University of Michigan in my sophomore year,

— David Alan Grier

I started at Howard in the drama department. At the same time, I was a fledgling member of the Black Repertory Company in Washington,…

— Lynn Whitfield

It all started in Michigan. My dad got a job in Michigan, so we all moved up there from St. Louis. I kind of…

— Evan Peters

I was interning at a children's theater group in Kentucky - that was my first job out of college. I had jumped around a…

— Timothy Simons

In Providence, we didn't have a first-run movie theater. But we did have an indie movie theatre on the Brown campus. That was the…

— Susanna Fogel

It wasn't until I saw 'The Color Purple' on Broadway when I was 15 that I really solidified acting is what I want to…

— Danielle Brooks

The theater community will always remain a big part of my life, and I hope to re-join the cast of 'The Color Purple' at…

— LaChanze

Then I went off to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. They had a really wonderful theatre department.

— Beth Henley

I was in a theater company in Houston, Theatre Under the Stars, and I was involved in about 10 of their productions.

— Chandra Wilson

As an actress who has performed in theater for over 17 years, my experience performing in 'The Color Purple' has been a truly life-changing journey.

— LaChanze

I grew up in the theatre.

— Jeremy Piven

I worked at the Northlight Theater in Skokie, and the Mercury Theater on South Port. I actually did a show there for three years,…

— Nico Tortorella