Nevermore Actor Profile: Mike Frale!

1. Where you were born/where were you raised? Elk Grove Village, IL
2. Zodiac sign? Leo
3. What are/were the careers of your parents? Dad - banker, Mom - medical journal publisher
4. Do you have any Siblings? No.
5. Where were you trained?: Lewis University
6. Current favorite audition song or monologue to use: "One Knight" from Wonderland
7. Why did you want to be a part of Nevermore? Seemed like a really interesting show and company to be involved with!
8. Favorite Edgar Allan Poe poem or story? "The Raven."
9. What's your favorite non-Poe scary art? (can be a movie, book, painting, song, etc.) "The Monkey's Paw" by W.W. Jacobs
10. Most played song in your music collection: “Firework” by Katy Perry
11. Favorite or most memorable onstage role as a child/teenager: In high school, I was in a production of Hairspray and I spent an entire scene running back and forth behind a fence during a scene with a dodgeball game. My family still references it.
12. Worst onstage mishap: It was closing night of Urinetown and I got distracted by an ad lib on stage and ended up starting to say lines that were 3 pages beforehand...
13. Worst costume ever: I was performing in A Little Night Music and I personally loved the costume, but all of my friends and family thought I looked like Captain Crunch. I even had the mustache.
14. Worst job you ever had: Cleaning up garbage at my local children’s theme park
15. Role(s) you’ve been dying to play: Javert in Les Miserables or Evan Hansen in Dear Evan Hansen
16. What were you afraid of as a child? Raccoons and tornadoes