| Full given name: | Mary Catherine Garrison |
| Hometown: | Born in Mississippi and raised in New Orleans. |
| Zodiac sign: | Sagittarius (quadruple, in fact) |
| Special skills: | Well, my minor in college was in oil painting, so I paint, draw and create any kind of craft - I make and design stationary, screen-print, sew, create cloth dolls, sew clothes from vintage patterns, cook, bake...I could go on and on. If I can — I will figure out a way to make anything. |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | The Heiress with Cherry Jones and I will never forget it; it was an amazing night for me. |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Oh, that's easy, that would be Colleen Dewhurst and Jason Robards in A Moon for the Misbegotten. |
| Favorite showtune: | I don't really have a favorite, but I really like "Being Alive" from Company. |
| MAC or PC? | I'm a MAC girl. Hardcore. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | Right now it's Bessie Smith and Alice Coltrane. I love music from the 20s and 30s. |
| Last book you read: | "A Moveable Feast" by Hemingway |
| Must-see TV show: | "The Wire." RENT IT. And "Top Chef." |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Piccadilly" from 1929 with Anna Mae Wong. |
| Favorite card game: | I love all cards but the mother of all card games is Bridge, and I will happily spend the rest of my life learning to play it. I'm on a mission to make it cool again! |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Willie Nelson |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Little Miss Perfect" on TLC. Somebody needs to stop me. |
| First stage kiss: | In grad school at UCSD in a production of Charles Mee's Big Love. |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | I have a huge appetite and love food, but I can't eat a lot before working, so its salad/edamame and miso soup from Kodama. |
| How you got your Equity card: | I actually received my Equity card with my first show here in NYC - The Man Who Came to Dinner. |
| Worst flubbed line: | During Assassins, I was onstage with Becky Baker and I said the first sentence of what was a relatively long monologue, at which point I went totally, completely, tragically blank. I didn't even know my own name. After what seemed like 3 hours of silence and 7,800 calories burned, and since my character was smoking a joint, I muttered some nonsensical phrases about peace and love and ran off the stage. Not my best moment – laughing. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | I've only been on the original "Law & Order," about 10 years ago, and all I remember is that I was sad over my sister dying of heroin and I wore a horrible, horrible pale chartreuse sweater set. |
| Pets' names: | Earl and Cricket. |
| Favorite junk food: | Anything and I mean anything fried. |
| Worst job you ever had: | In high school, I was the lone waitress at a small Chinese restaurant. There were roaches. Lots of them. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | There have been a number of them. Guest starring on "The Good Wife" and "30 Rock" this past year was wonderful. I also met one of my best friends when I was a series regular on "Inconceivable" on NBC. It was a fun show, and I loved being part of an ensemble cast. |
| Leading lady role you've been dying to play | Hmm...weirdly enough I don't think I have a list of roles like that. I do have a soft spot for the Tennessee Williams' ladies, but I'm also a happy audience member for those. I loved seeing Cate Blanchett doing Streetcar last year at BAM. I thought both she and the production were just beautiful. |
