Previous stage work includes Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Arena Stage), The Chosen and Gary (Steppenwolf Theatre Company); Girl, 20 (Serendipity Theatre, L.A. remount); A Man for All Seasons (TimeLine Theatre Company); The Last Supper (Infusion Theatre) and Hillbilly Antigone (Lookingglass Theatre).
He has appeared on screen in "Chicago Fire," "According to Jim," "The Chicago Code," "Public Enemies" and "The Dilemma."
| Full given name: | Madison Key Dirks |
| Where you were born/where you were raised: | Baton Rouge, Louisiana |
| Zodiac Sign: | Virgo |
| What your parents did/do for a living: | My mother works in Human Resources at Tulane University in New Orleans. My father was a lawyer. |
| Siblings: | 5 total: 3 brothers, 2 sisters. |
| Special skills: | I hope to put "bluegrass banjo" as my answer to this one day. |
| Something you're REALLY bad at: | Bluegrass banjo |
| First Broadway show you ever saw: | Big River in 1985. |
| If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be? | Man, oh man. It would have to be Kazan's production of A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947. |
| Did you have any particular mentors or inspirations as a young actor? | Is Brando's name ever not mentioned here? |
| Current show other than your own you have been recommending to friends: | I haven't gotten a chance to see any shows just yet, but I'm dying to see Mike Shannon and Kate Arrington in Grace. |
| Some favorite modern playwrights: | Martin McDonagh, Bruce Norris, Tracy Letts. |
| Broadway or screen stars of the past you would most have loved to perform with: | I wouldn't have minded having had a lanky-tall-man tussle with Jimmy Stewart. |
| The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: | August: Osage County at Steppenwolf Downstairs Theater in Chicago, 2007. |
| MAC or PC? | MAC |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Re: Stacks" by Bon Iver is pretty up there in the play count number. |
| Last book you read: | "Freedom" by Jonathan Franzen" |
| Must-see TV show(s): | "Louie" "Parks and Recreation" "Mad Men" "Breaking Bad" "30 Rock" |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Killer Joe" Boy, I'm really waxing Tracy Letts' car with this Cue & A, huh? |
| Worst job you ever had: | Making and packaging frozen daiquiris in a warehouse in South Louisiana. |
| How does it feel to be making your Broadway debut? | It ain't bad. It...ain't...bad. |
| Other Albee plays/roles you'd love to take on at some point in life: | I had always wanted to play George actually, but I just don't know if I can do it after this production. I don't know, check in with me again in 15 years. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Boy, I'd love to play Valene in The Lonesome West. |
| Three things you can't live without: | My family, LSU Football, New Orleans Saints Football |
| "I'll never understand why…" | … people text in theaters. NEVER. |
| Words of advice for aspiring performers: | Live in a city that you love. It makes the waiting bearable. And there will be a lot of waiting. |
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