DC Burner Spotlight #3

This is a profile of one of the participants in the Ten Principles )'( storytelling project, being presented as part of this year's Capital Fringe Festival. She is joining the show for her 1st year.

Q: Default world name?
A: Melissa Schick

Q: Playa name?
A: Melomel

Q: First time at Burning Man?
A: 2013.

Q: Which camp were you with your first time?
A: Basshenge.

Q: Favorite art installation?
A: I honestly don’t remember what it was called, but it was this labyrinth with blacklight painting on the walls. You wore special glasses inside and it made the paintings appear three dimensional; different colors would pop out at you at different levels.

Q: Favorite art car?
A: El Pulpo Mecanico

Q: First time at a regional and which one?
A: Playa Del Fuego Fall 2011

Q: Where did you go to college/university?
A: New York University Tisch School of the Arts and University of Maryland University College

Q: What did you major in?
A: Theater and Social Science.

Q: What area did you grow up in?
A: Born in DC, raised in Silver Spring, MD.

Q: What's your day job?
A: I’m a case manager for the elderly and people with disabilities.

Q: Favorite food?
A: Shellfish. Crabs, shrimp, oysters. All of it.

Q: Favorite game?
A: Ms. Pac-Man

Q: What three artists (living or dead) would you like to have dinner with)?
A: Henri Toulouse Lautrec, William Shakespeare, and Regina Spektor

Thank you for sharing, Melomel!