FASCINATING FACTOIDS
MARISSA WOLF BY ARTSLANDIA
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Photo by Christine Dong.
AT AGE 3, A PERFORMANCE OF GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS HAD MARISSA WOLF SO TRANSFIXED AND ENCHANTED THAT SHE CRIED WHEN IT WAS OVER. Upon returning home, she cast her mother in a DIY performance. When her mother delivered a line imperfectly, as in not precisely how Wolf remembered it from the show, the young and newly minted director would shout, “No! That’s not right!”
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THE ENDLESS VARIETY OF TASTY FOOD TOPS THE LIST OF WOLF’S FAVORITE THINGS ABOUT PORTLAND.
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WOLF’S MAGICAL WEEKEND MORNINGS BEGIN with locally roasted, deliciously strong coffee in hand and sitting on the floor with her kid to build Legos as the sun rises.
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WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER, FACED WITH DOUBTS THAT A LIFE AND CAREER IN THEATER WOULD COME TOGETHER, Wolf considered becoming a rabbi or a psychoanalyst.
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AT THE TOP OF WOLF’S PLAYLIST THIS MONTH ARE Good As Hell by Lizzo and Poetry by Dead Men by Sara Bareilles. The chart-topper for family singalongs of musical theater tunes in the car is Skid Row (Downtown) from Little Shop of Horrors.
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WHILE WOLF FINDS GUNS, SYSTEMS OF OPPRESSION, AND THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE UTTERLY TERRIFYING, she’s confessed to sleeping with the lights on all night after watching a scary movie on more than one occasion.
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WOLF’S FAVORITE CHILDREN’S BOOK IS HANDSDOWN HOW TO POTTY TRAIN YOUR PORCUPINE BY TOM TORO (WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE HER HUSBAND), but you’ll have to wait until it hits the shelves in May to check it out. In the meantime, her family is rereading the chapter book series Zoey and Sassafras by Asia Citro.
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A FARMERS MARKET DEVOTEE, Wolf is one of those of brave customers who is undeterred by weather or season.
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SHRILL WAS THE LAST SHOW WOLF BINGE-WATCHED THANKS TO THE DELIGHT OF SEEING PORTLAND ACTORS POP UP IN DIFFERENT EPISODES AND AIDY BRYANT’S OFF THE HOOK HUMOR, BITE, AND HEART.
ASIDE FROM NIGHTS AT THE ARMORY AND OTHER LIVE THEATER VENUES, WOLF’S IDEA OF A PERFECT NIGHT OUT IS CATCHING A NOT-SO-SCARY MOVIE AT LAURELHURST THEATER. Salty popcorn, beer, and then late nosh at Güero are also required. .
