ALi Landvatter, co-founder
Something on your bucket list?
Go to Japan.
Current obsession?
Timers.
Title of your autobiography?
Here is a Book I Wrote with Me in it!
A recent resolution you've made?
Drink more red wine.
Proudest artistic or career achievement?
Starting my own theatre company! - Tut'Zanni :) (Cheap Shot? - I stand by it.)
Life philosophy?
Don't be an arsehole.
Where were you born?
Minneapolis, MN
Where else have you lived?
Kansas, Seattle, Alaska, Utah, L.A., and Ireland
Where do you currently live?
NYC
Favorite Tut'Zanni memory
There are so many! Greeting the Tut'Z as they got off the plane for the first time. Drinking out of a watermelon in Italy. The Bunny Dance. Fireproofing our set on the sidewalk 30 minutes before getting into the theatre. I think my favorite and most meaningful moments in life are almost always accompanied by the Tut'z.
Secret talent?
Keeping secrets.
Allegra Libonati, founding member
Where were you born?
New York City
Where else have you lived?
New Canaan, CT, Boston, MA, Pittsburgh, PA, and NYC
Where do you currently live?
Las Vegas, NV
Secret talent?
Making things happen.
An unusual thing you always have with you?
A rock
Something on your bucket list?
Seeing the Northern Lights
Karaoke go-to song?
Colors of the Wind
Title of your autobiography?
Participation Medal
Current obsession?
Trees
A recent resolution you've made?
To show up with my heart open.
Your proudest career and/or artistic achievement?
The night Hair won the Tony for Best Revival was very cool. [Allegra assistant directed the show!]
Life philosophy?
Why not?
Dory Sibley, co-founder
Where were you born?
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Where else have you lived?
Florence, Berlin and Milan
Where do you currently live?
Arezzo, Italy
What is your favorite Tut'Zanni memory?
My favorite Tut'Z moment has to be the creation story of Ballerina Doctor Frog. It was the day of our premier as a company after 2 weeks of development on ART FOR SALE. We were sitting in the gymnasium of the church in Los Angeles that so graciously gave us space to rehearse. Liam began playing the piano and as he played Patrick began to dance in the frog mask. Out of nowhere, Allegra, ALi and I started telling the story of the Ballerina Doctor Frog (our own version of Frankenstein) and Patrick acted out everything we were saying. We loved it, threw it into our show at last minute and it became one of the most popular and meaningful pieces of the show itself. It was the first moment when I realized just how magical our connection is as artists and helped me to trust the process on a deeper level.
In those days we were dreamers with only the motivation to create together again. I feel like this feeling of magic is what binds us so closely and that motivation is still the truest thing in our art. Molly once answered the question, "Why do you do this together? Isn't it hard?" She said, "I wouldn't do this with any other people in the world. We just love creating together." It is a joy that is impossible to express in words and these two moments in particular remind me why finding this group of artistic partners has been such a miracle that in a lot of ways has saved me and encouraged me to be more independent and confident in my creations.
Secret talent?
Singing "Someday my Prince will come" creepily just like Disney's version of Snow White
Something on your bucket list?
To teach and/or perform on every continent
Karaoke go-to song?
Me and Bobby McGee
Title of your autobiography?
Once Upon a Time She Did Not Have a Total Meltdown: The Fragility of the Parent-Artist Balancing Act
A resolution you've recently made?
To be more patient with my 5 year old
Your proudest career or artistic achievement?
7th season of Tut'Zanni baby!!
Life philosophy?
"And in the end, the love you take is the love you make."
Liam Mulshine, founding member
One unusual thing you always have with you?
Solar eclipse glasses. Because you never know. Also, it's fun to be able to stare directly at the sun.
Something on your bucket list?
To ride the Coast Starlight Train from Los Angeles to Seattle.
Karaoke go-to song?
Suspicious Minds by Elvis Presley
Current obsession?
Making nut butters at home
A recent resolution you've made?
To be the queer mentor to someone that I never had
Proudest career or artistic achievement?
I recently starred in a two-person, direct address show set in the streets of Dublin, playing a guy who in many ways couldn't be further from me, personality-wise. It was a stretch for me in every sense, and it really felt like an achievement I had worked my butt off for.
Life mantra?
"A person who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." I hate that I discovered such a meaningful, personal message in a fortune cookie, but here we are.
Where were you born?
Washington, DC
Where else have you lived?
Boston, Arezzo, Italy, and Los Angeles
Where do you currently live?
Philadelphia
Favorite Tut'Zanni memory?
Probably our homemade family dinners outside at Dory's as the sun was setting over the hills in Tuscany after long days creating work at the Accademia dell'Arte during the summer of 2017. Great company, delicious food and wine, and a picture-perfect setting - what could be better?
Secret talent?
I can solve "Spot the Difference Between These Two Images" and Magic Eye puzzles instantly. I'm not joking.
Molly Tomhave, founding member
Where were you born?
Seattle
Where else have you lived?
Tacoma, LA, Arezzo
Where do you currently live?
Seattle
Favorite Tut'Zanni memory?
Favorite is impossible. One treasured memory is catching fireflies in Arkansas while we were on tour. I loved being on the road, I loved how hard the work was and how good we are at having fun.
Secret talent?
I'm really good at recognizing what celebrity does voiceovers in commercials.
An unusual thing you always have with you?
Always? Nothing. Often? Little stone elephant.
Something on your bucket list?
There are a lot of places near and far I'd like to go. My current desire is Big Sur.
Title of your autobiography be?
Look Away
Current obsession?
Frankenstein. If you really read that book and pay attention the ending will knock you out. But you have to read it with your heart open and your head quiet.
A resolution you've recently made?
Stop eating out so damn much. So far could be doing a better job.
Your proudest career or artistic achievement?
Apricot award in 2nd grade for my drawings in a book a wrote, "My Cat the Hunter". I've done some lovely and amazing things, but that was one of the first and I believe inspired other events that followed.
Your life mantra?
Pay attention.
Patrick Berger, founding member
Something on your bucket list?
To learn how to distill my own whiskey.
Your karaoke go-to song?
George Michael's "Freedom"
The title of your autobiography?
Prairie Boy, City Man, Country King
Current obsession?
Soup.
An unusual thing you always have with you?
Oh! A $2 bill in my wallet. My Dad gave me one as a kid and told me to always keep it with me. Then, after Alex and I were married, one day he gave me a $2 bill and said always keep this in your wallet... and I was like, I have one! So I replaced it and gave him the one from my Dad.
Where were you born?
Dickinson, ND
Where else have you lived?
Pittsburgh, PA
Where do you currently live?
Queens, NY
Favorite Tut'Zanni memory?
Oh man! There are so many. Tut'z in a tub at the giant mansion we stayed in while traveling through the South. Dancing to "Call Me Maybe" while everyone groaned in disbelief in Italy. Dory pregnant in NY and the rest of us rehearsing while she laid there in need of rice krispy treats. The moment we fell off stage for the first 'Don't Save the Princesses!' and cried... because we had flopped horribly. All of us wanting to sleep in the same room at Liam's parents house. Literally anytime 3 Tut'z are present in the same room, that is my favorite. HAHA.
