Company Interviews: Bailey Green as Pisanio
We asked Bailey Green, who plays Pisanio and is the Associate Director and Fight Choreographer in our production of Cymbeline, a few questions about herself, camping, and her character...
Bailey Green as Pisanio. Photo by Kyle Purcell.
What might people be interested to know about your take on your character?
So I play the traditionally male role of Pisanio but given the journey she goes on over the course of the play it is such a natural choice to have her be a woman. Her bond with Innogen and their connection is really moving. I'm still discovering how loyal, supportive, and clever she is. I relate strongly to her moral compass. She knows when something goes firmly against what she believes.
What is your history with Shakespeare BASH'd?
I've been working with BASH'd since 2015. I'm so excited to return again to Junction City Music Hall. I was in BASH'd's inaugural production at Junction City (King John) and last spring I was associate director with director Drew O'Hara on As You Like It. This is my first time back in the space as an actor since 2015, so it feels nostalgic in the best kind of way.
If you were running away into the woods, who would you take with you and why?
I would take Eliza Martin (sorry, Jeff!) who you may have seen as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream this season. Eliza is a dear friend but more importantly a former camper/camp counselor like myself. We'd build fires, canoe far and wide, and pitch our tent in a hot second.
Cymbeline is often classified as a romance. Are you a romantic?
I am a romantic, but my partner outdoes me every time. One time I stealthily made my way to St Catherine's to surprise him at a show he was doing. But if you asked him, he would say my romantic side comes out in very ordinary, everyday things, like surprising him with clean laundry.
What’s the best line in the play?
"Men's vows are women's traitors"
If your character were at Junction City Music Hall, what drink would they order?
Depends, Pisanio would probably just have a soda water during work hours; post-work it would definitely be shots of Jameson.
What are you most excited for people to see in this production?
Jupiter.
So I play the traditionally male role of Pisanio but given the journey she goes on over the course of the play it is such a natural choice to have her be a woman. Her bond with Innogen and their connection is really moving. I'm still discovering how loyal, supportive, and clever she is. I relate strongly to her moral compass. She knows when something goes firmly against what she believes.
What is your history with Shakespeare BASH'd?
I've been working with BASH'd since 2015. I'm so excited to return again to Junction City Music Hall. I was in BASH'd's inaugural production at Junction City (King John) and last spring I was associate director with director Drew O'Hara on As You Like It. This is my first time back in the space as an actor since 2015, so it feels nostalgic in the best kind of way.
If you were running away into the woods, who would you take with you and why?
I would take Eliza Martin (sorry, Jeff!) who you may have seen as Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream this season. Eliza is a dear friend but more importantly a former camper/camp counselor like myself. We'd build fires, canoe far and wide, and pitch our tent in a hot second.
Cymbeline is often classified as a romance. Are you a romantic?
I am a romantic, but my partner outdoes me every time. One time I stealthily made my way to St Catherine's to surprise him at a show he was doing. But if you asked him, he would say my romantic side comes out in very ordinary, everyday things, like surprising him with clean laundry.
What’s the best line in the play?
"Men's vows are women's traitors"
If your character were at Junction City Music Hall, what drink would they order?
Depends, Pisanio would probably just have a soda water during work hours; post-work it would definitely be shots of Jameson.
What are you most excited for people to see in this production?
Jupiter.