Meet The Audience, introduces you to the dynamic theatregoers in our area. Click here to share your thoughts. Each week we will publish a response like this one from Charlie Fontana. During the month of January, each audience member whose response is published on theatrewashington.org will receive a $20 TixCertificate to show our thanks.

1. Name:
   Charlie Fontana
2. Age:
   62
3. Occupation:
   Retired civilian employee of the US Army
4. First show:
   Alice in Wonderland at Buffalo's Studio Arena Theatre (1957 or so)
5. First show in Washington area:
   Vigil at Studio Theatre (2000)
6. Favorite show in Washington area (so far):
   A Servant to Two Masters at The Kennedy Center (2001) and The Invention of Love at Studio Theatre (2001)
7. Theatrical character with whom you most identify:
   Cephus Miles in Home by Samm-Art Williams
8. Favorite playwright/composer:
   Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, creators of The Fantasticks
9. Favorite pre- or post-show restaurant/bar:
   Samuel Beckett’s Irish Gastro Pub in Shirlington
10. The importance of theatre to you:
    There’s no endeavor that comes even close to theater in combining art, light, sound, smell, emotion, imagination, intelligence, physical energy, and heart – all essentials of being alive.
11. Name a theatre in the Washington area that you have never attended but have wanted to experience:
    The last time I saw a show at the Round House, they were still performing in an old elementary school. I look forward to seeing productions in their current facilities.

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