
“He’s a kind of Frank Sinatra who got a pass on recruitment to stay at the studio, and Kristen plays a Hedda Hopper-style gossip columnist,” said McKee. Article contentĪrielle Rombough plays one of the studio’s child stars, much as Judy Garland (was) and Eric Wigston plays the new leading man because all the former leading men are off fighting the war. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. With no script, the story changes every second you’re on stage and the Dirty Laundry ensemble are amazing people to work with.” McKee says she was quickly hooked on Dirty Laundry because “I loved the challenge. “I took her advice and in the first episode my character got pregnant and engaged.” “Karen told me the safest thing to do was to get my character into a relationship as quickly as possible so I wouldn’t be stranded.

“It’s a very scary prospect to get up there in front of an audience with no script to fall back on, but I finally accepted their challenge,” says McKee, who recalls that Johnson-Diamond gave her a bit of advice just before the lights came up.

“Aaron Coates and Karen Johnson-Diamond kept asking me to guest star in an episode but I kept making up excuses because I was nervous. Activate your Online Access Now Article contentĬarly McKee is the company’s artistic director with Josh Bertwistle as her associate. If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription.

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