CHICAGO TRIBUNE SHOUT OUT

ANGELA INGERSOLL: ENTERTAINER, ACTRESS, SINGER, COMEDIENNE

Skokie resident Angela Ingersoll is currently playing Hedy LaRue in the Marriott Theatre Lincolnshire's production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." Ingersoll bills herself as an entertainer, actress, singer and comedienne.

Q: What kind of work do you do?
A: I enjoy doing plays and musicals as a member of Actors Equity Association. I also love to do concert work. Occasionally, I get on-screen gigs as well. When I'm not performing, my husband Michael and I produce a concert series called Artists Lounge Live.

Q: Where did you grow up?
A: I grew up in Indianapolis not far from the famous racetrack. I always wanted to escape. I don't think that's a comment on Indy, it was just my nature.

Q: How long have you lived in Skokie?
A: My husband and I just celebrated our first anniversary as happy first-time home owners in Skokie. We love it.

Q: Pets?
A: I am very much a cat person. We have three cats, all rescues adopted from shelters along our travels.

Q: What book are you currently reading, and what book would you like to read next?
A: I love biographies. I have an Eartha Kitt and a Barbra Streisand sitting on my bedside table. For a change of pace, I'd like to revisit a classic next — "The Divine Comedy" by Dante.

Q: First job?
A: At 15, I was convinced I'd hit the big time when I was cast as Mary Warren in a semi-professional production of "The Crucible."

Q: As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
A: I began performing onstage at age 5 and knew then that I wanted to be a singing actress.

Q: A movie you'd recommend?
A: I like the classics. "His Girl Friday" with Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant is always a winner.

Q: Favorite charity?
A: Animal shelters are close to my heart, like The Anti-Cruelty Society and Felines and Canines. I'm also an avid fan and supporter of public television.

Q: Words of wisdom?
A: You're enough as you are right now.

Q: What song best sums up Skokie for you?
A: Glenn Miller's "Elmer's Tune" describes an ambient little world where all sorts of folks enjoy the same simple melody.

Q: Favorite local restaurant?
A: My favorite local restaurant in Skokie, always and forever, every time, is Annie's Pancake House.

Q: What is an interesting factoid about yourself?
A: I never really learned my right from my left. I have a decent sense of direction but not left and right. Secretly, I always rub my index and middle fingers together, to feel for the pencil bump callus that I built up in grade school to help me find my right hand.