David Marchese

Can you tell me about the decision to go through that process at this point in your life?

Can you tell me about the decision to go through that process at this point in your life?

Your father was a preacher, is that right?

Your father was a preacher, is that right?

Do you feel like you're sort of following in a family tradition in some sense or connecting with him?

Do you feel like you're sort of following in a family tradition in some sense or connecting with him?

I've seen you refer to the prophecy. Can you tell folks the story?

I've seen you refer to the prophecy. Can you tell folks the story?

This is Mount Vernon, New York, right?

This is Mount Vernon, New York, right?

But was your gift for acting and the career that you've had, do you feel like any sort of message was being delivered through that? Or was acting totally, you know, did it turn out that it was totally separate from the... No, I wouldn't say it's either or.

But was your gift for acting and the career that you've had, do you feel like any sort of message was being delivered through that? Or was acting totally, you know, did it turn out that it was totally separate from the... No, I wouldn't say it's either or.

Do you think there might come a time when you move to speaking mostly through ministry and not through acting? I don't know. I don't know. And, you know, this is just a bit of a shot in the dark that it's based on just some reading I was doing that I think, you know, sparked some connections for me. But I was just reading a book by James Baldwin called The Devil Finds Work.

Do you think there might come a time when you move to speaking mostly through ministry and not through acting? I don't know. I don't know. And, you know, this is just a bit of a shot in the dark that it's based on just some reading I was doing that I think, you know, sparked some connections for me. But I was just reading a book by James Baldwin called The Devil Finds Work.

And in there, he makes connections between the church and theater. Does that comparison ring true for you? Do you see similarities between the church and theater? Yeah.

And in there, he makes connections between the church and theater. Does that comparison ring true for you? Do you see similarities between the church and theater? Yeah.

He says, you know, both are about people sort of experiencing an event together, communally creating the event as it happens, when all these people are together in the moment experiencing the same thing. It sounds like James Baldwin is saying there is an energy and, you know, sort of a spirit that is created that for him was sort of similar between the church and the theater. I can agree with that.

He says, you know, both are about people sort of experiencing an event together, communally creating the event as it happens, when all these people are together in the moment experiencing the same thing. It sounds like James Baldwin is saying there is an energy and, you know, sort of a spirit that is created that for him was sort of similar between the church and the theater. I can agree with that.

I agree with that. Yeah. Yeah. The reason, of course, I ask about theater is because you're going back to the theater to do Othello. Can you tell me about the rewards for you of doing Shakespeare?

I agree with that. Yeah. Yeah. The reason, of course, I ask about theater is because you're going back to the theater to do Othello. Can you tell me about the rewards for you of doing Shakespeare?