Q & A with Katherine Gauthier of Matt & Ben
Katherine Gauthier is a newcomer to Fighting Chance Productions. A graduate of Trinity Western University Kat is a welcome addition to the Fighting Chance family and to the cast of Matt & Ben. She took some time out of her busy rehearsal schedule to answer some questions for us:
What was your first theatre experience?
I played Sophie the TV as an 8 year old child in the original play Sydney Crump and the Circus of the Sky. To this day, it is still the only part I can recite all my lines to.
What is your Dream Role?
You mean other than my life-long dream role of playing Ben Affleck? Hmmm. It’s rather token but I would love to play Lady Macbeth and Ophelia. That or Medea. Or Angelo in Measure for Measure.
Had you seen Good Will Hunting before auditioning for Matt & Ben?
Yes and I am very fond of it!
What is the best experience you’ve had in the theatre?
Wow, that is a monster question. I definitely have had so many disparate and uniquely incredible experiences in the Theatre. As an audience member, I will never forget seeing the mindblowing piece of work Grace at Pacific Theatre. As an artist, my time creating and writing two different plays with some of the most talented people I know through the process of playmaking will stick with me forever. In fact, being a Theatre major at Trinity Western University with such a nurturing and devoted faculty, discovering the kind of artist I want to be, was definitely my over-all best theatre experience.
Do you have any theatre role models?
I am most inspired by the people around me who are making their opportunities happen for themselves; who are taking risks and telling beautiful stories; The Ryan Mooneys, the Ron Reeds, the Jonathan Youngs, the Aaron Calebs, the Jonathan Christensons, the Kevin Bennetts, the Lucia Frangiones not to mention the Matts and Bens and Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers of my world who are out there telling unique stories that matter to them and creating their own work. I long to have the courage they do. 
List the four theatrical people you would have around your dinner table in an ideal world.
Euripides, Ionesco, Shakespeare and Judi Dench.
If you couldn’t perform, what would you do?
Be a psychologist or addictions counsellor.
What do you think is missing from the Vancouver theatre scene?
I am in love with Theatre that knows it is Theatre that takes risks and challenges its audience members. Theatre like that needs audience members who are willing to go there with them. So, I guess, a devoted audience that wants to see new and innovative art and will let Theatre be Theatre!