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Season 5: Episode 20 - Michelle Clunie Interview: Pen Pals Play Meets Queer As Folk TV Series
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This season on my podcast, Baring It All with Call Me Adam, I am spotlighting My Entertainment Idols.
Today I am catching up with Actress Michelle Clunie, who you know for portraying Melanie Marcus on Showtime's hit Television Series Queer As Folk.
The last time Michelle Clunie was on the New York Stage was in 2012 when she starred in her Off Broadway play US.
In this NEW interview, Michelle is Baring It All with Call Me Adam about:
- How Pen Pals made her want to return to the New York Stage
- What she hopes audiences come away with after seeing Pen Pals
- What she would tell Melanie from Queer As Folk today
- Something she's never shared before
- So much more
Pen Pals is the extraordinary story of two friends that unfolds over decades. With a rotating cast of renowned actors, no two performances will ever be the same.
Bernie and Mags live in two different countries, they’ve never met, and yet they’re best friends. Because they’ve been pen pals for over fifty years. Since they were teenagers, they’ve shared every aspect of their lives with each other. The trivial bits, the most intimate details, all the happiness, all the heartache. They’ve told each other things they wouldn’t dare tell another soul. Even though Bernie lives in New Jersey and Mags is from England, the women are closer to each other than anyone else in the world.
Come witness the journey of their lifetime. In their own words.
Pen Pals will run at the Daryl Roth DR2 Theater, with a rotating cast of stars, from August 15, 2025-December 21, 2025.
Michelle Clunie will be playing Bernie from September 3-14, 2025.
Click here to watch this interview in video format!
Special Thanks:
- Joe Trentacosta, JT Public Relations
- Theme Song by Bobby Cronin
- Podcast Logo by Liam O'Donnell
- Edited by Adam Rothenberg
- Underscore Music by Cutique
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More on Michelle Clunie:
Michelle Clunie is an award-winning veteran actress, born and raised in Portland, Oregon. Michelle stepped foot on stage at seven years old, first appearing in plays, operas and ballets.
She made her stage debut in Los Angeles at 23, in A Comedy of Eros, earning her a Drama-Logue award. She went on to star in numerous television, film and theatre productions earning awards in all three mediums, including a Backstage Readers’ Choice Award for her performance in The West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute’s The Mercy Seat.
In 2012 she wrote, produced, and starred in the Off-Broadway play US earning rave reviews, as an actress as well as writer, with critics comparing her style to Aaron Sorkin and Thornton Wilder.
Michelle is most often recognized as ‘Melanie Marcus’ in the groundbreaking series QUEER AS FOLK. The popular series was based on the original British series, but the American remake for Showtime, remains incredibly popular to this day, with a passionate, continually building fan-base.
Most recently Michelle wrapped shooting the powerful short film, EVERYTHING’S FINE, about PTSD after a mass shooting.
Michelle also recurred on the hit MTV show TEEN WOLF; as well as MAKE IT OR BREAK IT on ABC Family. Up next, she stars in the mystery thriller, BURIED TRUTHS.
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