How Kirsten Vangsness balances “Criminal Minds” and the L.A. Stage

by Mark Blankenship

For a television star like Kirsten Vangsness (above left), who’s currently seen on the CBS drama Criminal Minds, the theatre can offer a chance to go wild, to say and do things that just aren’t possible on a major network.

Recently, our friends at L.A. Stage Times spoke to Vangsness about the challenges and rewards of playing an amateur porn star in Figure 8, Phinneas Kiyomura’s new play about “ordinary sinners doing sinfully ordinary things.” We’re delighted to share the following excerpt from the story. To read the rest, just go here.

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