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Amanda Steinstein - Chicago, Illinois

Amanda Steinstein would rather be curled up reading science fiction paperbacks than anything else. Between alternating trips to the gym and Baskin-Robbins, Amanda likes to do improv and sing karaoke.
She also loves to paint on people...kids will do, but she prefers grown-ups because they hold still better. Amanda scours the Internet for what she feels is the weird, the wisdom and the absurd. Her acerbic witt and charm bring a lot to the banquet that is the Feast of Fools.

Amanda Steinstein found the Feast of Fools through an ad that was placed on craigslist.org. “Rejected by American Idol? Humiliated by your peers? The Feast of Fools wants YOU. Bring us your geeks, your misfits, your outcasts, your oddballs. We want big chested, bold women to sing, crack jokes, collaborate and dance in our musical variety shows.” Amanda Steinstein was the only person who shined in the auditions, and the rest is HER-story.

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Birth Name: Amanda Cohen

Stage Name: Amanda Steinstein (pronounced STINE-steen)

Drag name: I've been known to go out as Dead Leather

Assumed Gender: Female

Favorite Color: Purple

Age in relation to Larry King: Young enough to be one of his wives

Body Type: Rubenesque

Your best feature: I'd say my voice, but most people would say my boobies

What turns you on: Brains

Favorite Type of Sushi: Unagi

What's playing on your iPod right now: I don't own one. When I want to hear music on the go, I have a little mini-boom box about three inches tall. Rarely used for music though...usually news or When Radio Was.

Best thing that happened to you last year: Um, you sure this is the right year? In 2003, best thing for me was being in WNEP Theater's "Dirty Bible Stories." In 2005, however, it was getting SCUBA certified.

Worst thing that happened to you this year: Again, what year? Worst thing in 2004 was when WNEP Theater lost its space. In 2005, worst thing was seeing my mom right after her hip surgery. She's much better now.

Favorite Movie: Brazil

Favorite Snack: Chocolate anything.

Name of childhood pet & species: Tim and Brad, my pet anoles (American iguanas, little lizards).

What instruments do you play: The four-holed ocarina

First Love: Stand-up Comedy

If your vagina wrote it's own monolouge, what would it say: Hi, remember me?

What kind of drink do you like to fix for your guests?: Sierra Mist Free on the rocks.
Worst childhood experience: Wow. Tough pick. Seeing a guy smash through a plate-glass window at an ice cream shop and thinking it was my dad. Actually it was a guy who was trying to punch my dad because he'd bumped into this guy and spilled some of his milkshake. Dude slipped on the milkshake and fell through the window.

Most annoying thing about popular culture to you: Tattoos and piercings.

Who is your favorite fat celebrity: Divine. Or Vincent D'Onofrio in Full Metal Jacket.

What's your biggest waste of money: My gym membership.

What gets you high? Donating blood.

If you were a tree, what kind of tree would you be? Hemlock...deadly but easy to climb.

Do you belive in God/Life After Death: I want to believe.

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