Show & Tell: Meet ‘Peepshow’s’ Quinn Kingston-Spencer
By John Przybys
Las Vegas Review-Journal
Feb. 12, 2012
Q: What part do you play in “Peepshow”?
A: I have a featured role. Her name is Lady Cross, and she’s one of the fairy tale nursery rhymes we use that sort of bring Bo Peep on the journey of discovering herself as a woman.
Q: How long have you been dancing?
A: I started dancing when I was 2. (Laughs) When I was potty trained, whenever that is, although, my daughter (Blake) is not quite 3 and she’s been in dance almost a year. But I always loved dancing. I always knew it would be a part of my life.
Q: You used to be a cheerleader for the New England Patriots. What was that like?
A: The NFL experience was one of my best professional experiences, for sure. Not only do I love performing, but I traveled the world.
Q: And, then, the New York Knicks?
A: The Knicks. I went to school in New York for a while and did a lot of commercial work and a lot of auditions. I sang for a while in a cover band, and that was kind of nice. (Laughs) My days of trying to be a rock star were awesome. Anything just performing in general is something I’ve been doing since I was 5.
Q: What brought you to Las Vegas?
A: Actually, it was 100 percent for my husband’s performance. (Justin is) a drummer in a show. He’s founder, creator, drummer and performer in “Recycled Percussion” at the Tropicana. … So we came out here. My baby was 6 months old at the time, so I was just getting back into, “OK, what am I going to do?” and Vegas ended up being a good place for both of us to pursue what we both love to do.
Q: It sounds like it’s working out well.
A: It’s great. … I’ve found that it’s just a real good balance between what I love to do — perform and still have my own career and find my own independence — but maintaining my family as my top priority. My daughter, I get to spend all day with her to go to the park, go to the library, go to dance class. I can spend 100 percent of my time on her and then, at night, go to work for a few hours, be in character and then go home to tuck her into bed.
Q: NFL cheerleading versus performing in “Peepshow” …
A: It’s so different. My gosh, you’re talking about performing for 70,000 people in Gillette Stadium. But we were on the sidelines … you’re not the focus of attention, whereas (in “Peepshow”) you’re performing in a beautiful theater and for people who are paying to come to see that show and to see you, which is a very humbling and exciting thing.
