From Classmates to Co-Stars: An Interview with the Cast of CAMPING

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Alice Kremelberg and Colby Minifie on reuniting onstage for the world premiere of Camping.

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Colt Coeur will soon present the upcoming World Premiere of Camping by Victoria Lynne Barclay , directed by Adrienne Campbell -Holt, at HERE Arts Center (145 6th Ave, New York, NY 10013), June 13-July 11.

The cast will feature Alice Kremelberg (The Boroughs, & All Our Yesterdays at The Flea; The Sinner on USA Network) and Colby Minifie (Six Degrees of Separation on Broadway; The Boys on Amazon Prime).

When did you first meet?

Colby: We went to high school together! We went to this fabulous public performing arts school called PPAS, which was filled with super talented professional actor kids. And I remember being in a class with Alice and looking up to her as someone to aspire to. She would always fully commit to whatever challenge she was given in class and by example, she taught me to push past fear and self consciousness and just commit. It’s way cooler to commit to the bit.

Alice: I always remember Colby as this incredible burst of energy and love in the hallways. She’s always been so deeply creative and an absolutely stunning actor.

What is your first memory of each other?

Colby: I think what I described above is my first memory but I also remember she ran for class president as a senior when I was a sophomore and I remember seeing her beautiful headshot in the hallway on her campaign posters and thinking, “wow Alice is going to go places!”

Alice: I am a few years older so I don’t think we had class together but our school was so small I definitely remember seeing the firework that Colby is in the hallways. Also, I remember seeing her after high-school in Close Up Space at MTC and Punk Rock with MCC and was completely blown away by her every single time I had the pleasure of seeing her on stage.

Also we both got to attend our drama teacher’s (Parente) wedding in France , and it was just magical. Getting to celebrate our favorite teacher together on the french countryside, I mean what could be better?

What is something that has stayed the same about each of you over the years? What has changed?

Colby: This industry can be brutal, especially when you start as a kid, as Alice and I did. It’s hard to stay positive, grounded, curious about who you are and what we can still learn. And Alice has done all of that and more. She is so kind. And getting to know her more now that we are doing this play, I see that she always finds the good in people, gives them the benefit of the doubt, and never ceases to bring joy and encouragement and light to a room.

Alice: This is a hard one! Colby has the same glowing face and heart, she is the same person I knew in high school in the best way (and we’ve both grown and had many important life experiences since then, don’t get me wrong) but the heart of who Colby is has stayed the same (thankfully!) I think more of the world has just gotten to see her talent, which is so exciting. She’s learned incredible new skills like wood working/ carpentry, ceramics etc- I hope we both continue to grow and change but our hearts stay open and young. Colt Coeur = The Heart of a Young Horse!

What were your first impressions when you first read Camping? How did you feel when you learned who would be acting opposite you?

Colby: I was hooked from page one. Page one made me laugh out loud and from then on, I was in. It’s very very rare to find a play that portrays the complexities and the intimacies of female friendships. This one drops you in the center of it and tears your heart out again and again. Victoria is so good at excavating how a woman grows and matures and finds language for their feelings as they grow up. I immediately felt connected to it and I think whoever comes to see this play will feel the same way.

Alice: While I was reading it, my heart sunk and sunk and then sunk some more. I fell in love with it. I devoured it in what felt like minutes. It really encapsulates how layered, confusing and painful friendship and love can be. It feels so complicated between Ari and Brit, but also so simple. They’re tethered to each other and keep coming back. I was so excited to read something also that jumps through time and follows these two women and how they change or stay the same. Genuinely, I’m so excited by the idea that there will be this play for people to work on, because I always found it hard in school to find a lot of good scenes with two women or girls.

I was SO excited when I heard it was Colby. This is our first time really getting to act opposite each other and I really feel so blessed to be on the receiving end of all that she brings to Ari. It’s truly such magnificent work.

Why should people see Camping?

Colby: In a world full of AI and increasing isolation, this play makes you feel human again! I feel more connected to myself than I have in a long long time doing this play. I have a feeling you’ll walk out of this play and want to walk around the neighborhood, pop on some music from your teenage years, feel the warm air on your face, and reflect on your life.

Alice: It’s really such a beautiful new play. The complications of being queer in a time and place where that is not really seen as an option. How that trickles down and lives in you for what feels like forever. It is just us two and a camping tent and these funny and heart breaking words. Adrienne has directed such a beautiful rendition on Victoria’s play. And it’s only 80 minutes of your time!

What was your first exposure to Colt Coeur ?

Colby: I saw Dry Land and was totally blown away. Both by Alice and the whole cast and Adrienne’s directing. It felt like the kind of theater I wanted to be a part of.

Alice:I had the pleasure of meeting Adrienne and Colt Coeur about 12 years ago when I auditioned for Dry Land. We got to spend time at NYSAF and then at HERE with the world premiere of Dry Land and it was actually magical. The cast, that play, it was full of magic – truly.

What else do you want to tell us?

Colby: I couldn’t be happier to be in a room full of women!!!

Alice: It’s pride! Come see a gay play for pride that is full of yearning and edging the way only the gays know how!

Three decades. One tent. A million things left unsaid.

In Victoria Lynne Barclay ’s CAMPING, Brit and Ari collide over and over again, reaching for each other across firsts, fistfuls of hair, and the fractures that are born of time and distance. A story of desperately falling in and out of love with your Best Friend inside a camping tent while everything outside rages.

Camping runs June 13th-July 11th at HERE Arts Center. Tickets ($30-$120) are available for advance purchase at www.coltcoeur.org/camping . The performance will run approximately 80 minutes, with no intermission.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/Interview-From-Classmates-to-Co-Stars-Meet-the-Stars-of-CAMPING-20260610)._