Best of the Northland

Alec Schroeder (Hedwig and the Angry Inch)

While we're on the topic of Hedwig and the Angry Inch, we might as well mention the actor who played Hedwig. Yes, Alec Schroeder stepped up to take on portraying a German transgender rockstar and her often humorous and sometimes deep outlooks brought out through antics and songs. "By day, I work as a Registered Nurse in the community with adolescents and young adults. I have to thank my loving Hedwig obsessed family, especially my big sister for putting up with me. People have to thank our stage manager, and my dear friend, Sara Marie Briggs Sorenson, who was with me from auditions to closing night; she kept me sane and loved and I’m forever grateful. To all of my supportive friends, too many too name, but those of you who have shared a drink or a cigarette with me at some point in time; you are the loves of my life and I’m forever yours. Finally, to my fellow freaks reading this: Just know that you are good enough and you are loved, all you have to do is come find us," wrote Schroeder in an email to us.

Runner up: Chris Nollet (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf)