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Local actress says role has transformed her life

Buffalo Toronto Public Media
Published January 17, 2012 at 9:48 AM EST
Loraine O'Donnell is staring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Alt theatre in Buffalo
Photo from Alt theatre in Buffalo
Loraine O'Donnell is staring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Alt theatre in Buffalo

A local actress says her latest role has helped to transformed her life. 

Loraine O'Donnell is staring in Hedwig and the Angry Inch at the Alt theatre in Buffalo.  O'Donnell says she has found herself as she portrays  Hedwig -- a  transgender East German singer. 

O'Donnell talks with WBFO News contributor Christina Abt about how this role has changed her life.
 
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