JASON ROSSAge: 39.Hometown: Chattanooga.Education: Lakeview Junior High, Cartersville (Ga.) High School, Chattanooga State.Vocation: Actor in residence Cumberland County Playhouse.
Finding work is often the toughest part of being a professional actor.
Back in 1995, Jason Ross was living in Chattanooga and doing plays at the Chattanooga Little Theatre (now the Chattanooga Theatre Centre) and Backstage Playhouse.
Friend and director Terry Snead suggested he travel with him to Crossville, Tenn., to audition for Jim Crabtree at the Cumberland County Playhouse.
“Jim had just had a car accident, so I auditioned for this guy in a wheelchair up on the balcony,” Ross said. “I couldn’t even see who it was.”