New Jersey Stage 2015 - Issue 6 | Page 125

An Interview With Eric Rolland by Michael T. Mooney This month the National Geographic Channel is presenting a brand new series called American Genius, turning the spotlight on some of our nation’s most brilliant innovators and the rivalries that contributed to their technological advances. The final installment is titled 2015 - ISSUE 6 Edison vs. Tesla, and celebrates the quintessential American inventor Thomas Alva Edison and his rivalry with European colleague Nikola Tesla. New Jersey Stage sat down to talk with the actor playing ‘The Wizard of Menlo Park,’ New Jersey’s own Eric Rolland. TABLE OF CONTENTS 125