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Even though Shafrin continued on the theatrical path, the versatile actor has made a career at Harvard by broadening his boundaries, albeit in an unconventional way. His first professional voice training came only after landing a role in the Krokodiloes, Harvard’s premier all-male a cappella group. And Shafrin’s most recent stage role was also his drag debut. He played Juno, a pregnant, Sunny-D-swigging adolescent oracle, in the Hasty Pudding Theatricals’ burlesque, “Acropolis Now.” “I definitely felt like I didn?...
...thing about Ben is that he’s so talented at so many things,” says Sara E.A. Mills ’11, who worked with Clark on a variety of productions. Beyond his ability to build and organize a set, Clark is also a talented actor. Though he has acted in seven plays, which amounts to a fairly substantial Harvard acting career, Clark nonchalantly downplays his achievement. “I tend to always play the same character,” he says. “The strong, male character.” Clark derives great...
...here to do plays,” he says. “I was really disappointed.” Pecci took the year off and founded an art gallery with friends. Upon his return, Pecci fully immersed himself in the college’s theater scene as an actor, director, and playwright. When President Faust instituted the Task Force on the Arts in 2007, Pecci was asked to join as one of two College students. “It was a good way for me to express my dissatisfaction with the way things were operating here...
...you’ve ever seen a Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club production, you’ve likely seen Jonah C. Priour ’09 on stage. The actor, whose contributions to Harvard theater recently won him the Jonathan Levy Award, has performed in almost all of the venues on campus, as well as major shows such as “Children of Eden” and “The Hyacinth Macaw.” Remarking on the sheer number of productions he has starred in, Priour says, “I’d say there are about...
...what they are watching.” The production has incorporated a number of unique stylistic elements and techniques in addition to the modern costumes and setting. Dancers interspersed amidst the cast members are constantly on stage; their presence attempts to mimic the voyeurism of society. In addition, each actor is cast in two different roles, a decision that Ross admits has been a difficult hurdle to overcome.“I think the challenge for us as actors is to make each of our characters separate people and to give each of them distinct personalities and motivations, as opposed...