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...intense workload, Zellmann-Rohrer simply replies, “I always tried to think of it as a hobby or a fun extracurricular. I got through those stressful times by remembering that it was supposed to be fun, and also with the help of the great people in the Harvard theater community...
Reflecting on his theater experience at Harvard, Cutmore-Scott says, “I came in knowing that I enjoy theater and it’s a good hobby. I’ve realized that it’s become more than a hobby and I can’t really imagine myself doing anything else professionally.” Next year he plans to keep auditioning while writing and producing plays. “I’ll see where it all takes me,” he says...
When one considers that during his time at Harvard College, Michael W. Zellmann-Rohrer ’10 has served as lighting designer for over 40 college theater productions, a fellow technician’s description of Zellmann-Rohrer as “a bright spot among others” becomes fitting in more ways than one. And in recognition for both the figurative and literal illumination which Zellmann-Rohrer has provided to the theater community, the Office for the Arts at Harvard (OFA) has selected him as this year’s recipient of the Louise Donovan Award...
Zellmann-Rohrer came to Harvard with very little experience in lighting design. “I had done some design in high school on a very small scale,” he explains, “but I never had any formal lessons. During my freshman spring I just started assisting on all kinds of shows and learned that way.” But according to Beth G. Shields ’10, former president of the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (and Zellmann-Rohrer’s girlfriend), Zellmann-Rohrer’s knack for lighting design has never been...
Zellmann-Rohrer has become an integral part of Harvard theater during the last four years. “Everyone in the theater here knows Michael,” Griggs says. “He can be kind of shy, but somehow he appears here and there around campus and shows just seem to get lit.” In addition to his omnipresence, Shields adds, Zellmann-Rohrer has made a significant impact by mentoring other student technicians. “Michael has a real dedication to helping others,” she says. “He?...