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...date of Mar. 9 – an incredibly compressed time, since Hanley just found out he got the rights from the show’s publishing house six weeks before Intersession. From day one, the pressure is on.First Day The first day of Common Casting is full of nervous energy for staff and actors, alike. Hanley and his crew sit behind a long table in the basement of the Loeb Drama Center. They’re a little worried about turnout for “Chicago,” although rumors that “everyone?...
...have no idea what I want to do with the rest of my life. I know things that I like, but unfortunately, I don’t think I will find many job openings for a video game beta tester or owner of the Boston Red Sox. I get nervous when I hear other students talk about their future careers as if they were I-Banking while still in the womb. Walk into the Coop these days and all you see are books with titles like (I am not making this up): “Sell Yourself!: Master...
Welcome to the Wonderful World of Common Casting," reads a chalked sign in the Loeb Ex’s black box theatre, a surreal room transformed by candy, a functioning green swing, and drum beat soundtrack. Returning actors greet one another with full body hugs, while nervous novices and first-years fret over potentially awkward interaction with strangers, especially when directed to act "sexual, but not explicit...
...come in as a freshman, not only do you not know any people," he says, "but you don’t really know what shows are good, what shows are bad, what you should be nervous...
Although most of the casting decisions come down to intangible factors like "presence" and the actor’s particular "fit" for "Chicago," Hanley relies on formulaic tests, like giving actors a nervous tic, to evaluate the auditioners. "Okay, I want you to do it again. This time, I’m going to give you a spasm," Hanley says to another auditioning actor...