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Several months ago, when I returned home for Christmas break, my dad gave me a very important assignment. Calling from the operating room, he asked me the usual questions of what my plans were for the night. “Good, Marco,” he said in his thick, Polish accent when I told him I was free. “Go and rent two movies, one action and one stupid comedy.” Before hanging up, he added one more detail: “Marco,” he said, “the stupider the better...
Bridget P. Haile ’11 hurries toward the dressing room downstairs, her curled hair bobbing and her long white maiden’s dress bustling underneath her. As she walks, she looks like the perfect anachronism, a remnant of another era—she’s completely unconnected to the old Agassiz Theater around her, existing somewhere in between the character she plays and her role in the real world. That is, until she almost bumps into an admissions employee in the hallway. “That’s the problem with sharing a theater with...
...DRESSING ROOM...
It’s the day before opening night, and as Haile drifts into the dressing room, she is greeted by a motley crowd of actors. The dressing rooms are inconspicuously hidden on the bottom floor of the Agassiz House, featuring countless mirrors all bordered by large white bulbs. Some cast members are busily changing into pirate-themed clothing while others dab make-up on their faces. All take turns spontaneously singing...
Benjamin J. Nelson ’11, another cast member and a member of the G&S Board of Directors, walks into the room in a bright yellow overcoat. Even in a room full of pirates, he fits right in. He and Haile hug. “We’re practically married,” he admits. That they’ve been working together for nearly two years is evident; their interactions are as effortless as they are entertaining...