Word: tinkerbelle
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On a small scale, the dream of discovery slowly came true this fall for Nora H. Zimmett '00. Zimmett, a Mather House resident, recently appeared as Tinkerbell in the American Repertory Theater (ART) production of "Peter Pan and Wendy," which ran from December 12 to January 22.
Ironically, Zimmett's discovery story began with utter rejection--Tinkerbell was the part that she initially decided not to try, and when she finally did audition, she was not called back.
Zimmett eventualy decided in the flurry of Common Casting auditions to try for Tinkerbell. She, among many others, read for the part and at the end of the process one woman was called back--but not Zimmett. It wasn't until a few weeks later that Zimmett's stroll into...
Zimmett auditioned four more times before finally getting the part of Tinkerbell. The performance may have marked her first experience with acting in a professional production, but stage acting is not a new vocation for Zimmett. The slight sophomore remembers performing for relatives as a child and appeared in high...
"For the most part, my face was in the dirt, and I was just praying they wouldn't see me or hear me," he recalled. At times, his Serb pursuers approached, beating the ground with their rifles in an effort to flush him out. On one occasion, he lay motionless...