alumni Class Notes In starting CloseUp, we didn’t actually hold auditions. I went back to some
students that I’d had over the years, went back to my connections from my classes. I taught CTAR 222 (Drama and Play in the Human Experience) for years and got a really fascinating cross-section of students there. It was interesting to ask people to participate. T ere has to be a willingness to
take a risk. T ey’re participating in an activity where people have strong opinions and belief systems. T ey need to be willing and able to listen to other people’s points of view. Another important thing was for the members to refl ect the people of the community.
DEREK
She (Decky) called me and asked me to participate; I had no history in dramatic or theatrical activities. I was just your typical small-town sports kid. I only performed for one year. It was all I could handle.
Derek APRIL
I got involved through CTAR 222, which was my first class as a freshman. I didn’t even know how to act; I just did what I did in her class, I didn’t know what I was going to be a part of, but if it was anything like her class, I was all in. And the class in itself taught us to think critically, and that there were no rights or wrongs.
MARY
We (the cast) were a diverse group of students who didn’t even know each other, people who had never been in a room together that had been charged with trying to represent the campus and send messages of unity and goodness.
DECKY
T at was deliberate to some extent; on the same level, [there were diff erent kinds of people who] thought my classes were interesting… I always liked energies. Everybody is a contributor and has a diff erent story, and then of course diff erent backgrounds.
SCENE II: THE EARLY DAYS MARY
One of the most interesting points from the founding time is that we didn’t know what the product was going to be. We’d have conversations, but we hadn’t seen it,
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