When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? Growing up, my parents were very involved in my community theatre. They couldn’t afford babysitters when I was growing up sometimes so I would just go with them to rehearsals and that became my “normal”. I never knew it was something I could study in college…
Kayla Davion (Theater)
When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? I realized I wanted to be an actor my senior year of high school doing an All-State theatre Production of Memphis the Musical! I couldn’t believe that there could actually be an African American lead in a show and when I was able to be…
Ephie Aardema (Theater)
When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? I was 10 when the theatre bug first bit. I was about 14 when I decided I definitely wanted to act as my main profession. What was your first acting job and what did you learn from it? The first professional acting job I had…
Hunter Harris (Writer)
When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? I always wanted to be a writer. I have a really clear memory of being assigned to write a new ending to a Ramona Quimby book in the third grade — I couldn’t get over myself, I just wrote for pages and pages. I was geeked. It…
Isabelle McCalla (Theater)
When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? The first show I saw was CATS when I was five and I was so enthralled with it that I asked my mom to buy me the VHS. I watched it every day for a year and pretended to be a different cat every day….
Louis Peitzman (Writing)
When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? I never didn’t want to be a writer. I sort of hate how trite that sounds, but it’s true. I never considered any other options, and I have no idea what I’d be doing if I weren’t writing. What advice do you have for students…
Caitlin Kinnunen (Theater)
When did you realize you wanted to be an actor? I realized very early on, a bit by mistake. I started taking theatre classes when I was 3 years old with my sister. We continued to do community theatre for my entire adolescence and so it was just always what I did. It was ingrained…
Sharon Wheatley (Theater)
When did you realize you wanted to be a performer? I don’t ever remember not wanting to be. Isn’t that crazy? I’d say my earliest memories were singing along to the radio and I remember seeing shows when I was a kid and thinking, “This is what I have to do.” Kind of along those…
Broti Gupta (TV)
When did you realize you wanted to work in television? Up until I was in college, I didn’t even really realize that TV writing was a job I could have. It took being a pre-med student, not loving it, realizing that “not loving pre-med” could literally kill someone, and then a lot of soul searching…
Alanna Bennett (Writing)
When did you realize you wanted to be a writer? My realization of what I wanted to do happened both early and in pieces. I knew from around 6th grade that I wanted to do something connected to Hollywood, though at that time I was deluding myself into thinking I wanted to be an actor….
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