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Would-be stage directors? Actors? Playwrights?
Look no further than Famous For Fifteen, the UAF Student Drama Association’s event, where anyone is welcome to take the stage reading movie scripts and plays.
Jared Olin Director Undeclared Plastics, photo by Daniel Walker
“I definitely think it’s a super fun time to show off our creativity in our community,’ said
Jared Olin, the Director of Undeclared Plastics, a play written by Michael Shaeffer.
Olin, switched his major from Biology to Film and Performing Arts after falling in love with acting.
Frappuccinos and Elixirs. photo by Daniel Walker
The event, held every spring, is free and open to the public and includes positions for directors, writers, and actors to read on stage.
Acting auditions are open to everyone, regardless of experience.
This year’s event, held one Saturday in February, at the Salisbury theatre, showcased Real by Emily Ross, Undeclared Plastics by Michael Shaeffer, Love Letter in a Locker Room by Sam Thompson, and Frappuccinos and Elixirs by Eugene Cole.
Eugene Cole writer Frappuccinos and Elixirs, photo by Daniel Walker
Famous for Fifteen was “incredibly helpful,’ said playwright Eugene Cole, who found it very useful listening to actors reading his lines. “Because then I can hear what is incorrect and what is passible in terms of being understood by everyone, and not just me and the actors.’
“Anyone who wants to dabble in theatre or writing a play,’ he said, should “give it a try!’.
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