When the Lang Theatre Collective held auditions for their One-Act Festival on Friday, October 12 and Saturday, October 13, inside the 66 West 12th Street building, the students took control. New School debuting actors read lines and auditioned for roles that their academic peers created.
“It’s a little intimidating,” said Emily Roberts, a 20-year-old who just transferred from Vermont’s Bennington College. “But I’ve been told the one-acts are fun.
The annual festival is a semester-long process. Writers submitted their work in September, while hopeful directors submitted their resumes. After the auditions and once the actors are cast, the directors will be responsible for their own rehearsal process until the performances, which will take place in early December.
The student-run Theatre Collective was established in 2008. Since then, students have used it as a platform for producing work for and by students.
“You don’t have to be majoring in theater to participate,” said Lexa Grace, the collective’s co-president. “We work with a lot of writing majors on their original work and a lot of our actors are not actual theatre majors.”
Mimi Barconi, 19, a sophomore at Lang, plans to direct a one-act that was written by her friend Chloe Gold, a fellow Lang student. “I’ve sort of seen it in its infant stages but now we’re going to take it to the next level,” Barconi said of bringing her friend’s story to theatrical fruition.
“I’m really happy and honored that my play was chosen,” Gold said. “This is the first real one-act I’ve ever written, so it’s very exciting that it was chosen to be performed.”
Charlotte is majoring in Journalism + Design at Eugene Lang College and graduated high school in Bamberg, Germany. Her father is a soldier so she grew up moving around a lot. Outside of her interest in journalism, she is an aspiring novelist & screenplay writer who dabbles in acting. Charlotte loves reading, writing, road trips, red wine, videogames, music, sketch comedy and tennis.
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