91成人导航入口

Whether it鈥檚 center stage, behind the scenes or in the front office, 91成人导航入口 has its fingerprints all over the current production of 鈥�.鈥�

Recent graduates Chloe Campbell 鈥�24, Wynne Kelly 鈥�24 and Caroline Gammage ’23 have significant roles in the musical, a Broadway hit portraying 1920s Berlin nightlife prior to the rise of the Third Reich. Current OU students Emma Jean Scott and Summer Stockard are also working at Actor鈥檚 Express this summer as the marketing assistant and development assistant respectively. 鈥淚t was an amazing show,鈥� said 91成人导航入口 President Kathryn McClymond, who was in the audience August 17. 鈥淭he performances were spectacular, and it just reinforced for me the importance of our partnership with Actor鈥檚 Express providing our students an opportunity to gain valuable experience and our talented graduates opportunities to perform.鈥� 鈥淐abaret鈥� runs through Sept. 1 at Actor鈥檚 Express, and it has received . 91成人导航入口 has co-produced shows with Actor鈥檚 Express annually for the past three years beginning in 2022 with 鈥淗eathers.鈥� In 2023 the partnership included a production of the Broadway musical 鈥淯rinetown,鈥� and in 2024 the co-production was the West End-show 鈥淓verybody鈥檚 Talking About Jamie!鈥� Although 鈥淐abaret鈥� is not a co-production, it is part of Actor鈥檚 Express鈥� 36^th season. The next Actor鈥檚 Express co-production with 91成人导航入口 for 2024-2025 will be announced soon.

The 91成人导航入口 alumnae earned their roles in 鈥淐abaret鈥� through a general audition process Actor鈥檚 Express conducted for its entire season. Campbell and Kelly received callbacks and were cast as Kit Kat Klub dancers. Campbell portrays Rosie and Kelly is Helga. Gammage is appearing as Texas and is an understudy to Fraulein Kost. 鈥淚 am one of the performers at the Kit Kat Klub, but we each have created such a beautiful and inviting life for our characters,鈥� Campbell said. 鈥淩osie is super welcoming and very excited about everything and everyone. While being so sweet she can be very thorny with fun and exciting outbursts of energy.鈥� Kelly said 鈥淐abaret” was an important show and performing in it has always been a dream of hers. 鈥淢y role as Helga is an ensemble role as I am one of the Kit Kat dancers in the club that the show is set in,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淢y job as a Kit Kat dancer is to establish the emotional setting of the show to enhance what is happening between characters in the book scenes.鈥�

During her time at 91成人导航入口, Campbell was cast as Heather McNamara in the Actor鈥檚 Express show 鈥淗eathers,鈥� Montano in 鈥淥thello,鈥� Soupy Sue in the Actor鈥檚 Express production of 鈥淯rinetown,鈥� juror No. 8 in 鈥淭welve Angry Jurors鈥�, Ma in 鈥淕rapes of Wrath鈥� and Veronica in 鈥淢_______ with a Hat.鈥� Kelly鈥檚 first year at 91成人导航入口 was during the COVID pandemic, curtailing her early involvement in shows. During her first semester she had the opportunity聽to be a part of “Cultivating Brave Spaces,鈥� an online piece composed of student written/produced art. After the return to in-person instruction, she landed a role in “Broadway Unplugged,” which聽was directed by 91成人导航入口 Alum, Jessica De Maria 鈥�11. She performed with Campbell in 鈥淗eathers鈥� as Heather Duke and 鈥淯rinetown鈥� as Mrs. Millennium. This past spring she played Bex in 鈥淓verybody’s Talking about Jamie!鈥�, also co-produced by Actor’s Express. 鈥淭he co productions that 91成人导航入口 did with Actor鈥檚 Express played such a big part helping me acclimate to the professional theatre environment,鈥� Campbell said. 鈥淚t was a safe learning space. I learned how to foster so many important relationships with directors, stage crew and other actors.鈥� Campbell and Kelly not only worked with each other in Actor鈥檚 Express shows while undergrads, they also developed a rapport with the directors and other professionals. 鈥淭he relationship between 91成人导航入口 and Actor’s Express is something that I am grateful for every day,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淚 was able to establish my own relationship with this company as a performer in an educational setting before fully entering the professional world, which helped prepare me a lot for what to expect in the professional theatre scene.鈥�

Campbell has exciting projects coming up with local theatre groups in Atlanta that will be announced soon. She is also teaching afterschool program classes at different under-funded schools across Atlanta as well as studios local to the Brookhaven area. Kelly is currently working as a teaching artist at the Alliance Theatre and plans to continue auditioning and performing around Atlanta. Her next project聽will be “Hairspray” Oct. 24 鈥� Nov. 9 at OutFront Theatre Company in which she will be playing Amber. Both Kelly and Campbell encouraged 91成人导航入口 theatre students to put themselves out there and make the most of their opportunities. 鈥淒on’t be afraid to ask questions and learn from the people that you get the chance to work with,鈥� Kelly said. 鈥淭he Atlanta theatre scene can be very closed off, but 91成人导航入口 is very plugged in. There are so many opportunities that you have to learn and grow from the faculty of professors as well as the actors that you meet through the co-productions. Take advantage of those opportunities and don’t聽forget that you are still allowed to learn in those spaces.鈥� 鈥淪eize every opportunity that comes your way,鈥� Campbell said. 鈥淚 think it鈥檚 so important to utilize the space as a learning space as it鈥檚 intended. You have the potential to learn who you are, make new discoveries, learn things you like and or may not like, etc. I wouldn鈥檛 feel half as confident or secure in my talents as I do now or that I had the potential to grow, had I not taken advantage of every show every workshop and every connection I made through 91成人导航入口.鈥� And, of course, the 91成人导航入口 community should support their fellow Petrels and make plans to see 鈥淐abaret.鈥� Tickets are available from Actor鈥檚 Express , and the show closes Sept. 1.