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>>DAVID HOOD: I’m a freshman, going for theatre and the emphasis is acting/directing.
I plan on probably moving out to California and trying to work as an actor, and all the
professors and advisors and stuff, they understand that about me, so if something comes up in
class, they’ll say, like, “You can use this when you get to California” or “You
can use this when you try to work professionally”. They all kind of influence us and give us
notes about what they know we want to do. You can go in for office hours with your professor
of the class and they can work on stuff with you and your partner if you’re working on
a scene, and they really get to understand the individuality of who you are so they can
help make you better. They can help you make yourself better. And the directors are really
great about casting who they see is right for the role, even if it means they’re not
the most talented right there, they can-- they see the growth in you and they can...
they use you in that role to help you grow and to learn. Everything is a learning experience.
Being a freshman and getting the opportunities to be in these mainstage productions, it means
a lot because I get to learn something in class and then do it, like, do it the next
day in rehearsal and I’m getting that experience. Instead of getting just two years of experience,
I get the full four years. Everything that we do is, like, just preparing me to do it
again when I graduate.