![]() ![]() ![]() “In professional theatre, as well as university theatre, it takes a certain kind of actor to pull off playing a person older than himself or herself,” Ingram said. But the audition process for the play identified a few talented young undergraduate students who he says trusted in their own acting abilities and accepted the challenge of playing older parts. In some instances, he said, older characters are played by faculty members or graduate students. ![]() ![]() “It’s safe to assume that very often, good plays are not selected to be staged at UCF because of the concern that the characters are simply too old for students to play believably,” said director Tad Ingram. The award-winning play was a hit on Broadway, but is rarely performed by university theatre departments because of the wide age range of its characters. The play follows two 20-something cousins and their family as the cousins juggle school, suitors and the Atlanta premiere of “Gone With the Wind” while preparing for Ballyhoo, a lavish community dance for Jewish families. The Last Night of Ballyhoo chronicles the story of an unconventional Jewish family in Atlanta in 1939. University of Central Florida students are embracing the power of transformation as they prepare to make dramatic changes to their ages, speech and body movements for the upcoming Theatre UCF production of The Last Night of Ballyhoo. ![]()
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