“I am always attempting to find the uniqueness in everyone and everything” she says.
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Graduate study has allowed her the space to interweave her interests in philosophy and psychology, Evan says, and the Interdisciplinary Arts MFA has given her opportunities to study her process as an actor. In digging deeper, Evan landed on the crux of her thesis: how personal and institutional trauma and meditation informs an actor, writer, and theater creator.
She agrees that listening to other people’s process informs her own work as an actress. “At the end of the day, it’s about studying humans. 球探足球比分re are so many different artists at the MFAIA program. All these personalities- you can steal that. That’s gold. As an actor, you are a thief. You can take all of that and use it. Use it to inform yourself and your process.”
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Her advice to aspiring theater artists who might be thinking about getting their masters: “We all want validation of course, but that should not be what drives you. Learn about yourself as a human being and artist.”
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“I was receiving validation for something I’ve never felt validated by.” For someone like Evan, whose commitment to craft and empathetic intelligence is deep, there was a lot to untangle and uncover in the process of knowing.
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“At my previous college, everything was given to you.” Evan says, “For the first time I felt like my voice was valued.”
but experimentation, writing, and introspection have made all the difference for her process.
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