Spring Break
Theater Interview: Cats performer visits Brazil, Chile in name of art
Jackie Cole
Issue date: 2/7/07 Section: Entertainment
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02/07/07 - For your average 20-year-old URI sophomore, everyday life consists of nearly the same tedious, tiresome and monotonous routine, give or take a few variables. Monday through Friday's schedule includes such exhilarating activities as painfully early 8 a.m. classes, uphill treks through the bitter arctic chill to the ever-inviting, fluorescent lit classrooms of Independence Hall, and overcooked, mass produced, sickness-inducing meals at Butterfield.
If you're lucky and it's a real good week, global warming provides the campus with abnormal and freakishly warm temperatures, or perhaps Roger Williams Dining Hall puts buffalo chicken wings and ice cream on its menu for a day or two. But for the most part, you can look forward to fairly consistent misery until those glorious days of early May when you can sell back / burn your books and hit the beaches for the next four months.
But for 20-year-old actress Samantha Sturm, the words "boring" or "monotonous" hardly ever appear in her vocabulary, and a "good week" means traveling to some exotic paradise such as Brazil or Chile for a few days.
Sturm, who says that she briefly experienced the monotonous routine of college at an acting school called the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, is currently on tour as the youngest cast member of Cats.
The play will be making its 2007 Providence debut Friday night, and runs until Sunday. Sturm keeps herself extremely busy and entertained by learning and perfecting the roles of not just one, but five different characters in Cats, for which she serves as an alternate.
A day in the life of Samantha Sturm is anything but ordinary, lackluster or boring. In addition to taking on the daunting, seemingly impossible task of memorizing five different characters' lines, Sturm is also an assistant stage director for Cats.
She has spent almost every day of the last nine months dedicating her life to this play. Starting in June she began rehearsals with her fellow cast members, practicing everything from dance moves to solo lines.
Sturm says most days they would arrive at rehearsal at 8 a.m. and not leave until the late hours of the night. However, when asked if this demanding schedule ever got tiring, she replied that she loves every minute of what she does, from rehearsals to live performances.
I'm sure that anyone would adore their jobs if they got to travel to Brazil and Chile, which Sturm was able to do in August and October 2006 while on tour with Cats.
I don't know about the rest of you, but in my opinion spending my days dressed up as furry, singing feline and traveling to sunny Brazil sounds a hell of a lot better than yet another pot roast and dry mashed potatoes dinner at Butterfield.
If you're lucky and it's a real good week, global warming provides the campus with abnormal and freakishly warm temperatures, or perhaps Roger Williams Dining Hall puts buffalo chicken wings and ice cream on its menu for a day or two. But for the most part, you can look forward to fairly consistent misery until those glorious days of early May when you can sell back / burn your books and hit the beaches for the next four months.
But for 20-year-old actress Samantha Sturm, the words "boring" or "monotonous" hardly ever appear in her vocabulary, and a "good week" means traveling to some exotic paradise such as Brazil or Chile for a few days.
Sturm, who says that she briefly experienced the monotonous routine of college at an acting school called the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, is currently on tour as the youngest cast member of Cats.
The play will be making its 2007 Providence debut Friday night, and runs until Sunday. Sturm keeps herself extremely busy and entertained by learning and perfecting the roles of not just one, but five different characters in Cats, for which she serves as an alternate.
A day in the life of Samantha Sturm is anything but ordinary, lackluster or boring. In addition to taking on the daunting, seemingly impossible task of memorizing five different characters' lines, Sturm is also an assistant stage director for Cats.
She has spent almost every day of the last nine months dedicating her life to this play. Starting in June she began rehearsals with her fellow cast members, practicing everything from dance moves to solo lines.
Sturm says most days they would arrive at rehearsal at 8 a.m. and not leave until the late hours of the night. However, when asked if this demanding schedule ever got tiring, she replied that she loves every minute of what she does, from rehearsals to live performances.
I'm sure that anyone would adore their jobs if they got to travel to Brazil and Chile, which Sturm was able to do in August and October 2006 while on tour with Cats.
I don't know about the rest of you, but in my opinion spending my days dressed up as furry, singing feline and traveling to sunny Brazil sounds a hell of a lot better than yet another pot roast and dry mashed potatoes dinner at Butterfield.
