Technical theatre alum on tour together

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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An article from Fredonia about four alumni from their Technical Theatre Program who are working together on a national tour.

** Theatre tour brings alumni quartet together ‘Once’ more**

  • Displaying their Fredonia pride on stage at the Pioneer Center for the Performing Arts in Reno, NV are Technical Theatre alumni Bobby DiCandia, Jacob Brinkman, Justin Petito and Colin Braeger.
    Between them, they worked – often alongside one another – on dozens of shows presented in Rockefeller Arts Center venues before earning B.F.A. degrees in Technical Production and Design.
    “We were all great friends in Fredonia and always dreamt of working together again once we graduated,” Mr. Brinkman recalled.
    That seemingly distant dream arrived a lot sooner than anyone expected.
    Braeger, DiCandia and Petito – all 2015 graduates – and Brinkman, who received his degree in 2014, are together again and traveling across the United States on the national tour of “Once,” winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, in 2012.*

Here’s a link to the whole article:

http://www.fredonia.edu/news/ArchivesSearch/tabid/1101/ctl/ArticleView/mid/1878/articleId/6263/Theatre_tour_brings_alumni_quartet_together_Once_more.aspx?utm_source=20161206+Campus+Report+Mobile+Friendly&utm_campaign=Campus+Report+20161206&utm_medium=email

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That’s a great article, @lovetoact! Congrats to those guys. Touring as a part of the tech crew is an incredibly difficult job. I admire them greatly. And what fun to get to work with your fellow alumni. They must be brave and hardy souls to have survived four winters in Fredonia. :wink:

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@alwaysamom true about the Fredonia winters! This morning began the first snowfall of the season and the area is under a watch for the next 48 hours, with a possibility of more than two feet by the time it’s over! And unlike my daughter’s college in Maryland that would close if the wind blew, Fredonia’s president sent an email to let everyone know that closing is unlikely so to hunker down and be safe!