Pennybacker aims to make the invisible visible on stage
Janet Pennybacker a junior theater major, will play Viola in Twelfth Night directed by Kenneth Jones opening October 27 in Minor Latham. She describes acting as recreating life from dawn to sleep and shares methods for grounding painful scenes in personal imagery.
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Janet Blair
Janet Pennybacker
Pennybacker
Viola
Kenneth Jones
Latham
Olivia
Actors ponder the lure of theatre and education
Pennybacker discusses acting as a path to understanding human character. She recalls a summer apprenticeship, pins interest on a liberal arts route at Barnard, and values New York and an interdisciplinary, low key theatre program over a drama school approach.
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Viola
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Pennybacker
Barnard
New York