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THE BATTALION
Wednesday, Noverabti
Stoker’s ‘Dracula takes the stage at Rudder Foru Incu
By John Salerno
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One of A&M’s most well-known former
Yell Leaders has become a vampire. Ricky
Wood, a senior theater arts major and lead in
the upcoming production of “Dracula,” has
long endured the difficulty of balancing
involvement as a member of the theater
department and as a Yell Leader.
“1 was involved in some classes in which
1 helped build sets for some plays, and I
worked backstage for a couple of shows, so
1 was involved with the department,” Wood
said. “But as far as actually being on stage,
this is my first time.”
Due to his commitments as a Yell Leader,
Wood was unable to participate in a large
way in any single production.
"My schedule was such that I never had
the opportunity to try out for a play,” Wood
said. “But 1 have extra time now and I’m
able to devote myself to other things.”
Wood said performing in any play is a big
commitment.
“You have play practice every night,”
Wood said. "When you ge,t close to perform
ance time, it pretty much takes up all of your
mind.”
But Wood said he does not mind the
commitment involved in playing the pro
duction’s lead role. If anything, he is sur
prised to find himself in such an important
position so quickly.
Wood said that he read for the role of
Dracula during auditions but was willing to
take any role simply because he wanted to
be on stage.
"It’s humbling,” Wood said. "1 was so
excited and blessed and overjoyed when I
found out that I got the lead part.”
Wood also described the process involved
in developing his character before and dur
ing rehearsals.
"It’s good just to do research. You read
the play, obviously, and you do research on
different people, whether it be the play
wright or the actual character itself.” Wood
said. "In this case we had Bram Stoker's
novel to read, and I actually did some
research on the actual person of Dracula and
who he was as a literal figure.”
Barbara Bailey, theater arts professor
and director of the play, had the cast write a
character analysis on their roles. Bailey
echoed the importance of the actors’ work
in understanding their characters.
"Picking the right cast is a huge part of the
job," Bailey said. “And if you pick the right
cast, they actually do a lot of the work for
you, which this cast has done. They have
good instincts and good training, and a lot of
times you just point them in the right direc
tion and they do a lot of the work them
selves.”
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"Dracula” was based largely on ik
Players’ interest in Stoker’s tale.
"Some interest had been express
loing ‘Dracula’ because it hadn'ihea
m ,i tew years here, and it's a classic! nayor, will
tale.” Bailey said.
But some differences in this “da
tale can be seen in the play in twow
content and the structure.
Wood said the audience should It
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are done in the show till,
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hasn’t seen in a while."
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