Ned Donovan - Ithaca ‘12

Hey everyone,

So it’s been a while since my last update, mostly because the last couple weeks have been extremely stressful.  But here we are, it’s September 7th, and I think I can finally start settling into a normal schedule.  Upon arriving here the theatre department was dealing with the Dillingham Renovations (which are awesome by the way), auditions for the fall mainstage season, and just the acclimation of the new freshman class, as well as the returning students back into the swing of things.  Auditions went very well, and I’m pleased to say I’ve been cast as Shem in Stephen Schwartz’s Children of Eden.  Last year around this time it was really hard to come in and become adjusted to the new atmosphere and classes, but with that year of familiarity having gone by, the year has just started without a hitch.  I’m really happy with all my teachers and classes, and I’m excited to get down to work.  Review is coming up in only about a month, or a month and a half…so it’s time to buckle down and get stuff done.

Hey everyone,

I’m home in Maine on Spring Break, just relaxing and trying to stay healthy for my NETC audition at the end of the week.  In preparation for this week I had a lot of things to do in Ithaca.  One of the places I’m auditioning for is the Maine State Music Theater in Brunswick, where I’ve wanted to work for a long time now.  This season they are doing: Light in the Piazza, Crazy For You, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and The Drowsy Chaperone for their mainstage season, and for the intern shows they’re doing: A Year with Frog and Toad, and School House Rock.  I know…it’s an amazing season.  Because of my NETC audition, however, I can’t audition for them at their local auditions, and I just couldn’t justify auditioning for only one theater instead of close to 40 at once.  So friday I recorded a DVD audition for MSMT and hopefully that will be good enough for them.  Another thing I had to get done was an update to both my resume and my headshot, because they were outdated (my resume was closer than my headshot, which was last updated fall of my junior year in high school when I was in The Sound of Music with Lyric Music Theater).