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MONITOR 4 MARCH 10, 2016 FEATURES Student actors return from scholarship auditions RISHABH SINGHAL Staff writer I LEARNED SO MUCH AND FEEL I HAVE GROWN AS AN ACTOR Ohlone acting students Idrees Najibi and John Vargas - IDREES NAJIBI returned to Ohlone from tors were nominated after her for advice.” scholarship auditions in their performances in the Bell has previously com- Denver last month, where Ohlone production of “One peted in the Irene Ryan com- they got the opportunity to Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” petition both as a nominee showcase their talents and last fall. and partner. meet other performers. They were accompanied The actors rehearsed over “It was a great experience. by their acting coach Michael a period of three months at I learned so much from the Navarra Smith and scene the Smith Center. whole process and have partners Stacey Lynn and “The whole process, from grown as an actor. I feel very Amir Hasan. Each chose two rehearsals to the auditions, blessed and privileged to scenes and one monologue required a great deal of col- have been given this oppor- to perform in front of an laboration and trust,” Hasan tunity,” said Najibi. audience of judges. said. Najibi, 24, and Vargas, 23, Their scenes included the The group also attended performed in the Irene Ryan titles “Doubt” by John Patrick workshops and seminars at Scholarship Auditions at the Shanley and “The Pillow- the festival with actors and Kennedy Center American man” by Martin McDonagh. playwrights from all over the College Theater Festival in “The need for strong, country. Denver from Feb. 15 through dynamic and contrasting Neither of the actors made 20. scenes that showcased my it to the next round of com- According to its website, acting was the main criteria petition this year, but said the Kennedy Center Ameri- when looking for scenes,” the opportunity still was can College Theatre Festival Najibi said. invaluable. “encourages, recognizes, He added, “My partner “I didn’t let the results and celebrates the finest and (Bell) would take on the role dampen my spirits. I learned most diverse work produced as a guide and mentor as she so much and feel I have in university and college has more theater experience grown as an actor,” Najibi IVAN VARGAS / MONITOR FILE PHOTO theater programs.” The ac- than I do, so I would look to said. Stacey Lynn Bell, left, and Idrees Najibi rehearse a scene from “Doubt.” Video editor describes career working on reality TV shows Continued from Page 1 later in the season. without editors.” “It drives us batty,” he said. Toward the latter part of before you start getting cus- “You think you have the show his lecture, Gamba showed tomers.” down, and all of a sudden it’s clips from both “The Real The advice Gamba re- like, ‘no!’ You change stuff Housewives of New York” ceived helped to shape his and it’s kind of crazy.” and “Child Geniuses,” de- career in video editing, which Gamba also spoke out on scribing how each scene had he now does for “The Real his experience with show ex- to have a rhythm to it so that Housewives of New York” on ecutives and having to revise the transitions from one to Bravo, set to premiere Season his previous show edits to fit the other weren’t jarring. 8 in early April. their vision of the show. He For him, editing is all about He described what he said that having a thick skin storytelling, and he’s the first had to work with in real- was important to dealing voice and, after everyone ity television as being a with the harder executives, else’s input is put in, the last “monster,” having to edit but also noted that an edi- voice in the completion of down hundreds of hours tor of a show could be seen a show. of footage into a single as more valuable than the “I do the first cut,” he said. LAURA GONSALVES / MONITOR episode. He said a season is executives funding it. “Fifty percent of my first cut Video editor Peter Gamba, who has worked on “The Real Housewives never set in stone, as what “You can make a show lives. The other 50 percent of New York” on Bravo, and other reality TV shows, shows a clip dur- could originally be the first without executives,” Gamba gets changed. 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