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Oregon had another successful recruiting in 2014, highlighted by five star commit Royce Freeman. Head coach Mark Helfrich was most impressed by the character of his commits, which he labels the most important aspect in recruiting. Adam Vaughan has more.
This week’s Best Actress is Kelley Young, playing Queen Delilah from “Franken Affairs”. A junior from Washougal, WA, Young is a theater arts major. I sat down with her following her win, and discovered this young lady is as friendly and charming as Delilah is deceptive and cunning.
Q: Why did you want to get involved with a Duck TV production?
A: Well my ultimate goal is to be involved in film acting. My major is theater, though. It’s a lot of fun to work with students; we’re all just learning as we go. It’s honestly just so much fun.
Q: Tell me about your character. Do you relate to her at all?
A: She’s a very proud woman. Louis described her as “elegant, queenly, and slutty”. She definitely uses her sex as her power and she isn’t afraid to go after what she wants. I share that same kind of passion, I guess, but I’m not manipulative like her. I’m used to playing ingénue characters, like Disney princesses, usually. It’s been fun to play the opposite: and evil character. After I delivered that first monologue, I felt terrible, like “What did I just say?” But there’s more to her than meets the eye. She’s smart, too, and ambitious.
Q: What has your previous acting experience included?
A: I was involved in community theater in high school. I got my first professional job doing improve on a dinner train in Hood River. I actually missed my junior prom because of it. When I came to college, I wasn’t sure I wanted to pursue theater. But I came and got on student staff, and I fell back in love with it. I was in “The Importance of Being Earnest” last year, and then I acted in “Spring Awakening” with University Theater.
By Kaylee Tornay
Conor Stott, a fifth year senior from Portland Oregon, has found himself taking a victory lap with great acting success. Last week was the kickoff week for Duck TV’s screening of student-produced news, sports, and creative shows. Conor, who plays a main character of the creative show Link’d, started off this term with a bang, winning the Best Actor award.
After having a successful first term with Duck TV this last fall term, Conor has earned not one but four Best Actor awards including the one he has just been given this last Wednesday. The charismatic and accomplished actor Conor always wanted to be involved in film but, until this year, never discovered an outlet in college. Last spring while studying abroad, a fellow classmate told him about Duck TV and about fall auditions. Conor instantly had a moment where he thought, “where has this been all my life.”
Last term Conor auditioned for his first role with DuckTV and was able to score a lead on the show IN$TINCT. Conor feels that in such a short time of acting on camera he has really been able to discover how to bring a characters role to life; from what the audience has experienced, he has been extremely exceptional at it.
This winter term, Conor is playing a lead character of Link’d named Than. Than, who is described by Conor as an introverted college student that has a knack for technology and finds himself constantly being consumed in it, consequently creates a sense of social withdrawal throughout the show. Conor’s outstanding performance is credited by his ability to effectively portray a sense of physically and emotional connection of his character to the audience. When asked about his thoughts about the show, Conor, who is anxious and excited says, “I actually don’t know the outcome of the story yet, but I am thrilled to see how Ari and Anna play this out.”
Congratulations to Conor Stott for his achievement of the Best Actor Award for Week 5. Stay tuned to see how Link’d unfolds as well as watching Conor Stott act on the big screen; we way even see another Best Actor award given to him!
By Ally Barclay