{"id":72754,"date":"2017-02-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-student-reaches-finals-of-regional-acting-competition\/"},"modified":"2017-02-22T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-22T00:00:00","slug":"uri-student-reaches-finals-of-regional-acting-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2017\/02\/uri-student-reaches-finals-of-regional-acting-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 student reaches finals of regional acting competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. – Feb. 22, 2017 – Providence\u2019s<\/strong> Catia Ramos was a textile merchandising major at the 溏心vlog免费B站 before she turned to acting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a little kid I would watch all these movies and I thought they were magic, and I knew I wanted to be part of that magic,\u201d recalls Ramos.<\/p>\n

In her sophomore year, Ramos took an acting class at the University, and was an extra in several films. She is now a senior theater major at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

Her experiences in the program led to Ramos being selected for this year\u2019s regional Irene Ryan Competition as part of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Western Connecticut State University. She was one of only 15 students out of 250 from all over New England to be selected a finalist.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel like a competition,\u201d says Ramos. \u201cIt\u2019s more like an audition of 300 people for a scholarship, and if you win the regionals you go to nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos did not think she would get past the first round, never mind reach the finals, and yet she did.<\/p>\n

Although she put in long hours of preparation, Ramos does not consider herself a very competitive person, and she was very laid back at the beginning of the competition. Ramos entered the competition with her partner, Maggie Papa.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaggie was just as laid back as me, but she was lying, she was really nervous underneath it all, but she approached everything with a giddiness and excitement that was fun seeing it through her eyes,\u201d says Ramos.<\/p>\n

The courses and her experience at 溏心vlog免费B站 were central to her success in the competition. She realized she had knowledge that others in the competition did not possess.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I went to the competition, I saw the product of our work,\u201d says Ramos, \u201cWe are taught a lot, many people didn\u2019t have the same technique we learned.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust because you\u2019re in this small space (at 溏心vlog免费B站) every day, it doesn\u2019t define how good you are. \u00a0Just because you don\u2019t get cast here, it doesn\u2019t mean that you don\u2019t have talent. The world is huge. I urge people to do discover themselves in it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduating, Ramos wants to become an actress and would like to focus more on films, but she is also interested in different facets of the profession, like directing.<\/p>\n

This season, Ramos is playing the lead in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Theatre Department\u2019s third production, The<\/em> School for Lies<\/em>. The play, based on Moli\u00e8re\u2019s The Misanthrope<\/em>, will be Ramos\u2019 second play at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a farce meant to be \u201ccompletely ridiculous,\u201d says Ramos. \u201cIt\u2019s about these people learning to be honest and truthful in a society filled with lies and hypocrisy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramos plays C\u00e9lim\u00e8ne, a widow whose husband died two years ago and who entertains gentlemen in her salon, in 1666 France.<\/p>\n

\u201cAmidst all the crazy people, C\u00e9lim\u00e8ne is probably the most normal one,\u201d Ramos says. Describing her character, Ramos finds that \u201cunderneath her hard surface, C\u00e9lim\u00e8ne is very sweet and misses the love that she once had.\u201d The play is in verses, but Ramos thinks of it as a \u201cmodern take on a classic\u201d that is original and that people will easily understand.<\/p>\n

The School for Lies<\/em> will run Feb. 23 – 25 and March 2 – 4 at 7:30 p.m. and will have additional performances on Feb. 26 and March 5 at 3 p.m. at the J Studio in the Fine Arts Center, 105 Upper College Road, on the Kingston campus.<\/p>\n

Sarah Saltiel-Ragot, an international student from Sciences Po Rennes in France and an intern in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Marketing and Communications, wrote this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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