theatre<\/a>, Pulzone would raise her hand to answer every question and volunteer to work behind the scenes at every performance. <\/p>\n\u201cI liked the responsibilities of the stage manager,\u201d she said. “Actors will come to me when they need help \u2014 I like being their helper.\u201d<\/p>\n
While at ESU, she won a national Stage Management Fellowship at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival. After graduation, she packed her bags and headed to New York City to intern at the New York Fringe Festival and has since worked with the New York Deaf Theatre Company and the Present Theatre Company, Inc. She was an assistant stage manager on an off-Broadway production for Abington Theatre Company. Most recently, she was the assistant stage manager for Writopia Lab\u2019s Worldwide Plays Festival in New York, which celebrates the work of playwrights ages 6 to 18. <\/p>\n
As a stage manager, Pulzone is always the first one in and last one to leave. She spends some of her days piled up in paperwork and emails and other days in hours of rehearsals. To date Pulzone has worked with 53 plays. In each of those plays she worked with large groups of diverse people. <\/p>\n
\u201cFifty-three plays and not a single diva,\u201d she said. While people might think that working for over 12 hours a day with a group of actors is the most challenging part of her job, Pulzone wants to debunk that myth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best part of what I do has been the people I\u2019ve met along the way,\u201d she said. Pulzone explained that she is working in a field where she is not expected to know everything, and learns from her mentors daily.<\/p>\n
But one of Pulzone\u2019s first mentors dates back to her time on campus. \u201cI still reach out to Dr. Ball every time I need advice,\u201d she said. \u201cShe was one of the first people I called when I first heard from Juilliard.\u201d<\/p>\n
Her time at ESU prepared her to take on big city living by introducing her to faculty members who pushed her to be better every day.<\/p>\n
At Juilliard, Pulzone plans on being the best she can be.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is an opportunity unlike any other,\u201d she said. \u201cAt Juilliard, you figure it out on your own\u2014 you see what you\u2019re made of.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Juilliard School of dance, drama and music was founded in 1905. With a mission to \u201cprovide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world,\u201d Juilliard is the alma matter of famous actors including Robin Williams, Christopher Reeve and Christine Baranski. <\/p>\n
Pulzone will start at Juilliard this September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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