{"id":52863,"date":"2018-06-15T11:03:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=52863"},"modified":"2018-06-15T11:03:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T15:03:55","slug":"dayton-com-why-two-wright-state-graduates-have-a-reason-to-celebrate-this-years-tony-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2018\/06\/15\/dayton-com-why-two-wright-state-graduates-have-a-reason-to-celebrate-this-years-tony-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Dayton.com: Why two Wright State graduates have a reason to celebrate this year\u2019s Tony Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Layan Elwazani<\/p><\/div>\n

Wright State University alums Layan Elwazani and Ross Fielhauer\u00a0have reason to celebrate this year\u2019s Tony Awards. After all, they\u2019re respectively essential to \u201cThe Band\u2019s Visit\u201d and \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two,\u201d among the most critically acclaimed productions of Broadway\u2019s 2017-2018 season.<\/p>\n

When she arrives at the Barrymore Theatre a half-hour before curtain, Elwazani, 24, has to be ready to cover multiple roles in \u201cThe Band\u2019s Visit\u201d but the pressure doesn\u2019t bother her. She enthusiastically embraces her responsibility as a standby, meaning she doesn\u2019t perform unless one of the principal performers is out. She joined the show in March and officially made her Broadway debut in April.<\/p>\n

\u201cPreparation is key,\u201d said Elwazani, who received her BFA in Acting in 2015 having appeared in such shows as \u201cThe Magic Fire\u201d and \u201cAll in The Timing.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ross Fielhauer<\/p><\/div>\n

Growing up in Cincinnati, Ross Fielhauer always loved theater, specifically design. He saw \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d in fourth grade and knew he wanted to be a part of what made a production shine from behind the scenes. He took many art classes and ultimately relished taking technical theatre classes at the School for the Creative and Performing Arts. He received his BFA in Lighting Design and Technology in 2003 having worked on such shows as \u201cParade,\u201d memorably scenic designed by Don David, and \u201cHow to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing to college for theater simply solidified if I wanted to make a career in theater,\u201d said Fielhauer, 37. \u201cI still lean on those art skills I learned all those years ago. One of the best parts about the WSU theatre program is that you start designing shows right away as a freshman. You hit the ground running.”<\/p>\n

Read the article from Dayton.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Wright State University alums Layan Elwazani and Ross Fielhauer\u00a0have reason to celebrate this year\u2019s Tony Awards. After all, they\u2019re respectively essential to \u201cThe Band\u2019s Visit\u201d and \u201cHarry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One and Two,\u201d among the most critically … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":52865,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[730],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wright-state-in-the-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52863"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52869,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52863\/revisions\/52869"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}