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Luciana Piazza... infuses her character with radiance and exuberance over both her pregnancy, as well as her hope and enthusiasm for Mary's possibilities for love." Luciana gives Jane Bingley a warmth, humor, and vibrant personality that P&P Jane lacked. Luciana's Jane is layered and loving. Jane is true to Elizabeth's assessment: she is "radiant... warm, full of life, and lit from within". |
Luciana Piazza nails the role with gorgeous operatic charm and just the right amount of comedy schtick, making Smith and Piazza a fun couple to watch. Mr. Graydon, while oblivious to Millie’s modern flirtation tactics, literally experiences love at first sight when he meets Millie’s old fashioned roommate, Miss Dorothy, delightfully played by Luciana Piazza. |
Working in the Arts: Alumni News November 2016
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Theatre alumna Luciana Piazza (BFA '16) has completed her apprenticeship at the Purple Rose Theatre Company and been cast in two shows at the Encore Musical Theatre Company in Dexter,MI: The Full Monty, through September and October, and Mary Poppins, opening November 25 and running until the end of December. |
Luciana Piazza (BFA ‘15) joined the apprenticeship program at the Purple Rose Theatre Company (PRTC) in December. She had roles with Encore Musical Theatre Company and Water Works Theatre Company over the summer, but now she’ll spend a year getting to know everything about the world of theatre that isn’t acting." |
Working in the Arts: Alumni News
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Working in the Arts: Alumni News
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Luciana Piazza, who graduated this spring from the theatre program, has several professional gigs lined up. In June she appeared as Ensign Janet MacGregor in the Encore Musical Theatre Company's production of South Pacific. In August she’s scheduled to play Phoebe in Water Works Theatre Company's Production of As You Like It. If you would like to catch that production, check out the company’s website here. Then on December 1, she will join The Purple Rose Theatre Company’s apprenticeship program. Luciana said, “I am excited to spread the OU name wherever I go.” You can follow Luciana’s career on her website.
-Gillian Ellis |