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- **Posted:** 2024-09-20T18:04:24.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** McCallum Journalism (@macjournalism) — https://gondola.cc/macjournalism

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SPARKLING SASS: While sophomore Hallie Cooper played her role as Nana with sparkling sass on Thursday’s opening night of Tuck Everlasting in the MAC, she also thinks she could channel her role into a more realistic embodiment of her character for future shows. 

“I think maybe hunching my back more would be a good idea,” Cooper said. “I’m 80 years old, I shouldn’t have good posture!”

Judging from the audience reaction, the sassy old lady of a character, Nana, played by Cooper was a hit with her clever and snarky remarks.

“Nana was so much fun to play,” she said. “My favorite moment in the show is when I call Joe an evil banana. That one always gets the most laughs, and it’s so much fun.”

While Cooper appreciates the goofy aspects of the show, she also hopes the audience leaves the MAC with an appreciation of the profound life lesson that “Tuck Everlasting” teaches.

“I hope that they just get an understanding of life overall,” Cooper said. “It teaches that the meaning of life is to live your full life and that being immortal isn’t all that.”

After much dedication and hard work, Cooper said she was able to develop her character to the fullest in her first musical.

“This show was just so amazing and fantastic, and I had never been in a musical before so this is a first experience for me,” Cooper said. “Playing an old grandma was so hard though. I had to get the voice, the hair, the eyes. It was not easy, but I was so happy that I got the role and just being in the show, and the people, the cast, the technicians, the directors—everything was just so unbelievably amazing.”

Caption by Olivia Dungan. Photos by Katie Martin.

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