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7/13/09 - 06880danwoog.com - Setting the Playhouse Stage
Setting The Playhouse Stage
by Dan Woog
Ever wonder what goes on backstage at the Westport Country Playhouse?
Neither did I.
But when a friend suggested I call Andrew Kirsch — a 2002 Staples grad whose career has zoomed from intern to shop carpenter — I did. I never miss a chance to snoop around in Westport’s hidden corners. And the Playhouse has some of the best.
It’s hard to imagine a young person who loves his work more than Andrew. Staples gave him a set-building boost; Emerson College honed his skills. Now he spends several months a year in the Playhouse’s newly renovated workrooms, creating magic out of nothing more than a director and stage manager’s dreams — then tossing it in the dumpsters a few weeks later, when the next show is ready for load-in.
Right now, “tick, tick…Boom!” is ending a successful run. But Andrew is hard at work on “How the Other Half Loves,” opening soon.

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