For senior drama major NadavHirsh, the theater has always been part of life. By the age of five, Hirsh was already acting. Since then, he has branched out into almost every other theatrical direction.
"I got more serious about [theater] as I got into high school and started doing summer programs where I learned more about the tech side of things," he said. "[Then] I directed a show my senior year of high school, and that kind of opened me up out of the acting bubble."
After working on over 15 shows at Tufts alone, his theater interests have come to include electric work, lighting design, directing and even miming in Tufts' HYPE! Mime Troupe.
Hirsh believes the pairing of drama with linguistics, his minor, has helped him develop a unique artistic outlook, one he strives to bring to every project he works on.
"My perspective as an artist is that the audience matters more than anything else you're doing ... [In linguistics], it doesn't really matter what you think language should sound like because ... people use it the way they use it, and that's how I feel about theater," he said. "It really doesn't matter how much you feel your art is important if no one wants to go see it."
Down the road, Hirsh hopes to combine his many talents and build a career he'll truly enjoy.
"If all went perfectly, swimmingly, I would be able to make a living doing some combination of acting, electric, lighting design and voice acting," he said.
Catch Hirsh on stage at CheapHYPE! on Dec. 9, and see his next directorial production, "Alice in Wonderland," in spring 2013.
