![]() “But also remember how this feels,” referring to the energy felt with new experiences. Q: What would you say to your freshman year self if, anything?Ī: “Bro stay single,” he said, lamenting on distractions from his passion. Overall, DeLano regards his freshman year fondly and thinks of it as a fun time and a learning experience. He didn’t get cast the first semester, though the second cast he was an ensemble member in “Chicago.” This gave him a feel for theater and reinforced that it was what he wanted to do with his life. In addition to having a good group of friends to play board games with to blow off steam, DeLano was not into the party scene. As he put it, “freshman get hit with a truck” – though the immediate improvements he saw in his acting gave him the drive to push forward. ![]() He found the immediate change to be a stressful one. Gatto expressed interest in having DeLano attend NU and so he did.ĭeLano’s freshman year was similar to most. It wasn’t until he did in a workshop with Adriano Gatto, a Niagara University Theatre Department professor, that it started to be something he considered. ![]() Throughout high school, he worked part-time as a martial arts instructor and had planned to continue down that path. James DeLano originally hadn’t planned on attending college after high school – let alone a conservatory program afterward.
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