{"id":95139,"date":"2020-06-09T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=95139"},"modified":"2023-02-01T14:33:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T19:33:31","slug":"backstage-pass","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/articles\/2020\/backstage-pass\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstage Pass"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-box has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti.jpeg\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Photos by Chris Sorensen<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Theatre<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBackstage Pass\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Design &amp; Production alums make shows like Broadway&#8217;s <em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em> and ESPN&#8217;s <em>SPORTSCENTER<\/em> come to life.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 9, 2020<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/magazine\/authors\/marc-chalufour\/\">Marc Chalufour<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph magazine-block-editorial-introparagraph is-style-dropcap-outlined has-dropcap\"><div class=\"wp-block-editorial-introparagraph-content\"><p>Wrapped around three sides of BU&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/joan-edgar-booth-theatre\/\">Joan &amp; Edgar Booth Theatre<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0in a multi-floored \u201cU\u201d are a series of rooms, both large and small, that comprise the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/academics\/college-of-fine-arts-production-center\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/venues-facilities\/cfa-production-center\/\">CFA Production Center<\/a><\/a>, where the design &amp; production program makes its home. A massive construction shop, with a ceiling two stories high, gives way\u2014through sliding barn doors\u2014to a paint shop. A motorized dry-cleaner\u2019s rack cycles hundreds of garments around a costume storage space. A room painted black allows students to experiment with lighting techniques. Though the Production Center is new\u2014it opened in 2017\u2014the program dates back to the formation of BU\u2019s School of Theatre in 1954.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is our laboratory,\u201d says&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/about\/contact-directions\/directory\/joel-brandwine\/\">Joel Brandwine (\u201901,\u201921)<\/a>, an assistant professor and head of the technical production program. \u201cThis is where students get to apply what they\u2019ve learned in class. If you took scenic design classes, now you\u2019re the scenic designer. If you\u2019re a technical production student, this is your moment to see if you can actually do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every quarter, the students in the program\u201491 undergraduates and 41 graduate students in spring 2020\u2014are assigned to a production and spend hours developing their skills behind the scenes in these workshops. \u201cThe production management, scenic design, lighting design, costume design, sound design, technical direction\u2014all of that is done by the students,\u201d Brandwine says, listing off the range of degrees offered in the program. \u201cThe faculty is strictly here as advisors.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And all of that experience tends to pay off: \u201cI\u2019ve never had a graduate who wanted to work not get a job,\u201d says Brandwine, himself a graduate of the program with a degree in technical production. Before he returned to&nbsp;teach at CFA in 2011, Brandwine worked on Broadway productions like&nbsp;<em>Jersey Boys<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Evita<\/em>. Alums are currently working in all facets of production for theater, opera, and dance, on Broadway, in regional theaters, and at theater schools. Still others have transferred their skills to television and film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>CFA<\/em>&nbsp;spoke with three design and production alums to learn more about how they use their training\u2014as a designer, carpenter, and stage manager\u2014to bring a range of shows to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right has-background has-quaternary-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-768x1024.jpeg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Andre-Durette.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Andre Durette (\u201992)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AND SENIOR DESIGN DIRECTOR, JACK MORTON WORLDWIDE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Flip through the channels on your television and you\u2019re bound to see Andre Durette\u2019s work. ABC, ESPN, Fox, TNT\u2014all have commissioned him to create state-of-the-art sets for their news and talk shows.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscaststudio.com\/2010\/01\/13\/fabricating-a-design-a-closer-look\/\">Durette<\/a>&nbsp;(\u201992) began building sets as a teenager for his high school\u2019s theater program. At BU, he was pursuing a degree in technical production until his professors noticed his talent for design and encouraged him to pursue scene design. \u201cI would get to work on sets that were going into the Huntington Theatre\u2014that was pretty huge,\u201d he says. After working as an off-Broadway designer for a few years following graduation, Durette went back to school to study film and television at NYU. \u201cI like the fact that it\u2019s pretty much a 9-to-5 job, and it pays better than theater does,\u201d he says. He\u2019s been at Jack Morton, an international marketing and events company, ever since. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved theater,\u201d says Durette, a senior design director. \u201cBut I ended up loving TV a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the transition to the small screen, Durette still finds inspiration on the stage. One idea was sparked by the projected images that bring the set of the Stephen Sondheim musical&nbsp;<em>Sunday in the Park with George<\/em>&nbsp;to life. Durette adapted that concept for one of his most prominent clients, ESPN. With 10,000 square feet and a budget of approximately $9 million, the 2014 redesign of the network\u2019s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/espn-reveals-new-home-sportscenter-706678\"><em>SportsCenter<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;set remains one of his biggest projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey do 18 to 20 hours of programming a day in that studio,\u201d he says. \u201cWe wanted to make sure that the set could change so you\u2019d have a morning look, an afternoon look, and an evening look.\u201d Inspired by his trip to the theater, Durette designed a wall of monitors positioned at different angles, allowing ESPN producers to display one large or multiple smaller images in a variety of ways. Coupled with illuminated floors and high-tech lighting systems, the screens can be used to transform the set. \u201cWe\u2019re constantly trying to come up with something new and innovative to tell a story,\u201d says Durette, who describes himself as part architect, part interior designer. \u201cI\u2019m always thinking about how I\u2019m going to see this through the camera.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For another sports set,&nbsp;<em>NBA on TNT<\/em>, Durette took a very different approach. The Atlanta studio features an open wood floor and arched ceiling reminiscent of a basketball arena. On-screen personalities can move around the space and cameras can shoot them from 360 degrees. \u201cThe news is the most important piece, then it\u2019s the talent that\u2019s telling the news,\u201d Durette says. \u201cThen the set is like a character in the background\u2014it\u2019s subtle but also helps to tell the story.\u201d That project won a Sports Emmy for Outstanding Studio Design and Art Direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Durette, the job requires constant innovation. \u201cI always have to be reinventing what TV is,\u201d he says. He\u2019s pioneered touchscreens and recently he\u2019s been experimenting with a screen that folds. \u201cIt\u2019s never been done before,\u201d he says. \u201cMy clients want the best toys.\u201d Despite the high-tech aspects of his job, Durette finds a simple satisfaction in the results: \u201cIt\u2019s nice that I do something that I get to see on TV when I walk into a bar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right has-background has-tertiary-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-768x1024.jpeg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss-600x800.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Ana-Weiss.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2>Ana Weiss (\u201918)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5>ASSISTANT CARPENTER, AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Just off Interstate 95 in Secaucus, N.J., a massive warehouse\u2014bigger than the nearby Home Depot\u2014houses the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abt.org\/\">American Ballet Theatre<\/a>&nbsp;(ABT). This is where Ana Weiss (\u201918) spends her time when the company isn\u2019t touring the United States or performing at the Metropolitan Opera House just across the Hudson River in New York City. As one of three carpenters on the ABT crew, Weiss repairs sets, builds replicas for rehearsals, and loads the trucks that carry everything across the country. Among their destinations in 2020, ABT\u2019s 80th season\u2014before postponements due to COVID-19\u2014were California and Washington, D.C., where they performed classics like&nbsp;<em>Giselle<\/em>, and newer material, including the world premiere of&nbsp;<em>Of Love and Rage<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Weiss wasn\u2019t involved with theater in high school, nor as an undergraduate at the University of Kentucky. Only after graduating with a degree in architecture did she find her way to a summer stock theater on Cape Cod, Mass., where she worked as a carpenter. \u201cNothing about what I\u2019ve done is a straight path,\u201d she says of her career. While on the Cape, a painter working on the same production talked Weiss into looking at CFA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe BU program had an open dynamic for somebody who didn\u2019t already have a theater background,\u201d she says. Weiss took scenic painting and color theory courses and studied fabric dyeing and costume methods as she worked her way toward an MFA in technical production. She wrote her thesis about props. \u201cI wanted to be able to at least know a little bit about every other department,\u201d she says. Those courses filled in her theater experience\u2014and reaffirmed her interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI just like the fun of making things\u2014not necessarily the list-making and the rehearsals and all of that,\u201d she says. And she enjoys the fast pace. \u201cArchitecture\u2019s cool. You\u2019re making stuff, you\u2019re designing things, but it can be five or ten years for a project to come along. This could be five or ten weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ABT schedule takes up 35 weeks of Weiss\u2019 year, split between travel and time at the warehouse. During ABT\u2019s breaks, she stays busy with freelance gigs like constructing film sets or floats for the Macy\u2019s Thanksgiving Day Parade. On the road, Weiss oversees truck loading and unloading and assembly of ABT\u2019s sets, which has to happen in about a day and a half in each new city. \u201cIt\u2019s like a more complicated IKEA,\u201d she says of the load-in process. During shows, she\u2019s in charge of stage left, managing set changes between scenes. For some shows, she says, it\u2019s an easy job\u2014<em>The Nutcracker<\/em>&nbsp;unfolds in front of a simple door\u2014while others provide a complex challenge.&nbsp;<em>Swan Lake<\/em>&nbsp;shifts from a ballroom to a forest, a changeover that happens in about 90 seconds. But, Weiss says, \u201cWe haven\u2019t ever had to hold the curtain for a scene change.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right has-background has-black-background-color is-stacked-on-mobile is-image-fill\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\" style=\"background-image:url(\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti.jpeg);background-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-95143\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-477x636.jpeg 477w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-500x667.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-1000x1334.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-750x1000.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/id-andrea.cms-devl.bu.edu\/cfa\/files\/2022\/11\/Greg-Livoti-600x800.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"has-secondary-color has-text-color\">Greg Livoti (\u201905)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\">PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER FOR&nbsp;<em>PHANTOM OF THE OPERA<\/em>&nbsp;AND&nbsp;<em>DAVID BYRNE\u2019S AMERICAN UTOPIA<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-white-color\">When&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.playbill.com\/person\/gregory-t-livoti-vault-0000122957\">Greg Livoti (\u201905)<\/a>&nbsp;arrived at CFA to study stage management, he was surprised to find a list of art supplies rather than books on his first course syllabus. \u201cIt was a shock when I learned I was going to be hand drafting and sewing. I\u2019m not an artistic or design-oriented person,\u201d he says. \u201cBut the more I worked, the more I could see how I drew upon those basic foundations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When Livoti describes his current work\u2014he\u2019s been the production stage manager for&nbsp;<em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>&nbsp;since 2014 and recently took a five-month break to serve the same role with&nbsp;<em>David Byrne\u2019s American Utopia<\/em>\u2014he compares it to air traffic control. His work typically starts in the afternoon, making sure there are no gaps in that evening\u2019s cast, then communicating any personnel changes to the hair, wardrobe, and makeup departments. Once the curtain rises, Livoti is either calling out lighting cues or taking notes on the performance that he\u2019ll share with creative and technical staff the following day\u2014which could range from a performer standing slightly off his mark or a costume that needs repair. Livoti also maintains calendars for the production, scheduling rehearsal time, working new cast members into the show, and making sure that the team is always ready for the next performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, which opened in New York in 1988, is the longest-running Broadway show in history, and the job of maintaining consistency falls to Livoti and his three-person team. \u201cWe\u2019re responsible for facilitating communication between everyone,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s our job to make sure that the artistic intentions of the creative team in performance number one are still playing true in performance 248 or 2,448 or 10,448,\u201d Livoti says. \u201cIt takes over 100 human beings to do&nbsp;<em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>&nbsp;every night, and I have weekly conversations involving every department. It\u2019s very much a collaborative effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Livoti reflects on how his time as a stage manager at CFA prepared him for his responsibilities today. At BU, he participated in a weekly colloquium where all of the stage managers would gather and discuss the shows they were working on. \u201cWe would work on four shows a year,\u201d he says, but because of those conversations, \u201cit was like working on 16, because you heard all of the nitty-gritty details.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Norm Lewis &amp; Sierra Boggess Perform The Music of the Night | The Phantom of the Opera\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lCAdkACAH78?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Greg Livoti (\u201905) has been the production stage manager for the&nbsp;<em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>, Broadway\u2019s longest-running show, since 2014. Watch&nbsp;<em>Phantom&nbsp;<\/em>cast members perform the musical\u2019s hit song \u201cThe Music of the Night.\u201d Video courtesy of the&nbsp;<em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Livoti estimates that he\u2019s now worked more than 2,000 performances of&nbsp;<em>Phantom of the Opera<\/em>. \u201cI can experience what the audience is experiencing. I can feel when moments of impact land, whether they\u2019re emotional or comedic,\u201d Livoti says. \u201cThere\u2019s just something about being able to tell a story to hundreds of strangers and to know that if I\u2019m doing my job correctly, that story is being told the way that it\u2019s intended to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three magazine-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2560\" height=\"1765\" src=\"\/cfa\/files\/2022\/08\/21-1276-CFAWIEGAND-002-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail 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