Bridget Perrin

Student

“I always knew I wanted to be an actress. I haven’t even tried anything else.”

For Bridget Perrin, the line from Shakespeare—“All the world is a stage,”—has taken on literal meaning. “I’m performing every day of my life,” says the 19-year-old theatre arts major, explaining with a chuckle, “I walk around campus screaming and people look at me. I love it.”

But in her approach to her chosen career as an actress, Bridget has a very serious side. Acting and dancing performances throughout high school gave her the basis for advanced training at SMC, where she has taken acting classes, stage craft, theater management, lighting and costuming. “I have found the teachers to be so dedicated to their work. They’re putting in so much time to help the students,” says Bridget, recalling how intimidated she first felt working with power tools in her stage craft class. “But they took the time to show me exactly how to do it,” she says, referring to her instructors Vickie Scott and Michael Tomko.

To get an even broader perspective on the theater, Bridget spends nine hours a week working in the costume shop. “I wanted a job in the theater,” she says, “and no matter whether it’s in lighting or costumes or another area, I learn so much about acting.”

SMC may well prove to have been a stepping stone. Bridget, who has appeared in four SMC Main Stage productions, now has her first agent and is tirelessly auditioning. And she has just been cast for the lead in a student film and also in a music video.

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