OH, SO CALIFORNIA: A private bequest made...

OH, SO CALIFORNIA: A private bequest made it possible for UC Irvine acting students to head to New York recently to showcase their talents for casting directors and agents (F1). Likewise, the university is using a private gift to pay for use of a local fitness center by the drama department’s graduate students. . . . The workouts, says UCI acting professor Robert Cohen, help an actor’s performance. “Acting is very demanding and strenuous,” he says. “Laurence Olivier trained with weights all his life.”