Answering the Call of the Stage College of the Atlantic Student Writes His Own Play

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Dan Mahler came to College of the Atlantic as many students do. He felt stifled and uninspired by the traditional structure of most colleges and universities, yet he knew he was driven and capable, and eager to learn and grow. COA was the perfect place for him.

"I studied theater at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania, but I just didn't like the structure and the classes and the way things were," said Mahler, now just shy of 22. "I came to COA thinking I would study marine biology, which is, of course, what brings so many people here. I didn't want to do theater. I wanted to leave it behind."

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Answering the Call of the Stage College of the Atlantic Student Writes His Own Play

Theater wouldn't leave him behind, however, and by the end of his first year at COA, Mahler abandoned his scientific career path. The stage called.

Three years since his first COA production, a creatively re- imagined version of the Greek tragedy "The Bacchae" by Eur...

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