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Third-year theater student Kelsey Kato (left), Zachary Dushenko (center) and Jessie Guthrie (right) are a part of graduate student Joe Samaniego&#039;s play &quot;Me, Myself and the Apocalypse.&quot; (Anthony Ismail/Daily Bruin)

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Joe Samaniego used the rehearsals for his play as inspiration for the final characters he created. The MFA student said his interaction with both the play’s director Jeff Maynard and the actors led him to alter multiple parts of the script, including dialogue and character development.

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Graduate student’s play to hit the stage with big impact from actors

By Eli Countryman

Nov. 12, 2017 11:06 p.m.