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Article: From stage to film: Laurie Attea on the set of Hannah Free
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- Windy City Times
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- September 23, 2009
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In some way, Laurie Attea set everything in motion. She discovered CLaudia Alien's p Lay Hannah Free in a sLush pile at the Bailiwick Repertory theater and decided to direct it. This original stage production of Hannah Free was produced in 1992. When the play was about to be filmed, in 2008, Attea was asked to help with the casting. "I then got swept up in the idea of the production," she said, and she became not only casting director for the film but also second assistant director, a job she had never done before.
She was a fast Learner. During filming, Attea was a ubiquitous presence, clipboard in hand. "As it turns out, the job of the 2nd AD is very similar to that of a stage manager on ...