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He’s Got Character Dylan Godwin plays 40 roles in Alley Theatre’s production of Fully Committed. By STE7EN FOSTER Photo by ALLYSON HUNTSMAN I didn’t see him come up behind me at the restaurant. But Dylan Godwin is just that way—slippery, stealthy. “Look at you,” he says, eyeing me up and down. “You got this whole Diane Sawyer thing goin’ on.” I don’t know about all that, but it does reveal that for Godwin, people are observational targets. Subjects are monitored, categorized, memorized, and logged into his great big mental database for later use when he’s creating a character and slipping into a role. Then he adapts them, sculpting them into whatever shape he needs them to be. You can see just a bit of how this works on a Facebook post for a 2017 Alley Theatre holiday production. In this humorous skit, Godwin is calling his mother to ask her what she wants for Christmas. The woman is matronly and kindly, and warm as spiced cider in a holiday mug. Then you notice she bears a striking resemblance to Godwin.
58 NOVEMBER 2019 | OutSmartMagazine.com
