![]() ![]() "It has been a sometimes wacky four years being at Duke with Mike," Powers said this week. ![]() They didn't play the connection up, but just two weeks ago for the final performance in an experimental collaborative theater class, Powers assumed the role of his character namesake to great delight. ![]() Both were officers in Duke Players and the two collaborated closely on “Avenue Q” and Woody Allen's “God,” with Myers directing both and Powers serving as the lighting designer. ![]() The two have shared theater and German classes and were roommates in 2013 in the Duke in Berlin program. Reardon Award for Theater Design, Management or Production. This week the department honored Myers with the Jody McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Directing, while Powers received the Kenneth J. The names of Myers and Powers are forever connected in popular consciousness by the three Austin Powers movies written by and starring Mike Myers, the actor and former Saturday Night Live star.īut for the past four years, two Duke students with those familiar names have been leaders in Duke's theater program and productions. In general, it's "a weird life being Austin Powers." Especially when the theater studies major who is graduating on Sunday is paired with his classmate and friend Mike Myers. ![]()
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