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Meet Jared Solomon … and "Doloris"

When Jared Solomon saw his first show — “Oliver” — as a youngster, he was immediately enthralled with the actors on stage, and his theatre dreams were born.

 

“I was transported into different world and different time,” the recent Swampscott High School graduate said. “It made me want to go on an adventure every night with people.”

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Now at age 18, Solomon, the son of Susan Solomon and Stewart Solomon, has an impressive resume of theatre “adventures” to bring with him when he begins college at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts this fall. Consistently active in theatre throughout his youth, most recently he has had leading roles in the fall dramas and spring musicals at Swampscott High School, where he also was a member of the drama club, chorus, North Shore Voices and an a cappella group. Not surprisingly, his senior project was performance oriented; he and friend Aimee Caron created and starred in their own musical production, ”The Last Five Years.”

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Solomon rounded out his experiences with performing arts camps and, last summer, a film and directing program at UCLA, where he wrote and directed his own 3-minute short film. This summer, he is working at a YMCA theatre camp before heading to New York.  At Tisch, he is assigned the Atlantic Studio, one of 7 studios within the school, which was created by David Mamet and William H. Macy. Solomon described it as “classic with an edge.”

 

Solomon appreciates all aspects of performing, enjoying both comedic and dramatic acting, and loves to create his own work.  Although he hopes to work in film and on stage, his goal at this point is to work in television. He is the process of writing his own sitcom now about an older Jewish grandmother, who, after several infractions with law, is placed under the guardianship of her 25-year-old grandson.

 

“I love creating characters,” said Solomon. “My signature character is that old Jewish woman, Doloris. I have always told stories as Doloris, would love to bring her to a bigger scale.”

 

Solomon described his four years at SHS as “the most incredible ride of my life so far. Looking at back at how much I have grown through the years in the (drama) program and with the help of Mr. Pearce, and what SHS has done for me as a person and as a performer, I really don’t think I’d be where I am without SHS.”

 

Ending his experience playing Billy Flynn in the SHS production of  “Chicago” (which won numerous awards from the Massachusetts Educational Theatre Guild, including best actor for the role he played) was especially exciting. Solomon described the experience as surreal. He keeps his trophy on the mantel, where he can look at it everyday, and provide inspiration for his wide-open future. 

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