HEADING off stage Samantha Greenstone beamed with delight.

She’d just auditioned for a part in Fiddler on the Roof and it had gone excellently but if the directors had any doubts, she had already secured one fan.

“A fellow actor approached and told me that if I didn’t get the part they were crazy,” Samantha, 38, recalls.

“He introduced himself as Jacob and we wished each other luck.

“Auditions were often cold and competitive environments, so it stuck out to me that he’d been so sweet.”

Not long after Samantha received the news she was hoping for, she had secured the part and much to her delight so had Jacob.

A month later they began rehearsals and Samantha and Jacob became fast friends.

“A few days into rehearsals, we went out for drinks with another cast member,” Samantha says.

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