Twins stick together from the playpen to college

By Kaitlin Schallhorn
schallhornk@mytjnow.com

Twins Ann Marie Calabro and Philip Loois Calabro, brought their love for theater to Winthrop, even after being separated during their freshman year. Photos courtesy of Ann Marie & Philip Louis Calabro. From living together off campus to working the same hours at a local grocery store, the Frame brothers can almost always be found together.

Senior sociology majors, Lucas and Daniel Frame, have attended Winthrop for three years.  They have succeeded in taking every single class together.

“It’s just easier,” Lucas Frame said.

“It cuts the work in half sometimes,” Daniel said.  “It’s definitely an advantage.”

The brothers view their close relationship as special instead of annoying.  

“Sometimes we get frustrated with each other, but not a lot,” Lucas said. 

The longest the brothers have been apart was just one week, which they both admitted to being a weird week.

“We’re always together.  If you find one of us, you’ll find the other somewhere nearby,” Lucas said. 

The Frames are looking forward to pursuing a career in federal law enforcement after graduation.  

“We’ll live close to each other if we’re not neighbors,”  Daniel said.

Junior theater performance major, Ann Marie Calabro, also shares a close bond with her twin brother.

However, Calabro and her brother have spent more time apart.  They went to separate schools for two years in middle school and then later chose different colleges for their freshman year, which was the first time they had ever lived apart.

Calabro and her brother had always done theater together in high school, so it only made sense to her that they would continue to do that together in college.

While they do not live together, they do live in the same apartment complex.  

“We do a lot together, but mainly because we have the same circle of friends,” Calabro said. 

Calabro and her twin brother are interested in live theater after graduation.  She said they are looking at the Charlotte area, as well as Chicago.

“It’s such a stress relief of not having to be a certain way around him,” Calabro said.  “Especially being involved in theater, you can fake having a good day, but I don’t have to do that with him.”