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A professor who compares casting a play to a puzzle in Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School.
[Professor Chortkoff
A professor who compares casting a play to a puzzle in Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School.
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Professor Chortkoff is a faculty member at the Academy who appears during the Arts campus chapter of Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School. His role centers on the theater production: he frames casting a play as a puzzle "if the pieces had egos and could talk back" [src-d382bce65e], and he hands you the tools needed to sort auditions. This guide covers where to find him and how to complete the casting task he assigns.
Where to Find Professor Chortkoff
You first meet Professor Chortkoff in Chapter 5, during the section titled "A Strong St-Art." Make your way to the Arts campus, which is located to the right of the main quad. Once you pass through the gate, talk to Professor Chortkoff to begin [src-0dc02cf791].
How to Complete the Casting Puzzle
After your first conversation, head to the Theater Workshop, which sits to the left of the main gate. Enter the door and talk to Professor Chortkoff again to start the audition task [src-0dc02cf791]. He gives you an Audition Sides sheet — this is your reference for judging each student.
The task has two parts: judging auditions and assigning roles.
Step 1: Judge the Auditions
Talk to each student and decide whether their audition is good or bad. Compare what they perform against the Audition Sides sheet Chortkoff gave you — if the student messes up their lines, it's a no. Then pin each student's headshot to the correct side of the board [src-0dc02cf791].
The walkthrough records the following results:
Pretty Rough (rejected):
- Phoebe Geebys
- Brenda Flops
- Garth Dolomew
- Vincent VanStop
Got the Stuff (accepted):
- Link Lockin
- Edie Quill
- Debra Cadabra
- Tyler Vouch
Step 2: Assign the Roles
Once the headshots are sorted, examine each accepted student's resume to work out which role they belong in. The walkthrough matches them as follows [src-0dc02cf791]:
| Role | Student |
|---|---|
| Peter | Tyler Vouch |
| Chet | Link Lockin |
| Ruby | Debra Cadabra |
| Detective | Edie Quill |
What Comes Next
Completing the casting task moves the chapter forward into the "Suit Yourself" section. Note that the next step takes you to the Costume Shop — the blue building up the first set of stairs on the Arts campus — where you deal with Professor Slip, not Chortkoff [src-0dc02cf791]. Chortkoff's involvement is concentrated in the audition and casting puzzle.
Tips
- Keep the Audition Sides sheet handy. It is the sole reference for pass/fail judgments — don't guess based on the student's demeanor.
- Sort headshots before assigning roles. The board gives you the pool of accepted students; only then do the resumes matter.
- Check resumes carefully. Each accepted student maps to exactly one role, so a mismatch signals you've misread a resume.
- The student names in the walkthrough are deliberately punny (e.g., "Vincent VanStop," "Debra Cadabra"); treat them as the recorded results rather than hints to a hidden pattern.
Rewards
The available material does not specify any items, currency, or achievements awarded for completing Chortkoff's casting puzzle. What is confirmed is that finishing it advances Chapter 5 toward the Costume Shop segment [src-0dc02cf791].
Notes on Sources
The character's professor role is established in the launch trailer [src-d382bce65e], while all location and puzzle steps above come from the full walkthrough [src-0dc02cf791]. The two sources do not conflict; the trailer supplies flavor, and the walkthrough supplies the procedure. No other related characters or pages are documented in the record for Professor Chortkoff.
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