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money on my brand new get up. Babies gotta have it down and rains
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and Fanny Sports Bros run down rode
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my dreamers, and welcome to my
little corner, right. Hi, welcome.
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Now he's going to be asking the
majority of the questions. So yeah,
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that's so cool. Hey, yeah, Hey, what's up? How
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did your states go? I saw
you were filming that stuff. Thank you.
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Stays was really well, I sorry, I think I mean district.
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were having the film the states videos. Yeah, oh my God, videos,
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but they haven't happened yet. Happened
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So that's where I'm going. So
I'm really excited. I'm just going
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to apologize for the Feisty Little Guy
that I have with me. My shower
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isn't draining very well, but I
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afternoon. So thought he t is
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little friend? He is a foster
failed ferret. So foster film means that
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I adopted him. Oh my God, he's so cute with his name your
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guy, after a departed band member. He passed away in two thousand and
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eighteen. So I got. Well, he's like I didn't personally know the
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band member. He was from one
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earth. So he's very feisty.
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bathroom. I usually just go in
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key, and I'm also harness training
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Oh so, for all the the
listeners, rise currently holding a tiny
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little ferret man and he has a
little harness on him and a leash and
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it's the cutest thing in the world. Oh my God, he's very he's
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struggling to learn how to walk in
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I believe in are settled down.
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to manifest for him. That's so
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have a little instagram. He does. Haven't. Oh, he does,
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but I'm not going to share.
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nobody my family really knows yet.
Hi, thank you. Just gave me
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kiss. So, for the listeners, this is liberty Mac. She is
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a representative for Bradley for Racial Justice. She is currently a senior and one
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of the International Thespian Society Board members
for HS. Theater Arts to previde your
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seven and today we are have her
on here to ask her some questions about
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theater and how covid has affected her
life and all of that jazzy. I'm
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so happy to be here. I'm
so glad that Nelly asked me to ask
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you to be on because, yeah, yes, it's going to be great.
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All right. So my first question
for you, Liberty. So you've
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been doing theater for a while now
and my question is, how did you
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get into it and when did you
start? Okay, so this is kind
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of a hashtagged, little bit sad
story. So, but it's going to
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be happy in the end. You
guys, you know that I'm still alive
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and you know you're seeing me at
the end of the story, or I
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think. I think this is like
the climacting part of my story, but
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whatever, I'll just start and tell
it. So, growing up, I
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did not have your best financial means
and like stability and time of life.
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And so our local church was doing
like this outreach project and during the December
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months they're like, okay, well, we'll put on like a scrooge the
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musical or and so I was like
in elementary school at the time and I
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was all. I knows that I
liked saying a lot, like a lot,
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and so I audition. They're like
you're really good. What? And
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so I that was like my first
role that I've ever done, as well
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as my first lead, lead role
I never did. I played Brenda Crotchet.
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Yep, that was her literal name, and she was tiny Tim's sister.
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And here's the thing. Other children
had audition, but they no offense,
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no offense to the other children.
They were an ensemble. All of
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tiny tims, all other brothers and
sisters, had to be played by adults
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except for me. Oh my gosh, that's Amazome. And so from that
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point on, and I literally had
one line and I still remember it,
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it was like we were preparing the
scene for tiny Tim and my dad to
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come home and that's when I had
to look at the window and go,
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Daddy's coming, and then run to
the table. A really bad British accent
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of my own. But yeah,
that's like that was the first time that
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I really got into theater and I
was like, I love this. Yeah,
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I've done Kirk shows before too.
I did tech for one of the
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little kids musicals did this Christmas and
was adorable. It's truly magical. They
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like a part of your first show, no matter like what like area you're
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in, you know. Yeah,
something I'll never forget, even though it's
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like so silly. My first show
was alice in Wonderland Jr and like I
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never knew what musical theater was before
it. So it's incredible. Yeah,
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I've never done anything theater because,
like I went to two different schools and
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one school had theater and the other
didn't, but the one that didn't was
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like my main school and I only
went to the other one for choir and
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yeah, so, unfortunately I never
made it to auditions because of scheduling.
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As going to say, it's so
incredibly unfortunate how many like schools around the
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country don't prioritize the art when genuinely, I can say without a doubt,
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like the art saved my life and
I wonder, like, how many other
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kids like didn't get to experience what
I did. You know, the arts
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like the golfering of our lives,
and it's kind of incredible think about.
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We were talking, Nellie and I
were talking about something this morning, and
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so she said that a lot of
like theater arts classes are called like theater
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but spelt thh EA tree arts.
And I'm over here, like either Vermont,
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which is the state that I live
in, is either very it's just
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a very uncultured farming state, or
not. Everybody or spells it that way,
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because we did just regular like theater, thch eat er arts, like
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either we are just a very uncultured
state or I don't know, and I
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mean I think I actually don't know
the answer to this, and it's like
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of which one spelled like correctly.
But like I know, like when you
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read it, you say it like
completely differently, like our theater it's spelled
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like Fitch A, and your theater, and like we're Floridian. So I
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don't mean they're like dog on Florida. But don't worry, we are also
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backwards. I think it's just I
mean the reason I say that Vermont is
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like an uncultured farming state is because
in my hometown you could probably drive the
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entire town in like fifteen minutes.
It's incredibly small and there are like three
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farms in like a five minute radius, a horse farm, a meat farm
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and a dairy farm in like a
five minute radio it sounds like so much
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fun. Literally you can get your
horse products, your meat products and your
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dairy no, not horse products.
As soon as I said that, I've
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heard it. It was like no, no, my God, no,
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I'm so sorry. That was very
you know what, we're gonna go onto
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the next question before I continue to
America. So the next question and is
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what made you want to go into
feeder as a career? Well, I
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kind of dumped into this like a
little bit when I hung about my first
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answer, but I realize like growing
up like kind of than on, like
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in a financially unstable situation, it
was I consistantly saw like this, I'm
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going to get sad for like five
seconds and the I'm gonna be over.
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I constantly saw like things that children
shouldn't see and from a young age I
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realized that like I had to come
in terms with my morality, which is
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not something any elementary school, no
elementary school, should be thinking about.
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What color casket they're going to have. You know, that's weird, but
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I was, I was from a
young age, has faced with memoriality and
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I was like, well, I
know that no matter what I do with
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my life, I know I want
to have it. You know, be
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best served to do something that I
love. I don't ever, ever,
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ever want to work at nine to
five job or say that my life equated
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to going to work, sitting at
a desk for in five hours and then
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going home. And while that might
be like like, you know as drive
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for some people, I'm not knocking
them for that at all. Like I
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just know that, because life is
so incredibly sure, I'm going to do
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it or die trying, you know. And I love the art form and
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it kind of reminds me of that, that one song from a course line
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what I did for love. And
you know, like right before then this
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song starts. He's like what would
you do, like well, what what
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would you have to like say to, you know, dance into the theater
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and like the art form if this
was your last day to ever dance or
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perform again? And it's kind of
just, you know, chasing after the
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love of the art instead of you
know, the the the goal of fame.
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Yeah, I agree with what you
said in the sense of, like
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how theater is an art form where
you don't know when it's going to be
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your last. Like fost side show, which liberty is directed, I was
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in Don sefle of and we we
went to rehearsals one day and then a
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few days later the entire rest of
the year got canceled. So I just
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like live your art and like do
what you love, because you never know
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when that's going to get taken away
from you. Yeah, Nelly, what
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you just said, live your art, like I swear that podcast with Andrea
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Burns. Did she say that or
am I just making that up? I
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don't know. It just came out. I think she said that, but
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I can't be sure. So if
you don't know, liberty and I love
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vernegold's very Riley's obsessed with Andrea Burns
and Manning insolved Karen Oliva with it.
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Oh, here I need a shirt
that says I believe in the Ojo or
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the OBC cast of in the heights, and then a in like the little
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pocket. Like have a little pocket
that like flips up and it just says
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but not Janet, but it's a
joke and we talk about Karen Olivia.
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I love this woman, saying with
my entire being right, we show the
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impression. So have you ever seen
the facebook live video on youtube of Karen
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and Mandy while rehearsing for Hamilton?
Don't thanks. So okay, anyway.
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So, well, in the beginning
they're like introducing themselves and Nellie and I
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think I can do a pretty good
impression of Karen introducing herself. I'm gonna
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Embarrass Myself, but it's okay.
I'm showing the type of fan girl I
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am. I'm Karen Olivo. That's
like exactly how she said it and it's
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amazing. And then she made a
tick talk about it, and then Karen
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got talk, so I had to
believe. And she decides to comment under
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Karen's post. Time to go to
leave the video now like the no,
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Karen like the comment. She likes
some of my videos, which is how
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I found out that Karen had a
tick tock. And then I'm like commented
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that most recipte on was like,
uh, I think it is really Karen
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Olivo, but I'm not sure it's
the Real Ka Olivo. Okay, I
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light ast you. Those are I'm
going to go and look for it and
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media. She's Amazad. She's actually
replied to a few tweets of mine,
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but it is so cool. I've
been noticing on the Parson ten of my
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favorite people. He is one person
whose career I want to follow after.
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I would absolutely love to play I
would love to play Vanessa and in the
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heights and my yeah, Dream Role
is sete and, Oh my God,
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Oh by God, I am for
a weekend. I'm not, I'm just
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hang hop for the listeners. I
am Afro Latina. People get hear me.
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I am not a white girl.
This is not in the white s
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don't it's okay, but Karen Olivia's
one person whose foot like, whose career
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I would absolutely loved follow after as
well as, nay at least cool goldberries.
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Oh my good as God, she's
so amazing. Okay, sorry,
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I love her too. So I'm
just going to go off topic a little
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bit here. But I am notorious
for my fan fictions on what pad and,
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Oh yeah, I mean I made
Nellie so mad writing my story called
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adopted again, which is where I
get adopted by Jasmine and Anthony and and
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it's all adopted again. Because I
actually in real life am adopted frame and
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in the story I made my adoptive
parents, all four of them, Dieu.
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But yeah, yeah, you'd guy
stopped kissing my cheek. Yeah,
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you haven't there any ways. And
Chapter Eight, she just killed boys.
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I killed off for Ali's Goldberry and
I will never let her live it down.
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Hey, at least one of her
favorite quotes came from it. I
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have to go home to the kids. Cool the kids. That's not how
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it's meant to be. He's not
meant to sound like a super hero.
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Is Wife just died. Okay,
back on track now, though. What
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do you think, liberty? Um, I would have to say at first
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I was intrigued and then you killed
off for NA. So I'm not sure
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if I emotionally cold handle reading this, but I will do it for you
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because I love you. Right.
So send it to the information and I'll
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give it a I'll give it a
read. Maybe cry. Maybe I feel
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write it. I'm so if you're
if that'sunding consolation, I cried writing it.
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Yeah, and then I made like
a cute mashup thing for like an
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ought to honor her in the story. Oh, I always have find favorite
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part is that she kills off for
night. The next chapter, Mandiquezal this
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comes in and everyone's forgotten about her. No, I I had us all
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sitting on the couch like and Jasmine's
like look when they would have wanted us
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to treat her like a sister,
like be nice. Yeah, but literally
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maybe comping and no one remembers her. They starts singing out Bonza, we
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did, I miss you by Hannah
Montana, Miley Cyrus Mash Up. Thank
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so, that's not that's genuinely sounds
like one way to really honor her.
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I hope that Hannah Montana, not
Miley Sarah's Hanna Montana, does sing at
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one day. Yeah, Oh,
yeah, I know this is even more
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off topic, but Nellie and I
were discussing something a couple weeks ago and
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I'm like, there's this one story
I wrote on what pad that I want
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Mandy to read if I die before
she does, or you're telling her.
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The more it's not, it's not
published because it is. It's so much
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smut. There's so much smut that
I will never publish it. She wrote
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it to me while I was doing
my homework one night and I was living.
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I told her that I wouldn't if
she didn't want to hear it,
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but she's like, I don't care, smut is funny. Yeah, Oh
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my God. Yeah, so that's
the kind of brighter she is. Yeah,
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I'm writing a novel and it's very
it's very gay, like that is
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entire life for Gay MOMS, a
bisexual younger sister and I am Gay.
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I think the printer kind of ran
out of ink with my older sister and
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then they re filled it when they
came to me, and then it was
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kind of half there when my sister
was born, because it goes. My
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older sister is straight, I'm full, full lesbian and then my little sister
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is bisexual. Your parents really do
know how to make them. They are
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talented. No, no, they're
not that. One of them got with
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a guy who almost killed me at
nine months old. So yeah, that
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is I'm really sorry that that happened
to you, but I'm a doed and
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out of it. I was gonna
say your life is like a wap bad
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story. Very interesting. I cannot
wait to get to the end of your
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book and like it's very like somber
and it feels conclusive and you know,
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you should make a biography after you
finished. Some peoples told me too,
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but I have the memory fun and
I don't remember anything before I was like
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ten, what the hey get up? Also, I'm Nellie knows this.
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I am obsessed with my younger brother. He's my whole freaking world. Oh
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Yeah, Kyower, he is.
I don't I don't really know if he's
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purely just African American or what,
but he's black. He but he again,
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we were adopted, so like that's
how we can be siblings. But
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he is the cutest kid I have
ever seen. I don't like little children,
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I don't like kids period, but
he's okay, it's adorable. His
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name is Kyler. Yes, his
name is tyler, which is, in
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my opinion, a very white name, but it is what it is.
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But his birth parents asked for that
to be his name, so my parents
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were like okay, Oh yeah,
I love that. Your family has a
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heart of adopt, like heart for
adoption. I mean can't have kids on
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their own. They're gay. That's
so cool. Yeah, I am a
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gay mothers four game of wit in
real life. I thought you're talking about
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in your webpad. Know I'm talking
about my real life. I have for
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gay mom's and my little brother.
You literally congrats. You won the Lotto.
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Girl, and guy does not know
how to walk in this. I
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think he's smelling my ear. What, what are you doing? He'll be
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four months on or on the first
of March. So, Nelly, do
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you have any more questions? Yeah, all right, all right. So,
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for listeners, there is this award
show called the Jemmy's, which is
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the high school version of the Tony's, and in our state, before you
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go you have to be a finalist
for a competition which is like the high
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school theater competition of our state and
it's called Broadway Star of the future.
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And when liberty was a sophomore and
was in burly modern millie, yeah,
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sophomore year, I believe. Right. Yeah, okay, she was a
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finalist for Broadway start of future.
And so my next question is, what
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was it like? Oh my goodness, it was absolutely so much fun.
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Some of the best matteries I have
ever created, the best people that ever
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met. It was a lot of
fun being and like a kind of structure
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art format, because ever since then
I've only done high school theater and not
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that. Yeah, High School Theater. I've had the absolute most fun it
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with my truth and stuff. It's
just that sometimes you have a mix of
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people who are doing it for different, ever recept and that's okay. Have
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people who are in theater who were
like, Oh, I just want to
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make new friends, when you have
people who are in theater like, oh,
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my my girlfriend or my boyfriend of
a significant other drag me here,
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so I'm here now being a part
of Broadway star. Was the first time
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I had like like structured teaching of
people and everyone with the same mindset,
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just I love art and I'm going
to do it for the rest of my
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life, and it was so great
to build off of like that same energy
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of like minded people as well as
we and wrote like in a room with
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like professionals who were actually like,
you know, from the industry and who
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were doing what I hope to one
day be doing. For this incredibly cool.
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It was so much fun. It
is very severe experience and I got
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to we are pretty dressed. So
yes, we're all currently manifesting for liberty
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to give a Jimmy this year,
because this is her last year and we
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all want her to win. She
is currently in my school's production of the
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twenty five annual Putnam kind of spelling
be which I'm going to see opening night
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and so excited. Yeah, junior
show. My God, I can't believe
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that a senior that doesn't really make
any sense to me at all. So
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my next question you kind of already
covered a little bit, but what's your
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Dream Role? Oh my God,
I have so many dream roles. Um,
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for the people who are listening,
I'm currently turning my computer over so
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I can show Nellie and Rye my
manifestation board and yourselves. That is shows
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a huge board of all the things
and shows that I want to be a
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pout of. I would absolutely you
know, for anyone who does theater,
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you You keep building upon your dream
roles. But yet when Broadway comes back,
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and it's going back soon and I'm
very excited for it. Yes,
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more than anything, I love to
place s team in Mulan Rouge on Broadway.
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It is one of my I can't
explain that. I just have such
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like I think it's me and Settina
just such kindred spirits. Not to mention
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the show is so beautiful, the
dancing is amazing. Two songs are so
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incredibly catching right now. Seti Loue
underage is my one of my biggest dream
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roles at the moment, but a
change is literally every day, so if
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you ask me tomorrow it'll probably be
something different. So, if I were
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dons on Broadway, Mina definitely be
more reane because she's gay. Well,
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technically she's by but yeah, mine
would be sophie and Mama Mia if they
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were did the revival. Oh my
God, mom and me is so good,
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I they should do a revival of
it. This should all right.
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Next, how? So you're a
senior, so I want and the covid
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literally happened in March of your junior
year and through your senior year and I
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was wondering how has the college audition
process been like in Covid for any listeners
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who are playing to go through it, and have you committed anywhere yet?
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Ok, so first question. The
college edition process, I think, in
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my opinion, has actually been easier, and I know this is a this
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is a very controversial bin it,
but I think I don't think all the
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college editions have ever been easy at
all. I think it's like getting into
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the school is, in my opinion, probably the hardest part because while high
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school is different than college and,
like you know, other ways, like
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and a lot of ways, and
in the same way. It's still the
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same basic things. You go to
class, you study, you take tests
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and then you take mid terms and
graduate, you know. But getting into
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school probably the hardest part, and
I think people like especially, you know,
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during two thousand and twenty and two
thousand and twenty one, really realize
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how just sucky and crabby of the
year it was and they're like, you
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know what, it's hard on us
that we have to go through all of
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these applications and stupid like questions and
things that we don't need. And so
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a lot of like the rigorous parts, not in rigorous, but like the
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unnecessary parts of application, I felt
would cut out. Like I'm going to
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be straight up with you. I'm
not be I'm smart, but like I'm
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a horrible test taker. My Act
and sat scores were not hot, not
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even a little bit, and they
were not up to bar with a lot
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of the schools that, like,
were my dream colls I want to go
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to. But yeah, a lot
of schools were like hey, we don't
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need your sea, your sat and
act scores. We just need to know
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if you are hard worker and if
you're talented. And I got accepted into
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quite a bit of schools that I
wouldn't have previously, if actually the might
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say or more. Not only that, while I do absolutely hate taking like
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doing free screens inside in my home
because I don't have the biggest house or
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like there a lot of room to
do it, I would have to say
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it's a lot nicer thing in my
own house they're having to go on site
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for an audition, because then I
see a lot of girls wearing the same
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houseits like that. I came in, as you know. You you know
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all the stories, like when you
go into audition and it's nerve racking,
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but when you're inside of your house
and there's a see and you can pause
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and start your audition, it's really
it's really nice. Yeah, and the
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second Oh, go just a little
bit off track, but, like I'm
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don't I think this might be a
little bit controversial, but I feel like
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the class of two thousand and twenty
one has been like more neglected than two
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thousand and twenty has. Like you
guys have like as much as they had
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their senior year. If that makes
sense, I see, I can see
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that. I think I would have
to say I got to give homage twenty
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three class of two thousand and twenty
though. Yeah, I think that they
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people tried their absolute best to like
make it a memorable year for class of
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two thousand and twenty, but they
did they did lose considerably a lot.
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agree like to a certain extent, I
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don't think the class of two thousand
and twenty one is getting as much recognition
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out of I twenty did. But
in the at the same time it's like
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it's not I'm not trying to play
like oppression Olympics, you know. Oh,
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well, we had it worse or
whatever, because it's it's it sucks
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all, true, you know.
Yeah, but from your second question I
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will be committing to Amda. Wait, really yes, because, yeah,
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I'm going to thank you so much, knowe. Oh, and for for
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my friends who don't know what Amda
is and for the online, online students,
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la the listener, and that is
the American musicool and dramatic academy.
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And I'm going to their New York
campus and most notably, one of their
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most notable alumni for me, had
any Ramos. He had sex in the
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yeah room there and he talked about
in the song. Oh my God,
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yeah, Nellie, yeah, sorry
and explicit rating. Sorry finding it out.
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Thought he was finally coming down and
now he's biting me. Anthony Ramos
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or no, got okay, would
you guys that? He's a real guy
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fighting my finger, please, and
my nails like em't is so perfect for
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you with Nellie. I'm really excited. Nellie and I talked about our dream
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schools all the time too. Yeah, he's a school mines Stamford for the
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premed track, human bio and major
a minor of creative writing and Rye it.
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Mine is nyu because they have an
amazing writing program and I want to
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be an author, but I also
want a minor in teaching and zoology.
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It would be good. Best Teacher. I imagine you as like a creative
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writing teacher. How I always passed
English and science inso with flying colors.
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Oh Gosh, she would be an
amazing teacher. But yeah, other people
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who graduated from Amda are like that. Gat Be Getoven. She played kitty
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in Glee. I love her and
yeah, and even Christopher Jackson, who
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played were any. Also Danny and
Ryers, now Jason Durrulo, Casey leavy,
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Jesse Tayler Ferguson. I'm like,
I'm so excited to be going to
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the school and to be like among
the greats. I'm just wow, I'm
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well, I'm still evens O.
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is your favorite barbway show, like
of all time? Okay, that's a
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very hard question, Eli. Why
would you do that to me? I
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hadn't say I brought to a sure
time or something like that. I was
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gonna say I have different like Broadway
shows, like different favorites for the yeah
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reasons. Who on my favorite Broadway
score? Entirely. Well, technically it's
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not Broadway, but Hunchback, oh
my goodness, the music for hunchback is
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absolutely chilling and it is some of
my favorite that is ever. Like there's
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not one song that I skip on
that soundtrack, one of another one that's
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also a part of one of my
dream roles. For Setting, like the
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or you know, like the set
again, not like technically a Broadway show,
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because that they didn't make it to
Broadway with Bonnie and Clyde. Well,
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it did, but not for a
long time. But beyond Bonnie and
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Clyde and then Vannie is also one
of my dream roles. Oh yeah,
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be good bunny. Thank you so
much, God, I would love to
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be a Bonnie. But and then
one of my favorite shows because, like
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it really it's one of those shows
that helped change the face of Broadway.
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Like, you know, like there's
this the for, there's for pinnacle,
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Broadway shows that, if you ask
anybody, everyone knows and it's yeah,
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Phantom of the opera, rent and
Hamilton. Yeah, Hamilton is helping to
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genuinely change the face of the musical
theater industry, which has been, you
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know, predominantly whitewashed, as well
as like take it over by like predominantly,
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you know, straight, skinny SIS
white people. And while that's not
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necessarily a bad thing, like it's
always important to have diversity and every single
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area of, you know, of
life. And so just seeing, you
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know, Hamilton beyond Broadway and seeing
so many black and brown performers unapologetically do
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what they love and having not the
addressed. There was not one point in
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the song, or any of the
songs, are any of the lyrics that
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when Menuel Miranda made it a point
to be like and they're black, so
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like to get like Brownie points for
that. It was just art existing simply
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because it was art and it happened
to have people of Color in it.
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Yeah, I'm seeing how, you
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that's extremely like trendy and everyone loves, like how, like theater in the
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arts industry starts forming and trying to
replicate around that. And so we go
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to different shows and you see,
you know, a black gretched leiners or
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a black room I was going to, or a Black Regina George. And
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00:34:28.469 --> 00:34:34.150
again, it's not a dress,
it's simply they're just simply performing and it's
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not something where in a Black Elsa, you know, and we don't feel
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like it's being showed down our throats
up by the way, for the people
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are listening, I'm using Air Goles
ring showed down our throats. It's it's
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just art for the sake of it, and it happens to have black and
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Brown people at the face of it. And I love it. I love
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it so much and it doesn't want
to actually the show that got me into
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theater and coming from that, I
never like, never like, when I
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started being like a fan of feater. I never saw like it's I never
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saw like I really know about the
white wat how whitewash theater was. I
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just thought all theater was like that. But like, we need a lot
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of diversity on theater. I wrote
a essay about it for critical thinking last
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year. But like really, there
should be like I don't feel like we
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get enough as we should. Like
really, I would have to agree,
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I think. I think like white
has always, for the longest time,
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been like the default, and so
it's not necessarily that everyone's like racist they
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hate people of Color, its just
that they don't think to add them to
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conversations because they're not, you know, the defaults, which is upsetting.
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But I think, like I said, all the time, art inspires and
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shapes. Yeah, how like that
shapes the world like like, like me.
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You know those four shows that I
was talking about that everyone knows,
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cat's rents. Fans on Hamilton rent
there was a completely entirely different conversation about
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AIDS and about the homeless epidemic in
New York, and not only New York
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but worldwide. As soon as that
show came out and people were more understanding
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out at all of a sudden there
was more community outreach organizations for people who
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had AIDS and for homelessness projects and, you know, to help people get
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off the streets and to get,
you know, the medication and drugs that
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they needed, as well as like
more of queer representation on Broadway, and
437
00:36:45.659 --> 00:36:50.449
it genuinely changed how we saw other
people in the world, and that's what
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art is supposed to do. Yeah, but I'm not trying to preach to
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you, but you know I'm saying. Yeah, all right. So I've
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known, I know you've done a
lot of shows, especially in our theater
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program but I'm curious what husband your
favorite role you've ever played? My favorite
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role that I've ever played? Okay, Um, okay, so I'm a
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libra song, very indecisive. Um, I feel that I am also so
444
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I would have to say, Um, I'm going to say two roles,
445
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but I they're my favorite for two
different reasons. I played the killer queen
446
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my freshman year and I absolutely love
that role because I love the music,
447
00:37:34.820 --> 00:37:39.340
I love Queen so much and singing
another one bites the dust as I killed
448
00:37:39.380 --> 00:37:44.969
a man on stage was the best
feeling ever. And then I would have
449
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to say Muzzy van Hoffsmar from thoroughly
modern milly, because it took be to
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Broadway star. Yeah, legends.
All right. So our school theater usually
451
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has a play, a show in
the round, which is like a show
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where like the stage, the audience, it's on stage and like faces around
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the performers and we have a spring
musical. But last year we had two
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shows in around, including one which
was a student written peace called captivated by
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Zoe Peters, a legend and liberty. Actually originated a role and captivated.
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So I was wondering what was it
like to originate a role because, like,
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our school usually those shows that are
like have been on Broadway or any
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other feader before, where you have
to like kind of make your own version
459
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of the character. But for like
activated, you like started out your own
460
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way. So, like what was
it like? So that's a really good
461
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question. I being, for a
captivated was a lot of fun and especially
462
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originating the role of Harper. I
think what was really important that I did
463
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as an actor, which I kind
of had a little bit of struggle with,
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is not putting so much of an
influence of who I am and to
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my character, because that could be, you know, kind of damaging for
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some people's mental health and you shouldn't
like, like that's like kind of like
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like an unspoken rule when you're acting
out a scene and you relate to a
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character, it's important to keep your
own emotions, you know, guarded,
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as well as your mental health guarded, because every night, like for eight
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shows a week, if you are
reliving your trauma for the sake of art
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like, it can wreck you as
a person, not only as a proson
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bit of performer, and so building
and shaping the character of Harper, but
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we didn't have the same drama as
I related to her a lot in a
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lot of ways, and so it
was important for me to it was interesting
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to try and figure out and we're
good. Yeah, sorry about that brief
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intermission, everybody. We got disconnected
because we reach the forty minute limit.
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All right, so you were talking
about captivate and how it was effect and
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how original a role effects someone's mental
health. So go back fun. But
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yeah, basically all I was saying
is that when you originate a role,
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it's really important to stay authentic to
the character and try and make it feel
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and, you know, make your
character feel as fleshed out as possible so
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the audience still can, you know, have empathy and relate to who you're
483
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portraying, but at the same time
it was it was really interesting to balance
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my own personal, like lived experiences
with who the character harbor is was and,
485
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you know, even today is becoming. Yeah, yeah, so this
486
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October lipperty wasn't her first profession.
For the actually others, and my question
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is, what was it like during
a parademic doing an online production, and
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did it draw away from getting to
experience your first professional production? I think
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there's I that's a really great question. I would have to say it really
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like depended on the day and how
I was looking at it, because sometimes
491
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I'm I'm being a front, like
it was kind of hard to sometimes to
492
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connect with my cast members because we
all have, you know, rehearsal at
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different times of the day, because
it's online and you don't necessarily get like
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that one on one connection as you
would being in person. But I still,
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we still Fain't found out and managed
away how to become like really great
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cast members and just, you know
friends, and I still talk to a
497
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lot of them and I would have
to say it to a certain extent it
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took from, you know, that
in person connection, but at the same
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time it brought me so, so
much knowledge being a part of that show.
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It taught me how to be able
to manage my time better. It's
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on me, how to be more
self motivated. It taught me a lot
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about was it called like for,
like getting ready for free screens. Says,
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doing this over the summer and pre
screens about to, you know,
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start getting started this year, like
the second half of Tricene, and I
505
00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:57.079
even got paid for it, which
was super, super cool. So all
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right, yeah, part of heathers
was a lot of fun. Now those
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are assignments, fun because our signments. Oh yeah, I have a name
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in her class. Okay, I
hate I think once you move out,
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you're going to miss it. Believe
me, I race my parents walk through
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00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:31.769
my door. All right, all
right, sorry, okay, hell right.
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00:43:32.889 --> 00:43:37.130
So kind of touched on this earlier, but who are your theater inspirations?
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My God, here we go,
caaren, Olivia, Rene Rap Rene
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00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:47.920
Aleis, Gold's very tightus Burg is. Oh my God, I know that
514
00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:52.679
I have at least like twelve more
and they're just not coming in mind.
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00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:54.909
OKKU LEGO KEG book. She was
the one who she was a girl who
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won freaking the Jimmy Awards last year. She is so incredibly talented. Cynthia
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00:44:02.190 --> 00:44:08.150
a revo, so many incredible like
basically any black Broadway performer. Yeah,
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00:44:08.190 --> 00:44:16.780
are my eye. I'm obsessed.
I'm obsessed. Oh and I can't think
519
00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:20.500
of her name. It's excaving me. The girl from Gay Little Bill.
520
00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:24.929
Oh my godness, I don't.
I don't know her neighbor or I'll help.
521
00:44:25.889 --> 00:44:30.130
It's it's Jans. Her name is
Stanley and I coming up to my
522
00:44:30.289 --> 00:44:37.769
mind. She plays she doesn't play
Mj, she plays the daughter. Follow
523
00:44:37.809 --> 00:44:39.000
her on instagram. I can't.
Oh my God, I can't think of
524
00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:46.119
her name right now. She plays
opposite of Anthony and don't. Oh my
525
00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:52.480
God, my brain is frying today. She plays offsite of Antonio Sabriani.
526
00:44:54.150 --> 00:45:00.949
Don't. Oh my God. Nellie
and I were watching one life for names
527
00:45:00.030 --> 00:45:07.300
together, sold opera, and there's
a character to every codio one and I
528
00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:09.460
don't know. We do not like
him. No, we don't, but
529
00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:14.940
Um, I try to get over
her. Yeah, I don't know if
530
00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.659
you're okay with curses, so I
won't tell you what we called him,
531
00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:23.730
unless you are cursus. Yeah,
like curse words. Well, that's fine,
532
00:45:24.090 --> 00:45:29.650
okay. So Nelly and I call
him bitch, ASS ANTONIO. Yea,
533
00:45:30.289 --> 00:45:34.929
he a rose gooding as her name. Oh my goodness, how could
534
00:45:34.969 --> 00:45:39.480
I forget? Anyway, I love
Seea rose getting but that sounds about right.
535
00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:50.869
Yeah, that's okay. So last
you're my first freshman show and my
536
00:45:51.190 --> 00:45:55.710
purse, like my first like actual
show that's not like a review or something
537
00:45:55.750 --> 00:46:01.070
like that, was side show,
and last year liberty kind of switched it
538
00:46:01.150 --> 00:46:07.019
up a little bit and was the
assistant director. So what was the difference
539
00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:13.179
for you to go from a performer
to doing like tech and being an assistant
540
00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:21.130
director and assistant director? Because all
the time and when you go into theater
541
00:46:21.409 --> 00:46:27.530
as an actor, people consistently at
people, but, like the people above,
542
00:46:27.650 --> 00:46:30.449
you are consistently like actors do not
give notes, actors do not kid
543
00:46:30.570 --> 00:46:35.239
notes, actors do not tell other
actors like, Oh, you're doing this
544
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:39.199
wrong, it's not your job,
because you could always be like misinterpreting what
545
00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:45.400
the director's vision is as well as, you know, just setting someone for
546
00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:51.909
failure. So getting into the head
of like in the mindset of an assistant
547
00:46:51.949 --> 00:46:58.429
director and understanding that. How Wow, my opinion matters and I'm supposed to
548
00:46:58.550 --> 00:47:02.619
give it and these people are supposed
to have like direction for a show that
549
00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:08.820
like I supposed have this big grand
vision for it is kind of surreal to
550
00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:14.739
me and I kept pinching myself and
I kept second guessing myself as to what
551
00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:17.769
we could do with the talent that
we had, and we still have incredibly
552
00:47:17.889 --> 00:47:22.610
talented people, and sometimes in the
back of mad I'm like, maybe we're
553
00:47:22.610 --> 00:47:27.730
shooting too high, is this too
big of a did it? Now I
554
00:47:28.289 --> 00:47:31.079
absolutely cherish being on the other side
of the table and, you know,
555
00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:35.920
seeing all of like the hard work
that goes behind being a part of tag
556
00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:40.039
and plus I got a little power
crazy, a little bit like having people
557
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:45.030
come to me and being like what
Color Should the curtains be? What?
558
00:47:46.469 --> 00:47:50.349
Like I'm an actor, but no, I was not. You know,
559
00:47:50.909 --> 00:47:54.070
it was, it was it took
a lot of like learning to trust my
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own ideas and my gut. So
I really did love it. That's great.
561
00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:08.300
Okay, what was your most embarrassing
theater moment? Oh my God,
562
00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:13.650
hands down. I've got a lot
of embarrassing theater moments, but I would
563
00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:16.329
have to say my first one,
my absolute favorite one. It sound that
564
00:48:16.489 --> 00:48:21.849
funny and hind sign, but it
kind of is my first lead role.
565
00:48:22.530 --> 00:48:27.090
I played the killer Queen and we
will rock you. Except it was double
566
00:48:27.130 --> 00:48:30.039
casted, so I was in second
cast and so we didn't get as many
567
00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.719
nights as your first class, as
first casted, which I'm not I'm not
568
00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:38.440
mad about, has on better.
But one of the nights another girl was
569
00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:43.949
going on for killer Queen, Julia
Spire. I love her, and I
570
00:48:44.190 --> 00:48:46.030
was like, I still want to
take a back out because I you know,
571
00:48:46.269 --> 00:48:50.590
if you're understudying or if you're in
a part of the second cast,
572
00:48:50.630 --> 00:48:52.989
you don't really get to play more
than one role, just one roll.
573
00:48:52.349 --> 00:48:54.510
Ye, I was like I still
want to be a part of ensemble.
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00:48:54.630 --> 00:48:59.659
So I went out, never have
rehearses before. went out and bowed on
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00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:05.860
stage with ensemble. I got my
own Bokanian outfit and everything and I so
576
00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:13.570
want to superbout it. Oh my
God, why did he say? I
577
00:49:13.730 --> 00:49:17.250
don't know, I was asking you
whether the say about it. Oh well,
578
00:49:19.289 --> 00:49:22.730
I'll tell you the story and then
I'll Tay who he suckers. So
579
00:49:22.090 --> 00:49:25.920
I took a bow with the ensemble. Everything was going great, and so
580
00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:30.920
that's when we I notice all the
girls were running backwards and I was like,
581
00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:35.639
okay, I'll run back leads with
them, and so one of the
582
00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:39.190
main characters, Brendan, who is
playing Britney spears, supposed to be running
583
00:49:39.269 --> 00:49:44.190
up so he could take a solo
bow. I did not see him as
584
00:49:44.230 --> 00:49:46.630
I'm running backward as he's running forward
to take a solo about we hit into
585
00:49:46.710 --> 00:49:51.789
each other and he keeps going to
take his bow because he's a professional,
586
00:49:52.190 --> 00:49:55.659
and I trip over my feet and
I hit the back of my head on
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00:49:55.820 --> 00:50:00.739
one of like the bottom risers and
I kind don't there. Yeah, a
588
00:50:00.860 --> 00:50:04.860
big ouch. I learned my lesson, but I kind of just lied there
589
00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:07.610
for a second and the other ensemble
girls were like my God, are you
590
00:50:07.690 --> 00:50:09.050
okay, like what do we do? We are on stage and I just
591
00:50:09.090 --> 00:50:16.929
kind of bounced up and I was
like who I wobbled off stage. And
592
00:50:17.130 --> 00:50:21.880
then at the end of the day, Mr Pace, when we talked about
593
00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:24.159
it, like after after you know, bows and everything, after the show's
594
00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:28.440
done, Mr Pace was like did
you learny Lasson and I was yeah,
595
00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:36.110
I would lesson to hitizing, but
yeah, and I had to go on
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00:50:36.269 --> 00:50:39.150
and perform the the set for a
second half of the day because wasn't at
597
00:50:39.150 --> 00:50:44.230
n a show. But I recomplaining
I got some eyes and I was fine.
598
00:50:46.829 --> 00:50:54.300
The key. So recently liberties,
then bar so, there's a broaddling
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for racial justice and she's been noticed
for a bunch of raising people. So
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00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:04.969
what would say? What is the
experience like? And I'm just stally curious.
601
00:51:05.170 --> 00:51:09.170
How did you get involved? Oh
my goodness, the experience was extremely
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00:51:09.369 --> 00:51:16.289
surreal. So barby for racial justice
has a website where you can not only
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00:51:16.409 --> 00:51:22.239
donate two different you know, you
can brought donate to Broadway League and other,
604
00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:25.800
you know, foundations that are pushing
towards, you know, racial equality,
605
00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:31.039
but they also have, you know, auditions and scholarship opportunities that are
606
00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:37.590
specifically allotted to POC performers, but
specifically, because it's black history months,
607
00:51:37.750 --> 00:51:40.630
to black performers. And so I
was in rolling for a lot of their
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00:51:40.670 --> 00:51:46.699
scholarships and a lot of there like
auditions and stuff like that, and I
609
00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:51.179
saw this this little thing, I
don't even remember what it was called,
610
00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:53.860
but it was talking. It was
just like a pop up window and it
611
00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:58.139
was basically like see, so we
see you've been here quite a bit,
612
00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:00.340
we see you've been starting our page. Would you feel this out? And
613
00:52:00.769 --> 00:52:06.050
I just put my name, my
pronouns the picture of myself and then they
614
00:52:06.090 --> 00:52:08.769
asked me a couple of questions about
like what, like what? What's it
615
00:52:08.889 --> 00:52:14.570
like doing theater and it's Covid?
What is something that you've had to learn
616
00:52:14.570 --> 00:52:16.880
about yourself and your art form?
And just like a few different questions,
617
00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:22.320
and I answered them and I didn't
think anything of it. And then all
618
00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:25.000
of a sudden they followed me,
and you know, in the month of
619
00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:30.349
February, and I was like,
Oh what, they fuck, Oh my
620
00:52:30.469 --> 00:52:31.630
God, and I was feelings a
little bit and I was like, I
621
00:52:31.710 --> 00:52:36.230
have no idea. This as an
accident, because I have had famous people
622
00:52:36.269 --> 00:52:37.829
follow me by accident. And I'm
like, you know what, I'm not
623
00:52:37.909 --> 00:52:40.030
going to correct it, I'm not
going to email them, I'm not going
624
00:52:40.110 --> 00:52:45.940
to I'm just gonna Bask in this
quarry. And then the next day I
625
00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:50.099
wake up to a bunch of notifications
people who, like many wrap, has
626
00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:52.780
supposed to do Broadway, Social Broadway
for racial justice. I put you on
627
00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:57.579
her and trip all like this person
repposed to do. I'm I just what
628
00:52:58.650 --> 00:53:05.010
want and then I go on my
phone. Excuse me, there's a little
629
00:53:05.090 --> 00:53:08.769
picture of me and it was really, really cool that I was made an
630
00:53:08.809 --> 00:53:14.320
ambassador and that they just were trying
to amplify my voice in my art and
631
00:53:14.840 --> 00:53:20.880
especially being amongst other people who the
girl who is in the same slide with
632
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:25.519
me, Maya, she's part of
jacked little pill, like she's on Broadway
633
00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:30.670
and all the people that are also
on Broadway are like ambassadors for Broadway,
634
00:53:30.710 --> 00:53:34.429
for racial justice, and they're like, oh, we'll throw this girl.
635
00:53:34.469 --> 00:53:39.309
And there too I was hinching myself. I see people from Hamilton, people
636
00:53:39.389 --> 00:53:45.900
are dying a little Pale, people
from freaking mean girls like just people from
637
00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:50.019
Mulan Rouge are ambassadors for Broadway,
the racial justice and then they were like
638
00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:57.690
and liberty. Yeah, like what
really to me out was so in middle
639
00:53:57.769 --> 00:54:00.730
school I was obsessed with the Chicago
cast of Hamilton to the point where I'm
640
00:54:00.730 --> 00:54:06.650
like friends with them, and on
the guys was named Shiad Williams and he's
641
00:54:06.650 --> 00:54:09.280
always like hrying guys and we got
kind of close and everything, and he
642
00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:14.880
liked it. I was like,
Oh my Gosh, rod knows liberty what's
643
00:54:14.920 --> 00:54:19.119
like. You know, I'm absolutely
freaking out. The person I was just
644
00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:22.119
telling you about, whose huge inspiration
of mind, Celia rose good and also
645
00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:27.110
reposted me. She also liked the
photo. I was like, you're kidding,
646
00:54:27.349 --> 00:54:36.429
I'm going to hope on myself.
I'm sorry, that's girls. Honestly,
647
00:54:36.510 --> 00:54:37.940
that was me. One Ring.
We followed me. Oh Yeah,
648
00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:42.820
Reneali school to be fellow. was
she only? I think, how many
649
00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:46.460
fans does she actually follow, though? You, me and the first one
650
00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:51.019
to l after Mayer. So she
followed them. Then she followed Nellie,
651
00:54:51.139 --> 00:54:53.730
then me, then Elliott. You
followed called her. I was the first
652
00:54:53.769 --> 00:54:59.769
one she followed, after her nieces. Yeah, Nelly and I noticed and
653
00:54:59.849 --> 00:55:02.130
then like it's probably just another fan
account. And then we actually lived in
654
00:55:02.170 --> 00:55:07.280
it with her. Well, she
had a private account at first, and
655
00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:09.400
then we and like we had to
follow them all, like Oh, I'm
656
00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:13.679
gonna follow them and and I was
like I'm going to call just her.
657
00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:15.639
Yeah, we I had my doubts
and I'm like, but I'll follow too,
658
00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:19.719
just to kind of see. I
was trying to prove Nellie wrong that
659
00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:22.550
it wasn't rene. I was proven
rack. I was in the middle of
660
00:55:22.630 --> 00:55:27.750
watching Hamilton, I was watching my
shot and I looked down at my phone.
661
00:55:27.789 --> 00:55:30.150
I was like, Rene, Le
Schools hard following your ask. No,
662
00:55:30.309 --> 00:55:35.780
it was real last gold. Yeah, and I was like it's probably
663
00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:37.739
not her. And then I saw
Kayla's video and said, guys, go
664
00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:42.300
follow my aunt at Nalis gold and
I was like, oh my gosh,
665
00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:47.619
that's her. Yeah, yeah,
that is so cool. This is what
666
00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:52.250
happens when you get bored and look
up people's names in the middle of the
667
00:55:52.289 --> 00:56:00.130
night, just watch videos about them
and you find their actual accounts. You
668
00:56:00.250 --> 00:56:05.840
may laugh, but it works.
Why didn't work? I still can't believe
669
00:56:05.880 --> 00:56:08.519
that the only reason I found out
Karen had a tick tock was by her
670
00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:13.320
liking my post. Wait, you
want to tell her about what happened to
671
00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:15.039
hugs them? Okay, so do
you know who Andrea? Wait, we
672
00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:20.949
already talked about Andrea, but anyway, so Andrea Burns and her husband Flynn,
673
00:56:21.349 --> 00:56:24.590
or Peter Flynn, sorry, set
his name backwards, Um Peter.
674
00:56:25.070 --> 00:56:31.269
So Andrea and Peter have a son
named Hudson and he for the longest time
675
00:56:31.389 --> 00:56:35.900
on my old instagram account, he
would go back and forth between like blocking
676
00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:38.059
me, on blocking me, blocking
me on blocking me, and now he
677
00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:46.929
just gives me anxiety in general.
And so he I was scrolling through or
678
00:56:47.010 --> 00:56:53.090
I made a tick tock video like
last year and it was just a fan
679
00:56:53.250 --> 00:56:59.090
video and I was like, with
the sound high, I'm Ryan and my
680
00:56:59.329 --> 00:57:01.880
life is kind of crazy or something
like. That's the end of it.
681
00:57:02.320 --> 00:57:07.880
And I made that like as a
fan video with Andrea and Peter with the
682
00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:15.309
green screen. And almost a year
later, Hudson finds it on his for
683
00:57:15.550 --> 00:57:22.230
you page and liked it for you
and I freaked out and then I made
684
00:57:22.269 --> 00:57:25.190
as cause daughter and then, yeah, so it's true. She said it
685
00:57:25.269 --> 00:57:30.179
was actually him and not just like
a fan account or whatever. Julie also
686
00:57:30.300 --> 00:57:34.739
follows me. I love her.
Trying to set her up. Yeah,
687
00:57:35.139 --> 00:57:37.579
Nell, he's been trying to set
me up with seth through Deetski's daughter,
688
00:57:37.619 --> 00:57:42.980
are Ye, and I wouldn't be
a post match made in heaven. I
689
00:57:43.019 --> 00:57:51.369
wouldn't be opposed because she is pansexual
and I'm gay, and it works.
690
00:57:51.929 --> 00:57:55.929
She has gay DADS and I have
gay MOMS. So, like, is
691
00:57:57.010 --> 00:58:00.960
it meant to be or what?
I have to say? I think it
692
00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:06.639
is. I think get it.
She does. She does like stick and
693
00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:09.360
poke tattoos and they look really good. I let her give me a tattoo,
694
00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:15.670
honestly, because her her tattoos are
so pretty and she does them all
695
00:58:15.750 --> 00:58:20.590
herself. So I would totally let
her give me a tattoo. Your first
696
00:58:20.630 --> 00:58:25.230
date could be her giving you tattoos. I don't know, I think that's
697
00:58:25.230 --> 00:58:29.420
a good idea. I don't think
she could do the te or the Tattoo.
698
00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:30.659
I don't know if she could do
the tattoo that I want to get
699
00:58:30.699 --> 00:58:37.420
first, which is a just the
outline of my Iguanda's foot. I don't
700
00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:39.460
know if you call on Iguana's foot
a paw, so I just call it
701
00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:49.690
a foot, a flipper. Know
that a seal? This is a lizard.
702
00:58:52.090 --> 00:58:55.079
Oh my God, he's doubles blooting. Sorry, he's over on the
703
00:58:57.079 --> 00:59:00.599
chair in my living room and or
color the room. His name is King,
704
00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:07.719
after King George, because Hamilton,
but he has two names, King
705
00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:15.230
Oos Nabby, because in the heights. So cute. He's. Okay,
706
00:59:15.750 --> 00:59:24.179
Saby. He's also four feet long. He's he's a giant Lizard. That
707
00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:30.539
is horrified. Not Really. He's
not very grown it either. You're will
708
00:59:30.579 --> 00:59:37.099
grown it look six feet. I
don't know why, but KARENA leavo tends
709
00:59:37.139 --> 00:59:40.889
to like my posts when I post
pictures of my pets and tag her.
710
00:59:45.170 --> 00:59:47.889
Yeah, he's just such a sweetheart. Oh my goodness, I love Kree
711
00:59:50.130 --> 00:59:54.679
you could go back in time and
stern any garblay musical or in any cast
712
00:59:54.840 --> 01:00:00.119
of any barbery musical. What would
you like to do if I could go
713
01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:10.550
back in time? Yes, okay, oh my gosh, this might be
714
01:00:10.630 --> 01:00:19.389
a little bit controversial, but and
the thank I really do love this show.
715
01:00:19.630 --> 01:00:22.420
It shows I'm not sure if you
get here all of that rockets on
716
01:00:22.579 --> 01:00:28.900
back. I'm so sorry. I
I'm sitting next to a really big one.
717
01:00:28.940 --> 01:00:32.460
Don't do it, I don't think
I there's not a lot of black
718
01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:37.650
people of Golden Age Music. Both. Yeah, because during the Golden Ages,
719
01:00:37.530 --> 01:00:42.690
you know, when those musical were
popular, you know segregation as well
720
01:00:42.690 --> 01:00:46.010
as you know people putting black people
and roles that were specifically you know,
721
01:00:46.130 --> 01:00:52.199
the mammy role or other very race
caricatures who are popular. But I would
722
01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:58.320
I every thing is I love Golden
Age Musicals. I love big skirts and
723
01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:04.949
just beautiful soundtracks. I would absolutely
love to be a part of kissing cakes.
724
01:01:05.309 --> 01:01:09.630
Oh yeah, as as Kate,
you know if God kind of sexy
725
01:01:09.710 --> 01:01:15.710
show. I Oh my God,
I love that show. I love at
726
01:01:15.750 --> 01:01:21.500
score. I've only ever heard one
song from that during my so in my
727
01:01:21.619 --> 01:01:25.820
senior year of high school I took
a four week class, like it was
728
01:01:25.820 --> 01:01:31.340
an intensive and it was at the
like theater, just like the public theater
729
01:01:31.619 --> 01:01:37.090
or whatever. Well, the only
theater up in like the strap strass for
730
01:01:37.170 --> 01:01:44.530
us, I don't know, but
like just at this only theater in Middlebury,
731
01:01:44.809 --> 01:01:50.559
which is one of the towns in
Vermont. And so I did a
732
01:01:50.679 --> 01:01:53.760
four week intensive course. So it
was only on Mondays, but the class
733
01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:59.280
was like four hours long, so
I'd get there at five and be done
734
01:01:59.280 --> 01:02:04.150
at nine. Oh, yeah,
I've done one of those. I yeah.
735
01:02:04.190 --> 01:02:12.150
And so it was called the history
of Broadway and one of the musicals
736
01:02:12.230 --> 01:02:15.860
we touched on was kiss me Kate, and I did that for history class,
737
01:02:15.739 --> 01:02:22.179
but my school paid for it.
So I went to a school where
738
01:02:22.179 --> 01:02:25.420
I could like choose what I did
for school. So I pretty much I
739
01:02:27.139 --> 01:02:30.530
I'm obsessed with broadways, so might
teacher my English. I only really had
740
01:02:30.570 --> 01:02:37.809
two teachers at this school and I'm
going to shout them out real quick because
741
01:02:37.050 --> 01:02:44.090
they're amazing. So their names are
Lisa and Debbie, and I will definitely
742
01:02:44.090 --> 01:02:52.480
be sending them this episode because I
love her. But we we got to
743
01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:55.920
go to this class so I went
with my teacher, Debbie, who is
744
01:02:57.039 --> 01:03:04.269
amazing. I love her. And
Yeah, the last night, think,
745
01:03:04.630 --> 01:03:08.349
the final show we talked about at
in this course. Also, most of
746
01:03:08.429 --> 01:03:12.590
the people that took this course were
in there, like s and S.
747
01:03:13.019 --> 01:03:17.300
I was the only teenager there.
Everybody else had white hair and I'm just
748
01:03:17.460 --> 01:03:21.940
over here with dyed black hair.
Actually know, I think it was pink
749
01:03:21.980 --> 01:03:25.940
at the time, but anyway,
I just had dyed pink hair and I
750
01:03:27.059 --> 01:03:30.809
was the only one without white hair. But the last show we talked about
751
01:03:31.449 --> 01:03:36.690
was Hamilton and we watched a clip
from Hamilton and I recorded it on my
752
01:03:36.809 --> 01:03:39.250
phone and tweeted it and tagged Chris
because it was part of one last time,
753
01:03:39.289 --> 01:03:45.119
I think, I can't remember,
and he liked it and I cried.
754
01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:50.679
But yeah, we just we talked
about so much and I learned that
755
01:03:50.880 --> 01:03:55.230
the first show to ever have an
original Broadway cast recording was actually Oklahoma.
756
01:03:55.269 --> 01:04:00.269
Yep, it is such a good
show. That's what I'm a show.
757
01:04:00.309 --> 01:04:05.309
I've really like to be a part
of Oklahoma. I've only heard like a
758
01:04:05.389 --> 01:04:11.699
snippet from it, but yeah,
so this is the last question I'm going
759
01:04:11.780 --> 01:04:15.780
to ask before I pass it over
to fry, and part of this is
760
01:04:15.019 --> 01:04:18.860
something had been wanted to know since
last year. So the first part is,
761
01:04:19.420 --> 01:04:23.380
what was that song? We had
to be we did as war most
762
01:04:23.579 --> 01:04:27.489
where. I was like a guy, Diby Day, I read. Day,
763
01:04:27.610 --> 01:04:33.130
I don't I say we did drinkside
show and you always would lead it
764
01:04:33.170 --> 01:04:39.639
and I was like that a day, Dady, day I did. I've
765
01:04:39.679 --> 01:04:43.960
been trying to find it for a
year. But is the consonant song.
766
01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:50.880
So okay. So you just sing
like constants that are like widely used instead
767
01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:59.309
of like in in musical theater.
So like it was a babby aby by
768
01:04:59.429 --> 01:05:02.110
Bay Bo you bead, you buy
Boeoo, Boo, B you buy boo
769
01:05:02.190 --> 01:05:05.989
boo, Boo boo, and then
you switch into a different continent it,
770
01:05:06.030 --> 01:05:16.619
which is so ch okay. It's
second part is what is your favorite vocal
771
01:05:16.739 --> 01:05:23.090
warm up? Oh my gosh,
I have so many. Also saying my
772
01:05:23.170 --> 01:05:31.130
favorite. My favorite vocal warm up
if flips in between lip trills, sirens,
773
01:05:31.849 --> 01:05:36.840
oaker lip trills are like, especially
because I'm going to be thing to
774
01:05:38.199 --> 01:05:42.639
New York soon. I and I
have like a pretty small space, but
775
01:05:42.719 --> 01:05:45.599
anytime I say like if you are
there's literally a window right here. If
776
01:05:45.679 --> 01:05:48.880
you are outside of my house,
you will hear me. If you are
777
01:05:49.070 --> 01:05:51.469
in the living room, you will
hear me, and Mama is always like,
778
01:05:51.750 --> 01:05:55.230
could you please shut up, please
just shut up. And so whatever
779
01:05:55.269 --> 01:05:59.989
I try and do, like warmups, my go too is a good long
780
01:06:00.110 --> 01:06:03.269
lip trill because it's quiet, doesn't
really anybody gets the job done. And
781
01:06:03.420 --> 01:06:11.019
then sirens are my favorite because I
am I'm like a Mezzo Soprano and sometimes
782
01:06:11.219 --> 01:06:15.860
into my upper range is harder.
Yeah, so that's just like one quick
783
01:06:15.900 --> 01:06:20.130
way that I can add said voice
as well as my chest voice to create
784
01:06:20.250 --> 01:06:24.969
a kind of Nice mixed belt.
Oh, as well as the hey exercise
785
01:06:25.369 --> 01:06:30.130
we've been doing, the drills go
like sirens ever inside Joe for like every
786
01:06:30.250 --> 01:06:33.719
curring. So they've been a really
good so much fun. Yeah, I
787
01:06:33.920 --> 01:06:39.440
loved it. Right, right,
your curr. Okay, yeah, so,
788
01:06:42.360 --> 01:06:47.550
okay, crap, I don't I
couldn't find my the like where I
789
01:06:47.590 --> 01:06:51.349
wrote down the questions, but I
think I have the momentorized. So these
790
01:06:51.389 --> 01:06:58.110
are about covid and like how it's
affected you and such. So, and
791
01:06:58.909 --> 01:07:02.139
I do say this to everyone I've
interviewed, I ask everybody these questions.
792
01:07:02.460 --> 01:07:08.179
These questions and if any of them
make you uncomfortable, please tell me and
793
01:07:08.380 --> 01:07:13.539
we can skip that one and just
move on to the next. So the
794
01:07:13.659 --> 01:07:18.809
first question is, how has covid
affected school? Oh my God, girl,
795
01:07:20.130 --> 01:07:25.170
Covid has been kicked in my ass. I see the language and school.
796
01:07:25.889 --> 01:07:32.519
Um No, I am pretty sure. I think being in part of
797
01:07:32.559 --> 01:07:40.920
quarantine and being forced to be alone
has really showed me a lot about myself
798
01:07:41.000 --> 01:07:45.150
and it showed you like that.
I you know, my work ethic is
799
01:07:45.190 --> 01:07:46.469
not as great as I thought it
once was, but at the same time,
800
01:07:46.510 --> 01:07:49.070
I feel like a lot of people
are feeling like that, like we're
801
01:07:49.150 --> 01:07:54.750
in we are a midst a literal
goal will pandemic. The world is falling
802
01:07:54.829 --> 01:07:59.500
apart and ripping. You know,
is ripping at it, seems. Global
803
01:07:59.539 --> 01:08:05.219
warming also is, yeah, terrorizing
the world. It's snowing in Saudio or
804
01:08:05.219 --> 01:08:12.929
Radia, it's snowing in Texas,
like what's the world is going crazy and
805
01:08:13.170 --> 01:08:15.890
even though it's going creative, I
feel like like we, we as Americans,
806
01:08:15.890 --> 01:08:20.250
are so conditioned to believe that our
value is amidst to how much work
807
01:08:20.409 --> 01:08:24.649
we do and the product of our
work. So, wow, my work,
808
01:08:24.770 --> 01:08:28.319
and specifically in school, has not
been the hottest. I also have
809
01:08:28.520 --> 01:08:31.000
to take a step back and be
like, liberty, do you see what's
810
01:08:31.039 --> 01:08:33.800
happening in the world, and not
only in the world, in your life
811
01:08:33.920 --> 01:08:38.560
personally? So much change and craziness
is going on. Even though your grades
812
01:08:38.560 --> 01:08:41.119
are not the best. It's important
to remind myself, and I want to
813
01:08:41.159 --> 01:08:45.069
remind you, know, the listeners, that it's okay to take a step
814
01:08:45.149 --> 01:08:47.590
back, it's okay not to be
okay, Homie, like do what you
815
01:08:47.710 --> 01:08:51.750
need to do to fix whatever's going
on in your mind so you can be
816
01:08:51.909 --> 01:08:57.340
better in your career and in school. So I would definitely say covid has
817
01:08:57.699 --> 01:09:03.340
affected my school work and has been
kicking my ass, but it's also taught
818
01:09:03.420 --> 01:09:08.579
me to, you know, respect
my mental health and give myself here basin
819
01:09:08.699 --> 01:09:12.810
room to just not be okay and
to, you know, Lick my wounds.
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01:09:13.050 --> 01:09:17.170
So I don't refer. told you
it would, but when sly joke
821
01:09:17.250 --> 01:09:21.609
on canceled, I cud for an
hour straight. No, yeah, I'm
822
01:09:21.689 --> 01:09:29.920
so sure by maybe I hope next
year you got to show rating. I
823
01:09:30.039 --> 01:09:32.920
think I'm audition. I think I'm
cleving on audition for the play too.
824
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You should. They're fun, but
I get what you said about mental health.
825
01:09:40.350 --> 01:09:47.590
For coup my mental health has not
been okay. So thank you for
826
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saying mental health, Nelle, because
that is the next question. How has
827
01:09:50.590 --> 01:09:54.899
covid affected your mental health? And
again, if it's two personal we can
828
01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:59.579
skip it now. It's okay.
I'm an a whole open book girl friend.
829
01:10:00.939 --> 01:10:06.369
So on the topic of mental health, I think a lot of like,
830
01:10:06.729 --> 01:10:10.970
like I said before, like,
especially as Americans, we are extremely
831
01:10:11.090 --> 01:10:14.010
conditioned to be like go, go, go, go. What is the
832
01:10:14.130 --> 01:10:16.130
next project? And, like I
was said a little bit before, like
833
01:10:16.409 --> 01:10:21.600
Covid has forced everyone inside, is
force everyone just solitude, and so all
834
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you can do is thank and the
COVID has definitely like you're not even covid,
835
01:10:30.840 --> 01:10:35.229
but babally lockdown. has showed me
that I can't continue me like making
836
01:10:35.350 --> 01:10:43.109
distractions for myself and I have to
like be better about managing what's hurting me
837
01:10:43.430 --> 01:10:45.869
and, you know, focusing on
that. And one of the biggest things
838
01:10:45.869 --> 01:10:50.340
that I got into over code,
over that Covid, but over quarantine,
839
01:10:50.699 --> 01:10:56.779
is manifestation, because I found that
a lot of the time I was focusing
840
01:10:56.979 --> 01:11:00.020
on you know, when I when
I wasn't distracted, I was focusing on
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01:11:00.140 --> 01:11:05.289
the past and things that I could
not change and that was wrecking my emotions
842
01:11:05.449 --> 01:11:10.689
and my mental health. And so
what I started doing is I started trying
843
01:11:10.770 --> 01:11:15.090
to forgive myself and the past,
things that I can't change, my mommy,
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the past things that I can't change, and I've also been trying to
845
01:11:18.600 --> 01:11:23.720
focus on future, things that I
can do that are tangible, that I
846
01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:28.479
can do to make not only myself
better, but my life and the other
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01:11:28.600 --> 01:11:31.989
people in my life better. So
I've been journaling, I've I have I
848
01:11:32.229 --> 01:11:36.829
love planning things out so much to
the future. Oh my God, it's
849
01:11:36.989 --> 01:11:42.470
one of the best things that I've
I've done. Yeah, like having a
850
01:11:42.630 --> 01:11:46.109
planner and just reminding myself that,
while today sucked, there's a tomorrow and
851
01:11:46.260 --> 01:11:51.060
you got this, and like manifesting
the life that I know I'm going to
852
01:11:51.260 --> 01:11:55.779
have. You know what I'm saying. You always bring so much optionism and
853
01:11:55.979 --> 01:11:59.539
tomorrow life. Miss Nelly, I'm
in love with you. Thank you.
854
01:11:59.739 --> 01:12:04.170
I love you through you too.
All right, so I know there were
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01:12:04.289 --> 01:12:08.930
five questions, but I can't remember
two of them, so I'm just going
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to ask the third one and probably
call that the last of the covid questions
857
01:12:12.970 --> 01:12:16.479
because I can't remember the other two, one about family and one about following
858
01:12:16.520 --> 01:12:19.520
your dreams. Okay, yeah,
there were only four. Okay, I
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01:12:19.640 --> 01:12:26.239
was wrong, but welcome. How
has covid off did your family or how
860
01:12:26.279 --> 01:12:30.590
has it impacted your family? Wow, that's a really great question. So
861
01:12:30.869 --> 01:12:35.149
I'm able to get a little bit
personal, you know. So at the
862
01:12:35.229 --> 01:12:40.029
beginning of covid everyone started talking about
how a lot of people, who would
863
01:12:40.430 --> 01:12:44.659
you know, we're more subsceptable to
get it. Getting it are. What
864
01:12:44.859 --> 01:12:49.619
is the what I'm looking for?
Pre Con preconditions, existing conditions. Yes,
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01:12:49.779 --> 01:12:57.020
you have existing conditions. That's what
I'm sense to say. And my
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01:12:57.180 --> 01:13:00.250
mom, she sadly has one of
those pre existing conditions. And so,
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01:13:00.970 --> 01:13:05.569
like, while everyone was doing you
know, social distancing and and stuff like
868
01:13:05.649 --> 01:13:09.369
that, like as soon as we
heard about Covid, as soon as you
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01:13:09.489 --> 01:13:12.810
know, because my mom is also
a nurse, as soon as we heard
870
01:13:12.850 --> 01:13:16.960
about this and you know, stuff
started getting around inside of her her like
871
01:13:17.279 --> 01:13:20.760
her nursing ward and the area.
She was like we we can't, we
872
01:13:20.880 --> 01:13:30.510
have to quarantine and it's it's definitely
affected my family and I found that me
873
01:13:30.630 --> 01:13:33.909
and my sister have had to grow
up a little bit faster than we have
874
01:13:34.109 --> 01:13:39.149
wanted to. Kind of sucks.
About the same time, I'm I'm a
875
01:13:39.189 --> 01:13:42.819
Jan I'm fine, I'm going to
become an adult sooner or later. And
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01:13:45.420 --> 01:13:47.859
so, yeah, we've been forced
into solitude, which is not a bad
877
01:13:47.939 --> 01:13:53.220
thing, but I have to say
it really taught me and my family how
878
01:13:53.340 --> 01:13:59.609
to again face a lot of things
that we haven't been because we've been distracted
879
01:13:59.649 --> 01:14:03.729
by everyday life and just learning how
to problem solve with each other and just
880
01:14:04.409 --> 01:14:10.760
become genuinely like not only family members, but like friends. It's just me,
881
01:14:10.880 --> 01:14:15.079
my sister, my mom, but
I would have to say it's strengthen
882
01:14:15.199 --> 01:14:21.000
our relationship a lot. So yeah, and so the last question is how
883
01:14:21.159 --> 01:14:29.270
has covid affected following or pursuing your
dreams? Oh, my cheapers, I
884
01:14:29.390 --> 01:14:34.029
would have to say it has forced
me to become more Internet savvy, which
885
01:14:34.069 --> 01:14:38.739
is important. It's always important to
make connections. That's the biggest thing that
886
01:14:38.819 --> 01:14:43.020
they teach you when you go into
the industry is that connections, connections,
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01:14:43.100 --> 01:14:45.579
connections, networking, talking to other
people. Did it a stuff like that.
888
01:14:46.220 --> 01:14:50.819
And while I like at the beginning
of let's oar before Covid, I
889
01:14:50.939 --> 01:14:58.489
really wasn't into the idea of making
friends with people solely to Ben get at
890
01:14:58.529 --> 01:15:00.210
some sort of benefit from it.
That, like, I did not like
891
01:15:00.409 --> 01:15:05.130
that idea at all. And so
what, you know, being of hard
892
01:15:05.170 --> 01:15:10.159
quarantine and Covid and you know,
this entire experience has really forced me to,
893
01:15:10.840 --> 01:15:15.800
you know, become more Internet savvy
and kind of like a byproduct of
894
01:15:15.880 --> 01:15:19.439
that has been talking to people on
the Internet and exploring avenues of art that
895
01:15:19.560 --> 01:15:25.630
I otherwise wouldn't have if it wasn't
for this crazy virus. Like I don't
896
01:15:25.630 --> 01:15:29.350
think I ever would have been an
ambassador for Broadway for racial justice. I
897
01:15:29.390 --> 01:15:31.430
don't think I would have ever got
a chance to speak with one of my
898
01:15:31.630 --> 01:15:33.909
heroes, N A rap. I
don't think I've ever would have been a
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01:15:33.949 --> 01:15:38.619
part of my first professional production,
heathers, and get paid for it if
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01:15:38.699 --> 01:15:42.739
I hadn't, you know, made
the switch to being more, you know,
901
01:15:43.060 --> 01:15:46.779
Internet inclined. So yeah, I
kind of like tearing about this Cuz
902
01:15:47.100 --> 01:15:51.090
even though we go we both go
to Sam School, same arts program,
903
01:15:51.649 --> 01:15:59.210
we have totally different like situations now, because you're one of the board members
904
01:15:59.329 --> 01:16:02.529
for a theater, but you're online
to do that and I'm kind of like
905
01:16:02.890 --> 01:16:08.039
I'm in person, but I don't
really get to be close and do as
906
01:16:08.079 --> 01:16:11.920
much things as I got to do
last year. So it's very unique.
907
01:16:12.640 --> 01:16:18.710
It's everything that we knew about life
prea. It is being flipped on its
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01:16:18.710 --> 01:16:23.670
heed. Come from. Yeah,
and looks like as it was, you
909
01:16:23.829 --> 01:16:27.630
know, like, yeah, snowing
in Texas, anything as possible. Yeah,
910
01:16:30.470 --> 01:16:36.300
yeah, true, yeah, and
those are all the covid questions.
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01:16:39.220 --> 01:16:45.500
But yeah, so guys, if
any if anyone's in our area, please
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01:16:45.739 --> 01:16:49.930
go check out liberty in twins with
Fanuel. Put Them County Spelling Be April,
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01:16:50.850 --> 01:16:55.890
eighth, ninth and ten, I
believe. Yes, ma'am. Okay,
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01:16:55.890 --> 01:16:57.609
I just know I'm going to be
there opening. All right, that's
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01:16:57.649 --> 01:17:00.479
all I know. Oh my gosh, thank you so much for having me.
916
01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:05.159
Thank you for coming on as thank
you. This is actually the longest
917
01:17:05.239 --> 01:17:11.199
episode we've ever done. It's over
one hour and sixteen minutes. The most,
918
01:17:11.319 --> 01:17:15.119
I think the longest one we've ever
done was like fifty minutes. So
919
01:17:15.390 --> 01:17:21.109
thank you. I am honored.
I interested years off. I think this
920
01:17:21.350 --> 01:17:25.109
is my favorite episode two records of
Fur. I said that every week,
921
01:17:25.229 --> 01:17:30.020
but they did. These episodes just
keep getting better. Yeah, yeah,
922
01:17:30.300 --> 01:17:34.100
thank you so much. I would
love to do this again. Yeah,
923
01:17:34.260 --> 01:17:39.100
cheap. Yeah, it was so
nice to meet you. Rightank you.
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01:17:39.260 --> 01:17:45.090
It was nice to you. I
need to I want to see you again
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01:17:45.130 --> 01:17:46.890
in person. Yes, we have. We Hang. When? When are
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01:17:46.970 --> 01:17:51.010
you? When do you come for
oursels, because I'm no, because I've
927
01:17:51.409 --> 01:17:56.329
tried to wait by the theater to
seek here, but counter horses on this
928
01:17:56.569 --> 01:18:00.760
day. Oh my God, when
are you going to be? When do
929
01:18:00.840 --> 01:18:06.800
you get there like normally to Oh, okay, yeah, I should be
930
01:18:06.840 --> 01:18:13.710
able to wave. Yeah, or
are I have bottled the books Monday,
931
01:18:14.149 --> 01:18:18.630
but we don't really start till too
so I could just like you just come
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01:18:18.670 --> 01:18:25.829
by the library on your way.
That's the end of the year. I
933
01:18:25.909 --> 01:18:29.460
want a picture with you for the
end of year. I want a picture.
934
01:18:30.180 --> 01:18:34.340
I had a er so much.
Yeah, I think you so much.
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01:18:34.500 --> 01:18:40.100
Wrapping me on, guys, I'm
so glad that I was. Nellie
936
01:18:40.460 --> 01:18:45.449
is the cohost now and because now
we get to do so much more than
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01:18:45.489 --> 01:18:48.170
we could before. Well, then
I could doing it by myself. So
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01:18:49.369 --> 01:18:57.000
big ground of applause for Nellie.
Yeah, the prettiest. I think I
939
01:18:57.159 --> 01:19:01.279
was your last MVP. I think
I was. Yeah, you were your
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01:19:01.319 --> 01:19:05.600
last would be. I was very
happy about getting it. I work so
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01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:10.189
hard to get it. You'll be
in the first and the last. Girlfriend.
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01:19:10.750 --> 01:19:15.909
All right, guys, walk my
dog now. Thank you for us.
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01:19:18.630 --> 01:19:27.180
All right, hope. Little boxes
on the hill side, the little
944
01:19:27.340 --> 01:19:32.819
boxes made a ticky tacky. Little
boxes on the hills side, little boxes
945
01:19:33.260 --> 01:19:39.609
all the same. There's a pink
one and the green one and a blue
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01:19:39.850 --> 01:19:45.250
one and a yellow one and they're
all made out of Ticky tacky and they
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01:19:45.369 --> 01:19:46.010
all look just the same.
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Hat Down Cross town, live in
lack of rock star spend a lot of
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money on my brand new get up. Babies gotta have it down and rains
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and Fanny Sports Bros run down rode
only my mother Radi Sports. Hello,
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my dreamers, and welcome to my
little corner, right. Hi, welcome.
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Now he's going to be asking the
majority of the questions. So yeah,
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that's so cool. Hey, yeah, Hey, what's up? How
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did your states go? I saw
you were filming that stuff. Thank you.
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Stays was really well, I sorry, I think I mean district.
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State doesn't happen yet. Oh,
I thought, I thought I saw you
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were having the film the states videos. Yeah, oh my God, videos,
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but they haven't happened yet. Happened
and I got top honors that district.
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So that's where I'm going. So
I'm really excited. I'm just going
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to apologize for the Feisty Little Guy
that I have with me. My shower
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isn't draining very well, but I
don't want him stuck in his carrier all
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afternoon. So thought he t is
so keyt. Wait, who is your
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little friend? He is a foster
failed ferret. So foster film means that
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I adopted him. Oh my God, he's so cute with his name your
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guy, after a departed band member. He passed away in two thousand and
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eighteen. So I got. Well, he's like I didn't personally know the
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band member. He was from one
of my favorite bands, walk off the
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earth. So he's very feisty.
He's not used to being out of the
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bathroom. I usually just go in
and sit in there with him. So
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key, and I'm also harness training
him, so he's very confused right now.
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Oh so, for all the the
listeners, rise currently holding a tiny
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little ferret man and he has a
little harness on him and a leash and
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it's the cutest thing in the world. Oh my God, he's very he's
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struggling to learn how to walk in
this thing, but he's a cutie.
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I believe in are settled down.
Yeah, he yawned. He just yawned.
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We need to make him a his
own little manifestation board. We need
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to manifest for him. That's so
cute. Oh my God, he might
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have a little instagram. He does. Haven't. Oh, he does,
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but I'm not going to share.
Go on pluget Oh because, yeah,
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nobody my family really knows yet.
Hi, thank you. Just gave me
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kiss. So, for the listeners, this is liberty Mac. She is
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a representative for Bradley for Racial Justice. She is currently a senior and one
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of the International Thespian Society Board members
for HS. Theater Arts to previde your
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seven and today we are have her
on here to ask her some questions about
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theater and how covid has affected her
life and all of that jazzy. I'm
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so happy to be here. I'm
so glad that Nelly asked me to ask
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you to be on because, yeah, yes, it's going to be great.
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All right. So my first question
for you, Liberty. So you've
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been doing theater for a while now
and my question is, how did you
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get into it and when did you
start? Okay, so this is kind
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of a hashtagged, little bit sad
story. So, but it's going to
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be happy in the end. You
guys, you know that I'm still alive
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and you know you're seeing me at
the end of the story, or I
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think. I think this is like
the climacting part of my story, but
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whatever, I'll just start and tell
it. So, growing up, I
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did not have your best financial means
and like stability and time of life.
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And so our local church was doing
like this outreach project and during the December
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months they're like, okay, well, we'll put on like a scrooge the
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musical or and so I was like
in elementary school at the time and I
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was all. I knows that I
liked saying a lot, like a lot,
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and so I audition. They're like
you're really good. What? And
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so I that was like my first
role that I've ever done, as well
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as my first lead, lead role
I never did. I played Brenda Crotchet.
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Yep, that was her literal name, and she was tiny Tim's sister.
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And here's the thing. Other children
had audition, but they no offense,
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no offense to the other children.
They were an ensemble. All of
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tiny tims, all other brothers and
sisters, had to be played by adults
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except for me. Oh my gosh, that's Amazome. And so from that
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point on, and I literally had
one line and I still remember it,
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it was like we were preparing the
scene for tiny Tim and my dad to
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come home and that's when I had
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Daddy's coming, and then run to
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of my own. But yeah,
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I did tech for one of the
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little kids musicals did this Christmas and
was adorable. It's truly magical. They
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like a part of your first show, no matter like what like area you're
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in, you know. Yeah,
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like so silly. My first show
was alice in Wonderland Jr and like I
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never knew what musical theater was before
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I've never done anything theater because,
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one school had theater and the other
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like my main school and I only
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yeah, so, unfortunately I never
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country don't prioritize the art when genuinely, I can say without a doubt,
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like the art saved my life and
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kids like didn't get to experience what
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like the golfering of our lives,
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so she said that a lot of
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but spelt thh EA tree arts.
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which is the state that I live
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a very uncultured farming state, or
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because we did just regular like theater, thch eat er arts, like
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either we are just a very uncultured
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mean I think I actually don't know
the answer to this, and it's like
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of which one spelled like correctly.
But like I know, like when you
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read it, you say it like
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like Fitch A, and your theater, and like we're Floridian. So I
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don't mean they're like dog on Florida. But don't worry, we are also
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backwards. I think it's just I
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like an uncultured farming state is because
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entire town in like fifteen minutes.
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farms in like a five minute radius, a horse farm, a meat farm
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and a dairy farm in like a
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fun. Literally you can get your
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dairy no, not horse products.
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heard it. It was like no, no, my God, no,
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I'm so sorry. That was very
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the next question before I continue to
America. So the next question and is
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what made you want to go into
feeder as a career? Well, I
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kind of dumped into this like a
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answer, but I realize like growing
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in a financially unstable situation, it
was I consistantly saw like this, I'm
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going to get sad for like five
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I constantly saw like things that children
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realized that like I had to come
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not something any elementary school, no
elementary school, should be thinking about.
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What color casket they're going to have. You know, that's weird, but
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I was, I was from a
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I was like, well, I
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my life, I know I want
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best served to do something that I
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ever want to work at nine to
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to going to work, sitting at
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going home. And while that might
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for some people, I'm not knocking
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just know that, because life is
so incredibly sure, I'm going to do
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it or die trying, you know. And I love the art form and
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it kind of reminds me of that, that one song from a course line
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what I did for love. And
you know, like right before then this
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song starts. He's like what would
you do, like well, what what
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would you have to like say to, you know, dance into the theater
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and like the art form if this
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perform again? And it's kind of
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love of the art instead of you
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how theater is an art form where
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your last. Like fost side show, which liberty is directed, I was
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in Don sefle of and we we
went to rehearsals one day and then a
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few days later the entire rest of
the year got canceled. So I just
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like live your art and like do
what you love, because you never know
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when that's going to get taken away
from you. Yeah, Nelly, what
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you just said, live your art, like I swear that podcast with Andrea
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Burns. Did she say that or
am I just making that up? I
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don't know. It just came out. I think she said that, but
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I can't be sure. So if
you don't know, liberty and I love
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vernegold's very Riley's obsessed with Andrea Burns
and Manning insolved Karen Oliva with it.
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Oh, here I need a shirt
that says I believe in the Ojo or
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the OBC cast of in the heights, and then a in like the little
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pocket. Like have a little pocket
that like flips up and it just says
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but not Janet, but it's a
joke and we talk about Karen Olivia.
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I love this woman, saying with
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impression. So have you ever seen
the facebook live video on youtube of Karen
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and Mandy while rehearsing for Hamilton?
Don't thanks. So okay, anyway.
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So, well, in the beginning
they're like introducing themselves and Nellie and I
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think I can do a pretty good
impression of Karen introducing herself. I'm gonna
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Embarrass Myself, but it's okay.
I'm showing the type of fan girl I
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am. I'm Karen Olivo. That's
like exactly how she said it and it's
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amazing. And then she made a
tick talk about it, and then Karen
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got talk, so I had to
believe. And she decides to comment under
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Karen's post. Time to go to
leave the video now like the no,
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Karen like the comment. She likes
some of my videos, which is how
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I found out that Karen had a
tick tock. And then I'm like commented
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that most recipte on was like,
uh, I think it is really Karen
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Olivo, but I'm not sure it's
the Real Ka Olivo. Okay, I
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light ast you. Those are I'm
going to go and look for it and
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media. She's Amazad. She's actually
replied to a few tweets of mine,
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but it is so cool. I've
been noticing on the Parson ten of my
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favorite people. He is one person
whose career I want to follow after.
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I would absolutely love to play I
would love to play Vanessa and in the
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heights and my yeah, Dream Role
is sete and, Oh my God,
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Oh by God, I am for
a weekend. I'm not, I'm just
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hang hop for the listeners. I
am Afro Latina. People get hear me.
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I am not a white girl.
This is not in the white s
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don't it's okay, but Karen Olivia's
one person whose foot like, whose career
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I would absolutely loved follow after as
well as, nay at least cool goldberries.
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Oh my good as God, she's
so amazing. Okay, sorry,
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I love her too. So I'm
just going to go off topic a little
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bit here. But I am notorious
for my fan fictions on what pad and,
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Oh yeah, I mean I made
Nellie so mad writing my story called
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adopted again, which is where I
get adopted by Jasmine and Anthony and and
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it's all adopted again. Because I
actually in real life am adopted frame and
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in the story I made my adoptive
parents, all four of them, Dieu.
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But yeah, yeah, you'd guy
stopped kissing my cheek. Yeah,
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you haven't there any ways. And
Chapter Eight, she just killed boys.
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I killed off for Ali's Goldberry and
I will never let her live it down.
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Hey, at least one of her
favorite quotes came from it. I
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have to go home to the kids. Cool the kids. That's not how
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it's meant to be. He's not
meant to sound like a super hero.
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Is Wife just died. Okay,
back on track now, though. What
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do you think, liberty? Um, I would have to say at first
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I was intrigued and then you killed
off for NA. So I'm not sure
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if I emotionally cold handle reading this, but I will do it for you
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because I love you. Right.
So send it to the information and I'll
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give it a I'll give it a
read. Maybe cry. Maybe I feel
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write it. I'm so if you're
if that'sunding consolation, I cried writing it.
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Yeah, and then I made like
a cute mashup thing for like an
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ought to honor her in the story. Oh, I always have find favorite
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part is that she kills off for
night. The next chapter, Mandiquezal this
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comes in and everyone's forgotten about her. No, I I had us all
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sitting on the couch like and Jasmine's
like look when they would have wanted us
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to treat her like a sister,
like be nice. Yeah, but literally
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maybe comping and no one remembers her. They starts singing out Bonza, we
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did, I miss you by Hannah
Montana, Miley Cyrus Mash Up. Thank
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so, that's not that's genuinely sounds
like one way to really honor her.
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I hope that Hannah Montana, not
Miley Sarah's Hanna Montana, does sing at
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one day. Yeah, Oh,
yeah, I know this is even more
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off topic, but Nellie and I
were discussing something a couple weeks ago and
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I'm like, there's this one story
I wrote on what pad that I want
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Mandy to read if I die before
she does, or you're telling her.
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The more it's not, it's not
published because it is. It's so much
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smut. There's so much smut that
I will never publish it. She wrote
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it to me while I was doing
my homework one night and I was living.
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I told her that I wouldn't if
she didn't want to hear it,
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but she's like, I don't care, smut is funny. Yeah, Oh
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my God. Yeah, so that's
the kind of brighter she is. Yeah,
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I'm writing a novel and it's very
it's very gay, like that is
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entire life for Gay MOMS, a
bisexual younger sister and I am Gay.
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I think the printer kind of ran
out of ink with my older sister and
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then they re filled it when they
came to me, and then it was
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kind of half there when my sister
was born, because it goes. My
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older sister is straight, I'm full, full lesbian and then my little sister
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is bisexual. Your parents really do
know how to make them. They are
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talented. No, no, they're
not that. One of them got with
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a guy who almost killed me at
nine months old. So yeah, that
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is I'm really sorry that that happened
to you, but I'm a doed and
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out of it. I was gonna
say your life is like a wap bad
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story. Very interesting. I cannot
wait to get to the end of your
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book and like it's very like somber
and it feels conclusive and you know,
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you should make a biography after you
finished. Some peoples told me too,
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but I have the memory fun and
I don't remember anything before I was like
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ten, what the hey get up? Also, I'm Nellie knows this.
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I am obsessed with my younger brother. He's my whole freaking world. Oh
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Yeah, Kyower, he is.
I don't I don't really know if he's
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purely just African American or what,
but he's black. He but he again,
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we were adopted, so like that's
how we can be siblings. But
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he is the cutest kid I have
ever seen. I don't like little children,
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I don't like kids period, but
he's okay, it's adorable. His
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name is Kyler. Yes, his
name is tyler, which is, in
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my opinion, a very white name, but it is what it is.
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But his birth parents asked for that
to be his name, so my parents
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were like okay, Oh yeah,
I love that. Your family has a
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heart of adopt, like heart for
adoption. I mean can't have kids on
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their own. They're gay. That's
so cool. Yeah, I am a
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gay mothers four game of wit in
real life. I thought you're talking about
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in your webpad. Know I'm talking
about my real life. I have for
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gay mom's and my little brother.
You literally congrats. You won the Lotto.
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Girl, and guy does not know
how to walk in this. I
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think he's smelling my ear. What, what are you doing? He'll be
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four months on or on the first
of March. So, Nelly, do
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you have any more questions? Yeah, all right, all right. So,
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for listeners, there is this award
show called the Jemmy's, which is
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the high school version of the Tony's, and in our state, before you
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go you have to be a finalist
for a competition which is like the high
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school theater competition of our state and
it's called Broadway Star of the future.
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And when liberty was a sophomore and
was in burly modern millie, yeah,
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sophomore year, I believe. Right. Yeah, okay, she was a
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finalist for Broadway start of future.
And so my next question is, what
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was it like? Oh my goodness, it was absolutely so much fun.
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Some of the best matteries I have
ever created, the best people that ever
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met. It was a lot of
fun being and like a kind of structure
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art format, because ever since then
I've only done high school theater and not
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that. Yeah, High School Theater. I've had the absolute most fun it
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with my truth and stuff. It's
just that sometimes you have a mix of
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people who are doing it for different, ever recept and that's okay. Have
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people who are in theater who were
like, Oh, I just want to
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make new friends, when you have
people who are in theater like, oh,
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my my girlfriend or my boyfriend of
a significant other drag me here,
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so I'm here now being a part
of Broadway star. Was the first time
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I had like like structured teaching of
people and everyone with the same mindset,
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just I love art and I'm going
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life, and it was so great
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of like minded people as well as
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were doing what I hope to one
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It was so much fun. It
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to we are pretty dressed. So
yes, we're all currently manifesting for liberty
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to give a Jimmy this year,
because this is her last year and we
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all want her to win. She
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twenty five annual Putnam kind of spelling
be which I'm going to see opening night
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and so excited. Yeah, junior
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that a senior that doesn't really make
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my next question you kind of already
covered a little bit, but what's your
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Dream Role? Oh my God,
I have so many dream roles. Um,
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for the people who are listening,
I'm currently turning my computer over so
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I can show Nellie and Rye my
manifestation board and yourselves. That is shows
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a huge board of all the things
and shows that I want to be a
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pout of. I would absolutely you
know, for anyone who does theater,
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you You keep building upon your dream
roles. But yet when Broadway comes back,
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and it's going back soon and I'm
very excited for it. Yes,
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more than anything, I love to
place s team in Mulan Rouge on Broadway.
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explain that. I just have such
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like I think it's me and Settina
just such kindred spirits. Not to mention
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the show is so beautiful, the
dancing is amazing. Two songs are so
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incredibly catching right now. Seti Loue
underage is my one of my biggest dream
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roles at the moment, but a
change is literally every day, so if
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you ask me tomorrow it'll probably be
something different. So, if I were
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dons on Broadway, Mina definitely be
more reane because she's gay. Well,
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technically she's by but yeah, mine
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were did the revival. Oh my
God, mom and me is so good,
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I they should do a revival of
it. This should all right.
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Next, how? So you're a
senior, so I want and the covid
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literally happened in March of your junior
year and through your senior year and I
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was wondering how has the college audition
process been like in Covid for any listeners
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who are playing to go through it, and have you committed anywhere yet?
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Ok, so first question. The
college edition process, I think, in
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my opinion, has actually been easier, and I know this is a this
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is a very controversial bin it,
but I think I don't think all the
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college editions have ever been easy at
all. I think it's like getting into
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the school is, in my opinion, probably the hardest part because while high
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school is different than college and,
like you know, other ways, like
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and a lot of ways, and
in the same way. It's still the
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same basic things. You go to
class, you study, you take tests
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and then you take mid terms and
graduate, you know. But getting into
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school probably the hardest part, and
I think people like especially, you know,
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during two thousand and twenty and two
thousand and twenty one, really realize
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how just sucky and crabby of the
year it was and they're like, you
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know what, it's hard on us
that we have to go through all of
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these applications and stupid like questions and
things that we don't need. And so
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a lot of like the rigorous parts, not in rigorous, but like the
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unnecessary parts of application, I felt
would cut out. Like I'm going to
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be straight up with you. I'm
not be I'm smart, but like I'm
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a horrible test taker. My Act
and sat scores were not hot, not
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even a little bit, and they
were not up to bar with a lot
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of the schools that, like,
were my dream colls I want to go
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to. But yeah, a lot
of schools were like hey, we don't
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need your sea, your sat and
act scores. We just need to know
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if you are hard worker and if
you're talented. And I got accepted into
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quite a bit of schools that I
wouldn't have previously, if actually the might
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say or more. Not only that, while I do absolutely hate taking like
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doing free screens inside in my home
because I don't have the biggest house or
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like there a lot of room to
do it, I would have to say
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it's a lot nicer thing in my
own house they're having to go on site
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for an audition, because then I
see a lot of girls wearing the same
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houseits like that. I came in, as you know. You you know
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all the stories, like when you
go into audition and it's nerve racking,
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but when you're inside of your house
and there's a see and you can pause
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and start your audition, it's really
it's really nice. Yeah, and the
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second Oh, go just a little
bit off track, but, like I'm
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don't I think this might be a
little bit controversial, but I feel like
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the class of two thousand and twenty
one has been like more neglected than two
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thousand and twenty has. Like you
guys have like as much as they had
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their senior year. If that makes
sense, I see, I can see
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that. I think I would have
to say I got to give homage twenty
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three class of two thousand and twenty
though. Yeah, I think that they
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people tried their absolute best to like
make it a memorable year for class of
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two thousand and twenty, but they
did they did lose considerably a lot.
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But I would also I would also
agree like to a certain extent, I
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don't think the class of two thousand
and twenty one is getting as much recognition
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out of I twenty did. But
in the at the same time it's like
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it's not I'm not trying to play
like oppression Olympics, you know. Oh,
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well, we had it worse or
whatever, because it's it's it sucks
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all, true, you know.
Yeah, but from your second question I
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will be committing to Amda. Wait, really yes, because, yeah,
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I'm going to thank you so much, knowe. Oh, and for for
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my friends who don't know what Amda
is and for the online, online students,
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la the listener, and that is
the American musicool and dramatic academy.
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And I'm going to their New York
campus and most notably, one of their
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most notable alumni for me, had
any Ramos. He had sex in the
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yeah room there and he talked about
in the song. Oh my God,
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yeah, Nellie, yeah, sorry
and explicit rating. Sorry finding it out.
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Thought he was finally coming down and
now he's biting me. Anthony Ramos
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or no, got okay, would
you guys that? He's a real guy
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fighting my finger, please, and
my nails like em't is so perfect for
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you with Nellie. I'm really excited. Nellie and I talked about our dream
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schools all the time too. Yeah, he's a school mines Stamford for the
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premed track, human bio and major
a minor of creative writing and Rye it.
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Mine is nyu because they have an
amazing writing program and I want to
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be an author, but I also
want a minor in teaching and zoology.
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It would be good. Best Teacher. I imagine you as like a creative
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writing teacher. How I always passed
English and science inso with flying colors.
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Oh Gosh, she would be an
amazing teacher. But yeah, other people
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who graduated from Amda are like that. Gat Be Getoven. She played kitty
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in Glee. I love her and
yeah, and even Christopher Jackson, who
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played were any. Also Danny and
Ryers, now Jason Durrulo, Casey leavy,
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Jesse Tayler Ferguson. I'm like,
I'm so excited to be going to
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the school and to be like among
the greats. I'm just wow, I'm
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well, I'm still evens O.
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is your favorite barbway show, like
of all time? Okay, that's a
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very hard question, Eli. Why
would you do that to me? I
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hadn't say I brought to a sure
time or something like that. I was
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gonna say I have different like Broadway
shows, like different favorites for the yeah
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reasons. Who on my favorite Broadway
score? Entirely. Well, technically it's
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not Broadway, but Hunchback, oh
my goodness, the music for hunchback is
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absolutely chilling and it is some of
my favorite that is ever. Like there's
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not one song that I skip on
that soundtrack, one of another one that's
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also a part of one of my
dream roles. For Setting, like the
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or you know, like the set
again, not like technically a Broadway show,
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because that they didn't make it to
Broadway with Bonnie and Clyde. Well,
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it did, but not for a
long time. But beyond Bonnie and
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Clyde and then Vannie is also one
of my dream roles. Oh yeah,
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be good bunny. Thank you so
much, God, I would love to
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be a Bonnie. But and then
one of my favorite shows because, like
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it really it's one of those shows
that helped change the face of Broadway.
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Like, you know, like there's
this the for, there's for pinnacle,
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Broadway shows that, if you ask
anybody, everyone knows and it's yeah,
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Phantom of the opera, rent and
Hamilton. Yeah, Hamilton is helping to
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genuinely change the face of the musical
theater industry, which has been, you
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know, predominantly whitewashed, as well
as like take it over by like predominantly,
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you know, straight, skinny SIS
white people. And while that's not
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necessarily a bad thing, like it's
always important to have diversity and every single
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area of, you know, of
life. And so just seeing, you
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know, Hamilton beyond Broadway and seeing
so many black and brown performers unapologetically do
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what they love and having not the
addressed. There was not one point in
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the song, or any of the
songs, are any of the lyrics that
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when Menuel Miranda made it a point
to be like and they're black, so
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like to get like Brownie points for
that. It was just art existing simply
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because it was art and it happened
to have people of Color in it.
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Yeah, I'm seeing how, you
know, you know when there's one show
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that's extremely like trendy and everyone loves, like how, like theater in the
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arts industry starts forming and trying to
replicate around that. And so we go
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to different shows and you see,
you know, a black gretched leiners or
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a black room I was going to, or a Black Regina George. And
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again, it's not a dress,
it's simply they're just simply performing and it's
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not something where in a Black Elsa, you know, and we don't feel
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like it's being showed down our throats
up by the way, for the people
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are listening, I'm using Air Goles
ring showed down our throats. It's it's
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just art for the sake of it, and it happens to have black and
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Brown people at the face of it. And I love it. I love
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it so much and it doesn't want
to actually the show that got me into
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theater and coming from that, I
never like, never like, when I
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started being like a fan of feater. I never saw like it's I never
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saw like I really know about the
white wat how whitewash theater was. I
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just thought all theater was like that. But like, we need a lot
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of diversity on theater. I wrote
a essay about it for critical thinking last
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year. But like really, there
should be like I don't feel like we
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get enough as we should. Like
really, I would have to agree,
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I think. I think like white
has always, for the longest time,
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been like the default, and so
it's not necessarily that everyone's like racist they
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hate people of Color, its just
that they don't think to add them to
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conversations because they're not, you know, the defaults, which is upsetting.
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But I think, like I said, all the time, art inspires and
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shapes. Yeah, how like that
shapes the world like like, like me.
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You know those four shows that I
was talking about that everyone knows,
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cat's rents. Fans on Hamilton rent
there was a completely entirely different conversation about
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AIDS and about the homeless epidemic in
New York, and not only New York
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but worldwide. As soon as that
show came out and people were more understanding
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out at all of a sudden there
was more community outreach organizations for people who
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had AIDS and for homelessness projects and, you know, to help people get
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off the streets and to get,
you know, the medication and drugs that
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they needed, as well as like
more of queer representation on Broadway, and
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it genuinely changed how we saw other
people in the world, and that's what
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art is supposed to do. Yeah, but I'm not trying to preach to
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you, but you know I'm saying. Yeah, all right. So I've
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known, I know you've done a
lot of shows, especially in our theater
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program but I'm curious what husband your
favorite role you've ever played? My favorite
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role that I've ever played? Okay, Um, okay, so I'm a
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libra song, very indecisive. Um, I feel that I am also so
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I would have to say, Um, I'm going to say two roles,
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but I they're my favorite for two
different reasons. I played the killer queen
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my freshman year and I absolutely love
that role because I love the music,
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I love Queen so much and singing
another one bites the dust as I killed
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a man on stage was the best
feeling ever. And then I would have
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to say Muzzy van Hoffsmar from thoroughly
modern milly, because it took be to
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Broadway star. Yeah, legends.
All right. So our school theater usually
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has a play, a show in
the round, which is like a show
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where like the stage, the audience, it's on stage and like faces around
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the performers and we have a spring
musical. But last year we had two
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shows in around, including one which
was a student written peace called captivated by
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Zoe Peters, a legend and liberty. Actually originated a role and captivated.
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So I was wondering what was it
like to originate a role because, like,
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our school usually those shows that are
like have been on Broadway or any
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other feader before, where you have
to like kind of make your own version
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of the character. But for like
activated, you like started out your own
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way. So, like what was
it like? So that's a really good
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question. I being, for a
captivated was a lot of fun and especially
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originating the role of Harper. I
think what was really important that I did
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as an actor, which I kind
of had a little bit of struggle with,
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is not putting so much of an
influence of who I am and to
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my character, because that could be, you know, kind of damaging for
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some people's mental health and you shouldn't
like, like that's like kind of like
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like an unspoken rule when you're acting
out a scene and you relate to a
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character, it's important to keep your
own emotions, you know, guarded,
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as well as your mental health guarded, because every night, like for eight
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shows a week, if you are
reliving your trauma for the sake of art
471
00:39:37.300 --> 00:39:39.170
like, it can wreck you as
a person, not only as a proson
472
00:39:39.210 --> 00:39:44.690
bit of performer, and so building
and shaping the character of Harper, but
473
00:39:44.849 --> 00:39:47.250
we didn't have the same drama as
I related to her a lot in a
474
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lot of ways, and so it
was important for me to it was interesting
475
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to try and figure out and we're
good. Yeah, sorry about that brief
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intermission, everybody. We got disconnected
because we reach the forty minute limit.
477
00:40:16.869 --> 00:40:23.780
All right, so you were talking
about captivate and how it was effect and
478
00:40:23.980 --> 00:40:30.380
how original a role effects someone's mental
health. So go back fun. But
479
00:40:30.619 --> 00:40:36.449
yeah, basically all I was saying
is that when you originate a role,
480
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it's really important to stay authentic to
the character and try and make it feel
481
00:40:40.809 --> 00:40:45.289
and, you know, make your
character feel as fleshed out as possible so
482
00:40:45.409 --> 00:40:49.769
the audience still can, you know, have empathy and relate to who you're
483
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portraying, but at the same time
it was it was really interesting to balance
484
00:40:54.199 --> 00:41:02.679
my own personal, like lived experiences
with who the character harbor is was and,
485
00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:09.710
you know, even today is becoming. Yeah, yeah, so this
486
00:41:10.230 --> 00:41:17.659
October lipperty wasn't her first profession.
For the actually others, and my question
487
00:41:19.099 --> 00:41:25.739
is, what was it like during
a parademic doing an online production, and
488
00:41:27.099 --> 00:41:35.969
did it draw away from getting to
experience your first professional production? I think
489
00:41:36.170 --> 00:41:40.050
there's I that's a really great question. I would have to say it really
490
00:41:40.210 --> 00:41:45.050
like depended on the day and how
I was looking at it, because sometimes
491
00:41:45.090 --> 00:41:49.559
I'm I'm being a front, like
it was kind of hard to sometimes to
492
00:41:49.679 --> 00:41:53.360
connect with my cast members because we
all have, you know, rehearsal at
493
00:41:53.360 --> 00:42:00.079
different times of the day, because
it's online and you don't necessarily get like
494
00:42:00.239 --> 00:42:04.670
that one on one connection as you
would being in person. But I still,
495
00:42:04.989 --> 00:42:09.630
we still Fain't found out and managed
away how to become like really great
496
00:42:09.869 --> 00:42:14.630
cast members and just, you know
friends, and I still talk to a
497
00:42:14.710 --> 00:42:19.619
lot of them and I would have
to say it to a certain extent it
498
00:42:19.820 --> 00:42:22.860
took from, you know, that
in person connection, but at the same
499
00:42:22.900 --> 00:42:29.420
time it brought me so, so
much knowledge being a part of that show.
500
00:42:29.619 --> 00:42:32.050
It taught me how to be able
to manage my time better. It's
501
00:42:32.090 --> 00:42:36.610
on me, how to be more
self motivated. It taught me a lot
502
00:42:36.650 --> 00:42:40.929
about was it called like for,
like getting ready for free screens. Says,
503
00:42:40.969 --> 00:42:45.480
doing this over the summer and pre
screens about to, you know,
504
00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:51.679
start getting started this year, like
the second half of Tricene, and I
505
00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:57.079
even got paid for it, which
was super, super cool. So all
506
00:42:57.079 --> 00:43:00.510
right, yeah, part of heathers
was a lot of fun. Now those
507
00:43:00.550 --> 00:43:07.510
are assignments, fun because our signments. Oh yeah, I have a name
508
00:43:07.550 --> 00:43:16.460
in her class. Okay, I
hate I think once you move out,
509
00:43:16.500 --> 00:43:22.900
you're going to miss it. Believe
me, I race my parents walk through
510
00:43:22.940 --> 00:43:31.769
my door. All right, all
right, sorry, okay, hell right.
511
00:43:32.889 --> 00:43:37.130
So kind of touched on this earlier, but who are your theater inspirations?
512
00:43:38.250 --> 00:43:43.480
My God, here we go,
caaren, Olivia, Rene Rap Rene
513
00:43:43.599 --> 00:43:47.920
Aleis, Gold's very tightus Burg is. Oh my God, I know that
514
00:43:49.039 --> 00:43:52.679
I have at least like twelve more
and they're just not coming in mind.
515
00:43:52.840 --> 00:43:54.909
OKKU LEGO KEG book. She was
the one who she was a girl who
516
00:43:55.030 --> 00:44:02.030
won freaking the Jimmy Awards last year. She is so incredibly talented. Cynthia
517
00:44:02.190 --> 00:44:08.150
a revo, so many incredible like
basically any black Broadway performer. Yeah,
518
00:44:08.190 --> 00:44:16.780
are my eye. I'm obsessed.
I'm obsessed. Oh and I can't think
519
00:44:16.820 --> 00:44:20.500
of her name. It's excaving me. The girl from Gay Little Bill.
520
00:44:21.179 --> 00:44:24.929
Oh my godness, I don't.
I don't know her neighbor or I'll help.
521
00:44:25.889 --> 00:44:30.130
It's it's Jans. Her name is
Stanley and I coming up to my
522
00:44:30.289 --> 00:44:37.769
mind. She plays she doesn't play
Mj, she plays the daughter. Follow
523
00:44:37.809 --> 00:44:39.000
her on instagram. I can't.
Oh my God, I can't think of
524
00:44:39.079 --> 00:44:46.119
her name right now. She plays
opposite of Anthony and don't. Oh my
525
00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:52.480
God, my brain is frying today. She plays offsite of Antonio Sabriani.
526
00:44:54.150 --> 00:45:00.949
Don't. Oh my God. Nellie
and I were watching one life for names
527
00:45:00.030 --> 00:45:07.300
together, sold opera, and there's
a character to every codio one and I
528
00:45:07.380 --> 00:45:09.460
don't know. We do not like
him. No, we don't, but
529
00:45:09.579 --> 00:45:14.940
Um, I try to get over
her. Yeah, I don't know if
530
00:45:15.019 --> 00:45:16.659
you're okay with curses, so I
won't tell you what we called him,
531
00:45:16.659 --> 00:45:23.730
unless you are cursus. Yeah,
like curse words. Well, that's fine,
532
00:45:24.090 --> 00:45:29.650
okay. So Nelly and I call
him bitch, ASS ANTONIO. Yea,
533
00:45:30.289 --> 00:45:34.929
he a rose gooding as her name. Oh my goodness, how could
534
00:45:34.969 --> 00:45:39.480
I forget? Anyway, I love
Seea rose getting but that sounds about right.
535
00:45:39.480 --> 00:45:50.869
Yeah, that's okay. So last
you're my first freshman show and my
536
00:45:51.190 --> 00:45:55.710
purse, like my first like actual
show that's not like a review or something
537
00:45:55.750 --> 00:46:01.070
like that, was side show,
and last year liberty kind of switched it
538
00:46:01.150 --> 00:46:07.019
up a little bit and was the
assistant director. So what was the difference
539
00:46:07.059 --> 00:46:13.179
for you to go from a performer
to doing like tech and being an assistant
540
00:46:13.260 --> 00:46:21.130
director and assistant director? Because all
the time and when you go into theater
541
00:46:21.409 --> 00:46:27.530
as an actor, people consistently at
people, but, like the people above,
542
00:46:27.650 --> 00:46:30.449
you are consistently like actors do not
give notes, actors do not kid
543
00:46:30.570 --> 00:46:35.239
notes, actors do not tell other
actors like, Oh, you're doing this
544
00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:39.199
wrong, it's not your job,
because you could always be like misinterpreting what
545
00:46:39.320 --> 00:46:45.400
the director's vision is as well as, you know, just setting someone for
546
00:46:45.480 --> 00:46:51.909
failure. So getting into the head
of like in the mindset of an assistant
547
00:46:51.949 --> 00:46:58.429
director and understanding that. How Wow, my opinion matters and I'm supposed to
548
00:46:58.550 --> 00:47:02.619
give it and these people are supposed
to have like direction for a show that
549
00:47:04.820 --> 00:47:08.820
like I supposed have this big grand
vision for it is kind of surreal to
550
00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:14.739
me and I kept pinching myself and
I kept second guessing myself as to what
551
00:47:15.019 --> 00:47:17.769
we could do with the talent that
we had, and we still have incredibly
552
00:47:17.889 --> 00:47:22.610
talented people, and sometimes in the
back of mad I'm like, maybe we're
553
00:47:22.610 --> 00:47:27.730
shooting too high, is this too
big of a did it? Now I
554
00:47:28.289 --> 00:47:31.079
absolutely cherish being on the other side
of the table and, you know,
555
00:47:31.199 --> 00:47:35.920
seeing all of like the hard work
that goes behind being a part of tag
556
00:47:36.639 --> 00:47:40.039
and plus I got a little power
crazy, a little bit like having people
557
00:47:40.039 --> 00:47:45.030
come to me and being like what
Color Should the curtains be? What?
558
00:47:46.469 --> 00:47:50.349
Like I'm an actor, but no, I was not. You know,
559
00:47:50.909 --> 00:47:54.070
it was, it was it took
a lot of like learning to trust my
560
00:47:54.309 --> 00:48:00.539
own ideas and my gut. So
I really did love it. That's great.
561
00:48:01.579 --> 00:48:08.300
Okay, what was your most embarrassing
theater moment? Oh my God,
562
00:48:08.420 --> 00:48:13.650
hands down. I've got a lot
of embarrassing theater moments, but I would
563
00:48:13.650 --> 00:48:16.329
have to say my first one,
my absolute favorite one. It sound that
564
00:48:16.489 --> 00:48:21.849
funny and hind sign, but it
kind of is my first lead role.
565
00:48:22.530 --> 00:48:27.090
I played the killer Queen and we
will rock you. Except it was double
566
00:48:27.130 --> 00:48:30.039
casted, so I was in second
cast and so we didn't get as many
567
00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.719
nights as your first class, as
first casted, which I'm not I'm not
568
00:48:32.800 --> 00:48:38.440
mad about, has on better.
But one of the nights another girl was
569
00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:43.949
going on for killer Queen, Julia
Spire. I love her, and I
570
00:48:44.190 --> 00:48:46.030
was like, I still want to
take a back out because I you know,
571
00:48:46.269 --> 00:48:50.590
if you're understudying or if you're in
a part of the second cast,
572
00:48:50.630 --> 00:48:52.989
you don't really get to play more
than one role, just one roll.
573
00:48:52.349 --> 00:48:54.510
Ye, I was like I still
want to be a part of ensemble.
574
00:48:54.630 --> 00:48:59.659
So I went out, never have
rehearses before. went out and bowed on
575
00:48:59.820 --> 00:49:05.860
stage with ensemble. I got my
own Bokanian outfit and everything and I so
576
00:49:06.019 --> 00:49:13.570
want to superbout it. Oh my
God, why did he say? I
577
00:49:13.730 --> 00:49:17.250
don't know, I was asking you
whether the say about it. Oh well,
578
00:49:19.289 --> 00:49:22.730
I'll tell you the story and then
I'll Tay who he suckers. So
579
00:49:22.090 --> 00:49:25.920
I took a bow with the ensemble. Everything was going great, and so
580
00:49:27.559 --> 00:49:30.920
that's when we I notice all the
girls were running backwards and I was like,
581
00:49:31.000 --> 00:49:35.639
okay, I'll run back leads with
them, and so one of the
582
00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:39.190
main characters, Brendan, who is
playing Britney spears, supposed to be running
583
00:49:39.269 --> 00:49:44.190
up so he could take a solo
bow. I did not see him as
584
00:49:44.230 --> 00:49:46.630
I'm running backward as he's running forward
to take a solo about we hit into
585
00:49:46.710 --> 00:49:51.789
each other and he keeps going to
take his bow because he's a professional,
586
00:49:52.190 --> 00:49:55.659
and I trip over my feet and
I hit the back of my head on
587
00:49:55.820 --> 00:50:00.739
one of like the bottom risers and
I kind don't there. Yeah, a
588
00:50:00.860 --> 00:50:04.860
big ouch. I learned my lesson, but I kind of just lied there
589
00:50:04.900 --> 00:50:07.610
for a second and the other ensemble
girls were like my God, are you
590
00:50:07.690 --> 00:50:09.050
okay, like what do we do? We are on stage and I just
591
00:50:09.090 --> 00:50:16.929
kind of bounced up and I was
like who I wobbled off stage. And
592
00:50:17.130 --> 00:50:21.880
then at the end of the day, Mr Pace, when we talked about
593
00:50:21.880 --> 00:50:24.159
it, like after after you know, bows and everything, after the show's
594
00:50:24.159 --> 00:50:28.440
done, Mr Pace was like did
you learny Lasson and I was yeah,
595
00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:36.110
I would lesson to hitizing, but
yeah, and I had to go on
596
00:50:36.269 --> 00:50:39.150
and perform the the set for a
second half of the day because wasn't at
597
00:50:39.150 --> 00:50:44.230
n a show. But I recomplaining
I got some eyes and I was fine.
598
00:50:46.829 --> 00:50:54.300
The key. So recently liberties,
then bar so, there's a broaddling
599
00:50:54.380 --> 00:51:00.699
for racial justice and she's been noticed
for a bunch of raising people. So
600
00:51:00.260 --> 00:51:04.969
what would say? What is the
experience like? And I'm just stally curious.
601
00:51:05.170 --> 00:51:09.170
How did you get involved? Oh
my goodness, the experience was extremely
602
00:51:09.369 --> 00:51:16.289
surreal. So barby for racial justice
has a website where you can not only
603
00:51:16.409 --> 00:51:22.239
donate two different you know, you
can brought donate to Broadway League and other,
604
00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:25.800
you know, foundations that are pushing
towards, you know, racial equality,
605
00:51:27.559 --> 00:51:31.039
but they also have, you know, auditions and scholarship opportunities that are
606
00:51:31.079 --> 00:51:37.590
specifically allotted to POC performers, but
specifically, because it's black history months,
607
00:51:37.750 --> 00:51:40.630
to black performers. And so I
was in rolling for a lot of their
608
00:51:40.670 --> 00:51:46.699
scholarships and a lot of there like
auditions and stuff like that, and I
609
00:51:46.820 --> 00:51:51.179
saw this this little thing, I
don't even remember what it was called,
610
00:51:51.340 --> 00:51:53.860
but it was talking. It was
just like a pop up window and it
611
00:51:53.980 --> 00:51:58.139
was basically like see, so we
see you've been here quite a bit,
612
00:51:58.219 --> 00:52:00.340
we see you've been starting our page. Would you feel this out? And
613
00:52:00.769 --> 00:52:06.050
I just put my name, my
pronouns the picture of myself and then they
614
00:52:06.090 --> 00:52:08.769
asked me a couple of questions about
like what, like what? What's it
615
00:52:08.889 --> 00:52:14.570
like doing theater and it's Covid?
What is something that you've had to learn
616
00:52:14.570 --> 00:52:16.880
about yourself and your art form?
And just like a few different questions,
617
00:52:17.199 --> 00:52:22.320
and I answered them and I didn't
think anything of it. And then all
618
00:52:22.360 --> 00:52:25.000
of a sudden they followed me,
and you know, in the month of
619
00:52:25.039 --> 00:52:30.349
February, and I was like,
Oh what, they fuck, Oh my
620
00:52:30.469 --> 00:52:31.630
God, and I was feelings a
little bit and I was like, I
621
00:52:31.710 --> 00:52:36.230
have no idea. This as an
accident, because I have had famous people
622
00:52:36.269 --> 00:52:37.829
follow me by accident. And I'm
like, you know what, I'm not
623
00:52:37.909 --> 00:52:40.030
going to correct it, I'm not
going to email them, I'm not going
624
00:52:40.110 --> 00:52:45.940
to I'm just gonna Bask in this
quarry. And then the next day I
625
00:52:45.139 --> 00:52:50.099
wake up to a bunch of notifications
people who, like many wrap, has
626
00:52:50.099 --> 00:52:52.780
supposed to do Broadway, Social Broadway
for racial justice. I put you on
627
00:52:52.820 --> 00:52:57.579
her and trip all like this person
repposed to do. I'm I just what
628
00:52:58.650 --> 00:53:05.010
want and then I go on my
phone. Excuse me, there's a little
629
00:53:05.090 --> 00:53:08.769
picture of me and it was really, really cool that I was made an
630
00:53:08.809 --> 00:53:14.320
ambassador and that they just were trying
to amplify my voice in my art and
631
00:53:14.840 --> 00:53:20.880
especially being amongst other people who the
girl who is in the same slide with
632
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:25.519
me, Maya, she's part of
jacked little pill, like she's on Broadway
633
00:53:25.679 --> 00:53:30.670
and all the people that are also
on Broadway are like ambassadors for Broadway,
634
00:53:30.710 --> 00:53:34.429
for racial justice, and they're like, oh, we'll throw this girl.
635
00:53:34.469 --> 00:53:39.309
And there too I was hinching myself. I see people from Hamilton, people
636
00:53:39.389 --> 00:53:45.900
are dying a little Pale, people
from freaking mean girls like just people from
637
00:53:45.900 --> 00:53:50.019
Mulan Rouge are ambassadors for Broadway,
the racial justice and then they were like
638
00:53:50.219 --> 00:53:57.690
and liberty. Yeah, like what
really to me out was so in middle
639
00:53:57.769 --> 00:54:00.730
school I was obsessed with the Chicago
cast of Hamilton to the point where I'm
640
00:54:00.730 --> 00:54:06.650
like friends with them, and on
the guys was named Shiad Williams and he's
641
00:54:06.650 --> 00:54:09.280
always like hrying guys and we got
kind of close and everything, and he
642
00:54:09.400 --> 00:54:14.880
liked it. I was like,
Oh my Gosh, rod knows liberty what's
643
00:54:14.920 --> 00:54:19.119
like. You know, I'm absolutely
freaking out. The person I was just
644
00:54:19.199 --> 00:54:22.119
telling you about, whose huge inspiration
of mind, Celia rose good and also
645
00:54:22.199 --> 00:54:27.110
reposted me. She also liked the
photo. I was like, you're kidding,
646
00:54:27.349 --> 00:54:36.429
I'm going to hope on myself.
I'm sorry, that's girls. Honestly,
647
00:54:36.510 --> 00:54:37.940
that was me. One Ring.
We followed me. Oh Yeah,
648
00:54:37.980 --> 00:54:42.820
Reneali school to be fellow. was
she only? I think, how many
649
00:54:42.900 --> 00:54:46.460
fans does she actually follow, though? You, me and the first one
650
00:54:46.539 --> 00:54:51.019
to l after Mayer. So she
followed them. Then she followed Nellie,
651
00:54:51.139 --> 00:54:53.730
then me, then Elliott. You
followed called her. I was the first
652
00:54:53.769 --> 00:54:59.769
one she followed, after her nieces. Yeah, Nelly and I noticed and
653
00:54:59.849 --> 00:55:02.130
then like it's probably just another fan
account. And then we actually lived in
654
00:55:02.170 --> 00:55:07.280
it with her. Well, she
had a private account at first, and
655
00:55:07.400 --> 00:55:09.400
then we and like we had to
follow them all, like Oh, I'm
656
00:55:09.440 --> 00:55:13.679
gonna follow them and and I was
like I'm going to call just her.
657
00:55:13.920 --> 00:55:15.639
Yeah, we I had my doubts
and I'm like, but I'll follow too,
658
00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:19.719
just to kind of see. I
was trying to prove Nellie wrong that
659
00:55:19.800 --> 00:55:22.550
it wasn't rene. I was proven
rack. I was in the middle of
660
00:55:22.630 --> 00:55:27.750
watching Hamilton, I was watching my
shot and I looked down at my phone.
661
00:55:27.789 --> 00:55:30.150
I was like, Rene, Le
Schools hard following your ask. No,
662
00:55:30.309 --> 00:55:35.780
it was real last gold. Yeah, and I was like it's probably
663
00:55:35.860 --> 00:55:37.739
not her. And then I saw
Kayla's video and said, guys, go
664
00:55:37.900 --> 00:55:42.300
follow my aunt at Nalis gold and
I was like, oh my gosh,
665
00:55:42.420 --> 00:55:47.619
that's her. Yeah, yeah,
that is so cool. This is what
666
00:55:47.820 --> 00:55:52.250
happens when you get bored and look
up people's names in the middle of the
667
00:55:52.289 --> 00:56:00.130
night, just watch videos about them
and you find their actual accounts. You
668
00:56:00.250 --> 00:56:05.840
may laugh, but it works.
Why didn't work? I still can't believe
669
00:56:05.880 --> 00:56:08.519
that the only reason I found out
Karen had a tick tock was by her
670
00:56:08.639 --> 00:56:13.320
liking my post. Wait, you
want to tell her about what happened to
671
00:56:13.400 --> 00:56:15.039
hugs them? Okay, so do
you know who Andrea? Wait, we
672
00:56:15.159 --> 00:56:20.949
already talked about Andrea, but anyway, so Andrea Burns and her husband Flynn,
673
00:56:21.349 --> 00:56:24.590
or Peter Flynn, sorry, set
his name backwards, Um Peter.
674
00:56:25.070 --> 00:56:31.269
So Andrea and Peter have a son
named Hudson and he for the longest time
675
00:56:31.389 --> 00:56:35.900
on my old instagram account, he
would go back and forth between like blocking
676
00:56:36.019 --> 00:56:38.059
me, on blocking me, blocking
me on blocking me, and now he
677
00:56:38.219 --> 00:56:46.929
just gives me anxiety in general.
And so he I was scrolling through or
678
00:56:47.010 --> 00:56:53.090
I made a tick tock video like
last year and it was just a fan
679
00:56:53.250 --> 00:56:59.090
video and I was like, with
the sound high, I'm Ryan and my
680
00:56:59.329 --> 00:57:01.880
life is kind of crazy or something
like. That's the end of it.
681
00:57:02.320 --> 00:57:07.880
And I made that like as a
fan video with Andrea and Peter with the
682
00:57:07.920 --> 00:57:15.309
green screen. And almost a year
later, Hudson finds it on his for
683
00:57:15.550 --> 00:57:22.230
you page and liked it for you
and I freaked out and then I made
684
00:57:22.269 --> 00:57:25.190
as cause daughter and then, yeah, so it's true. She said it
685
00:57:25.269 --> 00:57:30.179
was actually him and not just like
a fan account or whatever. Julie also
686
00:57:30.300 --> 00:57:34.739
follows me. I love her.
Trying to set her up. Yeah,
687
00:57:35.139 --> 00:57:37.579
Nell, he's been trying to set
me up with seth through Deetski's daughter,
688
00:57:37.619 --> 00:57:42.980
are Ye, and I wouldn't be
a post match made in heaven. I
689
00:57:43.019 --> 00:57:51.369
wouldn't be opposed because she is pansexual
and I'm gay, and it works.
690
00:57:51.929 --> 00:57:55.929
She has gay DADS and I have
gay MOMS. So, like, is
691
00:57:57.010 --> 00:58:00.960
it meant to be or what?
I have to say? I think it
692
00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:06.639
is. I think get it.
She does. She does like stick and
693
00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:09.360
poke tattoos and they look really good. I let her give me a tattoo,
694
00:58:09.400 --> 00:58:15.670
honestly, because her her tattoos are
so pretty and she does them all
695
00:58:15.750 --> 00:58:20.590
herself. So I would totally let
her give me a tattoo. Your first
696
00:58:20.630 --> 00:58:25.230
date could be her giving you tattoos. I don't know, I think that's
697
00:58:25.230 --> 00:58:29.420
a good idea. I don't think
she could do the te or the Tattoo.
698
00:58:29.500 --> 00:58:30.659
I don't know if she could do
the tattoo that I want to get
699
00:58:30.699 --> 00:58:37.420
first, which is a just the
outline of my Iguanda's foot. I don't
700
00:58:37.420 --> 00:58:39.460
know if you call on Iguana's foot
a paw, so I just call it
701
00:58:39.539 --> 00:58:49.690
a foot, a flipper. Know
that a seal? This is a lizard.
702
00:58:52.090 --> 00:58:55.079
Oh my God, he's doubles blooting. Sorry, he's over on the
703
00:58:57.079 --> 00:59:00.599
chair in my living room and or
color the room. His name is King,
704
00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:07.719
after King George, because Hamilton,
but he has two names, King
705
00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:15.230
Oos Nabby, because in the heights. So cute. He's. Okay,
706
00:59:15.750 --> 00:59:24.179
Saby. He's also four feet long. He's he's a giant Lizard. That
707
00:59:24.460 --> 00:59:30.539
is horrified. Not Really. He's
not very grown it either. You're will
708
00:59:30.579 --> 00:59:37.099
grown it look six feet. I
don't know why, but KARENA leavo tends
709
00:59:37.139 --> 00:59:40.889
to like my posts when I post
pictures of my pets and tag her.
710
00:59:45.170 --> 00:59:47.889
Yeah, he's just such a sweetheart. Oh my goodness, I love Kree
711
00:59:50.130 --> 00:59:54.679
you could go back in time and
stern any garblay musical or in any cast
712
00:59:54.840 --> 01:00:00.119
of any barbery musical. What would
you like to do if I could go
713
01:00:00.280 --> 01:00:10.550
back in time? Yes, okay, oh my gosh, this might be
714
01:00:10.630 --> 01:00:19.389
a little bit controversial, but and
the thank I really do love this show.
715
01:00:19.630 --> 01:00:22.420
It shows I'm not sure if you
get here all of that rockets on
716
01:00:22.579 --> 01:00:28.900
back. I'm so sorry. I
I'm sitting next to a really big one.
717
01:00:28.940 --> 01:00:32.460
Don't do it, I don't think
I there's not a lot of black
718
01:00:32.500 --> 01:00:37.650
people of Golden Age Music. Both. Yeah, because during the Golden Ages,
719
01:00:37.530 --> 01:00:42.690
you know, when those musical were
popular, you know segregation as well
720
01:00:42.690 --> 01:00:46.010
as you know people putting black people
and roles that were specifically you know,
721
01:00:46.130 --> 01:00:52.199
the mammy role or other very race
caricatures who are popular. But I would
722
01:00:52.400 --> 01:00:58.320
I every thing is I love Golden
Age Musicals. I love big skirts and
723
01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:04.949
just beautiful soundtracks. I would absolutely
love to be a part of kissing cakes.
724
01:01:05.309 --> 01:01:09.630
Oh yeah, as as Kate,
you know if God kind of sexy
725
01:01:09.710 --> 01:01:15.710
show. I Oh my God,
I love that show. I love at
726
01:01:15.750 --> 01:01:21.500
score. I've only ever heard one
song from that during my so in my
727
01:01:21.619 --> 01:01:25.820
senior year of high school I took
a four week class, like it was
728
01:01:25.820 --> 01:01:31.340
an intensive and it was at the
like theater, just like the public theater
729
01:01:31.619 --> 01:01:37.090
or whatever. Well, the only
theater up in like the strap strass for
730
01:01:37.170 --> 01:01:44.530
us, I don't know, but
like just at this only theater in Middlebury,
731
01:01:44.809 --> 01:01:50.559
which is one of the towns in
Vermont. And so I did a
732
01:01:50.679 --> 01:01:53.760
four week intensive course. So it
was only on Mondays, but the class
733
01:01:53.880 --> 01:01:59.280
was like four hours long, so
I'd get there at five and be done
734
01:01:59.280 --> 01:02:04.150
at nine. Oh, yeah,
I've done one of those. I yeah.
735
01:02:04.190 --> 01:02:12.150
And so it was called the history
of Broadway and one of the musicals
736
01:02:12.230 --> 01:02:15.860
we touched on was kiss me Kate, and I did that for history class,
737
01:02:15.739 --> 01:02:22.179
but my school paid for it.
So I went to a school where
738
01:02:22.179 --> 01:02:25.420
I could like choose what I did
for school. So I pretty much I
739
01:02:27.139 --> 01:02:30.530
I'm obsessed with broadways, so might
teacher my English. I only really had
740
01:02:30.570 --> 01:02:37.809
two teachers at this school and I'm
going to shout them out real quick because
741
01:02:37.050 --> 01:02:44.090
they're amazing. So their names are
Lisa and Debbie, and I will definitely
742
01:02:44.090 --> 01:02:52.480
be sending them this episode because I
love her. But we we got to
743
01:02:52.400 --> 01:02:55.920
go to this class so I went
with my teacher, Debbie, who is
744
01:02:57.039 --> 01:03:04.269
amazing. I love her. And
Yeah, the last night, think,
745
01:03:04.630 --> 01:03:08.349
the final show we talked about at
in this course. Also, most of
746
01:03:08.429 --> 01:03:12.590
the people that took this course were
in there, like s and S.
747
01:03:13.019 --> 01:03:17.300
I was the only teenager there.
Everybody else had white hair and I'm just
748
01:03:17.460 --> 01:03:21.940
over here with dyed black hair.
Actually know, I think it was pink
749
01:03:21.980 --> 01:03:25.940
at the time, but anyway,
I just had dyed pink hair and I
750
01:03:27.059 --> 01:03:30.809
was the only one without white hair. But the last show we talked about
751
01:03:31.449 --> 01:03:36.690
was Hamilton and we watched a clip
from Hamilton and I recorded it on my
752
01:03:36.809 --> 01:03:39.250
phone and tweeted it and tagged Chris
because it was part of one last time,
753
01:03:39.289 --> 01:03:45.119
I think, I can't remember,
and he liked it and I cried.
754
01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:50.679
But yeah, we just we talked
about so much and I learned that
755
01:03:50.880 --> 01:03:55.230
the first show to ever have an
original Broadway cast recording was actually Oklahoma.
756
01:03:55.269 --> 01:04:00.269
Yep, it is such a good
show. That's what I'm a show.
757
01:04:00.309 --> 01:04:05.309
I've really like to be a part
of Oklahoma. I've only heard like a
758
01:04:05.389 --> 01:04:11.699
snippet from it, but yeah,
so this is the last question I'm going
759
01:04:11.780 --> 01:04:15.780
to ask before I pass it over
to fry, and part of this is
760
01:04:15.019 --> 01:04:18.860
something had been wanted to know since
last year. So the first part is,
761
01:04:19.420 --> 01:04:23.380
what was that song? We had
to be we did as war most
762
01:04:23.579 --> 01:04:27.489
where. I was like a guy, Diby Day, I read. Day,
763
01:04:27.610 --> 01:04:33.130
I don't I say we did drinkside
show and you always would lead it
764
01:04:33.170 --> 01:04:39.639
and I was like that a day, Dady, day I did. I've
765
01:04:39.679 --> 01:04:43.960
been trying to find it for a
year. But is the consonant song.
766
01:04:44.480 --> 01:04:50.880
So okay. So you just sing
like constants that are like widely used instead
767
01:04:51.000 --> 01:04:59.309
of like in in musical theater.
So like it was a babby aby by
768
01:04:59.429 --> 01:05:02.110
Bay Bo you bead, you buy
Boeoo, Boo, B you buy boo
769
01:05:02.190 --> 01:05:05.989
boo, Boo boo, and then
you switch into a different continent it,
770
01:05:06.030 --> 01:05:16.619
which is so ch okay. It's
second part is what is your favorite vocal
771
01:05:16.739 --> 01:05:23.090
warm up? Oh my gosh,
I have so many. Also saying my
772
01:05:23.170 --> 01:05:31.130
favorite. My favorite vocal warm up
if flips in between lip trills, sirens,
773
01:05:31.849 --> 01:05:36.840
oaker lip trills are like, especially
because I'm going to be thing to
774
01:05:38.199 --> 01:05:42.639
New York soon. I and I
have like a pretty small space, but
775
01:05:42.719 --> 01:05:45.599
anytime I say like if you are
there's literally a window right here. If
776
01:05:45.679 --> 01:05:48.880
you are outside of my house,
you will hear me. If you are
777
01:05:49.070 --> 01:05:51.469
in the living room, you will
hear me, and Mama is always like,
778
01:05:51.750 --> 01:05:55.230
could you please shut up, please
just shut up. And so whatever
779
01:05:55.269 --> 01:05:59.989
I try and do, like warmups, my go too is a good long
780
01:06:00.110 --> 01:06:03.269
lip trill because it's quiet, doesn't
really anybody gets the job done. And
781
01:06:03.420 --> 01:06:11.019
then sirens are my favorite because I
am I'm like a Mezzo Soprano and sometimes
782
01:06:11.219 --> 01:06:15.860
into my upper range is harder.
Yeah, so that's just like one quick
783
01:06:15.900 --> 01:06:20.130
way that I can add said voice
as well as my chest voice to create
784
01:06:20.250 --> 01:06:24.969
a kind of Nice mixed belt.
Oh, as well as the hey exercise
785
01:06:25.369 --> 01:06:30.130
we've been doing, the drills go
like sirens ever inside Joe for like every
786
01:06:30.250 --> 01:06:33.719
curring. So they've been a really
good so much fun. Yeah, I
787
01:06:33.920 --> 01:06:39.440
loved it. Right, right,
your curr. Okay, yeah, so,
788
01:06:42.360 --> 01:06:47.550
okay, crap, I don't I
couldn't find my the like where I
789
01:06:47.590 --> 01:06:51.349
wrote down the questions, but I
think I have the momentorized. So these
790
01:06:51.389 --> 01:06:58.110
are about covid and like how it's
affected you and such. So, and
791
01:06:58.909 --> 01:07:02.139
I do say this to everyone I've
interviewed, I ask everybody these questions.
792
01:07:02.460 --> 01:07:08.179
These questions and if any of them
make you uncomfortable, please tell me and
793
01:07:08.380 --> 01:07:13.539
we can skip that one and just
move on to the next. So the
794
01:07:13.659 --> 01:07:18.809
first question is, how has covid
affected school? Oh my God, girl,
795
01:07:20.130 --> 01:07:25.170
Covid has been kicked in my ass. I see the language and school.
796
01:07:25.889 --> 01:07:32.519
Um No, I am pretty sure. I think being in part of
797
01:07:32.559 --> 01:07:40.920
quarantine and being forced to be alone
has really showed me a lot about myself
798
01:07:41.000 --> 01:07:45.150
and it showed you like that.
I you know, my work ethic is
799
01:07:45.190 --> 01:07:46.469
not as great as I thought it
once was, but at the same time,
800
01:07:46.510 --> 01:07:49.070
I feel like a lot of people
are feeling like that, like we're
801
01:07:49.150 --> 01:07:54.750
in we are a midst a literal
goal will pandemic. The world is falling
802
01:07:54.829 --> 01:07:59.500
apart and ripping. You know,
is ripping at it, seems. Global
803
01:07:59.539 --> 01:08:05.219
warming also is, yeah, terrorizing
the world. It's snowing in Saudio or
804
01:08:05.219 --> 01:08:12.929
Radia, it's snowing in Texas,
like what's the world is going crazy and
805
01:08:13.170 --> 01:08:15.890
even though it's going creative, I
feel like like we, we as Americans,
806
01:08:15.890 --> 01:08:20.250
are so conditioned to believe that our
value is amidst to how much work
807
01:08:20.409 --> 01:08:24.649
we do and the product of our
work. So, wow, my work,
808
01:08:24.770 --> 01:08:28.319
and specifically in school, has not
been the hottest. I also have
809
01:08:28.520 --> 01:08:31.000
to take a step back and be
like, liberty, do you see what's
810
01:08:31.039 --> 01:08:33.800
happening in the world, and not
only in the world, in your life
811
01:08:33.920 --> 01:08:38.560
personally? So much change and craziness
is going on. Even though your grades
812
01:08:38.560 --> 01:08:41.119
are not the best. It's important
to remind myself, and I want to
813
01:08:41.159 --> 01:08:45.069
remind you, know, the listeners, that it's okay to take a step
814
01:08:45.149 --> 01:08:47.590
back, it's okay not to be
okay, Homie, like do what you
815
01:08:47.710 --> 01:08:51.750
need to do to fix whatever's going
on in your mind so you can be
816
01:08:51.909 --> 01:08:57.340
better in your career and in school. So I would definitely say covid has
817
01:08:57.699 --> 01:09:03.340
affected my school work and has been
kicking my ass, but it's also taught
818
01:09:03.420 --> 01:09:08.579
me to, you know, respect
my mental health and give myself here basin
819
01:09:08.699 --> 01:09:12.810
room to just not be okay and
to, you know, Lick my wounds.
820
01:09:13.050 --> 01:09:17.170
So I don't refer. told you
it would, but when sly joke
821
01:09:17.250 --> 01:09:21.609
on canceled, I cud for an
hour straight. No, yeah, I'm
822
01:09:21.689 --> 01:09:29.920
so sure by maybe I hope next
year you got to show rating. I
823
01:09:30.039 --> 01:09:32.920
think I'm audition. I think I'm
cleving on audition for the play too.
824
01:09:33.920 --> 01:09:40.310
You should. They're fun, but
I get what you said about mental health.
825
01:09:40.350 --> 01:09:47.590
For coup my mental health has not
been okay. So thank you for
826
01:09:47.710 --> 01:09:50.510
saying mental health, Nelle, because
that is the next question. How has
827
01:09:50.590 --> 01:09:54.899
covid affected your mental health? And
again, if it's two personal we can
828
01:09:54.939 --> 01:09:59.579
skip it now. It's okay.
I'm an a whole open book girl friend.
829
01:10:00.939 --> 01:10:06.369
So on the topic of mental health, I think a lot of like,
830
01:10:06.729 --> 01:10:10.970
like I said before, like,
especially as Americans, we are extremely
831
01:10:11.090 --> 01:10:14.010
conditioned to be like go, go, go, go. What is the
832
01:10:14.130 --> 01:10:16.130
next project? And, like I
was said a little bit before, like
833
01:10:16.409 --> 01:10:21.600
Covid has forced everyone inside, is
force everyone just solitude, and so all
834
01:10:21.680 --> 01:10:30.800
you can do is thank and the
COVID has definitely like you're not even covid,
835
01:10:30.840 --> 01:10:35.229
but babally lockdown. has showed me
that I can't continue me like making
836
01:10:35.350 --> 01:10:43.109
distractions for myself and I have to
like be better about managing what's hurting me
837
01:10:43.430 --> 01:10:45.869
and, you know, focusing on
that. And one of the biggest things
838
01:10:45.869 --> 01:10:50.340
that I got into over code,
over that Covid, but over quarantine,
839
01:10:50.699 --> 01:10:56.779
is manifestation, because I found that
a lot of the time I was focusing
840
01:10:56.979 --> 01:11:00.020
on you know, when I when
I wasn't distracted, I was focusing on
841
01:11:00.140 --> 01:11:05.289
the past and things that I could
not change and that was wrecking my emotions
842
01:11:05.449 --> 01:11:10.689
and my mental health. And so
what I started doing is I started trying
843
01:11:10.770 --> 01:11:15.090
to forgive myself and the past,
things that I can't change, my mommy,
844
01:11:15.329 --> 01:11:18.359
the past things that I can't change, and I've also been trying to
845
01:11:18.600 --> 01:11:23.720
focus on future, things that I
can do that are tangible, that I
846
01:11:23.760 --> 01:11:28.479
can do to make not only myself
better, but my life and the other
847
01:11:28.600 --> 01:11:31.989
people in my life better. So
I've been journaling, I've I have I
848
01:11:32.229 --> 01:11:36.829
love planning things out so much to
the future. Oh my God, it's
849
01:11:36.989 --> 01:11:42.470
one of the best things that I've
I've done. Yeah, like having a
850
01:11:42.630 --> 01:11:46.109
planner and just reminding myself that,
while today sucked, there's a tomorrow and
851
01:11:46.260 --> 01:11:51.060
you got this, and like manifesting
the life that I know I'm going to
852
01:11:51.260 --> 01:11:55.779
have. You know what I'm saying. You always bring so much optionism and
853
01:11:55.979 --> 01:11:59.539
tomorrow life. Miss Nelly, I'm
in love with you. Thank you.
854
01:11:59.739 --> 01:12:04.170
I love you through you too.
All right, so I know there were
855
01:12:04.289 --> 01:12:08.930
five questions, but I can't remember
two of them, so I'm just going
856
01:12:08.970 --> 01:12:12.970
to ask the third one and probably
call that the last of the covid questions
857
01:12:12.970 --> 01:12:16.479
because I can't remember the other two, one about family and one about following
858
01:12:16.520 --> 01:12:19.520
your dreams. Okay, yeah,
there were only four. Okay, I
859
01:12:19.640 --> 01:12:26.239
was wrong, but welcome. How
has covid off did your family or how
860
01:12:26.279 --> 01:12:30.590
has it impacted your family? Wow, that's a really great question. So
861
01:12:30.869 --> 01:12:35.149
I'm able to get a little bit
personal, you know. So at the
862
01:12:35.229 --> 01:12:40.029
beginning of covid everyone started talking about
how a lot of people, who would
863
01:12:40.430 --> 01:12:44.659
you know, we're more subsceptable to
get it. Getting it are. What
864
01:12:44.859 --> 01:12:49.619
is the what I'm looking for?
Pre Con preconditions, existing conditions. Yes,
865
01:12:49.779 --> 01:12:57.020
you have existing conditions. That's what
I'm sense to say. And my
866
01:12:57.180 --> 01:13:00.250
mom, she sadly has one of
those pre existing conditions. And so,
867
01:13:00.970 --> 01:13:05.569
like, while everyone was doing you
know, social distancing and and stuff like
868
01:13:05.649 --> 01:13:09.369
that, like as soon as we
heard about Covid, as soon as you
869
01:13:09.489 --> 01:13:12.810
know, because my mom is also
a nurse, as soon as we heard
870
01:13:12.850 --> 01:13:16.960
about this and you know, stuff
started getting around inside of her her like
871
01:13:17.279 --> 01:13:20.760
her nursing ward and the area.
She was like we we can't, we
872
01:13:20.880 --> 01:13:30.510
have to quarantine and it's it's definitely
affected my family and I found that me
873
01:13:30.630 --> 01:13:33.909
and my sister have had to grow
up a little bit faster than we have
874
01:13:34.109 --> 01:13:39.149
wanted to. Kind of sucks.
About the same time, I'm I'm a
875
01:13:39.189 --> 01:13:42.819
Jan I'm fine, I'm going to
become an adult sooner or later. And
876
01:13:45.420 --> 01:13:47.859
so, yeah, we've been forced
into solitude, which is not a bad
877
01:13:47.939 --> 01:13:53.220
thing, but I have to say
it really taught me and my family how
878
01:13:53.340 --> 01:13:59.609
to again face a lot of things
that we haven't been because we've been distracted
879
01:13:59.649 --> 01:14:03.729
by everyday life and just learning how
to problem solve with each other and just
880
01:14:04.409 --> 01:14:10.760
become genuinely like not only family members, but like friends. It's just me,
881
01:14:10.880 --> 01:14:15.079
my sister, my mom, but
I would have to say it's strengthen
882
01:14:15.199 --> 01:14:21.000
our relationship a lot. So yeah, and so the last question is how
883
01:14:21.159 --> 01:14:29.270
has covid affected following or pursuing your
dreams? Oh, my cheapers, I
884
01:14:29.390 --> 01:14:34.029
would have to say it has forced
me to become more Internet savvy, which
885
01:14:34.069 --> 01:14:38.739
is important. It's always important to
make connections. That's the biggest thing that
886
01:14:38.819 --> 01:14:43.020
they teach you when you go into
the industry is that connections, connections,
887
01:14:43.100 --> 01:14:45.579
connections, networking, talking to other
people. Did it a stuff like that.
888
01:14:46.220 --> 01:14:50.819
And while I like at the beginning
of let's oar before Covid, I
889
01:14:50.939 --> 01:14:58.489
really wasn't into the idea of making
friends with people solely to Ben get at
890
01:14:58.529 --> 01:15:00.210
some sort of benefit from it.
That, like, I did not like
891
01:15:00.409 --> 01:15:05.130
that idea at all. And so
what, you know, being of hard
892
01:15:05.170 --> 01:15:10.159
quarantine and Covid and you know,
this entire experience has really forced me to,
893
01:15:10.840 --> 01:15:15.800
you know, become more Internet savvy
and kind of like a byproduct of
894
01:15:15.880 --> 01:15:19.439
that has been talking to people on
the Internet and exploring avenues of art that
895
01:15:19.560 --> 01:15:25.630
I otherwise wouldn't have if it wasn't
for this crazy virus. Like I don't
896
01:15:25.630 --> 01:15:29.350
think I ever would have been an
ambassador for Broadway for racial justice. I
897
01:15:29.390 --> 01:15:31.430
don't think I would have ever got
a chance to speak with one of my
898
01:15:31.630 --> 01:15:33.909
heroes, N A rap. I
don't think I've ever would have been a
899
01:15:33.949 --> 01:15:38.619
part of my first professional production,
heathers, and get paid for it if
900
01:15:38.699 --> 01:15:42.739
I hadn't, you know, made
the switch to being more, you know,
901
01:15:43.060 --> 01:15:46.779
Internet inclined. So yeah, I
kind of like tearing about this Cuz
902
01:15:47.100 --> 01:15:51.090
even though we go we both go
to Sam School, same arts program,
903
01:15:51.649 --> 01:15:59.210
we have totally different like situations now, because you're one of the board members
904
01:15:59.329 --> 01:16:02.529
for a theater, but you're online
to do that and I'm kind of like
905
01:16:02.890 --> 01:16:08.039
I'm in person, but I don't
really get to be close and do as
906
01:16:08.079 --> 01:16:11.920
much things as I got to do
last year. So it's very unique.
907
01:16:12.640 --> 01:16:18.710
It's everything that we knew about life
prea. It is being flipped on its
908
01:16:18.710 --> 01:16:23.670
heed. Come from. Yeah,
and looks like as it was, you
909
01:16:23.829 --> 01:16:27.630
know, like, yeah, snowing
in Texas, anything as possible. Yeah,
910
01:16:30.470 --> 01:16:36.300
yeah, true, yeah, and
those are all the covid questions.
911
01:16:39.220 --> 01:16:45.500
But yeah, so guys, if
any if anyone's in our area, please
912
01:16:45.739 --> 01:16:49.930
go check out liberty in twins with
Fanuel. Put Them County Spelling Be April,
913
01:16:50.850 --> 01:16:55.890
eighth, ninth and ten, I
believe. Yes, ma'am. Okay,
914
01:16:55.890 --> 01:16:57.609
I just know I'm going to be
there opening. All right, that's
915
01:16:57.649 --> 01:17:00.479
all I know. Oh my gosh, thank you so much for having me.
916
01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:05.159
Thank you for coming on as thank
you. This is actually the longest
917
01:17:05.239 --> 01:17:11.199
episode we've ever done. It's over
one hour and sixteen minutes. The most,
918
01:17:11.319 --> 01:17:15.119
I think the longest one we've ever
done was like fifty minutes. So
919
01:17:15.390 --> 01:17:21.109
thank you. I am honored.
I interested years off. I think this
920
01:17:21.350 --> 01:17:25.109
is my favorite episode two records of
Fur. I said that every week,
921
01:17:25.229 --> 01:17:30.020
but they did. These episodes just
keep getting better. Yeah, yeah,
922
01:17:30.300 --> 01:17:34.100
thank you so much. I would
love to do this again. Yeah,
923
01:17:34.260 --> 01:17:39.100
cheap. Yeah, it was so
nice to meet you. Rightank you.
924
01:17:39.260 --> 01:17:45.090
It was nice to you. I
need to I want to see you again
925
01:17:45.130 --> 01:17:46.890
in person. Yes, we have. We Hang. When? When are
926
01:17:46.970 --> 01:17:51.010
you? When do you come for
oursels, because I'm no, because I've
927
01:17:51.409 --> 01:17:56.329
tried to wait by the theater to
seek here, but counter horses on this
928
01:17:56.569 --> 01:18:00.760
day. Oh my God, when
are you going to be? When do
929
01:18:00.840 --> 01:18:06.800
you get there like normally to Oh, okay, yeah, I should be
930
01:18:06.840 --> 01:18:13.710
able to wave. Yeah, or
are I have bottled the books Monday,
931
01:18:14.149 --> 01:18:18.630
but we don't really start till too
so I could just like you just come
932
01:18:18.670 --> 01:18:25.829
by the library on your way.
That's the end of the year. I
933
01:18:25.909 --> 01:18:29.460
want a picture with you for the
end of year. I want a picture.
934
01:18:30.180 --> 01:18:34.340
I had a er so much.
Yeah, I think you so much.
935
01:18:34.500 --> 01:18:40.100
Wrapping me on, guys, I'm
so glad that I was. Nellie
936
01:18:40.460 --> 01:18:45.449
is the cohost now and because now
we get to do so much more than
937
01:18:45.489 --> 01:18:48.170
we could before. Well, then
I could doing it by myself. So
938
01:18:49.369 --> 01:18:57.000
big ground of applause for Nellie.
Yeah, the prettiest. I think I
939
01:18:57.159 --> 01:19:01.279
was your last MVP. I think
I was. Yeah, you were your
940
01:19:01.319 --> 01:19:05.600
last would be. I was very
happy about getting it. I work so
941
01:19:05.760 --> 01:19:10.189
hard to get it. You'll be
in the first and the last. Girlfriend.
942
01:19:10.750 --> 01:19:15.909
All right, guys, walk my
dog now. Thank you for us.
943
01:19:18.630 --> 01:19:27.180
All right, hope. Little boxes
on the hill side, the little
944
01:19:27.340 --> 01:19:32.819
boxes made a ticky tacky. Little
boxes on the hills side, little boxes
945
01:19:33.260 --> 01:19:39.609
all the same. There's a pink
one and the green one and a blue
946
01:19:39.850 --> 01:19:45.250
one and a yellow one and they're
all made out of Ticky tacky and they
947
01:19:45.369 --> 01:19:46.010
all look just the same.
