WEBVTT 1 00:00:05.879 --> 00:00:08.320 Good morning, good morning, good morning, and welcome, welcome, welcoming. 2 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:11.839 It's time now for our community connection right here on K one, the 3 00:00:12.080 --> 00:00:16.480 one you trust. And today we have our our friends in here from CMT. 4 00:00:16.679 --> 00:00:21.120 They're a little bit taller than the ones we had last week, but 5 00:00:21.399 --> 00:00:24.879 they've all been in Cinderella. Now some of you, all of you twice 6 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.960 Hi, welcome aboard, Thank you so much. We have Caitlin, we 7 00:00:29.000 --> 00:00:32.320 have Eric, and we have Roberta, all in here today. Caitlin cogil 8 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:37.479 is the director. And welcome back, because it's like a welcome back to 9 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.679 times too, isn't it. That's right. This is my third show that 10 00:00:40.719 --> 00:00:46.039 I've been directing for CMT. I was here for The Little Mermaid and twenty 11 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:49.359 eighteen and The Music Man during the Pandemic, and I'm so glad to be 12 00:00:49.399 --> 00:00:55.439 back again directing Cinderella, the twenty fifth anniversary production. Now this is another 13 00:00:55.520 --> 00:01:00.320 kind of a comeback too, because what happened in two thousand in was in 14 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:04.920 the very first children's musical feat of Bartlesville production was Rogers and Hammerstein, Cinderella 15 00:01:06.400 --> 00:01:11.359 and Roberta and I were both in the play together. I played Cinderella at 16 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:17.519 thirteen years old, and Roberto was my beloved stepsister. Hey, tell us 17 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:21.200 a little bit about that ROBERTA going back in time and then to present day. 18 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:23.640 It's kind of a neat little trip, isn't it. It sure is. 19 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.439 I just have the best memories of getting to be on that CMT stage 20 00:01:26.439 --> 00:01:30.519 and getting a shit with my good friend Caitlin, and now getting to come 21 00:01:30.560 --> 00:01:33.079 back twenty five years Well, this is on our first one together, but 22 00:01:33.519 --> 00:01:38.480 to be back together in the same show slightly different, but the same show 23 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:42.560 has been really surreal. No, Eric, kello's a little bit about yourself. 24 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:47.000 You're the choreographer, So I am also a CMT alumni. I did 25 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:52.200 four five shows somewhere in there Wow growing up, and then went out performed 26 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:55.680 for a while. I was actually in the Broadway tour of Cinderella, And 27 00:01:55.719 --> 00:01:59.439 now I'm able to come back and help give it to these kids and really 28 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:02.120 have a fun time with them. One of the special things about this twenty 29 00:02:02.120 --> 00:02:08.000 fifth anniversary production is that all of the creative team are all Every single one 30 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.759 of us is a CMT alum. So you have the three of us sitting 31 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:15.439 here today. You've also got Brad Gray, who's our lighting designer. He 32 00:02:15.800 --> 00:02:22.479 is still working on Broadway every single year he's programming Broadway shows and so he 33 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:29.439 brings such exceptional expertise to this stage. And we also have christ who is 34 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:35.199 designing all of our projections. Christo is a he's a creative director here in 35 00:02:35.240 --> 00:02:39.560 Oklahoma, but he's also a CMT alum and he is making the magic happen 36 00:02:39.759 --> 00:02:44.800 on the stage for us. I tell us a little bit about this, 37 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.400 this projection thing. This is kind of new for CMT is today. This 38 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:54.039 is brand new. So we had an led wall donated for the use of 39 00:02:54.240 --> 00:03:00.560 this production, and so we are able to do some things on that stage 40 00:03:00.680 --> 00:03:05.159 he's never been able to do before. And we are still finding new ways 41 00:03:05.319 --> 00:03:09.240 to bring the magic to life. And it really is going to be something 42 00:03:09.280 --> 00:03:13.240 that is so special and not to be missed. Wow, this is going 43 00:03:13.319 --> 00:03:15.719 to be cool. Now, I understand we have sixty four kids. What's 44 00:03:15.759 --> 00:03:21.199 that like teaching sixty four kids to dance there, mister Eric. So they 45 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:24.680 have stepped up and absolutely killed it. So a lot of our kids aren't 46 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:30.639 classically trained dancers, and that's totally okay. We can make do with everything 47 00:03:30.639 --> 00:03:32.479 that we have. But every single one of them, has showed up the 48 00:03:32.560 --> 00:03:37.479 rehearsals willing to learn, bright eyed bushytailed and said, I don't know how 49 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.280 to do that. I'll figure it out, and they have done so they're 50 00:03:40.439 --> 00:03:46.039 absolutely incredible. We have big scenes with literally the entire cast on stage, 51 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:50.280 and then we've got some smaller scenes that really feature some lovely intimate moments and 52 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.560 it's just awesome. Robert had this music. I heard some of it. 53 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:59.800 It's going to be in the performance when needed, A little short kind of 54 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:03.240 a presentation at a Unity Square. Tell us a little bit about it. 55 00:04:03.240 --> 00:04:08.960 It really souted great. Well, thank you. So I alluded this to 56 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.680 earlier, but this story is a little bit different than the story that you've 57 00:04:12.719 --> 00:04:16.199 heard of Cinderella in the past, maybe in the New movies or even the 58 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:20.360 original Rogers and Hammerstein. And one of the great changes about this script is 59 00:04:20.439 --> 00:04:25.800 that it features an ensemble. There wasn't a whole lot of ensemble work before, 60 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:30.199 and so now they've really highlighted the ensemble, and so we've been able 61 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:36.000 to take classic songs like ten Minutes Ago and Stepsister's Laments and infuse the entire 62 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:41.079 cast into that, and so it really makes for some lush beautiful moments. 63 00:04:41.560 --> 00:04:45.120 Well, golly, I found it's pretty darn cool now getting into the fact 64 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.680 that we have sixty four kids. We've doubled casts this year. We have. 65 00:04:48.319 --> 00:04:53.079 One of the fun things about coming back every few years is that you 66 00:04:53.160 --> 00:04:57.160 get to see the organization grow and you get to see the kids grow and 67 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:01.399 develop. And when we were here in February auditioning these kids, we realized 68 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:08.759 that we just had so many skilled kids that were ready for the responsibility of 69 00:05:08.800 --> 00:05:13.800 having a role. And so what we've done is we have two different casts 70 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:17.759 of principal characters. So we've got one cast, the Enchanted cast is going 71 00:05:17.839 --> 00:05:23.279 on Thursday and Saturday, and then we've got the ever After cast and they'll 72 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:28.759 be performing for you on Friday and Sunday. And it has been thrilling to 73 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:33.000 watch these kids create two different versions of the same play. We have really 74 00:05:33.079 --> 00:05:38.800 encouraged them to find their own way to navigate the material and sitting back in 75 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:43.759 the theater this week watching these dress rehearsals, it's absolutely thrilling to see two 76 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:47.279 totally different versions of the same story on the stage. Er I was gonna 77 00:05:47.279 --> 00:05:51.600 say, And they're all taking really bold risks and like having the freedom to 78 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:56.920 play off of each other, and it's really I look at these kids and 79 00:05:56.959 --> 00:05:59.439 I'm going if I had done that when I was there, I would be 80 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:03.439 so much better. They're really it's amazing to watch them, and they're all 81 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:08.720 in the show every night. So the other fun thing is that these kids 82 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:13.560 who've been cast to share a role have an ensemble track. So these kids 83 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:19.160 have learned twice the material in half the rehearsal time, essentially because they've had 84 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:24.000 two roles to learn in the same six week rehearsal problems. So that's pretty 85 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:27.800 much the way who's going to a Broadway touring group and it is Yeah, 86 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.959 I was gonna say it's the timeline is not far off. And these kids 87 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:35.000 have stepped up yet again and said okay, cool, we'll make it happen. 88 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:40.480 And they have well. And Eric and I both swung a professional musical, 89 00:06:40.600 --> 00:06:44.920 so what you do is you understudy multiple tracks. And so I was 90 00:06:44.959 --> 00:06:48.000 a swing in Newsy's on Broadway and Eric was a swing and a dance captain 91 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:54.079 on the tour of Cinderellas. So one of the fun things about coming back 92 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:58.959 home after having over a decade of experience as a professional performing artist. Is 93 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:02.959 we get to share these very specific professional skills with kids. I didn't get 94 00:07:03.000 --> 00:07:06.279 to understudy or swing a show until I was out of college, and now 95 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:12.040 we've got kids in high school tackling professional level responsibilities. It's really incredible. 96 00:07:12.240 --> 00:07:15.240 Yeah, Roberta, I got to ask you with the singing, the kids 97 00:07:15.240 --> 00:07:18.639 don't get confused with this, you know, they're switching around things. They 98 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:20.720 just kind of just go out and do it, don't they They do. 99 00:07:20.759 --> 00:07:26.639 They're really incredible, and you know, I'm really proud of the way that 100 00:07:26.680 --> 00:07:30.800 they've been able to handle all of it. It would be really easy to 101 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:34.079 be jealous or to try and like steal the spotlight from each other, but 102 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:40.800 they have been very gracious and very uplifting to each other and very generous with 103 00:07:41.439 --> 00:07:44.800 Maybe they weren't around when a note was given, so they've been very generous 104 00:07:44.879 --> 00:07:47.839 with, you know, encouraging the other person and giving them all the necessary 105 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:51.759 information to be successful. Now, when it comes to styling the songs, 106 00:07:51.800 --> 00:07:57.120 are are they sticking straight through the sheet or are they getting a little expressive 107 00:07:57.160 --> 00:08:03.160 too. We're trying to stick pretty close the sheet. But they I mean, 108 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:05.240 again, they're two different singers, so They're going to sing it in 109 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:09.160 two different ways. Everyone has their own individual voice, and the way that 110 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.439 one person might interpret a phrase or a line of music is going to be 111 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:16.439 different than another person. So you just got to see the show. That's 112 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.879 right. Album two tickets comes even shot twice. Yeah, tickets are available 113 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:26.639 with the show's up July eleventh through the fourteenth, and you can still get 114 00:08:26.680 --> 00:08:31.080 tickets at the box office at the Center or online at their website. Now, 115 00:08:31.879 --> 00:08:35.799 I'm just going to say this, I'm a man of a few years, 116 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:39.639 but two thousand and one that long ago for you guys your sake, 117 00:08:39.720 --> 00:08:43.840 Well, I was like half my life. I guess it feels a lot 118 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:48.879 longer when we're around these children. Does that harken back to some of the 119 00:08:48.879 --> 00:08:52.720 things that you might have remembered as a young cast member? Do you do 120 00:08:52.720 --> 00:08:56.000 you kind of? Oh? I have, I mean flash back. The 121 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:01.039 best memories are dressing room memories. Yeah, so on stages on you when 122 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.279 you walk backstage, you go, oh, yeah, there is these shenanigans 123 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:11.279 that happened, thos that happened there. Oh man, glad we made it. 124 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:16.039 And working with a lot of the same volunteers is so satisfying to walk 125 00:09:16.039 --> 00:09:20.639 into the building and see these faces that have been invested in this organization every 126 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:26.399 year for twenty five years, and there are thousands upon thousands of volunteer hours 127 00:09:26.399 --> 00:09:31.320 that go into making a show like this happen, and so getting to come 128 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.200 back and see faces who gave us that gift as kids were when we were 129 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.120 kids, they were making the show happen for us, and they're still here, 130 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:43.200 invested in this organization and invested in this next generation of kids. I 131 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.399 mean, many of them haven't changed a bit, haven't many of them have 132 00:09:46.600 --> 00:09:50.840 changed a bit. That's the great part is that you have this legacy and 133 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:56.480 you have the it's bound to go on forever. CMT is. It had 134 00:09:56.480 --> 00:10:01.960 a great start in two thousand. It's been building like a snowball, and 135 00:10:01.000 --> 00:10:07.759 that is because the community has embraced it so so wholeheartedly and said, we 136 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.279 want to make this thing for our kids to be able to experience the arts 137 00:10:11.320 --> 00:10:13.759 in a way that a lot of places can't. So it's really it's such 138 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:18.159 a special environment. We're going to take a very quick break and when we 139 00:10:18.200 --> 00:10:20.279 come back, we're going to give a little bit of a wrap up and 140 00:10:20.320 --> 00:10:24.559 how to get tickets. 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And it's also great for the kids to see that, 203 00:14:37.200 --> 00:14:41.440 yeah, you can come from a town like Bartlesville and you can go places 204 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:45.799 the sky is the limit? Is that really? Are the kids kind of 205 00:14:45.799 --> 00:14:48.840 taking that to heart because it seems like they're acting all inspired and stuff. 206 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:54.039 We have kids going out and auditioning for college programs left and right. So 207 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:58.080 we actually have a good number of kids who I think maybe wouldn't have ever 208 00:14:58.159 --> 00:15:03.039 considered this out having CMT, some who have used CMT as a kind of 209 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.799 springboard to get them off onto their career. Well, and I like to 210 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:11.120 talk about the value of arts education no matter what career path you should up 211 00:15:11.159 --> 00:15:16.000 in. So you know, we have those of us who have taken the 212 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.240 performance route. Roberta has really invested in education. There you go, it 213 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:26.039 goes on, it does. And one of her students from her high school 214 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:30.399 teaching gig is our is our stage manager this year, which is it is 215 00:15:30.440 --> 00:15:33.039 just incredible to see the impact, that long term impact. And then we 216 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:37.240 have you know, Christo who's working on our projections. Who is a creative 217 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.399 director, and so he's taken his understanding of story and brought it to his 218 00:15:41.480 --> 00:15:46.960 work in media and design. Wow, Dell, shall we get tickets? 219 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:50.679 I want tickets to all four of them. Come see us at the Center. 220 00:15:52.039 --> 00:15:56.679 Tickets are available at the box office and online. We'll be performing four 221 00:15:56.720 --> 00:16:00.519 times July eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteen. Come see both casts. 222 00:16:00.600 --> 00:16:03.200 You will not be disappointed, all right. I want to thank you 223 00:16:03.240 --> 00:16:08.679 for coming in so early in the morning and being with us to share today 224 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:10.720 right here on K one.