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<v Speaker 1>Okay. So Sunday night, my daughter says, we have to

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<v Speaker 1>go see my friend Haley perform in this play that

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing in Aurora, and you have to go with me,

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<v Speaker 1>and let's go. And we went. And first of all,

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<v Speaker 1>was a show that I had not seen, and I

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<v Speaker 1>had only heard good things about, and they are all accurate.

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<v Speaker 1>The show is six. It is currently still on Broadway.

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<v Speaker 1>It's going to be coming. The Broadway version is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be coming through the DCPA this upcoming season. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>relatively certain. Yeah, I think it's coming this upcoming season.

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<v Speaker 1>But the show is about Henry the Eight's six ex wives,

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<v Speaker 1>and I don't want to give up too much, but

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<v Speaker 1>it is wildly entertaining. It's a musical. It's fun. The

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<v Speaker 1>music is great. And on Sunday night we went and

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<v Speaker 1>saw performance put together by a little student theater. Passion

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<v Speaker 1>Project is the name of the company in this little

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<v Speaker 1>theater that looks like it is a converted garage, and

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<v Speaker 1>it is all high school students or early college students.

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<v Speaker 1>Six young women on the stage doing the show. And

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<v Speaker 1>the director of the show is another woman who when

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<v Speaker 1>I saw her, I was like, I think she's twelve

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<v Speaker 1>years old, but apparently she's older than that. Her name

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<v Speaker 1>is Brooklyn Stevens, and she's joining me now to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about her passion project, which is this theater group. Brooklyn,

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the show.

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<v Speaker 2>Hello, welcome. I'm so excited.

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<v Speaker 1>Well Brooklyn, first of all, how old are you?

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<v Speaker 2>I'm eighteen years old?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, okay, So I was not totally like that far

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<v Speaker 1>off that. I was like, she looks like she's twelve.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's talk about First of all, we're going to talk

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<v Speaker 1>about the Student Theater Passion Project. Then we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>Roaming Gnome and what they do, because that's really cool too.

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<v Speaker 1>I had never heard of them, so we'll talk about

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<v Speaker 1>what they're providing for you. What is the Student Theater

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<v Speaker 1>Passion Project. What happened here?

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<v Speaker 2>No. I was introduced to a student led production of

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<v Speaker 2>Haitiestown last summer, and I met a ton of amazing

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<v Speaker 2>students and people there who really became a family. And

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<v Speaker 2>I talked about the possibility of starting to direct my

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<v Speaker 2>own show, and so did a lot of other of

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<v Speaker 2>the a lot of other people a part of this production.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I just decided, in like late November early December,

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<v Speaker 2>that I was going to direct sixteen Edition throughout the

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<v Speaker 2>spring and summer of this year.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, tell me the difference for people that don't know

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<v Speaker 1>about these teen edition shows, because they're not exactly like

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<v Speaker 1>the show, but they're very very close. How how do

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<v Speaker 1>they differ from the show you might see on Broadway?

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<v Speaker 2>It differs as like the script has changed a little

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<v Speaker 2>bit because of some perhaps innuendos or some language. But

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<v Speaker 2>six is honestly a really family friendly show for a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people. It's a lot different than let's say,

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<v Speaker 2>like Heather's teen Edition because that one's a lot darker,

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<v Speaker 2>so a lot of lyric changes have to go towards

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<v Speaker 2>that one. But six is pretty much the same show

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<v Speaker 2>for teens and for the adult actors on Broadway.

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<v Speaker 1>So this is all teen actor. How did you find

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<v Speaker 1>the actors? Did you have tryouts and all that stuff?

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<v Speaker 1>Tell me about that process.

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<v Speaker 2>So this all started. I made an Instagram account after Thestcon,

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<v Speaker 2>which was in early December, and a lot of people

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<v Speaker 2>ended up seeing it on Instagram. When I sent out

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<v Speaker 2>a whole casting call, and then I had virtual auditions

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<v Speaker 2>start coming in, and then I gave everybody a callback

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<v Speaker 2>for at least one character, and they all came to

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<v Speaker 2>my house, which honestly seems a little sketchy for somebody

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<v Speaker 2>who've never met. I definitely have another plan for when

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<v Speaker 2>I do that again, as I know another little theater

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<v Speaker 2>that I could do callbacks at and such. So then

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<v Speaker 2>I did callbacks and then the rest is history. Casted

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<v Speaker 2>the show and now it's on.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, to be clear, you casted the show twice. There

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<v Speaker 1>are two different casts that do this show. How did

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<v Speaker 1>that pan out? Why did you end up with two

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<v Speaker 1>different casts?

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<v Speaker 2>I ended up with two different because I felt like

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<v Speaker 2>to have I had about thirty people audition and I

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<v Speaker 2>felt that just taking out of those thirty six girls

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<v Speaker 2>was not fair to a lot of these girls. And

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<v Speaker 2>so that's why I ended up doing two casts. And

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<v Speaker 2>there was also just so much talent to go around,

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<v Speaker 2>and I was just like so overwhelmed with so much

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<v Speaker 2>support and love. And yeah, well.

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<v Speaker 1>The show was dynamite on Sunday night. Now you're gonna

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<v Speaker 1>have the I believe the Bolin cast is coming up

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<v Speaker 1>in the next few productions. But let's talk about the

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<v Speaker 1>Roaming Nome Theater. This little tiny space that has a

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<v Speaker 1>little set, It has a little snack bar. I mean

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<v Speaker 1>it has. It's like a little miniature theater. How what

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<v Speaker 1>is the Roaming Nome Theater?

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<v Speaker 2>Uh, Roaming Nome Theater. I've been a part of Roaming

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<v Speaker 2>Home Theater since twenty twenty three when my mom found

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<v Speaker 2>it out of the blue on Google or like with

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<v Speaker 2>her coworkers, and I started doing shows there. My first

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<v Speaker 2>show there was Loose and that was the great production.

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<v Speaker 2>Roamingnome has really been such a detrimental part to our success,

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<v Speaker 2>And honestly, I think if we had an even bigger

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<v Speaker 2>space for six, we wouldn't know what to do with

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<v Speaker 2>the room, if I'm being completely honest, because the show

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<v Speaker 2>is just so good and it's so tiny. But it's

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<v Speaker 2>like if we had like a four hundred theater theater,

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<v Speaker 2>I would not know what to do. I would have

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<v Speaker 2>felt so overwhelmed. But Roamingnome helps set up tickets for us.

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<v Speaker 2>They're obviously do they're doing the snack bar. They've really

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<v Speaker 2>been just so helpful, and they have summer camps going

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<v Speaker 2>on like every single day, so it's like they're doing

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<v Speaker 2>summer camps all day long, and then we'd come in

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<v Speaker 2>at night to come and rehearse and set up and

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<v Speaker 2>do everything and I'm honestly just like so grateful for them,

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<v Speaker 2>especially Alex Oliver Boston. She's one of my favorite directors

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<v Speaker 2>and she's just like the kindest human soul.

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<v Speaker 1>Now that's a big thing to step in and direct

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<v Speaker 1>a show. And is this the first time you've directed

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<v Speaker 1>a show yourself.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, this is the first time I've directed a show.

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<v Speaker 2>I plan to go into theater education at the University

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<v Speaker 2>of Northern Colorado Go Bears, And I've met so many

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<v Speaker 2>people up there already, and so many people are actually

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<v Speaker 2>interested in coming down and you know, doing a show

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<v Speaker 2>under me in the future. Up there already, and so

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<v Speaker 2>many people have already reached out to me, especially after

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<v Speaker 2>this first weekend, which the show was just gonna get

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<v Speaker 2>better in my opinion, especially with two casts.

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<v Speaker 1>And what I love about this is like our audience

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<v Speaker 1>was full of the friends and family of the girls

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<v Speaker 1>who were on the stage, so they were into it

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<v Speaker 1>and they were clapping and having fun. It was just

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<v Speaker 1>a blast. And I got to tell you, the young women,

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<v Speaker 1>how old are how old is your cast? Like? What

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<v Speaker 1>range do you have in this cast?

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<v Speaker 2>So between both casts, the cast ranges from girls who

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<v Speaker 2>just finished their freshman year of high school to girls

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<v Speaker 2>who have just finish high school year of high school

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<v Speaker 2>and are not going to college. So it's really like

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<v Speaker 2>fourteen fifteen and up, which is honestly so great. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>our youngest queen on that stage that is going to

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<v Speaker 2>be in the Ballink Castes are Anna of Cleaves. Her

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<v Speaker 2>name is Kiir Cantrell. She is the funniest human being.

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<v Speaker 2>And then it's like, then, we've got a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>seniors in the show, so it's really great. A lot

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<v Speaker 2>of them are going into their senior year though.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh but that's okay. Brooklyn Stevens is my guest. She's

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<v Speaker 1>with the Student Theater Passion Project. Now, Brooklyn, this is

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<v Speaker 1>the first year of the Student Theater Passion Project. Have

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<v Speaker 1>you chosen a show to do next time? You and

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<v Speaker 1>I were kind of talking off the air and You're like, well,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe we'll do a bunch of one acts or something

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<v Speaker 1>like that. Are you kind of trying to figure out

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<v Speaker 1>what you want to do next?

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, I totally am. Next summer, I really really want

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<v Speaker 2>to do Mama Mia. That is a show I've been

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<v Speaker 2>wanting to do for many, many years. I'm right now

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<v Speaker 2>just depending on when those auditions and stuff. Go out

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<v Speaker 2>right now, it's looking like we'll be at Roamingnome again

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<v Speaker 2>and like do a lot of fun things there. But

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<v Speaker 2>it's like, if we get like fifty people to audition,

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<v Speaker 2>then then it's like I could get an even bigger theater.

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<v Speaker 2>And then I was talking about maybe doing a one

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<v Speaker 2>act festival with a couple of people, which I would

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<v Speaker 2>be so excited to do because I just love one

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<v Speaker 2>act there. I find that the best monologues.

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<v Speaker 1>Come from yeah, oh yeah, because you got to do

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<v Speaker 1>a lot in one act. You got to tell the

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<v Speaker 1>whole story in one act.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>That's there's a lot of pressure on those one act

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<v Speaker 1>shows to get that entire story arc in very very quickly. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn Stevens, I'm a fan. I can't wait to see

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<v Speaker 1>what you guys do next. I need you to put

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<v Speaker 1>out a newsletter or something, or a Facebook group that

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<v Speaker 1>I can join and follow along so I can keep following.

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<v Speaker 1>The next performances of six at the Roamingnme Theater are

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<v Speaker 1>July even, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth. Be clear from my audience,

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<v Speaker 1>this is community theater. You're not going to go there

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<v Speaker 1>and expect Broadway. That is unrealistic. But these girls that

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<v Speaker 1>I saw in this cast, and I'm assuming in the

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<v Speaker 1>other cast as well, are so talented and they left nothing.

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<v Speaker 1>They left nothing on the stage. They just went all

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<v Speaker 1>out and I loved it. I thought the performances were

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<v Speaker 1>fantastic and for a first time director, hats off to you,

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<v Speaker 1>Brooklyn for such an amazing job.

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<v Speaker 2>Thank you so much. That really means the world to me.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, it was great. I can't wait to see what

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<v Speaker 1>you do next to Maybe we'll have you on in

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<v Speaker 1>the future to talk about the next Student Passion Project production.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, that would be great.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, thanks Brooklyn, Thank you all right. I've got

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<v Speaker 1>links on the blog for both things. I've got links

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<v Speaker 1>to my tickets to the teen edition of six and

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<v Speaker 1>I also have links to the Roaming Home Theater cutest

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<v Speaker 1>little theater you ever saw in your life.