WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.240 --> 00:00:01.639 Well this lame. 2 00:00:04.960 --> 00:00:13.880 Kelly six Live everywhere on the iHeartRadio app and YouTube. 3 00:00:13.960 --> 00:00:16.839 Let me tell you about Candace Nicholas Lippman. She's an actress, 4 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.839 spoken word artist, and arts educator with a passion for 5 00:00:19.960 --> 00:00:22.839 using her god given talents to uplift others. You may 6 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:25.000 know her from her time as Jasmine on the show 7 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.440 Blind Spotting. Candas Nicholas Lipman's solo play, A Rose called Candace, 8 00:00:29.519 --> 00:00:32.960 is an epic, moving, inspiring, cinematic ode to survival, grace, 9 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:37.240 and exhilarating ambition. Candas is a shiny exemplar of how 10 00:00:37.359 --> 00:00:39.520 living as an artist, in spite of what the universe 11 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:42.240 throws at you, or perhaps because of it, is truly 12 00:00:42.280 --> 00:00:45.799 a road to freedom. As the review goes, a Rose 13 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:48.280 called Candace is a templess for any one of us 14 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:50.240 to use in our own lives. She has created an 15 00:00:50.240 --> 00:00:53.520 ethos for artists to follow, and she joins us now 16 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:55.560 back here on later with mo Kelly. 17 00:00:55.840 --> 00:00:57.119 And there's a there is. 18 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.799 A wrinkle to this because when you came in i'll 19 00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:02.320 say last year or so and told us about this 20 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:07.200 one woman's show, you were doing everything. When I say 21 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:09.319 it's a one woman show, I mean you were hanging 22 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.840 the lights here, you were doing everything. Part of the 23 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.079 reason why we brought you back is the show has grown. 24 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.280 It's going to be running from June twenty first to 25 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:19.599 the twenty ninth at the Los Angeles Theater Center. Have 26 00:01:19.680 --> 00:01:23.079 that right, yes, which is five fourteen Spring Street. But 27 00:01:23.400 --> 00:01:30.079 one of your producers is Academy Award winner Viola Davis. Yes, 28 00:01:30.480 --> 00:01:34.439 that's not bad news. You have to tell me the 29 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:37.760 story of and it wasn't it by chance? You just 30 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:40.760 happened to run into Viola Davis. Now, let me tell 31 00:01:40.760 --> 00:01:43.439 you this. I happened to run into Viola Davis at 32 00:01:43.480 --> 00:01:45.480 the Whole Foods across the street from the studio. 33 00:01:46.239 --> 00:01:47.439 It didn't go as well for me. 34 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:50.920 How is it when you run into Viola Davis you 35 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:52.040 ended up working with her? 36 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:53.319 Oh my goodness. 37 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:55.480 Okay, guys, this is a little bit of a long story, 38 00:01:55.519 --> 00:01:58.159 so I'll just give the cliff notes version. A couple 39 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:00.680 of years ago, we were both in text for South 40 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:04.439 by Southwest promoting our individual projects. Long, long story short, 41 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.159 we just happened to be staying at the same hotel. 42 00:02:06.599 --> 00:02:08.479 We just happened to be in the Jacuzie at the 43 00:02:08.479 --> 00:02:11.240 same time. Meet her and her husband, and we just 44 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:14.439 started talking about everything from like faith to what's going 45 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:16.840 on in the world, to art and all the things, 46 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.800 and we just kind of connected organically. And as you know, 47 00:02:20.879 --> 00:02:24.599 mister Kelly, I'm very transparent about, you know, things in. 48 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:25.639 My life and what's going on. 49 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.080 And then it was just you know, it's been really 50 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:30.319 really hard and seven so we were just talking about 51 00:02:30.360 --> 00:02:32.599 all the things, and then that's how we kind of connected. 52 00:02:32.680 --> 00:02:35.199 Mister Julius and miss Yola were like, Hey, when we're 53 00:02:35.199 --> 00:02:38.840 back in La, connect with us. Here's our assistance information. 54 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.680 And then from there, yeah. 55 00:02:41.280 --> 00:02:44.960 You say that, you know, we all have our story, yes, 56 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:49.120 and sometimes people only know us by our glory. You've 57 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.280 worked in Hollywood for quite some time, you have had success, 58 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:56.039 been on grades of Dat Toy, of course blind spotty. 59 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.159 But people think, oh, it's easy after that, and that 60 00:02:58.199 --> 00:02:59.400 couldn't be further from the truth. 61 00:02:59.439 --> 00:03:01.639 Is it so far from the truth? 62 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:03.840 And I think that is the thing that's really really 63 00:03:03.879 --> 00:03:06.039 powerful in terms of what I believe my purpose and 64 00:03:06.080 --> 00:03:09.639 assignment is. I believe my vulnerability is my superpower. And 65 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:12.280 I just recently did an interview with KKW News and 66 00:03:12.360 --> 00:03:14.840 something that I quoted on there was. You know, we 67 00:03:14.879 --> 00:03:17.599 do live in a world right now, specifically with social 68 00:03:17.639 --> 00:03:21.520 media and everyone trying to put on this sort of facade. 69 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.680 I guess if you will, yeah, you know, but people, 70 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:27.360 I feel really really described to this whole mantra of like, oh, 71 00:03:27.400 --> 00:03:28.759 you know, you fake it till you make it, fake 72 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:30.560 it till you make it. And I don't really subscribe 73 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:32.960 to that. I really believe in faith it till you 74 00:03:33.080 --> 00:03:35.960 make it, because if you're faking anything and then you're 75 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.159 not being authentic, how can you really be used by God? 76 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:39.360 How can you really touch somebody? 77 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:41.080 How can you really make a difference if you're not 78 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:44.599 authentically being yourself? And so I am on this journey 79 00:03:44.639 --> 00:03:47.000 of freedom, which is a big theme in my show. 80 00:03:47.360 --> 00:03:50.280 It's because I want to release all of the things 81 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:52.599 of like what my childhood has instilled in me, in 82 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:55.199 terms of the people pleasing, the lack of boundaries, the 83 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:58.280 caring what other people think about you, you know, like 84 00:03:58.520 --> 00:04:00.800 I am me, I am Joe, you know, and I'm 85 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:02.719 in this season of where I'm really like, I want 86 00:04:02.719 --> 00:04:06.080 to release all of that other stuff, including feeling shame 87 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.639 or guilt about things that I may experience, I e. 88 00:04:08.879 --> 00:04:11.680 Like a strike happening, like what happens when you're in 89 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:12.599 your dream and then. 90 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:15.719 The strike happens and those shows get canceled. Now what happens? 91 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:18.319 What does that really look like? Do you just give up? 92 00:04:18.399 --> 00:04:20.319 Or is it like, oh no, I got to put 93 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:22.680 one pants leg back on at a time, get back 94 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:24.759 up by faith and just keep going. And that's what 95 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:26.800 I'm showing you this in my show. 96 00:04:27.120 --> 00:04:29.160 We have talked to you about this show, probably in 97 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.240 a different iteration before, yes, and then you have a 98 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.680 different producer, different eyes on a different viewing of it. 99 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:40.000 They they see it slightly different. How has this show changed, 100 00:04:40.079 --> 00:04:44.519 improved or grown with the addition of not only Viola 101 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:47.879 Davis but her husband, Well, it has grown. 102 00:04:48.160 --> 00:04:51.879 For one, of course, having their support is a big deal, right, 103 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.800 so I'm very very grateful for that in the sense 104 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:57.000 of how it has changed or how it has grown. 105 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:59.920 I really have to say that is my choice in 106 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:02.439 deciding to bring in a co director. I haven't had 107 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.519 a director since like twenty nineteen. I've just kind of 108 00:05:05.519 --> 00:05:07.639 been doing it just me and got you know, from 109 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:11.759 all the listen Jesus so from all the friends in 110 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:14.319 Los Angeles to me taking it to off Broadway, Like 111 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:16.839 all of that was just by myself, by faith, right, 112 00:05:17.279 --> 00:05:20.720 and so now having someone coming on and producing it 113 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.000 where that kind of part of it is a little 114 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.079 bit oliviate, you know, taken away in terms of the 115 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:29.720 stress of that, I decided to bring in a co director. 116 00:05:29.959 --> 00:05:33.839 And after weeks and weeks of researching various directors, because 117 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:35.439 I'm really really big on who I bring with me 118 00:05:35.480 --> 00:05:37.959 along this journey, because it is a journey and I 119 00:05:38.040 --> 00:05:40.920 know all that it takes to put up my show, 120 00:05:41.079 --> 00:05:42.560 I decided to bring. 121 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.920 On the amazing Bernadette Speaks. 122 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.120 Yes, you may know her from Love Jones, from All 123 00:05:48.160 --> 00:05:51.560 American And I just think I could not have been 124 00:05:51.560 --> 00:05:54.680 more grateful for God to have partnered us together, because 125 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:56.680 she is stretching me in ways that I did not 126 00:05:56.839 --> 00:05:59.000 know that I still needed to be stretched. She is 127 00:05:59.079 --> 00:06:01.680 challenging me in ways because the thing is, I did 128 00:06:01.720 --> 00:06:03.160 my show all the way back in twenty eighteen. But 129 00:06:03.160 --> 00:06:04.759 I'm not the same person I was in twenty eighteen. 130 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:06.399 I'm not even the same person I was last year 131 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:08.600 when I did this show, hopefully or not right, And 132 00:06:08.680 --> 00:06:11.759 so my as my story is evolving, so am I 133 00:06:12.079 --> 00:06:14.680 And so when I am constantly evolving, as we all are. 134 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:17.600 Hopefully as artists, our art should reflect that evolution. 135 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.240 I always wonder, though, and I asked you some form 136 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.600 of this question the last time we spoke, and maybe 137 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.399 the answer is the same or it's somewhat different now. 138 00:06:25.839 --> 00:06:28.680 I wonder how you manage to tell some of these 139 00:06:28.680 --> 00:06:32.480 same stories, relive some of the same pain, and not 140 00:06:32.600 --> 00:06:37.079 either become numb or find yourself falling back into that 141 00:06:37.160 --> 00:06:37.759 pit of pain. 142 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:38.399 Yeah. 143 00:06:38.480 --> 00:06:42.040 Yeah, This is also another reason why I'm so grateful 144 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.079 that I have a co director, because a lot of 145 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.480 the trauma or whatever it is that I'm sharing on 146 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:51.199 stage from part of my life story is either trauma 147 00:06:51.240 --> 00:06:53.600 that I am still currently actively working through, like in 148 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:56.000 therapy or whatever, or it may be something that I 149 00:06:56.040 --> 00:07:00.439 am reliving currently right now in my present day. So again, 150 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.079 my vulnerability is my superpower, and I think within that 151 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:06.879 transparency that's the thing that really touches people's souls, because 152 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.079 it's like, here I am bearing my soul on this 153 00:07:10.160 --> 00:07:14.480 stage unapologetically in hopes and hopes that I can impact, 154 00:07:14.600 --> 00:07:18.079 inspire and courage one person in the audience that my 155 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:21.480 bravery and my courage and my understanding that our stories 156 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.399 are our trials or tribulations of what we go through 157 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:25.920 is not just for us. It is literally meant to 158 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.680 help to save to someone else. And so because I 159 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:32.680 talked about this too in another interview that because within 160 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:36.160 the African American community specifically, we are always brought up 161 00:07:36.160 --> 00:07:37.720 to be like, hey, what happens in this house days? 162 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:39.720 And it's not you bet not going against the grain. 163 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.040 You bet not. I promise you. 164 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.319 We cannot break generational curses that way, we cannot heal 165 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:45.879 that way. 166 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:47.680 And because I. 167 00:07:47.560 --> 00:07:51.279 Am so much joy right, I literally am an illustration 168 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:52.959 of not looking like what I've been through, and I 169 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:55.480 think that is powerful too. And so if I can 170 00:07:55.519 --> 00:07:59.360 show people that resilience and how no matter what, I 171 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:02.079 still can continue to get up, then you could get 172 00:08:02.160 --> 00:08:02.439 up too. 173 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:07.560 We're talking about a rosecalled Candace with idi am. I 174 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:11.120 am amazed Candace Nicholas Lipmann because each time we talk, 175 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.839 you have a renewed sense of self and energy which 176 00:08:15.000 --> 00:08:17.879 confounds me. And then I hear your person of faith like, 177 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:21.399 oh yeah, that expats that, you know, yeah very quickly? 178 00:08:21.480 --> 00:08:25.000 How can people find the show and get their tickets 179 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:25.439 right now? 180 00:08:25.639 --> 00:08:26.560 Yes, right now? 181 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:31.920 You can go to the Robitheatercompany dot org. Robitheatrecompany dot org. 182 00:08:32.120 --> 00:08:34.159 They are also a producer on this show. 183 00:08:34.360 --> 00:08:35.919 That's r O b e y Yes. 184 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.559 R O b e y Theatercompany dot org. You can 185 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:43.919 also head to my website a rosecall Candace dot com 186 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:47.120 for more information and it will be We have our 187 00:08:47.120 --> 00:08:51.080 first preview this Friday, hold June twentieth, and then the 188 00:08:51.159 --> 00:08:53.840 official opening is June twenty first, and we run through 189 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:54.600 the twenty ninth. 190 00:08:55.120 --> 00:08:57.919 Just got to let people know it's the Robitheatercompany dot org. 191 00:08:57.960 --> 00:09:00.399 That's r O b e y t e e A 192 00:09:00.600 --> 00:09:04.200 t r E Company dot org. We're gonna make sure 193 00:09:04.200 --> 00:09:07.360 that you get there. Will help more with boy I 194 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:10.360 tell you Candace Nicholas Flipman because I tried not to 195 00:09:10.360 --> 00:09:12.440 get too caught up in the conversation, you know, but 196 00:09:12.480 --> 00:09:14.720 when the spirit starts moving, as they say, you know 197 00:09:15.159 --> 00:09:16.600 more in just a moment. It's Lady with mo Kelly 198 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.080 caf I AM six forty. We live everywhere in the 199 00:09:18.080 --> 00:09:19.840 iHeartRadio app and YouTube. 200 00:09:20.320 --> 00:09:23.879 You're listening to Later with Moe Kelly on demand from 201 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:26.120 KFI AM six forty k if. 202 00:09:26.039 --> 00:09:26.960 I AM six forty. 203 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:29.440 Yes Later with Mo Kelly We're live on YouTube and 204 00:09:29.480 --> 00:09:31.960 the iHeartRadio app, and you're just tuning in. My guest 205 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:34.919 in studio is Candace Nicholas Lipman. You know her as 206 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:38.879 an actress, probably from Blind Spotting as Jasmine and her 207 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:42.919 solo play Now I'm sorry to now, I'm sorry. I 208 00:09:42.960 --> 00:09:45.600 hate when I get things wrong with that. I am 209 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:46.360 so sorry. 210 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:47.559 I love it. 211 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:51.200 But we're here for your solo one woman play, a 212 00:09:51.279 --> 00:09:55.600 rose called Candace, and it is debuting on the twenty first, 213 00:09:55.799 --> 00:09:58.200 and it's running through the twenty ninth at the Roby 214 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:02.519 Theater excuse me, at the Los Angeles Theater, which is 215 00:10:03.120 --> 00:10:06.440 five to one four Spring Street in LA. And from 216 00:10:06.440 --> 00:10:08.720 what I hear, you got two people in the studio 217 00:10:08.720 --> 00:10:10.120 who will be there as well. 218 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:10.679 You see, it. 219 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:15.679 Should be foult mister Kelly, look. 220 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:19.200 Fair enough, fair enough toala. You got my schedule. 221 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:27.480 I think we could do Saturday and twenty first. As 222 00:10:27.519 --> 00:10:32.960 we talk about this, I suspect you're drained after every performance. 223 00:10:33.080 --> 00:10:36.240 Oh my goodness, I'm again transparency. 224 00:10:36.279 --> 00:10:39.360 I'm drained right now, like I am exhausted, like literally 225 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:42.840 even all day today. Although I do have producers on show, 226 00:10:42.879 --> 00:10:45.440 I am still a producer of my show and I 227 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:47.759 will make sure that my show is successful in the 228 00:10:47.799 --> 00:10:50.360 name of Jesus. And so I'm still behind the scenes, 229 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:54.399 very much so, going all over Los Angeles networking with people, 230 00:10:54.440 --> 00:10:58.240 passing out flyers, doing all the things, booking my own 231 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.440 press things, you know, like doing whatever I can to 232 00:11:01.519 --> 00:11:04.080 make sure that you know, by God's grace, that we 233 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:06.039 get people in the seats and whoever is meant to 234 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:06.919 be there will be there. 235 00:11:07.440 --> 00:11:10.399 You and I were having a very candid conversation off 236 00:11:10.440 --> 00:11:14.639 air talking about the realities of entertainment. Let me put 237 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:18.360 it that way, where with each success, there is someone saying. 238 00:11:18.159 --> 00:11:18.919 You're a failure. 239 00:11:19.080 --> 00:11:20.360 Yeah, absolutely, each. 240 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.559 Step of the way, someone is saying you can't do this, 241 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.840 or you're not good enough, or they don't recognize the 242 00:11:25.879 --> 00:11:26.799 path that you're on. 243 00:11:26.879 --> 00:11:28.279 How do you deal with it? I know how I 244 00:11:28.360 --> 00:11:28.799 deal with it. 245 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:31.759 Yeah, well, the way that I look at it. 246 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:32.120 What is it? 247 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:33.159 You know how sometimes people. 248 00:11:33.000 --> 00:11:34.679 Have been saying, well, like if you don't got no haters, 249 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:36.159 then that means you're not doing you know kind of 250 00:11:36.159 --> 00:11:38.519 thing and not trying to say that these people are haters. 251 00:11:38.559 --> 00:11:43.200 But when people are trying to speak okay, but like 252 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.960 when people do try to feed me with all that negativity. Again, 253 00:11:46.080 --> 00:11:48.360 everything is perspective, and I have to do the work 254 00:11:48.919 --> 00:11:51.440 constantly to be like, No, I know who I am, 255 00:11:51.519 --> 00:11:53.639 I know who God is, and I know what God. 256 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:55.799 Said and what he has ordained for my life. 257 00:11:55.919 --> 00:11:58.080 So regardless of what you're saying, I can listen to 258 00:11:58.080 --> 00:11:59.480 what you say, but I don't have to receive it, 259 00:11:59.519 --> 00:12:01.159 and I'll have the positive in my spirit. 260 00:12:01.200 --> 00:12:01.879 I rebuke it. 261 00:12:02.679 --> 00:12:05.519 Take me inside a rose called Candice. How is it 262 00:12:05.559 --> 00:12:07.519 broken up? Is it broken up? Let's say in the 263 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.440 thirds where you're a child for a portion, maybe an 264 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:11.559 adolescent than an adult. 265 00:12:11.559 --> 00:12:12.399 How does it proceed? 266 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.440 Yes, So it's sixty minutes exactly, no intermission, and basically 267 00:12:16.440 --> 00:12:19.919 the show is done like in three acts. However, it's 268 00:12:20.000 --> 00:12:23.600 literally like as people have described it in emotional rollercoaster ride, 269 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.679 like I literally take you through a lot. 270 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:26.879 In sixty minutes. 271 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:29.559 And so yeah, so like Act one, we're really digging 272 00:12:29.600 --> 00:12:32.120 into me in my childhood. Act two is kind of 273 00:12:32.120 --> 00:12:34.240 like high school, more of the growth high school college. 274 00:12:34.279 --> 00:12:37.080 And then Act three is here being in Los Angeles 275 00:12:37.120 --> 00:12:38.519 and what that experience has been like. 276 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:43.159 So do you find that Well, I'm pretty sure audiences 277 00:12:43.200 --> 00:12:46.600 react differently on different nights of different parts. Do you 278 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:49.480 find people responding more to when you're an adolescent or 279 00:12:49.559 --> 00:12:53.039 maybe in college or I'm quite sure it hits people differently. 280 00:12:53.240 --> 00:12:57.399 Yes, because it hits people differently, and the different responses 281 00:12:57.399 --> 00:12:58.799 that I've gotten from people. 282 00:12:59.200 --> 00:13:01.600 This is also how I know that this is purpose. 283 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:05.320 Because when I'm just a black girl from the hood 284 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:06.279 of Sacramento that's. 285 00:13:06.120 --> 00:13:07.919 Out here trying to achieve her dream, okay. 286 00:13:08.080 --> 00:13:12.159 And the fact that me, someone like me, my story 287 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:15.799 can reach someone of different faith backgrounds, of different ethnic groups, 288 00:13:15.840 --> 00:13:20.080 of different age demographics. How that's nothing but God that 289 00:13:20.240 --> 00:13:22.879 my story can reach all these different people. And I 290 00:13:22.919 --> 00:13:24.919 really have to say, that's kind of kudos to my pastor, 291 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:27.919 doctor Hoaiah Collins, because it was him back in twenty fourteen. 292 00:13:28.279 --> 00:13:30.240 I was homeless, living in my car when I started 293 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:31.039 writing this story. 294 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:34.120 Run too fast past that, slow down so people can 295 00:13:34.240 --> 00:13:36.919 hear it and understand not only where you're going but 296 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.120 where you've come from. Yeah, thank you almost living in 297 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.440 your car. 298 00:13:40.600 --> 00:13:42.639 Yeah, you know, it's so interesting you said that, because 299 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.600 that's one of my notes that my co directors. She's like, 300 00:13:44.639 --> 00:13:46.399 you know, you don't have to speak like handa is 301 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:47.799 let us be there with you. 302 00:13:47.960 --> 00:13:49.320 Yes, let us twell in the moment. 303 00:13:49.399 --> 00:13:49.720 Yeah. 304 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:51.639 So yes. It was twenty fourteen. 305 00:13:51.720 --> 00:13:54.440 I was living in my car, homeless, and I remember 306 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:57.879 having a counseling session with my pastor and I remember 307 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:00.000 kind of just talking to him like about my life 308 00:14:00.080 --> 00:14:01.879 little bit. And he's the one who say He was like, 309 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.000 baby girl, you have a powerful story, he said, And 310 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:05.840 I'm gonna tell you something. 311 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:07.639 Your story is not unique. 312 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:09.879 But it's because it's not unique is the reason why 313 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.159 you need to share it. And that shifted everything for 314 00:14:13.279 --> 00:14:16.960 me where I was like, oh, again, our testimony is 315 00:14:17.000 --> 00:14:18.120 not just for us. 316 00:14:18.159 --> 00:14:19.799 It is meant to be for other people. 317 00:14:20.200 --> 00:14:22.600 And so with that, I just was like okay, God, 318 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.360 And I just was writing, writing and writing, and then 319 00:14:24.360 --> 00:14:27.159 I debuted it in twenty eighteen and then just kept 320 00:14:27.200 --> 00:14:29.720 on with it from there. But the response I got 321 00:14:29.759 --> 00:14:32.360 in twenty that really SOLIDI for that confirm where I 322 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:36.000 was like, oh, wow, okay, so cause I'm terrified. 323 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:37.480 It is terrifying. 324 00:14:37.799 --> 00:14:41.720 I am literally sharing things that people put in their journals. 325 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:43.159 Do you understand, like this is. 326 00:14:43.200 --> 00:14:45.960 Things that I'm sharing out But again, because it is 327 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:50.320 bigger than me, I have to remove myself and understand 328 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:52.320 that Kennis is bigger than you. 329 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:54.480 You have more of a calling, you know, Kenn's. 330 00:14:54.519 --> 00:14:58.120 I always wonder, yes, women are going to get something 331 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:01.840 out of this. Women made more readily identify with the 332 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:03.000 different parts of your story. 333 00:15:03.360 --> 00:15:06.120 But I'm sure men get something. 334 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:09.360 Absolutely absolutely if you go back. And I'm so grateful 335 00:15:09.399 --> 00:15:11.720 for those who leave reviews and stuff. Thank y'all so 336 00:15:11.720 --> 00:15:14.759 so much, because not only, of course, is it letting 337 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.600 other people know what your experience was to see in 338 00:15:16.600 --> 00:15:18.480 the show, but it also reminds me too on days 339 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:20.720 that I may have where I'm doubting myself or feeling 340 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:22.840 low or hearing all that negativity. 341 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:23.919 And I'm like, why am I doing this? 342 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:24.240 God? 343 00:15:24.720 --> 00:15:24.919 You know? 344 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:26.879 And then I go back and I look at I'm like, Okay, God, 345 00:15:27.159 --> 00:15:30.879 I'm making a difference. God is having impact the men. 346 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:36.279 If y'all go read the reviews the men their reviews, Wow. 347 00:15:36.399 --> 00:15:37.159 It's amazing. 348 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:41.279 It's interesting because we do different things, but we respond similarly. 349 00:15:41.320 --> 00:15:43.679 What I mean by that is when you're performing, and 350 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:45.919 this is kind of a performance art at radio, we 351 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:50.720 may not get the immediate response and reaction from people, 352 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:54.360 but when we do hear from someone, it renews us 353 00:15:54.360 --> 00:15:57.360 because we sometimes forget we're touching people in ways that 354 00:15:57.480 --> 00:15:58.080 we don't. 355 00:15:57.879 --> 00:15:58.480 Know in the moment. 356 00:15:58.679 --> 00:16:03.120 Yeah, there was a rehearsal that Bernadette and I had 357 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.759 and it was on a really hard part of my 358 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:08.960 story that I was sharing, and I just broke down 359 00:16:09.000 --> 00:16:11.519 in the middle of rehearsal and I literally yelled out 360 00:16:11.519 --> 00:16:12.759 to her, why am. 361 00:16:12.639 --> 00:16:13.639 I doing this again? 362 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:17.960 Because yes, because I'm like, why am I putting myself 363 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.320 out here again for people? 364 00:16:20.440 --> 00:16:21.639 Why am I doing this? 365 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:21.960 God? 366 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:24.559 Like, what is the purpose of Like, So, even within 367 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:27.200 the process and me still being very clear of. 368 00:16:27.120 --> 00:16:29.360 My assignment, I'm still human. 369 00:16:29.799 --> 00:16:29.919 Like. 370 00:16:29.960 --> 00:16:32.320 This is not easy, and y'all will see when you 371 00:16:32.480 --> 00:16:35.799 come see the show, It's not easy what I'm. 372 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:36.399 Doing at all. 373 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.720 Candace Nicholas Slippman, I'm out of time with you at 374 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:41.759 this point, but I want to make sure that you 375 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.320 know that we support you and make. 376 00:16:45.240 --> 00:16:46.639 Sure that people know how to get there. 377 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:50.360 Yes, tell people the when, the where, the how, all 378 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:50.919 the specifics. 379 00:16:50.960 --> 00:16:54.799 Please Yes, So again, y'all, my name is Candace Nicholas Flipman. 380 00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:57.440 That's Candace c. A. N. D Ace. Oh wait, I 381 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.360 forgot we online now y'all can see my name. 382 00:16:59.240 --> 00:17:01.240 Right here break. It's a YouTube show. 383 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:02.559 What's up you too? 384 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:05.279 So yeah, if you go you typed in my name 385 00:17:05.440 --> 00:17:08.640 Candace Nicholas Lippman, you can find me on all the platforms. 386 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.640 I don't have a stage name. That is my name, amen. 387 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:13.079 And then for tickets, you can go to a rose 388 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:16.119 called Candace dot com, which is spelled the same way 389 00:17:16.119 --> 00:17:18.559 as my name there, or you can also go to 390 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:21.799 the Robitheater coompany dot. 391 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:25.359 Org and that's r O b e y Theater t 392 00:17:25.599 --> 00:17:29.000 h e A t r e dot org. Because some 393 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.680 of y'all can't spell the way you eat. 394 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:33.440 You a theater. It's not like boovie theater. It's like 395 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:36.519 play right the r E. 396 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:40.079 Yes, you guys, come, come, come. It is more than entertainment. 397 00:17:40.119 --> 00:17:43.079 This show is ministry. I promise you, based on what 398 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:46.240 all throughout the years that other people have said, you 399 00:17:46.279 --> 00:17:48.759 will not leave the theater the same way you came in. 400 00:17:49.079 --> 00:17:50.519 I'm very grateful to the Roby. 401 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:54.000