January 23, 2024 • 46 mins
Take a peek behind the curtains at the thrilling (and sometimes wild) adventures in theater. Dani and I swap stories from the rush of auditions to the unexpected mayhem of touring, including a hilarious social media gaffe that had us in a tizzy. We even shed light on the bittersweet symphony of personal upheavals, like navigating the aftermath of a breakup (HA!). Wrapping up, we unveil her newest artistic endeavor, Boy Howdy Co., and the exciting prospects ahead. So, pull up a chair and join us for a rollercoaster of tales that are as real, raw, and riotously funny as live theater itself.
If you want to catch all the action, you can watch the full episode video at YouTube.com/@DanielDoesDFW. Follow us on Instagram and Tik Tok: @DanielDoesDFW
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Hey guys and welcome to Daniel Daz's DFW Theater.
I haven't even introduced youyet.
I was sharing for you.
Oh, thanks, it is my podcast.
Thanks, we're retalking theaterand today I have my first guest
on the show.
It's going to be one of my bestfriends, but do I know you?
I?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
don't know when am I.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Who are you?
I'm a writer, but a really goodfriend of mine and someone that
I like we just immediatelyclicked.
I would say Period, yeah,that's how it was, but we have
Danny Hallway.
Cheers Chocs.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Chocs.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
We haven't tried this yet, mmm.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I'm going to drink more of that in a minute, but no
.
So the reason that Danny is myfirst guest is because she
begged me to.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
There are hands and knees, well.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
No, because Danny was there when it like popped into
my head and I was like I need totell someone about this.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Over three different flavors of souffle.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Oh my gosh, if you have this, they do not sponsor
me.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
This is not a sponsor post.
This is not an ad.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But if you have not been to Rise Sous-Fle, there is
a location in Fort Worth,annandale.
It's high sponsor us.
But delicious, amazing, it wasso good.
I felt like Lady Gaga Talented,gorgeous, great, amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Playing club Another club.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
We did the whole prefix menu.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So good, great deal.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, but not only that, but then we also ordered
one of the special T-Souffles,obviously, so not only do we
have a three course marshmallowsoup.
Hoola-la-la, hoola-la-laMarshmallow soup, our main.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Which was like a mac and cheese souffle.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
No, no no, my main was like a ham and cheese.
We got the mac and cheese toshare.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Oh, I did, because we got a third one.
I got the mushroom trufflessouffle.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, and then we each got a dessert and it was so
good no rugs, no raggards, nogo-gards?
Not at all.
But we were sitting there and Iwas like I have an idea that I
want to put out into the theaterworld and what do you think of
this?
And Danny was like stupid.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I was like I left I said, hmm, I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Absolutely and there.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I was.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Wow, great idea.
Anyway, it was an excellentidea and I'm so glad you're
doing it and I'm so grateful andhonored to be your first guest
on your new podcast.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
We're going to try to make a podcast work Vodcast.
It might already be out there,but I'm going to make it.
Oh, it's not, no, okay, vodcast, vodcast.
You heard it here first youheard your first voice and saw
it here first, because it's aVodcast.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Vodcast.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
No, but yeah, I was just like spitballing these
ideas.
Oh, that sounded dirty.
I was spitballing these ideasand just, I mean these ideas.
Yeah, thank you.
And Danny was like, go for it,do it.
And so I have this awesome teamthat helps me out.
That's behind the camera andthey're amazing.
(03:27):
I'm not going to say theirnames because I don't know all
of them, so they're allstrangers.
No, I do, but they are.
No, you'll see them in creditslater.
We'll do it in post.
And here are their names.
Now, no, but yeah, and actuallylet's backtrack a bit.
Danny, we met, okay, no, no, no, no.
(03:49):
I have to tell you somethingfunny.
You already know this, mom, I'mscared.
You already know this.
So I wasn't sure if I liked itfirst, which isn't that the sort
of all I got that a lot Reallygood friendships.
But can I tell you why that'strue?
So I met you a couple of timesout with Emily, kay and Ally,
(04:10):
yes, and the which, yeah, love,love Girlies, yeah, love them.
But we went to I can't evenremember the first place, but
the second place was definitelySambuca we met each other.
I remember, I remember you knowwhat I'm about to say.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
No, but I remember.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Do I?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Keep going.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Okay good.
So the first time we met,you're like, oh my God, it's so
nice to meet you.
And I was like, hi, I'm Daniel.
And you were like that's goingto be so easy to remember my
name's Danny.
Oh my God, we're likepractically the same name Second
time at Sambuca.
You're like I don't think we'vemet before.
It's like I'm I'm.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
That's such an easy one.
It's so funny.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
That's great lore.
I'm Daniel Um.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Your name is your literal name is Danny and you're
like oh my God, yes, third time.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Hi.
How do you know, emily, what'syour name?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And I was like I'm done, done, I'm done, I'm done.
That is literally my go-to linefor anyone whose name is Dan,
daniel, daniel, anything.
I'm always like, well, greatname, great name.
It's so easy to remember for me.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And she doesn't.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And I don't remember it.
I remember nothing.
I remember nothing, john Snowit was just so.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I remember Like I even went up to Ally and Emily
was like I don't think she likesme.
I was like this girl does notlike me at all.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
She doesn't remember.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I just want to keep everyone on their toes and I was
like I get it.
The chubby Mexican in thecorner.
She's not going to remember him, Right?
I think she asked me to likerefill her sweet tea.
One time we were at arestaurant and you thought I was
a service person there.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
I did not?
You asked us to bust the tables?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I did not.
Can you imagine Like this is noone interrogation.
I'm like yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
So this isn't actually a podcast.
This is actually I was bringingyou here to embarrass you.
I was bringing you here totorture you, ashton Kutcher.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Ashton Kutcher, she's been pugged.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Pugged so but yeah, so I met you through them.
But we actually, awkwardly,have a mutual friend.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You sure do, we do.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
And then, like I, You're so right.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Oh my God, are you okay?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Um, and then I want to say that, like the moment
that I was like, oh, she is socool.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It was a last Christmas when I gave you my
heart but then the very next dayyou came away this year Just
had a really big mother Tears.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I'm going to give it to someone special.
Thank you, you should.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
So, last.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
When you came to my apartment?
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yes, yeah, so, um, I really didn't know you, but I
met one of your really closefriends, one of my close friends
.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
No, he, I guess he is .
I have to claim him.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Should we say his name?
Speaker 2 (07:03):
John.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Oh, andrew Kyle, Look up.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Andrew Kyle, andrew Kyle, andrew Kyle.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Andrew Kyle.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Andrew Good old.
Andy Good old.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Andrew.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And of literally, and it grew.
You have little.
Never called him that in mylife, it seems, kyle.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
But if you've been moment it's Andrew Kyle.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
His pinmull is at him .
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So, um, he was doing a gig at enchant, where I was
working in last year, and wedecided oh my God, you're a
theater gay, I'm a theater gay,let's hang out and be friends.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
And he's like I'm actually going over to a party
and I was like let me be clearParty Meaning five at most
people in my apartment, and Ithink I even just texted Kyle
and said come over, yeah Wellvalid and true.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
So, anyway, I found out that all of my friends were
also going to Danny's house, soit was more than five friends,
Um, and I was like that's soweird.
All of my friends are going.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Oh, this night was so .
There were so many.
This night was layered.
Keep going.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
And then it was a oh well, sure, daniel can come too.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It was not, I was excited.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
No, and it turned out being a great time.
It was so fun, and I was alsoyou know how we sealed the deal.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know you're sealing the deal with me I guess
other people but like I sealedthe deal by sharing location.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
And that was the night we did.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I said, we thought and we did, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, but that's when I knew I would grow to love
this bike girl.
Speaking of bike girl that's me.
Maybe we'll move on to somesinging.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Great.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, love it.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I'm doing this because every other white girl
gets to, so that's enough.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
It's not easy to know , I'm not anything like I used
to be To true, I was neverattention sweet center.
I still remember that girl.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
She's imperfect but she tries.
She is good but she lies.
She is hard on herself.
She is broken and won't ask forhelp.
She is messy but she's kind.
(10:03):
She is lonely.
Most of the time she is allthis mixed up and baked in a
beautiful pie.
She is gone, but she used to bemine.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
It's not what I asked for.
Sometimes life just slips infor the backboard and car goes
out of her sight Makes you thinkit's all true.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
And now I got you.
You're not what I asked for.
If I'm honest, I know I wouldgive it all back for a chance To
start over and rewrite it.
Ending or two For that girlthat I knew, who was reckless,
(11:08):
just enough, who gets hurt butwho learns how to tough it up
and she's bruised and gets usedby a man who can't love and then
she'll get stuck and be scaredof life.
(11:29):
That's inside of her, gettingstrong each day, till apparently
her mind's hurt.
A fight, just a little, tobring back the fire in her eyes.
And all that used to be mine.
(11:55):
She is messy but she's kind.
She is lonely.
Most of the time she is allthis mixed up and baked in a
(12:16):
beautiful pie.
She is gone, but she used to bemine.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yes, my girl Voice cracking.
I think it's not like I got tosing that song.
I always wanted to, buteveryone always does it, which
is fine.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I think you should sing a song, no matter what.
I mean, I thought I was hangingout with Shashana Bean how dare
you my name, my name but whohasn't sang that song on that
show?
I feel like every single girlwho has ever played it has gone
on Broadway World or whateverthat is.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Oh, that, um, yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
They've all done it, they have.
They've done everything fromJennifer Nettles to Jordan
Sparks.
Correct, have done it becausethey're all beautiful and
amazing.
My girl Jordan.
Yeah, did you see?
I actually just saw a post thatSarah Berlus wants Kelly
Clarkson out to play?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Uh, that's kind of my eyes are water Like instant.
That's the Berlson, our Berlsondream, where Kelly Clarkson has
needed to be on Broadway for awhile, oh my god, the water
works for the Arkham.
I love Kelly Clarkson.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
I think she's an angel and she would kill it.
I don't know if she would act.
I mean from Justin and Kellywas a little I don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
But I feel like I don't know.
I think she could.
She has so much personality,have you watched her talk show.
Yeah, I do yeah, it's like Ithink it would translate to the
stage.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
I get that.
So you're from Berlson?
No, oh, you were just happythat.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, For all my Berlson peeps.
They know who they are.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Because there's like five of them, correct?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And one of them is Kelly Clarkson.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
No, okay.
So if you didn't grow up inBerlson, where did you grow up?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I grew up in mainly Plano, I would say.
My school was in Addison.
I have divorced parents and mymom was in Addison and my dad
was in Plano.
As a young, young kid, we werein Plano, but I'm from so North
Dallas, North.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Dallas.
Well then, how did you getinvolved with?
Because you were one of Vonda'skiddos, right?
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I was shout out Vonda K E-band.
Yes, e-band, I went to.
What is this?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Strattle with girl.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Sorry, you hear that voice from that mom.
Anyway, I went to GreenfieldSchool at Addison and I was
actually everyone's going to belike, oh my God, I was so sporty
growing up.
I played lots of sports, everysport ever, which is hilarious.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
But in my in sophomore year I was like, oh,
my friends are doing music andthe art and stuff like that.
Not that I didn't like art, butso I joined choir because my
friends did excellent and I'lldo.
And I met Vonda because she wasthe choir teacher at the time
and she was pretty new I think Iwas only her, maybe her first
(15:28):
or second class being atGreenhill and so I was in choir
the beginning of my sophomoreyear and then there were the
fall musical happened in this.
The fall musical happened inthe spring is what I just said.
The spring musical happenedhilarious, guess what?
It was in the spring and I, allmy friends were going to
audition for the spring musicaland I was like I'm really,
(15:51):
really fans and so I did not goplay basketball like I normally
did in the spring, I went andplayed, played a role.
We did.
It was little shop.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Oh wait, what did you play, don?
This is so bad.
Did you do the little Dennisgirl?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
No, it's fine, I'll call myself out.
It is not.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
I was 16.
You were not one of the streeturchins, were you?
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Sure was.
They added actually, because itwas three senior girls, all
white, don't worry and theyadded a fourth one as a
sophomore and they called.
They called my character, mytheater director called my
character Aquanit.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Oh, I know, everyone, I know, I know that is so bad,
I know.
I really believe that correct,it's so bad.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
That is so.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
so like T though, because and it was let it be
known that was not.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Vonda, so Vonda would never.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Period she would never.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
So my senior year we also did Little Shop at my
little school as well.
All three of the urchins werewhite girls as well.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Ah, different time that would have been.
My sophomore year was probablylike 2000,.
It just is not an excuse.
But it was 2008 probably, andso but I had a great time doing
that show.
I loved it.
It was so fun.
But through that, vonda waslike you need to be if you're
liking and having fun you needto be doing this and you should
come to.
(17:23):
She runs a theater camp inHaswell forever with Mark Molno,
kelly McCain, a bunch of peoplewho are really, really
wonderful.
And so I joined.
That summer I did my first yearat Dallas Young Artists, which
is one of the most life changingexperiences of all time.
And I did that camp and thatwas brought me into more of my
first kind of musicals.
(17:43):
Did that camp until I graduatedHigh school and I kept up.
I started auditioning in Dallasprofessionally.
I was like I thought I was.
I was like, oh my God, my firstaudition was for next to normal
at Uptown players.
I remember that and I wasprobably actually 16.
I don't even remember what Iwas saying and yeah, that kind
(18:06):
of was like got the ball rolling.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
So we can thank Vonda .
Speaker 2 (18:09):
We can thank Vonda.
Vonda's the best, vonda's thebest, yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, wonderful, yeah , so did you get into next to
normal?
No, which I think you wouldmake a great.
The daughter.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Natalie, yeah, thank you, I would have loved to.
I think I truly believe I canplay pretty young.
I do believe I've aged out.
I think it's official.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Like the Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Adams of the.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Maybe Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
But I think I'm aged.
When I think of people in theDFW sphere who could play
there's so many I think betterchoice like nothing against me,
but better choices for Natalie.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
We do have a lot of.
We have a lot of.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
So like why not cast somebody in that?
You know, I just don't thinkyou need to be casting me in
that role anymore.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
quite frankly, Would you say that that's still like a
dream role for you?
It's a dream musical, for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Dream musical yeah, that was my dream role.
Obviously, I think ageappropriately as I was
introduced to it.
I saw it on Broadway with MarinBasie.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Oh my God, yeah, I know which was like, which is so
freaking awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
So definitely a dream show, and I'm kind of in that
weird awkward age where I can'treally play either right now,
which is totally fine.
So I'm hoping one day I get toplay Diana.
That would be.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
That would be really cool.
I know that you're one of yourbig dream roles as well, because
we talked about it is a femaleversion of Sweeney Todd.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yes, period yes.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I think that that would be.
Would you also do?
Would it be roles reversed,like Mrs Lovett would be a guy,
or would it be?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
I don't think I mean I don't have a preference.
I kind of love if Miss Lovettis female identifying.
I kind of love the queerness ofthat personally.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Yeah, no, the musical seems queer.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Yeah, correct, I keep saying period.
I'm a sign of other words.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
I literally have a degree in the English language.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Period.
Yeah, no, I love darknessbroody.
I did go through a very heavygoth phase in middle school.
And so Sweeney, I don't know.
I just I've loved the story, Ilove the music, I love Sondheim,
and I don't even it's notnecessarily even my favorite
Sondheim show, but it.
I just think that I don't knowwhy I just feel so attached to
(20:17):
that role.
I think it would be so cool, asa woman, to play Sweeney.
I don't know who's brave enoughto do it, but someone should.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
She's right here, I'm right here.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
It doesn't even have to be me.
I just think it would be cool.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
And here's your, miss Lovett, please let it be me.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
But that's the choice .
Please let it be me.
No, I'm serious.
If you're going to do it,please let it be me?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, no, I do.
You know what I could see thatrole as a woman.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I just think it would be.
Yeah, there's nothing thatreally like grounds it in
masculine, like it's not thatthere's nothing.
It's not about nothing in thescript suggests it has to be.
There's nothing.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
So it's an interesting take on it, though I
like that I just think it wouldbe really cool.
So have you auditioned foranything recently, or any
upcoming projects or anything?
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I did audition, for I had my first audition in a
while, actually, um this pastweek, which I was just proud.
You know after, you know, weall know, after the pandemic,
getting back in those rooms waslike a really chat.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
that was a challenge, Um it's still taking me time to
even think about getting in one.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And I've done a couple, but, um, I moved around
a lot through the pandemic so itwas nice to get back.
Just I was just proud of myselffor just getting back in the
room and um, I'm much morecomfortable auditioning for
plays actually than music goals,oddly enough, and it was a.
It was a play by LaurenGunderson and I love her.
Um, but otherwise I over thelast three, four years since,
(21:38):
arguably since the pandemic orsince I went to grad school,
I've been doing a lot more um oflike the behind the scenes,
like curation and kind of likethings like this, like this
broadcast, like I really loveVodcast, vodcast.
I have to um tattooed and I willum I what did I say?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Things like this.
You, you're behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Uh, thank you, I no, I lost it, it's gone, choo, choo
, bye.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
I tried Bye.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I really like, I swear I'm going to get there.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
I like I she got it by George.
I think you got it.
Here's the thing about DFWtheater.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
There's so much amazing talent here and
something I've really that Ilove about DFW theater is so
many people are multi-passionateand have so many different
talents.
Besides, like the clinicalformula for success in musical
theater or theater, and I lovethe idea of taking those talents
(22:38):
people have and using like whatwe learn in theater and
educational theater and thingslike that.
But like creating other typesof expression, because I don't
think it's the, I don't think itshould sit in, you show up and
you audition and you either getit or you don't, and then you
like it's just it's which.
That's also great and andexercise is a great muscle.
But, um, I would.
(23:01):
I really enjoyed working withlocal artists and doing like.
I've done a lot of poetryworkshops.
My grad degree is in creativewriting and poetry and play
writing, and so I've done likesome writing workshops that
incorporate different art thingsLike I.
That's why I was so excitedabout this podcast, because I
was like what a great way to tiein theater with like other
talent and like showcasingtalent as well and just
celebrating other forms of art.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah.
No I and I mean, that's why Iwanted to do it right, um, but
uh, speaking of auditions, we'regoing to go ahead and take a
small little uh, run over to thekeyboard so that we can hear
your audition.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
What about my auditions?
Speaker 1 (23:38):
You're um.
We're only going to do fourmeasures.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
No canary.
No, we'll see you in a bit.
That's someone else's joke Istole.
This was one of my um earlytwenties audition songs that I
pretend like I would still playthis role you could I read?
young.
She can't.
This is me.
I have to pause.
This is me doing this becauseone time I this is a funny story
(24:03):
, it's worth it.
I did this because one time Iplayed Molly and Peter in the
Starcatcher and that's 13.
I was probably 25 at the time.
In my literal review.
The one sense about me in thereview said Molly is definitely
not 13.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And begin and I may not surf, I may not see friends,
but I have to know I still havethe chance and maybe I'll make
a painful mistake.
It's my thought to take arefuse and all of the doors yet
(24:39):
to open and all of the roomsahead.
They're beckoning bright, scaryand new.
But I'm standing tall and I'mwalking through what's gone,
maybe gone, but I won't gounplayed dead.
It's time to start living thelife I never loved.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You make a great nun, thank you, but I want none of
that.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (25:27):
None of that, that's good.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Thank you, that's God , I did not steal it from
someone.
I'd be wondering what my movieis doing.
In high school this is nothingto do with anything I was
notorious for being in a groupof people and some were saying
it was funny, but they're shy.
But they're funny but they'reshy.
And so they'd say it soft and Iwould literally say that was
funny and I'd say it's so loudand everybody would be like, ah,
(25:51):
Danny's funny person ever and Iwould not give them credit.
I would be like yeah, look howfunny I am.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
So glad we got things from the Addams family to be
part of.
Thank God, the broadcast for usthe broadcast the broadcast.
Um, no, okay, so I needed morewine, because this is where we
get into the good stuff.
The spillage of the tea, thegood stuff, right, the spillage
of the tea-tor, the tea-tor, thetea-tor, the tea-tor, the
tea-tor.
Tea I think I've had too muchof this wine.
(26:32):
No, um, okay.
So the thing I love about Dannyis that okay.
So I will say, like you werekind of like an and you still
are right, this is not apass-dence, but like an icon for
me, like in DFW theater, oh, myGod.
Like you were always gettingbooked, like all that good stuff
.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
That is literally so funny that you think that Really
Thank you.
But uh could be, the wine Couldbe got.
Them all Could be confused withsomeone else, because I don't
know your name.
Got them.
Yeah, again, part of the roast.
Your serrata was booked all thetime.
Ask somebody equity points theyhad how many Zero?
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Oh, ask me how many.
Two thousand I'm on insurancenow.
Good for you.
No, I'm not girl, okay Wellanyway, I also have zero points,
oh good.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Good good.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I guess it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Well, no, it doesn't, I don't care.
Anyway, I'm not paying, I don'tneed that, okay.
So, speaking of equity, yes,tell me, you did an equity tour,
did you not?
It was non-eck.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
It was non-eck.
Oh God, it was non-eck, it wasa non-eckity tour.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Well, thank goodness, because what happened on that
tour Good for all it was.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
I'm just gonna spill.
It's about me, so everybodyrelax.
I was on a.
This is so funny.
I can't really say this it'sfine.
I literally don't care.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
Have you told people that were on the not tour?
Oh no, everybody knows, rightthey witnessed it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Who didn't witness it was my director and the
producers.
Oh, dear Lord.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Hopefully she gets hired again after telling this
story.
I have never been on a tour,okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
So anyway, I was on a non-eckity tour of Rudolph
Threadnose Rainier and I playedDolly.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
For those of you that don't know the story, Dolly is.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
The mentally ill one, the doll, that's literally.
Her problem is that she hasdepression, which is so funny.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
So Danny was Ted Cast Period.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Anyway.
So and it was also, I was thatplus like a puppeteer, which is
really cool.
I have puppeteering, love itAnyway.
But I played Dolly and it wascalled a snookin, which is
what's so funny.
But in my I was in I justlooked like I always say I look
like a cute tipper or a sperm.
It was like head to toe whiteand like I had a hood and you
can only see this much of myface Sperm.
I'm not seeing sperm.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Why now why?
Speaker 2 (28:50):
that sperm?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Why now?
Why this sperm?
Keep going, okay, non-eckitytour of Rudolph.
And so one night we're inLouisville, kentucky, and we
were pretty wild, like the castwas.
First of all, I was on it forthree years, free, three
separate holidays the most funI've ever had in my life.
I loved being on that tour.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
The pictures.
I've seen old pictures of itand it looks like a good time.
It was just a great group ofpeople.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It was so freaking fun and we were pretty off our
rockers just to I'm just gonnabe on it.
So this was the had to be thefinal year, I guess.
And we I was in Louisville,kentucky, and my cousin lives in
Louisville, and so after theshow I went out with my cousin
while everyone else went out.
So I just like, according tothe cast, I, you know, I floated
away with my cousin.
It was never to be seen againand I was rooming with my friend
(29:35):
, erica.
And I'll tell it from Erica'sperspective, because that's
really because I quite franklydon't remember, but I do know I
was.
All I remember from myperspective is like with my
cousin and we go to this houseand I have like a beer, and then
I go to this bar and I havelike a bourbon and coat, because
we're in little Kentucky, andthen we go to this bar and I'm
like some meatball pizza giantsize gets put in front of me and
(29:56):
then I remember nothing else,nothing else.
You got drunk on meatballsAlways, anyway.
So Erica the next morning, socozy and cute in her bed, wakes
up and is like and looks overand apparently I'm like fully
clothing when I was wearing thenight before like a like,
literally like, on the bed.
It's just fully like she waslike Danny and I was asleep.
(30:19):
And then she goes to thebathroom.
This is gross, by the way.
So vomit warning, triggerwarning.
Erik apparently opens the doorand, like you could tell someone
had thrown up all of thebathroom, but it was like, for
the most part, cleaned up CauseI'm polite, but for the most
part Erica was like ooh, yikes,it goes back and she's like,
she's like Danny, danny.
And then this is my favoriteErica quote she goes Danny, it's
(30:40):
a puke bathroom.
Danny it's the bathroom, it'spuke, it's puke bathroom.
And it was like and apparentlyI shot up and was like it fit
like panic, grabbed my suitcasethat was not unpacked whatsoever
and walked out the door andErica was like goodbye.
Next, next chapter.
I'm down in the lobby I'mclearly still wasted and I'm in
(31:03):
the corner in this little chairof this hotel and I'm like I
don't remember anything.
I'm like they're gonna probablylike oh my God, what's gonna
happen?
And we had a matinees in likeAlabama Maybe it was a night
show, I can't remember, but wehad a show that day and Erica,
sweet angel, is like helping meget on the bus, like get my
stuff, and she's like get to theback of us, get to the back of
(31:23):
us, get to the back of us, getto the back of us.
And my friend Kyle and Rashawnlike get to the back of us, get
to the back of us.
And so I get to the back of usand I go in lane to suck and
never to be seen again, trulylike we stopped three, four
times, not three, four times,that's an exaggeration, but we
stopped and I just never emerged.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
How did you not get sick again on the bus?
You got it all out, I guess, inthat picture.
Oh yeah, no, I'm good.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
I can like I don't rally, but I'm like, oh, but I
took care of it, I took care ofthe business and then we're good
.
So I emerged, so now we're backto my perspective and I like
I'm in the bunk, I'm like I wakeup and I'm fine.
I'm like, oh, we're good.
What happened, I don't know,but we're good.
And I checked my phone and Iliterally have hundreds of text
messages not hundreds again, anexaggeration.
I never exaggerate Probably 30text messages from Erica and
(32:06):
she's like I opened.
She's like do you wake up?
Wake up?
Wake up, I go what.
And I walk out and Erica's likeget on your Facebook.
And I went what she goes and Ilook at my Facebook and I have
shared An old I'm talking likeseven years prior.
I went to theater camp withthis little random person and I
(32:30):
had gone back through theirprofile photos just scrolling,
so haven't talked to them inseven years went to like the
furthest one of the furtherprofile photos, shared it to my
Facebook page with we call itM-P-P-T, M-M-P-P-T-E-E, and like
shared it.
And I woke up to that andErica's like you have to delete
(32:51):
this.
And I was like you're so rightand so I deleted it and I
checked my messages and I had tomessage this girl and be like
hey.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
M-P-P-T-E-E.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
M-P-P-T-E.
So sorry about that.
No one ever found out.
I'm not.
I will name names, but someonealso during this tour I had to
get carried out of a bar inNashville, tennessee, like by
hands of feet.
Get carried out of a bar andlost their keys and wallet.
Won't name names.
It was a wild time Directornever found out.
I did the show flawlessly.
Obviously it was also this Icould tell Sony stories from
(33:26):
this tour, but that was thereally big one.
That was really funny.
And if anyone wants the proofof the Facebook post, I do have
screenshots.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Oh, wow, okay.
It's a lot to unpack.
That was a lot to take in forme it was a lot to unpack.
Speaking of a lot, you knowwhere I'm going with this.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
I know where I'm going with this.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Because this person is a lot, yes, and, but she's
also one of our.
She's a local favorite, but sheis a lot and Dany got to
experience a lot of her.
One day, tell us about amasterclass that you went to.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Am I allowed to name the name?
Should I?
Speaker 1 (34:04):
We'll bleep it out, if not.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
We'll bleep it out.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
We need to check with our legal team, but I will see
the name If you speak right intothat camera and I will.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
I took a masterclass with that's not her middle name.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Well, we've said it 50 million times now.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
So we can bleep it out now.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
I took a masterclass with.
I took a masterclass with.
I just bleep it out, literally.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
We're getting the fingers from behind the camera,
so I took a masterclass with andI paid.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I was maybe I had to have been 21 or two, 21 or two,
very young Paid for myself, wasvery excited.
I went to UNT at the time andI'm infamous for that time in my
life in DFW because not to beDebbie Downer, but I was dating
like an atrocious person at thetime.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
So anyway, we've all been there.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
We've all been there and it was like a really bad
time and like drama and whatever.
So I was going through, I wasstill with that person and was
going through a lot, and therewas this whole backs, which it
doesn't even.
The whole point of the story isthat it doesn't matter what was
going on in my personal lifeoutside of this masterclass.
So I'm in this masterclass,it's like day three or whatever,
and what's hilarious is thatI'm singing Life I Never Led as
(35:29):
my cut.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Oh whoa, I know, we just did that song.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Oh my God, I mean what I hold and I go up and I
sing it.
And then she was actually shewas really good friends with
somebody who took hermasterclass all the time, who
was a classmate of mine, who wasnot my biggest fan and
apparently spilled all my tea tothe b****, thought it was
appropriate, in front ofeveryone's class, to air my tea
(35:53):
in front of everyone, to use itas motivation slash.
Get on to me about it, liketelling me like I suck and
should leave this man, which isnot what you tell someone in
that type of situation.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
She has no business with your memories.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
I have to go Um, so which is like okay, that's like
the boo part, this is when itgets funny.
So I, being the little rat,punk teenager, not teenager I
was 21 was, I was like I'm notcoming into this class ever
again.
I'm not paying my finalinstallment, which was maybe a
couple hundred bucks likesomething whatever.
(36:28):
But I was so mad I didn't goback to the masterclass.
In my brain I'm like honestly,yeah, I was 21.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
I was a child.
I was a child.
If she was like airing yourdrama in front of everyone in
this masterclass, it washorrible.
Instead of actually letting yousing and do the masterclass.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Well as well.
I'm like that's not the no, itwas.
Just the whole thing was rottenRotten.
Anyway, what's hilarious wasthat because I stopped showing
up, didn't pay this thing, andI'm at work and my boss because
I can go, there's someone on thephone for you and I was like
who?
And long story short, how toresist it?
(37:03):
Like full dog, the bountyhunter me.
Like calling my place of work,called my mother, call my mother
.
My mom call my mom on her cellphone and said your daughter's a
delinquent.
She owes this much For notpaying a couple hundred dollars
For not paying a couple hundreddollars, because you're a
fucking.
I don't understand what it was?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Did Broadway not pay?
Speaker 2 (37:26):
enough Period.
Sorry, but that is a true story, and can you bleep out this?
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:37):
And I have no business hearing this tea, but I
cannot wait to share it.
Fuck, you're gonna say it.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
I'm just gonna be there with the bleep button.
That was like, yeah, it was.
It's pretty funny when you havea full grown, 40, something
year old assistant.
I shouldn't actually judge rate, but she was probably.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I was gonna say a 30 year old assistant, or 40.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
A 27, like 20 years being assistants, Quite frankly,
literally hunting down at 21.
Where do you get off?
I forgot, they're just obsessedwith me.
I understand, I understand.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
Not with the 28.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
They were just really .
Speaker 4 (38:10):
Hey, I am.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
So that's one of my favorite stories, though,
because I think that that isjust hilarious, and this
Broadway star had to hunt youdown for a couple hundred
dollars A 21 year old, because Isang 16 bars of life.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
I never led.
What are?
Speaker 1 (38:26):
you doing.
I was hunting down for somemoney too after the way you just
sang it.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Quite frankly.
Yeah, you should have heard theauditions, the rehearsals.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
There are auditions there are auditions you should
have heard the auditions.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Anyway, that's a pretty funny story.
It's one I keep with me, andevery time her little face comes
on Lawn Order SVU, I'm likeStop, it meant to be SVU.
It's one of those though.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
I literally think she's on one of them all the
time Period.
But, good for Broadway actors.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
getting on Lawn Order no that, honestly, that might
be a dream role, is just beingon Lawn, I think she.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Like a dead body or you, or A little bit of a say
that it's like everything to me.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
That's very Taylor Swift to me.
I would name my catalyticevents in as well, would you
really yes?
Speaker 1 (39:06):
Would you say that Lawn Order is one of your?
Speaker 2 (39:08):
passions.
Law and Order, maybe not somuch more than Law, for sure.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
Speaking of passions, I'm really excited about
something that you have recentlystarted in your personal life
as well.
Yes, tell us about Like whathave I done?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
What have I done, sweet Jesus?
What have I done?
Tell us about your photography.
I speaking of other like artforms that incorporate aspects
of what you learned in theater.
I started a photography companywith my pal.
We're called Boy Howdy Co.
It's been really fun.
I actually did.
That was my first career choicewith photography.
(39:48):
I was going to be aphotojournalist until I found
theater.
Until Von Nk Boling Thanks alot.
Von Nk Said no, you're not, andyeah.
So I recently got back into itand it's been really fun.
I really enjoyed it.
And yeah, I don't even know.
Check us out at.
I guess I can plug at.
Boyhowdyco is on Instagram andwe have a website up.
(40:10):
It's not very good right now,but you can find it.
Someone did, we had someone findit and like message us, which I
was like we made it.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
But that's just boyhowdyco.
Exactly you for the money,Literally she's like, listen,
punk, I found you.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
I found you, miss Newfieldy, yeah, but it's been a
really fun.
We take my.
Our goal, our eagerness with me, is to do a lot of traveling
and like a little bit ofadventure photography.
But we're local to Fort Worth,dallas area and so we do like
events photography, we doportraiture, we do, we love to
(40:49):
travel.
We're going to Marfan in.
July.
What literal month is itJanuary?
Speaker 1 (40:54):
And yeah, we're just trying we're just trying
something new, and he's been aphotographer for a really long
time and and I'm just jumpinginto it- yeah, I'd love to do it
to our session.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
Oh, but yeah, we do be doing that, we do, we do.
You see some spicy stuff.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
You go to our Instagram but you should, yeah,
no, I mean obviously.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
I'm dead serious.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
Yeah, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
No, um cool.
Yeah.
No, I'm super excited aboutyour photography.
Yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
And.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
I think that's going to be tons of fun.
The photos look amazing.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
Thank you.
I'm working really hard on itright now.
Speaker 1 (41:24):
So put out there.
But no, I want to thank you foryour time today, though.
Thank you, I know I've hadblast.
I think that this has been, youknow, just a like passion
project for me and a loveproject, and I'm glad that
you're a part of it and you saton this.
I was going to say couch, we'renot on a couch but, on a seat
(41:45):
next to me.
Speaker 3 (41:46):
On a cushion.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
On a cushion Like.
I've liked, I've subscribed,I've shared.
Speaker 1 (41:52):
All of the above.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Everyone else should too, definitely.
I'm very excited for you and Ican't wait to see where this
goes.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
I'm so happy to be here, thanks.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
Yeah, and make sure you check us out.
We're going to be at Danieldoes DFW and that'll be on
Instagram, the Tik Tok, all ofthe above, any social media and
of course, you're watching thisprobably on YouTube, so that's
where you can find all of ourpodcasts as well.
And of course, we're going todo the Facebook page, all of
that, but it'll be down in thelink with this, so make sure you
(42:20):
check that out.
Once again, one big hand forDanny, but we are going to close
out this podcast with one moresong to have some fun with, and
I mean I think.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
I think we're going to have a good time with it.
Do you know the song my Baby byLittle Romeo?
Speaker 1 (42:39):
Yeah, let's find out.
Speaker 2 (42:41):
Wow, this is my sweet spot song and I love this
artist because my mom this iswhat I grew up on pretty much
Divorce, divorce.
I want you to know that.
Speaker 3 (42:59):
I'm happy to be here.
I wish, I would invite, thebest for you both.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
An older version of me.
Is she perverted, like me?
When she go down on you in atheater does she speak
eloquently.
And when she have your baby,I'm sure you make her really
excellent, Because the love thatyou gave me made wasn't able to
make it enough for you to bealright.
(43:39):
And now you speak his name.
Does she know how?
You told me?
You told me until you die,Until you die.
But you're still alive and I'mhere to remind you of the mess
you left when you went away.
It's not fair To remind me ofthe cross I bear that you gave
(44:03):
to make you.
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (44:08):
You seem very well, things look peaceful.
I'm not quite as well.
Speaker 4 (44:20):
I thought you should know, did you?
forget about me, mrs duplicity,I hate to mug you.
In the middle of dinner.
There was a slap in the face.
How quickly I was replaced.
And are you thinking of me whenhe fucks you Because the love
(44:41):
that you gave me made wasn'table to make it enough for you
to be alright?
No, and every time you speakhis name, does she know how?
You told me?
You told me until you die,until you die.
But you're still alive and I'mhere to remind you of the mess
(45:02):
you left when you went away.
It's not fair To remind me ofthe cross I bear that you gave
to make you.
I don't know.
(45:40):
I'm gonna jump the delay to thebed that was made.
I'm not gonna fade as soon asyou close your eyes, and you
know it.
And every time I scratch mynails and someone else's back, I
hope you feel it Well.
Can you feel it Well?
I'm here to remind you of themess you left when you went away
(46:05):
.
It's not fair To remind you ofthe mess you left when you went
away.
It's not fair.
(46:25):
Divorce.
Speaker 1 (46:39):
I feel like Lady Gaga Talented, gorgeous, amazing.
Hey guys and welcome to Daniel Daz's DFW Theater.
I haven't even introduced youyet.
I was sharing for you.
Oh, thanks, it is my podcast.
Thanks, we're retalking theaterand today I have my first guest
on the show.
It's going to be one of my bestfriends, but do I know you?
I?
Speaker 2 (00:25):
don't know when am I.
Speaker 1 (00:28):
Who are you?
I'm a writer, but a really goodfriend of mine and someone that
I like we just immediatelyclicked.
I would say Period, yeah,that's how it was, but we have
Danny Hallway.
Cheers Chocs.
Speaker 2 (00:42):
Chocs.
Speaker 4 (00:45):
We haven't tried this yet, mmm.
Speaker 1 (00:57):
I'm going to drink more of that in a minute, but no
.
So the reason that Danny is myfirst guest is because she
begged me to.
Speaker 2 (01:07):
There are hands and knees, well.
Speaker 1 (01:12):
No, because Danny was there when it like popped into
my head and I was like I need totell someone about this.
Speaker 2 (01:19):
Over three different flavors of souffle.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
Oh my gosh, if you have this, they do not sponsor
me.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
This is not a sponsor post.
This is not an ad.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
But if you have not been to Rise Sous-Fle, there is
a location in Fort Worth,annandale.
It's high sponsor us.
But delicious, amazing, it wasso good.
I felt like Lady Gaga Talented,gorgeous, great, amazing.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
Playing club Another club.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
We did the whole prefix menu.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
So good, great deal.
Speaker 1 (01:51):
Yeah, but not only that, but then we also ordered
one of the special T-Souffles,obviously, so not only do we
have a three course marshmallowsoup.
Hoola-la-la, hoola-la-laMarshmallow soup, our main.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Which was like a mac and cheese souffle.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
No, no no, my main was like a ham and cheese.
We got the mac and cheese toshare.
Speaker 2 (02:10):
Oh, I did, because we got a third one.
I got the mushroom trufflessouffle.
Speaker 1 (02:14):
Yeah, and then we each got a dessert and it was so
good no rugs, no raggards, nogo-gards?
Not at all.
But we were sitting there and Iwas like I have an idea that I
want to put out into the theaterworld and what do you think of
this?
And Danny was like stupid.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
I was like I left I said, hmm, I gotta go.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Absolutely and there.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
I was.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Wow, great idea.
Anyway, it was an excellentidea and I'm so glad you're
doing it and I'm so grateful andhonored to be your first guest
on your new podcast.
Speaker 1 (02:49):
We're going to try to make a podcast work Vodcast.
It might already be out there,but I'm going to make it.
Oh, it's not, no, okay, vodcast, vodcast.
You heard it here first youheard your first voice and saw
it here first, because it's aVodcast.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
Vodcast.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
No, but yeah, I was just like spitballing these
ideas.
Oh, that sounded dirty.
I was spitballing these ideasand just, I mean these ideas.
Yeah, thank you.
And Danny was like, go for it,do it.
And so I have this awesome teamthat helps me out.
That's behind the camera andthey're amazing.
(03:27):
I'm not going to say theirnames because I don't know all
of them, so they're allstrangers.
No, I do, but they are.
No, you'll see them in creditslater.
We'll do it in post.
And here are their names.
Now, no, but yeah, and actuallylet's backtrack a bit.
Danny, we met, okay, no, no, no, no.
(03:49):
I have to tell you somethingfunny.
You already know this, mom, I'mscared.
You already know this.
So I wasn't sure if I liked itfirst, which isn't that the sort
of all I got that a lot Reallygood friendships.
But can I tell you why that'strue?
So I met you a couple of timesout with Emily, kay and Ally,
(04:10):
yes, and the which, yeah, love,love Girlies, yeah, love them.
But we went to I can't evenremember the first place, but
the second place was definitelySambuca we met each other.
I remember, I remember you knowwhat I'm about to say.
Speaker 2 (04:25):
No, but I remember.
Speaker 1 (04:26):
Do I?
I don't know.
Speaker 2 (04:28):
Keep going.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Okay good.
So the first time we met,you're like, oh my God, it's so
nice to meet you.
And I was like, hi, I'm Daniel.
And you were like that's goingto be so easy to remember my
name's Danny.
Oh my God, we're likepractically the same name Second
time at Sambuca.
You're like I don't think we'vemet before.
It's like I'm I'm.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
That's such an easy one.
It's so funny.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
That's great lore.
I'm Daniel Um.
Speaker 4 (04:52):
Your name is your literal name is Danny and you're
like oh my God, yes, third time.
Speaker 1 (04:56):
Hi.
How do you know, emily, what'syour name?
Speaker 2 (05:01):
And I was like I'm done, done, I'm done, I'm done.
That is literally my go-to linefor anyone whose name is Dan,
daniel, daniel, anything.
I'm always like, well, greatname, great name.
It's so easy to remember for me.
Speaker 1 (05:13):
And she doesn't.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
And I don't remember it.
I remember nothing.
I remember nothing, john Snowit was just so.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
I remember Like I even went up to Ally and Emily
was like I don't think she likesme.
I was like this girl does notlike me at all.
Speaker 2 (05:26):
She doesn't remember.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
I just want to keep everyone on their toes and I was
like I get it.
The chubby Mexican in thecorner.
She's not going to remember him, Right?
I think she asked me to likerefill her sweet tea.
One time we were at arestaurant and you thought I was
a service person there.
Speaker 4 (05:38):
I did not?
You asked us to bust the tables?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I did not.
Can you imagine Like this is noone interrogation.
I'm like yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
So this isn't actually a podcast.
This is actually I was bringingyou here to embarrass you.
I was bringing you here totorture you, ashton Kutcher.
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Ashton Kutcher, she's been pugged.
Speaker 1 (05:54):
Pugged so but yeah, so I met you through them.
But we actually, awkwardly,have a mutual friend.
Speaker 2 (06:05):
You sure do, we do.
Speaker 1 (06:09):
And then, like I, You're so right.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Oh my God, are you okay?
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Um, and then I want to say that, like the moment
that I was like, oh, she is socool.
Speaker 2 (06:27):
It was a last Christmas when I gave you my
heart but then the very next dayyou came away this year Just
had a really big mother Tears.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
I'm going to give it to someone special.
Thank you, you should.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
So, last.
Speaker 1 (06:46):
Christmas.
Speaker 2 (06:48):
When you came to my apartment?
Speaker 1 (06:49):
Yes, yeah, so, um, I really didn't know you, but I
met one of your really closefriends, one of my close friends
.
Speaker 2 (06:57):
No, he, I guess he is .
I have to claim him.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Should we say his name?
Speaker 2 (07:03):
John.
Speaker 1 (07:06):
Oh, andrew Kyle, Look up.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
Andrew Kyle, andrew Kyle, andrew Kyle.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
Andrew Kyle.
Speaker 2 (07:10):
Andrew Good old.
Andy Good old.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Andrew.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
And of literally, and it grew.
You have little.
Never called him that in mylife, it seems, kyle.
Speaker 1 (07:21):
But if you've been moment it's Andrew Kyle.
Speaker 4 (07:23):
His pinmull is at him .
Speaker 1 (07:26):
So, um, he was doing a gig at enchant, where I was
working in last year, and wedecided oh my God, you're a
theater gay, I'm a theater gay,let's hang out and be friends.
Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 2 (07:41):
And he's like I'm actually going over to a party
and I was like let me be clearParty Meaning five at most
people in my apartment, and Ithink I even just texted Kyle
and said come over, yeah Wellvalid and true.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
So, anyway, I found out that all of my friends were
also going to Danny's house, soit was more than five friends,
Um, and I was like that's soweird.
All of my friends are going.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Oh, this night was so .
There were so many.
This night was layered.
Keep going.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
And then it was a oh well, sure, daniel can come too.
Speaker 2 (08:14):
It was not, I was excited.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
No, and it turned out being a great time.
It was so fun, and I was alsoyou know how we sealed the deal.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
You know you're sealing the deal with me I guess
other people but like I sealedthe deal by sharing location.
Speaker 1 (08:26):
And that was the night we did.
Speaker 2 (08:29):
I said, we thought and we did, and here we are.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
Yeah, but that's when I knew I would grow to love
this bike girl.
Speaking of bike girl that's me.
Maybe we'll move on to somesinging.
Speaker 2 (08:40):
Great.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, love it.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
I'm doing this because every other white girl
gets to, so that's enough.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
It's not easy to know , I'm not anything like I used
to be To true, I was neverattention sweet center.
I still remember that girl.
Speaker 4 (09:38):
She's imperfect but she tries.
She is good but she lies.
She is hard on herself.
She is broken and won't ask forhelp.
She is messy but she's kind.
(10:03):
She is lonely.
Most of the time she is allthis mixed up and baked in a
beautiful pie.
She is gone, but she used to bemine.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
It's not what I asked for.
Sometimes life just slips infor the backboard and car goes
out of her sight Makes you thinkit's all true.
Speaker 4 (10:44):
And now I got you.
You're not what I asked for.
If I'm honest, I know I wouldgive it all back for a chance To
start over and rewrite it.
Ending or two For that girlthat I knew, who was reckless,
(11:08):
just enough, who gets hurt butwho learns how to tough it up
and she's bruised and gets usedby a man who can't love and then
she'll get stuck and be scaredof life.
(11:29):
That's inside of her, gettingstrong each day, till apparently
her mind's hurt.
A fight, just a little, tobring back the fire in her eyes.
And all that used to be mine.
(11:55):
She is messy but she's kind.
She is lonely.
Most of the time she is allthis mixed up and baked in a
(12:16):
beautiful pie.
She is gone, but she used to bemine.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Yes, my girl Voice cracking.
I think it's not like I got tosing that song.
I always wanted to, buteveryone always does it, which
is fine.
Speaker 1 (12:47):
I think you should sing a song, no matter what.
I mean, I thought I was hangingout with Shashana Bean how dare
you my name, my name but whohasn't sang that song on that
show?
I feel like every single girlwho has ever played it has gone
on Broadway World or whateverthat is.
Speaker 2 (13:04):
Oh, that, um, yes, you know.
Speaker 1 (13:07):
They've all done it, they have.
They've done everything fromJennifer Nettles to Jordan
Sparks.
Correct, have done it becausethey're all beautiful and
amazing.
My girl Jordan.
Yeah, did you see?
I actually just saw a post thatSarah Berlus wants Kelly
Clarkson out to play?
Speaker 2 (13:25):
Uh, that's kind of my eyes are water Like instant.
That's the Berlson, our Berlsondream, where Kelly Clarkson has
needed to be on Broadway for awhile, oh my god, the water
works for the Arkham.
I love Kelly Clarkson.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
I think she's an angel and she would kill it.
I don't know if she would act.
I mean from Justin and Kellywas a little I don't know.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
But I feel like I don't know.
I think she could.
She has so much personality,have you watched her talk show.
Yeah, I do yeah, it's like Ithink it would translate to the
stage.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
I get that.
So you're from Berlson?
No, oh, you were just happythat.
Speaker 2 (14:02):
Yeah, For all my Berlson peeps.
They know who they are.
Speaker 1 (14:06):
Because there's like five of them, correct?
Speaker 2 (14:10):
And one of them is Kelly Clarkson.
Speaker 1 (14:13):
No, okay.
So if you didn't grow up inBerlson, where did you grow up?
Speaker 2 (14:16):
I grew up in mainly Plano, I would say.
My school was in Addison.
I have divorced parents and mymom was in Addison and my dad
was in Plano.
As a young, young kid, we werein Plano, but I'm from so North
Dallas, North.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
Dallas.
Well then, how did you getinvolved with?
Because you were one of Vonda'skiddos, right?
Speaker 2 (14:40):
I was shout out Vonda K E-band.
Yes, e-band, I went to.
What is this?
Speaker 1 (14:47):
Strattle with girl.
Speaker 2 (14:48):
Sorry, you hear that voice from that mom.
Anyway, I went to GreenfieldSchool at Addison and I was
actually everyone's going to belike, oh my God, I was so sporty
growing up.
I played lots of sports, everysport ever, which is hilarious.
Speaker 1 (15:04):
Okay, okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (15:05):
But in my in sophomore year I was like, oh,
my friends are doing music andthe art and stuff like that.
Not that I didn't like art, butso I joined choir because my
friends did excellent and I'lldo.
And I met Vonda because she wasthe choir teacher at the time
and she was pretty new I think Iwas only her, maybe her first
(15:28):
or second class being atGreenhill and so I was in choir
the beginning of my sophomoreyear and then there were the
fall musical happened in this.
The fall musical happened inthe spring is what I just said.
The spring musical happenedhilarious, guess what?
It was in the spring and I, allmy friends were going to
audition for the spring musicaland I was like I'm really,
(15:51):
really fans and so I did not goplay basketball like I normally
did in the spring, I went andplayed, played a role.
We did.
It was little shop.
Speaker 1 (16:05):
Oh wait, what did you play, don?
This is so bad.
Did you do the little Dennisgirl?
Speaker 2 (16:10):
No, it's fine, I'll call myself out.
It is not.
Speaker 1 (16:14):
I was 16.
You were not one of the streeturchins, were you?
Speaker 2 (16:17):
Sure was.
They added actually, because itwas three senior girls, all
white, don't worry and theyadded a fourth one as a
sophomore and they called.
They called my character, mytheater director called my
character Aquanit.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (16:35):
Oh, I know, everyone, I know, I know that is so bad,
I know.
I really believe that correct,it's so bad.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
That is so.
Speaker 2 (16:45):
so like T though, because and it was let it be
known that was not.
Speaker 1 (16:48):
Vonda, so Vonda would never.
Speaker 2 (16:50):
Period she would never.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
So my senior year we also did Little Shop at my
little school as well.
All three of the urchins werewhite girls as well.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2 (17:02):
Ah, different time that would have been.
My sophomore year was probablylike 2000,.
It just is not an excuse.
But it was 2008 probably, andso but I had a great time doing
that show.
I loved it.
It was so fun.
But through that, vonda waslike you need to be if you're
liking and having fun you needto be doing this and you should
come to.
(17:23):
She runs a theater camp inHaswell forever with Mark Molno,
kelly McCain, a bunch of peoplewho are really, really
wonderful.
And so I joined.
That summer I did my first yearat Dallas Young Artists, which
is one of the most life changingexperiences of all time.
And I did that camp and thatwas brought me into more of my
first kind of musicals.
(17:43):
Did that camp until I graduatedHigh school and I kept up.
I started auditioning in Dallasprofessionally.
I was like I thought I was.
I was like, oh my God, my firstaudition was for next to normal
at Uptown players.
I remember that and I wasprobably actually 16.
I don't even remember what Iwas saying and yeah, that kind
(18:06):
of was like got the ball rolling.
Speaker 1 (18:07):
So we can thank Vonda .
Speaker 2 (18:09):
We can thank Vonda.
Vonda's the best, vonda's thebest, yeah.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
Yeah, wonderful, yeah , so did you get into next to
normal?
No, which I think you wouldmake a great.
The daughter.
Speaker 2 (18:22):
Natalie, yeah, thank you, I would have loved to.
I think I truly believe I canplay pretty young.
I do believe I've aged out.
I think it's official.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Like the Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (18:31):
Adams of the.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
Maybe Wednesday.
Speaker 2 (18:34):
But I think I'm aged.
When I think of people in theDFW sphere who could play
there's so many I think betterchoice like nothing against me,
but better choices for Natalie.
Speaker 1 (18:45):
We do have a lot of.
We have a lot of.
You know what I mean.
Speaker 2 (18:47):
So like why not cast somebody in that?
You know, I just don't thinkyou need to be casting me in
that role anymore.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
quite frankly, Would you say that that's still like a
dream role for you?
It's a dream musical, for sure.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
Dream musical yeah, that was my dream role.
Obviously, I think ageappropriately as I was
introduced to it.
I saw it on Broadway with MarinBasie.
Speaker 1 (19:07):
Oh my God, yeah, I know which was like, which is so
freaking awesome.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
So definitely a dream show, and I'm kind of in that
weird awkward age where I can'treally play either right now,
which is totally fine.
So I'm hoping one day I get toplay Diana.
That would be.
Speaker 1 (19:21):
That would be really cool.
I know that you're one of yourbig dream roles as well, because
we talked about it is a femaleversion of Sweeney Todd.
Speaker 2 (19:27):
Yes, period yes.
Speaker 1 (19:29):
I think that that would be.
Would you also do?
Would it be roles reversed,like Mrs Lovett would be a guy,
or would it be?
Speaker 2 (19:36):
I don't think I mean I don't have a preference.
I kind of love if Miss Lovettis female identifying.
I kind of love the queerness ofthat personally.
Speaker 1 (19:45):
Yeah, no, the musical seems queer.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
Yeah, correct, I keep saying period.
I'm a sign of other words.
Speaker 1 (19:52):
I literally have a degree in the English language.
Speaker 2 (19:54):
Period.
Yeah, no, I love darknessbroody.
I did go through a very heavygoth phase in middle school.
And so Sweeney, I don't know.
I just I've loved the story, Ilove the music, I love Sondheim,
and I don't even it's notnecessarily even my favorite
Sondheim show, but it.
I just think that I don't knowwhy I just feel so attached to
(20:17):
that role.
I think it would be so cool, asa woman, to play Sweeney.
I don't know who's brave enoughto do it, but someone should.
Speaker 1 (20:26):
She's right here, I'm right here.
Speaker 2 (20:28):
It doesn't even have to be me.
I just think it would be cool.
Speaker 1 (20:30):
And here's your, miss Lovett, please let it be me.
Speaker 2 (20:33):
But that's the choice .
Please let it be me.
No, I'm serious.
If you're going to do it,please let it be me?
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Yeah, no, I do.
You know what I could see thatrole as a woman.
Speaker 2 (20:40):
I just think it would be.
Yeah, there's nothing thatreally like grounds it in
masculine, like it's not thatthere's nothing.
It's not about nothing in thescript suggests it has to be.
There's nothing.
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (20:50):
So it's an interesting take on it, though I
like that I just think it wouldbe really cool.
So have you auditioned foranything recently, or any
upcoming projects or anything?
Speaker 2 (21:00):
I did audition, for I had my first audition in a
while, actually, um this pastweek, which I was just proud.
You know after, you know, weall know, after the pandemic,
getting back in those rooms waslike a really chat.
Speaker 1 (21:11):
that was a challenge, Um it's still taking me time to
even think about getting in one.
Speaker 2 (21:15):
And I've done a couple, but, um, I moved around
a lot through the pandemic so itwas nice to get back.
Just I was just proud of myselffor just getting back in the
room and um, I'm much morecomfortable auditioning for
plays actually than music goals,oddly enough, and it was a.
It was a play by LaurenGunderson and I love her.
Um, but otherwise I over thelast three, four years since,
(21:38):
arguably since the pandemic orsince I went to grad school,
I've been doing a lot more um oflike the behind the scenes,
like curation and kind of likethings like this, like this
broadcast, like I really loveVodcast, vodcast.
I have to um tattooed and I willum I what did I say?
Speaker 1 (22:00):
Things like this.
You, you're behind the scenes.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
Uh, thank you, I no, I lost it, it's gone, choo, choo
, bye.
Speaker 3 (22:07):
I tried Bye.
Speaker 2 (22:08):
I really like, I swear I'm going to get there.
Speaker 1 (22:11):
I like I she got it by George.
I think you got it.
Here's the thing about DFWtheater.
Speaker 2 (22:17):
There's so much amazing talent here and
something I've really that Ilove about DFW theater is so
many people are multi-passionateand have so many different
talents.
Besides, like the clinicalformula for success in musical
theater or theater, and I lovethe idea of taking those talents
(22:38):
people have and using like whatwe learn in theater and
educational theater and thingslike that.
But like creating other typesof expression, because I don't
think it's the, I don't think itshould sit in, you show up and
you audition and you either getit or you don't, and then you
like it's just it's which.
That's also great and andexercise is a great muscle.
But, um, I would.
(23:01):
I really enjoyed working withlocal artists and doing like.
I've done a lot of poetryworkshops.
My grad degree is in creativewriting and poetry and play
writing, and so I've done likesome writing workshops that
incorporate different art thingsLike I.
That's why I was so excitedabout this podcast, because I
was like what a great way to tiein theater with like other
talent and like showcasingtalent as well and just
celebrating other forms of art.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Yeah.
No I and I mean, that's why Iwanted to do it right, um, but
uh, speaking of auditions, we'regoing to go ahead and take a
small little uh, run over to thekeyboard so that we can hear
your audition.
Speaker 3 (23:37):
What about my auditions?
Speaker 1 (23:38):
You're um.
We're only going to do fourmeasures.
Speaker 2 (23:41):
No canary.
No, we'll see you in a bit.
That's someone else's joke Istole.
This was one of my um earlytwenties audition songs that I
pretend like I would still playthis role you could I read?
young.
She can't.
This is me.
I have to pause.
This is me doing this becauseone time I this is a funny story
(24:03):
, it's worth it.
I did this because one time Iplayed Molly and Peter in the
Starcatcher and that's 13.
I was probably 25 at the time.
In my literal review.
The one sense about me in thereview said Molly is definitely
not 13.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
And begin and I may not surf, I may not see friends,
but I have to know I still havethe chance and maybe I'll make
a painful mistake.
It's my thought to take arefuse and all of the doors yet
(24:39):
to open and all of the roomsahead.
They're beckoning bright, scaryand new.
But I'm standing tall and I'mwalking through what's gone,
maybe gone, but I won't gounplayed dead.
It's time to start living thelife I never loved.
Speaker 1 (25:22):
You make a great nun, thank you, but I want none of
that.
Thank you so much.
Speaker 4 (25:27):
None of that, that's good.
Speaker 2 (25:30):
Thank you, that's God , I did not steal it from
someone.
I'd be wondering what my movieis doing.
In high school this is nothingto do with anything I was
notorious for being in a groupof people and some were saying
it was funny, but they're shy.
But they're funny but they'reshy.
And so they'd say it soft and Iwould literally say that was
funny and I'd say it's so loudand everybody would be like, ah,
(25:51):
Danny's funny person ever and Iwould not give them credit.
I would be like yeah, look howfunny I am.
Speaker 1 (26:11):
So glad we got things from the Addams family to be
part of.
Thank God, the broadcast for usthe broadcast the broadcast.
Um, no, okay, so I needed morewine, because this is where we
get into the good stuff.
The spillage of the tea, thegood stuff, right, the spillage
of the tea-tor, the tea-tor, thetea-tor, the tea-tor, the
tea-tor.
Tea I think I've had too muchof this wine.
(26:32):
No, um, okay.
So the thing I love about Dannyis that okay.
So I will say, like you werekind of like an and you still
are right, this is not apass-dence, but like an icon for
me, like in DFW theater, oh, myGod.
Like you were always gettingbooked, like all that good stuff
.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
That is literally so funny that you think that Really
Thank you.
But uh could be, the wine Couldbe got.
Them all Could be confused withsomeone else, because I don't
know your name.
Got them.
Yeah, again, part of the roast.
Your serrata was booked all thetime.
Ask somebody equity points theyhad how many Zero?
Speaker 1 (27:11):
Oh, ask me how many.
Two thousand I'm on insurancenow.
Good for you.
No, I'm not girl, okay Wellanyway, I also have zero points,
oh good.
Speaker 3 (27:25):
Good good.
Speaker 2 (27:26):
I guess it doesn't matter.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Well, no, it doesn't, I don't care.
Anyway, I'm not paying, I don'tneed that, okay.
So, speaking of equity, yes,tell me, you did an equity tour,
did you not?
It was non-eck.
Speaker 2 (27:41):
It was non-eck.
Oh God, it was non-eck, it wasa non-eckity tour.
Speaker 1 (27:44):
Well, thank goodness, because what happened on that
tour Good for all it was.
Speaker 2 (27:48):
I'm just gonna spill.
It's about me, so everybodyrelax.
I was on a.
This is so funny.
I can't really say this it'sfine.
I literally don't care.
Speaker 1 (27:58):
Have you told people that were on the not tour?
Oh no, everybody knows, rightthey witnessed it.
Speaker 2 (28:02):
Who didn't witness it was my director and the
producers.
Oh, dear Lord.
Speaker 1 (28:05):
Hopefully she gets hired again after telling this
story.
I have never been on a tour,okay, okay.
Speaker 2 (28:10):
So anyway, I was on a non-eckity tour of Rudolph
Threadnose Rainier and I playedDolly.
Speaker 1 (28:16):
For those of you that don't know the story, Dolly is.
Speaker 2 (28:18):
The mentally ill one, the doll, that's literally.
Her problem is that she hasdepression, which is so funny.
Speaker 1 (28:25):
So Danny was Ted Cast Period.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
Anyway.
So and it was also, I was thatplus like a puppeteer, which is
really cool.
I have puppeteering, love itAnyway.
But I played Dolly and it wascalled a snookin, which is
what's so funny.
But in my I was in I justlooked like I always say I look
like a cute tipper or a sperm.
It was like head to toe whiteand like I had a hood and you
can only see this much of myface Sperm.
I'm not seeing sperm.
Speaker 3 (28:49):
Why now why?
Speaker 2 (28:50):
that sperm?
Anyone?
Anyone?
Why now?
Why this sperm?
Keep going, okay, non-eckitytour of Rudolph.
And so one night we're inLouisville, kentucky, and we
were pretty wild, like the castwas.
First of all, I was on it forthree years, free, three
separate holidays the most funI've ever had in my life.
I loved being on that tour.
Speaker 1 (29:09):
The pictures.
I've seen old pictures of itand it looks like a good time.
It was just a great group ofpeople.
Speaker 2 (29:13):
It was so freaking fun and we were pretty off our
rockers just to I'm just gonnabe on it.
So this was the had to be thefinal year, I guess.
And we I was in Louisville,kentucky, and my cousin lives in
Louisville, and so after theshow I went out with my cousin
while everyone else went out.
So I just like, according tothe cast, I, you know, I floated
away with my cousin.
It was never to be seen againand I was rooming with my friend
(29:35):
, erica.
And I'll tell it from Erica'sperspective, because that's
really because I quite franklydon't remember, but I do know I
was.
All I remember from myperspective is like with my
cousin and we go to this houseand I have like a beer, and then
I go to this bar and I havelike a bourbon and coat, because
we're in little Kentucky, andthen we go to this bar and I'm
like some meatball pizza giantsize gets put in front of me and
(29:56):
then I remember nothing else,nothing else.
You got drunk on meatballsAlways, anyway.
So Erica the next morning, socozy and cute in her bed, wakes
up and is like and looks overand apparently I'm like fully
clothing when I was wearing thenight before like a like,
literally like, on the bed.
It's just fully like she waslike Danny and I was asleep.
(30:19):
And then she goes to thebathroom.
This is gross, by the way.
So vomit warning, triggerwarning.
Erik apparently opens the doorand, like you could tell someone
had thrown up all of thebathroom, but it was like, for
the most part, cleaned up CauseI'm polite, but for the most
part Erica was like ooh, yikes,it goes back and she's like,
she's like Danny, danny.
And then this is my favoriteErica quote she goes Danny, it's
(30:40):
a puke bathroom.
Danny it's the bathroom, it'spuke, it's puke bathroom.
And it was like and apparentlyI shot up and was like it fit
like panic, grabbed my suitcasethat was not unpacked whatsoever
and walked out the door andErica was like goodbye.
Next, next chapter.
I'm down in the lobby I'mclearly still wasted and I'm in
(31:03):
the corner in this little chairof this hotel and I'm like I
don't remember anything.
I'm like they're gonna probablylike oh my God, what's gonna
happen?
And we had a matinees in likeAlabama Maybe it was a night
show, I can't remember, but wehad a show that day and Erica,
sweet angel, is like helping meget on the bus, like get my
stuff, and she's like get to theback of us, get to the back of
(31:23):
us, get to the back of us, getto the back of us.
And my friend Kyle and Rashawnlike get to the back of us, get
to the back of us.
And so I get to the back of usand I go in lane to suck and
never to be seen again, trulylike we stopped three, four
times, not three, four times,that's an exaggeration, but we
stopped and I just never emerged.
Speaker 1 (31:38):
How did you not get sick again on the bus?
You got it all out, I guess, inthat picture.
Oh yeah, no, I'm good.
Speaker 2 (31:43):
I can like I don't rally, but I'm like, oh, but I
took care of it, I took care ofthe business and then we're good
.
So I emerged, so now we're backto my perspective and I like
I'm in the bunk, I'm like I wakeup and I'm fine.
I'm like, oh, we're good.
What happened, I don't know,but we're good.
And I checked my phone and Iliterally have hundreds of text
messages not hundreds again, anexaggeration.
I never exaggerate Probably 30text messages from Erica and
(32:06):
she's like I opened.
She's like do you wake up?
Wake up?
Wake up, I go what.
And I walk out and Erica's likeget on your Facebook.
And I went what she goes and Ilook at my Facebook and I have
shared An old I'm talking likeseven years prior.
I went to theater camp withthis little random person and I
(32:30):
had gone back through theirprofile photos just scrolling,
so haven't talked to them inseven years went to like the
furthest one of the furtherprofile photos, shared it to my
Facebook page with we call itM-P-P-T, M-M-P-P-T-E-E, and like
shared it.
And I woke up to that andErica's like you have to delete
(32:51):
this.
And I was like you're so rightand so I deleted it and I
checked my messages and I had tomessage this girl and be like
hey.
Speaker 1 (32:58):
M-P-P-T-E-E.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
M-P-P-T-E.
So sorry about that.
No one ever found out.
I'm not.
I will name names, but someonealso during this tour I had to
get carried out of a bar inNashville, tennessee, like by
hands of feet.
Get carried out of a bar andlost their keys and wallet.
Won't name names.
It was a wild time Directornever found out.
I did the show flawlessly.
Obviously it was also this Icould tell Sony stories from
(33:26):
this tour, but that was thereally big one.
That was really funny.
And if anyone wants the proofof the Facebook post, I do have
screenshots.
Speaker 1 (33:32):
Oh, wow, okay.
It's a lot to unpack.
That was a lot to take in forme it was a lot to unpack.
Speaking of a lot, you knowwhere I'm going with this.
Speaker 2 (33:42):
I know where I'm going with this.
Speaker 1 (33:43):
Because this person is a lot, yes, and, but she's
also one of our.
She's a local favorite, but sheis a lot and Dany got to
experience a lot of her.
One day, tell us about amasterclass that you went to.
Speaker 2 (34:02):
Am I allowed to name the name?
Should I?
Speaker 1 (34:04):
We'll bleep it out, if not.
Speaker 2 (34:06):
We'll bleep it out.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
We need to check with our legal team, but I will see
the name If you speak right intothat camera and I will.
Speaker 2 (34:12):
I took a masterclass with that's not her middle name.
Speaker 1 (34:26):
Well, we've said it 50 million times now.
Speaker 2 (34:28):
So we can bleep it out now.
Speaker 4 (34:29):
I took a masterclass with.
I took a masterclass with.
I just bleep it out, literally.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
We're getting the fingers from behind the camera,
so I took a masterclass with andI paid.
Speaker 2 (34:45):
I was maybe I had to have been 21 or two, 21 or two,
very young Paid for myself, wasvery excited.
I went to UNT at the time andI'm infamous for that time in my
life in DFW because not to beDebbie Downer, but I was dating
like an atrocious person at thetime.
Speaker 1 (35:05):
So anyway, we've all been there.
Speaker 2 (35:06):
We've all been there and it was like a really bad
time and like drama and whatever.
So I was going through, I wasstill with that person and was
going through a lot, and therewas this whole backs, which it
doesn't even.
The whole point of the story isthat it doesn't matter what was
going on in my personal lifeoutside of this masterclass.
So I'm in this masterclass,it's like day three or whatever,
and what's hilarious is thatI'm singing Life I Never Led as
(35:29):
my cut.
Speaker 1 (35:30):
Oh whoa, I know, we just did that song.
Speaker 2 (35:33):
Oh my God, I mean what I hold and I go up and I
sing it.
And then she was actually shewas really good friends with
somebody who took hermasterclass all the time, who
was a classmate of mine, who wasnot my biggest fan and
apparently spilled all my tea tothe b****, thought it was
appropriate, in front ofeveryone's class, to air my tea
(35:53):
in front of everyone, to use itas motivation slash.
Get on to me about it, liketelling me like I suck and
should leave this man, which isnot what you tell someone in
that type of situation.
Speaker 1 (36:04):
She has no business with your memories.
Speaker 2 (36:07):
I have to go Um, so which is like okay, that's like
the boo part, this is when itgets funny.
So I, being the little rat,punk teenager, not teenager I
was 21 was, I was like I'm notcoming into this class ever
again.
I'm not paying my finalinstallment, which was maybe a
couple hundred bucks likesomething whatever.
(36:28):
But I was so mad I didn't goback to the masterclass.
In my brain I'm like honestly,yeah, I was 21.
Speaker 1 (36:33):
I was a child.
I was a child.
If she was like airing yourdrama in front of everyone in
this masterclass, it washorrible.
Instead of actually letting yousing and do the masterclass.
Speaker 2 (36:43):
Well as well.
I'm like that's not the no, itwas.
Just the whole thing was rottenRotten.
Anyway, what's hilarious wasthat because I stopped showing
up, didn't pay this thing, andI'm at work and my boss because
I can go, there's someone on thephone for you and I was like
who?
And long story short, how toresist it?
(37:03):
Like full dog, the bountyhunter me.
Like calling my place of work,called my mother, call my mother
.
My mom call my mom on her cellphone and said your daughter's a
delinquent.
She owes this much For notpaying a couple hundred dollars
For not paying a couple hundreddollars, because you're a
fucking.
I don't understand what it was?
Speaker 1 (37:26):
Did Broadway not pay?
Speaker 2 (37:26):
enough Period.
Sorry, but that is a true story, and can you bleep out this?
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (37:37):
And I have no business hearing this tea, but I
cannot wait to share it.
Fuck, you're gonna say it.
I love it.
Speaker 2 (37:47):
I'm just gonna be there with the bleep button.
That was like, yeah, it was.
It's pretty funny when you havea full grown, 40, something
year old assistant.
I shouldn't actually judge rate, but she was probably.
Speaker 1 (37:56):
I was gonna say a 30 year old assistant, or 40.
Speaker 2 (37:59):
A 27, like 20 years being assistants, Quite frankly,
literally hunting down at 21.
Where do you get off?
I forgot, they're just obsessedwith me.
I understand, I understand.
Speaker 1 (38:06):
Not with the 28.
Speaker 2 (38:08):
They were just really .
Speaker 4 (38:10):
Hey, I am.
Speaker 1 (38:12):
So that's one of my favorite stories, though,
because I think that that isjust hilarious, and this
Broadway star had to hunt youdown for a couple hundred
dollars A 21 year old, because Isang 16 bars of life.
Speaker 2 (38:24):
I never led.
What are?
Speaker 1 (38:26):
you doing.
I was hunting down for somemoney too after the way you just
sang it.
Speaker 2 (38:30):
Quite frankly.
Yeah, you should have heard theauditions, the rehearsals.
Speaker 3 (38:35):
There are auditions there are auditions you should
have heard the auditions.
Speaker 2 (38:39):
Anyway, that's a pretty funny story.
It's one I keep with me, andevery time her little face comes
on Lawn Order SVU, I'm likeStop, it meant to be SVU.
It's one of those though.
Speaker 1 (38:49):
I literally think she's on one of them all the
time Period.
But, good for Broadway actors.
Speaker 2 (38:54):
getting on Lawn Order no that, honestly, that might
be a dream role, is just beingon Lawn, I think she.
Speaker 1 (38:59):
Like a dead body or you, or A little bit of a say
that it's like everything to me.
Speaker 2 (39:02):
That's very Taylor Swift to me.
I would name my catalyticevents in as well, would you
really yes?
Speaker 1 (39:06):
Would you say that Lawn Order is one of your?
Speaker 2 (39:08):
passions.
Law and Order, maybe not somuch more than Law, for sure.
Speaker 1 (39:18):
Speaking of passions, I'm really excited about
something that you have recentlystarted in your personal life
as well.
Yes, tell us about Like whathave I done?
Speaker 2 (39:27):
What have I done, sweet Jesus?
What have I done?
Tell us about your photography.
I speaking of other like artforms that incorporate aspects
of what you learned in theater.
I started a photography companywith my pal.
We're called Boy Howdy Co.
It's been really fun.
I actually did.
That was my first career choicewith photography.
(39:48):
I was going to be aphotojournalist until I found
theater.
Until Von Nk Boling Thanks alot.
Von Nk Said no, you're not, andyeah.
So I recently got back into itand it's been really fun.
I really enjoyed it.
And yeah, I don't even know.
Check us out at.
I guess I can plug at.
Boyhowdyco is on Instagram andwe have a website up.
(40:10):
It's not very good right now,but you can find it.
Someone did, we had someone findit and like message us, which I
was like we made it.
Speaker 3 (40:19):
But that's just boyhowdyco.
Exactly you for the money,Literally she's like, listen,
punk, I found you.
Speaker 2 (40:24):
I found you, miss Newfieldy, yeah, but it's been a
really fun.
We take my.
Our goal, our eagerness with me, is to do a lot of traveling
and like a little bit ofadventure photography.
But we're local to Fort Worth,dallas area and so we do like
events photography, we doportraiture, we do, we love to
(40:49):
travel.
We're going to Marfan in.
July.
What literal month is itJanuary?
Speaker 1 (40:54):
And yeah, we're just trying we're just trying
something new, and he's been aphotographer for a really long
time and and I'm just jumpinginto it- yeah, I'd love to do it
to our session.
Speaker 2 (41:01):
Oh, but yeah, we do be doing that, we do, we do.
You see some spicy stuff.
Speaker 1 (41:05):
You go to our Instagram but you should, yeah,
no, I mean obviously.
Speaker 2 (41:09):
I'm dead serious.
Speaker 1 (41:10):
Yeah, so yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:11):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (41:14):
No, um cool.
Yeah.
No, I'm super excited aboutyour photography.
Yeah sure.
Speaker 2 (41:18):
And.
Speaker 1 (41:18):
I think that's going to be tons of fun.
The photos look amazing.
Speaker 2 (41:21):
Thank you.
I'm working really hard on itright now.
Speaker 1 (41:24):
So put out there.
But no, I want to thank you foryour time today, though.
Thank you, I know I've hadblast.
I think that this has been, youknow, just a like passion
project for me and a loveproject, and I'm glad that
you're a part of it and you saton this.
I was going to say couch, we'renot on a couch but, on a seat
(41:45):
next to me.
Speaker 3 (41:46):
On a cushion.
Speaker 2 (41:47):
On a cushion Like.
I've liked, I've subscribed,I've shared.
Speaker 1 (41:52):
All of the above.
Speaker 2 (41:54):
Everyone else should too, definitely.
I'm very excited for you and Ican't wait to see where this
goes.
Speaker 1 (41:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (41:58):
I'm so happy to be here, thanks.
Speaker 1 (42:00):
Yeah, and make sure you check us out.
We're going to be at Danieldoes DFW and that'll be on
Instagram, the Tik Tok, all ofthe above, any social media and
of course, you're watching thisprobably on YouTube, so that's
where you can find all of ourpodcasts as well.
And of course, we're going todo the Facebook page, all of
that, but it'll be down in thelink with this, so make sure you
(42:20):
check that out.
Once again, one big hand forDanny, but we are going to close
out this podcast with one moresong to have some fun with, and
I mean I think.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
I think we're going to have a good time with it.
Do you know the song my Baby byLittle Romeo?
Speaker 1 (42:39):
Yeah, let's find out.
Speaker 2 (42:41):
Wow, this is my sweet spot song and I love this
artist because my mom this iswhat I grew up on pretty much
Divorce, divorce.
I want you to know that.
Speaker 3 (42:59):
I'm happy to be here.
I wish, I would invite, thebest for you both.
Speaker 4 (43:15):
An older version of me.
Is she perverted, like me?
When she go down on you in atheater does she speak
eloquently.
And when she have your baby,I'm sure you make her really
excellent, Because the love thatyou gave me made wasn't able to
make it enough for you to bealright.
(43:39):
And now you speak his name.
Does she know how?
You told me?
You told me until you die,Until you die.
But you're still alive and I'mhere to remind you of the mess
you left when you went away.
It's not fair To remind me ofthe cross I bear that you gave
(44:03):
to make you.
I don't know.
Speaker 3 (44:08):
You seem very well, things look peaceful.
I'm not quite as well.
Speaker 4 (44:20):
I thought you should know, did you?
forget about me, mrs duplicity,I hate to mug you.
In the middle of dinner.
There was a slap in the face.
How quickly I was replaced.
And are you thinking of me whenhe fucks you Because the love
(44:41):
that you gave me made wasn'table to make it enough for you
to be alright?
No, and every time you speakhis name, does she know how?
You told me?
You told me until you die,until you die.
But you're still alive and I'mhere to remind you of the mess
(45:02):
you left when you went away.
It's not fair To remind me ofthe cross I bear that you gave
to make you.
I don't know.
(45:40):
I'm gonna jump the delay to thebed that was made.
I'm not gonna fade as soon asyou close your eyes, and you
know it.
And every time I scratch mynails and someone else's back, I
hope you feel it Well.
Can you feel it Well?
I'm here to remind you of themess you left when you went away
(46:05):
.
It's not fair To remind you ofthe mess you left when you went
away.
It's not fair.
(46:25):
Divorce.
Speaker 1 (46:39):
I feel like Lady Gaga Talented, gorgeous, amazing.
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