February 29, 2024 • 26 mins
In this episode of the oneSMFC podcast, Superintendent Ochoa is joined by Borel Middle School Teacher and Drama Director Alyssa Goldrath and the cast of Goosebumps The Musical!
This episode spotlights the very unique journeys each student had during the making of the musical. Regardless of your background, the arts play a pivotal role in nurturing students' creativity, and we take immense pride in our district's thriving theater program, providing a platform for students to explore their artistic potential.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
These students are taking a huge risk.
They're going up on stage andbeing silly and playing and
being creative, and that takes alot of courage.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
But being a teacher is like completely different,
like Miss G has told me a lot ofthings Like teachers are so
cool.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
First of all, and then with Brian.
I just had to kind of be moreanxious and nervous because,
that's kind of how I view Brian,and he's just trying to be like
helpful to everyone else, helpout with the show.
He's new.
He's the new kid.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Stage crew is actually what made me want to do
the musical, because I couldsee all the actual cast members
like performing and it justlooks so much fun.
And so then the next year Iauditioned and I got in.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And welcome back everybody to the OneSMFC podcast
.
My name is Diego Ochoha, I'msuperintendent of the San Mateo
Foster City School District andI don't think I've ever done a
podcast with a crowd this big.
So usually I ask them to cheerfor me because it just makes me
feel more confident.
Will you guys cheer for me?
I was that kid in school thatwas just like.
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Any claps that you can give meare just really great for my
self-esteem.
So that's who I am.
I want to know who you are andI'm going to pass it over to our
first student.
Speaker 6 (01:26):
Hi, I'm Eliza Jane and I play Brooke Rogers.
Speaker 7 (01:28):
Hi, I'm Sam Jacobs and I play Zeke Matthews.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Hi, I'm Damien Campos and I play Brian Colson.
Speaker 8 (01:34):
I'm Jules Singh and I'm in the ensemble Hi.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I'm Elsa Huberera and I play Miss Walker.
Speaker 9 (01:39):
Hi, my name is Luke Waiman and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Hi, I'm Audrey Jo and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 10 (01:44):
Hi, I'm Lucas Dillian and I'm also in the
ensemble.
Speaker 11 (01:46):
Hi, I'm Alma Monton and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
My name is Alyssa Goldrath and I am the Burrell
Drama Teacher and Director.
Producer of Goosebumps, theMusical.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
And she's also a person that loves having a
microphone in her hand.
All educators, we love talking,we love leading and actually,
you know, for all the listeners,it's sort of cool to be in a
room with so many kids all atthe same time, who have their
each each has their ownindividual perspective to share
(02:20):
on this huge performance thatwe're going to have here called
Goosebumps, and I'm going topass it back to you as the
leader of this team.
Just tell us about theperformances themselves when is
the first show, when is thesecond show, and how do you set
up that whole process?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Thanks.
Goosebumps opens this Friday,march 1st.
We have a show at 7 o'clock onMarch 1st and that's our big
opening night alumni night andone of our traditions that we
developed here at Burrell Dramais inviting all of our alumni to
come back on opening night andthey create a huge cheering
section and it creates thisincredible sense of community.
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And we also have a tradition tobring our seniors up for a
senior bow and this class isextra special.
This is the class that we wereshut down a week before our show
was to open their eighth gradeyear, so it's going to be extra
special to bring them uptogether on stage and give them
that actual applause and finalbow moment together on March 1st
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.
I'm really excited about it.
We also have a show March 2nd at7 o'clock and March 3rd at 2
o'clock.
You can get more information atBurrellDramacom and we'll have
tickets available there and atthe box office and come out and
support the.
I think we have about 150students on and off stage in
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this production that we havebeen working on since.
Well, I started last year,probably around April, working
on this production, but thestudents audition in October,
and so we've been working on itfor a while and we have some
incredible talent here and asense of community working
(04:04):
together to tell this story byArl Stein.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
You know, having been an educator for 25 years and
working with middle schools andhigh schools, my first
experience was three years agowhen you all put on 13, right,
and I left that performance andI texted my spouse and I said I
think I just watched a highschool performance, but it was a
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bunch of middle school students.
What you all are doing in thisprogram, I need to really, just,
you know, give you aperspective outside of San Mateo
County.
It is not normal.
What you are doing is far, farahead of what a typical middle
school program is, where yousaid 150, that's.
(04:51):
You know, we would have to takea survey to like verify it, but
it's in the top 1%.
It's really hard to get thatmany kids involved.
We heard from some of the kidshere in the room with us they're
part of the ensemble.
Help me and help our listenersunderstand what does it mean to
be in the ensemble?
What are some of the thingsthat you do as a cast member in
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the ensemble?
Speaker 8 (05:13):
Being in the ensemble .
We're all a big group, we'reall working together and so,
basically, we're setting thescene for all the weeks.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Is it like a family kind of?
Speaker 8 (05:22):
Yeah, we all have to work together.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
We all have our own part, but it all joins into
something together, but like afamily, like you kind of fight
with each other sometimes too,and Sometimes, but Like there's
an older, sister and a youngersister and a younger brother and
there's a mischievous one andthere's a quite Is it kind of
like that?
Speaker 8 (05:38):
There's definitely different.
There's definitely differentpeople, because everyone brings
their own thing to the scenes.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I think one of my favorite parts of our program is
six, seven, then eighth graderscoming together to work on one
common goal with all differentbackgrounds.
So we have some studentswhotheater is their thing.
They study it since they werelittle.
They're dancing, they'resinging, they're acting.
And then we have some who joinus, who are athletes, who are
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taking a risk and tryingsomething new and seeing how
they can take some of theirskills that they develop on a
court or a field.
And how can you apply that here?
We have professional athletesthat have been part of our
program that are now off, youknow, playing minor league,
baseball and things of thatnature.
So it's bringing groups ofstudents together who wouldn't
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necessarily be friends out atthe lunch court and finding this
common community and having towork together to tell this story
.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So you're sitting there with the mic all quiet.
I want to hear from you.
Speaker 10 (06:42):
Well being an ensemble there's Basically
everybody just learns atsometimes their own rate, but
the common goal is just to likework together, just, you know,
put on a good show for everybody.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I think there's lots of teachers and lots of
educators that listen to thispodcast and what you just
described is actually reallyhard for all of our educational
community to deliver on, andthat's for kids to feel like
they can learn at their own pace.
You mentioned, ms Goldrath,that these you have kids who do
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this their whole life, thatliterally take acting classes
outside of school and thingslike that.
What is it like to get such abig group of kids 100 and some
odd kids and have kids with whodo this, breathe it, sleep it,
and then other kids who are like?
I heard we put on a performanceand I want to know more about
that.
What's that like?
Speaker 1 (07:35):
One of the things my team and I have developed over
the years is creating thisprofessional experience, so we
bring in professional musicaldirectors, choreographers, tech
people to come and give ourstudents the full experience, if
you will, and it's one of thebeautiful things about
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performing at the San MateoPerforming Arts Center, this
iconic huge theater that we areable to perform at.
Because of our large group andour large audiences and the
support from the community andthe San Mateo Fosteray School
District, we are able to be atthis incredible theater, thank
you.
And so when you get on thestage and you get everybody on
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the stage, regardless ofexperience, it's this common
experience that we are allliving and breathing together
and we only work if we are allthere, focused and doing our
jobs.
It's pretty special to watchsomebody go for example, these
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three over here from Stage Crewcoming in sort of at the last
minute learning how to help withsets and props, to now coming
in and being part of the castand watching that flip as well.
Or watching someone like Luca,who is an athlete and come in in
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sixth grade and take a risk andrealize that this whole
experience can be super fun andrewarding as well.
It's one of the best partsabout this job.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Stage Crew was actually really fun.
Stage Crew was actually whatmade me want to do the musical,
because I could see all theactual cast members performing
and it just looked so much fun.
And so then the next year Iauditioned and I got in and I
had just such a blast with itand I'll never forget my Stage
Crew experience and I kind oflike I applaud those that are
(09:34):
doing Stage Crew now becauseit's actually really hard.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You don't underestimate Stage Crew.
Is it hard physical work toosometimes?
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Well, I was in Prop Crew so it wasn't as hard
physically for me.
I think it was more hard forDeck Crew because they were like
pushing around the sets on andoff stage.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
But it can also be kind of stressful too, though,
right, because you're like thework that you're doing, you have
to do it like in a veryspecific time, in a very
particular way, right?
Yes, very much so you can't beclomping around in your shoes,
and then the audience can't.
You know, it's sort of designedto sort of happen in these very
specific timelines, right?
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I think someone said mentioned it Stage Crew only
comes in a week before, so youhave maybe like a day to learn
all your cues and learn theprops, learn the show.
So if you miss your cue it'snot good.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
And all in the dark.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And in the dark.
That's right.
So let me ask you you've beenhearing everybody else's
comments about what they'relooking forward to with this
show.
I'm curious from yourperspective what is the one
thing going into Friday nightthat you say I can't wait for
this one thing.
Speaker 11 (10:46):
I think usually I'd say intermission, but honestly,
anytime I'm on stage or like offstage because when I'm off
stage I get a watch like others,like shine or whatever, and
like do their part- that'sreally sweet.
But, like when I'm on stage,it's also like really fun to
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like watch out and know thatlike everyone's I don't know how
to word this- they're shining.
Yeah, basically like you'rehelping move the story along.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Yeah, your teachers talked about that a couple of
times.
That you're telling someoneelse's story?
Yeah, is that an honor and aresponsibility?
Speaker 10 (11:24):
Yeah, all right, let me hear about Ms Walker.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I want to know all about this role.
Tell me about the role.
What I mean?
It's like the adult role, right, yeah, Okay.
So tell me about this role inGoosebumps.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
It's pretty new for me, especially because I've been
ensemble for the last two years, so this is literally the first
time.
I've ever like kind of likestarred-ish or like been like an
actual character with lines.
But it's quite different than Iexpected because with like
Brooke and Zeke and Brian, yeah,yeah, I was about to say Damien
, the non-Ms Walker roles.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, so like the student roles.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
For the past three years we've always done like.
For me, we've done likemusicals that take place at
schools, so I've gotten used tolike being a student like an
ensemble, like acting like astudent, like wearing and like
like just like being like astudent.
Yeah, it's like a natural thingfor you.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Yeah, it's like a natural thing for you.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
But being a teacher is like completely different.
Like Ms G has told me a lot, ofthings Like teachers are so
cool.
First of all, yeah, ms G hastold me, like stand like one,
you have to like dress and likebe in character, like be on top
of everything.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Because, like, as students, like you stand
differently, but as an adult,like you, have to like lead with
different things.
Like for me.
I've learned that, like,wearing different, like shoes
helps me stay in character,because me as a person, I'm
completely different from myrole, but you're also surrounded
by a bunch of kids you go toschool with.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
So it's like even different than like being in a
performance outside of school,where you meet a cast and you
sort of like you come togetherhere, these kids are in a bunch
of other classes with you therest of your school day, right,
kind of yeah Well they're atleast at school with you, right?
And then when you're in thisperformance, when you're doing
all the work that goes intogoosebumps.
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What's something that justmakes you smile about the
process?
What's something that bringsyou joy about being a part of
this, this performance?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
It's really the people, because the people, like
at the beginning of the year,like at beginning during
auditions, I think we're alllike kind of split up because
we're like I want this role, Iwant this role, I want to be
that, I want to be this.
So we're all like kind of likequote unquote competing against
each other.
And then we finally get theroles and then we all start
coming together like figuringout like, oh, I can work like
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this, I can work like that.
And then stage crew comes inand then they get added to the
family and it's so fun to likewatch.
Like they come in likeliterally like a week before the
actual opening night, but theylike combine with like everyone
else so well, like we perfectlylike blend in with each other
and like interact with eachother like really well.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Many of you are also musicians, right, yeah, and
would you call it a symphony ofactors coming together and you
have a conductor of thissymphony, right, and you have
somebody right Because you'retell me about your role.
Your, your brook.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
She's very different than me because she's very nerdy
and you're not at all nerdy.
When it comes to theater.
I am but other than that notreally.
But she's a really fun rolebecause she in ways is like me,
but she's kind of more up tight,I guess, at times.
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And it helps me play her whenI'm wearing glasses and I found
like ways to play with them andkind of like use them with her,
I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Is it a little bit like like having a friend in
that, like you have to get toknow this character?
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Yeah, I got to know her better by reading the actual
book.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I was just about to ask if you read.
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
I read the book and I was kind of like more like,
okay, I know who this is.
They have like a TV episode.
Yeah, I watched that too.
Yeah, I just kind of.
When I first found out aboutthe show, my heart was just set
on getting her because I justthought she was.
She has the best songs and Ilove her.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You were excited about it.
So now tell me about it.
What time is the performance?
Friday night, the alumni Seveno'clock, seven o'clock, 7pm for
all you listen.
So it's five o'clock on Friday.
You're two hours away.
Tell me what's like.
What are you feeling?
What's?
Are you kind of like I don'twant to talk to anybody.
I want my headphones on.
(15:47):
Are you more like I need to bearound everybody who tell me
about what your process is?
A couple hours before the show.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
I'm not the nicest person to be next to I.
I get really stressed.
I don't eat.
I try to I don't.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
I drink a lot of water like a lot of water, all
right.
Well, good, you guys stayhydrated.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
Yeah, I rely on like tea, I take a bath.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I just kind of like get myself together as much
mellowing as you can do, yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
Taylor Swift is always pounding in my house.
Okay, nice, my dad, swiftie,swifty, he wants to leave when
that happens, like old TaylorSwift 1989.
Everything.
What's the?
Speaker 3 (16:27):
new one, new poet, something, oh yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Poet, something new Poet.
That's not come yet, but I'mexcited this summer.
But it is coming soon.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Okay, all right, let me hear from you.
Tell me about your process.
Speaker 7 (16:37):
So Zeke is like he's very big of a prankster, which
is like not like me.
I like to joke around, but notas much as he does, because he
like scares a lot and he likeputs himself out there a lot.
And one thing that helps me islike probably just like wearing
different clothes, like whenyou're Zeke, and also trying to
walk differently, because Ithink it's really hard to like
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do a character if you're justlike wearing the same thing.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
But you also like you're around other people who
are pranksters.
I'm sure I mean you're inmiddle school, right?
Isn't that kind of like.
There's just a lot of prankingand messing around that goes on
in middle school, right, andthen do you take a little bit of
inspiration from that as well,just kind of, you know, taking
cues.
Or is it really more about likestudying the character and
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studying maybe the bookGoosebumps, or how do you?
How do you piece it alltogether?
Speaker 7 (17:29):
Well, he scares like I mean Prank's, like weird cause
, like he's, I don't know Okay.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Give me an example of a prank.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
Like scaring people.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Like he likes to scare people a lot.
Yeah, like like jump from outbehind.
Speaker 7 (17:43):
Yeah, jumping from behind someone, the shock factor
, yeah, which is probably notsomething I would do, but and
then you're going to perform.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
You're going to perform with it, along with
everybody else, Friday night 7pm.
Who are you looking at in theaudience?
Will you have some of yourfriends from school?
Are you really looking?
Are you trying?
Are you trying not to look atthe audience?
Tell me about that part of it.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Well, yeah, we have this like light which is like
center stage, and it's like ifyou don't want to look at the
audience, then you look at thatbecause, like, sometimes you
don't want to see the audienceis like reaction If you're like
cause they could be like makingweird faces and like you don't
want to see that.
So you just want to like try toavoid the audience.
That's what I do.
I just try to avoid theaudience as much as I can.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
All right, pass the mic.
Let me hear from you.
Tell me about your role andtell me about.
We have to be a little vaguewith Damien.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
Okay, you can be a little vague.
We'll work with you on that, goahead.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Yeah, I don't know how much I'm allowed to say.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
I don't know how much I'm allowed to say.
I don't know how much I'mallowed to say.
The minimal amount possible.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Brian to play this role.
Well, I don't feel like there'stoo much different about me,
and then with Brian, I just hadto kind of be more anxious and
nervous because that's kind ofhow I view Brian and he's just
trying to be like helpful toeveryone else, help out with the
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show he's new.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
he's the new kid.
He's the new kid, All right, solet me ask you about you.
Some kids have been doing thistheir whole life.
Do you fall into that category?
Are you new to this?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Not really.
I mean, I did the show allthree years, but before that I
had also been doing like somelike theater programs over the
summer too.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Yeah, yeah.
And so when you came to middleschool, did you know that this
program was here already?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Yeah, because my sister went to this school
before I did and she's a reallyreally big like theater nerd Big
sister.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
She's a big sister, but that's all right.
And is she coming back?
Is she a senior?
How much older is she?
Speaker 4 (19:44):
She's in college now.
It's her first year, nice.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
So was she on stage last year for alumni night.
You know when they bring theseniors.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
I'm pretty sure she was yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Oh, awesome.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
And she's gonna fly back down from LA to see the
show, which is kind of scary Wow.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
And special.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Yeah Well, she's gonna fly up from LA.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Well, yeah, oh.
So let me ask you this there'sa bunch of fifth graders that go
to school in this schooldistrict and they attend
Sunnybray, baywood Highlandscollege, even.
Speaker 11 (20:15):
Georgia yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
So I just want you know you're talking to a fifth
grader right now.
Why should they come to whenthey come to Burrell, why should
they want to join this classand this program?
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Okay, well, you already said this before, but
this program is very differentthan a lot of other theater
programs.
It's something special.
It's, you know, it's like afamily, the Burrell drama family
.
That's what they call it, right, you know?
Speaker 11 (20:43):
yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
The Burrell drama family.
Speaker 11 (20:45):
You just heard it.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Because that is yeah, because that is what it's like,
and even if you're part of thecrew, if you don't even want to
be on stage performing, even ifyou're part of the crew, you're
still part of, like you know,the Burrell drama family and
there's some people you know whoare fine with doing crew.
They've done it like all threeyears.
I think that's cool, whichproves that you don't have to be
on stage to be a part of this,but it's just a special
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experience and getting to be onstage with all of like the
costumes, the lights, the liveorchestra that's a fun part.
And even if you don't want todo it all three years, just at
least try it for one yearbecause it's a special
experience.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Boom, there we go.
Luca, we haven't heard from you.
Tell us what you're doing inthe performance.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
I saw the ensemble, so I'm just like the background
dancers for the leads, but Ithink it's a really cool
experience, this program, andsix years ago my mom forced me
to do it, but I'm really happyshe did it.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
So tell me about the.
She forced you like kind oftwisting your arm behind your
back, forest or no it's.
I'm exciting you up for this.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
So she kind of persuaded me because a bunch of
my friends were doing it, sothat kind of like influenced me
to do it.
But I'm just really happy I didit because this, yeah, it's
really tight community and theBurrell drama family.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And you're an athlete .
Speaker 9 (22:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Yeah, you and I were talking before the podcast.
And big is it?
Niner fan right.
Speaker 10 (22:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Big Niner fan the condolences.
And at the same time, a lot ofathletes, I think they see the
word drama or they see the wordtheater and they go.
I don't, that's not me, or thatdo you do.
Some of your teammates andfriends Do they ask like bro,
what's up?
Like we do know, I mean talk alittle bit about that.
Speaker 9 (22:26):
I have to skip all our practices for the what's it
called rehearsals, but whichyou're fine with yeah.
I'm fine with, but not really.
It's just.
It's kind of like a I do thison the side but I mostly focused
on sports.
But like I'm just happy I didit because like it's a really
good community here.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Is it a little bit like a team?
Speaker 9 (22:46):
Yeah, I would say so because, like you have the
leaders with the leads, likeBrooke and Zeke, but then you
have and the other one, and theother one.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
See more at Bro Drama Talks.
Speaker 9 (23:00):
But, yeah, I feel like those are the leaders, but
then you have the ensemble andthe stage crew, which are like
the back, not the back-ups, butlike they're still in it and
they're still so connected withit.
It's not like anyone has morepower than anyone else.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
So, yeah, Is anyone in here sort of the type of
person that likes to do thelittle, the little 15-second
teaser leading into the thing?
Like if you're going to watch ashow, there's always like a
little 12, 15-second likeadvertisement?
Who kind of views themselves asthat kind of person who could
put together something justreally great for people to hear
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for like 10 seconds, Like whythey should come to this show?
Speaker 9 (23:40):
I'll go, I guess.
Yeah, I think it's really it'snot like other middle schools,
like you said, because thisprogram is GA and they really
hire like professional, like,yeah, musicians and
choreographers and stuff, andthey really like put a lot of
time and work into the show.
So it's really like yeah, it'slike it's like a high school
show, like it's still reallylike professional and yeah,
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that's what I would.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
One of the things that has been the most special
thing I've seen in theseperformances and I've never told
you this in the time that wework together is the 30 minutes
after the first performance.
There are grown adults sobbing,there's a foyer and it's a big
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foyer, really big foyer, andit's filled with flowers and
hugs and I love views and talk alittle bit about why.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
These students are taking a huge risk.
They're going up on stage andbeing silly and playing and
being creative, and that takes alot of courage.
And being able to go up thereand step into somebody else's
shoes and tell somebody else'sstory and the teamwork that goes
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into that, it's powerful and,as an audience, hopefully, like
we, are able to see this courageand then to look in the
audience and also see how manystudents are seeing theater for
the very first time and comingto support and cheer on their
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friends because they're involvedin this production.
It's I like to call it, theatermagic.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Alright, give me the rundown of the shows.
The show is Friday night, March1st, 7pm at San Mateo High
School.
Saturday what time do we run?
On Saturday 7pm, no movies.
Come to San Mateo High howabout.
Sunday, 2pm the matinee Ah,always has the best popcorn.
These students are taking a huge risk.
They're going up on stage andbeing silly and playing and
being creative, and that takes alot of courage.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
But being a teacher is like completely different,
like Miss G has told me a lot ofthings Like teachers are so
cool.
Speaker 4 (00:17):
First of all, and then with Brian.
I just had to kind of be moreanxious and nervous because,
that's kind of how I view Brian,and he's just trying to be like
helpful to everyone else, helpout with the show.
He's new.
He's the new kid.
Speaker 5 (00:36):
Stage crew is actually what made me want to do
the musical, because I couldsee all the actual cast members
like performing and it justlooks so much fun.
And so then the next year Iauditioned and I got in.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
And welcome back everybody to the OneSMFC podcast
.
My name is Diego Ochoha, I'msuperintendent of the San Mateo
Foster City School District andI don't think I've ever done a
podcast with a crowd this big.
So usually I ask them to cheerfor me because it just makes me
feel more confident.
Will you guys cheer for me?
I was that kid in school thatwas just like.
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Any claps that you can give meare just really great for my
self-esteem.
So that's who I am.
I want to know who you are andI'm going to pass it over to our
first student.
Speaker 6 (01:26):
Hi, I'm Eliza Jane and I play Brooke Rogers.
Speaker 7 (01:28):
Hi, I'm Sam Jacobs and I play Zeke Matthews.
Speaker 4 (01:31):
Hi, I'm Damien Campos and I play Brian Colson.
Speaker 8 (01:34):
I'm Jules Singh and I'm in the ensemble Hi.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I'm Elsa Huberera and I play Miss Walker.
Speaker 9 (01:39):
Hi, my name is Luke Waiman and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 5 (01:42):
Hi, I'm Audrey Jo and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 10 (01:44):
Hi, I'm Lucas Dillian and I'm also in the
ensemble.
Speaker 11 (01:46):
Hi, I'm Alma Monton and I'm in the ensemble.
Speaker 1 (01:49):
My name is Alyssa Goldrath and I am the Burrell
Drama Teacher and Director.
Producer of Goosebumps, theMusical.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
And she's also a person that loves having a
microphone in her hand.
All educators, we love talking,we love leading and actually,
you know, for all the listeners,it's sort of cool to be in a
room with so many kids all atthe same time, who have their
each each has their ownindividual perspective to share
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on this huge performance thatwe're going to have here called
Goosebumps, and I'm going topass it back to you as the
leader of this team.
Just tell us about theperformances themselves when is
the first show, when is thesecond show, and how do you set
up that whole process?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
Thanks.
Goosebumps opens this Friday,march 1st.
We have a show at 7 o'clock onMarch 1st and that's our big
opening night alumni night andone of our traditions that we
developed here at Burrell Dramais inviting all of our alumni to
come back on opening night andthey create a huge cheering
section and it creates thisincredible sense of community.
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And we also have a tradition tobring our seniors up for a
senior bow and this class isextra special.
This is the class that we wereshut down a week before our show
was to open their eighth gradeyear, so it's going to be extra
special to bring them uptogether on stage and give them
that actual applause and finalbow moment together on March 1st
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.
I'm really excited about it.
We also have a show March 2nd at7 o'clock and March 3rd at 2
o'clock.
You can get more information atBurrellDramacom and we'll have
tickets available there and atthe box office and come out and
support the.
I think we have about 150students on and off stage in
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this production that we havebeen working on since.
Well, I started last year,probably around April, working
on this production, but thestudents audition in October,
and so we've been working on itfor a while and we have some
incredible talent here and asense of community working
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together to tell this story byArl Stein.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
You know, having been an educator for 25 years and
working with middle schools andhigh schools, my first
experience was three years agowhen you all put on 13, right,
and I left that performance andI texted my spouse and I said I
think I just watched a highschool performance, but it was a
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bunch of middle school students.
What you all are doing in thisprogram, I need to really, just,
you know, give you aperspective outside of San Mateo
County.
It is not normal.
What you are doing is far, farahead of what a typical middle
school program is, where yousaid 150, that's.
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You know, we would have to takea survey to like verify it, but
it's in the top 1%.
It's really hard to get thatmany kids involved.
We heard from some of the kidshere in the room with us they're
part of the ensemble.
Help me and help our listenersunderstand what does it mean to
be in the ensemble?
What are some of the thingsthat you do as a cast member in
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the ensemble?
Speaker 8 (05:13):
Being in the ensemble .
We're all a big group, we'reall working together and so,
basically, we're setting thescene for all the weeks.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Is it like a family kind of?
Speaker 8 (05:22):
Yeah, we all have to work together.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
We all have our own part, but it all joins into
something together, but like afamily, like you kind of fight
with each other sometimes too,and Sometimes, but Like there's
an older, sister and a youngersister and a younger brother and
there's a mischievous one andthere's a quite Is it kind of
like that?
Speaker 8 (05:38):
There's definitely different.
There's definitely differentpeople, because everyone brings
their own thing to the scenes.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
I think one of my favorite parts of our program is
six, seven, then eighth graderscoming together to work on one
common goal with all differentbackgrounds.
So we have some studentswhotheater is their thing.
They study it since they werelittle.
They're dancing, they'resinging, they're acting.
And then we have some who joinus, who are athletes, who are
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taking a risk and tryingsomething new and seeing how
they can take some of theirskills that they develop on a
court or a field.
And how can you apply that here?
We have professional athletesthat have been part of our
program that are now off, youknow, playing minor league,
baseball and things of thatnature.
So it's bringing groups ofstudents together who wouldn't
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necessarily be friends out atthe lunch court and finding this
common community and having towork together to tell this story
.
Speaker 3 (06:39):
So you're sitting there with the mic all quiet.
I want to hear from you.
Speaker 10 (06:42):
Well being an ensemble there's Basically
everybody just learns atsometimes their own rate, but
the common goal is just to likework together, just, you know,
put on a good show for everybody.
Speaker 3 (06:54):
I think there's lots of teachers and lots of
educators that listen to thispodcast and what you just
described is actually reallyhard for all of our educational
community to deliver on, andthat's for kids to feel like
they can learn at their own pace.
You mentioned, ms Goldrath,that these you have kids who do
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this their whole life, thatliterally take acting classes
outside of school and thingslike that.
What is it like to get such abig group of kids 100 and some
odd kids and have kids with whodo this, breathe it, sleep it,
and then other kids who are like?
I heard we put on a performanceand I want to know more about
that.
What's that like?
Speaker 1 (07:35):
One of the things my team and I have developed over
the years is creating thisprofessional experience, so we
bring in professional musicaldirectors, choreographers, tech
people to come and give ourstudents the full experience, if
you will, and it's one of thebeautiful things about
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performing at the San MateoPerforming Arts Center, this
iconic huge theater that we areable to perform at.
Because of our large group andour large audiences and the
support from the community andthe San Mateo Fosteray School
District, we are able to be atthis incredible theater, thank
you.
And so when you get on thestage and you get everybody on
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the stage, regardless ofexperience, it's this common
experience that we are allliving and breathing together
and we only work if we are allthere, focused and doing our
jobs.
It's pretty special to watchsomebody go for example, these
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three over here from Stage Crewcoming in sort of at the last
minute learning how to help withsets and props, to now coming
in and being part of the castand watching that flip as well.
Or watching someone like Luca,who is an athlete and come in in
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sixth grade and take a risk andrealize that this whole
experience can be super fun andrewarding as well.
It's one of the best partsabout this job.
Speaker 5 (09:09):
Stage Crew was actually really fun.
Stage Crew was actually whatmade me want to do the musical,
because I could see all theactual cast members performing
and it just looked so much fun.
And so then the next year Iauditioned and I got in and I
had just such a blast with itand I'll never forget my Stage
Crew experience and I kind oflike I applaud those that are
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doing Stage Crew now becauseit's actually really hard.
Speaker 3 (09:36):
You don't underestimate Stage Crew.
Is it hard physical work toosometimes?
Speaker 5 (09:40):
Well, I was in Prop Crew so it wasn't as hard
physically for me.
I think it was more hard forDeck Crew because they were like
pushing around the sets on andoff stage.
Speaker 3 (09:49):
But it can also be kind of stressful too, though,
right, because you're like thework that you're doing, you have
to do it like in a veryspecific time, in a very
particular way, right?
Yes, very much so you can't beclomping around in your shoes,
and then the audience can't.
You know, it's sort of designedto sort of happen in these very
specific timelines, right?
Speaker 5 (10:11):
I think someone said mentioned it Stage Crew only
comes in a week before, so youhave maybe like a day to learn
all your cues and learn theprops, learn the show.
So if you miss your cue it'snot good.
Speaker 1 (10:25):
And all in the dark.
Speaker 3 (10:26):
And in the dark.
That's right.
So let me ask you you've beenhearing everybody else's
comments about what they'relooking forward to with this
show.
I'm curious from yourperspective what is the one
thing going into Friday nightthat you say I can't wait for
this one thing.
Speaker 11 (10:46):
I think usually I'd say intermission, but honestly,
anytime I'm on stage or like offstage because when I'm off
stage I get a watch like others,like shine or whatever, and
like do their part- that'sreally sweet.
But, like when I'm on stage,it's also like really fun to
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like watch out and know thatlike everyone's I don't know how
to word this- they're shining.
Yeah, basically like you'rehelping move the story along.
Speaker 3 (11:16):
Yeah, your teachers talked about that a couple of
times.
That you're telling someoneelse's story?
Yeah, is that an honor and aresponsibility?
Speaker 10 (11:24):
Yeah, all right, let me hear about Ms Walker.
Speaker 3 (11:29):
I want to know all about this role.
Tell me about the role.
What I mean?
It's like the adult role, right, yeah, Okay.
So tell me about this role inGoosebumps.
Speaker 2 (11:38):
It's pretty new for me, especially because I've been
ensemble for the last two years, so this is literally the first
time.
I've ever like kind of likestarred-ish or like been like an
actual character with lines.
But it's quite different than Iexpected because with like
Brooke and Zeke and Brian, yeah,yeah, I was about to say Damien
, the non-Ms Walker roles.
Speaker 3 (12:00):
Yeah, so like the student roles.
Speaker 2 (12:03):
For the past three years we've always done like.
For me, we've done likemusicals that take place at
schools, so I've gotten used tolike being a student like an
ensemble, like acting like astudent, like wearing and like
like just like being like astudent.
Yeah, it's like a natural thingfor you.
Speaker 1 (12:20):
Yeah, it's like a natural thing for you.
Speaker 2 (12:23):
But being a teacher is like completely different.
Like Ms G has told me a lot, ofthings Like teachers are so
cool.
First of all, yeah, ms G hastold me, like stand like one,
you have to like dress and likebe in character, like be on top
of everything.
Speaker 3 (12:42):
Oh, wow.
Speaker 2 (12:42):
Because, like, as students, like you stand
differently, but as an adult,like you, have to like lead with
different things.
Like for me.
I've learned that, like,wearing different, like shoes
helps me stay in character,because me as a person, I'm
completely different from myrole, but you're also surrounded
by a bunch of kids you go toschool with.
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (13:00):
So it's like even different than like being in a
performance outside of school,where you meet a cast and you
sort of like you come togetherhere, these kids are in a bunch
of other classes with you therest of your school day, right,
kind of yeah Well they're atleast at school with you, right?
And then when you're in thisperformance, when you're doing
all the work that goes intogoosebumps.
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What's something that justmakes you smile about the
process?
What's something that bringsyou joy about being a part of
this, this performance?
Speaker 2 (13:28):
It's really the people, because the people, like
at the beginning of the year,like at beginning during
auditions, I think we're alllike kind of split up because
we're like I want this role, Iwant this role, I want to be
that, I want to be this.
So we're all like kind of likequote unquote competing against
each other.
And then we finally get theroles and then we all start
coming together like figuringout like, oh, I can work like
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this, I can work like that.
And then stage crew comes inand then they get added to the
family and it's so fun to likewatch.
Like they come in likeliterally like a week before the
actual opening night, but theylike combine with like everyone
else so well, like we perfectlylike blend in with each other
and like interact with eachother like really well.
Speaker 3 (14:10):
Many of you are also musicians, right, yeah, and
would you call it a symphony ofactors coming together and you
have a conductor of thissymphony, right, and you have
somebody right Because you'retell me about your role.
Your, your brook.
Speaker 6 (14:28):
She's very different than me because she's very nerdy
and you're not at all nerdy.
When it comes to theater.
I am but other than that notreally.
But she's a really fun rolebecause she in ways is like me,
but she's kind of more up tight,I guess, at times.
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And it helps me play her whenI'm wearing glasses and I found
like ways to play with them andkind of like use them with her,
I guess.
Speaker 3 (14:58):
Is it a little bit like like having a friend in
that, like you have to get toknow this character?
Speaker 6 (15:04):
Yeah, I got to know her better by reading the actual
book.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
I was just about to ask if you read.
Yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:10):
I read the book and I was kind of like more like,
okay, I know who this is.
They have like a TV episode.
Yeah, I watched that too.
Yeah, I just kind of.
When I first found out aboutthe show, my heart was just set
on getting her because I justthought she was.
She has the best songs and Ilove her.
Speaker 3 (15:26):
You were excited about it.
So now tell me about it.
What time is the performance?
Friday night, the alumni Seveno'clock, seven o'clock, 7pm for
all you listen.
So it's five o'clock on Friday.
You're two hours away.
Tell me what's like.
What are you feeling?
What's?
Are you kind of like I don'twant to talk to anybody.
I want my headphones on.
(15:47):
Are you more like I need to bearound everybody who tell me
about what your process is?
A couple hours before the show.
Speaker 6 (15:54):
I'm not the nicest person to be next to I.
I get really stressed.
I don't eat.
I try to I don't.
Speaker 3 (16:03):
I drink a lot of water like a lot of water, all
right.
Well, good, you guys stayhydrated.
Speaker 6 (16:08):
Yeah, I rely on like tea, I take a bath.
Speaker 3 (16:12):
I just kind of like get myself together as much
mellowing as you can do, yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:18):
Taylor Swift is always pounding in my house.
Okay, nice, my dad, swiftie,swifty, he wants to leave when
that happens, like old TaylorSwift 1989.
Everything.
What's the?
Speaker 3 (16:27):
new one, new poet, something, oh yeah.
Speaker 6 (16:30):
Poet, something new Poet.
That's not come yet, but I'mexcited this summer.
But it is coming soon.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Okay, all right, let me hear from you.
Tell me about your process.
Speaker 7 (16:37):
So Zeke is like he's very big of a prankster, which
is like not like me.
I like to joke around, but notas much as he does, because he
like scares a lot and he likeputs himself out there a lot.
And one thing that helps me islike probably just like wearing
different clothes, like whenyou're Zeke, and also trying to
walk differently, because Ithink it's really hard to like
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do a character if you're justlike wearing the same thing.
Speaker 3 (17:03):
But you also like you're around other people who
are pranksters.
I'm sure I mean you're inmiddle school, right?
Isn't that kind of like.
There's just a lot of prankingand messing around that goes on
in middle school, right, andthen do you take a little bit of
inspiration from that as well,just kind of, you know, taking
cues.
Or is it really more about likestudying the character and
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studying maybe the bookGoosebumps, or how do you?
How do you piece it alltogether?
Speaker 7 (17:29):
Well, he scares like I mean Prank's, like weird cause
, like he's, I don't know Okay.
Speaker 3 (17:36):
Give me an example of a prank.
Speaker 7 (17:38):
Like scaring people.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
Like he likes to scare people a lot.
Yeah, like like jump from outbehind.
Speaker 7 (17:43):
Yeah, jumping from behind someone, the shock factor
, yeah, which is probably notsomething I would do, but and
then you're going to perform.
Speaker 3 (17:51):
You're going to perform with it, along with
everybody else, Friday night 7pm.
Who are you looking at in theaudience?
Will you have some of yourfriends from school?
Are you really looking?
Are you trying?
Are you trying not to look atthe audience?
Tell me about that part of it.
Speaker 7 (18:07):
Well, yeah, we have this like light which is like
center stage, and it's like ifyou don't want to look at the
audience, then you look at thatbecause, like, sometimes you
don't want to see the audienceis like reaction If you're like
cause they could be like makingweird faces and like you don't
want to see that.
So you just want to like try toavoid the audience.
That's what I do.
I just try to avoid theaudience as much as I can.
Speaker 3 (18:28):
All right, pass the mic.
Let me hear from you.
Tell me about your role andtell me about.
We have to be a little vaguewith Damien.
Speaker 10 (18:33):
Okay, you can be a little vague.
We'll work with you on that, goahead.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Yeah, I don't know how much I'm allowed to say.
Speaker 3 (18:39):
I don't know how much I'm allowed to say.
I don't know how much I'mallowed to say.
The minimal amount possible.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
Brian to play this role.
Well, I don't feel like there'stoo much different about me,
and then with Brian, I just hadto kind of be more anxious and
nervous because that's kind ofhow I view Brian and he's just
trying to be like helpful toeveryone else, help out with the
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show he's new.
Speaker 3 (19:05):
he's the new kid.
He's the new kid, All right, solet me ask you about you.
Some kids have been doing thistheir whole life.
Do you fall into that category?
Are you new to this?
Speaker 4 (19:14):
Not really.
I mean, I did the show allthree years, but before that I
had also been doing like somelike theater programs over the
summer too.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Yeah, yeah.
And so when you came to middleschool, did you know that this
program was here already?
Speaker 4 (19:30):
Yeah, because my sister went to this school
before I did and she's a reallyreally big like theater nerd Big
sister.
Speaker 3 (19:39):
She's a big sister, but that's all right.
And is she coming back?
Is she a senior?
How much older is she?
Speaker 4 (19:44):
She's in college now.
It's her first year, nice.
Speaker 3 (19:47):
So was she on stage last year for alumni night.
You know when they bring theseniors.
Speaker 4 (19:51):
I'm pretty sure she was yeah.
Speaker 3 (19:53):
Oh, awesome.
Speaker 4 (19:55):
And she's gonna fly back down from LA to see the
show, which is kind of scary Wow.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
And special.
Speaker 4 (20:01):
Yeah Well, she's gonna fly up from LA.
Speaker 3 (20:04):
Well, yeah, oh.
So let me ask you this there'sa bunch of fifth graders that go
to school in this schooldistrict and they attend
Sunnybray, baywood Highlandscollege, even.
Speaker 11 (20:15):
Georgia yeah.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
So I just want you know you're talking to a fifth
grader right now.
Why should they come to whenthey come to Burrell, why should
they want to join this classand this program?
Speaker 4 (20:29):
Okay, well, you already said this before, but
this program is very differentthan a lot of other theater
programs.
It's something special.
It's, you know, it's like afamily, the Burrell drama family
.
That's what they call it, right, you know?
Speaker 11 (20:43):
yeah.
Speaker 4 (20:44):
The Burrell drama family.
Speaker 11 (20:45):
You just heard it.
Speaker 4 (20:46):
Because that is yeah, because that is what it's like,
and even if you're part of thecrew, if you don't even want to
be on stage performing, even ifyou're part of the crew, you're
still part of, like you know,the Burrell drama family and
there's some people you know whoare fine with doing crew.
They've done it like all threeyears.
I think that's cool, whichproves that you don't have to be
on stage to be a part of this,but it's just a special
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experience and getting to be onstage with all of like the
costumes, the lights, the liveorchestra that's a fun part.
And even if you don't want todo it all three years, just at
least try it for one yearbecause it's a special
experience.
Speaker 3 (21:28):
Boom, there we go.
Luca, we haven't heard from you.
Tell us what you're doing inthe performance.
Speaker 9 (21:32):
I saw the ensemble, so I'm just like the background
dancers for the leads, but Ithink it's a really cool
experience, this program, andsix years ago my mom forced me
to do it, but I'm really happyshe did it.
Speaker 3 (21:43):
So tell me about the.
She forced you like kind oftwisting your arm behind your
back, forest or no it's.
I'm exciting you up for this.
Speaker 9 (21:51):
So she kind of persuaded me because a bunch of
my friends were doing it, sothat kind of like influenced me
to do it.
But I'm just really happy I didit because this, yeah, it's
really tight community and theBurrell drama family.
Speaker 3 (22:01):
And you're an athlete .
Speaker 9 (22:02):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:02):
Yeah, you and I were talking before the podcast.
And big is it?
Niner fan right.
Speaker 10 (22:06):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (22:06):
Big Niner fan the condolences.
And at the same time, a lot ofathletes, I think they see the
word drama or they see the wordtheater and they go.
I don't, that's not me, or thatdo you do.
Some of your teammates andfriends Do they ask like bro,
what's up?
Like we do know, I mean talk alittle bit about that.
Speaker 9 (22:26):
I have to skip all our practices for the what's it
called rehearsals, but whichyou're fine with yeah.
I'm fine with, but not really.
It's just.
It's kind of like a I do thison the side but I mostly focused
on sports.
But like I'm just happy I didit because like it's a really
good community here.
Speaker 3 (22:45):
Is it a little bit like a team?
Speaker 9 (22:46):
Yeah, I would say so because, like you have the
leaders with the leads, likeBrooke and Zeke, but then you
have and the other one, and theother one.
Speaker 2 (22:58):
See more at Bro Drama Talks.
Speaker 9 (23:00):
But, yeah, I feel like those are the leaders, but
then you have the ensemble andthe stage crew, which are like
the back, not the back-ups, butlike they're still in it and
they're still so connected withit.
It's not like anyone has morepower than anyone else.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
So, yeah, Is anyone in here sort of the type of
person that likes to do thelittle, the little 15-second
teaser leading into the thing?
Like if you're going to watch ashow, there's always like a
little 12, 15-second likeadvertisement?
Who kind of views themselves asthat kind of person who could
put together something justreally great for people to hear
(23:35):
for like 10 seconds, Like whythey should come to this show?
Speaker 9 (23:40):
I'll go, I guess.
Yeah, I think it's really it'snot like other middle schools,
like you said, because thisprogram is GA and they really
hire like professional, like,yeah, musicians and
choreographers and stuff, andthey really like put a lot of
time and work into the show.
So it's really like yeah, it'slike it's like a high school
show, like it's still reallylike professional and yeah,
(24:02):
that's what I would.
Speaker 3 (24:03):
One of the things that has been the most special
thing I've seen in theseperformances and I've never told
you this in the time that wework together is the 30 minutes
after the first performance.
There are grown adults sobbing,there's a foyer and it's a big
(24:25):
foyer, really big foyer, andit's filled with flowers and
hugs and I love views and talk alittle bit about why.
Speaker 1 (24:35):
These students are taking a huge risk.
They're going up on stage andbeing silly and playing and
being creative, and that takes alot of courage.
And being able to go up thereand step into somebody else's
shoes and tell somebody else'sstory and the teamwork that goes
(24:56):
into that, it's powerful and,as an audience, hopefully, like
we, are able to see this courageand then to look in the
audience and also see how manystudents are seeing theater for
the very first time and comingto support and cheer on their
(25:16):
friends because they're involvedin this production.
It's I like to call it, theatermagic.
Speaker 3 (25:22):
Alright, give me the rundown of the shows.
The show is Friday night, March1st, 7pm at San Mateo High
School.
Saturday what time do we run?
On Saturday 7pm, no movies.
Come to San Mateo High howabout.
Sunday, 2pm the matinee Ah,always has the best popcorn.
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