June 18, 2024 • 25 mins
What if your passion could transform you from a hesitant newcomer to a shining star? Join us on this exciting premiere episode of "Steps to the Stage-Drama Department," where we spotlight the incredible journey of Giorgio Haddad, a 17-year-old actor who embarked on his theatrical path thanks to his mother's encouragement. Giorgio opens up about his initial doubts about becoming a "theater kid" and shares the thrilling experience of his first audition that led to his debut role in "The Plot, Like Gravy, Thickens." Through his story, we celebrate the vibrant drama departments in local schools and the importance of nurturing young talent.
Ever wondered how community theater differs from high school productions? Giorgio gives us an insider’s look into both worlds. After wrapping up his junior year, Giorgio took a leap into the community theater scene, landing multiple roles in "Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief: The Musical." He reveals the supportive, family-like atmosphere at the 7th Street Theater, contrasting it with the sometimes more stressful environment of high school theater. Giorgio’s experiences highlight the unique dynamics and the sense of belonging that community theater can offer, even under pressure.
But that’s not all—proper theater etiquette and professionalism are crucial for aspiring actors. Giorgio and I discuss the journey of learning these principles, from high school drama departments to community theater and beyond. We touch on the impact of popular productions like Hamilton and Wicked in bringing theater to the mainstream, and how this podcast aims to spotlight the remarkable work of drama departments in the Inland Empire. Giorgio’s journey from high school plays to community productions, coupled with his ambitions in film, serves as a testament to the continuous growth and learning in the world of acting. Tune in to hear more about Giorgio’s inspiring story and the thriving theater communities that foster young talent.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
So tell us a little bit more about how you got
involved in 7th Street Theater.
Oh, yes, I would love to getinto that.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
So the lights are on the curtains up.
This is Steps to the Stage.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
And welcome to Steps to the Stage drama department.
This is episode one.
This is trailer.
This is meet your host.
This is Trailer.
This is Meet your Host.
This is as a podcast.
We're really excited that weare finally moving into this
realm.
We've been talking about this,it's been in our discussion, in
(00:36):
our description, on the websitefrom the beginning, on all of
our social media.
Welcome everyone.
My name is Kirk Lane producer,engineer, sometimes host, and I
am so excited to have Giorgio.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Thank you so much for having me yeah, no, no, you
know.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Thank you, this is pretty exciting for us.
A couple of weeks ago we werehere at the theater and the
Seven Street Superstars wererehearsing and we were recording
the episode for the Three onthe Edge Festival that was just
happening.
Um, I went in.
(01:25):
Uh, you know, ask, askedobviously Ms Donna and Ms Jesse
was okay If I go, go in?
And they said yes and came upand said hey, uh.
I want to talk to you before theend of the end of the day, end
of the morning, end of yourrehearsal.
You know, a short time lateryou, you came in to where we're
recording, which is we'reactually in the uh, the women's
dressing room theater.
So, oddly enough, it's gotcarpet and it's got wigs, and
(01:47):
it's got some clothes and stuff.
So it's, while it's a littleweird sometimes we're recording
here, it's actually great from asound perspective.
But you came in here and we hada discussion and we'd asked if
you're interested in coming onboard to be a host for what is
going to be our latest endeavorand that steps Steps to the
Stage, because we want to keepthat same name and that same
(02:09):
focus, because that's reallywhat it all started about is
Steps to the Stage and obviously, moving to drama department,
and for drama department, ourgoal was to just, really, more
than anything, highlightspecifically the high school
drama departments in the area,but we also have a number of
junior colleges and collegesthat will have very active drama
(02:31):
departments, very activetheater departments, and what's
great is we actually have, um,uh, seventh street theater
alumni that are going intocollege and getting their
degrees and and moving on anddoing regional theater and doing
Broadway and doing, you know,doing movies, doing everything
else, and so you know thatneeded to be highlighted.
(02:53):
And so we had some discussionsand we had familiarity with you
from your time with a couple ofthe productions that were done
here at seven street theater andthen also being involved with
the superstars, and you justhave an energy about you and
which is positive, and you havea very obvious love for acting
(03:18):
and everything about it, whetherit's on stage, whether whether
it's you know, choir, whetherit's at school, whether it's
here, whether it's with the, youknow, with the superstars
troupe, whether it's auditionsthat are happening, you know, in
LA Hollywood, burbank, thatnature they're happening.
So I have been talking for somuch, but that just really is
(03:40):
hopefully shows those that arelistening out there the
excitement.
Giorgio, introduce yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Thank you so much.
My name is Giorgio Haddad.
I am 17 years old.
I've been acting for quite sometime.
Let me backtrack here.
So when I was a kid I would liketo joke around a lot and, you
know, do all sorts of fun stuffwith my family and my mom was
(04:08):
like, well, you know, you shouldbe an actor.
And I'm like, ew, why would Iwant to be such a creature of an
actor?
She was like, trust me, one dayyou're going to do it.
And I was like, okay, so I wenton to different careers, like
music, so I did violin.
I did some soccer music.
So I did violin.
I did some soccer, yeah,wrestling, jiu-jitsu, boxing for
a little bit.
(04:28):
But for some reason it didn'tclick to me until my sophomore
year of high school where, um, Iwas, you know, in school, one
of my friends.
Um, she told me she was likeyou should join theater and you
go to school locally.
I go to school locally yes,that's correct at chino high
school, chino high school.
All right, being a theater kidand theater kids are weird.
Why would I want to do that?
And, honestly, I was thebiggest hater and I couldn't be
(04:52):
more wrong, because now I am atheater kid, yeah, and I'm proud
to be one, yeah.
So my first theater audition.
I walked in the room and it wasnerve wracking because I didn't
know what to do.
They just handed me a scriptand like read this.
And then I see people doingaccents and stuff and I was like
should I bounce off of them?
(05:13):
And so I did it.
And then the director was like,wow, he's like, kid, you got
talent.
And I was like, dude, I justread the lines, you know Nice.
So that's when I got casted inmy first show Okay, it was
called the Plot, like GravyThickens, and I played this
character called Roy, okay, andhe was like this accountant.
(05:34):
So I enjoyed it.
I met some beautiful, amazingpeople in the theater company
and I'm grateful for them, andso yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And this was at the high school.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
This was at the high school.
This was at the high school.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
That is great.
So it was a theater productionat the high school.
Okay, I love it.
Drama department yes.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So shout out to the drama department but yeah, it
was amazing ever since then, andwe had two schools.
Actually, we had an oldbuilding, okay, and so we were
actually performing in acafetorium, got it, and so it
got demolished and now we have atheater.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And a very nice theater.
I'm told I've yet to attend,but I'm told it's very, very
nice.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
It's very nice.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
There's some elements where I'm like eh, you know,
but that's just me being picky.
Yeah, you're going to find that.
And yeah, I travel, I, for aliving.
I produce shows, so I travelaround and do some corporate
shows and it's you know, it'sdifferent theaters, different
venues.
There's some great things andthen there's some things that
obviously you wish you couldimprove.
Yeah, yeah, but still it'sgreat.
I think you know that, you know, I know similar of similar
(06:40):
schools are are in theirmultipurpose room, or you know
it's not in a theater.
Schools are in theirmultipurpose room, or you know
it's not in a theater, right?
Yeah, yeah.
And just this past weekend wewent to the showcase at the
Ontario's theater.
Yes, and it was amazing to, youknow, be in the theater, real
theater seats.
You're, you know you're at theangle, you've got a full stage,
you've got an actual drape,you've got an amazing sound
(07:03):
system, amazing lighting system.
You know it's, it's, there'ssomething, there's something to
that.
I know we do some amazingthings on on our little stage
here, but, man, when you getinto those big venues and those
big theaters, it, it, itdefinitely, uh, I'd say it ups
the game a little bit, yeah, upsthe game a little bit, a
hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I was honestly very shocked when I went.
I said you guys have automaticcurtain openers or like a
machine.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I was so shocked.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
I was like, oh my goodness, at a high school, at a
high school.
So you're younger, your parentstake you to some auditions.
You run into a little bit ofdisappointment there.
You get a little bit older,you're in high school, you
audition, you get a role, andthen what happens from there?
Where does your theater journeytake you?
And where does your actingjourney take you?
(07:50):
Because I know it goes beyondjust the theater.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Well, I'm very blessed and fortunate that it
got better, and so we'vetransferred to our news building
and it got finished and ourfirst production was in a black
box theater.
I got casted in four roles, wow, and so I would play one role
one night and then three theother.
Right, it was very fun and itwas the closest I've been to an
(08:16):
audience, especially.
I was like probably like 10feet away.
Yeah, I wasn't even, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
So you're really getting that energy of the
audience.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Right.
So there's the differencebetween the smaller theater and
the bigger theater.
Bigger theater obviously it'sgreat to have, you know, all of
those modern conveniences andthe tech, but there is something
, because what are we up therefor?
Right, we're hoping to enact anemotion right out of the
audience, and so when you're inclose, yeah, that can change
your, change your performance alittle bit.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I was honestly terrified, yeah,and, and I was like you know, I
got to stick to this script andso it was good.
We did a production of that.
It was called ghost light, okay, so I've enjoyed it, the
company have enjoyed it andcompany of the new building,
okay, so it felt it felt very, Ifelt very honored.
(09:05):
Yeah, this feels nice.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Paving the way for future.
Absolutely, that's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And then we were waiting for the main stage
theater to finish construction.
Okay, and they did around March, I think or January, and so we
had our first play, which wascalled our town, by Thorne
Wilder.
I love it which was called OurTown by Thorne Wilder.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I love it, love it.
They did a production of ithere a few years back.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yes, I see, and I was like, yeah, it was amazing.
And I got casted as GeorgiaGibbs the year before.
I was like, oh my goodness,George Gibbs is a lead.
I've never played a lead everbefore, I've only played a
supporting lead.
So, thanks to my director andhe's given me so many
opportunities and I'm very, verygrateful from the bottom of my
(09:51):
heart that he's given me theseopportunities so I performed the
show and it was incredible.
The cast and crew was amazingas well.
So shout out to the tech andcrew as well.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
They don't get enough spotlight, yeah you are
preaching to the choir here.
This whole podcast started outwith learning how to make a
production and it was veryimportant for us when we did our
first episodes to make sure.
We talked about lighting, wetalked about audio, we talked
about set design, we talkedabout how those are as much a
character as any actor is.
(10:22):
Right, yeah, the door, and youwant to kind of leave that world
behind and you want to turn,and when the lights come on, you
want to feel like you're in theplay or in the musical.
So, um, we agree 100%.
(10:44):
Obviously that's uh, the, the,everything that goes into a
production is is so importantand and it supports the actors
that are on stage.
Right, if you know you havethat support, you know you have
a solid, you know stage managerthat's running things and you
know things are going to betaken care of, quick changes,
all that other good stuff in theback.
So, anyway, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Absolutely Like the.
I think that it's like thelifeline of the whole show.
And the tech is back there, youknow, working their butts off
Like I see them.
They're.
They're sweating and I'm likeyou know, working their butts
off Like I see them.
They're sweating and I'm likeyou know I feel bad.
So shout out to the techs andall the stage groups you guys do
an amazing job and make a wholedifference.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Absolutely so.
Tell us a little bit more abouthow you got involved in 7th
Street Theater oh yes, I wouldlove to get into that.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So after my junior year we got done with Lion King
Jr the production.
I was like I want to do moreacting.
I don't want to stay home, youknow, rotting in bed.
And I was like I want to domore acting, you know, I can't
get enough of it.
And so one of my friends, hewas like, hey man, like have you
checked out the communitytheater?
(11:52):
And I was like, no, honestly, Ihaven't.
He was like like all right,here he prints me the contracts,
he prints me all the conflictdates and I was like I don't
know this show.
And, by the way, this show iscalled percy jackson and the
lightning thief, the musical,wonderful yes yes, I had no idea
.
I'm sorry, miss allison, ifyou're listening to this miss
marley lay I had no I.
I know percy jackson.
(12:12):
I had no clue there was amusical Right.
And so I was like all right,you know, I'll audition for
Grover.
I think I have the hair, but Idon't know if I have him.
You know, particularly like youknow the character.
So I went in and you know Ienjoyed the audition, every
process of it.
The directors made it 50,000times better.
I was very comfortable.
(12:32):
That's great.
And then after I, after theauditions, I was like I think I
did good.
I wasn't very confident.
I got any sort of role.
And then I had to get.
I get a call from Miss Allisonand she sends my mom a voice
message because I didn't answermy phone.
I fell asleep right after I gotback home and so I give her a
call back and she goes.
She goes, hi, we would love tooffer you the role as Hades and
(12:54):
Gabe and ensemble.
And I was like, okay, and thefirst thing that I asked from
the top of my head and I feel sodumb, it's so funny I was like
which one who's on stage thelongest?
And there was this long pauseand Miss.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Allison was.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Like you know, I'm offering you both roles right,
and I was like I'll take boththen and she was like, okay,
perfect, nice.
And then from there, you know,rehearsals.
I met some amazing people atthe community theater and I felt
very welcomed, great, with openarms, and it was like a second
family.
So I enjoyed it.
The production was amazing andvery memorable, and so how?
Speaker 1 (13:30):
would you compare a production at a community
theater versus your high schooltheater?
Oh, see.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Now, that's the real question.
I get a lot.
Well, the difference is thatit's all depending on the
directors.
I would say so the environmentsare obviously, you know they're
different because one's at acommunity, the other one's at
school.
So at school it's right afterwe get done our academic
learning and so we're allexhausted.
(13:59):
But it's also, I think, we havethere's more etiquette at the
community theater.
Okay, because everyone is stillrespectful, no matter how like
stressed they are, and if theywere, you know they would
apologize.
This one time during the show,miss Allison was stressed out
but no one knew and she thoughteveryone saw her and she goes oh
guys, I'm so sorry and we'relike we didn't even know you
(14:19):
were frustrated.
Nice, but it shows the directorcares and stuff.
However, at high school, whenpeople are frustrated, people
tend to take it out on people alot, and I see it.
So it happens.
Drama upon drama.
It's right in the name you knowDrama in the drama department.
But yeah, I just think thatthere needs to be more, a little
(14:40):
bit of more etiquette at a highschool, because, again, it's a
high school after all.
But there'll be, like, sometimes where, like I won't even
have etiquette at high school,so it's including me sometimes
too.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
But I think this is great and I think this is one of
the reasons why we wanted tostart this podcast right, just
to talk about some of thosedifferences, yeah, and to have
those that get the opportunityto either work in, you know,
community theater or, you know,we have, we have performers here
that have performed on thehollywood bowl and and have, you
know, done stuff you know, herein town, meaning in the la and
(15:13):
ho area, and and we've had, youknow, we have had many actors
that have come from here thathave gone on to Broadway and
done other regional shows and,you know, hopefully, because
there's, I think, more of afocus and more of an outlet for
theater than there might've beenin the past, and I think a lot
of that has come from thepopularity of, you know, the,
the, the Hamiltons and andWicked and Dear Evan Hansen and
(15:36):
all of those.
I think it's caught, it'sbrought a mainstream focus to it
, right, yeah, yeah, disney aswell has done a great job of
creating musicals of of theirmovies as well, absolutely.
So I really think with thispodcast, what we have the
opportunity to do is to givethat forum for, for the drama
departments, right, for the, theschools and then, and then you
know what happens, giorgio, asyou go from that theater
(15:58):
department you go to a community.
You know community theater, andthen you go to a junior college
or a college and then it justeach time it's a whole nother
level of etiquette andprofessionalism and experience,
right and and, and you hope thatthose that have the opportunity
to go from one to the other cankind of impart some of those
etiquettes and some of thatknowledge that's based there.
(16:20):
So I think that's one thing wehope to get from this particular
podcast that you're going to behosting is to go into all the
schools, and that really is ourgoal is, in the Inland Empire,
we want to get to Chino, donLugo, chino Hills, ayala,
claremont has a very activeprogram and there's a few others
out there that we want to takea look at and we want to
(16:43):
highlight their productions thatare going on.
But we also want to find outabout, hey, what are your
resources and how is thecommunity helping, or how is
your boosters helping?
I know I've been reallyinvolved with my kids and one
has just graduated with helpingor how is your, your boosters,
helping?
I know I've been reallyinvolved with my kids and, and
one is just graduated with atheater production degree and
one's going into college, uh, uh, with a theater major as well.
(17:03):
So you know, for me as a, as aparent, I want to make sure that
they have, you know, a job togo to, right, cause it's, it's
uh, there's a, there's a lotthat's out there and you know
I'd like to segue in.
I know I've seen you postseveral times.
It's not just theater.
I've seen you go and auditionfor roles and I would assume
(17:26):
that you're there for movies orfor television, or tell us more
about that in that process.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
So, yeah, thank you, I would love to talk about it.
So it was during December andduring Christmas break and I was
laying in bed and I'm like,okay, I want to be in a movie.
And my mom was like, okay, howare you going to do that?
And so it started off.
I downloaded this one app it'scalled Backstage, okay and I got
this year's subscription thingyand I started submitting a lot
(17:52):
of stuff and then I got calledback for this one movie.
I'm not really sure what thedetails were about it, but I
went and it was filmed in VeniceBeach High School and it was my
first somewhat role.
I played a, it was an extrarole, it was a stoner.
So my mom got like upset.
She goes why did you have toplay this one guy?
(18:14):
He's smoking and I'm like Iwasn't even smoking.
It felt nice, you know, infront of a camera and it felt
very scary.
Yeah, I, you know, seeing acamera, I was like I was pretty
intimidated by it.
Yeah, I, you know, seeing acamera, I was like I was pretty
intimidated by it.
Yeah, but the director waslovely and hey, there was free
food.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
I'm already sold, I was like okay, craft services
baby, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Nice.
And then another one was likethrough a communication, my
friend, okay, he told me he waslike oh, you know this one guy,
he's directing this one movie.
You should text him.
And I was like texting him,he's not going to respond.
He literally responded.
I texted him, he responded andyou know, it all worked out.
We haven't figured out thefilming dates yet, right, but I
think just the joy of being onset is just seeing how it's done
(18:58):
.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
With, like, the mics and, honestly, the funny
lighting, though oh yeah, youknow, I thought I would have
been like more into the acting.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I'm intrigued in how it's made, yeah, and it's so
cool seeing especially since youhave so many different
opportunities nowadays with realsets versus, you know, a
virtual set right right orsomething that's going to be cgi
.
So you've got a little bit ofboth and cgi has gotten to the
point now where it's hard totell what's real and what's not.
But it's good to kind of seeall of the different formats and
(19:32):
you know, going back to you, Ithink it's great that you've had
this involvement in these, inthese different projects movies,
you know television, and I feellike you're going to do some
more and I feel like you'regoing to audition some more and
you know you've.
You took the experience fromhigh school and you've done some
community theater.
You got involved.
Tell me about the seventhstreet superstars.
(19:55):
You're you're a part of that aswell.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Oh yes, the funny, the funny story behind how I got
into it was this was the lastday of auditions, okay, and my
mom was driving me back from myfriend's house and I was on the
road and it was like 1130.
My friend Sebastian, who wasalso in Superstars, okay, he
sends me a text.
He goes, hey, are youauditioning for Superstars?
And I was like, oh yeah, it'sthat one group.
He was like I was like, yeah,I'll audition tomorrow.
(20:17):
He's like no better step on thegas.
I got to audition Midnight ornoon, midnight.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
It was 12 am, oh, when he called you.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
When he called me, he texted me like around 11.
Oh, got it.
So it was nighttime and I gothome and I was so exhausted I
was like should I?
And so I was like what's thebest monologue I could pull off?
And I'm like, okay, hauntedMansion, disneyland, Nice.
I'm like, okay, that's a prettysolid one.
What song should I do?
I did suddenly see more fromLittle Shop of Horrors because I
(20:49):
had my blue light glasses.
I was like, okay.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
So you had to submit a video of it by midnight.
That's what you're referring to.
Sorry, I wasn't quiteconnecting the dots.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Sorry.
No, mine was Okay, okay, but itprogressively got worse because
my video was not uploading andit was past 12.
So I kept texting Miss Donnaand she was like no, no, it's
fine.
And then I got to you know thenperson, and you know it went
good.
And then you know I'm blessedto be part of superstars.
It's, you know, my first andlast year, but I've learned a
(21:18):
lot and I'm very grateful yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
That's good that you got at least a year and I know
it's been fantastic.
I know we've we've had manyguests that have been on here,
and Colin and and Joey have bothbeen a part of the superstars
group, so we had a nice, we dida nice episode with superstars
as well.
So that's.
But I'm glad you got thatopportunity because I think
you're working with other verymotivated and dedicated actors
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and some that have been here fora while and some that are new
to the program and are new tosome of the productions that are
here.
So I think it's good that youhave that mix and that you can
also bring the experience thatyou have from high school and
the experience you have fromdoing the stuff in in, you know,
hollywood and Burbank and inthat area where you're filming.
So I think you've got a widebreadth of experience.
(22:06):
But I especially again, as Imentioned before, your passion
for it, I think, is what we'rereally excited about and, as
you'd mentioned, learning, and Ithink it'll be great for these
other drama departments in theseother schools to get the chance
to interact with you and, just,you know, expand that community
as well, because there's othergreat theaters, community
(22:26):
theaters as well, which isanother podcast that we're
looking to move into to covermore of the Inland Empire
outside of our, our wonderfultheater here.
But it's it's a great tool andit's a great communication.
You know for us that we getinformation out and hopefully we
get more people to come to our,to our, to our productions and
and you know we want to or beingon a movie or being in TV or
(23:08):
whatever else, but so many ofthem that come back and either
teach or they direct or theystage, manage or they act in the
adult theater as well.
So I love um the community thatthis has.
You know, theater in general,specifically our theater we're
we're biased as well, but weknow there's other great
(23:29):
programs out there, which is whyyou're here, so that we can
learn more about the otherschools and the other programs
so well, it's been fantastic toget to know you.
We are very, very excited aboutgetting this project off and
we're very excited about, youknow, getting some plans
together over the summer andthen, you know, really hitting
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it hard next year.
And I believe you and I had adiscussion and you just recently
graduated, correct?
Yep, I recently graduated, andso schooling is going to
continue and possibly theater'sgoing to continue.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Absolutely Schooling, definitely theater.
For sure, there's a lot ofauditions.
I've landed this one role inthis found footage.
I think it's a horror film, I'mnot sure.
More to come on that one, butI'm so excited it's all good.
Yeah, thank you so much.
Theater's been a very bigchange in my life.
And movies, acting, performingarts I look at it as like a live
(24:28):
form of art.
It's like looking at a paintingthat's moving, yep, and it's
just such a beautiful way oftelling a story and it's a great
way.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I agree 100%, and that's why we started this
podcast and that's why we'rereally excited about growing
this podcast.
Believe me, we didn't eventhink we would get to this point
, but the fact that we'retalking about branching out to
drama department and thenbranching out to Inland Empire
Steps to the Stage is prettyexciting for us and exciting to
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bring you on, obviously not onlybecause of your experience but,
again, the energy that we thinkyou're going to bring to it.
So thank you so much for yourtime and we look forward to it.
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Have a great evening.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Thanks for listening to Steps to the Stage, and now
it's time for the curtain call.
You can follow us on Spotify,Apple, Google or any podcasting
platform.
We have videos up on YouTubeand you can visit our website at
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And, as always, a special thankyou to our audio engineer, Joey
(25:52):
Rice, and our producer, KirkLane.
Without the two of you, thisshow would not be possible.
So tell us a little bit more about how you got
involved in 7th Street Theater.
Oh, yes, I would love to getinto that.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
So the lights are on the curtains up.
This is Steps to the Stage.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
And welcome to Steps to the Stage drama department.
This is episode one.
This is trailer.
This is meet your host.
This is Trailer.
This is Meet your Host.
This is as a podcast.
We're really excited that weare finally moving into this
realm.
We've been talking about this,it's been in our discussion, in
(00:36):
our description, on the websitefrom the beginning, on all of
our social media.
Welcome everyone.
My name is Kirk Lane producer,engineer, sometimes host, and I
am so excited to have Giorgio.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
Thank you so much for having me yeah, no, no, you
know.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Thank you, this is pretty exciting for us.
A couple of weeks ago we werehere at the theater and the
Seven Street Superstars wererehearsing and we were recording
the episode for the Three onthe Edge Festival that was just
happening.
Um, I went in.
(01:25):
Uh, you know, ask, askedobviously Ms Donna and Ms Jesse
was okay If I go, go in?
And they said yes and came upand said hey, uh.
I want to talk to you before theend of the end of the day, end
of the morning, end of yourrehearsal.
You know, a short time lateryou, you came in to where we're
recording, which is we'reactually in the uh, the women's
dressing room theater.
So, oddly enough, it's gotcarpet and it's got wigs, and
(01:47):
it's got some clothes and stuff.
So it's, while it's a littleweird sometimes we're recording
here, it's actually great from asound perspective.
But you came in here and we hada discussion and we'd asked if
you're interested in coming onboard to be a host for what is
going to be our latest endeavorand that steps Steps to the
Stage, because we want to keepthat same name and that same
(02:09):
focus, because that's reallywhat it all started about is
Steps to the Stage and obviously, moving to drama department,
and for drama department, ourgoal was to just, really, more
than anything, highlightspecifically the high school
drama departments in the area,but we also have a number of
junior colleges and collegesthat will have very active drama
(02:31):
departments, very activetheater departments, and what's
great is we actually have, um,uh, seventh street theater
alumni that are going intocollege and getting their
degrees and and moving on anddoing regional theater and doing
Broadway and doing, you know,doing movies, doing everything
else, and so you know thatneeded to be highlighted.
(02:53):
And so we had some discussionsand we had familiarity with you
from your time with a couple ofthe productions that were done
here at seven street theater andthen also being involved with
the superstars, and you justhave an energy about you and
which is positive, and you havea very obvious love for acting
(03:18):
and everything about it, whetherit's on stage, whether whether
it's you know, choir, whetherit's at school, whether it's
here, whether it's with the, youknow, with the superstars
troupe, whether it's auditionsthat are happening, you know, in
LA Hollywood, burbank, thatnature they're happening.
So I have been talking for somuch, but that just really is
(03:40):
hopefully shows those that arelistening out there the
excitement.
Giorgio, introduce yourself.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
Thank you so much.
My name is Giorgio Haddad.
I am 17 years old.
I've been acting for quite sometime.
Let me backtrack here.
So when I was a kid I would liketo joke around a lot and, you
know, do all sorts of fun stuffwith my family and my mom was
(04:08):
like, well, you know, you shouldbe an actor.
And I'm like, ew, why would Iwant to be such a creature of an
actor?
She was like, trust me, one dayyou're going to do it.
And I was like, okay, so I wenton to different careers, like
music, so I did violin.
I did some soccer music.
So I did violin.
I did some soccer, yeah,wrestling, jiu-jitsu, boxing for
a little bit.
(04:28):
But for some reason it didn'tclick to me until my sophomore
year of high school where, um, Iwas, you know, in school, one
of my friends.
Um, she told me she was likeyou should join theater and you
go to school locally.
I go to school locally yes,that's correct at chino high
school, chino high school.
All right, being a theater kidand theater kids are weird.
Why would I want to do that?
And, honestly, I was thebiggest hater and I couldn't be
(04:52):
more wrong, because now I am atheater kid, yeah, and I'm proud
to be one, yeah.
So my first theater audition.
I walked in the room and it wasnerve wracking because I didn't
know what to do.
They just handed me a scriptand like read this.
And then I see people doingaccents and stuff and I was like
should I bounce off of them?
(05:13):
And so I did it.
And then the director was like,wow, he's like, kid, you got
talent.
And I was like, dude, I justread the lines, you know Nice.
So that's when I got casted inmy first show Okay, it was
called the Plot, like GravyThickens, and I played this
character called Roy, okay, andhe was like this accountant.
(05:34):
So I enjoyed it.
I met some beautiful, amazingpeople in the theater company
and I'm grateful for them, andso yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:43):
And this was at the high school.
Speaker 2 (05:45):
This was at the high school.
This was at the high school.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
That is great.
So it was a theater productionat the high school.
Okay, I love it.
Drama department yes.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
So shout out to the drama department but yeah, it
was amazing ever since then, andwe had two schools.
Actually, we had an oldbuilding, okay, and so we were
actually performing in acafetorium, got it, and so it
got demolished and now we have atheater.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
And a very nice theater.
I'm told I've yet to attend,but I'm told it's very, very
nice.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
It's very nice.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
There's some elements where I'm like eh, you know,
but that's just me being picky.
Yeah, you're going to find that.
And yeah, I travel, I, for aliving.
I produce shows, so I travelaround and do some corporate
shows and it's you know, it'sdifferent theaters, different
venues.
There's some great things andthen there's some things that
obviously you wish you couldimprove.
Yeah, yeah, but still it'sgreat.
I think you know that, you know, I know similar of similar
(06:40):
schools are are in theirmultipurpose room, or you know
it's not in a theater.
Schools are in theirmultipurpose room, or you know
it's not in a theater, right?
Yeah, yeah.
And just this past weekend wewent to the showcase at the
Ontario's theater.
Yes, and it was amazing to, youknow, be in the theater, real
theater seats.
You're, you know you're at theangle, you've got a full stage,
you've got an actual drape,you've got an amazing sound
(07:03):
system, amazing lighting system.
You know it's, it's, there'ssomething, there's something to
that.
I know we do some amazingthings on on our little stage
here, but, man, when you getinto those big venues and those
big theaters, it, it, itdefinitely, uh, I'd say it ups
the game a little bit, yeah, upsthe game a little bit, a
hundred percent.
Speaker 2 (07:20):
I was honestly very shocked when I went.
I said you guys have automaticcurtain openers or like a
machine.
Speaker 3 (07:28):
I was so shocked.
Speaker 1 (07:29):
I was like, oh my goodness, at a high school, at a
high school.
So you're younger, your parentstake you to some auditions.
You run into a little bit ofdisappointment there.
You get a little bit older,you're in high school, you
audition, you get a role, andthen what happens from there?
Where does your theater journeytake you?
And where does your actingjourney take you?
(07:50):
Because I know it goes beyondjust the theater.
Speaker 2 (07:53):
Well, I'm very blessed and fortunate that it
got better, and so we'vetransferred to our news building
and it got finished and ourfirst production was in a black
box theater.
I got casted in four roles, wow, and so I would play one role
one night and then three theother.
Right, it was very fun and itwas the closest I've been to an
(08:16):
audience, especially.
I was like probably like 10feet away.
Yeah, I wasn't even, you know.
Speaker 1 (08:21):
So you're really getting that energy of the
audience.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:24):
Right.
So there's the differencebetween the smaller theater and
the bigger theater.
Bigger theater obviously it'sgreat to have, you know, all of
those modern conveniences andthe tech, but there is something
, because what are we up therefor?
Right, we're hoping to enact anemotion right out of the
audience, and so when you're inclose, yeah, that can change
your, change your performance alittle bit.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I was honestly terrified, yeah,and, and I was like you know, I
got to stick to this script andso it was good.
We did a production of that.
It was called ghost light, okay, so I've enjoyed it, the
company have enjoyed it andcompany of the new building,
okay, so it felt it felt very, Ifelt very honored.
(09:05):
Yeah, this feels nice.
Speaker 1 (09:07):
Paving the way for future.
Absolutely, that's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (09:10):
And then we were waiting for the main stage
theater to finish construction.
Okay, and they did around March, I think or January, and so we
had our first play, which wascalled our town, by Thorne
Wilder.
I love it which was called OurTown by Thorne Wilder.
Speaker 1 (09:24):
I love it, love it.
They did a production of ithere a few years back.
Speaker 2 (09:27):
Yes, I see, and I was like, yeah, it was amazing.
And I got casted as GeorgiaGibbs the year before.
I was like, oh my goodness,George Gibbs is a lead.
I've never played a lead everbefore, I've only played a
supporting lead.
So, thanks to my director andhe's given me so many
opportunities and I'm very, verygrateful from the bottom of my
(09:51):
heart that he's given me theseopportunities so I performed the
show and it was incredible.
The cast and crew was amazingas well.
So shout out to the tech andcrew as well.
Speaker 1 (10:02):
They don't get enough spotlight, yeah you are
preaching to the choir here.
This whole podcast started outwith learning how to make a
production and it was veryimportant for us when we did our
first episodes to make sure.
We talked about lighting, wetalked about audio, we talked
about set design, we talkedabout how those are as much a
character as any actor is.
(10:22):
Right, yeah, the door, and youwant to kind of leave that world
behind and you want to turn,and when the lights come on, you
want to feel like you're in theplay or in the musical.
So, um, we agree 100%.
(10:44):
Obviously that's uh, the, the,everything that goes into a
production is is so importantand and it supports the actors
that are on stage.
Right, if you know you havethat support, you know you have
a solid, you know stage managerthat's running things and you
know things are going to betaken care of, quick changes,
all that other good stuff in theback.
So, anyway, go ahead.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
Absolutely Like the.
I think that it's like thelifeline of the whole show.
And the tech is back there, youknow, working their butts off
Like I see them.
They're.
They're sweating and I'm likeyou know, working their butts
off Like I see them.
They're sweating and I'm likeyou know I feel bad.
So shout out to the techs andall the stage groups you guys do
an amazing job and make a wholedifference.
Speaker 1 (11:22):
Absolutely so.
Tell us a little bit more abouthow you got involved in 7th
Street Theater oh yes, I wouldlove to get into that.
Speaker 2 (11:30):
So after my junior year we got done with Lion King
Jr the production.
I was like I want to do moreacting.
I don't want to stay home, youknow, rotting in bed.
And I was like I want to domore acting, you know, I can't
get enough of it.
And so one of my friends, hewas like, hey man, like have you
checked out the communitytheater?
(11:52):
And I was like, no, honestly, Ihaven't.
He was like like all right,here he prints me the contracts,
he prints me all the conflictdates and I was like I don't
know this show.
And, by the way, this show iscalled percy jackson and the
lightning thief, the musical,wonderful yes yes, I had no idea
.
I'm sorry, miss allison, ifyou're listening to this miss
marley lay I had no I.
I know percy jackson.
(12:12):
I had no clue there was amusical Right.
And so I was like all right,you know, I'll audition for
Grover.
I think I have the hair, but Idon't know if I have him.
You know, particularly like youknow the character.
So I went in and you know Ienjoyed the audition, every
process of it.
The directors made it 50,000times better.
I was very comfortable.
(12:32):
That's great.
And then after I, after theauditions, I was like I think I
did good.
I wasn't very confident.
I got any sort of role.
And then I had to get.
I get a call from Miss Allisonand she sends my mom a voice
message because I didn't answermy phone.
I fell asleep right after I gotback home and so I give her a
call back and she goes.
She goes, hi, we would love tooffer you the role as Hades and
(12:54):
Gabe and ensemble.
And I was like, okay, and thefirst thing that I asked from
the top of my head and I feel sodumb, it's so funny I was like
which one who's on stage thelongest?
And there was this long pauseand Miss.
Speaker 3 (13:10):
Allison was.
Speaker 2 (13:11):
Like you know, I'm offering you both roles right,
and I was like I'll take boththen and she was like, okay,
perfect, nice.
And then from there, you know,rehearsals.
I met some amazing people atthe community theater and I felt
very welcomed, great, with openarms, and it was like a second
family.
So I enjoyed it.
The production was amazing andvery memorable, and so how?
Speaker 1 (13:30):
would you compare a production at a community
theater versus your high schooltheater?
Oh, see.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
Now, that's the real question.
I get a lot.
Well, the difference is thatit's all depending on the
directors.
I would say so the environmentsare obviously, you know they're
different because one's at acommunity, the other one's at
school.
So at school it's right afterwe get done our academic
learning and so we're allexhausted.
(13:59):
But it's also, I think, we havethere's more etiquette at the
community theater.
Okay, because everyone is stillrespectful, no matter how like
stressed they are, and if theywere, you know they would
apologize.
This one time during the show,miss Allison was stressed out
but no one knew and she thoughteveryone saw her and she goes oh
guys, I'm so sorry and we'relike we didn't even know you
(14:19):
were frustrated.
Nice, but it shows the directorcares and stuff.
However, at high school, whenpeople are frustrated, people
tend to take it out on people alot, and I see it.
So it happens.
Drama upon drama.
It's right in the name you knowDrama in the drama department.
But yeah, I just think thatthere needs to be more, a little
(14:40):
bit of more etiquette at a highschool, because, again, it's a
high school after all.
But there'll be, like, sometimes where, like I won't even
have etiquette at high school,so it's including me sometimes
too.
Speaker 1 (14:51):
But I think this is great and I think this is one of
the reasons why we wanted tostart this podcast right, just
to talk about some of thosedifferences, yeah, and to have
those that get the opportunityto either work in, you know,
community theater or, you know,we have, we have performers here
that have performed on thehollywood bowl and and have, you
know, done stuff you know, herein town, meaning in the la and
(15:13):
ho area, and and we've had, youknow, we have had many actors
that have come from here thathave gone on to Broadway and
done other regional shows and,you know, hopefully, because
there's, I think, more of afocus and more of an outlet for
theater than there might've beenin the past, and I think a lot
of that has come from thepopularity of, you know, the,
the, the Hamiltons and andWicked and Dear Evan Hansen and
(15:36):
all of those.
I think it's caught, it'sbrought a mainstream focus to it
, right, yeah, yeah, disney aswell has done a great job of
creating musicals of of theirmovies as well, absolutely.
So I really think with thispodcast, what we have the
opportunity to do is to givethat forum for, for the drama
departments, right, for the, theschools and then, and then you
know what happens, giorgio, asyou go from that theater
(15:58):
department you go to a community.
You know community theater, andthen you go to a junior college
or a college and then it justeach time it's a whole nother
level of etiquette andprofessionalism and experience,
right and and, and you hope thatthose that have the opportunity
to go from one to the other cankind of impart some of those
etiquettes and some of thatknowledge that's based there.
(16:20):
So I think that's one thing wehope to get from this particular
podcast that you're going to behosting is to go into all the
schools, and that really is ourgoal is, in the Inland Empire,
we want to get to Chino, donLugo, chino Hills, ayala,
claremont has a very activeprogram and there's a few others
out there that we want to takea look at and we want to
(16:43):
highlight their productions thatare going on.
But we also want to find outabout, hey, what are your
resources and how is thecommunity helping, or how is
your boosters helping?
I know I've been reallyinvolved with my kids and one
has just graduated with helpingor how is your, your boosters,
helping?
I know I've been reallyinvolved with my kids and, and
one is just graduated with atheater production degree and
one's going into college, uh, uh, with a theater major as well.
(17:03):
So you know, for me as a, as aparent, I want to make sure that
they have, you know, a job togo to, right, cause it's, it's
uh, there's a, there's a lotthat's out there and you know
I'd like to segue in.
I know I've seen you postseveral times.
It's not just theater.
I've seen you go and auditionfor roles and I would assume
(17:26):
that you're there for movies orfor television, or tell us more
about that in that process.
Speaker 2 (17:31):
So, yeah, thank you, I would love to talk about it.
So it was during December andduring Christmas break and I was
laying in bed and I'm like,okay, I want to be in a movie.
And my mom was like, okay, howare you going to do that?
And so it started off.
I downloaded this one app it'scalled Backstage, okay and I got
this year's subscription thingyand I started submitting a lot
(17:52):
of stuff and then I got calledback for this one movie.
I'm not really sure what thedetails were about it, but I
went and it was filmed in VeniceBeach High School and it was my
first somewhat role.
I played a, it was an extrarole, it was a stoner.
So my mom got like upset.
She goes why did you have toplay this one guy?
(18:14):
He's smoking and I'm like Iwasn't even smoking.
It felt nice, you know, infront of a camera and it felt
very scary.
Yeah, I, you know, seeing acamera, I was like I was pretty
intimidated by it.
Yeah, I, you know, seeing acamera, I was like I was pretty
intimidated by it.
Yeah, but the director waslovely and hey, there was free
food.
Speaker 1 (18:31):
I'm already sold, I was like okay, craft services
baby, oh yeah.
Speaker 2 (18:37):
Nice.
And then another one was likethrough a communication, my
friend, okay, he told me he waslike oh, you know this one guy,
he's directing this one movie.
You should text him.
And I was like texting him,he's not going to respond.
He literally responded.
I texted him, he responded andyou know, it all worked out.
We haven't figured out thefilming dates yet, right, but I
think just the joy of being onset is just seeing how it's done
(18:58):
.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (19:06):
With, like, the mics and, honestly, the funny
lighting, though oh yeah, youknow, I thought I would have
been like more into the acting.
Speaker 1 (19:10):
I'm intrigued in how it's made, yeah, and it's so
cool seeing especially since youhave so many different
opportunities nowadays with realsets versus, you know, a
virtual set right right orsomething that's going to be cgi
.
So you've got a little bit ofboth and cgi has gotten to the
point now where it's hard totell what's real and what's not.
But it's good to kind of seeall of the different formats and
(19:32):
you know, going back to you, Ithink it's great that you've had
this involvement in these, inthese different projects movies,
you know television, and I feellike you're going to do some
more and I feel like you'regoing to audition some more and
you know you've.
You took the experience fromhigh school and you've done some
community theater.
You got involved.
Tell me about the seventhstreet superstars.
(19:55):
You're you're a part of that aswell.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Oh yes, the funny, the funny story behind how I got
into it was this was the lastday of auditions, okay, and my
mom was driving me back from myfriend's house and I was on the
road and it was like 1130.
My friend Sebastian, who wasalso in Superstars, okay, he
sends me a text.
He goes, hey, are youauditioning for Superstars?
And I was like, oh yeah, it'sthat one group.
He was like I was like, yeah,I'll audition tomorrow.
(20:17):
He's like no better step on thegas.
I got to audition Midnight ornoon, midnight.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
It was 12 am, oh, when he called you.
Speaker 2 (20:29):
When he called me, he texted me like around 11.
Oh, got it.
So it was nighttime and I gothome and I was so exhausted I
was like should I?
And so I was like what's thebest monologue I could pull off?
And I'm like, okay, hauntedMansion, disneyland, Nice.
I'm like, okay, that's a prettysolid one.
What song should I do?
I did suddenly see more fromLittle Shop of Horrors because I
(20:49):
had my blue light glasses.
I was like, okay.
Speaker 1 (20:51):
So you had to submit a video of it by midnight.
That's what you're referring to.
Sorry, I wasn't quiteconnecting the dots.
Speaker 2 (20:57):
Sorry.
No, mine was Okay, okay, but itprogressively got worse because
my video was not uploading andit was past 12.
So I kept texting Miss Donnaand she was like no, no, it's
fine.
And then I got to you know thenperson, and you know it went
good.
And then you know I'm blessedto be part of superstars.
It's, you know, my first andlast year, but I've learned a
(21:18):
lot and I'm very grateful yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:19):
That's good that you got at least a year and I know
it's been fantastic.
I know we've we've had manyguests that have been on here,
and Colin and and Joey have bothbeen a part of the superstars
group, so we had a nice, we dida nice episode with superstars
as well.
So that's.
But I'm glad you got thatopportunity because I think
you're working with other verymotivated and dedicated actors
(21:43):
and some that have been here fora while and some that are new
to the program and are new tosome of the productions that are
here.
So I think it's good that youhave that mix and that you can
also bring the experience thatyou have from high school and
the experience you have fromdoing the stuff in in, you know,
hollywood and Burbank and inthat area where you're filming.
So I think you've got a widebreadth of experience.
(22:06):
But I especially again, as Imentioned before, your passion
for it, I think, is what we'rereally excited about and, as
you'd mentioned, learning, and Ithink it'll be great for these
other drama departments in theseother schools to get the chance
to interact with you and, just,you know, expand that community
as well, because there's othergreat theaters, community
(22:26):
theaters as well, which isanother podcast that we're
looking to move into to covermore of the Inland Empire
outside of our, our wonderfultheater here.
But it's it's a great tool andit's a great communication.
You know for us that we getinformation out and hopefully we
get more people to come to our,to our, to our productions and
and you know we want to or beingon a movie or being in TV or
(23:08):
whatever else, but so many ofthem that come back and either
teach or they direct or theystage, manage or they act in the
adult theater as well.
So I love um the community thatthis has.
You know, theater in general,specifically our theater we're
we're biased as well, but weknow there's other great
(23:29):
programs out there, which is whyyou're here, so that we can
learn more about the otherschools and the other programs
so well, it's been fantastic toget to know you.
We are very, very excited aboutgetting this project off and
we're very excited about, youknow, getting some plans
together over the summer andthen, you know, really hitting
(23:50):
it hard next year.
And I believe you and I had adiscussion and you just recently
graduated, correct?
Yep, I recently graduated, andso schooling is going to
continue and possibly theater'sgoing to continue.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Absolutely Schooling, definitely theater.
For sure, there's a lot ofauditions.
I've landed this one role inthis found footage.
I think it's a horror film, I'mnot sure.
More to come on that one, butI'm so excited it's all good.
Yeah, thank you so much.
Theater's been a very bigchange in my life.
And movies, acting, performingarts I look at it as like a live
(24:28):
form of art.
It's like looking at a paintingthat's moving, yep, and it's
just such a beautiful way oftelling a story and it's a great
way.
Speaker 1 (24:37):
I agree 100%, and that's why we started this
podcast and that's why we'rereally excited about growing
this podcast.
Believe me, we didn't eventhink we would get to this point
, but the fact that we'retalking about branching out to
drama department and thenbranching out to Inland Empire
Steps to the Stage is prettyexciting for us and exciting to
(25:00):
bring you on, obviously not onlybecause of your experience but,
again, the energy that we thinkyou're going to bring to it.
So thank you so much for yourtime and we look forward to it.
And don't forget to subscribeto all of our social media
channels.
Please also like, follow us andleave reviews on your favorite
podcast platform it really doesmake a difference and also
(25:23):
writing reviews on the socialmedias and share and tell your
friends.
Thanks everyone.
Have a great evening.
Speaker 3 (25:30):
Thanks for listening to Steps to the Stage, and now
it's time for the curtain call.
You can follow us on Spotify,Apple, Google or any podcasting
platform.
We have videos up on YouTubeand you can visit our website at
stepstothestagebuzzsproutcom.
And, as always, a special thankyou to our audio engineer, Joey
(25:52):
Rice, and our producer, KirkLane.
Without the two of you, thisshow would not be possible.
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