January 24, 2023 • 20 mins
Sabra Stout joins us to talk about being a young actor. Listen to her talk about her favorite roles, the work it takes to be in a play, and what it is like when you forget your lines onstage. Sabra and I would also like to remind you to never be afraid to embrace your inner weirdo!
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Well, all I can tell youis the reports of our demise have been
greatly exaggerated. Hello everybody, andwelcome back to the podcast. And has
the audacity, the nerve, andthe unmitigated goal to come right out and
ask, hey, what's your deal? In case you've forgotten, I'm your
(00:30):
host, Michael Bridges, and wejust want to welcome you back to the
podcast. It has been a while. Things have been a little bit crazy
around here over here in education isgeneral in general, as you're going to
hear in the podcast that's coming up. We had planned on doing this podcast
(00:52):
several times. I had my guestslined up. I got sick, she
got sick. Conferences, testing,things just kept getting in the way.
And then, of course, youknow, for those of you out there
that are public educators, you knowhow busy Thanksgiving and the Christmas times right
before Brake can be with testing andeverything that goes on. So basically what
I'm giving you or a bunch ofexcuses, but I like to think that
(01:15):
they're valid ones because it kept usbusy. So I'm happy to be back.
I've kind of missed doing this,I've missed getting out there. I
hope we haven't lost too many listenersand hope that they will they will come
back, because my plan now aswe move forward is to go ahead and
just I originally just wanted to dothese week by weeks so I could keep
them fresh and make sure that whateverwe were talking about was current. If
(01:38):
something new happened, you know,we could bring it up. But that's
just not a reality from where I'mat right now. So what it's probably
gonna end up happening is I've gota couple of guests lined up, and
I'm probably just going to record thosepodcasts as quickly as I can and kind
of have them in the shoot andready to go. That way, whenever
I do come to you, orwhenever I miss a week or two or
(02:00):
I'm going to be out and notable to interview somebody, I've already got
something there and I can just workon the intros and the outros and put
it out to you. So again, I just want to apologize for all
the time it's taken me to comeback. But we're back and we're hoping
to release at least every week again, kind of get back to our regular
(02:21):
schedule. So without further ado,I am going to allow you to listen
to our next guest, who isSabra Stout, and she's here to tell
you exactly what her deal is.Enjoy all right, everybody, we are
here with the one and only fifthgrade wonder, Sabra Stout. So,
(02:46):
Sabra, how are you good?I'm doing well, doing well. We've
been trying to do this podcast forwhat a month and a half, two
months, and we've gotten sick.One week I was sick. One week
Saber was sick testing. One weekI couldn't do it because I had testing.
Yeah, it was. It's justbeen a hot mess. So now
we are finally here and able todo the podcast. So Sabra, our
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audience is listening with bated breath.Tell me what is your deal? Acting?
So basically drama and theater and kindof stuff. It's good. There
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you go, So tell us areyou a superstar? No? Do you
sign autographs and everything like that?No? You should you make money from
that? People though taking a lotof pictures. That's true. Theater people
do take a lot of pictures.And you know, Sabra and I of
course we're GT community so we knoweach other. But also she's in productions
and my daughter is in productions too, so we see each other a lot
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after hours at these play rehearsals andeverything. So okay, how did you
when did you start acting? Saveor how young were you when? Like
when you started? I started likelast year, So you're relatively new.
Huh, yes, okay, butI already know so many people I do
it, and I usually always havesomebody that I know or that I'm used
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to doing theater with when I doa show. Okay, So, um,
so when you started? What show? Did you start with? Charlotte's
Web? Charlotte's Webb You had abig part in that, right, that
was my very first show and Igot Charlotte, the Charlotte of Charlotte's Web.
Wow, but you felt pretty important, right, Yes? Yes,
it is also a thing. Ohyeah, big time, big time.
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That's cool though you get I meanthat doesn't usually happen. Usually you start
and you get some little part,and of course I can see you on
the stage. You'd kind of bea natural fat So was it was that
role difficult? I mean? Wasit was it hard for you? Because
it was your first one? Sincelike, uh, this was written,
this story was written like kind ofa while ago. Because it's kind of
(05:00):
it's a very old sure kind Iwas reading it when I was in school,
that's how old it is. Yeah. Uh, and so like some
of the dialogue is very long.I know one show that we did,
I messed up my monologue and Ikind of just sat there for a few
seconds, I walked off and thenyeah, that's and I was in theater
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in high school, and that's likeone of the most terrifying things in the
world. I mean, people,I don't think people were realized just how
unnerving that is. When you're standingin a room full of people that are
there to see you and then youforget what you're supposed to say. It's
just like, oh my gosh,what am I going to do? What
am I going to say? So? What did you walked off? And
what happened? Uh? And thenlike later at night, because my mom
(05:46):
was there, you made me readover all my lines again because I need
to memorize them. And the nextyear was perfect. Yeah, but then
probably coming up to that group oflines, you were still probably a little
nervous, right, Yes, you'relike, oh, I don't wonder I
feel like I covered up really well. Yeah, because that was kind of
like a sad monologue because I wastalking about like what they're gonna do,
Wilburn, what I have to do, and like that. I was not
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feeling well, right, and soit was kind of a moment of silence.
Yeah. So it worked well,very well, very good, very
good. All right? So,um, you said Charlotte's Web. What
other plays have you been in?Okay? So I've been in a Child's
Web. And then I did akind of like three day camp thing and
we did too much like musical songs, so like high school musical, jungle
(06:31):
Book, the musical um and thenI did Descendants and then I did Route
Off. Okay, I remember,yeah, I remember you had to You
had to like didn't one there oneday you took half a day off to
school because you had to go performat the Fort Smith Public Library. That
I have my Child's Web too,right, But no, that was for
an actual show. The library wasafter school, after school. Okay,
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all right, Now I'm doing Matilda. I just found out who I got
Friday? So who did you getfrom Acrobat? Nice? Are you excited
about that? Yeah? Are therea lot of lines with that? Or
is it? I don't really haveany lines for that one, but I
do have to kind of like repeatwhat she says jud same things that she
says. Um, and I haveto die again. So it's all about
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the dying. Are you very dramaticwhen you die? I guess so cruel?
Cruel world? What a world?And just kind of like my sister
killed your sister killed you. Ohman, Yeah, that's awful. Oh
yeah, I remember that. Iremember that. Yes. So that's a
cool role because basically she's up therereading and you're performing what she's reading.
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Right, It's like it's like athat's right. You just get to move
around, so it'll just be nailingyour spots. That's pretty cool. Um,
so have you been involved because AlmaFor those of you that are listening
outside our district, Elma is reallywell known for their theater program. They
have a phenomenal theater m here aswell as dance and cheer, and our
performing arts are pretty pretty top notch, if we do say so ourselves.
(08:05):
But um, have you done anyproductions here, like with the school workshops
or anything? So since then inmusic school we have a stage, but
we don't do it like the placehere, so I can only do that
in seventh grade. Okay, Alma, right, because middle school that's when
it kind of kicks off. Right, do they have one? I can't
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even remember if they got one insixth grade? Okay, okay, yeah
right, missus box Snake was workingon it, and yes, he was
trying to convince like all of thebuilding people and they how are you going
one? Timhere? Yeah? Butthen they did do it. That middle
school is a busy place. Highschool is too, but theater is a
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big part of high school. Middleschool. Yeah, just trying to get
the GT stuff in there is.Yeah, it's it's it's tough there.
So I've been in a couple ofthings. What's been your favorite role?
Um, Matilda's going really well,But I have actually done only yet,
so I don't know because this isthe first day. Tomorrow will be the
first day of actual rehearsal with allof our parts. But I think descendance
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descends very fun. So why didyou like descendance so much? Like I
was with older kids and younger kids, and for the other company that I
do with it's only third through fifthgrade, her sixth grade, and then
for yag which is why I diddescendance with Yes, um, it's like
all ages. Yeah, And YAGis Young Actors Guild and they hold open
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auditions and you can come in andyeah, triumph for things and yeah,
yeah, my daughter was in thatone with you. That was a very
that was a very cool production.She had a good rule too. Yeah
she nailed that. Oh gosh,speaking of Diva's No, she's very she's
very humble, and we're very proudof her. She does do a good
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job. So what what is it? I mean, acting is kind of
a difficult thing. What is itthat you enjoy the most about acting?
Do you think the people? Andlike it's just a bunch of stuff,
and so like the people are abig part of it. The shows too,
because there are some shows that arevery kiddish and they meant for younger
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roles and then like for older roles. So for Matilda, they have the
little kids, they have adults,and then they have like main roles that
are adults. So like the olderkids get some of the older roles and
then the young kids get like thekids. Right for some roles, I
know a lot of other roles thatlike the young kid has gotten the parents
and the older kid has gotten themain roles. So do you think that,
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I mean, do you enjoy,like, do you get like a
rush from performing, Like you know, you're nervous at the first and then
when it's done, the first knotand you know, the final knot and
everything like that. Yes, forlike, I think it was Descendants.
It's so hot back there, andit's so like hot on stage that I
remember one time I had a bloodvessels sticking out of my forehead after the
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show. Yeah, because for thoseof you that have never been on stage,
you know, those lights are faraway, but they are hot.
And then half the time you're wearingheavy costumes and pancake makeup and everything like
that. Yeah, it's just it'sit's a sweatfest up there for sure.
Yeah. Absolutely. Um. Sowhat's the hardest part of acting? What
do you think is the toughest.Um, The toughest part about acting is
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probably tech week and casting because castingcauses me so much stress to see who
I got because I feel like Igot a good job with them again you
never know, right, Um.And then tech week is the week before
the show and you have rehearsal everysingle day until the show, and so
like you're eating lunch there, you'reeating dinner there sometimes and you're I know
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for distance. We stily there untileight thirty every night, right, right,
So tech week is that where itall starts to come together, Like
the lighting people are getting with themusic people and then the orchestra and Steven
for that who did the lights,Steven Sellers, Yeah, he's the best
guys might he's pretty awesome. Yeah, does the sound for my church.
Right, And so he was therethe very first day of tech week getting
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all of the lighting programs stuff.And then the next day Tom who did
he who helps like mikes and stuff, and he, like I was not
prous, was there to do mikes, and then the orchestrating the next day,
and then the fourth day right beforethe show. Every day they all
came together and we did the entireshow with all of the effects and everything.
Yeah. And the funny thing isjust about every production I've seen two
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weeks out, you're like looking atit, going, this is never going
to come together, this is nevergonna work, right, everybody's messing up,
and then it's magic. It's justboomed that first night it comes together.
And like as a performer, youprobably sit there and go, well,
we missed this, we missed this, we missed this. But as
audience members work on Yeah, asaudience members watching it, we're like,
I didn't notice anything. It wasawesome. We thought it was great.
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So my director for Chelt's Web threatenedto cancel the show one time, like
a bunch of times, because thereare a bunch of kids. We only
had like five kids that were doingit, but there were some kids who
are like giving them around. Andthen we're doing with our spots too for
Matilda'll we have forty two kids doingit. Yeah, and so it's very
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talkative. Ye. Surprisingly we're veryquiet, Yeah, which is surprising because
usually we're a loud Yes. Yes, theater people are known for their projection
and their loudness. So you saidthere was something in your notes and I
can't remember what it was. Itwas something about when you did um like
to read Alouns close book something likethat. What was it? Off book?
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Yeah, tell tell me about offbook. Okay, So off book
is um like, we have tothat's the date that we have to memorize
all of our lines. So nono scripts, no scripts, and if
he like the few days after offbook, we're lots like if we don't
know it that we could bring ourscripts off, but then after those we
can't have our scripts at all andwe have to do it without our scripts,
without line, without doing it.But we can still memorize them and
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like work on them when we're notpracticing in like outside of theater. Okay,
So Saber, where do you thinkyou know you're gonna you're gonna go
with this? You think you're gonnalike end up in Hollywood and maybe you
like be famous. Do be sayingyou know you're gonna be You're gonna be
famous in Hollywood? Or what doyou what do you are you doing this
as like recreational or do you thinkyou maybe want to get scholarship on it
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or what do you think the ideas? Now I could get a scholarship,
but there's acting of the thing thatyou can do without college or you can
do with College's true. Um,and so because like I know a bunch
of people who do Broadway and thenthen they go on too like movies.
So it's kind of I know,there's a big performing arts college in Oklahoma
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City. There's like a huge one. Yeah, there's a lot of students
from Alma that have gone on tobe very successful. That started there and
just kind of springboarded from there.Okay, so you know this is a
GT podcast. You're a GT student. I am a GT coordinator. So
a lot of times GT people strugglewith shyness and speaking, and you know
we work on that in class inour classroom. Do you think that people
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who struggle with public speaking should maybegive acting a shot or some type of
public they could, But the thingabout acting you study with a lot of
people, so that can also helpif because there they might not seem nervous,
but they are definitely nervous. AndI worked with somebody one time who
had major stage right and was aperformer and actor. This was the first
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show and they had major stage right, but then like as they got coach
of the show, they kind oflike gave off and they weren't like scared
any more. They were scared.They were scared the first show because it
was the first show and they werelike kind of getting some anxiety and stuff.
But it ended up being fine andthey have done it a lot.
Well, that's pretty cool. Yeah, I'm always pushing people because you can
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get stuck in that comfort zone.And sometimes it's good to step outside of
that comfort zone because you can findnew things and things you might not And
you know, gt kids are well, if I can't do it perfectly,
I'm just not going to do ita lot of the time. But you
know that that's no reason to stopdoing what you're doing for sure. Okay.
So it's been a pleasure having youon here. And as you know,
everyone who comes on here has togive a shout out to someone,
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So just somebody that you appreciate andyou just want to say thank you too.
So who do you want to giveyour shout out too? And why?
My uncle he did theater at thehigh school and he's really good friends
with all most of the teachers here, and so he since he did acting,
my mom was like begging me toget in acting. Okay, And
what's your uncle's name, CJ?CJ? So, okay, CJ,
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this shout out is for you.I hope CJ was ready to cowboy up
because that was that was our goodcowboy when his first show was Oklahoma,
so that was fitting then didn't evenknow it. Oklahoma is my wife's favorite
musical. I want to go seeyou. When they did it, at
the UFS Theater. It was reallygood, really, and he was in
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that production. Was no, thatwas my cousin was supposed to be in
it. It. So what's yourfavorite musical? I like Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
I might go see you Wicked.Oh Wick, it's good, Yeah,
it's good. We're going to goto New York and oh nice.
Yeah. I went and saw.I was able to see Phantom of the
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Opera on Broadway and that was thatwas incredible, the music and the acting
and everything. So all right,Saber, I could keep going and talk
in theater and acting with you thewhole time, but I've got to get
you back to class so you cando some of the book learning. Dang
it. Well, Sabor, Hey, I want to thank you. You
were an excellent guest, So thankyou for coming on and speaking to us
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about acting. Would you believe meif I told you I used to believe
Saber was shy. She did agreat job. I met her in third
grade and she was very shy,you know, very very quiet, wouldn't
speak to me in the halls.But um, I would say her level
of comfort around me has increased substantially. Um, she's a great public speaker,
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great actress, senior, Senior,and several performances. So and again
I highly recommend for those of youthat have been listening and know what we
do in my GT classroom. Youknow a lot of a lot of my
educational stuff is wrapped around talking andspeaking because we are losing the ability to
communicate with one another in a peacefulmanner and to listen to other people's opinions.
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So I would highly recommend if you'vegot a child down there and you
want to kind of get them wellrounded, get them into some kind of
public speaking, you know, speakingin front of somebody. We do morning
announcements here so our kids can getup in front of a camera and they
address the whole school. Granted asclosed circuit TV, but still it gives
them that opportunity to get in frontof people to speak, and it makes
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them that much more comfortable in theirskin and as a kid today, that
is a huge, huge thing thatwe all need to be concerned with and
want our students to have as thatlevel of comfort in their own skins.
There. It is our first podcast, Bike. I hope you enjoyed it.
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I enjoyed doing it big thanks toSabra for coming on and kind of
entertaining us and letting us know aboutacting and what it takes to be an
actress. If you're interested in that, there's plenty of Young Actors guilds and
Center for the Student Arts and thingslike that that you can get your student
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involved, and you can get yourchild involved in. Just get them out
there, you know, let them, let them try new things, get
them out of their comfort zone.It's a good thing for him. Trust
me, I'm all about it,do it to my own kids, so
I wouldn't be advocating and if Ididn't believe in it. But once again,
I want to thank you for showingup. We're gonna try and get
another one to you next week ifeverything goes well, and I hope you're
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all doing well. Stay safe.We've got a storm front moving in down
here in the South, so staysafe, be careful, and thank you
all for tuning in. We'll seeyou next time.
Well, all I can tell youis the reports of our demise have been
greatly exaggerated. Hello everybody, andwelcome back to the podcast. And has
the audacity, the nerve, andthe unmitigated goal to come right out and
ask, hey, what's your deal? In case you've forgotten, I'm your
(00:30):
host, Michael Bridges, and wejust want to welcome you back to the
podcast. It has been a while. Things have been a little bit crazy
around here over here in education isgeneral in general, as you're going to
hear in the podcast that's coming up. We had planned on doing this podcast
(00:52):
several times. I had my guestslined up. I got sick, she
got sick. Conferences, testing,things just kept getting in the way.
And then, of course, youknow, for those of you out there
that are public educators, you knowhow busy Thanksgiving and the Christmas times right
before Brake can be with testing andeverything that goes on. So basically what
I'm giving you or a bunch ofexcuses, but I like to think that
(01:15):
they're valid ones because it kept usbusy. So I'm happy to be back.
I've kind of missed doing this,I've missed getting out there. I
hope we haven't lost too many listenersand hope that they will they will come
back, because my plan now aswe move forward is to go ahead and
just I originally just wanted to dothese week by weeks so I could keep
them fresh and make sure that whateverwe were talking about was current. If
(01:38):
something new happened, you know,we could bring it up. But that's
just not a reality from where I'mat right now. So what it's probably
gonna end up happening is I've gota couple of guests lined up, and
I'm probably just going to record thosepodcasts as quickly as I can and kind
of have them in the shoot andready to go. That way, whenever
I do come to you, orwhenever I miss a week or two or
(02:00):
I'm going to be out and notable to interview somebody, I've already got
something there and I can just workon the intros and the outros and put
it out to you. So again, I just want to apologize for all
the time it's taken me to comeback. But we're back and we're hoping
to release at least every week again, kind of get back to our regular
(02:21):
schedule. So without further ado,I am going to allow you to listen
to our next guest, who isSabra Stout, and she's here to tell
you exactly what her deal is.Enjoy all right, everybody, we are
here with the one and only fifthgrade wonder, Sabra Stout. So,
(02:46):
Sabra, how are you good?I'm doing well, doing well. We've
been trying to do this podcast forwhat a month and a half, two
months, and we've gotten sick.One week I was sick. One week
Saber was sick testing. One weekI couldn't do it because I had testing.
Yeah, it was. It's justbeen a hot mess. So now
we are finally here and able todo the podcast. So Sabra, our
(03:09):
audience is listening with bated breath.Tell me what is your deal? Acting?
So basically drama and theater and kindof stuff. It's good. There
(03:35):
you go, So tell us areyou a superstar? No? Do you
sign autographs and everything like that?No? You should you make money from
that? People though taking a lotof pictures. That's true. Theater people
do take a lot of pictures.And you know, Sabra and I of
course we're GT community so we knoweach other. But also she's in productions
and my daughter is in productions too, so we see each other a lot
(03:55):
after hours at these play rehearsals andeverything. So okay, how did you
when did you start acting? Saveor how young were you when? Like
when you started? I started likelast year, So you're relatively new.
Huh, yes, okay, butI already know so many people I do
it, and I usually always havesomebody that I know or that I'm used
(04:15):
to doing theater with when I doa show. Okay, So, um,
so when you started? What show? Did you start with? Charlotte's
Web? Charlotte's Webb You had abig part in that, right, that
was my very first show and Igot Charlotte, the Charlotte of Charlotte's Web.
Wow, but you felt pretty important, right, Yes? Yes,
it is also a thing. Ohyeah, big time, big time.
(04:40):
That's cool though you get I meanthat doesn't usually happen. Usually you start
and you get some little part,and of course I can see you on
the stage. You'd kind of bea natural fat So was it was that
role difficult? I mean? Wasit was it hard for you? Because
it was your first one? Sincelike, uh, this was written,
this story was written like kind ofa while ago. Because it's kind of
(05:00):
it's a very old sure kind Iwas reading it when I was in school,
that's how old it is. Yeah. Uh, and so like some
of the dialogue is very long.I know one show that we did,
I messed up my monologue and Ikind of just sat there for a few
seconds, I walked off and thenyeah, that's and I was in theater
(05:23):
in high school, and that's likeone of the most terrifying things in the
world. I mean, people,I don't think people were realized just how
unnerving that is. When you're standingin a room full of people that are
there to see you and then youforget what you're supposed to say. It's
just like, oh my gosh,what am I going to do? What
am I going to say? So? What did you walked off? And
what happened? Uh? And thenlike later at night, because my mom
(05:46):
was there, you made me readover all my lines again because I need
to memorize them. And the nextyear was perfect. Yeah, but then
probably coming up to that group oflines, you were still probably a little
nervous, right, Yes, you'relike, oh, I don't wonder I
feel like I covered up really well. Yeah, because that was kind of
like a sad monologue because I wastalking about like what they're gonna do,
Wilburn, what I have to do, and like that. I was not
(06:08):
feeling well, right, and soit was kind of a moment of silence.
Yeah. So it worked well,very well, very good, very
good. All right? So,um, you said Charlotte's Web. What
other plays have you been in?Okay? So I've been in a Child's
Web. And then I did akind of like three day camp thing and
we did too much like musical songs, so like high school musical, jungle
(06:31):
Book, the musical um and thenI did Descendants and then I did Route
Off. Okay, I remember,yeah, I remember you had to You
had to like didn't one there oneday you took half a day off to
school because you had to go performat the Fort Smith Public Library. That
I have my Child's Web too,right, But no, that was for
an actual show. The library wasafter school, after school. Okay,
(06:54):
all right, Now I'm doing Matilda. I just found out who I got
Friday? So who did you getfrom Acrobat? Nice? Are you excited
about that? Yeah? Are therea lot of lines with that? Or
is it? I don't really haveany lines for that one, but I
do have to kind of like repeatwhat she says jud same things that she
says. Um, and I haveto die again. So it's all about
(07:16):
the dying. Are you very dramaticwhen you die? I guess so cruel?
Cruel world? What a world?And just kind of like my sister
killed your sister killed you. Ohman, Yeah, that's awful. Oh
yeah, I remember that. Iremember that. Yes. So that's a
cool role because basically she's up therereading and you're performing what she's reading.
(07:41):
Right, It's like it's like athat's right. You just get to move
around, so it'll just be nailingyour spots. That's pretty cool. Um,
so have you been involved because AlmaFor those of you that are listening
outside our district, Elma is reallywell known for their theater program. They
have a phenomenal theater m here aswell as dance and cheer, and our
performing arts are pretty pretty top notch, if we do say so ourselves.
(08:05):
But um, have you done anyproductions here, like with the school workshops
or anything? So since then inmusic school we have a stage, but
we don't do it like the placehere, so I can only do that
in seventh grade. Okay, Alma, right, because middle school that's when
it kind of kicks off. Right, do they have one? I can't
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even remember if they got one insixth grade? Okay, okay, yeah
right, missus box Snake was workingon it, and yes, he was
trying to convince like all of thebuilding people and they how are you going
one? Timhere? Yeah? Butthen they did do it. That middle
school is a busy place. Highschool is too, but theater is a
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big part of high school. Middleschool. Yeah, just trying to get
the GT stuff in there is.Yeah, it's it's it's tough there.
So I've been in a couple ofthings. What's been your favorite role?
Um, Matilda's going really well,But I have actually done only yet,
so I don't know because this isthe first day. Tomorrow will be the
first day of actual rehearsal with allof our parts. But I think descendance
(09:07):
descends very fun. So why didyou like descendance so much? Like I
was with older kids and younger kids, and for the other company that I
do with it's only third through fifthgrade, her sixth grade, and then
for yag which is why I diddescendance with Yes, um, it's like
all ages. Yeah, And YAGis Young Actors Guild and they hold open
(09:28):
auditions and you can come in andyeah, triumph for things and yeah,
yeah, my daughter was in thatone with you. That was a very
that was a very cool production.She had a good rule too. Yeah
she nailed that. Oh gosh,speaking of Diva's No, she's very she's
very humble, and we're very proudof her. She does do a good
(09:50):
job. So what what is it? I mean, acting is kind of
a difficult thing. What is itthat you enjoy the most about acting?
Do you think the people? Andlike it's just a bunch of stuff,
and so like the people are abig part of it. The shows too,
because there are some shows that arevery kiddish and they meant for younger
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roles and then like for older roles. So for Matilda, they have the
little kids, they have adults,and then they have like main roles that
are adults. So like the olderkids get some of the older roles and
then the young kids get like thekids. Right for some roles, I
know a lot of other roles thatlike the young kid has gotten the parents
and the older kid has gotten themain roles. So do you think that,
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I mean, do you enjoy,like, do you get like a
rush from performing, Like you know, you're nervous at the first and then
when it's done, the first knotand you know, the final knot and
everything like that. Yes, forlike, I think it was Descendants.
It's so hot back there, andit's so like hot on stage that I
remember one time I had a bloodvessels sticking out of my forehead after the
(10:56):
show. Yeah, because for thoseof you that have never been on stage,
you know, those lights are faraway, but they are hot.
And then half the time you're wearingheavy costumes and pancake makeup and everything like
that. Yeah, it's just it'sit's a sweatfest up there for sure.
Yeah. Absolutely. Um. Sowhat's the hardest part of acting? What
do you think is the toughest.Um, The toughest part about acting is
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probably tech week and casting because castingcauses me so much stress to see who
I got because I feel like Igot a good job with them again you
never know, right, Um.And then tech week is the week before
the show and you have rehearsal everysingle day until the show, and so
like you're eating lunch there, you'reeating dinner there sometimes and you're I know
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for distance. We stily there untileight thirty every night, right, right,
So tech week is that where itall starts to come together, Like
the lighting people are getting with themusic people and then the orchestra and Steven
for that who did the lights,Steven Sellers, Yeah, he's the best
guys might he's pretty awesome. Yeah, does the sound for my church.
Right, And so he was therethe very first day of tech week getting
(12:05):
all of the lighting programs stuff.And then the next day Tom who did
he who helps like mikes and stuff, and he, like I was not
prous, was there to do mikes, and then the orchestrating the next day,
and then the fourth day right beforethe show. Every day they all
came together and we did the entireshow with all of the effects and everything.
Yeah. And the funny thing isjust about every production I've seen two
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weeks out, you're like looking atit, going, this is never going
to come together, this is nevergonna work, right, everybody's messing up,
and then it's magic. It's justboomed that first night it comes together.
And like as a performer, youprobably sit there and go, well,
we missed this, we missed this, we missed this. But as
audience members work on Yeah, asaudience members watching it, we're like,
I didn't notice anything. It wasawesome. We thought it was great.
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So my director for Chelt's Web threatenedto cancel the show one time, like
a bunch of times, because thereare a bunch of kids. We only
had like five kids that were doingit, but there were some kids who
are like giving them around. Andthen we're doing with our spots too for
Matilda'll we have forty two kids doingit. Yeah, and so it's very
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talkative. Ye. Surprisingly we're veryquiet, Yeah, which is surprising because
usually we're a loud Yes. Yes, theater people are known for their projection
and their loudness. So you saidthere was something in your notes and I
can't remember what it was. Itwas something about when you did um like
to read Alouns close book something likethat. What was it? Off book?
(13:30):
Yeah, tell tell me about offbook. Okay, So off book
is um like, we have tothat's the date that we have to memorize
all of our lines. So nono scripts, no scripts, and if
he like the few days after offbook, we're lots like if we don't
know it that we could bring ourscripts off, but then after those we
can't have our scripts at all andwe have to do it without our scripts,
without line, without doing it.But we can still memorize them and
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like work on them when we're notpracticing in like outside of theater. Okay,
So Saber, where do you thinkyou know you're gonna you're gonna go
with this? You think you're gonnalike end up in Hollywood and maybe you
like be famous. Do be sayingyou know you're gonna be You're gonna be
famous in Hollywood? Or what doyou what do you are you doing this
as like recreational or do you thinkyou maybe want to get scholarship on it
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or what do you think the ideas? Now I could get a scholarship,
but there's acting of the thing thatyou can do without college or you can
do with College's true. Um,and so because like I know a bunch
of people who do Broadway and thenthen they go on too like movies.
So it's kind of I know,there's a big performing arts college in Oklahoma
(14:37):
City. There's like a huge one. Yeah, there's a lot of students
from Alma that have gone on tobe very successful. That started there and
just kind of springboarded from there.Okay, so you know this is a
GT podcast. You're a GT student. I am a GT coordinator. So
a lot of times GT people strugglewith shyness and speaking, and you know
we work on that in class inour classroom. Do you think that people
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who struggle with public speaking should maybegive acting a shot or some type of
public they could, But the thingabout acting you study with a lot of
people, so that can also helpif because there they might not seem nervous,
but they are definitely nervous. AndI worked with somebody one time who
had major stage right and was aperformer and actor. This was the first
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show and they had major stage right, but then like as they got coach
of the show, they kind oflike gave off and they weren't like scared
any more. They were scared.They were scared the first show because it
was the first show and they werelike kind of getting some anxiety and stuff.
But it ended up being fine andthey have done it a lot.
Well, that's pretty cool. Yeah, I'm always pushing people because you can
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get stuck in that comfort zone.And sometimes it's good to step outside of
that comfort zone because you can findnew things and things you might not And
you know, gt kids are well, if I can't do it perfectly,
I'm just not going to do ita lot of the time. But you
know that that's no reason to stopdoing what you're doing for sure. Okay.
So it's been a pleasure having youon here. And as you know,
everyone who comes on here has togive a shout out to someone,
(16:07):
So just somebody that you appreciate andyou just want to say thank you too.
So who do you want to giveyour shout out too? And why?
My uncle he did theater at thehigh school and he's really good friends
with all most of the teachers here, and so he since he did acting,
my mom was like begging me toget in acting. Okay, And
what's your uncle's name, CJ?CJ? So, okay, CJ,
(16:30):
this shout out is for you.I hope CJ was ready to cowboy up
because that was that was our goodcowboy when his first show was Oklahoma,
so that was fitting then didn't evenknow it. Oklahoma is my wife's favorite
musical. I want to go seeyou. When they did it, at
the UFS Theater. It was reallygood, really, and he was in
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that production. Was no, thatwas my cousin was supposed to be in
it. It. So what's yourfavorite musical? I like Oklahoma, Oklahoma.
I might go see you Wicked.Oh Wick, it's good, Yeah,
it's good. We're going to goto New York and oh nice.
Yeah. I went and saw.I was able to see Phantom of the
(17:14):
Opera on Broadway and that was thatwas incredible, the music and the acting
and everything. So all right,Saber, I could keep going and talk
in theater and acting with you thewhole time, but I've got to get
you back to class so you cando some of the book learning. Dang
it. Well, Sabor, Hey, I want to thank you. You
were an excellent guest, So thankyou for coming on and speaking to us
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about acting. Would you believe meif I told you I used to believe
Saber was shy. She did agreat job. I met her in third
grade and she was very shy,you know, very very quiet, wouldn't
speak to me in the halls.But um, I would say her level
of comfort around me has increased substantially. Um, she's a great public speaker,
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great actress, senior, Senior,and several performances. So and again
I highly recommend for those of youthat have been listening and know what we
do in my GT classroom. Youknow a lot of a lot of my
educational stuff is wrapped around talking andspeaking because we are losing the ability to
communicate with one another in a peacefulmanner and to listen to other people's opinions.
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So I would highly recommend if you'vegot a child down there and you
want to kind of get them wellrounded, get them into some kind of
public speaking, you know, speakingin front of somebody. We do morning
announcements here so our kids can getup in front of a camera and they
address the whole school. Granted asclosed circuit TV, but still it gives
them that opportunity to get in frontof people to speak, and it makes
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them that much more comfortable in theirskin and as a kid today, that
is a huge, huge thing thatwe all need to be concerned with and
want our students to have as thatlevel of comfort in their own skins.
There. It is our first podcast, Bike. I hope you enjoyed it.
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I enjoyed doing it big thanks toSabra for coming on and kind of
entertaining us and letting us know aboutacting and what it takes to be an
actress. If you're interested in that, there's plenty of Young Actors guilds and
Center for the Student Arts and thingslike that that you can get your student
(19:27):
involved, and you can get yourchild involved in. Just get them out
there, you know, let them, let them try new things, get
them out of their comfort zone.It's a good thing for him. Trust
me, I'm all about it,do it to my own kids, so
I wouldn't be advocating and if Ididn't believe in it. But once again,
I want to thank you for showingup. We're gonna try and get
another one to you next week ifeverything goes well, and I hope you're
(19:51):
all doing well. Stay safe.We've got a storm front moving in down
here in the South, so staysafe, be careful, and thank you
all for tuning in. We'll seeyou next time.
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