August 31, 2025 • 10 mins
Mindy and Mikaela speak with Tyla Daniel with The Contemporary and do a giveaway for callers!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Love to give things away, including tickets tickets, and we
have a song going right now a little bit in
the background, and we think it's connected to one of
the first shows that the Contemporary Theater is going to
do this twenty twenty five fall season and into the
next year. We have Tyler Daniels on the phone with us,
the assistant director. Tyler, thank you for joining. I know
(00:23):
that some of the company is on stage right now.
Are they in tech tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yes, absolutely, and thank you for having me. We are
in tech and we should be running soon.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
So how's it going so far?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
It's going great, honestly. Everyone has been wonderful to work
with and the show is coming together beautifully. We are
having blasts.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
So, Alice by Heart is the name of the show
and it is the first show of this season. Correct, correct, Yes,
And so what is Alice by Heart about. We're taking
it that it's some kind of spinoff from Alice in Wonderland,
but I don't know for sure.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, So Alice by Heart it is a story set
in London in the nineteen forties about a young girl
named Alice who has been fascinated with the story of
Alice by Heart or Alice in Wonderland since she was young,
but when she decides to share the story with the
people around her, it kind of changes in ways she
(01:18):
didn't expect.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Ooh, that's a tease.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, tell us a little one sow where she tells
the story.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
What do you mean the story changes in ways she
didn't expect.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I can't quite say. You'll have to come see it.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm very intrigued because I don't know what it means exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
But this is a musical. It's not just a straight
up play. It's a musical, right, Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's right. So we have wonderful music, live music with
an amazing band, and we have great actors who can
sing and dance their butts off.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's fun.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
That is fun.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And I always love the spaces that you guys are in.
Which theater is it going to be performed in over
at the Rife?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
It's going to be in Studio one, Studio one? So
how do you prepare? How did they prepare?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I guess to step into such a like we were
going to talk to Harold putting Slash the Mad Hatter?
Is that the same character? This is I'm being a
little bit sleuthing right now, Like, is Harold Pudding and
the Mad Hatter the same person?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, they're kind of related. So Alice really sees some
of these characters in the people around her, and so
they kind of get to play these roles for her.
The actors really took time, and not just the actors,
but the whole crew, the whole cast, really took time
to dive into the script as well as into the
(02:42):
book and into the movie even to draw ideas about
these characters and about the setting and about all of
what this could possibly look like.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So I did a little digging and I researched Alice
by Heart since we've been on the air with you.
And one of the first questions that pops up is
this is there a kiss in Alice by Heart? And
it says Alice tries to kiss him, hoping to contract
tuberculosis and die with him, but Alfred stops her.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
What is Romeo and Juliet means Alice in Wonderland?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well, so this this story is really a bit different
from the normal Alice in Wonderland that you know, right.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
But.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It's very close to a lot of people's hearts, and
I'm sure once people see it they'll understand exactly what
that means. Obviously, there's going to be some real life
aspects to it that people can see and understand and
hopefully by the end of it they do take something
away from it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So the Contemporary likes to do, just as its name
would say, shows that are a little bit different.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
You want to talk a little bit about.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
That, sure, yeah, So here at the Contemporary, we love
to make sure that we are made space for voices
when we talk about art, right like, art is one
of the strongest tools we have for human connection, and
so being able to give people the opportunity to share
(04:12):
their voice and do things that are different that might
not be what you would normally think would happen in
the theater, that's exactly what we want to see and
we could have a little fun doing it.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
That sounds awesome. Let me ask you something else. Are
you constantly looking for actors and actresses of all ages
to be in your shows?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yes, we have auditions for the seasons. We've already had
them for the season obviously, but yes, every year we
have auditions. It just depends on what shows we're doing
that season. But they take a great deal of time
making sure they have like an overall theme or goal
or some kind of idea of what that season should
(04:53):
look like, and then that could range from little kids
all the way up to adults grow an adults.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I love the community coportunity here. And you've been an
actor and you've moved to a director position now and
your assistant director work. What's it been like to move
from actor to director because there are so many different
roles inside a theater company.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Sure, yeah, so acting is one of the passions of
mine for sure. I love being on stage and working
with so many wonderful and professional people, but also being
able to direct, you kind of get to be able
to shape the stories your own way, with your own
voice and your own style. And so being an actor
you can have some ideas of your own and you
(05:35):
can really put yourself into the characters, but also as
a director, you kind of shape the entire vision and
what it looks like overall. So that's been a really
great change and a really great opportunity for me.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
And this really kicks off your season. How busy of
a season are you going to have this year? Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I think we're going to have great shows this season,
very diverse shows as well, we have Jaw Jazz, we
have Primary Trust, we have a couple others as well
that I think people are really going to enjoy.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
For folks who are curious about what's coming up and
a little more. I don't know either of those shows,
but again, you guys do some things that are really unique.
Where are they going to learn more about this and
what tickets and packages look like for the season. Because
we do have such a thriving theater community here in Columbus,
people like to do the packages.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
So tell us a little bit abou where they can
go to learn a little bit about more about the
shows and whatnot this season.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Sure, So we do have a website if you are
interested in purchasing tickets, you can go to the Contemporary
Ohio dot org where you can buy the individual tickets
or the season subscriptions as well.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
That's awesome. Well I would say good luck, but I'm
not going to because the showbiz world, you say, break
a leg, break a leg? How did that ever get started?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Do you know?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I have no idea.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I don't know either.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
You're going to have to research, Yeah, we'll have to
look We'll have to look into that. So we're going
to give away a couple of tickets to Alice by Heart.
And before we do that, and one of the questions
I wanted to ask you and we'd heard, would be
a good question to ask if you had to describe
the show in three words, just three words for our listeners,
what would they be?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Oh, three words Alice by Heart.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, Oh, that's fun.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I see. Journey would be a great one. Self discovery
to self discovery.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Count the word it's one word, it's I mean, there's
a dash in it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yeah, there's a dashing great great door dash.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And then uh, kaleidoscope would.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Be great, kaleidiscope. Interesting.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Okay, Well, we're going to open up our phone lines
to get a winner, So give us a call six
one four eight two one nine eight eight six six
one four eight two one WTVN to win two tickets
to Alice by Heart. Tyler, tell us what's the show run?
When does it start? You're in tech right now, But
(08:03):
when does it start? And what are the dates of
the run?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Yes, Alice by Heart runs from September fourth through the
twenty first.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
That's a long run.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And is it on weekends or what days of the
week is it? I can't remember you guys do this
a little differently too.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yes, it'll be weekend, so I believe Thursdays through the weekend,
Saturday and Sunday as well.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Okay, six one four, eight two, one nine eighty eighty six.
Best of luck with tech and getting everything started here
next week.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Thank you, Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Oh well wait, just don't go anywhere quite yet, ready
for this.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
The most widely accepted origin of break a leg is
a theatrical superstition where wishing an actor good luck was
considered unlucky, so instead, wishing for the opposite, such as
breaking a leg, was believed to appease fate and ensure
a successful performance. So it was nice.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So they just came up with opposite, right, because you
don't want to break a leg.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
But that's been around for everybody you're dealing with, anybody
in the show biz, you're always like break a lay.
You never tell them good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Look, so yeah, break all the legs as you start
next week, tyler. We look forward to hearing about the run.
Thanks so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
No problem, Thank you so much, Thanks to again.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Six one four eight nine eight eight six six one
four eight two one WTVN to win a pair of
tickets to go see it.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
And it's a really.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Cool studio experience, you know, like a box like you're
sitting in a square around.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
It's not your typical stage experience. That's why I always
liked the contemporary shows.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So go check it out. Get yourself some free tickets.
Look at you get to go on a date for free.
Like the date will never know that you got this
for free.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
It's the best. And they have snacks and drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Done right, done, done deal, done deal. All right, you
guys will wrap things up when we back.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
This is what matters.
Love to give things away, including tickets tickets, and we
have a song going right now a little bit in
the background, and we think it's connected to one of
the first shows that the Contemporary Theater is going to
do this twenty twenty five fall season and into the
next year. We have Tyler Daniels on the phone with us,
the assistant director. Tyler, thank you for joining. I know
(00:23):
that some of the company is on stage right now.
Are they in tech tonight?
Speaker 2 (00:27):
Yes, absolutely, and thank you for having me. We are
in tech and we should be running soon.
Speaker 3 (00:32):
So how's it going so far?
Speaker 2 (00:34):
It's going great, honestly. Everyone has been wonderful to work
with and the show is coming together beautifully. We are
having blasts.
Speaker 1 (00:43):
So, Alice by Heart is the name of the show
and it is the first show of this season. Correct, correct, Yes,
And so what is Alice by Heart about. We're taking
it that it's some kind of spinoff from Alice in Wonderland,
but I don't know for sure.
Speaker 2 (00:57):
Yeah, So Alice by Heart it is a story set
in London in the nineteen forties about a young girl
named Alice who has been fascinated with the story of
Alice by Heart or Alice in Wonderland since she was young,
but when she decides to share the story with the
people around her, it kind of changes in ways she
(01:18):
didn't expect.
Speaker 4 (01:20):
Ooh, that's a tease.
Speaker 1 (01:22):
Yeah, tell us a little one sow where she tells
the story.
Speaker 4 (01:26):
What do you mean the story changes in ways she
didn't expect.
Speaker 2 (01:30):
I can't quite say. You'll have to come see it.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Okay.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
I'm very intrigued because I don't know what it means exactly.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
But this is a musical. It's not just a straight
up play. It's a musical, right, Yes.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
That's right. So we have wonderful music, live music with
an amazing band, and we have great actors who can
sing and dance their butts off.
Speaker 3 (01:52):
That's fun.
Speaker 4 (01:53):
That is fun.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
And I always love the spaces that you guys are in.
Which theater is it going to be performed in over
at the Rife?
Speaker 4 (02:00):
It's going to be in Studio one, Studio one? So
how do you prepare? How did they prepare?
Speaker 1 (02:07):
I guess to step into such a like we were
going to talk to Harold putting Slash the Mad Hatter?
Is that the same character? This is I'm being a
little bit sleuthing right now, Like, is Harold Pudding and
the Mad Hatter the same person?
Speaker 2 (02:21):
Yeah, they're kind of related. So Alice really sees some
of these characters in the people around her, and so
they kind of get to play these roles for her.
The actors really took time, and not just the actors,
but the whole crew, the whole cast, really took time
to dive into the script as well as into the
(02:42):
book and into the movie even to draw ideas about
these characters and about the setting and about all of
what this could possibly look like.
Speaker 3 (02:51):
So I did a little digging and I researched Alice
by Heart since we've been on the air with you.
And one of the first questions that pops up is
this is there a kiss in Alice by Heart? And
it says Alice tries to kiss him, hoping to contract
tuberculosis and die with him, but Alfred stops her.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
What is Romeo and Juliet means Alice in Wonderland?
Speaker 3 (03:15):
Right?
Speaker 2 (03:16):
Well, so this this story is really a bit different
from the normal Alice in Wonderland that you know, right.
Speaker 1 (03:27):
But.
Speaker 2 (03:29):
It's very close to a lot of people's hearts, and
I'm sure once people see it they'll understand exactly what
that means. Obviously, there's going to be some real life
aspects to it that people can see and understand and
hopefully by the end of it they do take something
away from it.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
So the Contemporary likes to do, just as its name
would say, shows that are a little bit different.
Speaker 4 (03:51):
You want to talk a little bit about.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
That, sure, yeah, So here at the Contemporary, we love
to make sure that we are made space for voices
when we talk about art, right like, art is one
of the strongest tools we have for human connection, and
so being able to give people the opportunity to share
(04:12):
their voice and do things that are different that might
not be what you would normally think would happen in
the theater, that's exactly what we want to see and
we could have a little fun doing it.
Speaker 3 (04:23):
That sounds awesome. Let me ask you something else. Are
you constantly looking for actors and actresses of all ages
to be in your shows?
Speaker 2 (04:32):
Yes, we have auditions for the seasons. We've already had
them for the season obviously, but yes, every year we
have auditions. It just depends on what shows we're doing
that season. But they take a great deal of time
making sure they have like an overall theme or goal
or some kind of idea of what that season should
(04:53):
look like, and then that could range from little kids
all the way up to adults grow an adults.
Speaker 1 (04:58):
I love the community coportunity here. And you've been an
actor and you've moved to a director position now and
your assistant director work. What's it been like to move
from actor to director because there are so many different
roles inside a theater company.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
Sure, yeah, so acting is one of the passions of
mine for sure. I love being on stage and working
with so many wonderful and professional people, but also being
able to direct, you kind of get to be able
to shape the stories your own way, with your own
voice and your own style. And so being an actor
you can have some ideas of your own and you
(05:35):
can really put yourself into the characters, but also as
a director, you kind of shape the entire vision and
what it looks like overall. So that's been a really
great change and a really great opportunity for me.
Speaker 3 (05:47):
And this really kicks off your season. How busy of
a season are you going to have this year? Oh?
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I think we're going to have great shows this season,
very diverse shows as well, we have Jaw Jazz, we
have Primary Trust, we have a couple others as well
that I think people are really going to enjoy.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
For folks who are curious about what's coming up and
a little more. I don't know either of those shows,
but again, you guys do some things that are really unique.
Where are they going to learn more about this and
what tickets and packages look like for the season. Because
we do have such a thriving theater community here in Columbus,
people like to do the packages.
Speaker 4 (06:27):
So tell us a little bit abou where they can
go to learn a little bit about more about the
shows and whatnot this season.
Speaker 2 (06:32):
Sure, So we do have a website if you are
interested in purchasing tickets, you can go to the Contemporary
Ohio dot org where you can buy the individual tickets
or the season subscriptions as well.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
That's awesome. Well I would say good luck, but I'm
not going to because the showbiz world, you say, break
a leg, break a leg? How did that ever get started?
Speaker 1 (06:54):
Do you know?
Speaker 2 (06:55):
I have no idea.
Speaker 4 (06:57):
I don't know either.
Speaker 1 (06:57):
You're going to have to research, Yeah, we'll have to
look We'll have to look into that. So we're going
to give away a couple of tickets to Alice by Heart.
And before we do that, and one of the questions
I wanted to ask you and we'd heard, would be
a good question to ask if you had to describe
the show in three words, just three words for our listeners,
what would they be?
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Oh, three words Alice by Heart.
Speaker 3 (07:21):
No, Oh, that's fun.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I see. Journey would be a great one. Self discovery
to self discovery.
Speaker 4 (07:30):
Count the word it's one word, it's I mean, there's
a dash in it.
Speaker 3 (07:34):
Yeah, there's a dashing great great door dash.
Speaker 2 (07:36):
And then uh, kaleidoscope would.
Speaker 4 (07:39):
Be great, kaleidiscope. Interesting.
Speaker 1 (07:43):
Okay, Well, we're going to open up our phone lines
to get a winner, So give us a call six
one four eight two one nine eight eight six six
one four eight two one WTVN to win two tickets
to Alice by Heart. Tyler, tell us what's the show run?
When does it start? You're in tech right now, But
(08:03):
when does it start? And what are the dates of
the run?
Speaker 2 (08:07):
Yes, Alice by Heart runs from September fourth through the
twenty first.
Speaker 3 (08:11):
That's a long run.
Speaker 1 (08:12):
And is it on weekends or what days of the
week is it? I can't remember you guys do this
a little differently too.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Yes, it'll be weekend, so I believe Thursdays through the weekend,
Saturday and Sunday as well.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
Okay, six one four, eight two, one nine eighty eighty six.
Best of luck with tech and getting everything started here
next week.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
Thank you, Thank you so much for having us.
Speaker 3 (08:37):
Oh well wait, just don't go anywhere quite yet, ready
for this.
Speaker 4 (08:42):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (08:42):
The most widely accepted origin of break a leg is
a theatrical superstition where wishing an actor good luck was
considered unlucky, so instead, wishing for the opposite, such as
breaking a leg, was believed to appease fate and ensure
a successful performance. So it was nice.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
So they just came up with opposite, right, because you
don't want to break a leg.
Speaker 3 (09:09):
But that's been around for everybody you're dealing with, anybody
in the show biz, you're always like break a lay.
You never tell them good luck.
Speaker 1 (09:16):
Look, so yeah, break all the legs as you start
next week, tyler. We look forward to hearing about the run.
Thanks so much for joining us today.
Speaker 2 (09:26):
No problem, Thank you so much, Thanks to again.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
Six one four eight nine eight eight six six one
four eight two one WTVN to win a pair of
tickets to go see it.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
And it's a really.
Speaker 1 (09:35):
Cool studio experience, you know, like a box like you're
sitting in a square around.
Speaker 4 (09:40):
It's not your typical stage experience. That's why I always
liked the contemporary shows.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
So go check it out. Get yourself some free tickets.
Look at you get to go on a date for free.
Like the date will never know that you got this
for free.
Speaker 4 (09:52):
It's the best. And they have snacks and drinks.
Speaker 3 (09:54):
There you go.
Speaker 1 (09:55):
Done right, done, done deal, done deal. All right, you
guys will wrap things up when we back.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
This is what matters.
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