SPEAKER_03 0:00

What's going on, y'all? Jesus Ladio of Nandez back at it again, Corpus Christi Originals Podcast. Today we have Act, Actors Creating Together. Go ahead and introduce yourselves.

SPEAKER_01 0:08

I'm Mario Aguilar.

SPEAKER_03 0:09

Jessica Chang, Cameron Spencer. I'm Jesus Ladio, Auri. I already just said that. So what's up, you guys? How y'all doing? Good. How are you doing? We're here at Aurora Arts Theater. Yes. Thank you, Aurora Arts, for letting us use this beautiful place. I've never been here before. So you guys are talking to different actors. Congrats on getting to episode 10.

SPEAKER_00 0:28

Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 0:29

Thank you. Very excited. Y'all are like past like the 90% that stopped at the 10th episode. So that's amazing. That's it. So why did you guys start the podcast or what's going on there?

SPEAKER_05 0:42

Am I taking this one? Okay, I'm going to take this one. I think it uh led from uh we were standing in a huddle at the concession stand here at Aurora, just shooting. Shooting the shit. Can I say shooting the shit? Okay, shooting the shit. And talking about ways to really emphasize actors and creatives and how we can really support those in the Corpus Christi area. And so one of us, I don't remember which one. Was it you?

SPEAKER_00 1:11

It was my fault. I started the blank game.

SPEAKER_05 1:14

Totally his fault. So then podcast was mentioned.

SPEAKER_00 1:20

I was talking to Mary because I love her stories and they're always fun and interesting. And I told her she should be on a podcast. And then Jessica mentioned that I should start it. And I was like, you know what? This is an idea. And then Mario, he put all three of us in a group chat and said, like, if we actually wanted to do this, he would go out and get the equipment, and Jessica lent us her place to start our first episode. Right.

SPEAKER_05 1:41

Nice. Yep. And that's what happened.

SPEAKER_01 1:43

So we did. And so uh here we are 10 episodes later. Uh outreaching to all the community around you, all the theater community. It's very important. I think that what's lacking, and at least here locally, is somebody that speaks for everybody kind of neutrally. Uh I well, my my heart belongs to Aurora because I've I've done most of my stuff here at Aurora. So uh I'm favor them. You know, it's not that I don't like everybody else, it's just that this is where I've do all my stuff. Um, but there's so many other places and outlets, not just in the community theater, but in high school theater now. Uh it's it's it's branched out so much. So there's so much to do in corpus area that we thought that it'd be okay that we put a podcast together that we could mention all these things when they happen, so we can mention when auditions happen so people can go. Uh we're trying to bring new people into the theater because if you don't, it ends up dying. Because people get older and they age out of certain roles that they can't do anymore. And so you need to have the youth younger people, younger crowd come in to keep it going. So I think that's what we're trying to do is try to promote local theater and and lift everybody up at the same time.

SPEAKER_05 2:47

Yeah, keeping it neutral, talking about every single theater in the area, not just one, um, encouraging those who've always wanted to try theater and and haven't had the courage to get out there and go for it, encouraging them to do it, learn if they want to direct, giving our insight on our experiences as directing, as acting, as stage managing, and showing a little bit uh behind the scenes of all of those aspects.

SPEAKER_03 3:13

Yeah, that's pretty cool. So yeah, I mean, podcasting, I guess, is the thing to do to be able to get that information out there. Right.

SPEAKER_01 3:19

It's the cheapest way, and maybe the more entertaining way because we enjoy ourselves, our company, and we just start talking some of the stuff that's not even on the podcast. We edit out because we just we start talking and we'll go off subject. Oh, yeah. Gotta get back to our sub request. So it's kind of an editing thing. So what you hear on the podcast about a 45 minutes, it's usually about an hour and a half of us talking that I have to cut down.

SPEAKER_00 3:39

Maybe over an hour and a half. Maybe over an hour.

SPEAKER_05 3:41

I really feel bad for you having to edit all the time because I know that is a job for you.

SPEAKER_01 3:45

So I hear the podcast about 17 times before it comes out, but it's fine. I I I enjoy it, so it's good. And like I said, I think that we all three doing this trying to do a service to the community to to put a light on uh on theater here locally and try to build it up.

SPEAKER_03 4:00

Oh, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 4:00

That's all we're trying to do.

SPEAKER_03 4:01

Yeah, that's awesome. I love that. When I when I had you on the podcast with uh Night Creature, yeah, Night Creature Production. I could tell you had like a like a heart for acting and all that other stuff, you know. So it's great that you're shining a spotlight on it.

SPEAKER_01 4:12

Well, I appreciate that that's I love to do it, something I like to do. Uh, and it's just I'm more than happy to give back whatever I can. Yeah. If it's if it's me helping backstage, I'm happy doing that. If it's me on stage, I'm as well. So uh they as well are so uh I worked with with uh Jessica in this last production we did, uh Bless Spirit. She was directing, I was assistant directing, and uh got to know Jessica because she's new to this to the city. She's only been here a couple of years, what, three or four years?

SPEAKER_05 4:37

Uh just now celebrating three years of being in Corpus Christi.

SPEAKER_01 4:40

Right from Oklahoma. So we didn't know each other coming into that. Uh I was just the stage manager for some she was assistant directing the year previous. And so we got to know each other and and she asked me to help her. And I was honored for one thing. I learned so much from Jessica. She just got a lot of a lot of knowledge of what's going on, and so it helped me build my uh resume. Yeah. Uh so that because I want to direct eventually too. And like I said, I learned a lot from Jessica. So she talked.

SPEAKER_03 5:04

So how did you end how did you land on how did you end up in Corpus? Like uh look at a map and point it like here it is, or um, so I'm from Tulsa, Oklahoma.

SPEAKER_05 5:16

Um, and so my uh husband landed a job down here. They they said, Hey, we really want you here. Then they paid for us to move here, so we're like, yeah, okay, sure, why not? Yeah. Um, and so that is how we ended up in Corpus is through my husband's employment. So it is. No, it's been amazing. I love that the beach is only a 10-minute drive away. Um, absolutely phenomenal. Uh, I did leave a a theater community in Tulsa. I was a co-founder of a community theater there that was uh in the process of getting ready to thrive and um absolutely amazing opportunity. And so I left that behind when we made the move. And and then it took me uh uh almost two years to find a theater family here and Aurora adopted me. And so my heart is here also. Again, I'd love to work if any anybody else out there is watching. Um definitely would love to work with some of the other theaters here in town uh and uh just really shine a light on the theater community and actors and um yeah.

SPEAKER_03 6:20

And so you're uh do in the directing aspect of directing's my favorite part of it, yeah.

SPEAKER_05 6:26

And so straight plays primarily, and then if I act, I act straight plays.

SPEAKER_03 6:30

Okay, cool. And you sir? Uh I'm sorry, what I forgot your name. Cameron. Cameron. Uh so what what do you do in the scene or for the scene? Are you seems like you're an actor or actress or whatever?

SPEAKER_00 6:40

I'm I'm being rude. Uh more of an actor. Okay. Yeah. Um my first show here was a Christmas story. Where I was just an adult ensemble, but um I auditioned for the late Peter Lopez for West Side Story, and I got in, um, and it was just so much fun. When I'm not on the stage, I would help out with concessions. Wow. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 7:01

Oh man, what's that feeling like when you're on stage and you see the crowd like captivated the crowd? Like, I is that why you keep coming back?

SPEAKER_00 7:08

Or that's actually why I keep coming back, yeah. It's amazing to feel the audience's energy while you're on stage. Yeah. And like them watching the show for me, it's just like escaping the world that's outside. Yeah. Like you get to live in a entirely different world, become a different character. And it's awesome seeing how the audience can connect with a lot of the characters that are on stage.

SPEAKER_03 7:33

For sure. How do we get how do we get people from their TV screen, from Netflix, to come out here? You know what I mean? Is that is that an ongoing struggle for you guys?

SPEAKER_01 7:42

I I to be quite honest with you, the uh it's been so much um I think we're getting it we're seeing a change right now. I I am seeing the last couple years, they're streaming a lot more plays on on on on on uh TV now. There's a lot of streaming services out there that musicals. Musicals and and they'll they'll stream that they'll uh NBC even did like a lot they've got a couple of live uh plays. So those are things that are are get into the people that watch TV all the time. I say, well, you know what? I might be wanting to go see that live somewhere and go look locally in their community to go to go see like they come to Aurora or they go to Harbor and and see the plays. I think another thing is is that being able to put good and new shows out there to people that people want to see. Um the there is a lot of issues with getting licensing and stuff for plays, especially some of the new ones. I mean, it you'd have to have them. It's not cheap. It's not easy and it's not cheap anyway. Uh even the ones that we do here cost a lot of money. The reason why to pay for licensing. To pay for licensing, music, you gotta buy the the books for bite scripts. Uh there's a lot of things involved. Uh so and then you gotta pay a percentage of the seats to do them too. So yeah, all that's all put together in the price of what you have to pay. Uh but and like I said, it's it does a great if we could sell out every night, it works. Well, every play will work. Uh so you have a minimum you have to actually sell to be able to recoup your money.

SPEAKER_05 8:59

Definitely support the local theaters. If you see uh there's the Port of Ranzas, Aurora Harbor, um Rockport. Rockport. If they're uh the CCISD, CCISD puts on some phenomenal shows. They're about to do group, they're getting ready to do Greece. Um and the only way that the doors can stay open um is by guests coming through the door and putting butts and chairs. So um highly encouraged find a show that you think you might like, or who cares if you like it or not? Just go support them and have fun. If they're doing a a drive and doing some fundraising, or you want to support and donate money to the local theaters, highly encouraged to keep those doors open and keep creatives and uh on stage.

SPEAKER_00 9:43

And if there is a show that you do want to see, then email, call, say, hey, I would really like to see this show and maybe but we can do it.

SPEAKER_01 9:52

Yeah, if it's available and uh it's able to be uh I was licensed for the for the community, uh they will take it in consideration. That's uh Harbor and that's uh here uh Roy as well, I'm sure uh uh Puerto Ranzas and Robport the same way. But uh the the good thing what I've been noticing, there's a lot of different types of plays going on. So uh we are seeing a lot of the musicals because that's what people really like to hear music, but a lot more straight plays now. Uh and uh I kind of like that too, because there's a little bit of a of a difference. You don't always have a musical. I love musicals, they're they're great, but there's you know, you want it's kind of a different thing every once in a while, and all musicals once all the time will just get kind of monotonous. Um so like I said, it's it's just uh something that we want to, you know, try to push for, trying to uh for people like like uh Mary here who owns uh Aurora, you know, she's uh soft provider, so she is not a nonprofit, so she's gotta put money out herself and sponsorship and those kind of things. And so it's important to sell uh most of the seats in this theater so that she can recoup just the money that she gets to keep it going for the next one. Uh so I really hand it to Mary, uh her 16th year uh here, uh keeping it going. Uh and so I really applaud her uh how much she's done. So w without her, I mean all all three of us wouldn't uh have any kind of thing to do right now with the theater because it wasn't for her. So I I thank her every time I see her.

SPEAKER_03 11:18

So yeah. You gotta you'd love to do it. I mean, to be here, you know? Oh yeah. I just got into like the comedy scene and that's the feast in itself, you know. Oh, that's a thing. Yeah. Yeah, for sure. Uh it makes me think about it seems like a lot of the stuff is word of mouth, the community as far as coming out here, how much of an impact do you think you need to make, or um do you think that social media has on the w getting the word out?

SPEAKER_05 11:42

Social media, I think, in this day and age is everything. It's absolutely everything. Um as far as affordability as well for advertising and getting your word out. Um I wish we could all, you know, rent billboards and and uh put words out by billboards, but um or commercials, but even commercials are a dying art uh with streaming services nowadays. So um social media is extremely important, getting having those followers and getting the word out and and just talking about the positive aspects of total loss of words just now.

SPEAKER_03 12:23

So I did like yeah, for sure. And then I it takes me back to your pod your podcast, right? Right. Obviously, why y'all started that. Is that some of the reason why you you guys began doing that?

SPEAKER_01 12:34

I mean, do you I think that that uh it was just something that was a spot that was not uh nobody has really touched it yet here locally. At least another I don't know of. I might there might be another person here in town who does theater, maybe local events and stuff, but specifically community theater, uh no, I don't think there is any. But if there is, we're welcome to come talk. Please talk to us. Yeah, give us some hints and pointers because we're always learning. I always want to be learning about the about what's coming up and going. So we're right now in an audio phase where we're just doing the audio. We want to go like what you're doing here is with a video. Uh it's just, and I'm sure you're well, it costs money and and those kind of things. So we're all doing it out of our pockets. We're not we don't have any sponsorships or anything like that.

SPEAKER_04 13:15

But if you'd like to sponsor, if you'd like to sponsor, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 13:18

Please hit us up on Facebook if you want to sponsor. But it but the whole thing is that we we do it because we love it and we take our time that to do it. And uh and so I I think we're doing a little bit of a service. I mean, yes, we we do share on Facebook and and all the all the other platforms so we can advertise, but I think having a little bit of a a talk where we can all talk about a subject uh specific to the theater group, because there's a lot of things that the new actors are worried about. I don't want to go audition because I'm afraid this is gonna happen. Oh and we can alleviate some of those those uh things that make people afraid of audition, we can get people to come in. So I think that that's one way we can help.

SPEAKER_05 13:54

Uh definite ultimate goal, one of those ultimate goals being that encouragement of getting out and trying something new, overcome those fears, um, and just sharing inside tips and interviewing as many people as we can with those inside tips to share.

SPEAKER_03 14:12

And yeah, too. And if you interview those people, they'll share it with their friends, obviously. Oh yeah.

SPEAKER_01 14:17

We've we've got a lot of uh uh help from Aurora and and Harper and and all the people that are in the shows that we were promoting, they share on their side. So we've got a lot of people that that even I've never have heard before asking to to to follow the the side. So it's building. And uh I think that's lowly but surely but surely. I think once we get to the video and they see a face, they can go, ooh.

SPEAKER_03 14:39

Oh yeah, no, for sure. No, I'm glad you brought that up because I think that because v historically podcasts were audio, right? Now they're just video. Right. Yeah and like that's the standard now. And it I definitely think it would it would help out. Um what's some of the things let's talk about like the community uh aspect. Well, some of the people outside of the the actor creative scene that you guys are in, that the community outside doesn't get, understand, know about you guys, that you want for them to maybe uh understand, catch about what you guys are doing. I think like I think about arts, you know what I mean, and how sometimes arts can just be a a thing that you learn in high school, whatever, and then eventually you you get into your career, you kind of just forget about it. Some people, not all people, you know what I mean. So I'm trying to figure out what you guys want the people that are past that stage, maybe they're not around you guys. Like what do you want for them to to learn to know what's some you know what I mean? What what what are what don't they get about it?

SPEAKER_00 15:40

You know what I mean? I mean, I have some friends asking me what it's like acting on stage, and a lot of them just assume it's oh, you're playing dress up as an adult. You're an adult playing dress up. No, it's not, it's not just that, it's a way to not get out not only get out of your comfort zone, um, but it's also a way to make new friends, um, form a community. Oh yeah, leave the stress behind. It's a big thing. It's a big family, big family. And it's family that will last a lifetime, friendships that last a lifetime. And like I said, it's it's getting away from stress, from work, from life. It's so much fun. And a lot of people think, oh, other people are judging you because they're new, they've done or they've done this for a while. It's like, no, nobody's judging you. We want to help you. You're the only one judging yourself.

SPEAKER_05 16:37

And most directors will aim towards getting at least one, two, or three brand new actors that have never been on the stage before. We they want first timers to come out and experience um Bonnie and Clyde right now. One of my friends um I had made recently. Um I was at her house and she was singing. And I was like, um, have you been on stage before? She's like, I've thought about it. And I was like, Bonnie and Clyde auditions are next week. I really think you need to go audition for Bonnie and Clyde. Um, she's in love with the theater now. Um, I think she even came and auditioned for the Knicks show yesterday or the day before. And uh I can't wait to hear if she got a role. I'm sure she did. She's phenomenal. But uh, that's the first time she's ever done theater. And then when we were in a show last summer, I was assistant directing. Um, one of our characters he dropped out and we needed a replacement. And again, there was another friend of mine who I'm like, you know what? You've got the looks for the role that we need to fill. Um, have you ever been on stage before? He's like, uh no. I'm like, you want to try? He's like, you know what? Sure. And uh, brand new experience for him, and he blew it out of the water. He did such an amazing job. So one of the to answer your to back to the round of the question of what we want people to know is get out there, try it. If we've ever considered it, the only way this art is gonna stay alive is if uh we get newcomers. Exactly. Um, get out there and and just do it. Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 18:18

And we always tell people that, you know, there not every role is for every person. Uh a director has a um a person or a a will look in on mine, and they don't uh just because of their excuse me, because they're just friends or they know that person, but because they have a certain look or something that they wanted to see. And sometimes you could do the best you can, and uh it doesn't mean you're gonna get the role. Uh and then you just have to learn to know that it's not personal. Uh I think I at the very beginning when I first started, I took it personally, and and that's where we because you take you take it, hey, what did I do wrong? Why did I do better? Why didn't I get this role? And it's and you get kind of upset with yourself because you put yourself out there. Uh but I learned from that. I learned what not to do in order to prepare myself. I learned to, hey, find out what the information, what you're doing. You you know there's internet now, you can Google all these things now that find out just the basics about the part. So that way you don't go in there flying blind and then you worry about how I'm gonna get this across and and get the part if you don't know anything about it. So I learned a lot of things to do. So the next time I I did get an audition, I got the part because I learned from that mistake.

SPEAKER_05 19:23

And these are the types of things that the what we've been sharing here with you today, these are the things that we talk about on our podcast all the time. And so um if it's something you're interested in, follow us, come listen to our podcast as we make them because this is the way our conversations are consistently, just um talking about firsthand experience, interviewing those that have had the experience. Um if you would if you're in the theater community here and you would like to be a guest on our show, reach out. We would love to have you um if you've got a specialty.

SPEAKER_01 19:54

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_03 19:55

Yeah, for sure. And like my podcast is about shining uh shedding light on different aspects of the community, obviously. And I I I like that you guys are here talking about this. And of course, my mind goes into different things of like your scene and how it is and what the audience is like and stuff like that. Because it seems like maybe the audience could be just your fellow actors or directors and stuff like that. How's it and then it's like how do you get more people that are not in that circle to come and enjoy? You know what I'm saying? And I like what you mentioned about um your friends thinking that oh, it's like this, therefore I'm not gonna go because they have a preconceived notion about it. You know what I'm saying? Um, but uh it's yeah, definitely. So um what what makes your podcast uh different uh from other creative interviews?

SPEAKER_05 20:42

Oh we're idiots.

SPEAKER_01 20:44

We don't know everything. And then we don't know.

SPEAKER_04 20:48

There's a claim to know it all.

SPEAKER_01 20:50

I think our first episode was the first thing that we don't claim to be professionals and and be critics and know everything about everything to do with theater. But uh I think as a community we get to get in as we go on, hopefully we'll take more questions uh from the audiences about what they want to t talk about and then uh speak about those things because there's a lot of things to go along with acting that people were afraid of wanted to start. You know, if the audition is very it's a big m hill to climb to get past you to not being afraid to do it. Uh sometimes it's a three-part thing. We have to learn to sing, dance, and act. Oh, sure. And so it's a triple fit, like if for this last the shows come up or not, uh Frankenstein. That's a you have to know all those three things as opposed to a straight play, it's just acting, right?

SPEAKER_03 21:30

Yeah, memorize your lines.

SPEAKER_01 21:31

Memorize your lines and sing and move, and it's not easy.

SPEAKER_03 21:34

That's an understatement.

SPEAKER_01 21:35

It is not easy at all. Well, well this last play, she's laughing because the last day we had was uh a lot of dialogue.

SPEAKER_03 21:42

I'm glad she's she's like could like coming out being herself. That's what I'm thinking.

SPEAKER_01 21:46

She she understands what I'm saying because the last play we did was a lot of dialogue. Oh and it wasn't a musical, so there was no music in it, just dialogue. Man, so uh and it was it was fun because it you know it was up and down with laughter and stuff. Uh but uh it's Just a lot to memorize, and I I really do respect anybody who can sit there and memorize 130 some pages of a play. It's not easy at all. So uh kudos to anybody can do it. Uh yeah.

SPEAKER_03 22:12

So how do you decide what belongs in an episode? Hmm.

SPEAKER_00 22:17

We'll vote. Well, yeah, we vote and we'll talk about it beforehand too. Yeah, we do have maybe a little bit of beforehand.

SPEAKER_01 22:24

What do you want to talk about? Sometimes it takes us like 30 minutes.

SPEAKER_05 22:28

Yeah, 30 minutes to decide.

SPEAKER_01 22:30

It does. Sometimes it does. We'll we'll start recording and then go off and then we'll just start again. Because we went to a totally different subject. But it's it's good that we all have ideas that we want to bring to the show and and talk about because we're all on different uh things that we do. Uh camera's an actor, director, I'm an actor, and I did some stuff in the back of the stage management stuff too. So those are all things I could bring if anybody has questions for stage management things. We want people to want to go volunteer, even if it's not acting, they need a lot of people to work behind the scenes. Uh there's a lot of text that are needed. Uh, if you know anything about lighting, uh sound effects, uh choreography, uh costume, there's painting the set. Makeup, painting the set. There's so many things that you could uh volunteer without having to be on stage, but be a part of this community because we value those people. Those people without those people to make the stage that what we're seeing behind us, that takes talent. I mean, it looks like it's put together the way it just would, but that's the way the set's supposed to be. But it's the talent that goes into making these stages every show. I've seen it done in other states, other places, but here at Aurora, I I've seen it every the last three shows. I've seen it just changing. Our last set was a hot was a house. And it's totally different than this. And it's just amazing what a set does. So without those people, the actors couldn't do what they we wouldn't have a crowd that wouldn't have come see the show. So uh it takes a whole community of of all these people to get the show to go and get off.

SPEAKER_05 23:57

I can't remember the current question.

SPEAKER_01 24:00

And this is what we do.

SPEAKER_03 24:01

We just keep talking until the tickets are Yeah. If y'all are gonna keep talking, I'll just if y'all go a whole hour, I will I'll sit here and not say that too. That's my whoopee. I'm just trying to make an hour with you guys. Please remind me what the question was.

SPEAKER_05 24:17

We'll have plenty to end in, I promise. Plenty.

SPEAKER_03 24:20

Uh what makes this uh successful collaboration?

SPEAKER_05 24:25

Oh, that's what I was gonna say. Okay, because I had an answer, but I forgot what the question was. So then I couldn't remember my answer. Um one of the things that we do want to do as frequently as possible is uh interview the directors of the current show. Uh we try to do that as much as possible um in the area. So if you're gonna be directing a show, hit us up. We'd love to interview you.

SPEAKER_01 24:48

Yes. And and uh and like I said, Aurora and uh Border Ranges and uh Harper have been very accommodating with they're they're marketing people uh contacting me and then you know, hey, so-and-so is can be interviewed and and they're let us go and watch the preview so that I can review it. Uh the the show I I plan to review every show that I go see or down, uh and I'm trying to make it to all the shows. So even if it's out there in Port Oranges or in Rock Ward, I try to get out there to watch it uh so that I can put a review out there. It's just like saying the last couple of months was kind of slow because we were doing Glass Spirit, and so we took a little bit of a hiatus of the podcast between episode nine and ten. But we're back, we're gonna do it regularly. Little hiatus.

SPEAKER_04 25:28

Just a little hiatus. Just a little, two or three months, you know.

SPEAKER_01 25:31

It's not like we sat down and went on the beach and drank margaritas. We were working, we were doing we don't know that.

SPEAKER_05 25:36

I don't know about you, but I did that a couple of times.

SPEAKER_03 25:38

But I did not.

SPEAKER_01 25:39

No.

SPEAKER_03 25:39

No, we were busy.

SPEAKER_01 25:40

It was recording the same same place every time, or uh we've recorded here sometimes in the in the in the in the uh lobby, or most times it it it's at the most of the time it's in my dining room.

SPEAKER_05 25:52

Yes. At least the follow-up stuff. The interview we try to do at the theater.

SPEAKER_01 25:55

Yeah, we'll go to Harbor and do the interview over there.

SPEAKER_05 25:57

Yeah. And then the the rest of it, like the the prologue and epilogue.

SPEAKER_01 26:03

We did we can do it at our house. At my house.

SPEAKER_03 26:05

Yeah. So creatively, do you guys have uh differences in uh in create talking? I guess because okay, so I used to play music right in at uh Harbor Playhouse. I was playing guitar. And I did uh God spell no Oklahoma or something like that. Anyway, they asked me to do uh Rocky Horror play. But like I'm kind of showing how the type of person I am. Like I told him no because of the content that was in it. I really didn't want to like expose myself to that type of stuff, so I had to tell him like I can't do it, you know what I mean? But I'll do this or whatever. The y'all is there's some type of differences that y'all have either with each amongst each other, amongst maybe your the person that's on your podcast. I'm trying to try to get those thoughts out, you know what I mean?

SPEAKER_05 26:51

No, I think that's a great question. Um I think for the most part we're pretty much aligned on a lot of things. I don't we haven't really had any arguments on what will or will not go on the show. Um, we just sort of feed off of each other.

SPEAKER_00 27:06

Um Mario just won't let us swear on the podcast.

SPEAKER_05 27:09

Oh, are you serious?

SPEAKER_00 27:10

We're censored.

SPEAKER_01 27:11

We're trying to be as positive as well. I think if we get to the 20th episode, it's gonna get kind of a it's gonna get explicit. We're gonna put the little explicit thing on there.

SPEAKER_00 27:20

We should have an explicit episode. I'm just gonna let it lose on one day. There'll be a lot of beeping things.

SPEAKER_03 27:26

It's sort of weird because like if you do it clean, like you'll reach more people. It's weird. Yeah, and like I mean, there's nothing wrong with swearing. Like you can swear all you want, like it, but I think there's it there's a cap, you know what I mean? And then it sucks because if you want to reach more people, you have to not do it. Right. You know what I mean? And it's like it's constricting, you know what I mean. Is do you see it like that? Is that why you're you mentioned that?

SPEAKER_00 27:49

I swear like a sailor when I'm not on the podcast. So it's very difficult for me to hold back, and I do try my best. You do, you do. You do, yeah. The reason being I sit in my car outside of Jessica's house and I just like let at least before I go inside.

SPEAKER_01 28:05

She goes to all the seven, and she just he just goes through all of them, right? The seven deadly phrases. Yeah. The only reason why is because that way we like said so we can reach more people. Uh, I think because there are kids who are in in theater, and we want to include them because those are our next people who are going to come, those are our next uh bonding high.

SPEAKER_05 28:25

That's a really good point.

SPEAKER_01 28:27

That is a good point. And if we don't get them at the younger age, it's I mean, I I was very blessed because I had a theater back from when I was in junior high. But once I got to high school, I got out of that, and then afterwards I didn't do anything until I turned 50 and came over here, and then uh somebody brought me. I saw doing the film and doing all this stuff. But then I came over here, uh, was introduced to it, and I just loved it. I love that it was uh spontaneous. Like anything can happen. Like I'm I'm right there live talking. I can mess up and I gotta fix it. I can't I can't take a cut and just do it over again. You don't do that in a play, it's it's you mess up, you gotta figure a way out of it, right? While people are watching.

SPEAKER_05 29:04

There's some amazing bloopers live on stage. Another reason to go watch live theater is the blueprint.

SPEAKER_01 29:08

You don't ever know what's gonna happen. Each night is completely different. Yeah, so that's amazing. A movie is edited so it looks pretty and nice and perfect, right? Uh this is not that. And I learned that really fast. And I think that was really what attracts me to this part is the adrenaline rush. Oh, wow. When you come out here, it's like, I mean, when I first started, I was doing rocky, and that was not until the second, I was not coming out, I was Dr. Scott. So I only come out to the second half. So I'm on the back there anticipating, anticipating. So it's just kind of a adrenaline going, and finally you get to go out there, and it's like boom.

SPEAKER_03 29:38

Wow.

SPEAKER_01 29:39

Uh so it's it to me, I just love it. I love that.

SPEAKER_00 29:42

I think my favorite part about being on stage is a lot of the actors will try to make other actors break on stage.

SPEAKER_01 29:48

Oh that's what you know for your friends because they try to get it.

SPEAKER_05 29:53

I was randomly laughing just now when you were talking about this because I cannot not laugh when I think about it. And this recent show, um, one of the characters throws uh a sandwich, a cucumber sandwich behind her. She has this epiphany and she throws the cucumber sandwich. Well, one night um one of the other actors was walking behind her. It actually happened like almost right here in the spot. Actors walking behind her as she throws the sandwich and gets them right in the face. That was nice. Uh cucumber sandwich just like smeared. And for the cast to uh it's a cucumber sandwich, bro.

SPEAKER_03 30:31

That's weird. Well, that was part of it.

SPEAKER_05 30:33

Have you ever had a cucumber sandwich? Oh, I have it.

SPEAKER_01 30:35

Yeah, I don't like them.

SPEAKER_03 30:37

I don't think I've ever heard of one. Well, so just cucumber slice of bread? I'm not saying that. No. Okay.

SPEAKER_05 30:44

No, it's like uh you do like uh a chivey, creamy if I fill it up with cream cheese. Uh dills, like a dill, like a dill cream cheese with cucumbers on bread, and then you cut off the edges. You can't just be no cucumbers.

SPEAKER_01 30:58

Yeah, you gotta slice the cucumbers really thin. They can't be wet.

SPEAKER_03 31:02

Do you let them tie up the table? Yeah, my interview boy just came out right now, so I'm getting hungry. I'm like, I need to try that out.

SPEAKER_05 31:07

I'll send you the recipe after this.

SPEAKER_01 31:09

Well, it's kind of funny because one of the actors were like, did she eat them on the thing? Live of them over the wheel. Through the show, she's eating them, and so she eats them all. So it's kind of funny. But she threw it in the back, hit the person.

SPEAKER_05 31:19

Hit the guy in the face. It's supposed to like go all the way back and like hit the wall, and he walked right by. So yeah, bloopers happen, and the to keep a straight face did not happen that night.

SPEAKER_01 31:31

So it was yeah, they got kind of like.

SPEAKER_03 31:32

Well, I guess that becomes a part of your resume too, like learning how to move on if something messes up. You know what I mean?

SPEAKER_01 31:38

Yeah, you just kind of talk through you just have to talk your way into where you and this is why it's very important to know where you're going in in the scene, is that uh know what your character's got to do next. The way if you do lose your space, you can find your way back, knowing what the story is. Uh sometimes the problem that I have run into is sometimes when people do that, they forget that the last line is a cue for the next person to speak, and they're waiting for that cue line to be said a certain way, and you don't say it right, then you're like, uh then you get lost. Oh you gotta worry, you gotta really pay attention. So it's it's very important. Let's it's something you've done a million times, uh, especially that first night when you got there. It's really uh you gotta know where you're going, what you're doing, because somebody else depends on you to do the right thing to say those words that they need so they can do their yeah, I find it interesting. So there's a lot of things.

SPEAKER_03 32:24

Yeah, I find it interesting. If you have like three shows in a day or in a weekend or whatever, like each one is different. Yeah, like that's very interesting.

SPEAKER_01 32:31

Yeah, it just because of the it could be the crowd, not in into it. Yeah, they're not laughing, and so you don't feel you feel off of that.

SPEAKER_05 32:36

Uh oh yeah, the crowd energy makes a world of difference on how the actors do uh during that set for sure.

SPEAKER_03 32:43

Very cool. So uh do you guys prepare for how do y'all prepare for interviews with with uh people they don't do I interview somebody every episode or yeah, every episode of somebody. Chat GPT question recommendations. For sure. Yeah, yes, I'll be with you with you.

SPEAKER_05 32:59

Yeah, thank you, Chat GPT.

SPEAKER_01 33:00

Because you kind of, I mean, I you put all the information what you wanted to do, and you uh but it's because if not, I'm gonna miss a question that I want to ask. Uh and we usually get a bunch of them and we don't usually ask every question, but it's good to have a good amount to be able to overprep, yeah, then underprepare.

SPEAKER_05 33:14

So we also like to try to do a variety and not make it the same questions for every director uh for every show, because uh there's different perspectives and and if we know that that director is known for a certain style, then focus those questions on that style of uh their thought process and what their background is. So we do mix it up for uh whoever it is that we're interviewing, but um yeah, mostly chat GPT.

SPEAKER_03 33:40

Yeah. Yeah, so what what when you're talking to and interviewing those people, what do I obviously you do try to do like you just said, a different interview style, I guess. Interviews questions or whatever. What's something that you w want to get from them like every time? Like do you want them to talk about just the the show or that they're putting on, or do like you know what I mean? What no, never just the show.

SPEAKER_01 34:01

Yeah. Because that's um we we do m that's why they're there is to promote the show, but it's it also be able to keep people listening is to get more in depth with what their knowledge is, a little deeper than just the service, what we know. And so like even like this last uh with Brian Davis, we interviewed the director from Huntsback and Oregon, who's they're doing that at uh Harbor, I think it's the last week, but they're doing it at Harbor, and he sat down and and yeah, we get to those talk questions, the basic, you know, well, how's it to direct? But then you start asking about like questions like auditions and and and then he started getting more into depth on what his uh process is and or why what he's thinking about. Every director has uh has a process that they use to be able to do to see if the show that they wanted to do. And with him, he was telling us that he had uh an issue because it was a show he's never done before, and it's a big show with a lot of music, two different styles of music kind of going over each other. And uh I was very impressed. I mean, I saw that the show, if you haven't seen it, y'all go see it, it's really good. Uh that that he could bring all these people together and do that. And that's the power of a a director and be able to interview them and get that out of them in the 20 minutes that we have. Oh wow. Uh so uh we have go back and look some of our archives. We just kind of like asked the questions, and so I'm just we'll go. We'll just go Laurie Hoffelmeyer. Yeah, I remember that one. She was she just we asked her question. I think I asked her three or four questions, but she took off and do all these things to talk about great information because she gave amazing so much detail and stuff.

SPEAKER_05 35:25

She also is she has she's about to have her masters.

SPEAKER_03 35:28

I got a question. Do they are do they talk most over you?

SPEAKER_05 35:34

I'm sorry, Cameron. Cameron has but Cameron has one of the most important things on every show that we have to have on every show. Right. Um, and that is Cameron is our jokester.

SPEAKER_00 35:48

And I'm the biggest jokester.

SPEAKER_05 35:50

And Cameron provides uh the comedy at the end. The dad joke.

SPEAKER_02 35:56

Yes, the dad joke of the day.

SPEAKER_05 35:58

The dad joke of the day, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:59

It's a joke, the most important the joke at the end of the podcast. Every single one.

SPEAKER_03 36:04

Wow, that's so cool. So like a ritual type thing.

SPEAKER_01 36:07

Cameron got that, so we don't have that.

SPEAKER_03 36:10

Yeah, no.

SPEAKER_01 36:11

Well, I can't okay, just talk all the time. I well, I'm gonna say I talk all the time. Jessica does its answers and then Cameron does it.

SPEAKER_03 36:19

Here's my rich my ritual. I guess one that I try to do every episode. Uh, which which H E B is your favorite H E B or which is your least favorite H E B in Corpus?

SPEAKER_00 36:30

I actually worked at an H E B for a while.

SPEAKER_01 36:34

So here's some bad stuff coming right now IG.

SPEAKER_00 36:37

I can't talk bad about the managers I've had because they were amazing. Just the stores.

SPEAKER_03 36:43

Nice um, I think uh like sometimes I'm like d dude, I I don't know if they have to answer or if I they're expecting me to answer or whatever.

SPEAKER_00 36:56

I can't say the store I worked at was my favorite. It's the South Alameda one, the one the medical district. Uh oh yeah, yeah. That's the one I worked at. Um I like that one because it's it's cozy to me. But sometimes that H E B doesn't have what I'm looking for, so I have to go to a different one.

SPEAKER_05 37:13

Yeah, wow. I was in a smaller one, somewhat yes. Okay. See, being new to Texas, H E B brand new to me three years ago, and I'm in love with H E B. Um and my favorite is uh Saratoga and Staples. Oh yeah. For sure.

SPEAKER_01 37:28

Mine too, actually. But I did grow up on the Costores one. Oh before they built the new building, now it was the old the old one on Costores. They used to uh we used to always walk there to go get stuff at HB from there.

SPEAKER_03 37:41

Was it in the same location?

SPEAKER_01 37:42

It was in the same location, it was kind of turned the other way on the it was facing the Costores facing the Galahar Street and it was just one strip and they had like the training thing there. They also had their credit union was there, uh the HB credit union there. So uh I'd always go over there. I think I worked at HB a long time ago, but it was uh the video store, uh Video Central. Oh so I did work for them, so I would have account at the H B credit, so I would go there all the time. So that's kind of why it was one of my favorite as I said when I grew up around that area. That was the one we'd go to and stuff, so go off HB.

SPEAKER_03 38:13

Yeah, so regarding y'all's podcast, uh sorry, I always my my ADD is showing, man. I switched the directions like so crazy. Uh so when y'all are so what happens when a conversation goes uh where you don't expect it to go? Uh what do you do? Yeah, what do you do when a conversation goes in an unexpected direction?

SPEAKER_02 38:30

Edit.

SPEAKER_01 38:32

Uh sometimes you try to find a way to bring it back. Yeah. We never hear that party because it's chopped and goes away. Uh we don't really have that so much. I think it's more the uh and the dead air and the kind of space between. I kind of tight take some of that out and make it a little tighter. Cool. Uh and we save about a minute or two with just between the three of us.

SPEAKER_03 38:50

Yeah, you know what? I was listening back. I can't really tell that there's it seems like it's just one, I guess because I like that's how I do it, but it seems like just one long tape.

SPEAKER_01 38:57

Yeah, well, yeah, I just take a gut out of there. Yeah. Well, that's just not me, it's a computer. I just I just uh I'm in there and I and it's like it's not always right. I mean, my sound is not perfect. Your mic has been mean to you lately. It's like every time it's like they have the best mics, and I get them all. I mean like I'm talking in a can down the street or something.

SPEAKER_02 39:18

We had difficulty uh the last episode trying to settle her up. I apologize.

SPEAKER_04 39:23

All your fault. It was the wires, all your fault.

SPEAKER_01 39:27

So if you want to help sponsor our show to buy new wires and mics, you're welcome to do so.

SPEAKER_05 39:32

Some equipment so we can start doing video like you do. This is some nice equipment down here.

SPEAKER_03 39:36

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Get it done. Uh why so why was it important to create uh podcast in Corpus Christi?

SPEAKER_05 39:43

Because this is where we live? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 39:45

Well, do y'all interview people outside of Corpus? Oh, we we really don't. Um just because I think right now we're we or everybody's focused here community-wise, all our information news is here local. I don't think we really talk about national stuff. We do talk about the plays that come through into town. Like tonight they're doing Hades Town, I think it's Hades Towns tonight. It's tonight. That's a national uh the Hillard Center. It's okay, okay. They they do uh tours of of shows that are Broadway or still in Broadway. Uh they tend to do like a national national, like a regional theater tour kind of thing. And so they have actors that are not the main actors, but there are actors that they're traveling. And they and they go around all the cities and do two or three interests.

SPEAKER_03 40:26

So is that some of the like some of the I guess the goals for people locally to want to do that?

SPEAKER_01 40:30

Well, that's one, that's a step up higher.

SPEAKER_05 40:32

Then yeah, I mean that's what I think I mean it is correct me if I'm wrong. I mean, it is Broadway on tour. They are Broadway hired actors. Wow. Uh not from the main original cast, but for the touring cast to do an entirely different um uh audition process for the ones that tour.

SPEAKER_01 40:49

And I've seen them to where uh we've had uh uh when I went to go see Moulin Rouge in Houston, that was a touring one, but there was an actress that was there, I believe, she kind of got stepped up to the Broadway version. Uh some sometimes when they go on tour, they used to work out all the stuff that they're kind of like minor league baseball. Oh, yeah where they do all like the hooks, but then they can get pushed up to the hash shows. Kind of the same thing with this, they they will do this national tour, get it down, and then if they need a person up there to fill in for someone who might be sick or might be gone for a few days, they go on to fill the place. So they always have on you know understudies to be able to do all that. Uh the show has to go on, and so there's a lot of money at stake. So they don't they don't if somebody's not gonna be able to do it, they find somebody to replace it. Have a everybody has a backup. Everybody has a backup, you have to. And I you know, it's kind of one of those things. The that understudy maybe maybe we do it once or twice in the whole time that they're there, but they're there for a reason for that one or two time when they done. They're very important. Nice. Is there anything you guys want to talk about or mention? Uh well, uh, we're still doing the podcast. Uh we're gonna start doing 11 here pretty soon. I think we're gonna try to base it on the Bonnie and Clyde show that's going on here at Aurora. Uh it's got a few more weeks to go on it as well. And then um what else are we doing? You all have anything to promote?

SPEAKER_00 42:08

Um personally The Shark is Broken at Pact.

SPEAKER_02 42:12

Oh, that's right. That's that's another thing.

SPEAKER_00 42:14

That's uh Portrances Community Theater.

SPEAKER_02 42:16

Oh, okay, okay. Yes.

SPEAKER_00 42:18

And then uh Rasa Noise is gonna have a performance going on soon. Rasa Noise and July the 11th.

SPEAKER_05 42:23

Absolutely hilarious.

SPEAKER_01 42:24

Two shows here, they're July 11th and 12th.

SPEAKER_05 42:27

I saw the last show and I laughed the entire time. It was so good.

SPEAKER_01 42:31

And I will be in it this this time around, so I'll have a couple of scenes in there. And so we're gonna work on it starting to work actually after this. We're starting to work on it. So it's gonna be pretty good.

SPEAKER_03 42:38

Yeah, and you guys I I watch y'all on YouTube. Is that the primary place that we can watch?

SPEAKER_01 42:43

Or that's what I found that was easier for me to do, just because I didn't have um all the software and stuff, and I was trying to figure out what's the cheapest way to go about doing it. And that's the most inexpensive. Since we have sponsors, okay. Subscription, that'd be fine. I will cost 100%. Subscribe YouTube, right? I mean it's not free.

SPEAKER_03 43:03

Well, see, yeah, I use Castos, uh it's like 21 a month, and I can have like unlimited podcasts on there. But it's it's uh basically a hosting where they push it to Spotify, Apple, all the other things.

SPEAKER_01 43:15

Oh, see, that's what I need. So I'm gonna get with yeah, I'm gonna get with you after this so you can get it.

SPEAKER_05 43:18

Yeah, no, yeah. See actors creating together. That's the the whole point. Learning from each other and making it work.

SPEAKER_03 43:24

That's pretty cool. Well, if you guys, if you guys have nothing else to mention, we've got a good 45 minutes going here.

SPEAKER_01 43:30

Uh see, uh I got a movie coming out. Uh we spoke about it with Night Creature Reductions. Last year. Evil Inheritance is is finally done in the can. Nice. Uh, and so it's been filmed. They're still gonna finish all the CGI and the music and all that stuff. So hopefully beginning next year, sometime it should come out. Uh we're trying to see for October this year, but it's just uh too much stuff going on. So we're trying to make it really good. Cool. And so uh we want to take a little more time with it. But uh Chris and them say hi and they want to let us know that it's coming out Creature Productions, came out really good. Uh so it was uh that's it's that's how that's the thing is that took about two years to do, right? That was like a year and a half ago that we did the episode. Yeah.

SPEAKER_03 44:12

Uh so yeah, I think Chris has been wanted to come back on the podcast. Yes, yeah.

SPEAKER_01 44:18

Yeah, he's overdue.

SPEAKER_03 44:18

Yeah, getting back on here.

SPEAKER_01 44:19

So doing that, and then what again here in Aurora come to see the shows that are coming. The new ones coming is uh Young Frankenstein. That's the they auditioned uh the last couple days, and so they got a cast now.

SPEAKER_00 44:29

The audition dance was brutal. It was brutal. Oh, was it? Oh, did you do that? How so? What do you mean? The song goes pretty quickly, and also we had to learn a small tap sequence by Alex Shaw. Oh, and that was also a little bit brutal.

SPEAKER_01 44:48

I imagine the camera is not trying to discourage you.

SPEAKER_00 44:52

There is only one person she gave a pass to. That's because he learned a tap sequence from a chorus line. Yeah, and that was Jonathan. He was the only one that got the pass. Oh, yeah, he she taught him that.

SPEAKER_01 45:05

Yeah. So yeah, so uh other than that, our podcast will be up. Uh and again, I appreciate you taking the time to have a channel. Yeah, thank you for having us.

SPEAKER_03 45:13

You're welcome. Thank you. There it is, you guys, actors creating together, ACT. Uh, you can follow him on Facebook. I have him on Facebook. I'm not sure if you guys are anywhere else uh interested.

SPEAKER_01 45:22

Uh I'm trying to get Instagram together.

SPEAKER_03 45:23

So Facebook, check them out, Facebook and two. We'll leave links on the bottom. Uh, just a little taste, little taste of their part of Corpus Christi, what they're doing here in the city. And uh, but yeah, thanks a lot, you guys, for coming on the show.

SPEAKER_01 45:35

Thank you, man. Appreciate it. Thank you.

SPEAKER_03 45:36

Have a good one. See y'all later.

SPEAKER_04 45:37

Bye.