WEBVTT 00:01.033 --> 00:02.700 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >> I guess I can stab, and then say the line, 00:02.700 --> 00:04.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% because I guess it will be more audible 00:04.866 --> 00:06.700 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% >>Okay, Yeah, makes sense. 00:06.700 --> 00:08.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% All right. Seventy-Five please. >>All right. 00:08.366 --> 00:11.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>This is what I need to do, this is my calling. 00:11.033 --> 00:13.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% I need to make sure 00:13.733 --> 00:17.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% that more people, not only go to see black theater 00:17.533 --> 00:21.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and support it, but understand why it's important. 00:21.533 --> 00:24.100 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And I want every black actor 00:24.100 --> 00:26.100 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% to have the experience 00:26.100 --> 00:31.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of doing a show with a completely black cast. 00:31.200 --> 00:33.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Having the opportunity to work with her professionally 00:33.366 --> 00:35.466 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% here at CPG has been life changing for me, 00:35.466 --> 00:37.033 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% because she's given me opportunities a lot of people 00:37.033 --> 00:38.366 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% in this town haven't given me. 00:38.366 --> 00:40.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I mean, she calls me up, she's like, "Hey, do you want 00:40.200 --> 00:42.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% to direct this show next year? Hey, I'm trying to do an acting 00:42.366 --> 00:44.366 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% workshop. do you want to come and work with me here?" 00:44.366 --> 00:47.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Always providing opportunities for black people in the city 00:47.533 --> 00:49.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% to do what they love and do what they do best. 00:49.700 --> 00:53.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Leslie, standby, we're going to do the choke hold after that. 00:53.533 --> 00:56.866 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% If you're a live theater fan, a local music lover, 00:56.866 --> 00:59.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% a reader, or a radio listener, 00:59.200 --> 01:03.033 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% there is a good chance you've seen or heard today's guest. 01:03.033 --> 01:07.366 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% Join us as we catch up with the ever busy, multi talented, 01:07.366 --> 01:11.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Leslie M. Scott-Jones. Come on. 01:11.033 --> 01:13.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Leslie, everywhere I go in Charlottesville, 01:13.533 --> 01:15.533 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% there you are. >>[Laughs] 01:15.533 --> 01:19.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>So tell us, how did you get involved in theater and 01:19.200 --> 01:21.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the arts, what inspired you? 01:21.033 --> 01:28.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >> I started literally writing my own, kind of 01:28.533 --> 01:31.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% I guess adventure novels you could call them, 01:31.700 --> 01:33.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% when I was like seven or eight. 01:33.200 --> 01:36.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, all of my Barbies were international spies and their 01:36.033 --> 01:39.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% husbands had absolutely no idea what they were doing, 01:39.033 --> 01:40.533 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>[Laughs] >>And they wen all around 01:40.533 --> 01:42.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the world saving the world 01:42.033 --> 01:45.200 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% from bad guys, nuclear weapons, the whole deal. 01:45.200 --> 01:48.700 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% That's how it started. >>So it started on your own. 01:48.700 --> 01:51.533 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% And then your mother and father had a little influence too? 01:51.533 --> 01:57.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Yes. And then, so my dad is 01:57.533 --> 02:02.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% one of those... he's big and burly and a man's man. 02:02.533 --> 02:05.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% His hobby was redoing old cars. 02:05.533 --> 02:07.033 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So if I wanted to spend time with my dad 02:07.033 --> 02:08.366 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% it had to be in a garage. 02:08.366 --> 02:12.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% The only other thing that he and I really connected on was music, 02:12.533 --> 02:16.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and every Saturday morning he would put on blues. 02:16.866 --> 02:20.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% So I grew up listening to BB King and James Brown 02:20.433 --> 02:24.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and Bobby Blue Bland and all of those guys. 02:24.200 --> 02:27.533 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% And then my mom did the more like bougie, 02:27.533 --> 02:30.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% more cultural side of things. 02:30.033 --> 02:33.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% So, she would take me to the Kennedy Center, 02:33.533 --> 02:36.200 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% and to Ford's Theater, so I got to see 02:36.200 --> 02:40.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Avery Brooks do his one man Paul Robeson show. 02:40.533 --> 02:44.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% I got to see the original cast of Ain't Misbehavin' 02:44.533 --> 02:48.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% at Ford's Theater, Meryl Streep doing Merry Wives of Windsor and 02:48.533 --> 02:49.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Oh my goodness. You caught the bug, right? 02:49.866 --> 02:50.533 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% You knew it. 02:50.533 --> 02:51.033 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% >>Oh, yeah. 02:51.633 --> 02:53.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Well, and you set off into the world and to school, 02:53.866 --> 02:56.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and you're studying theater and theater education, 02:56.866 --> 02:58.866 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% and eventually you have a family, 02:58.866 --> 03:01.866 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and so you focus on your two beautiful kids. 03:01.866 --> 03:02.533 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yes. 03:02.666 --> 03:04.366 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% >>Tell us how you got back into it. 03:04.366 --> 03:07.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>We had moved from Culpepper back to Charlottesville, 03:07.533 --> 03:11.533 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% and I see a posting for 03:11.533 --> 03:14.700 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% African American actors for Othello. 03:14.700 --> 03:17.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Five minutes to places please. 03:17.033 --> 03:21.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> So I go, I audition, not expecting to get anything, 03:21.200 --> 03:24.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% because it'd literally been 15 years since I'd been on a stage. 03:24.200 --> 03:27.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% But I go, I audition, and I get Emilia, 03:27.566 --> 03:28.366 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yeah 03:28.366 --> 03:29.566 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >>which was amazing. 03:29.566 --> 03:31.866 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> And you haven't really stopped since then. 03:31.866 --> 03:32.866 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >> No. 03:32.866 --> 03:34.200 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> You have not stopped since then. 03:34.200 --> 03:35.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>I really haven't. 03:35.200 --> 03:37.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Let's talk ... you act, >>Yes. 03:37.266 --> 03:40.566 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>you're also, you direct, you produce, 03:40.566 --> 03:43.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% you adapt scripts. So let's 03:43.266 --> 03:47.833 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Talk about some of your favorite projects 03:47.833 --> 03:49.366 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% over this past decade. 03:49.366 --> 03:52.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >> I guess my favorite is still Jitney. 03:52.200 --> 03:55.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Okay, so this is part of the August Wilson series? 03:55.366 --> 03:56.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>Yes. 03:56.233 --> 03:57.700 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% >>Right, so let's maybe back up and 03:57.700 --> 03:59.033 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% >>With the Charlottesville Players Guild 03:59.033 --> 04:03.133 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> And let's explain that. So you started with Fences. 04:03.133 --> 04:07.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Yeah, Andrea Douglas, Dr. Douglas came to me and said, 04:07.033 --> 04:09.033 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "I'm not a theater person, 04:09.033 --> 04:12.366 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% but I want to produce 04:12.366 --> 04:14.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% the entire Century Cycle," 04:14.266 --> 04:17.500 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% because part of the mission of the center is to 04:17.500 --> 04:19.633 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% tell the black history of the 20th century, 04:19.633 --> 04:21.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% specifically of the 20th century. 04:21.033 --> 04:23.600 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% And that's what the Century Cycle is, 04:23.600 --> 04:25.700 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% it's a picture of life for 04:25.700 --> 04:28.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% black people in every decade. 04:28.033 --> 04:29.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% Well, I'm worried about what you talking about. 04:29.700 --> 04:31.366 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% Bono, you going to stay for supper? 04:31.366 --> 04:33.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% No thank you, Rose. Lucile said she going to be 04:33.666 --> 04:36.133 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% cooking up some [inaudible] 04:36.133 --> 04:37.933 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% [Inaudible] I might be going home with you, 04:37.933 --> 04:40.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% might even stay the night if you [inaudible] 04:40.033 --> 04:42.033 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >> And then the second in the series, Jitney, 04:42.033 --> 04:43.533 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% now that was one of your favorites. 04:43.533 --> 04:45.233 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>Yes. So Jitney is set 04:45.233 --> 04:47.100 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, 04:47.100 --> 04:50.033 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% right at the point of another round of gentrification. 04:50.033 --> 04:53.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% It's centered around a cab company. 04:53.433 --> 04:57.366 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% they discover pretty early in the play that it's going to be 04:57.366 --> 05:00.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% taken over by eminent domain and torn down. 05:00.400 --> 05:03.766 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% so they have to decide whether or not they're going to fight 05:03.766 --> 05:06.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% to keep their business and their livelihood. 05:06.633 --> 05:10.233 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% And a week and a half before we open, 05:10.233 --> 05:12.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% August 11th and 12th happens, 05:12.133 --> 05:13.233 align:left position:40% line:89% size:50%   >> Right. 05:13.233 --> 05:14.933 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and every single member 05:14.933 --> 05:17.500 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% of my cast and crew, including me, 05:17.500 --> 05:20.333 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% were on the streets that day. 05:20.333 --> 05:24.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% So that one's always going to be closest to me. 05:24.066 --> 05:28.533 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% It wasn't just telling a black story anymore. 05:28.533 --> 05:33.933 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% It really brought it home to everybody on that stage that 05:33.933 --> 05:36.633 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% through telling this story 05:36.633 --> 05:40.066 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80%   we are proving our humanity. 05:40.066 --> 05:42.600 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >>Leslie is a great component, and a great activist 05:42.600 --> 05:44.133 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% for Jefferson School, 05:44.133 --> 05:45.100 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70%   no t just Charlottesville Players Guild 05:45.300 --> 05:47.500 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% and saying, "Look, we've got stories we need to tell. 05:47.500 --> 05:48.466 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% And it's our job to tell them, 05:48.466 --> 05:50.033 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% because no one else is going to do it. 05:50.033 --> 05:52.333 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% >>People of color, marginalized people 05:52.333 --> 05:55.033 align:left position:25% line:5% size:65% she is willing to uplift those people 05:55.033 --> 05:56.900 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% in the space of theater, 05:56.900 --> 05:59.500 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% and making theater more equitable for the people 05:59.500 --> 06:00.500 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% of Charlottesville. 06:00.500 --> 06:02.500 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% >>All right, now talk about BlackMac. 06:02.500 --> 06:05.266 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% Yes. So BlackMac came out 06:05.266 --> 06:07.900 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% of a conversation one night, 06:07.900 --> 06:09.266 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% And Ti turns to me and says, 06:09.266 --> 06:11.866 align:left position:17.5% line:5% size:72.5% "So what's the next show?" 06:11.866 --> 06:13.100 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% I said, "I don't know." 06:13.100 --> 06:14.266 align:left position:27.5% line:5% size:62.5% And Richelle says, 06:14.266 --> 06:16.733 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% "Oh, we should do Macbeth." 06:16.733 --> 06:19.300 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% And T says, "Oh yeah, 06:19.300 --> 06:21.100 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% and I should direct it." 06:21.100 --> 06:23.466 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% And I was like, "Oh yeah, that'd be a good idea." 06:23.466 --> 06:25.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% And Richelle goes, "And I'll play Lady Macbeth." 06:25.533 --> 06:27.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% I was like, "Done." 06:27.033 --> 06:28.533 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It was really amazing. 06:28.533 --> 06:32.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And I love the way she adapted the script 06:32.333 --> 06:36.300 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% to really encompass the African diaspora, 06:36.300 --> 06:39.933 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and really bring that as a layer on to the 06:39.933 --> 06:41.733 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% Shakespearian language. 06:41.733 --> 06:45.400 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% You know, Ooh, he's so extra. 06:45.400 --> 06:47.200 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% >>[laughs] Oh that's great. 06:47.200 --> 06:48.000 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >>Completely fit in Shakespeare. 06:48.166 --> 06:50.033 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>Oh, that's great. Okay, talk about Hambone. 06:50.033 --> 06:52.633 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>So yeah, we wanted to do it was like, okay, so we did 06:52.633 --> 06:57.533 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% this kind of other wordly kind of thing with Shakespeare. 06:57.533 --> 07:00.133 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% Let's bring it a little closer to home and do like a 07:00.133 --> 07:01.933 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% black family drama, 07:01.933 --> 07:04.500 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% grieving what happened and trying to figure out a way 07:04.500 --> 07:06.533 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% to move forward. 07:06.533 --> 07:09.233 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> Here, Othello, take my napkin, wipe thy face. 07:09.233 --> 07:12.433 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80% The queen carouses to Hambone's fortunes. 07:12.433 --> 07:14.466 align:left position:10% line:77% size:80%   >> Gertrude, do not drink. 07:14.466 --> 07:17.966 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >> I pray you'll pardon me, my lord. I will. 07:17.966 --> 07:21.066 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >> It is the poisoned cup. It is too late. 07:21.066 --> 07:24.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >> Come let me wipe thy face. 07:24.033 --> 07:26.166 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% >> I think the role that Leslie plays in our community 07:26.166 --> 07:31.366 align:left position:12.5% line:5% size:77.5% is bringing a lot of artists and people out of their shells 07:31.366 --> 07:32.933 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% and trying different things. 07:32.933 --> 07:35.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% I know she did that with me and I love it. 07:35.433 --> 07:39.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% [fight scene] ...they are incensed. 07:39.700 --> 07:43.500 align:left position:37.5% line:89% size:52.5% [inaudible] 07:43.500 --> 07:45.566 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% >>All right, and hold. 07:45.566 --> 07:48.600 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>Music. You know, music is a big thing to you. 07:48.600 --> 07:49.300 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >>Yes. 07:49.733 --> 07:51.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >>And you and your buddy, Richelle Claiborne, who is 07:51.433 --> 07:52.700 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% an amazing musician, 07:52.700 --> 07:53.666 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>Oh, my God. 07:53.666 --> 07:57.000 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% >>You've partnered on... you were involved in an 07:57.000 --> 07:58.600 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Aretha Franklin tribute- 07:58.600 --> 08:00.433 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>Yeah, that we did in Pennsylvania. 08:00.433 --> 08:02.000 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% >>And another tribute... 08:02.000 --> 08:03.600 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% >>A Nina Simone tribute. 08:03.600 --> 08:04.600 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% >>Oh, Nina Simone. 08:04.600 --> 08:05.333 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yeah. 08:05.333 --> 08:06.600 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yeah. 08:06.600 --> 08:09.933 align:left position:22.5% line:5% size:67.5% Yeah. And once again, that's something I kind 08:09.933 --> 08:12.033 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% of got pushed back into. 08:12.033 --> 08:15.433 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I'm a Southern woman, of course I grew up 08:15.433 --> 08:17.033 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% singing in the choir, of course. 08:17.033 --> 08:18.600 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% but I hadn't sung in public 08:18.600 --> 08:20.166 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% for a really long time. 08:20.166 --> 08:23.400 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% And then I met this wonderful man who's a musician 08:23.400 --> 08:24.866 align:left position:32.5% line:83% size:57.5% and a composer and he goes, 08:24.866 --> 08:26.700 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% "You need to sing again." 08:26.700 --> 08:28.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>So, here you are out there singing. 08:28.400 --> 08:30.466 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% >>So, here I am out there singing. 08:30.466 --> 08:32.133 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >>And you write. You have books that you've written, 08:32.133 --> 08:32.833 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yes. 08:33.300 --> 08:34.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>I don't know if there are any Barbie dolls involved 08:34.333 --> 08:35.833 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% anymore but. >>No. No Barbies. 08:35.833 --> 08:38.900 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>But books. You contribute in the community 08:38.900 --> 08:40.500 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to different papers, 08:40.500 --> 08:43.700 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and you have a podcast radio show. 08:43.700 --> 08:44.566 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yes. 08:44.566 --> 08:46.866 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% I'm always busy. I am always busy. 08:46.866 --> 08:48.833 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >>I, I would, yeah! 08:48.833 --> 08:53.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >> There is, and I come by it honestly, I did not steal it. 08:53.433 --> 08:58.666 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% My mother was possibly the busiest person I've ever met, 08:58.666 --> 08:59.933 align:left position:30% line:89% size:60% and she still is. 08:59.933 --> 09:03.400 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% There was always a meeting to go to, or 09:03.400 --> 09:07.400 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% an event that had to be planned. 09:07.400 --> 09:08.766 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% To me that's what you're supposed to do. 09:08.766 --> 09:10.633 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% Like, if you are sitting at home and doing nothing, 09:10.633 --> 09:11.666 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% something is wrong. 09:11.666 --> 09:13.066 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% You are doing it wrong. 09:13.066 --> 09:15.400 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% >>Well, what I love, too, is that 09:15.400 --> 09:17.600 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% you took the time to raise your children. 09:17.600 --> 09:18.100 align:left position:25% line:89% size:65% >>Yeah. 09:18.200 --> 09:20.366 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% You know, you did that, 09:20.366 --> 09:22.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% and now you have been doing this. 09:22.000 --> 09:24.433 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% You are back to your first love, or your second love, 09:24.433 --> 09:25.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% because your kids are your first love. 09:25.833 --> 09:26.833 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% But you're back to this. 09:26.933 --> 09:29.333 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% What kind of advice do you have for people who are 09:29.333 --> 09:30.966 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% passionate about the arts, 09:30.966 --> 09:32.266 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% no matter how old they are, 09:32.266 --> 09:34.600 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% no matter where they are in their stage of life? 09:34.600 --> 09:37.100 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >>A lot of people think that 09:37.100 --> 09:40.766 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% that you're going to get from here to there 09:40.766 --> 09:43.666 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% and it's going to be instantaneous. 09:43.666 --> 09:45.766 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% And it's like, no, 09:45.766 --> 09:47.366 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% getting there 09:47.366 --> 09:49.500 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% is 20 years of hard work. 09:49.500 --> 09:50.166 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yeah. 09:50.166 --> 09:52.200 align:left position:10% line:89% size:80% >It doesn't matter if there is 09:52.200 --> 09:53.466 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% winning an Oscar, 09:53.466 --> 09:53.933 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% >>Right. 09:54.500 --> 09:56.000 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>Or, if there is starring in a musical at your 09:56.000 --> 09:57.533 align:left position:20% line:89% size:70% local community theater, 09:57.533 --> 10:00.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% it doesn't matter what the destination is, 10:00.233 --> 10:02.800 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% there's always work in the middle. 10:02.800 --> 10:04.333 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Yeah. And you have to enjoy this. 10:04.333 --> 10:05.866 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% >>And you have to be here. 10:05.866 --> 10:07.333 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% >>If you're s- looking at this the whole time, 10:07.333 --> 10:08.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% how are you going to enjoy that? 10:08.200 --> 10:10.833 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% >>Right. You have to be in the moment, 10:10.833 --> 10:13.100 align:left position:17.5% line:89% size:72.5% present, and figure it out. 10:13.100 --> 10:14.233 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>Yeah. 10:14.233 --> 10:16.366 align:left position:25% line:83% size:65% >>And the wonderful thing that I love 10:16.366 --> 10:18.300 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% about community theater 10:18.300 --> 10:21.100 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% is that there's always going to be people 10:21.100 --> 10:22.066 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% to catch you. 10:22.200 --> 10:24.433 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% There's always going to be people to support you. 10:24.433 --> 10:27.000 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% There's always goint to be this mini family that's 10:27.000 --> 10:29.566 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5%   cr eated when you do a show 10:29.566 --> 10:33.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>And collaboration, you collaborate constantly. 10:33.833 --> 10:34.333 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>Yes. 10:34.933 --> 10:36.533 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75% >>And that just makes the experience even richer. 10:36.533 --> 10:38.033 align:left position:15% line:77% size:75%   And shares it with more people. 10:38.033 --> 10:40.833 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% >>Yeah, because you're never going to have every idea. 10:40.833 --> 10:42.866 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% It's absolutely impossible 10:42.866 --> 10:45.233 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that you're going to have every good idea all the time. 10:45.233 --> 10:46.200 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>Right. 10:46.400 --> 10:49.233 align:left position:10% line:5% size:80% >>So it's important that you get other people in the room. 10:49.233 --> 10:51.533 align:left position:20% line:5% size:70% And people from different perspectives, like that 10:51.533 --> 10:53.766 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that's why I... that's another reason why I like 10:53.766 --> 10:55.666 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% having diverse casts, 10:55.666 --> 10:59.433 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% especially in age and experience, because that 10:59.433 --> 11:02.733 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% because that person who just walks off the street and 11:02.733 --> 11:06.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% has never been on a stage before could have the idea 11:06.866 --> 11:10.200 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% that makes whatever is wrong in this moment 11:10.200 --> 11:13.700 align:left position:10% line:83% size:80% come together in a way that no one else in the room could. 11:13.700 --> 11:14.733 align:left position:42.5% line:89% size:47.5% >>Yeah. 11:14.733 --> 11:16.566 align:left position:27.5% line:89% size:62.5% >>And we need that. 11:16.566 --> 11:19.866 align:left position:17.5% line:83% size:72.5% >>Go, bring these ladies to where young Hambone is. 11:19.866 --> 11:22.500 align:left position:37.5% line:5% size:52.5% [inaudible] 11:22.500 --> 11:25.033 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% >>She will always 11:25.033 --> 11:27.733 align:left position:35% line:5% size:55% do the best 11:27.733 --> 11:31.566 align:left position:15% line:5% size:75% to put black people forefront in the theater. 11:31.566 --> 11:33.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% People of color, marginalized people, 11:33.766 --> 11:37.233 align:left position:12.5% line:83% size:77.5% she is willing to uplift those people 11:37.233 --> 11:39.933 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% in the space of theater, and 11:39.933 --> 11:42.766 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% ever since I've know her she has worked toward that goal 11:42.766 --> 11:44.933 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% and making theater more equitable for 11:44.933 --> 11:46.533 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% the people of Charlottesville. 11:46.533 --> 11:47.700 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% >>You never know what you can do 11:47.700 --> 11:48.833 align:left position:22.5% line:89% size:67.5% until you actually do it. 11:48.833 --> 11:52.500 align:left position:22.5% line:83% size:67.5% And Leslie is very good at bringing that out in people. 11:52.500 --> 11:53.800 align:left position:17.5% line:77% size:72.5% >>Leslie is a great component 11:53.800 --> 11:56.200 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70%   an d a great activist for Jefferson School. 11:56.200 --> 11:57.566 align:left position:20% line:83% size:70% not just Charlottesville Players Guild, 11:57.566 --> 11:59.866 align:left position:15% line:83% size:75% in saying, "Look, we've got stories we need to tell, 11:59.866 --> 12:00.800 align:left position:12.5% line:89% size:77.5% and it's our job to tell them, 12:00.800 --> 12:02.266 align:left position:27.5% line:83% size:62.5% because no one else is going to do it." 12:02.266 --> 12:03.500 align:left position:30% line:83% size:60% I don't know what Charlottesville 12:03.500 --> 12:06.000 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% would do without her. 12:06.000 --> 12:10.033 align:left position:15% line:89% size:75% Ophelia [inaudible]