Sarah: “I think my mom was just kind of looking for something to get me involved in because I love to dance. My dad did theater growing up so they’re like, “What’s a way you can do that?” So, I actually did a practice audition because they wanted to make sure, you know, vibes were good, and all of that. And Gina Milbourn, she sent a thank you card to me for auditioning.”
Stephanie: “Like sent in the mail, stamped. It was hanging on our fridge, maybe for the next 2 years, like this is a really big thing.
Sarah: “And so that meant like so much to my parents, so they were like yeah this community is amazing, and you should definitely do it. So I literally did the next show, Beauty and the Beast, and from there we were hooked.”
Stephanie: “I feel like with seven kids, for a parent to shuffle everything, you just can’t do it if everyone’s like, “oh, I want to like take gymnastics, this person wants to take piano.” Someone’s driving all these places, they don’t want to do it, and they’re like, “What’s one place that everyone will love, but also feel like themselves in that they can be their own person, but I only have to drive at one place so all of them can be there.” And that was CYT, surely enough. And I feel like it resonated with a lot of us. I mean, like from Stephen to Scotty, we were all in it, but like I feel like it resonated with us in different ways and in good ways that like it just kind of stuck from then on.
Sarah: “The fact that I can like see these faces and like know who these people are and still have some of them like in my life, I think that’s like really impactful, you know? And like with my role as Marcy, that was the first time I had like a named role.”
Stephanie: “I honestly wanted to be Woodstock. I remember, and I was really upset in the first few rehearsals for not being Woodstock as like a seven-year-old child. [laughter]”
