Layla Jackson

Actor

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I remember when my dad first got me to watch this movie. It was “family movie night” (which I thought was lame, being around 10 years old). I thought a movie titled “Oliver” would be SUPER lame and it looked old and boring. But then the first song played. And the orphan boys walked down the stairs singing “food, glorious food” and I was hooked. 

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We chase the melodies that seem to find us   until they're finished songs and start to play. When senseless acts of tragedy remind us that nothing here is promised, not one day. This show is proof that history remembers. We live through times when hate and fear seem stronger. We rise and fall and light from dying embers. Remembrances that hope and love live longer. And love is love is love is love is love is love is love cannot be killed or swept aside.

Lin Manuel Miranda

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Another show that absolutely blew me away was Man of La Mancha, performed by Cuesta College. The entire show was set inside of a cage and the way they used the cage in every single scene was absolutely riveting. I’ll never think of Man of La Mancha without thinking of this production. 

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I saw this show at KCACTF 2018 in Mesa, Arizona. It BLEW ME AWAY. The show was called Jumpers and it was a devised piece about people that jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. It was incredibly well done and so moving. It made me fall in love with Devised theatre.

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I can practically hear the music

I walked to this song at my high school graduation