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Buddy The Elf Joins The Show - Elf The Musical at DPAC · The Erica Show

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  Speaker 1: Do you want know five? It's the Erica show. You know,
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  Speaker 1: we love DPAK. They have some of the best shows
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  Speaker 1: that you will ever see. And we're so excited because
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  Speaker 1: Elf is coming to DPAK, going down November twenty sixth
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  Speaker 1: to the thirtieth. You can get tickets now as low
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  Speaker 1: as fifty bucks Great seats, dpaknseed dot com. We have
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  Speaker 1: Jack to get on the phone, who plays Buddy. And
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  Speaker 1: I'm so excited because this is such an incredible show.
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  Speaker 1: This is your first national tour.
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  Speaker 2: Right, yes, that's true, which I know that you were.
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  Speaker 1: A part of the ensemble for Waitress, which is also
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  Speaker 1: one of my all time favorites. I mean, hands down great.
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  Speaker 1: What can we look forward to for Elf this year?
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  Speaker 2: Elf is an absolute blast. This production is based on
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  Speaker 2: the Broadway revival from twenty twenty four that ran on
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  Speaker 2: Broadway last year, and it's the same creative team as
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  Speaker 2: that production, and so you can see a lot of
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  Speaker 2: what you saw on Broadway last year and so many
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  Speaker 2: ties to that original two thousand and three movie starring
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  Speaker 2: Will Ferrell. It is a huge, incredibly fun, festive show
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  Speaker 2: for the whole family, and you watch the story of
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  Speaker 2: Buddy as he finds out he's a human and wants
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  Speaker 2: to reconnect with his father for the first time.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so as you get ready because being Buddy is
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  Speaker 1: a huge role, you know, for the show. And so
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  Speaker 1: did you go and watch the movie several times? Like
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  Speaker 1: how did you get yourself in character and prepared for
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  Speaker 1: this role?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely? I have been watching this movie since birth. I
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  Speaker 2: s every single year with my family. Oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: It's one of the best Christmas movies ever. And so
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  Speaker 2: for me, when I saw the auditions for Buddy, I
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  Speaker 2: immediately was just overjoyed. I was like, I have to
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  Speaker 2: try to do this because I've been obsessed with this
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  Speaker 2: since for forever.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it is definitely a classic that you have to
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  Speaker 1: watch every year to make it official for the holiday season.
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  Speaker 1: For sure.
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, tell us about you because you know, we see
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  Speaker 1: you on stage and we know you as Buddy on stage,
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  Speaker 1: but who is Jack behind the scenes? Like what is
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  Speaker 1: it that Jack likes to do when you're not on
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  Speaker 1: the stage?
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  Speaker 2: Man? Well, I grew up in Carmel, Indiana, and I
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  Speaker 2: you know, I grew up in the theater and then
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  Speaker 2: I found myself at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh for
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  Speaker 2: the last four years, and I got lucky enough I
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  Speaker 2: graduated in May and somehow right away found myself doing
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  Speaker 2: this role on the road, which I feel like the
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  Speaker 2: luckiest person in the world.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, that's amazing because there's people I know that
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  Speaker 1: have been trying for years, so like, obviously a lot
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  Speaker 1: of talent there to score such a great, big role.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I feel incredibly lucky. And outside
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  Speaker 2: of the theater, I'm also a puppeteer and I am
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  Speaker 2: obsessed with the Muppets, so I do a lot of
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  Speaker 2: like puppetry and stuff like that too. I have a blast.
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  Speaker 1: Well yeah, that's so fun. Okay, So what are you
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to as this being your first national tour?
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  Speaker 1: What is some things that you're you know, you've been
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  Speaker 1: looking forward to as you stop in each city to
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  Speaker 1: visit the cities and tour a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, And for me, one of my favorite things whenever
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  Speaker 2: I'm traveling because I've never been to Durham before, which
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  Speaker 2: I'm really excited for. In fact, I've never been to
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  Speaker 2: any of these cities except for maybe one or two,
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  Speaker 2: and so I love going to art museums and museums
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  Speaker 2: in general, because it tells me a lot about the city.
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  Speaker 2: That's my favorite thing by far.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, so we've got some great museums. Some of them
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  Speaker 1: are in Raleigh, of course, which is like a twenty
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  Speaker 1: five to thirty minute drive, and then Durham is not
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  Speaker 1: for the foody scene. We've got a lot of great
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  Speaker 1: restaurants that are unique, you know, locally owned restaurants with
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  Speaker 1: top tier chefs. So I'm excited to have you. But
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  Speaker 1: if anybody is on the fence about getting their tickets
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  Speaker 1: sell us. Why do they have to get their tickets today?
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  Speaker 2: Absolutely, you have to get your tickets today because this
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  Speaker 2: is a show that anybody can come to and enjoy.
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  Speaker 2: What is so fun about this show is even though
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  Speaker 2: Buddy Deelfa is an adult, it's a coming of age story, right,
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  Speaker 2: and because of that, you get to watch this person
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  Speaker 2: experience the world almost through child's eyes, and so just
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  Speaker 2: naturally that creates humor that children would love, and it
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  Speaker 2: creates humor that adults would love. On top of it
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  Speaker 2: already being such a classic with gorgeous choreography and dancing
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  Speaker 2: and singing and lights and uh, it is just absolutely
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  Speaker 2: great time for everybody.
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  Speaker 1: I'm coming opening a night with my kids. They're very excited.
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  Speaker 1: But we have Jack decat study. So cannot wait to
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  Speaker 1: see you. Get the tickets now dpakanc dot com. Y'all.
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  Speaker 1: It's gonna be a great job. I've seen it before
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  Speaker 1: and it does not disappoint.
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  Speaker 2: Oh. Well, thank you so much for giving me a call.
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  Speaker 2: It's great to meet you.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I'll be like, hey, Ja, got talk to you
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  Speaker 1: on the phone.
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  Speaker 2: Fantastic, Please come say hello.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, absolutely, well, thank you. Happy Thanksgiving to I know
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  Speaker 1: that you'll be Oh how does that work for you
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  Speaker 1: as you'll be traveling throughout the holiday.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we have like a full cast and crew Thanksgiving
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  Speaker 2: on we have we have in North Carolina. I think
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  Speaker 2: we have a day off that we are all getting
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  Speaker 2: together and having like a big family meal together, which
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  Speaker 2: will be a blast.
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  Speaker 1: That's wonderful. Well, we can't wait to see you.
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  Speaker 2: Well, thank you so much. I can't wait to see y'all.