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8A Tuesday, June 1, 2021 • Telegraph Herald • TelegraphHerald.com lifestyle MUSICAL: Young cast members have views on their future in acting Continued from page 7A each other and got to be friends. has helped with her confidence. other things with my life,” Brock “I might want to stay with Everybody is different in their own “I’ve always been shy personal- said. “I want to check some stuff off theater,” Pape said. “But when I’m Matilda uses her power to change way. And that’s OK. That’s what ity-wise,” she said. “My dad really my list while I’m young.” older I kind of want to be a teacher, the world around her, and how that makes us kind of amazing.” loves theater, but my mom, who I’m “I really enjoy the theater,” Thein but maybe like teaching theater or has influenced how they look at The cast also talked about how more like, is really scared to be up said. “And I will try to continue it being a director, because I really themselves and their friends. being in “Matilda” has helped on stage. When she saw me on stage as much as I can, but I also have like theater. Or I might also be an “Sometimes if you’re different, them come out of their shells for the first time, one of my teachers things I like to do just as much, like actor. I’m trying to keep my options it can rub off on your friends,” von and even increased their reading asked, ‘Is that Alaina?’ and my mom baseball.” open.” Mulert said. “And that’s not a bad ability. said, ‘I don’t know.’ She’d never “I like theater,” Brookins said. While these young performers thing. They can be different, too. “I liked that there was a lot of seen me that way before.” “But my main thing that I really might pursue a different path when Everybody is their own special reading the script,” Lenz said. “It As for their futures in the theater want to become, like, in my whole they get older, they all seem to be person.” helped with my reading a lot.” world? Well, opinions vary. entire life is a scientist.” thoroughly enjoying their present Lange used her friendship with Brookins said theater has helped “I want to be on Broadway,” von “I want to become a vet,” Lenz life in the theater. Pape as an example of how differ- him overcome his shyness as he has Mulert said. said. “I really love dogs, and would “I really like the environment,” ences can bring people together. progressed to larger roles. “I probably will (keep doing it) really like to help stop the extinc- Pape said. “I like the acting, and I “I’ve met Maggie before. I used to “When I was younger, I used to as an adult,” Knepper said. “I just tion of animals.” like how everybody is really nice. go to school with her,” she said. “But be this shy person,” he said. “Now don’t know if I can get anywhere “I want to be a scientist, too,” It’s just a fun place to be at night, I didn’t really remember her be- I’m going to be the Duke of We- with it. I like doing a lot of stuff.” Lange said. “I want to take an ad- and I really like to do it.” cause I was little and I didn’t really selton in ‘Frozen Jr.’ (this summer). “I kind of want to do this in the venture around the world and see Her fellow actors agree. know her. But then when I saw her It’s my first time getting a big part.” future, but not really when I’m an different things. And I also want to “I really like it all,” Klinebriel here, we started hanging out with Knepper agreed that being in plays adult, because I kind of want to do write for a newspaper.” said. “That’s why I keep doing it.” gadgets

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