Broadway Bound
Georgia Sackler, 18, Boca Raton, vocal performance CAREER GOAL: “To perform on Broadway.” ROLE MODEL: “Kelli O’Hara.” WHERE WILL YOU BE ATTENDING COLLEGE THIS FALL? “I’ll be going to Southern Methodist University in Dallas. It has an outstanding arts program within a comprehensive university so I plan to devote most of my time to voice study, but also take classes and try to double major in vocal performance and child psychology, with a minor in musical theater.” WHAT DO YOU THINK IS SPECIAL ABOUT DREYFOOS? “That even though we don’t have a football team, we have a ton of school spirit. We’re united by our arts and we understand each other as artists.” WHAT’S YOUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT THUS FAR? “My time at Dreyfoos… I don’t think people realize how hard we have to work to balance academic classes (I’ve been in AP classes every year) and music classes and then extracurricular activities and choir outside of school… It’s a testament to my teachers for making it such an
incredible process. It wasn’t easy, but it was worthwhile.” WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BROADWAY SHOW? “‘South Pacific.’ Kelli O’Hara just starred in a revival and I fell in love with it. It was recorded at Lincoln Center and there was a period when I watched it religiously on YouTube. ‘South Pacific’ was produced more than 50 years ago and yet is still so popular today.” WHY DO YOU THINK THAT IS? “Music like that just transcends generations and time. I was in a showcase this past summer and got to play the role of Nellie. I called my grandmother to tell her and she was over the moon because ‘South Pacific’ was the first musical she saw as a child.” WHO ARE THE TOP FIVE ARTISTS CURRENTLY ON YOUR IPOD PLAYLIST? “Judy Garland, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, The Doors, Gustav Mahler and Justin Timberlake.” WHAT ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR YOUR YOUNGER PEERS AT DREYFOOS? “Spend your time doing what you love and it will never seem like work.” O
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