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On this episode I talked with Grace about when she first knew she wanted to be a theatre performer, playing Dorothy in The Wizard Of Oz in Kindergarten, the first professional show she ever saw, how she worked on a well-rounded performer growing up, changing her major to theatre during her junior year of college, how everyone’s journey and career path is different, performing in Into The Woods at The Hollywood Bowl where she played Florinda, advice she got from Patina Miller while working with her in Into The Woods at The Hollywood Bowl, touring with A Christmas Carol in 2021, her introduction to the world of understudying, her audition for Hadestown on Broadway, the day she made her Broadway debut in Hadestown, her process for learning multiple lead roles in Hadestown (Eurydice and two fates) as well as her track in the workers chorus, why Hadestown is as successful of a show as it is, her goals and her bucket list, Quinta Brunson’s inspiring Emmy speech, representation, her friends’ business “Homemade Thursdays”, and more.
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Grace Yoo is an actress (and Aries!) based in New York City. She went from putting on productions in her living room as a child to gracing the stages of the Hollywood Bowl (Into the Woods) and Broadway’s Walter Kerr theatre (Hadestown)! Her favorite credits also include A Christmas Carol at the Ahmanson (which unfortunately didn’t reach Christmastime due to Covid), Sophie Sheridan in Mamma Mia at East West Players, and Kei Kimura in Allegiance at SpeakEasy Stage. Offstage, she’s a certified barista and has completed a Master Chef course.
