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KALEIDOSCOPE
THEATRE SPOTLIGHT: AN INTERVIEW WITH BOBBY MACAUX!
On Thursday, November 3, 2005, Kaleidoscope actor Bobby Macaux
stopped by for a quick interview with us. Bobby is
one of our
newer actors, having made his Kaleidoscope Theatre
debut in the
spring of 2005. He is an extremely talented young
man with
Down Syndrome, and we look forward to working with
him more in
the future. Here’s how the interview went!
KALEIDOSCOPE THEATRE: Hi Bobby!
BOBBY MACAUX: Hello.
KT: Thank you so much for coming here today to do
this
interview with us.
BM: Any time!
KT: Alright, first I would like everybody to get to
know who
you are, so why don’t you tell us who you are, your
name, some
theatre background, and what shows they might have
seen you in
before.
BM: Surely! My name is Bobby Macaux, I’m 23 now.
I’ve been in
theatre since junior high school and I love doing
acting.
KT: And what Kaleidoscope Theatre shows have you
done with us
in the past?
BM: I’ve done “I’m Special – You’re Special,” I got
the role
playing David Brown. I also got the part being Henry
in “The
Frog Prince.”
KT: So you said you started theatre back in Junior
High School?
BM: Yes, Junior High.
KT: And what shows did you do then?
BM: Back then I did “Don’t Rock the Boat”. I was a
pirate.
And the second play, “Coming of Age,” I played this
guy named
Charles, who happens to be a club house gang member.
KT: Wow! So did you know back then that theatre was
a great
activity for you?
BM: I think it was my destiny.
KT: That’s great to hear! So did you keep doing
theatre all
through high school as well?
BM: In high school, mm-hmm.
KT: Where did you go to high school?
BM: Tollgate High School.
KT: And when did you graduate?
BM: Class of senior year ’03.
KT: And then I understand that you went to college
after that
right?
BM: Yes, I’m in college.
KT: Where are you going to school?
BM: CCRI, Warwick.
KT: That’s great Bobby! Did you do any shows since
high school?
BM: I went to theatre camp in the summer or 2003
once I left
high school.
KT: And where was that?
BM: Rhode Island College.
KT: And what kind of stuff did you do there?
BM: We learned about character development, putting
together a
play, putting together a script of your own, and
stuff like that.
KT: Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun. Did you just
go that
one year in 2003?
BM: No, I went another 2 years.
KT: Great, are you going to go again this next year
too?
BM: No I’m not, I’m going to retire.
KT: So are you doing any shows right now, or do you
have any
current projects that you’re working on?
BM: Well right now I’m working on a class in CCRI
called
Theatre for Children. Mostly I have to write some
reflection
papers on different children’s plays.
KT: Are you doing any of our shows for that class?
BM: “I’m Special – You’re Special”
KT: That’s wonderful.
BM: I decided to bring it in for extra credit so
that everyone
can decide what kind of a lesson you get from that
play about
children so that the children will know what they
learn about.
KT: That’s wonderful.
BM: Thank you.
KT: Tell me a little bit about Gateways to Change.
BM: Gateways to Change is a non-profit organization
for young
adults with disabilities. What they do is
community-based
activities actually.
KT: And what are you working on there now? What
activities do
you do?
BM: I do theatre, and I do arts and crafts at this
place at the
artists exchange, which is located in Cranston, 50
Rowlff Square.
KT: So tell me Bobby, do you have a favorite movie
or a
favorite play?
BM: My favorite movie is actually “Grease,” with
John Travolta
and Olivia Newton-John.
KT: Why is that your favorite movie?
BM: Mostly because of the rock-n-roll music and
mostly because
I love Danny Zuko.
KT: Is grease your favorite play as well?
BM: Yes it is.
KT: Do you have a favorite actor?
BM: I’ve got a lot of favorite actors, can I just
name off just
a few?
KT: Sure!
BM: Will Smith is my favorite, John Travolta is my
favorite. I
also like Dick Van Dyke, George M. Cohan.
KT: Wonderful - that’s quite a wide variety! So tell
me Bobby,
what are your aspirations for the future? What kind
of stuff
do you hope to do?
BM: In the future I was hoping I could go into
Broadway.
KT: All the way to Broadway!
BM: Yeah.
KT: Well I hope the best for you!
BM: Thank you!
KT: How about in the near future, is there anything
you were
looking at in the next couple years?
BM: Well I’ll continue working with Kaleidoscope, of
course,
hoping we can get our shows on the road again!
(laughs)
KT: You told me before that you were interested in
maybe
transferring to Rhode Island College and majoring in
theatre.
Is that still something you want to do?
BM: Yes, I am. I’d like to get a major, actually a
Bachelor’s,
in Musical Theatre. I was hoping I could work to the
best of
my potential.
KT: Well I wish you the absolute best of luck, and
thank you so
much for coming in to do this interview today!
BM: Any time!
KT: Thanks, Bobby.
BM: Thank you.
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