>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT, AND CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS AND PUBLIC ART AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

>>> FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," WE WILL DISCOVER AN ARTIST WHO EXPERIENCES DANCE THEATRE AND MUCH MORE ON BROAD & HIGH.

WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH.

I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

ERIN ALON BRAIN IS AN ARTIST WHO USES CALMING EFFECTS OF THE OUTDOORS AS INSPIRATION FOR HER WORK.

HER LATEST BOOK INCLUDES ELEMENTS OF ADVENTURE AND PROBLEM SOLVING WITH THE MANY LAYERS OF THE COLLAGES SHE'S CREATED.

WE MET WITH ERIN IN HER HOME STUDIO WHERE SHE TALKED ABOUT HER EVER EVOLVING PROCESS.

>> "PERIWINKLE AND THE ABSOLUTELY DIZZY DAZZLING DAY WAS MY FIRST BOOK, AND IT TOOK THE LONGEST TO PUT THE COLLAGES TOGETHER.

IT IS ABOUT A LITTLE GIRL WHO AFTER MUCH ANTICIPATION GETS TO GO IN THE WOODS BY HERSELF, AND SO LIKE ON AN ADVENTURE WITHOUT SUPERVISION AND JUST WHAT THAT MEANS AS EXPLORING AND EXPERIENCING IT ALL TO HERSELF WITHOUT ANYONE OVERSHADOWING THAT.

I GREW UP IN THE COUNTRY, AND THERE WAS NOT A LOT GOING ON, BUT I KIND OF FOUND THE WOODS BEHIND OUR HOUSE TO BE VERY MAGICAL.

SO, THAT IS THE INSPIRATION WHERE WE GOT THE RUN AND HAVE ALL OF THIS NATURE, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY CALMING.

SO, I GUESS I WANT OTHER KIDS TO BE ABLE TO REALIZE THAT IF THEY ARE FEELING OVERWHELMED OR NEED TO GET EXERCISE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, LIKE BEING OUT IN A PARK OR WOODS IS JUST LIKE THE PERFECT PLACE TO BE TO EXPERIENCE JUST AN OVERWHELMING SENSE OF CALM -- AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE DESCRIBE IT, BUT IT IS JUST RATHER LOVELY.

SO, THERE'S A LOT OF OBSTACLES THAT PERIWINKLE HAS TO OVERCOME.

WHEN THEY ARE GOING ALONG ON THIS ADVENTURE WITH HER HAVING THIS EXPERIENCE, THEN I THINK IT GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO THIS, OH, WHAT WOULD I DO, AND WHAT IS SHE GOING TO DO NEXT, AND HOW IS SHE GOING TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM WITHOUT GIVING UP.

IT IS NOT SO OVERWHELMING, BUT IT IS ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE WHERE IT IS MEANT TO GIVE KIDS A THOUGHT PROCESS TO TRY AND GET THEM THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD DO.

A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE FEEL LIKE, OH, I HAVE TO, IF I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS, I HAVE TO GO BUY ALL OF THESE SUPPLIES.

WHAT I LIKE TO DO, AND EVEN WITH MY OWN KIDS, AND WE HAVE DONE OVER THE YEARS IS TO USE, TO UPCYCLE, LIKE CARTONS, POP CARTONS, MILK JUGS AND CONTAINERS AND SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO.

OVER THE YEARS, MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE FAIRYHOUSES OUT OF THINGS AND JUST DECORAING THOSE, AND IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF FUN, AND LIKE STORAGE CONTAINERS FOR STICKERS OR TAPE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, AND IT IS JUST MEANT TO GET THEIR CREATIVE JUICES FLOWING, AND WITHOUT SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY.

>> BASICALLY I HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE OF ME THAT I JUST HAVE TO KEEP CREATING THINGS.

AND IT HAS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS THAT WHEN LIKE I FIRST STARTED IN MY 20s, I WOULD MAKE LITTLE BIRDHOUSES AND PAINT THOSE, OR I WOULD MAKE LITTLE CRAFTS OR I WOULD START MY WEDDING INVITATION BUSINESS AND I STARTED THAT FOR 13 YEARS AND THEN AFTER THAT, I DID FREELANCE AND GRAPHIC DESIGN AND I DID THAT FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND I WORKED ON THE BOOKS, AND THEN I JUST DO A LOT OF COLLAGING NOW.

SO, IT IS JUST ALWAYS EVOLVING, BUT I HAVE TO JUST CONSTANTLY KEEP MAING THINGS.

I WAS SO CHALLENGED BY TRYING TO COME UP WITH, AND LIKE I WOULD HAVE DREAMS OF LIKE, YOU WANT TO DO THIS AND WHY ARE YOU NOT WORKING ON IT, BUT THE STORY WASN'T COMING TOGETHER RIGHT AWAY AND I FELT LIKE I WAS FORCING IT, AND SO THAT IS WHY I SET ASIDE "FUN FOR ANYONE FIRST" AND LIKE I HAD THAT STORY AND IT JUST ROLLED OUT, BUT FOR THIS ONE, ART PROCESS, I DECIDED TO DO IT COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY, SO IT WAS NOT DIGITAL ART, BUT ALL OF THESE COLLAGES THAT TAKE AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF TIME, BUT IT IS SO WORTH IT.

I LOVE DOING AUTHOR VISITS, AND SO I LIKE TO TAKE IN THE COLLAGES AND IT IS A MASSIVE SPREAD, AND THE KIDS JUST POUR OVER IT, AND IT IS SO FUN.

AND I HAVE BINS OF SCRAP PARTS THAT WERE MISTAKES FOR PRINTING AND I DIDN'T WANT TO PART WITH THEM, AND SO I WILL CUT THEM UP TO USE FOR TREE TRUNKS AND IT WILL HAVE WORDING THROUGHOUT AND LITTLE ANIMALS THROUGHOUT, AND THEY ARE GOING THROUGH TRYING TO FIND ALL OF THE HIDDEN THINGS, AND IT MAKES IT MORE FUN.

IT IS MORE OF AN EXPERIENCE.

>>> TO SEE MORE OF HER WORK CHECK OUT ERINALONBRAIN.COM.

>>> NEXT WE TRAVEL TO AKRON, OHIO TO MEET AN AWARD-WINNING CHOREOGRAPHER DOMINIC MOORE DUNSON.

THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, DOMINIC HAS CREATED WORK THAT EXAMINES ISSUES OF RACE AND EXPLORES THE LIVES OF FOUR BLACK MALE CHARACTERS IN THE WAKE OF POLICE VIOLENCE.

>> WE ARE EXAMINING THE WAKE OF POLICE VIOLENCE IN A COMMUNITY AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT.

AFTER ALL OF THE NEWS GOES AWAY AND THE FEELING THAT NOBODY REALLY CARES ANYMORE, AND HOW IS THAT COMMUNITY LEFT AND HOW DO THEY HEAL WITH THE TRAUMA THAT HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED.

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>> THE QUESTIONER IS IN BETWEEN TWO WORLDS, BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND HOW THE COMMUNITY IS RESPONDING OF A CURRENT TRAGEDY AND BEING ON THE SIDE OF, WE WILL SAY LAW ENFORCEMENT WE'LL SAY IN AIR QUOTES.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS, I WAS REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT A BLACK OFFICER'S EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HEARD A BLACK OFFICER TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE.

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>> I'M NOT THE MOUTHPIECE FOR THE PERFORMANCE, BUT BEING THE ONLY LYRICIST, I DO UNDERSTAND MY RESPONSIBILITY THAT EVERY TIME I OPEN UP MY MOUTH AND THE CHARACTER IN THE PERFORMANCE, I HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY OF EVERY TIME WE ARE LEADING THE STORY IN WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, AND WE WILL HAVE A LIGHT HERE TO TRIGGER DOMINIC WHERE IT NEEDS TO GO, AND THE SAME WAY OF HOW I PERFORM, AND HOW I NEED TO GO AND WRITE IS GOING TO AFFECT THE REST OF THE SHOW.

AND HE WAS MURDERED IN THE DAYS AND WEEKS AFTERWARDS, AND MY WIFE AND I WERE PREGNANT WITH OUR FIRST CHILD AND AT ONE POINT I REALIZED THAT I WOULD HAVE TO TEACH MY BLACK CHILD ABOUT POLICE, AND I NEVER CONSIDERED THAT IS THE STEP IN THE TRAJECTORY OF MY LIFE.

SO, OVER THE YEARS, I THINK THAT LIKE A LOT OF BLACK PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT 45 TIMES FROM WHEN I WAS A CHILD UNTIL NOW.

AND IT CAN GO FROM PARKING TICKETS TO FATAL, AND NOT KNOWING HOW IT IS GOING TO GO, AND EVERY SITUATION IS KIND OF LIKE THAT.

>> SOF I GOT MY LICENSE AFTER SOCCER PRACTICE IN TALMAGE, OHIO, AND IT WAS SNOWING AND THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I GOT STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER, AND THE SECOND WEEK I WAS DRIVING, AND A SECOND CRUISER CAME AND A THIRD CRUISER CAME, AND ASKED TO PUT MY HANDS ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR, AND PATTED DOWN AND 25 MINUTES OF BEING QUESTIONED, AND I'M IN SOCCER SHORTS IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER, AND THEY WERE LIKE, OH, YOUR TAIL LIGHT IS OUT, AND THEY LET ME GO.

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WHEN IT FIRST STARTS HAPPENING TO YOU, THERE A LOT OF FEAR AND SHAME, BECAUSE YOU ASSUME THAT YOU ARE DOING SOMETHING WRONG, AND YOU ARE THE REASON TO GET IN TROUBLE, BUT THEN AFTER A WHILE, THERE IS A LITTLE NUMBNESS TO THE FEELING, BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU EXPECT.

SO NOW, IF I GET STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER, THERE A ROUTINE, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND OH, THIS IS MAKING SENSE, AND IT HAS BEEN A WHILE, BUT THE FEELING KIND OF LESSENS OVER TIME.

>> BLACK LIVES MATTER!

>> AFTER THE MURDER, I REALIZED ONE THING OF HOW EVERYONE WAS REACTING TO IT, AND HOW YOU CAN SEE THE CYCLE OF THE EXPLOSION OF PEOPLE PROTESTING AND PEOPLE REALLY TRYING TO SHOW THAT THIS IS WRONG.

HE WAS CHALLENGING ME TO POTENTIALLY BE A PART OF SOMETHING THAT MADE ME UNCOMFORTABLE THE SECOND THAT HE SAID IT, AND ARTISTICALLY, THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT I WANT TO BE A PART OF AND GROW LYRICALLY OR PRODUCTION WISE, AND HE WAS CHALLENGING MY MINDSET TO HAVE A CONVERSATION OF THIS, AND LET ALONE PUBLICLY THROUGH MY ARTFORM.

>> WE NEED TO START TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE HEAL, AND HOW DO WE NOT HEAL THROUGH THIS KUMBAYA THING THAT IT IS GOING TO BE GOOD, BECAUSE IT IS COMPLICATED AND MESSY, AND NOT EVERYONE GETS ALONG WITH THE HEALING PROCESS, AND THIS IS WHAT THE AFTERMATH IS ABOUT.

>> I HOPE THEY COME IN OPEN MINDED, AND I HOPE THEY LEAVE OPEN MINDED.

IF THEY WANTED TO HAVE IT ABOUT POLICE BRUTALITY, THEN HAVE IT ABOUT THAT AND BE OPEN MINDED ABOUT IT, AND ABOUT HEALING, THEN LET IT BE ABOUT THAT, AND WHETHER LIT IS CRIME, ANGER, DANCE, RAP, AND JUST BEING OPEN MINDED TO A PLETHORA OF THINGS THE WAY THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU CAME IN.

>> IT IS A GIFT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE AS ARTISTS HAVE AN ABILITY TO SEE ALL OF THE UNSAID THINGS IN SOCIETY AND IN THE CITY AND IN THE COMMUNITY, AND SO WE TOOK ALL OF THE UNSAID THINGS, AND MOLDED IT AND CREATED IT INTO SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY TO DO WITH AS THEY WILL.

I HOPE THEY PUT THE CARE INTO IT WITH THEM.

>> I FEEL LIKE IT IS TIME TO BE DOING THE SHOW, BECAUSE THE CONCEPT HAS BEEN SHIFTING AROUND COMMUNITY HEALING.

>> A COUPLE OFF YEARS AGO, I THINK THAT IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT, BECAUSE CONVERSATIONS HAPPEN NATURALLY, AND IT IS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER, AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION.

BUT NOW, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE IT IS HOME.

IT IS HERE.

IT IS NOW, AND IT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TO US IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THERE A LOT OF PAIN IN THIS COMMUNITY, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT, SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

IT IS IMPORTANT TO START THAT CONVERSATION, AND HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, AND WE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES HAVING THIS CONVERSATION, BUT WE ARE THE ONLY ONES DOING IT THIS WAY.

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>>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HIS WORK, CHECK OUT DOM MOOREDUN.COM.

>>> YOU'VE LIKELY HEARD THE TERM "STARVING ARTIST."

IN THIS EDITION OF KATE'S QUICK BITES WE'LL LEARN ABOUT THE ABBEY THEATRE OF DUBLIN WHICH IS A COMMUNITY, ORGANIZATION THAT ASPIRES TO LIGHT THE SPARK OF CURIOSITY AND EMPATHY AND HUMANITY.

JOE, THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.

WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE A THEATRE SUPERVISOR?

>> I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE EXECUTION AND PROGRAMMING OF THEATRE FOR THE CITY OF DUBLIN.

>> THAT IS QUITE A BIT, AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO MAKE TODAY?

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY A RECIPE THAT I STARTED TO MAKE WHEN I WAS SINGING FOR MY SUPPER.

I WAS A PERFORMER TRAVELING ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, AND THIS IS A GO-TO, BECAUSE I COULD MAKE IT AND PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE AND THEN AFTER A LONG DAY OF REHEARSAL, I COULD HAVE IT READY TO GO.

SO THIS IS A SEVEN-LAYER DIP, AND YOU COULD MAKE IT FOR THE MASSES, AND IT IS VERY GOOD.

>> SO IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

LIKE YOU SAID, YOUCAN MAKE IT, AND PUT IT IN THE FRIDGE, AND IT IS ABLE TO MODIFY IT.

>> YES, YOU CAN SPICE IT UP IF YOU WANT IT HOTTER.

>> OKAY.

TELL US WHAT YOU NEED TO GET STARTED.

>> ONE CAN OF BLACK BANE, ONE JAR OF HOT SAUCE, SOME SALSA VERD, AND SOUR CREAM AND BLACK OLIVES.

>> TELL US WHAT YOU DO WITH THE THEATRE.

>> WE SPARK THE CURIOSITY AND EMPATHY AND HUMANITY, AND WE LIGHT THE SPARK FROM YOUNG KIDS TO SENIOR CITIZENS.

YOU CAN BE A PART THROUGH THE CLASSES OR THE PRODUCTIONS THAT WE OFFER THROUGH THE CENTRAL OHIO COMMUNITY.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT MIX TO MEET AUDIENCES.

>> YES, IT IS A WONDERFUL THING, AND THE CITY OF DUBLIN OFFERS CLASSES TO THE CITIZENS AT LARGE AND WE ARE PROUD TO BE A PART OF THAT.

>> GREAT.

I WANT TO GET STARTED AND PUT THE DELICIOUS INGREDIENTS TOGETHER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S DO IT.

I USUALLY START WITH THE REFRIED BLACK BEANS.

>> YOU NEED A SOLID BASE AT THE BOTTOM.

>> SO KIND OF SMUSH IT.

>> YES.

OKAY.

I APPRECIATE THE SMUSH ASSISTANCE.

>> YES, YOU GET THE REFRIED BEANS DOWN.

>> YES.

AND THEN ADD THE AVOCADO.

AND WHEN I DO THAT -- THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME.

>> I'LL BE THE SOUS CHEF.

>> AND SO WHAT I DO IS TO PUT A LITTLE BIT OF VERDE IN THERE, SO THAT WE CAN BIND IT.

AND WE WILL SEE HOW IT GOES.

>> WE WILL SEE HOW IT WORKS.

AND YOU SPECIFICALLY USE THE SALSA VERDE.

>> YES, THIS IS THE ONE FOR THE MASSES, AND IT IS NOT TOO HOT, AND SO, JUST SMUSH IT AROUND THERE.

>> YES, I CAN DO THAT.

I LOVE THIS.

>> AND IF I WERE DOING IT FOR MYSELF, I LIKE IT SPICIER.

>> SURE.

>> AND I WOULD ADD ANOTHER INGREDIENT HERE AND I WOULD GET A SERRANO PEPPER AND CHOP IT UP AND FRY IT UP.

>> THAT SOUNDS AMAZING.

>> SO, AGAIN, YOU CAN MAKE IT TO WHATEVER PEOPLE'S SPICE TOLERANCE.

>> THIS IS THE CROWD PLEASER AT THE PARTY, AND EVERYONE IS GOING TO EAT IT.

>> THIS IS THE ONE THAT NOBODY YELLS AT ME THAT THEIR TONGUE IS ON FIRE.

>> GREAT.

WHAT IS NEXT?

>> I DO TWO LAYERS OF CHEESE INSTEAD OF ONE LAYER.

>> I HAVEN'T BEEN COUNTING, IS IT HOW MANY LAYERS?

>> I THINK THAT IT IS CALLED SEVEN LAYER, BUT THE LAST TIME I MADE IT, IT WAS 12.

SO IF THERE IS TWO LAYERS OF CHEESE, WELL, I'M A CHEESEAHOLIC.

>> YES, THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOT OF CHEESE.

>> OKAY.

ONCE YOU HAVE THAT, YOU CAN EITHER GO SALSA AGAIN AND THEN SOUR CREAM OR SALSA AND THEN SOUR CREAM, WHATEVER YOU ARE FEELING.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND SO, DO THE SOUR CREAM THERE.

>> SPREADING THE SOUR CREAM ON THE CHEESE CAN BE CHALLENGING.

>> YES, LIKE THE BINDING THERE.

>> LOCK IT IN.

>> AND DO THAT -- >> SPREADING IT.

>> I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT LOOKING FANCY.

>> BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE COVERED UP.

>> YOU GOT IT.

>> CAN YOU MAKE THIS IN ADVANCE?

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LIKE IF YOU ARE GOING TO A PARTY.

>> THIS WHERE IT CAME FROM, BECAUSE AS THEATRE PEOPLE, WE ARE GETTING TOGETHER ESPECIALLY LIKE ON A SUNDAY OR SOMETHING.

>> YEAH.

>> AND YOU DON'T HAVE A REHEARSAL OR SOMETHING.

>> AND THEATRE PEOPLE, YOU ARE NOT WATCHING FOOTBALL.

>> EXACTLY.

>> AND SO, WE ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IT IN THE SALSA AND SPREADING IT IN THERE.

>> YES.

>> AND SO, WE HAVE THAT AROUND.

>> YES.

>> AND SPREADING IT AROUND.

>> YES.

>> AND NOW WE GET THE FRESH GREENS.

>> YES.

A LITTLE BIT.

AND WE HAVE BEANS ON THE BOTTOM.

>> BEANS AND GREENS.

TOTALLY HEALTHY.

>> YOU COULD ALSO ADD IN SOMETIMES BLACK OLIVES IF YOU WANT.

>> I DON'T WANT THAT.

[ laughter ] >> YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHY I STOPPED DOING IT, BECAUSE I NEVER REALIZED HOW MUCH PEOPLE HAVE AN AVERSION TO THINGS.

>> YOU EITHER LIKE OR DON'T, BECAUSE THERE IS NO MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.

>> AND I'M A FAN OF GREEN OLIVES, BUT IT WOULD NOT GO WITH THIS.

>> IT WOULD NEVER WANT TO HIDE THE HEALTHINESS.

>> SURPRISE PEOPLE.

>> AND WITH THIS, YOU COULD ADD CHOPPED TOMATOES.

>> YES, YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY DO THIS, AND THEN ADD THE PEPPERS ON TOP AS WELL.

>> AND SO, WE ARE JUST ABOUT DONE HERE.

>> THIS IS THE EPITOME OF A QUICK BITE.

>> SO SIMPLE.

>> AND THE VARIOUS DIPS.

I LOVE IT WITH CHIPS.

SOME PEOPLE JUST LITERALLY PUT IT IN THE BOWL, AND TAKE WITH IT.

A FORK OR SPOON.

>> AND ALSO WITH RICE AND TACO MEAT AND YOU COULD SCOOP IT ON A BOWL.

>> AND IF PROTEIN IS THE JAM, YOU CAN COOK UP SOME CHICKEN AND DICE IT AND PUT IT IN THERE, AND WITH ONE OF MY FRIENDS, LIKES TO GRILL UP SOME CHORIZO AND PUT IT IN THERE.

>> OH, YEAH, THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THAT SOUNDS GOOD.

>> ME, TOO.

>> AND THAT IS SUPER EASY.

I CAN'T WAIT TO DIG IN, BUT I WANTED TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE, BECAUSE I HAVE LITTLE KIDS, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE PROGRAMMING FOR LITTLE KIDS.

SO TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.

>> THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME ABOUT THAT, AND WE HAVE A SERIES CALLED THEATRE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND BEAR WITNESS TO.

AND SO WE HAVE SOME CLASSES THAT WE OFFER TO THE COMMUNITY AND TWO SPECIFICALLY TO REGISTER FOR AND THEN THEY TAKE THE CLASSES ON SATURDAY MORNINGS AND IT CULMINATES IN PERFORMANCES AND YOUTH ARTISTS AND NO FEAR TO BE REJECTED AND WE HAVE THE KIDS WHERE THEY ARE AT, AND TRAIN THEM, AND THEN THEY CAN FIND THEIR VOICE AND WEAR COSTUMES AND A FULL SET.

>> IT IS FOR KIDS AND BY KIDS, AND SO YOU HAVE OPTIONS FOR THE KIDS TO SEE THE SHOW OR PERFORM IN IT.

>> YES.

>> SO YOU CREATE THE SPARK IN SO MANY KIDS.

>> IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE GRATIFYING THAN TO HAVE A CHILD COME TO YOU, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY HAVE TREPIDATION, AND YOU BUILD THEM UP, AND YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU ARE ENOUGH, AND YOU DO THIS AND HAVE THIS WITHIN YOU, AND SO IT IS REALLY GRATIFYING.

>> IT IS A GREAT PHILOSOPHY, AND BEFORE WE HAVE CHIPS ALL OVER US, WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE ABBEY THEATRE OF DUBLIN?

>> WELL, I THINK WHAT I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW IS THAT THERE ARE A TON OF OPTIONS FOR YOU EXPERIENCE ART IN THE SUBURBS, AND NOT JUST HERE DOWNTOWN.

YOU CAN EXPERIENCE ANYTHING FOR THEATRE FOR FAMILIES IN THE AUDIENCES, AND THERE IS A LOT OF THEATRE COMPANIES THAT WE COLLABORATE WITH TO PROVIDE VIBRANT THEATRE FOR ADULTS IN DUBLIN, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TAKE A WEEKEND TO GO SEE SOMETHING THAT IS PROFESSIONAL GRADE.

IT IS A STATE-OF-THE-ART THEATRE, AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO SERVING NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

>> THAT SO WONDERFUL, AND GREAT TO HAVE A RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE, AND YOU ARE RIGHT OUTSIDE OF DOWNTOWN AND SPREADING THEATRE LOVE.

I THINK THAT WE SHOULD DIG INTO THE AMAZING DIP HERE.

>> LADIES FIRST.

>> I AM HAPPY TO BE HERE.

IF I WERE IN A PARTY OR AT HOME, I WOULD JUST STICK THE CHIP IN THERE.

AND I WILL BE GRACEFUL AND DIP IT THERE, AND LOOK AT ALL OF THE COLORS THERE WITH THE AVOCADO.

>> I WILL TAKE ON WHERE YOU LEFT OFF.

THERE WE GO.

>> EASY TO MAKE AND EASY TO EAT.

SERVE WITH CHIPS OR A SPOON, I SUPPOSE OR WHATEVER.

GIVE IT A TASTE.

>> MM-MMM.

>> MAKE A LITTLE SANDWICH WITH MINE.

>> AND I'M A FAN.

THAT SALSA VERDE IS GOOD.

>> VERY GOOD.

>> AND THIS IS DELICIOUS.

AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH, JOE, FOR BEING HERE.

>> IT IS A PLEASURE TO BE HERE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>>> TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ABBEY THEATRE OF DUBLIN, CHECK THEM OUT ONLINE.

AND THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER THAT YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THE STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNCIL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING TALENT AND CONNECTING PUBLIC ART AND MORE AND TO FIND OUT MORE GO TO COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.