IT'S THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.

COMING UP, THE INVASIVE BURMESE PYTHON HAS BEEN FOUND IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

WELL, A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.

WE'RE LEARNING EXACTLY HOW THE PRESENTERS MAY HAVE MADE THEIR WAY UP NORTH FROM THE EVERGLADES AND HOW THE RISK FOR ANOTHER REPTILE INVASION REMAINS LOW.

A PERFORMANCE THAT BRINGS AWARENESS TO THE STRUGGLES OF ADULTS LIVING ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.

THE 2 LEADING ROLES PROVIDING DIALOGUE THEY HOPE WILL LEAD TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE DIAGNOSIS.

AND THE PERFECT WEEKEND GETAWAY MIGHT JUST BE A DAY TRIP TO SARASOTA WHERE WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE POPULAR TOURIST SPOTS IN THE CITY.

HELLO, I'M JENNIFER CRAWFORD.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY IS THE NEW HOME FOR SOME SURPRISING RESIDENTS.

BURMESE PYTHONS FOR THE FIRST-TIME WILDLIFE EXPERTS SAY BREEDING COLONIES OF THE APEX PREDATOR ARE FOUND IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

BURMESE PYTHONS FIRST SHOWED UP IN THE EVERGLADES IN THE LATE 1980'S AFTER BEING BROUGHT OVER INITIALLY IS PART OF THE EXOTIC PET TRADE FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA UNTIL RECENTLY THEY HAD NEVER ESTABLISHED A BREEDING POPULATION NORTH OF THE EVERGLADES, SOMETHING PYTHON BIOLOGISTS HAVE LONG FEARED.

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTER TOM BAYLISS JOINS US NOW WITH A LOOK AT HOW CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAS EMERGED RECENTLY AS A HOT SPOT FOR BURMESE PYTHONS.

>> BURMESE PYTHONS HAVE ESTABLISHED A BREEDING COLONY CLUSTERED NEAR THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR, PRESERVE STATE PARK.

THAT'S SOUTH OF THE ROTUNDA AREA AND WEST OF GORDA.

THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION NOW CONSIDERS THE CLUSTERS SNAKES ITS OWN COLONY, LIVING BREATHING, EATING REPRODUCING IN GROWING OUTSIDE THE CONFINES OF THE GREATER FLORIDA EVERGLADES.

AND BARNES SEC, THE PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE CONSERVANCY OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S BURMESE PYTHON RESEARCHER IN REMOVAL PROGRAM SAYS THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY POPULATION DIDN'T SLITHER UP THERE, BUT MAY HAVE BEEN PLACED.

>> SEEMED TO BE A SATELLITE POPULATION AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO CONNECT TO.

THE CORE POPULATION AND THAT'S INDICATION TO US THAT BIOLOGISTS INTENTIONAL RELEASE THAT OCCURRED UP THERE OVER THE YEARS.

>> THE COLONY IN THE STATE PARK IS NOT NEW TO THE CONSERVANCY'S TEAM.

>> SO THOSE SIGHTINGS HAVE BEEN ON OUR RADAR SCREEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.

EVENTUALLY FWC TOOK NOTICE AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE BECAUSE OF SOME UPROAR.

OF SOME RESIDENTS, THEY DID PUT.

A FEW BIOLOGISTS TO MONITOR THAT REGION.

>> THE PYTHONS ESTABLISHED A COLONY IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY AND THEN LESS BIOLOGIST.

REMOVE EVERY POINT ON THERE, THE SAME TYPE AND ENVIRONMENTAL OVERALL, THE PYTHONS, A WREATH IN THE EVERGLADES WILL CONTINUE.

PYTHONS REEK HAVOC ON THE FOOD WET.

SINCE MAKING THEIR WAY INTO THE EVERGLADES IN THE LATE 1980'S BURMESE PYTHONS HAVE CHANGED ONE ECOSYSTEM AFTER ANOTHER.

BOTH ANIMALS AND PLANTS, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE CARNIVORES.

A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES FOUND NO LESS THAN 87% OF BOBCAT.

AND MORE THAN 99% OF RACCOONS AND OPOSSUMS DISAPPEARED FROM THE SOUTHERN EVERGLADES AFTER PATIENTS MOVED INTO THE AREA.

MARSH RABBITS CAUGHT UNTIL RABBIT AND FOX'S VANISHED FROM THE SURVEYS ENTIRELY.

A SEPARATE STUDY BY THE SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT'S PYTHON RESEARCH TEAM FOUND THE CONSTRICTOR WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 77% OF RABBIT.

THAT'S MORE THAN NATIVE PREDATORS COMBINED.

SINCE RABBITS, RACCOONS AND OPOSSUMS OR PREFER BOBCAT'S PANTHERS AND BIRDS OF PREY WIPING THEM OUT.

STARS THE PREDATORS ABOVE THEM TO NOT JUST THE PYTHONS DIRECT VICTIMS.

RESEARCHERS FOUND 25 DIFFERENT SEED TAPES IN THE STOMACHS OF BURMESE PYTHONS SPENDING.

38 PLANT FAMILIES, INCLUDING NATIVE ENDANGERED AND INVASIVE SPECIES.

WHEN THEY MAPPED OUT THE SNAKES CONNECT TO THOSE PLANTS.

THE PYTHON'S SHOWED UP AS HIGHLY GENERALIZED MEANING INTERACT WITH A WIDE RANGE OF SPECIES RATHER THAN A HANDFUL THAT SUGGESTS THE PYTHON ISN'T OUTSIDE DISRUPTER ANYMORE.

IT'S BECOMING PART OF THE EVERGLADES SEEDS SPREADING SYSTEM FOR BETTER OR WORSE.

THAT SHIFT MATTERS BECAUSE OF WHAT THE PYTHON IS ALREADY DONE TO THE REST OF THE FOOD WEB.

THE CHARLOTTE HARBOR PRESERVE STATE PARK PROTECTS MORE THAN 100 MILES OF SHORELINE ACROSS BOTH CHARLOTTE AND LEE COUNTIES.

IT'S FLORIDA'S 3RD LARGEST STATE PARK OVER 45,000 ACRES OF ISLANDS, MANGROVES PLANTS.

NEARLY 80 PYTHONS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED, FOUND DEAD OR OBSERVED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

61% OF THOSE LOGS SINCE 2024 ALONE, MEANING THE PACE HAS PICKED UP SHARPLY AND RECENTLY.

THE BURMESE PYTHON INVASION IS ONE OF THE CLEAREST EXAMPLES OF HOW AN INTRODUCED SPECIES CAN CHANGE AN ECOSYSTEM.

THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE CONCERNS.

SEVERE DECLINES AND MEDIUM SIZE MANNING'S AND THE RESULTING CHANGES IN FOOD WEBS EFFECTS ON DISEASE WADING BIRDS, ENDANGERED SPECIES AND VEGETATION ARE ALSO IMPORTANT.

THE EVERGLADES HAS NOT STOPPED FUNCTIONING AND SOME SPECIES OF FILLED ROLLS LEFT OPEN BY DECLINING MAMMALS.

THAT MEANS THE LIONS SHOULD NOT BE MISTAKEN FOR A RETURN TO THE OLD ECOSYSTEM.

>> TOM BURMESE PYTHONS HAVE ALSO BEEN FOUND IN GEORGIA.

AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A COUPLE THAT HAD THEM IN THE PANHANDLE.

HOW CONCERNING ARE THOSE COMPARED TO WHAT'S BEEN DISCOVERED IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY?

>> WELL, JENNIFER, WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS AND IT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE IS THOSE SIGHTINGS WERE ONE-OFFS AND NOT A BREEDING COLONY.

THE ONE IN GEORGIA IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN RELEASED BY SOMEONE UP THERE AND THE SAME GOES FOR THE 2 PIPE BOMBS THAT WERE FOUND IN THE PANHANDLE IN WASHINGTON COUNTY BETWEEN TALLAHASSEE AND PENSACOLA.

IN FACT, THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION'S BURMESE PYTHONS SHOW CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS OR CAPTURES THROUGHOUT FLORIDA SINCE 2000 FROM SIESTA KEY AND SARASOTA COUNTY TO JUST OUTSIDE OF DAYTONA BEACH, ORLANDO TO JACKSONVILLE.

BUT THE KEY HERE SO FAR.

IS BIOLOGISTS HAVE NOT FOUND BREEDING COLONIES ANYWHERE OTHER THAN IN THE STATE PARK IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.

>> BIOLOGIST ALSO CAN'T REALLY ESTIMATE ACCURATELY THE POPULATION OF BURMESE PYTHONS.

THERE VERY DIFFICULT TO DETECT.

HOW DOES THAT FACTOR INTO EFFORTS TO CONTROL THEM?

>> PROTECTING THE GREATER EVERGLADES AND NOW THE STATE PARK IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY WILL REQUIRE CONTINUED MONITORING EARLY DETECTION OF THE EDGES OF THE INVASION AND SUSTAINED EFFORTS TO REMOVE ICE TIMES WHERE THEY CAUSE THE GREATEST ON.

FRANKLY, JENNIFER, WITHOUT A TECHNOLOGICAL BREAKTHROUGH OF SOME SORT THAT MAKES PYTHON'S EASIER TO FIND AND CAPTURE.

THERE MAY NOT BE AN END TO THE ECOLOGICAL CHANGES.

THE PYTHON CAUSES IN THE EVERGLADES.

TOM BAYLISS, THANKS FOR JOINING US TODAY.

WELCOME.

>> YOU CAN KEEP UP WITH ALL OF TOM'S REPORTING FROM BURMESE PYTHONS TO OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE.

WHEC YOU DOT ORG.

AND COMING UP, UTILIZING TECHNOLOGY TO BRING A BELOVED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM TO LIFE.

WE PULL BAC THE CDC ESTIMATES ONE IN EVERY 45 ADULTS IS ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM AND THAT THE OFF BROADWAY PALM THEATER PERFORMANCE OF MARK'S SAINT-GERMAIN'S ROMANTIC COMEDY DANCING LESSONS BRINGS ATTENTION TO THE DAILY STRUGGLES OF THOSE WITH A DIAGNOSIS WGCU ARTS REPORTER TOM HALL HAS MORE.

>> EVER.

MONTGOMERY IS A PROFESSOR AT THE NEW YORK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

HE LIVES ONE FLOOR ABOVE SINGLE QUINN AND ACCOMPLISHED BROADWAY DANCER, WHO FINDS HER CAREER IN JEOPARDY DUE TO AN ENCOUNTER WITH A NEW YORK TAXI.

HE'S ABRUPT AND SOCIALLY AWKWARD.

SHE'S DEPRESSED, BORDERING ON TO SPAWN AND SHE'S IN NO MOOD TO DEAL WITH HER PUSHING NEIGHBOR UNTIL HE MAKES A RATHER SURPRISING ADMISSION IN THE LIVING ROOM OF HER UPPER WEST SIDE APARTMENT.

>> I HAVE A FORM OF AUTISM CALLED ASPERGER'S.

PLUS, THE AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION DECIDED THAT IT'S JUST A MORE ELEVATED THE CLASSIFICATION.

THEY SAID IT WAS ELITIST AND MONACO'S AUTISTIC, BUT WE NEVER VOTED TWICE AND TELL PEOPLE I HAVE ASKED FOR OTHERS.

I'M A REBEL THAT WAY.

>> TO STICK.

YES.

>> YOU SOUND SURPRISED US.

>> NOT SURPRISED AS MUCH AS CURIOUS.

CHLOE LEACH AND EXPLAINS.

>> SHE IS KIND OF AN ABRASIVE PERSON HERSELF.

BUT WHEN SHE REALIZES HE HAS AUTISM.

IT SWITCHES ON THAT CURIOSITY AND THAT THAT THAT THAT DRIVES THE REST OF THE PLAY AND ALLOWS HER TO SEE HIM.

IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT.

>> CURIOSITY IS A REFRESHING REACTION AND EVERS EXPERIENCE.

MOST PEOPLE PREJUDGE MANY PEOPLE HAVE HEARD OR BELIEVED THINGS ABOUT AUTISM THAT AREN'T TRUE.

SO EVER PLAYED BY STEPHEN CO CLARIFIES JUST WHAT THAT MEANS.

>> THE LINE IS, ILLNESSES CAN BE CURED.

I'M NOT SICK.

I'M AN ANOMALY, BUT I'M NOT ALONE.

AND HE DOES FIND VALUE IN COMMUNITY AND LIKE-MINDED PEOPLE.

BUT HE DOES PUT HIMSELF OUT THERE AND TRIES TO BE AS COURAGEOUS AS POSSIBLE.

>> LIKE TAKING DANCING LESSONS IN PREPARATION FOR AN AWARDS CEREMONY HAS TO 10.

EVERY WANTS TO FIT IT TO BE JUST LIKE NORA, TYPICAL PEOPLE EACH YEAR ENJOYING IT.

I CAN NOT.

WATER BOARDING IS ONE SCENE IN PARTICULAR UNDERSCORES EVER STRIKE.

HE SITS WITH HIS LAPTOP, IMITATING IMAGES OF PEOPLE DISPLAYING BASIC HUMAN EMOTIONS, SUCH AS SADNESS HERE.

ENJOY.

TO PORTRAY THE CHALLENGES FACED BY THOSE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM.

CO NOT ONLY DID HIS RESEARCH, HE ALSO RELIED ON PERSONAL EXPERIENCE GROWING UP ACTUALLY HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT ACTUALLY DID HAVE.

>> ASKED BURGERS AND I HAVE SOMEXPERIENCE WITH IT.

>> FROM THESE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES THAT NO 2 PEOPLE ON THE SPECTRUM ARE ALIKE.

IN FACT, EVER MAKES THAT VERY POINT.

AND THE PLAY EVERY PERSON WITH ASPERGER'S, EVERY PERSON WITH AUTISM.

>> THEY ARE ALL DIFFERENT.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT LIKE THERE WAS.

YES, HERE'S THE CHECKLIST.

DO THIS, THIS THIS THIS AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO BE ASKED WORKERS.

IT'S IT WAS.

A LONG HISTORY OF OBSERVATION.

WHILE THERE'S NO CHECKLIST, LACK OF EYE CONTACT IS VERY COMMON.

>> BUT THAT'S ESPECIALLY PROBLEMATIC IN THE THEATRICAL SETTING.

>> IT'S A VERY INTERESTING CHALLENGE BECAUSE SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT WE PERCEIVE TO BE GOOD ACTING IS MAKING EYE CONTACT AND LISTENING TO YOUR PARTNER AND FACING TOWARDS THEM AND BEING WITHIN THEIR ENERGY.

>> EVERS ALSO TOUCH RIVERS, WHICH PRESENTS A SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE OBSTACLE WHEN IT COMES TO LEARNING TO DANCE TO OVERCOME THAT IMPEDIMENT SAYING YOU MUST FIRST EARN EVANS TRUST ONCE SHE DOES, SHE ORGANICALLY DEVICES, SIMPLE STEPS TO INDUCE EVAN TO ACCEPT PHYSICAL CONTACT.

>> NOT GOING TO PRESSURE ON VERY LIGHT.

WE OKAY.

>> NO PARTY IN >> AND THE FIRST SCENE SHE INSISTS SHE'S NOT A DANCE TEACHER.

SHE DOES NOT TEACH.

THAT'S NOT OUR THING.

THEN HE COMES IN.

THEY.

GET TO IDENTIFY WITH EACH OTHER A BIT.

AND SHE SORT OF.

IS ENJOYING THIS TEACHING ASPECT AND JUST THE CURIOSITY OF GETTING TO KNOW SOMEONE ELSE AFTER BEING SO.

YOU KNOW, ABSORBED WITH YOUR OWN DEPRESSION, BE FOR THIS PROCESS, SAYING A DERIVATIVE LEAVE THE AUDIENCE.

DISCOVER WHAT EASTERSEALS WANTS US ALL TO KNOW.

>> EVERYONE WITH AUTISM DESERVES TO BE TRULY SEEN ACCEPTED AND CELEBRATED FOR WHO THEY ARE.

THAT'S THE HEART OF BELONGING.

>> AND THAT'S THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY LOVE ABOUT THE SHOW IS THAT IT'S IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL STORY ABOUT HUMAN CONNECTION.

AND SO WITH THAT, THERE IS DEFINITELY A BIT OF A METAPHOR THERE ABOUT THE FEAR OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN WHEN YOU PUT YOURSELF OUT THERE AND WANTING AND CRAVING HUMAN TOUCH IN CONNECTION BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GIVE YOURSELF OVER TO IT.

>> I FEEL LIKE A MISFIT, BUT I WE HAVE MORE IN COMMON THAN THAN YOU THINK YOU DO WHAT YOU USAN.

>> DANCING LESSONS RUNS THROUGH AUGUST SECOND, I DON'T WANT TO BE ALONE.

>> THERE WASN'T A LOT OF DANCING IN THAT SEGMENT.

WE JUST SAW.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THAT ASPECT OF THE PLAY?

>> WELL, YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT, JENNIFER.

THERE'S VERY LITTLE DANCING AND DANCING LESSONS.

THAT'S BECAUSE THE SHOW FOCUSES OF SOCIAL CONNECTION AND THE PREMISE THAT IF WE LOOK HARD ENOUGH, THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO CAN HAVE THE MOST PROFOUND IMPACT ON US.

NO MATTER HOW DIFFERENT THEY MAY SEEM AT FIRST BLUSH YET.

THE IMPORTANCE OF MOVEMENT AS AN ADAPTIVE THERAPY FOR PEOPLE ON THE AUTISM SPECTRUM LIES AT THE HEART OF WHAT TRANSPIRES ON STAGE.

MOST SOCIAL SKILL INTERVENTIONS FOR AUTISM OR COGNITIVE LEARNING SCRAPS PRACTICING CONVERSATIONS USING A LAPTOP TO IDENTIFY EMOTIONS, DISPLAYED THROUGH FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND BODY LANGUAGE OF NEURO TYPICAL PEOPLE.

DANCE WORKS DIFFERENTLY.

RESEARCH IN FIELD STUDIES SUGGEST THAT MATCHING ANOTHER PERSON'S RED THEM MIRRORING THEIR MOVEMENTS AND THEY WAS ALL TO STICK CHILDREN AND ADULTS TO INCREASE THEIR FEELINGS OF AFFILIATION AND CONNECTION.

AND ALTHOUGH THE PLAY DOESN'T DWELL ON THE DANCING LESSON SAYING AGAINST EVER HER IMPLICIT DANCE THERAPY OPENS EVER UP TO GENUINE SOCIAL CONNECTION, WHICH IN THE PLAY IS ULTIMATELY SYMBOLIZED BY HIS RECEPTIVITY TO PHYSICAL TOUCH.

IT'S REALLY QUITE CLEVER ON THE PART OF PLAYWRIGHT MARK SAINT GERMAIN.

>> NOW, I UNDERSTAND YOU ALSO TOOK IN ANOTHER PERFORMANCE AND THIS ONE HAD SOME REALLY AWESOME CREATIVE SPECIAL EFFECTS.

>> IT DID.

THE WE WENT AND VISITED THE SET OF FROZEN THAT ARTS BONITA WHERE THEY'RE USING TECH TO MAXIMUM ADVANTAGE.

NOW, DISNEY PIONEERED THE USE OF CGI, ANIMATION TO CREATE IMMERSIVE WORLDS AND REPRESENT MAGICAL ELEMENTS AND TRANSFORMATION.

TOOLS LIKE THAT AREN'T AVAILABLE IN THEATER.

BUT THERE ARE WAYS TO COMBINE SCIENCE AND TO ENHANCE STORYTELLING SUPPORT, CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT AND ELEVATE THE SHOW'S EMOTIONAL IMPACT USING LIGHTING SOUND AND SPECIAL EFFECTS.

THE ARTS BONITA CREATIVES TOGETHER WITH THEIR CAST OF TERRIFIC HIGH SCHOOL IN COLLEGE ACTORS ARE USING TECH TO BRING FROZEN TO LIFE IN A WAY THAT WILL NOT ONLY THRILL AUDIENCES, THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE DISNEY'S IMAGINEERS PROUD.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> YEAH, IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THE STAGE.

MAGIC HAPPEN ON.

>> IN FRONT OF YOU WHO IS STOPPING US?

YOUR THE CLUE.

THAT'S ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN IT'S DISNEY'S FROZEN AND ME IS A LITTLE LOW.

AND SHANNON NELSON ARE PLAYING ELSA AND ON PRODUCING ARTISTIC DIRECTOR.

JOSEPH FOR OUR SHARES.

HIS STRATEGY FOR THE PRODUCTION.

>> WE WANTED TO.

>> I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG KIDS AND PEOPLE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T GONE TO THE THEATER BEFORE TO COME EXPERIENCE WHAT A LIVE PRODUCTION CAN BE.

AND >> HOPEFULLY GET BIT BY THE THEATER BUG IN COMES.

THE OTHER SHOWS ARE BEING SHOWS THEMSELVES IN A MUSICAL SUCH AS FROZEN TECH PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN CREATING A FANTASTICAL REALM OF ICE SNOW, BITTER COLD.

>> AND FOGGY WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.

SO WE USE.

>> A LOW LYING FOG MACHINE WHICH COOLS AND USES LIKE A AND I WAS LIKE A NEBULA STATION.

PROCESSOR 9 IS A PROCESS WITH WITH WATER AND TO KEEP FOG REALLY LONG THE GROUND.

SO IT READS AS MORE COLD AND THEN WE ALSO USE FOG GEYSERS THAT KIND OF SHOOT LAST STRAIGHT UP INTO THE AIR.

THAT'S JUST THE START OF THE PROCESS OF RECREATING ELSA'S ICE CASTLE HAVE 2 DIFFERENT SNOW MACHINES THAT CREATE AND BASICALLY TINY SUBSIDES AND SPEND THEM THROUGH A LITTLE STOCK AND THEN THEY TURN INTO SNOW.

SO WE GOT THOSE.

AND THEN WE HAVE 5 DIFFERENT CONFETTI BLOWERS, CONFETTI CANNONS.

PEOPLE CALL THEM IN AND THAT AT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SHOW, LYFT, YOU KNOW.

>> SNOW UP INTO THE AIR.

THE COORDINATION OF THESE APPARATUSES REQUIRES SPLIT-SECOND TIMING.

WE ARE USING AUTOMATION WITH WITHIN A SYSTEM CALLED QUE LAB.

>> THE BASICALLY LINES UP ALL OF THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EFFECTS IN SOME OF THE LIGHTING CUES AND THAT THE MUSIC AND THE PROJECTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS THE SAME TIME THE U.S.

>> AND WHEN ELSA TRANSFORMS FROM CORONATION GOWN INTO HER ICE QUEEN GAR.

THE CENTER'S DRAB GRAY MINIMALIST AFFAIR.

THAT'S BECAUSE BROWER HAS CHOSEN TO USE PROJECTION MAPPING TO AMPLIFY THE ATMOSPHERICS.

ANYTIME I USE PROJECTIONS.

IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIFFERENT LEVELS AND DIFFERENT TEXTURES IN DIFFERENT SHAPES.

>> BUT THEN THE PROJECTIONS CAN BE MAPPED TO TO TO ENHANCE THOSE AREAS RATHER THAN JUST HAVING A BIG WELL.

AND THE AUDIENCE SEES A LOT MORE DIMENSION AND THE ACTORS FEEL LIKE THEY'RE IN A WORLD INSTEAD OF BEING IN FRONT OF.

>> THE PRODUCTION ALSO USES SOUND TO MAXIMIZE THE SHOW'S FRIGID FEEL HERE.

SOUND ENGINEER HAUNT US.

WARNS IT IS SUCH A ATMOSPHERIC.

I'M KIND OF SHOW.

SO WE >> USE A LOT TOOLS LIKE RIVER BEEN DIFFERENT EFFECTS TO GIVE IT THAT ATMOSPHERE BEING IN US LIKE FOR ELSA'S ICE CASTLE, OUR OUT IN A SNOWSTORM KIND OF THING.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF SPECIAL EFFECTS AS FAR AS AND SOUND EFFECTS AND ALSO JUST EFFECTS ON THE ACTOR'S ACTUAL VOICES TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE YOU'RE REALLY IN THIS WORLD THAT WE KIND OF CREATED HERE IN THE THEATER.

>> SUAREZ ALSO USE THE SOUND TO AFFECT ELSE'S POWER TO CREATE ICE AND SNOW.

WE DID SOME SIDE EFFECTS FOR EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I.

>> ICE BLAST.

SOMEBODY EFFECT, WHICH IS IT HELPS ME A LOT.

>> AND I THINK IT ALSO HELPS SHANNON, A LOT WHOSE ARE AND IF YOU LIKE, THERE'S ACTUALLY ICE HITTING HER IN THE HEART BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ISN'T TRUE ICE COMING OUT OF MY HANDS.

THE ICE LAST SOUND IS WHAT REALLY HELPS WITH THAT FEELING OF THE MAGIC.

>> BUT SUAREZ NOTES THERE'S MORE TO IT THAN A MERE SOUND EFFECT.

>> WE ACTUALLY HAVE SUBS UNDER THE STAGE SUBWOOFER.

SO THAT KIND OF LIKE BIG BASES SOUND THE FEELING YOUR CHEST.

WE USE THOSE UNDER THE STAGE.

SO DURING THOSE HUGE ICE PLACE, YOU ACTUALLY FEEL IT A LITTLE BIT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING DOWN TO IT CREATES THE EFFECT SO MUCH MORE REALISTIC.

ALMOST LIKE YOU'RE.

>> JUST A COUPLE FEET AWAY FROM ALSO SCORES HAS TO MONITOR 24 MIKE ACTORS THROUGH SONGS, DANCE NUMBERS AND VERBAL INTERACTIONS FOR THAT.

SHE IS A PROGRAM CALLED THEATER MIX.

WE HAVE A HUGE LIKE PLAY SPACE RIGHT HERE.

WE HAVE ALL 24 MIKE'S HERE AND SOME OF THEM HAVE 24 FINGERS.

>> AND SO INDIVIDUALLY DOING IT WHAT THIS PROGRAM WILL DO IS IT WILL ROUTE SPECIFIC ONES TO WHO'S ON ON ONE OR 2.

SO IT'S MORE MANAGEABLE.

SO WE USE THAT PROGRAM BASICALLY, WHOEVER'S NOT SPEAKING IS NOT ON AND WE DO THAT BY ONE BUTTON PUSHED INSTEAD OF GOING AND FINDING 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE.

>> WITH SO MUCH TECH, INCLUDING LIGHTING, THERE'S ALWAYS THE CHANCE THAT SOMETHING WILL GO AWRY.

BUT ISN'T WORRIED AT ALL.

>> WE JUST HAVE AN AMAZING TEAM BACK THERE WORKING SO HARD THAT I AM NEVER WORRIED WHEN I STEP ON STAGE ABOUT LIKE ANY ISSUES BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE ARE IN GOOD HANDS AND THE SOUND IS GREAT IN THE LIGHT SKIRT THE PROJECTIONS AND WE HAVE AMAZING, AMAZING STAGE MANAGERS AND THAT ONCE THEY STEP ON THE STAGE, REALLY, I LIKE.

DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT LIKE THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS BECAUSE I'M JUST SO.

IN THE WORLD OF ELSA AND AIR AND ALL THAT.

I JUST LIKE FORGET ALL THE MY WORRIES.

AND I'M JUST ON STAGE IN THE LIGHTS AND SOME IDEA OF SEEING A SUNNY >> FROZEN IS ON STAGE AND ARTS BE NEEDED THROUGH SUNDAY.

FOR WCA NEWS.

TOM HALL.

>> AND HERE'S ANOTHER INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY OF FROZEN FROM THE WGCU NEWSROOM WHEN DEVELOPING THE HIT MOVIE, WALT DISNEY ANIMATION STUDIOS HAD TO CREATE ITS OWN COMPUTER PROGRAM TO SIMULATE REALISTIC CRUNCHING OF DEEP SNOW SOFTWARE WAS CALLED MATTER HORN AND HAS SINCE BEEN USED TO MAKE REALISTIC ANIMATIONS FOR OTHER ELEMENTS, INCLUDING OCEAN WAVES, FIREBALLS AND SAND.

COMING UP AFTER THE BREAK, WE'RE HITTING THE PAVEMENT TO LEARN MORE FLORIDA IS FULL OF HIDDEN GEMS AND SPECIAL SPOTS.

YOU CAN FIND AN ARRAY OF THE BEST ATTRACTIONS AS PART OF FLORIDA ROAD TRIP.

AVAILABLE NOW TO WATCH ON WGCU DOT ORG AND ON PBS PASSPORT.

HERE'S A SPECIAL PREVIEW AS HOST ALISON.

GOD LOVE SHOWS US SOME OF THE FUN YOU CAN FIND IN SARASOTA.

>> IT USED TO BE KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

THE CIRCLE CITY.

YOU KNOW, JOHN, RINGLING BROTHERS CIRCUS HERE IN 1927.

I WAS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR, IF NOT THE MOST POPULAR FIRST ATTRACTIONS, FLORIDA UNTIL HIS OPENED UP.

>> IN 1925, JOHN, A SET OUT TO CREATE AN ART MUSEUM.

HE HIRED AN ARCHITECT WE BEGIN DESIGNING THE MUSEUM AND HE ALSO HIRED AN ART ADVISER TO WORK WITH IN THE CHOIR.

HE WORKS FOR THE COLLECTION, THE ARCHITECT HE HIRED WAS THE ARCHITECT OF THE ORIGINAL METROPOLITAN MUSEUM.

HE WANTED THINGS BIG AND BOLD.

AND AS THE AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHO HE WAS.

AND SO HE REALLY PURSUED RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE WORKS, PARTICULARLY LARGE SCALE WORKS.

IT WAS A WILD, MOVED TO BUILD A COLLECTION AND PUT IT IN SOUTH FLORIDA IN THE LATE 1920'S, THE CONDITIONS WERE REALLY GREAT AT A TIME WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE AIR CONDITIONING.

IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THESE EUROPEAN MASTERPIECES TO BE IN THIS KIND OF A CONDITION HERE.

>> THE MUSEUM OPENED ITS DOORS TO THE PUBLIC IN 1930.

BUT JOHN RINGLING PASSED AWAY 6 YEARS LATER IN HIS WILL.

HE LEFT THE MUSEUM TO THE PEOPLE OF FLORIDA THE COURT YARD FEATURES SEVERAL SCULPTURES AND A LIFE-SIZE STATUE OF DAVID WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE MUSEUM.

ARE 21 GALLERIES.

>> ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT WORKS THAT WE HAVE HERE ARE THE RUBIN SCREENINGS.

>> THERE ARE ONLY 7 LEFT IN THE WORLD AND 5 OF THEM CAN BE FOUND AT THE RINGLING MUSEUM OF ART.

WE LING'S MANSION.

THE CUT IS ON IS STILL ON THE PROPERTY ALONG WITH THE HISTORIC OSLO THEATER BUILT-IN 17 92 TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF CATARINA CORNER AND EMPRESS OF CYPRUS WHO WAS EXILED TO THE VILLAGE OF OSLO JUST OUTSIDE VENICE.

THE VILLAGERS BUILT THE THEATER IN HER HONOR AND INCLUDED HER PORTRAIT, WHICH YOU CAN STILL SEE TODAY AFTER WORLD WAR 2, THE DIRECTOR OF THE RINGLING MUSEUM PURCHASED THE THEATER AND MOVED IT TO SARASOTA.

IT CONTINUES TO BE USED AS A PERFORMANCE SPACE.

>> COMING UP ON OUR NEXT PROGRAM, KEEPING YOUR PETS SAFE IN THE SUMMER SUN AS THE HEAT CONTINUES TO BOIL OVER WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU SET OFF ON A LONG WALK OR TAKE YOUR DOG FOR A RIDE IN THE CAR.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US TO MAKE SURE YOU VISIT WGCU DOT ORG.

THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN RIGHT HERE ON SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IN FOCUS.