NOTICE A THEME HERE.
THE TONY AWARD
WINNING CURIOUS INCIDENT
OF THE DOG IN THE
NIGHTTIME IS AN
ADVENTURE YOURS DRAMA BY
SIMON STEVENS AND IT'S
MADE ITS WAY TO MANOA
VALLEY THEATER.
WE HAVE TWO OF THE LEAD
ACTORS.
NICE TO HAVE YOU ON
"LIVING 808".
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
START BY TELLING ME
MORE ABOUT THIS.
IT'S QUITE A
MOUTHFUL, ISN'T IT?
IT'S BASED ON A BEST
SELLING BOOK AND IT
FOLLOWS CHRISTOPHER WHO
IS A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY IN
ENGLAND AND HE HAS
ASPERGER'S TYPE
SYNDROME.
WE'RE NOT QUITE SURE
WHAT IT IS BUT HE
DEFINITELY SEES THE
WORLD DIFFERENTLY.
AT THE BEGINNING HE IS
INVESTIGATING THE DEATH
OF A DOG IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD BUT THAT
QUICKLY BECOMES
SOMETHING MORE AS HE
FINDS ODD CLUES ABOUT
HIS FAMILY AND HE GOES
ON THIS ADVENTURE AND WE
GET TO SEE THIS
ADVENTURE THROUGH HIS
EYES.
I LOVE IT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME
SNAPSHOTS FROM THE
ACTUAL PRODUCTION.
DILLON, I WANT TO ASK
YOU WHAT IS THE PROCESS
CHRISTOPHER LIKE FOR
YOU?
I SPENT A LONG TIME
ANALYZING THE SCRIPT AND
PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM
AUTISM, THEIR HABITS,
CERTAIN GESTURES THAT
THEY DO, THAT KIND OF
STUFF.
AND YOU HAVE TO GET
THAT CHARACTER FOR THAT.
I KNOW IT'S OPENING
NIGHT TONIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ROUTINE
YOU DO TO GET INTO
CHARACTER LIKE THIS?
I JUST TRY TO LIKE
CLEAR MY MIND AND STAY
IN THE MOMENT, JUST
REMEMBER THAT I'M NO
LONGER DILLON BUT NOW
I'M CHRISTOPHER.
AND DID YOU FEEL ANY
RESPONSIBILITY PLAYING A
CHARACTER WITH
DISABILITIES LIKE THAT
AND HOW YOU WANTED TO
REPRESENT THAT ON STAGE?
YEAH.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
HUGE RESPONSIBILITY THAT
GOES WITH THAT AND
BECAUSE OF THAT
RESPONSIBILITY THERE'S A
LOT OF PRESSURE BECAUSE
I DON'T WANT TO PLAY IT
LIKE A STEREOTYPE.
CHARACTER A PSYCHE, YOU
KNOW.
AND DO JUSTICE TO HIS
CHARACTER AND SHOW HIS
JOURNEY BECAUSE IT'S NOT
JUST ABOUT HIM BEING ON
THE SPECTRUM OR
SUFFERING FROM
ASPERGER'S OR AUTISM BUT
IT'S HIS JOURNEY THROUGH
THE STORY AND HOW HE'S
TRYING TO FIT IN.
THAT SOUNDS
FASCINATING.
WHAT MAKES THE SHOW
STAND OUT FOR YOU?
WELL, KIND OF WHAT HE
WAS EXPLAINING SO GREAT
BECAUSE UNLIKE OTHER
SHOWS WHERE YOU'RE
WATCHING IT AND YOU'RE
INTERESTED, THIS YOU'RE
ACTUALLY SEEING HOW HE
SEES THE WORLD.
WE HAVE AMAZING
DESIGNERS WHO HAVE
CREATED THESE FULL
PROJECTIONS AND LIGHTS
AND AUDIO AND THE SET,
SO YOU REALLY ARE
EXPERIENCING THINGS SUCH
AS JUST GETTING ON A
BUS.
EASY, BUT YOU SEE
THROUGH CHRISTOPHER'S
EYES WHAT IT'S LIKE AND
SO IT'S FASCINATING.
FOR INSTANCE, WE HAVE
THE TWO OF US, A FATHER,
TOGETHER AND WHAT'S VERY
INTERESTING AN DIFFERENT
IS THEY PLAY EVERYTHING
ELSE.
I DON'T MEAN JUST OTHER
CHARACTERS BUT HE WILL
GO INTO A ROOM AND THEY
PLAY THE THINGS INTO THE
ROOM.
IT'S REALLY FASCINATING
TO WATCH.
AS ACTORS WHAT IS IT
LIKE PERFORMING AT MANOA
VALLEY THEATER?
IT'S WONDERFUL.
I LOVE IT.
MANOA VALLEY THEATER
WAS THE FIRST THEATER I
GOT DO COMMUNITY THEATER
IN.
IT HAS A SPECIAL PLACE
IN MY HEART.
CURTAIN CALL TONIGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY ROUTINES
BEFORE STAGE?
OR IS THIS A TRADE
SECRET?
I JUST GET PREPARED.
IT'S SUCH A GREAT GROUP
TO WORK WITH.
IT'S SO MUCH FUN.
BREAK A LEG.
THERE ARE TICKETS
AVAILABLE.
YOU GO THERE, MANOA
VALLEY THEATER.
OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT
RUNNING THROUGH FEBRUARY
9TH AND YOU SEE THE
TICKET PRICES THERE AT
MANOA VALLEY THEATER.
GREAT LINEUP THIS
SEASON.
THANK YOU BOTH, BREAK A