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♪ I was rotting in a watery grave ♪
♪ Lying in my coffin below ♪
♪ When I heard a voice, yes it's true! ♪
♪ That the voice was you. ♪
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- [Presenter] We brought together seven theater kids.
- I am a theater kid.
- I'm a theater kid.
- I am a theater kid.
- I'm a theater kid.
- I am a theater kid.
- [Presenter] One is a liar.
If the group discovers who the liar is,
they'll split a cash prize.
If the liar survives, they win the entire prize.
Who is the odd one out?
- Okay, dream role, dream role.
- For me, I can't sing, but if I could sing,
I would be in "Hairspray."
The one who sings "Big, Blonde and Beautiful",
like Queen Latifah did in the movie, I would wanna be that.
- I'd wanna be Eurydice in "Hadestown."
- I'd want to be Ogie from "Waitress."
- These are all so good.
- I would love to be Aaron Burr.
Like I know,
(all make surprised sounds) like I could do it.
- What about you, guys?
- If there was a newer version of "Macbeth"
inside of "A Midnight Summer's Dream,"
then bam! (claps) (explosion sound)
that's mine. - [Contestant] Oh yeah.
- Veronica in "Heathers."
- Already guaranteed, Evan Hansen.
I want to do dramatic. - Generic.
- Did you say generic?
- I said generic, Dear Evan Hanson.
That was so 2017.
- He was kinda like pointing fingers at me.
He was trying to be on the offensive.
What is the riskiest thing you've ever done,
right when the house was open?
- After, like,
there's only like five people in the auditorium.
- Yeah.
- And me and props thought,
okay we can start picking up stuff.
And we got chewed out for that.
- So, mine is usually, before every performance,
when the harness is coming in,
and the curtains are still closed.
Me and my, like a co-lead, I'll look straight at him,
and we start dancing with each other,
in order to get like the nerves out.
- For me, I do like the one, two three, four five,
one, two, three, four, five.
- Oh - Everyone does it.
- Oh yeah, that's a warmup.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. (bell ringing)
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- He was just very extroverted.
And I thought he was trying a little too hard.
- He didn't talk much. (snap sound)
He just didn't give me the vibe of a theater kid.
(snap sounds)
- Athletic build just got me.
I was like, he definitely plays some sort of sport.
(snap sound) (alert sound)
- It was fun, thanks guys.
- [Contestants] Bye.
- What did you have prepared to show the other players?
♪ Through the line, through the season, ♪
♪ they find me, cause no one knows how far he goes. ♪
- [Presenter] Thank you.
(thematic sound)
This is round two,
the performance round.
You will each have 30 seconds to perform
in front of the other players
and prove that you are a true theater kid.
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(contestants making playful sounds)
- This is the weirdest thing ever.
(contestants making playful and tuning sounds)
- My enemies have entered the haunted forest.
I want you to be there to snatch
that sickening little girl Dorothy,
and her equally nauseating little dog.
Now go, I'll get you my pretty, and your little dog too.
(evil laughter)
♪ Was I too proud with you? ♪
♪ Was I too cold and forbidding, ♪
♪ that you chose her over me? ♪
♪ Are you kidding? ♪
- She was amazing.
She was a good singer.
And I was like, but what if that's what she is?
She's just a great singer.
♪ People think you know me, but you don't know squat ♪
♪ Here's a reef memo that you may not have got ♪
♪ Nobody gets me ♪
♪ You're saying I'm no good ♪
♪ Cause see, I've got a vision, ♪
♪ of a world that's fair ♪
♪ Where it don't matter if you're a Draper square. ♪
- Can I get a stand-in real quick?
My performance requires (crosstalk)
yeah?
All right, cool, cool.
♪ When I heard a voice ♪
♪ from up, above ♪
♪ Saying "Jonny, i love you so! ♪
♪ that voice told me "Jonny, ♪
♪ it's time to come back." ♪
♪ the voice in the ocean ♪
♪ said, "that's what you do." ♪
♪ and I knew that the voice, ♪
♪ yes, it's true that the voice, ♪
♪ was you. ♪
- I thought it was too over the top to be,
just a straight musical theater performance.
♪ I want John Cusack holding a boombox outside my window. ♪
♪ I wanna ride off on a lawn mower with Patrick Dipsey. ♪
♪ Just once I want my life to be like an eighties movie ♪
♪ Preferably, ♪
♪ one with a really awesome musical number for no reason. ♪
♪ But no, John Hughes did not direct my life. ♪
- [Temi] She stood like in one place,
but then I thought maybe tech theater
because that's still technically theater game.
♪ Write what you know ♪
♪ So they say, all I know is I don't know what to write ♪
♪ Or the right way to write it ♪
♪ This is big, lady, don't screw it up ♪
♪ This is what I've been waiting for. ♪
♪ Will that plus the screaming of 10 angry editors. ♪
♪ A girl. It's a girl. ♪
♪ How the hell? is that even legal? ♪
♪ Look, just go and get her. ♪
(clapping) (bell ringing)
- Out of the people who did do singing.
I think she did the least convincing song.
- He has a good voice,
but like, singing in the shower good.
But the projection, it didn't feel theatrical.
- Oh, was I that bad?
- Had to see it hard.
No you did very good.
- I'm gonna get snacks. - Great.
(clapping) (thematic sound)
- [Presenter] Starting now.
For every time you vote out someone that is not the mole...
the prize money will be reduced by half.
If everyone feels confident
that you already caught the mole,
you can end the game now.
But if the majority has doubt, the game will continue.
Please raise your hand if want to continue playing the game.
- Okay. I have a question for you.
- Go for it.
- How many minutes are there in a year?
♪ 525,600 minutes. ♪
- For the last round in the performances.
Some people said
that they weren't the biggest fan of singing.
- I'm a theater kid
but I don't do musical theater - like straight plays
- Yeah, like straight plays.
- Okay. That's your style.
- Or I've done like, stage managing.
And for the one that we're doing right now
I'm gonna be doing directing.
- I was in like theater tech.
I mostly did props and stuff.
- Oh, - yeah,
I've done theater for like eight years
but then like two, maybe three years ago
I transferred to like, try more like, onscreen.
So like, my slate sounds really like film acted.
- Can everyone do their best slate?
- Hi, my name is Lauryn Willard.
I'm 18 years old, five-four, and I'm from Sacramento.
- Hi, my name is Allison Yi.
I'm five-two, based in Los Angeles.
I'll be reading for the role of blank.
- Hi, my name is Callie Sutton.
I'm 16 years old.
I currently live in Carmel and I will be reading for.
- Can we all go downstage left?
- Downstage left? (footsteps)
- Would not be here
because it's from-
- That's house left.
So this is the left for the house.
And then stage left is our left.
- Oh no, that's awkward.
And now everyone go upstage right?
- It'll be over here?
- That, yeah. - What the?
(laughs) (crosstalk)
- Cause this is the stage.
So stage is our, and then house is theirs.
You learned that from your first show.
I, I learned that and had to memorize it
on my first show I ever did.
- Okay. What's a word you can't say in the theater?
- Scottish play.
- Well, like a name.
(whispers) (ominous piano sound)
- We like, we don't even wanna say it here.
- What's the, what's your least favorite thing
about being in theater?
- A lot of people tend to be cocky.
- Oh, the drama in drama.
- I think pre-casting
like when the director does a show
and they already like have it all down,
they're like, okay, this is going to them.
- It's gonna go to the senior.
- If you do stage work and directing.
I think you would know like,
which is house left, house right.
- It just seems like she was trying to blend in a lot.
Yeah. She was just very suspicious to me.
- Yeah. I figured.
- [Presenter] Please raise your hand.
If you want to continue playing the game.
If the lights turn green,
that means you have voted out the mole and you win.
If the lights turn red,
that means the mole is still in the box and you lose.
- Oh, what?
- Was it you? - No. I could never be.
There is no way. And I was like, okay, it's Austin.
I was like, it's Austin.
- Will the fake theater kid please step forward
and reveal yourself in three, two, one.
- I knew it. I knew it.
I told you, I just told you.
- You're keeping me from buying a Barbie Jeep, bro.
I complimented your ducky earrings.
- Well uhm, my best friend's in theater tech.
So I just stole all her answers.
And then literally like,
all my other friends are in theater.
I was like grilling with them.
Like they told me all this stuff.
You messed up with the stage-right.
- Yeah, it was my own,
like, you're welcome for that money.
I think I, I got it for you.
- You were not on my radar, at all.
I was, I wrote down on my notes, you're safe.
- They all seem very extroverted
and I kind of liked their, their energy,
but I don't think I could be an actor,
and I don't think I could be around that 24/7.
- [Presenter] That's the end of the game.
And we want to thank you all
for participating and give you all a gift.
(contestants make excited noises)
- Oh, let's go.
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- I mean, I'd love to be on Broadway.
You know, I, I'd also love to do touring casts.
I, I'd just love to be part of the community.
- Theater to me is just being unapologetically yourself,
not being afraid of what people think of you,
not being afraid of presenting yourself
in a raw and authentic way.
- You gotta be yourself because no one's gonna judge you.
And in that space you are safe.
And I, I think that's really important.
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