Capstone is going very well for me. I have done lots of research and I have recently done my interviews. I interviewed two people for my capstone.

The first interview was with Sandy Jacobs, the producer of Hamilton. The second interview was with Travis Griesler, the director of The Cher Show. I interviewed them because they are experts in my topic and they have worked on famous plays. I got the interview with Sandy Jacobs because I know someone who knows him and they sent me a phone number. I got the interview with Travis Griesler because my mom found him on the internet.

They both gave me a lot of information and had such detailed answers that I didn’t have to ask all the questions I had prepared. They both used metaphors to help me understand their roles. Travis was very vocal and enthusiastic and Sandy was more serious. A few times Sandy asked me to repeat my question slower because I was speaking too fast. I learned to slow down when I am talking. We set a day and time with both interviewees and I called them at the specified time.

I faced some challenges when finding a person to interview. We knew people who knew people but we weren’t sure they were going to agree to be interviewed. We didn’t want to put people on the spot so we started looking for backups. But, luckily, both of them responded and agreed to be interviewed. Another challenge that I faced during my first interview was that I kept losing my place in my list of interview questions which caused a silent pause before I could ask the next question. I learned from this and in my second interview, I crossed out each question as I asked it so I kept my place the whole time.

I learned a lot, but the most interesting thing I learned was probably that 80% of the plays fail and it is very rare to have a successful play.