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The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

#318: Wesley Ryan // Ensemble // Part One

The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast

Gillian Pensavalle

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🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Angelica tour's Wesley Ryan discusses growing up in LA, getting an early start in musical theatre, traveling the world to perform in shows, how they found confidence, and Wesley shares their first experiences with Hamilton, and his audition and rehearsal process.

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Stage and Stage's Lynn Menwell Miranda and you're listening to the Hamilkast.

0:05.1

Bootsing, cutsum.

0:18.6

Hello, everyone. Welcome back to The Hamilkast. I'm Jillian, and today I'm joined by the one and only

0:24.8

Wesley Ryan from the Angelica company. Hi.

0:27.4

Hello, hello, hello. How are you? And, of course, Odie's here, obviously.

0:30.7

He's meowing somewhere in the corner. I am doing well. It's a gloomy Wednesday here on tour,

0:38.2

but we're loving it. Great. Before we get started, can you tell me your pronouns, please?

0:43.2

My pronouns are he day. Wonderful. Thank you so much. Where are you right now? We are currently on

0:50.9

tour in Houston, Texas. We just got here on Monday from Little Rock, Arkansas.

0:55.6

So you are in the ensemble on the Angelica tour. You man one, right? I am the first man.

1:01.5

The first. Yes. The first man. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.

1:06.0

Regional productions in the Heights, West Side Story, Little Mermaid, 13, Odie. Of course,

1:10.7

we've discussed. So if people are like, who's Odie? First of all, who's Odie? Get your act

1:14.4

together. Um, you and Odie went viral for being adorable. Odie is your cat. Odie is my cat,

1:20.2

my bangle cat. Yes. Um, I posted a self-tape blooper reel of Odie interrupting me and the internet

1:28.0

took it and ran with it. It was, it was crazy. My name is Weston Ryan. I'm six feet tall. I'm based

1:34.1

in New York City. Odie. Can you stop for just a second, please? Stop. You just need attention.

1:45.7

Do you want to be in my self-tape? Do you want to be in my self-tape? Is that what it is?

1:56.7

My name is Wesley Ryan. You can't. Do you have to let me do this? Go. Go away. My name is Wesley Ryan.

2:07.0

I'm six feet tall and I'm based in New York City. Go. My name is Wesley Ryan. I'm six feet tall

2:15.2

and I'm based in New York City. My name is Wesley Ryan. I'm six feet tall and I'm based in New York City.

2:22.4

You can't do that at the end of every episode. Stop.

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