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Hello, everyone. Welcome back to The Hamilkast. My name is Jillian, and today

this is a big day for the pod. I am speaking to Charles Simmons.

You are a cast member in the Germany company of Hamilton. You are George Washington.

That's absolutely right. Yes. Thank you so much for being here. I'm so excited to talk to you

about all things Germany and all things you. Well, thank you for having me. It's an honor to

be here, and I'm very excited to talk to you and to your listeners about Hamilton Germany.

Oh, yes. So before we continue, can you please tell everyone your pronouns? He, him.

Great. Okay. So you are, first of all, like an Instagram celebrity. Thank you so much for saying

nice things about me and the show on Instagram. Oh, my God. Okay. I didn't know I was an Instagram

celebrity, but okay, I'll take it. Your Instalives are the stuff of legend these days, because you

have like chats with the listener, with the fans of Hamilton, and like you're really,

you're making the Germany production pretty accessible, and that's like a really nice and big deal.

Well, I think it, well, thank you for that, first of all. And yeah, it's also my passion project.

I think with a show like Hamilton, I've always thought that is, you know, me being an

American living here. I'm an expatriate living here. I've been in Germany for my entire adult

life, and Hamilton is an extremely important show for me, not just as a performer, but also as

an American citizen, and the opportunity to bring this story to a German audience

is a big deal for me. And so I think it's extremely important to share as much as I can

with Hamilton fans, because there are a lot in a Hamilton fans in Germany, and so I just want them

to be a part of this history, because that's exactly what it is. It's true. So you're a musician.

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