#381: Morgan Anita Wood // Eliza on the And Peggy Tour // Part One
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
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🗓️ 21 August 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Morgan Anita Wood is currently playing Eliza on the And Peggy Tour, and has been with Hamilton since 2018 when she started playing Woman 5. Morgan grew up in Indiana and was performing as young as three years old. She always had the passion for and the clarity about what she wanted to do at a very young age. She came from a family of creatives, performers, and what she calls "artistic minded people." Her determination led her to an internship at Telsey, one of the leading casting offices in the country and the office that casts Hamilton. There's an excellent chance they cast your favorite musical/play/movie/TV show/commercial/the list goes on. Morgan learned about the business as she crossed paths with people like Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jonathan Groff and after months behind the scenes, she was confident and ready when her audition (at Telsey!) finally came. From that internship to ending up in the hospital the night of her Hamilton Puerto Rico debut, Morgan takes us on quite a journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage and Stages, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilkast. |
| 0:05.1 | Bootsing, cuts in, bussing. |
| 0:18.3 | Hi, everyone. Welcome back to The Hamilkast. I'm Jillian, and today I am here with Morgan, |
| 0:22.5 | Anita Wood. Hi, Morgan. Hello, Jillian. Thanks for having me. |
| 0:26.8 | Look, thanks for being here. Of course. You have such a wonderful vibe and energy, |
| 0:32.0 | immediately. The minute you popped on screen, I was like, oh, this is going to be fun. |
| 0:36.3 | So glad. I'm so glad we had time to be kind of a person today and do our hair, and so you know, |
| 0:40.9 | we're doing our best. Looking stunning. Before we say anything else, can you please tell me |
| 0:47.1 | and the listeners, your pronouns? Yes, my pronouns are she, her, hers. Thank you so much. |
| 0:51.8 | So you are currently Eliza on the N Peggy Tour. I am. Yeah. And you've been with the show for a |
| 0:57.7 | long time with the N Peggy Tour. You've been traveling the country, basically, with Hamilton. Yes, |
| 1:03.2 | yes, it's funny. I guess by definition, I've been on tour, but I really started touring the country, |
| 1:09.2 | starting last August when I rejoined and Peggy as Eliza. So yeah, it's kind of full circle |
| 1:14.8 | moment for me. Yeah, I'm excited to get into your whole story. You've been doing this. You've |
| 1:19.2 | been performing, singing, dancing, acting since you were a kid. Your website says like, since you're |
| 1:22.7 | three years old. Yeah, yeah. I want to hear all about it. You were on the first ever reality show for |
| 1:28.8 | kids. Oh, Lord, you thought we were going to talk about that. You haven't ever been coming. |
| 1:34.3 | But yeah, you know, look, I know you don't have all the time in the world, but I want to hear |
| 1:37.8 | everything about you. I know, you know, you're from Indianapolis, like your life story and then |
| 1:42.4 | your Hamilton story. And then we'll like see where it goes from there. We'll talk to the Patreon |
| 1:46.0 | peeps. It'll be like a whole fun party. Let's do it. Let's do it. That sounds great. |
| 1:51.6 | We're born and you're from Indianapolis, right? I am. Yes. Originally from Indianapolis, Indiana, |
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