#394: Nikisha Williams // Eliza on the Philip Tour // Part One

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Gillian Pensavalle

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🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

I’m so excited to welcome Nikisha Williams, who currently plays Eliza Schuyler on the Philip Tour, to the podcast!

Prior to joining Hamilton in 2018, Nikisha gained a ton of experience performing in musicals and operas across the country. Oh! She was also a high school choir teacher! Yep, Nikisha has a masters degree in Choral Conducting and a Bachelor’s degree in Vocal performance so she has the unique ability to bring her experience as an educator to the role of Eliza.

This week, Nikisha talks about her journey as both a teacher and a performer: from auditioning multiple times to get into her vocal performance program, to leading an award-winning all girl high school a cappella group, and how her students got her into Hamilton.

A firm believer in taking care of your mental health and meeting yourself where you are, Nikisha also talks about the strength of the women in the show and the strength of her Eliza specifically. For example, her version of “That Would Be Enough” isn’t begging Hamilton to stay, but about getting these two determined people on the same page.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Stage and Stages Lin Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamilcast.
0:05.1	Butts and cuts and, and boots and... Hello everyone welcome back to the hamelcast I'm Jillian and today I am here with the amazing and fellow podcaster
0:24.7	Nikisha Williams. Hey Nikisha. Hello how are you? I'm wonderful how are you?
0:29.0	So good. Great. Before we get started to do anything else, can you please tell the listeners your pronouns?
0:34.2	Yes, she, her pronouns, please.
0:36.2	Thank you.
0:37.2	Are you okay?
0:38.2	What happened to your hand?
0:39.2	Oh my gosh.
0:40.2	So I, this is like TMI, but I get cysts on my wrists.
0:45.0	I used to also, I had to sleep with something.
0:47.4	Oh, well, so I got it drained today.
0:51.8	And so early this morning, and so he put this huge thing on me which is
0:55.5	going to be hilarious when I go on stage tonight because I have to leave this
0:58.1	rap on for 24 hours. Wow when you go on stage as Eliza, Skyler Hamilton on the Phillips.
1:05.0	Absolutely.
1:06.0	Yes, yes.
1:07.0	Oh, so that's like, I guess it's a medical thing.
1:09.0	What are they going to say no?
1:10.0	Like you're allowed to wear it.
1:11.0	Yeah, and I already told like costumes
1:13.0	so that wouldn't be, so it wouldn't be super surprised
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