#448: Nicole deRoux // Swing on Hamilton's Philip Tour // Part Three
The Hamilcast: A Hamilton Podcast
Gillian Pensavalle
4.5 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2024
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Note: This is the last episode of 2024! I wish you a safe, fun, happy, and healthy holiday season and a fantastic start to the new year. The Hamilcast will be back the first week of January 2025 to kick off the ninth (!!!!!!) year of the podcast.
Nicole deRoux is currently a swing on Hamilton's Philip tour, a role she recently transitioned into after performing as The Bullet for five years (that's over 50 cities and 1,500 performances).
This week, Nicole is taking questions from the Patreon Peeps and talking about the little ways The Bullet is always adding pressure throughout the show, tells me about a PERFECT prank she pulled on Nik Walker, dives into her love of crafting, and explains why she loves being a swing.
Nicole is an artist who loves museums and loves giving handmade gifts to her friends. From collages to junk journals to watercolor paintings of her castmates' specific corsets, Nicole is always looking for ways to express her love in creative ways. And sometimes that means getting bagels for everyone, and who is going to argue with that?!
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Stage in Stages, Lynn Manuel Miranda, and you're listening to The Hamelcast. |
| 0:05.6 | Boots and cuts. |
| 0:06.5 | I'm Boots and cuts. |
| 0:06.9 | I'm going to. |
| 0:07.5 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:19.2 | Welcome back to the Hamelcast. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Jillian, and this week I'm wrapping up my episodes with Nicole DeRue. Nicole has been with Hamilton since 2019. She performed as the bullet in over 1,500 shows, and she recently shifted into the role of a swing, which she's been loving. It's been so wonderful getting to know Nicole, and one of my biggest takeaways from speaking with her is that she's really done everything her way. She's never really bought into the gatekeeping or the conventional ways of doing things, |
| 0:41.3 | and I love that. Like how she didn't have a traditional, super organized book for her first Hamilton |
| 0:45.2 | audition. She asked her mom for some sheet music and she did something for My Fair Lady. I don't |
| 0:49.3 | know, it's just proof that you can work with what you have and still be professional and get the gig. Even her experience competing in the Miss New Jersey pageant. |
| 0:55.0 | She's never going to do it again, but she did it her way. |
| 0:58.0 | She thrifted her dress, she proved to herself that she could do it. |
| 1:00.0 | She learned a lot, and here we are. |
| 1:02.0 | Anyway, yeah, I just think it's something to be celebrated. |
| 1:04.0 | And speaking of celebrating, I just want to take a quick second to wish everyone a happy rest of 2024. This is my last episode of the year, so I hope everyone |
| 1:11.7 | has a very healthy and happy and safe and fun and beautiful holiday season. You know how much |
| 1:16.3 | I love this time of year. I'll be back the first Monday in January to kick off the ninth, yes, |
| 1:21.0 | ninth year of this podcast. Okay, but for now, let's get back to the show. Please enjoy my third |
| 1:26.0 | episode with the truly delightful Nicole Deroom. |
| 1:33.4 | Nicole, are you ready to take questions from the Patreon Peeps? |
| 1:37.5 | Yes, I'm ready, Patreon Peeps. |
| 1:39.6 | Let's see. |
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