1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:03,640 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:05,559 Speaker 2: Hey Terai, thanks for joining me. 3 00:00:06,720 --> 00:00:07,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, happy to be here. 4 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 3: Thanks for having me, Michael, I appreciate it. 5 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,479 Speaker 2: Jay Robbins, who stars in some of my favorite great 6 00:00:12,480 --> 00:00:15,480 Speaker 2: American family movies and also is involved in a partnership 7 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 2: and glorify the popular Christian devotional app Shay your Face 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 2: started popping up in rom comms at least in my 9 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 2: world around twenty nineteen, twenty nineteen, twenty twenty, and you've 10 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 2: done at least one or two every year since. How 11 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 2: did you land in this, John, And what is it 12 00:00:35,040 --> 00:00:37,120 Speaker 2: about these rom comms that you like so much? 13 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: That is a great question. 14 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,839 Speaker 3: I think you're right on the date. So twenty nineteen 15 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: was the year that I kind of transitioned from pursuing 16 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: theater professionally and signing with an agent in starting my 17 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 3: film commercial TV career. So truly the backstory, and I'll 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 3: keep this brief, and I've shared the story before, but 19 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 3: God had a big hand in how I got started 20 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 3: in real I was working professionally at a theater, trying 21 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 3: to accrue enough points to join the Actor Zecuity Association. Eventually, 22 00:01:07,760 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 3: the dream was to move to New York and I 23 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 3: wanted to be on Broadway. I got my degree in 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 3: music against theater. My friends were all out there performing 25 00:01:14,800 --> 00:01:18,680 Speaker 3: on Broadway touring. I finally, you know, worked enough hours 26 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 3: at the time you want to put in like fifty 27 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 3: weeks to join the union. I was part of the 28 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 3: Union and was kind of ready to like make that decision. 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 3: But I got married at a young age at twenty one, 30 00:01:29,440 --> 00:01:32,600 Speaker 3: and my husband had a great stable career here in 31 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:36,759 Speaker 3: Utah where we're based Adobe, and I just it just 32 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 3: felt like either he would have to give up his 33 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: dreams and our stability, or I would be giving up mine. 34 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:48,040 Speaker 3: And so it was a wrestle internally with God, you know, 35 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 3: discussion it was constantly having with my husband. 36 00:01:50,040 --> 00:01:51,480 Speaker 4: I remember driving to work one day. 37 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 3: The theater that I was working at was set against 38 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,440 Speaker 3: his beautiful red rock as an outdoor amphitheater, just gorgeous, 39 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 3: think Grand Canyon brace Kenyons, and I was just talking 40 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:05,280 Speaker 3: to God about just life. It wasn't about my career 41 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 3: or anything specifically. And out of nowhere, I felt this 42 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,560 Speaker 3: overwhelming confirmation and peace that New York wasn't right for 43 00:02:15,680 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 3: me right now, and I was kind of taken back, like, wait, wait, 44 00:02:20,320 --> 00:02:22,080 Speaker 3: that's not what we were talking about why am I 45 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: feeling this and why am I feeling so much peace 46 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 3: about this? Like this was my identity, mind you, this 47 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: was my dream that I had since I was a 48 00:02:30,639 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 3: very little girl. It's all I wanted to do in 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 3: my entire life. It defined me. And yet in that moment, 50 00:02:37,520 --> 00:02:40,880 Speaker 3: I felt God giving me the peace and comfort that 51 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: I needed to be able to let go of that identity. 52 00:02:44,160 --> 00:02:49,200 Speaker 3: And I so clumb too and tell that little girl 53 00:02:49,280 --> 00:02:52,040 Speaker 3: inside me that it's okay, it's okay to move on 54 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 3: for now, you know, and that's not right for me. 55 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 3: And so I was like, okay, God, you're in charge, 56 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:01,639 Speaker 3: and I did just that, and then from there on, 57 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 3: like everything just kind of seemed to fall in place. 58 00:03:03,919 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: I signed with an agent right away. 59 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:09,960 Speaker 3: I got cast in my first feature film, which is 60 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:15,560 Speaker 3: actually destined at Christmas, and that, as you know, it 61 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 3: was Great American Families. 62 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:19,119 Speaker 1: It was second year of Christmas. 63 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,000 Speaker 3: It was the first in their lineup, and it did 64 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,880 Speaker 3: so well we made a sequel for that, and then 65 00:03:23,919 --> 00:03:26,000 Speaker 3: the rest is history. The network has just reached out 66 00:03:26,000 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 3: and we continued to make films from there. So that 67 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:31,240 Speaker 3: is how I got started in these rom Gods. 68 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,720 Speaker 2: Well, why do you think audiences are embracing them so 69 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 2: much right now? This not rom coms specifically, but just 70 00:03:38,640 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 2: family and faith content because so much of your content 71 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,240 Speaker 2: can be watched by the whle family. Well, why do 72 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 2: you think audiences are embracing them so much right now? 73 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: Absolutely? 74 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:50,440 Speaker 3: And that's honestly one of the biggest reasons why I 75 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 3: continue to make these films. 76 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:53,119 Speaker 1: Why I do what I do. 77 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 4: You know, I'm a mom now. 78 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:56,560 Speaker 3: I have two little girls, a five year old and 79 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 3: a two year old, and they're going to grow up 80 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 3: watching me their example. I am setting that example for them, 81 00:04:02,840 --> 00:04:05,280 Speaker 3: and I want to make content that they can be 82 00:04:05,360 --> 00:04:06,960 Speaker 3: proud of, that I to be proud of that I 83 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 3: don't need to worry about. You know, there's so much negative, terrible, 84 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,400 Speaker 3: honestly crap content out there that I don't want to 85 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 3: subject to my kids too. And there's enough negativity and 86 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:23,480 Speaker 3: things going. 87 00:04:23,240 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 4: On in the world. 88 00:04:24,160 --> 00:04:29,440 Speaker 3: I think people right now are desperately seeking peace, goodness, faith, 89 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 3: and to have content and faith boward content like what 90 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 3: Great American Family is producing, what Glorify is doing, Pure 91 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 3: Flix is what people need more of right now, and 92 00:04:40,880 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: so I think people are becoming more drawn to it 93 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 3: because I think spiritually, our spirits are yearning for more 94 00:04:47,279 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 3: of that. The world needs more of that, and so 95 00:04:49,279 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: I'm just grateful for a platform that I can be 96 00:04:51,440 --> 00:04:53,599 Speaker 3: part of to help spread the light of Christ. 97 00:04:54,360 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely. You know, we live in such a dark culture. 98 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 2: It's it's like a drinking a hot a cup of 99 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:03,560 Speaker 2: hot cocoa, almost sitting on a couch watching watching some 100 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,600 Speaker 2: of these rom coms, it's just soothing for the soul. Promotes, 101 00:05:06,680 --> 00:05:08,640 Speaker 2: the promotes the ideal. You know, I can watch them 102 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:10,039 Speaker 2: with my kids. I don't have to worry about anything. 103 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 2: It's promotes positive, healthy relationships. I was going to ask you. 104 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 2: You said you had a background in stage productions and 105 00:05:17,440 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 2: musicals and you portrayed Belle and Beauty and the Beast. 106 00:05:22,360 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 2: I don't know how long ago that was, but I've 107 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: never spoken with anybody who's portrayed bell and Beauty and 108 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: the Beast, and so I'm curious what was that like 109 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:32,159 Speaker 2: and was that a dream come true for you? 110 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:33,560 Speaker 4: Yeah? 111 00:05:33,680 --> 00:05:36,200 Speaker 3: So, you know, I've been fortunate enough to play a 112 00:05:36,320 --> 00:05:39,840 Speaker 3: number of roles in my life. A lot of them 113 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 3: have been Disney princesses. I'm drawn to Disney princesses. And 114 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 3: one just like the messages behind them. You know, I 115 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,560 Speaker 3: was Cinderella once and she is all about kindness. 116 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 4: That's her story, you know. 117 00:05:51,440 --> 00:05:55,760 Speaker 3: And despite the negativity and the constant bullying and whatever 118 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 3: the way that she's putting down by her stepmother and stepsisters, 119 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 3: she shows them great and kindness in the end still, 120 00:06:02,880 --> 00:06:05,320 Speaker 3: And isn't that what God wants and expects from all 121 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 3: of us. Isn't that what He does for us if 122 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:08,359 Speaker 3: we turn to him? You know? 123 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 4: Same with Belle. 124 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 3: She didn't judge a book by its cover. 125 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 4: The beast. 126 00:06:12,520 --> 00:06:15,120 Speaker 3: You know, here's this person who was so who's hurting 127 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 3: so much internally, and yet she was able to see 128 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 3: past that and see the good, find the good in him, 129 00:06:21,920 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 3: and so be able to able. 130 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:24,920 Speaker 4: To tell stories like that. It's just so. 131 00:06:25,080 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 3: Enriching and fulfilling and just being a princess and wearing 132 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:31,000 Speaker 3: a pretty dress like my dress alone was, which is incredible. 133 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:34,280 Speaker 3: The set, and this one's about a year ago or 134 00:06:34,320 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: I guess Christmas of twenty twenty four. 135 00:06:37,920 --> 00:06:40,440 Speaker 4: And yeah, it was a beautiful production here in Utah. 136 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 4: One of the most amazing sets arguably best. 137 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: Productions of Beauty to Beasts. 138 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,479 Speaker 4: I'd say that's ever been put on. 139 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,599 Speaker 3: It was so beautiful, and not just because of the talent, 140 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:53,200 Speaker 3: the production, everything let behind it, but just the message 141 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 3: and everybody pouring the hearts he sold into it. And 142 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:58,240 Speaker 3: then something special for me was my daughter was old 143 00:06:58,320 --> 00:07:00,479 Speaker 3: enough to be able to come see me play Bell 144 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 3: to be Disney Princess. I remember the night that she came. 145 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:04,800 Speaker 3: There was the top of the show. It was right 146 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 3: before Belle starts. 147 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: Singing Little Tom and there's a quiet village. 148 00:07:08,440 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 3: And Bell's kind of unveiled out of this massive rose, 149 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,560 Speaker 3: and that moment happens. There's silence, and you hear the 150 00:07:15,680 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 3: ding at the top of the next song, and in 151 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:20,640 Speaker 3: that silence, you hear my daughter, above everybody else in 152 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 3: the round in this crowd, say Hi Mommy, not once, 153 00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:27,440 Speaker 3: but twice. And it took everything in me not to 154 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 3: start crying in that moment, because for me, having your 155 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 3: daughter come and watching something that means so much to 156 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: you just was like the highlight of my life and 157 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 3: my existence to be honest, and so yeah, that show 158 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 3: and that. 159 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 4: Role truly was special for me. 160 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: Probably will be the role that I will cherish and 161 00:07:47,040 --> 00:07:48,640 Speaker 3: hold on to the most in my life. 162 00:07:48,960 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 2: It's every positive emotion probably wrapped up in one moment. 163 00:07:52,000 --> 00:07:54,600 Speaker 2: I love that so much. Just briefly tell me how 164 00:07:54,600 --> 00:07:57,600 Speaker 2: stage how are Stage production is different from movies on set. 165 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,920 Speaker 2: For one, I guess you have a When you're on stage, 166 00:08:01,960 --> 00:08:05,520 Speaker 2: there's no net. You're doing it at miss, there's no 167 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:06,720 Speaker 2: let's let's try that again. 168 00:08:07,600 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, exactly, live performance, man like, things go wrong and that, 169 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:13,880 Speaker 3: and that happened. There were nights where, you know, we 170 00:08:13,960 --> 00:08:15,240 Speaker 3: had this massive stage. 171 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 1: The stage system was designed. 172 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:18,560 Speaker 3: By the same people who designed a lot of Cirt 173 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 3: Disolay shows, and so the stage would rotate, we had 174 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 3: things flying out of the sky and you know, and 175 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,640 Speaker 3: the system would malfunction and that'd be stuck on stage, 176 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:28,960 Speaker 3: you know. Mid song you'd be like, I'll be right back, 177 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 3: you know, And so it's just live performance. If your 178 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:34,600 Speaker 3: voice cracks you every day you wake up, you're checking, Okay, 179 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 3: how am I feeling? How am I feeling? 180 00:08:36,160 --> 00:08:36,880 Speaker 1: How am I feeling? 181 00:08:37,200 --> 00:08:40,920 Speaker 3: Because your performance depends so heavily on how you're feeling 182 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,280 Speaker 3: vocally and how your body and how well well rested 183 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,960 Speaker 3: you are that day. And you're also projecting to a 184 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: big crowd, so. 185 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 4: You're you're acting. 186 00:08:49,040 --> 00:08:51,920 Speaker 3: A performance is a little bit bigger, more animated versus 187 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:52,520 Speaker 3: on film. 188 00:08:52,960 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 4: You know, it's more intimate and you know the. 189 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 3: Camera is just right and there not as big, and 190 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:02,640 Speaker 3: so there's kind of a learning curve. When I started 191 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 3: doing more film commercial, it's like, oh, I don't have 192 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 3: to be as expressive, I don't have to addmate, Like 193 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,080 Speaker 3: I can still tell a story by just getting close 194 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,199 Speaker 3: and communicating and really feeling for within. 195 00:09:12,120 --> 00:09:15,080 Speaker 4: Versus showing on the exterior. 196 00:09:15,360 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 3: Also with stage in theater, there's lots of a couple 197 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 3: months of rehearsals or more weeks of rehearsal, when with 198 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 3: film it's like, hey, let's rehearsal scene, let's shoot it, 199 00:09:22,880 --> 00:09:24,560 Speaker 3: and you shoot it over and over and over it, 200 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 3: which is wonderful because then you get multiple takes. If 201 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,560 Speaker 3: you didn't like something, you can fix it and change it, 202 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 3: so you know elements of each that I love. 203 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:35,120 Speaker 1: And so it's been fun to kind. 204 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 4: Of like navigate both worlds, and I still do both. 205 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 3: I still do stage, you know, and it's just a 206 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:40,079 Speaker 3: lot of fun. 207 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:43,520 Speaker 2: You recently started in a movie that aired on Great 208 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 2: American Family Blessings in Disguise, where you portrayed a character 209 00:09:46,480 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: named Katie. This is the one that's actually tied to 210 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,360 Speaker 2: your partnership with Glorify. I believe briefly tell the story 211 00:09:53,400 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 2: of Katie and what drew you to this film. 212 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 3: Yeah. So, when I first got the script for Blessings 213 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:13,120 Speaker 3: in Disguise, honestly pun or pun not intended, it. 214 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:14,760 Speaker 1: Felt like a Blessing in disguise for me. 215 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:17,480 Speaker 3: There's a lot of themes in the film that I 216 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 3: resonated with on a personal level, and I think that 217 00:10:20,559 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 3: a lot of us resonate with, resonate with and I 218 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:27,120 Speaker 3: talk a lot about those themes in the. 219 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 4: Partnership with the Glorify app. 220 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 3: And we'll get to that in a moment. But yeah, 221 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 3: So Katie is this fashion designer in New York City. 222 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:36,839 Speaker 3: She does the showcase and the next day she gets 223 00:10:36,880 --> 00:10:39,480 Speaker 3: some not so positive reviews and her world is kind 224 00:10:39,520 --> 00:10:40,319 Speaker 3: of rocked by that. 225 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,560 Speaker 4: Her boss says, go home, take some time reflect. 226 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:47,000 Speaker 3: She goes home, come come to find out her mom 227 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 3: never sold her. 228 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,200 Speaker 4: Grandmother's boutique, which that was always a plan. 229 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:53,360 Speaker 3: So she goes to boutique and she finds a lot 230 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:56,320 Speaker 3: of her grandmother's old designs, her dresses, and she notices 231 00:10:56,400 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 3: that in the scenes of these dresses are stitched. Bible 232 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 3: versus sparks this idea in Katie and she's like, wow, 233 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,679 Speaker 3: I kind of want to continue my grandmother's legacy. And 234 00:11:06,720 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 3: so that kind of reignites that spark and that dream that. 235 00:11:10,400 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 1: She had when she first moved to the city. 236 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:13,960 Speaker 3: And so she starts kind of with the help of 237 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,240 Speaker 3: the community, her mother, and then Luke, who is her 238 00:11:17,520 --> 00:11:20,560 Speaker 3: former ex boyfriend who helps her. He kind of is 239 00:11:20,600 --> 00:11:24,960 Speaker 3: the craftsman, helps re bring the boutique back to life, 240 00:11:25,400 --> 00:11:28,800 Speaker 3: and any rates, she prepares this beautiful line and showcase 241 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 3: continuing on her grandmother's legacy of these scriptures and hands, 242 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 3: hands sold stitched versus. 243 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:37,520 Speaker 1: Into the scenes of these stresses. And you have to 244 00:11:37,559 --> 00:11:38,920 Speaker 1: watch a movie to see how it ends. 245 00:11:38,960 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 3: But there's a beautiful moment in the end where Kittious 246 00:11:40,840 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 3: faced with this decision, and I think she handles it beautifully. 247 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,640 Speaker 2: Well, let's switch to the Glorified Partnership because it deals 248 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: with some of the issues we're talking about, some of 249 00:11:50,160 --> 00:11:52,520 Speaker 2: the themes we're talking about right now. It's a devotional 250 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 2: style audio experience called The Fabric of Faith. I believe 251 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 2: how different was it to communicate, you know, your emotion 252 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:04,520 Speaker 2: in your faith through audio rather than what you're normally 253 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:07,439 Speaker 2: used to, which is a camera. And yeah, you know 254 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 2: what was that like? And just tell us more about 255 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:11,760 Speaker 2: the series and what people can expect. 256 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,760 Speaker 3: Absolutely so, when I first got the script one, I 257 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 3: thought it was so beautifully done and I felt like 258 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:20,840 Speaker 3: it really highlighted the themes of the film very well. 259 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 3: You know, each individual devotional communicating and telling a story 260 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:30,719 Speaker 3: through audio versus film is different but similar. What I 261 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,319 Speaker 3: love about just like being behind a mic, capping my 262 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:36,080 Speaker 3: headphones on reading this dialogue in the script. 263 00:12:35,800 --> 00:12:38,760 Speaker 4: And almost just bearing testimony. 264 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:40,959 Speaker 3: It was an opportunity to let go not be so 265 00:12:41,040 --> 00:12:44,079 Speaker 3: worried about what I look like, you know, how I'm 266 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 3: performing just the minute details you're being memorized. 267 00:12:46,640 --> 00:12:49,800 Speaker 4: I'm able to sit there with this script and read 268 00:12:49,840 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 4: it and experience it and feel it. 269 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,959 Speaker 3: And I felt like that allows me and allowed me 270 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:01,440 Speaker 3: to just be present and honest in gen and which 271 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:03,959 Speaker 3: I felt like for something like these devotionals, that's what 272 00:13:04,080 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 3: you need. 273 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: You need to be able to just kind of let. 274 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 3: Go open yourself up for God to come in and 275 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 3: do the work and help. And I'm truly it's just 276 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 3: kind of like a vessel for him as I was 277 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,120 Speaker 3: recording these and so they're just so beautiful and they 278 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: touch on so many themes identity, self worth, community, strength 279 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: and stillness and like the quiet moments and just learning 280 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,319 Speaker 3: to grow where you're planted. 281 00:13:29,760 --> 00:13:34,320 Speaker 2: So, yeah, it's a seven day audio series. I'm reading 282 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 2: here from just a Summer. It's a seven day audio 283 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:38,720 Speaker 2: series in which Katie talks about faith as lived out 284 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 2: through family, community and everyday grace. What is your hope 285 00:13:42,480 --> 00:13:45,199 Speaker 2: for this series? For those who listen to it. It's 286 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:47,240 Speaker 2: a little bit different, I guess, than what you're normally 287 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 2: used to because this is actually a devotional tiede series. 288 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:53,000 Speaker 2: You know, a lot of the things that you do, 289 00:13:53,880 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 2: they're entertaining and you hope they inspire. This is a 290 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,480 Speaker 2: devotional This is kind of different. So how do you 291 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:02,400 Speaker 2: how do you hope this kind lands with the listener? Yeah, 292 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 2: it is. 293 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,480 Speaker 1: Different, and I'm so grateful to have been a part 294 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 1: of it. 295 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 3: You know what's fun is you can go watch Blessing 296 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 3: in Disguise and see those themes portrayed on screen, and 297 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:14,840 Speaker 3: then afterward you can go and listen to this seven 298 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 3: day audio series through the Glorified app and be able 299 00:14:18,320 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 3: to be like, oh yeah, I remember this moment from 300 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,560 Speaker 3: the film you know where Katie. I think in the 301 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 3: first episode of the devotional series, you know, we're talking 302 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 3: about identity and self worth, and Katie based a. 303 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:30,880 Speaker 4: Lot of her self worth into what she did. 304 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 1: But it's not about that. 305 00:14:32,760 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 3: You know. There's an episode, another episode in the series 306 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,800 Speaker 3: that talks about Katie's grandmother, and you know, for her, 307 00:14:39,400 --> 00:14:42,320 Speaker 3: it wasn't about you know, her designs and stuff. 308 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: It was about what she was doing with those designs. 309 00:14:44,840 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 4: For other people and how she used those scripture verses. 310 00:14:49,120 --> 00:14:51,960 Speaker 3: You know. It also talks about how Katie's mom, you know, 311 00:14:52,080 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 3: she was so kind of overwhelmed in her grief and 312 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:58,240 Speaker 3: distracted by that that she just was constantly just doing, doing, 313 00:14:58,360 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 3: doing and. 314 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:01,560 Speaker 1: Giving to the community, which is so wonderful. 315 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:06,520 Speaker 3: But the series also talks about the importance of being 316 00:15:06,640 --> 00:15:11,160 Speaker 3: still finding God in the quiet moments, taking time to 317 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 3: reflect and be present and honestly, like you know, taking 318 00:15:16,080 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 3: the rais off of your life and when you realize that, 319 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 3: like you're not in charge. Somebody else is in charge, 320 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 3: and he's got you, but you got you gotta step back, 321 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,400 Speaker 3: You've got to let him in and allow him to 322 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 3: do his job, and as soon as you do that, 323 00:15:31,440 --> 00:15:33,600 Speaker 3: the miracles that will happen in your life are amazing. 324 00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:37,400 Speaker 3: And so you'll see all very specific moments from the 325 00:15:37,480 --> 00:15:41,120 Speaker 3: film tied into each of these seven episodes in this 326 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:43,760 Speaker 3: series to the glorified Act. So it's really fun to 327 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:45,080 Speaker 3: be able to watch it on screen and then go 328 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 3: back and just quietly listen and reflect about everything that 329 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 3: you've listened to and. 330 00:15:50,160 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 4: Watched from the film. 331 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 2: Our time is about over, but in our finn seconds 332 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 2: here Shade, do you have any previews or maybe a 333 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 2: project you're working on for we'll see this fall or winter, 334 00:16:01,480 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: or you want to tease anything. 335 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, actually so we I will be flying back to 336 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 3: Canada to film a Christmas prayer to a sequel to 337 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:14,960 Speaker 3: the first film that I shot back over Christmas time 338 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: that actually won the Epiphany Prize that the Movie Guide 339 00:16:17,360 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 3: towards this February. 340 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:20,400 Speaker 4: So so thrilled about that. 341 00:16:20,560 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 1: I just got the script the other day. 342 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:23,840 Speaker 3: But yeah, I'm a busy mom of two and I've 343 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,360 Speaker 3: got some other jobs outside of that, so I haven't 344 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:28,440 Speaker 3: read for it folly, but what I have read so far, 345 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 3: I think the audience is gonna love it. I spoke 346 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 3: with the writer of it and she kind of said, 347 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:37,720 Speaker 3: she's like, ah, this is just my personal preference, but 348 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,080 Speaker 3: I think it could be even. 349 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: Better than the first. 350 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: And the first was, you know, very popular with fans 351 00:16:43,920 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 3: this last Christmas, and so that's saying something if it's 352 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 3: coming from her. So I'm excited to shoot that for 353 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 3: fans to see it. And yeah, so that's probably my 354 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 3: most recent update. 355 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 2: Awesome, Shay, thanks so much. 356 00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,640 Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, thank you for having me and again turn 357 00:16:59,720 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 3: into to Glorify to be able to watch it series 358 00:17:02,280 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 3: and please watch Blessings on Disguise. 359 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: You can watch it on Green. 360 00:17:04,680 --> 00:17:08,639 Speaker 3: American, Pureflig, Pure Flakes, Green American Family and download the 361 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 3: Glorify app to the app store. 362 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 2: If you like today's episode, please subscribe and leave a 363 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,480 Speaker 2: five star review. 364 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 5: That's how we help more people just like you find 365 00:17:18,640 --> 00:17:21,120 Speaker 5: the show. 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