‘‘Imagine booking your dream job, then times that by 1000’’: Melbourne performer Karis Oka has been cast as Lydia for the Australian run of Beetlejuice.
the musical she cried a lot, the performer says. “Imagine booking your dream job, then times that by 1000 – and that was probably how much I was crying.” She pauses then laughs. “I was very glad I wasn’t in public.”
The arts are important, she reflects, “because you get to see people that are nothing like you but then also that are everything like you – and it makes you remember that the world is so much bigger than just you and that is a really scary thing sometimes. But also that’s a really, really important and amazing thing.”
Oka had seen the film as a child and when she heard that a musical – penned by Eddie Perfect, who will star alongside her in the Australian run – was in the works, she was counting down the days until the soundtrack was released. “I feel like I’ve had tabs on it my whole life,” she says. When the opportunity to audition arose, she couldn’t hide how badly she wanted the role.
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