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42 maconmagazine.com | October/November 2026 are your passions? Big fan of anything with a good story. Games, art, music, movies. I love visiting NYC and going to museums, seeing shows and fi nding delicious foods. My husband Zach and I love Korean food. We are always on the hunt for new recipes to try. What is your advice for someone just fi nding their place in Macon and Central Georgia? There really is something for everyone. Take the leap! If there is something you have always wanted to try, go do it. It's never too late to try something new. Come see us at Theatre Macon. Whether it be behind the scenes or onstage, we have tons of opportunities for everyone! We would love to have you! Theatre Macon's XL season is bursting with new ideas to celebrate them at 40. Pick your next show at theatremacon.com with TM? Richard and I work pretty closely together on most shows. He always pushes to be better. We always try to put the best show on that we can and not settle for just what is on the page. [Sometimes] it's been late, and we're tired and wanted to cut a corner, and Richard will say "If we're doing it, we're doing it correctly." It's admirable. I don't know if he knows how much he has taught me just by my observing, but I without a doubt would not be able to do all so well without him. What makes a hero to you? It's someone who is reliable and shows up consistently. Someone who bends over backwards to help in whatever small way they can. Not every hero runs into the burning building, sometimes they put out the little fi res before the building is engulfed. Outside of community theatre, what The show is designed to deliberately go wrong. Props breaking, incorrect sound cues, things falling off walls. A major plot point revolves around a platform that collapsed with people standing on it. We planned and prepared more for that than anything we have ever worked on. As we were rehearsing a few hours before opening night, the mechanism that controlled the platform failed. Fully snapped in half. I genuinely thought we were going to have to cancel the show. Another cast member and I started strapping sandbags to the platform to try to counterbalance it and make it functional. We did not get a chance to try it before showtime. I stood in the booth holding my breath as the moment the collapse was to happen. By some miracle it worked, but I've never been more stressed in my life. In the spirit of the anniversary, is there a mentor or elder who helped uplift you as you started working Roberts poses in the prop room of Theatre Macon.