Kyle Beltran

09/09/19 • 62 min

Kyle met me in the recording booth at Ripley Grier Studios for our interview. We talked about his almost-law career, the importance of high school academics, guidance from a legendary “fairy-godmother” named Phylicia Rashad, grappling with fear, the joy of performing Shakespeare in the Park, as well as the process of finding and locating a character.

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