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Indie Films & Broadway Dreams: A Conversation with Daphne Rubin-Vega & Elizabeth Rodriguez

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"It was just the satisfaction of knowing, like, we're doing this damn thing." - Daphne Rubin-Vega

Welcome Daphne and Elizabeth:

We’re joined on the Starline by an actress, dancer and singer-songwriter who you’ve seen in “Rent”, “In the Heights”. She’s joined by an actress you’ve seen in “Orange is the New Black”, "Fear the Walking Dead” and so much more. Together they are in the film “Allswell in New York”. We welcome Daphne Rubin-Vega and Elizabeth Rodriguez.

Ladies, let’s go Beyond the Mic. Allswell in New York co-written with your costar Liza. How many tweaks did you make in your own character as you wrote it?

What made this Tribeca Film Festival award winning story important to tell?

How did your own families influence this story?

The Rockin' 8:

It’s time for the Rockin’ 8, 8 random questions, answer with the first thing that comes to your mind. Since we have two guests, we’ll alternate questions. There is no Pressure.

1. Daphne, you find cooking therapeutic. What’s your go to Sunday dish?

2. Elizabeth, favorite soap opera you haven’t been in?

3. Daphne, place in the Caribbean that if you could be there, you would right now?

4. Elizabeth, what was the best gift someone gave you?

5. Daphne, best Broadway show you’ve seen but not performed in?

6. Elizabeth, favorite place in New York City to just think?

7. Both, what’s the one thing you had to have from craft services every chance you could on set?

8. Both, what did you take home from the set?

One Big Question:

How has the sisterhood of this powerful cast change you forever?

What’s the next project for both of you?

The Wrap:

Daphne wants to be in Panama right now, Elizabeth loves Central Park and they wants you to watch “Allswell in New York”. Where can people find it?

Daphne Rubin-Vega and Elizabeth Rodriguez thanks you so much for taking the time to talk with us today.

And that my friends is a Beyond the Mic Short Cut.

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