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Cody Gunton appears in a 2015 Stage Right Youth Theatre dress rehearsal for Strawberry Freckleface.

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00:00I play the role of Strawberry's mother. I've been with Stage Rite Youth Theatre for 10

00:08years now. The thing I love most about it is the community feel it has, and how we're

00:14really a family. This is my last production, and one of the greatest things about it is

00:23the themes that it portrays to its audience. So it's really about loving yourself and

00:28becoming one with yourself.

00:38In the show I sing two songs, one duet with

00:42Strawberry describing her attributes, and it's called Perfect, and another one called

00:48Once Upon a Time. Once Upon a Time is a reflecting song about don't waste the time you have when

00:56you're young.

00:59I play the role of Jake. Jake's sort of a nerdy character, and he's Freckle Face Strawberry's

01:06good friend, so he's always by her side throughout the production.

01:15It's a lot different from what I'm used to. I'm used to playing older sort of characters,

01:20but it's good to have a bit of a change.

01:27Each song has a different genre, a different

01:30style of music. So there's one song where one scene is like a ballet scene, and then

01:36the next one is sort of a bit more upbeat, rocky kind of song. It's just a wide variety

01:42of genres.

01:48Being a seven year old has probably been the

01:50most challenging part, because you have to do a lot of things that you wouldn't normally

01:55do. Just, you know, the way you act, the way you, even the way you talk and the way

02:01you sing.

02:08One that I sing myself is called Be Yourself,

02:11and that's telling Strawberry that, you know, she shouldn't change who she is no matter

02:17what anyone tells her.

02:19She's not a fairy, it's okay.

02:23I started here because I loved acting and

02:26drama, and then I think I just kept coming back because, you know, I've made so many

02:31good friendships with people, and every year there's a different production and a different

02:36sort of production, and it's a really good experience.

02:40I don't like to lie, but the truth you can't erase.

02:43Just like all these freckles all over my face.

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