Video: Fina Strazza is Living the Dream as a Tony Nominee

Tell me what this Tony nomination means to you

It means the world. I mean, I grew up in New York City, and to be a little part of the Broadway community right now is awesome

And I'm really glad our show is resonating with people and that my performance has meant something to someone

Yeah, it's just a lot of big feelings. I'm really excited. It's got to be surreal, because we dream about these things

We dream like, oh, maybe one day I'll be given a really nice play with a really nice part

Maybe it'll go to Broadway. And now you're a Tony nominee. I know

It all feels like it happened so fast, even though I read this play for the first time two years ago

and just fell in love with it, and I got to work on it a little bit with Kimberly and Dania and Sadie then

And so for two years I've just been hoping and hoping that something will happen with it

And then kind of out of nowhere, a few months ago, the ball started rolling

So I can't believe this is where I ended up. I'm living a dream

This is such an important play. It says so much. Young women are recognized

They see themselves in the people they see on stage. I mean, you're introducing a whole new audience to the theater

They're bringing their fathers and mothers. What that means to you? I mean, I think that it's really powerful to be part of something that is meaning something to people

I see myself in a lot of the characters, so I can only imagine how it feels for young girls who might be coming from small towns

and seeing this story represented on stage. And I love how important it feels for the moment

You know, the play is set right in the wake of the Me Too movement in 2018. And now we're seven years later and it still feels more relevant than ever

And so it feels like we're having fun because we laugh a lot

But we're also at the same time telling a story that needs to be told