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Video: Jordan Donica Didn't Think He'd Ever Be a Tony Nominee
May 17, 2024
In this video, watch as Tony nominee Jordan Donica chats more about why this show is so important to him, his journey from workshops to stage, and so much more.
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So here we are
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You've been pinned today, my friend. I've been pinned. It's wild. It's like a medallion, because it's a magnet
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So it's not quite a pin, I guess. It's really cool, though. Is it surreal
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I know you're very chill and everything else. So is it like a wow moment
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Is it like, oh my god, how do you put it to perspective? It is a wow moment. This isn't something that I really
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I never dreamed of being nominated for a Tony award. So I always dreamed of getting the chance
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to perform at the Tonys. But like everything else, I'm like, man
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But so I'm just taking it in and thankful and grateful and excited to celebrate
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And honestly, it makes me excited to continue to do the work
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Yeah, that's what I'm excited about. What's made Camelot so special for you
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I think this is the first time I've been on a project for so long since its inception
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This is the last thing that my aunt Kathy saw me in before she died. So seeing it through and being in this moment now
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in this time we're about four years, last week was the anniversary of her passing
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So it's just, that is very present with me in this time
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And I'm just thankful. Take me back to the youngest Jordan. That first play you did or that first thing
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you sang on stage, somewhere when you were like three, four, or five, what was it
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And what would older Jordan say to younger Jordan? Little Drummer Boy at the Universalist Unitarian Church
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down in Franklin, Tennessee. I was about three and a half years old, four years old
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And during the Christmas time, often at those types of churches, the object
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is to just share your gifts. And that could be anything. So I wanted to get up and sing
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So I a cappella caught up in front of the congregation and sang the Little Drummer Boy
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Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum. And all I would tell that little kid is be the same
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And trust the journey. And trust your mom. And trust your aunt. And trust all the people
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Continue to trust. Because often I find that to be a fault of mine
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but also a great gift. So continue to trust. Thank you
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