{"id":94107,"date":"2019-01-31T09:33:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T14:33:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//?p=94107"},"modified":"2022-03-03T15:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T20:54:32","slug":"alumna-abby-jaros-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//alumna-abby-jaros-hamilton/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107//","title":{"rendered":"What’s it like to Tour with ‘Hamilton’? This UCF Alumna Shares the Details"},"content":{"rendered":"

Abby Jaros /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201914/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019s eyes light up the instant she steps into UCF/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019s theatre building and spots three red dresses on display in the corner. The musical theatre alumna takes a moment to appreciate her reunion with the costumes she wore five years ago as the lead in a UCF production of Kiss of the Spider Woman before she sits down to talk about her current role in the cultural phenomenon Hamilton./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201cI remember they showed the renderings the first day of rehearsal. In fittings I was just beside myself,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201d Jaros says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201cIt/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019s so cool to see them again. They/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019re just stunning./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/n

She moved to New York immediately after graduation to pursue her Broadway dreams. So while she always imagined this for herself, she says she sometimes still can/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019t believe she is out on stage every night in the biggest musical in America now./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/n

Jaros recently celebrated her one-year anniversary with the U.S. tour of Hamilton, which is playing at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Orlando until Feb. 10./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201cWhat I love about Hamilton is it/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019s creating conversation everywhere,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201d Jaros says. /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201c[When I look back on this] I will remember the honor that it has been to be a part of something that will live on for a very long time. I get to be an original cast member of that. Who knows if I/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u2019ll ever get to experience that again? I will remember all the hard work it still took to maintain the dream./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/u201d/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/94107/n