The Fourth Wall

The Fourth Wall

The Kids Are Alright

The adults...I'm not so sure.

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Matt Rodin
Oct 16, 2026
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Ana Mota spent four days auditioning for Seymour, the flower-shop dweeb at the center of Little Shop of Horrors. Auditions, callbacks, cast list. She got the part.

About a week into rehearsals, her school district in Grand Prairie, Texas, took it back. They offered her a different role. Then they offered the whole cast a different musical. When she said …

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