>>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTIST COUNSEL.

CONNECTING THE COMMUNITY TO ARTISTS, EVENTS AND CLASSES AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.

>>> FROM THESE CONTRIBUTING SPONSORS AND VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

THANK YOU.

>>> THIS TIME ON "BROAD & HIGH," MEET A PHOTOGRAPHER WHOSE IMAGES SHOW STRIFE BUT ALSO GIVE HOPE.

HEAR FROM A SINGER WHO DIGS INTO HER ANCESTRY TO FUEL HER SOUND.

AND LEARN ABOUT A LOCAL THEATRE COMPANY THAT BOTH INSPIRES AND DELIGHTS.

THIS AND MORE RIGHT NOW ON BROAD & HIGH.

[ music ] >>> WELCOME TO BROAD & HIGH.

I'M YOUR HOST KATE QUICKEL.

KATIE FORBES IS A SELF-TAUGHT, AWARD-WINNING DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHER BASED HERE IN COLUMBUS.

HER WORK AND FEATURED EXHIBIT EXPLORES ACTIVISM WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

THROUGH A CANDID PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE, SHE SEEKS TO UNITE INDIVIDUALS FROM DIFFERENT BELIEF AND VALUE SYSTEMS BY HIGHLIGHTING THEIR COMMON HUMANITY.

LET'S LEARN MORE.

[ music ] >> WE DON'T GROW UNLESS WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO CHANGE THINGS UNLESS WE'RE MAKING PEOPLE UNCOMFORTABLE.

IT'S YOUR LIFE, AND IT IS SAD AND IT IS TRAGIC.

I AM A SELF-TAUGHT PHOTOGRAPHER.

I STARTED PLAYING WITH CAMERAS WHEN I WAS LITTLE.

AROUND 2015 WHEN I STARTED I HAD MY FIRST NIKON SEMIPROFESSIONAL CAMERA.

AND I DROPPED IT.

IT BROKE.

THE ONLY WAY I COULD USE IT WAS IN MANUAL MODE, SO THAT FORCED ME TO LEARN HOW TO USE A CAMERA AND BALANCE EVERYTHING, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST ACCIDENTAL THINGS TO HAPPEN TO MY WORK.

I'M INSPIRED BY MARGARET FORK WHITE, THE FIRST WOMAN PHOTO JOURNALIST WITH "TIME" MAGAZINE, AND SHE WAS FROM CLEVELAND.

I'M INSPIRED BY HER WORK, THE IRONY SHE'S ABLE TO CAPTURE IN EVERYDAY LIFE, SO THAT'S SOMETHING TRY TO MIMIC WHERE MEER NOT POSING PEOPLE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO CAPTURE WHAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING.

I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE MOST BEAUTY IS.

THE MOMENT YOU WANT TO CAPTURE ARE THE REAL MOMENTS, NOT THE ONES BEING MANUFACTURED.

I WORKED IN ADOPTION FOR A LONG TIME.

I WAS ACTUALLY A BIRTH PARENT ADVOCATE, SO I WAS IN THE ROOM FOR 27 BIRTHS.

I'M STILL PHOTOGRAPHING A LOT OF THE FAMILIES I WORKED WITH THERE, BUT IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN INTERESTING SHIFT FROM DOCUMENTING HAPPY, YOU KNOW, MOMENTS OF FAMILIES JOINING TOGETHER TO THE DESTRUCTION OF FAMILIES THAT IT'S JUST -- IT'S -- IT CHANGES MY WHOLE VIEWPOINT ON THE WORLD.

[ music ] WHAT'S REPRESENTED IN THIS GALLERY, I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS PERSON THAT WAS SHOT AND KILLED OR BEATEN TO DEATH IN THE CASE OF JARON THOMAS, THESE ARE HUMANS THAT WERE KILLED.

THEY'RE NOT A BAD GUY, NOT A CRIMINAL, THEY ARE A HUMAN THAT WAS KILLED BY ANOTHER HUMAN.

WHAT I WOULD LOVE TO COME OUT OF THIS IS FOR US TO REALLY BE ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SYSTEM, BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY FLAWS IN IT.

IT'S HARD TO BE PHOTOGRAPHING ALL THIS GRIEF CONSTANTLY.

MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE THAT'S ALL THE WORLD IS.

BUT THEN YOU DO GET TO BALANCE IT BECAUSE, LIKE, YOU GET TO SEE THE SMALL CELEBRATIONS THAT PEOPLE GET TO HAVE.

YOU GET TO APPRECIATE THE LITTLE JUSTICES THAT ARE BROUGHT OUT.

[ music ] WHEN I LOOK AT THE PICTURE IT BRINGS ME RIGHT BACK TO THE MOMENT IT WAS TAKEN.

SOME OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL ONES WOULD BE OF TYRIQUE KING'S FAMILY, THE MOMENT IT WAS ANNOUNCED.

THERE'S A PHOTO BACK HERE OF AMBER EVANS WHO WAS AN AMAZING COMMUNITY LEADER WHO TRAGICALLY PASSED AWAY IN EARLY 2019.

MY HEART GOES OUT TO THE ONE OF AMBER AT THE AIRPORT RAISING HER FIST.

THAT WAS 2017.

IT WAS RIGHT AFTER TRUMP HAD BEEN ININAUGURATED AND THE MUSLIM BAN HAD BEEN PUT INTO EFFECT, AND IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE THESE GROUPS, LIKE PEOPLE'S JUSTICE PROJECT COMING OUT TO SUPPORT MUSLIM RIGHTS GROUPS LIKE CARE AND HOST THIS EVENT AT THE AIRPORT TO SHOW SUPPORT.

I THINK THAT IS ALSO A REALLY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF WHAT COLUMBUS IS.

THERE ARE ALL THESE GROUPS WORKING TO MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO 100% BELIEVE IN THE FULL SPECTRUM OF WHAT THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR.

YOU CAN TRUST THEY'RE A GOOD PERSON.

THEY'VE GOT TON KNOW EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER AND HELP ELEVATE THINGS THAT REALLY MATTER TO THEM.

I'M WORKING ON A BOOK OF ALL OF THE DIFFERENT ADVOCACY GROUPS THAT I HAVE PHOTOGRAPHED.

THE BOOK I'M PUTTING TOGETHER IS GOING TO BE PHOTO ESSAYS OF DIFFERENT POLITICAL MOVEMENTS, INCLUDING RIGHT WING AND LEFT WING.

THERE'S NOT JUST ONE SIDE TO THE STORY, AND THOUGH THESE GROUPS AREN'T NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER, THEY ARE AUDIENCES THAT DON'T ALWAYS OVERLAP.

AND SO I THINK IT COULD BE AN INTERESTING WAY TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER TO SHOW HOW IMPACTFUL IT COULD BE IF WE COULD FIND SOME COMMON GROUND.

HENRY GREEN'S MOTHER, ADRIENNE HOOD ACTUALLY CAME TO THE OPEN OF THIS GALLERY, AND SHE HAS BEEN A HUGE SUPPORTER OF EVERYTHING I HAVE BEEN DOING, AND YOU KNOW, SHE'S ACTUALLY RUNNING FOR OFFICE RIGHT NOW, AND I GOT TO DO HEAD SHOTS FOR HER FOR IT.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE GAINED A COMMUNITY OUT OF THIS.

I DIDN'T GROW UP IN COLUMBUS IN THAT I NEVER FELT PART OF COLUMBUS, I WAS LIVING HERE, BUT I FEEL PART OF COLUMBUS NOW.

>> TO SEE MORE OF HER WORK, FIND HER ONLINE AT KRFORBESPHOTOGRAPHY.COM.

>>> WHEN SIOBHAN MONIQUE WAS A CHILD, MUSIC CHOSE HER.

NOW, AS AN ANCESTRAL FUNK ARTIST, SHE TELLS HER STORY WITH HER VOICE AND CONNECTS WITH THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE HER.

WHEN SIOBAHN SINGS, AUDIENCES ARE OVERWHELMED WITH HER RAID JENS.

LET'S LISTEN AND LEARN MORE.

[ music ] >> I AM SIOBAHN MONIQUE.

I AM A CONDUIT FOR MY ANCESTORS AND THE DAUGHTER OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA.

I AM HERE TO FULFILL MY PURPOSE.

WALK IN MY DESTINY.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I AM HERE TO LET MY LIGHT SHINE.

[ music ] MY VERY FIRST PERFORMANCE I WAS 3 YEARS OLD.

I WAS SELECTED TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH.

>> SHE GOT ON STAGE IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE PACKED CHURCH FOR A CHRISTMAS PLAY.

SHE GRABBED THE MICROPHONE AND JUST AD LIBBED HER ENTIRE PART BE JUST BROUGHT THE ENTIRE CHURCH DOWN.

SO WE WERE LIKE, OKAY, WELL, THIS IS WHAT SHE WANTS TO DO.

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>> THAT MOMENT WAS WHEN I CONNECTED TO MY PURPOSE.

I DIDN'T CHOOSE MUSIC.

IT CHOSE ME.

>> HER PERSONALITY WAS AN OLD SOUL FROM DAY ONE.

HER FACIAL EXPRESSIONS HAD THIS KIND OF OLD SOUL TYPE OF FEEL TO SHE HAD A VERY UNIQUE BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS TO HER.

AND I THINK THAT'S PART OF THIS ARTISTRY THAT WE SEE NOW.

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[ music ] >> I WAS IN AWE THE FIRST TIME THAT I HEARD HER.

SHE WAS SUCH A DEMURE PERSON, A SMALL PERSON, BUT THIS HUGE VOICE WOULD COME FROM HER, AND IT WAS SO MOVING.

[ music ] >> I CAN DEFINITELY SEE HER SOUND AND HER MUSIC BEING SOMETHING IN THE '40s AND '50s, AND CONNECTING WITH THAT, AND WHEN YOU HEAR HER VOICE, IT'S LIKE, THIS VOICE HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE.

THIS ISN'T A NEW VOICE.

THIS ISN'T A POP VOICE.

THIS IS A VOICE THAT HAS A STORY.

THAT NEEDS TO BE TOLD.

SO SHE'S CONTINUING TO TELL THE STORY, SO IT REALLY RESONATES WITH ALL GENERATIONS.

[ music ] >> MY UNCLE BUSTER WAS A VERY ESSENTIAL PART OF THE JAZZ ERA.

HE PLAYED WITH THE DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ BAND, AND NOW THAT I LOOK BACK ON IT AS AN ADULT, I CAN SEE THE SEEDS THAT HE PLANTED FOR ME AND FOR MY LIFE.

[ music ] >> BUSTER COOPER IS MY UNCLE.

HE IS MY FATHER'S BROTHER.

THAT CONNECTION AND SIOBAHN'S GIFT OF HAVING THAT TYPE OF ANCESTRAL VOICE IN CONNECTION TO THE GREAT JAZZ LEGENDS ALLOWED THE TWO OF THEM TO REALLY CONNECT WHEN IT CAME TO MUSIC.

>> HE WOULD ALWAYS SAY -- MY FAMILY CALLS MANY A BOO -- SO, BOO, NEVER GIVE UP.

I GOT A DEGREE FROM CLASSICAL VOICE.

YOU WENT TO NEW YORK AND I WAS THE LEADING ROLE IN AN OFF BROADWAY SHOW.

AND THEN HE GOT SICK, AND I WAS MISSING MY FAMILY AT THE TIME, AND MY MOM WAS LIKE, LISTEN, YOUR UNCLE, HE DOESN'T HAVE MUCH TIME LEFT.

I'M LIKE, OKAY, I'M GOING PACK UP MY STUFF.

I'M GOING TO COME HOME.

I ALREADY MISS MY FAMILY.

I NEED TO SEE MY UNCLE.

ON HIS DEATHBED HE PULLED ME IN AND SAID, LISTEN, I WANT TO YOU CARRY ON THE FAMILY LEGACY.

IT'S YOUR TIME.

I GIVE YOU MY BLESSING AND I WANT TO YOU CARRY THIS THROUGH.

AND I'M LIKE, OH.

OKAY, THAT'S -- THAT'S, YOU KNOW, NOTHING MAJOR.

AND SO WITH HIM SAYING THAT I EMBRACED AND I ACCEPTED THE CALLING, AND WHAT HE WAS PASS DO YOU THINK TO ME.

AND THAT IS WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU.

[ music ] COMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT TO ME BECAUSE THERE'S STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.

AND MY COMMUNITY HAS SHAPED AND MOLDED ME INTO A QUEEN.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE BACK TO WHAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO YOU.

>> ONE THING I CAN SAY ABOUT ST. PETE, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH SIDE OF ST. PETE, WE ARE STILL A GENERATIONAL CITY.

WE KNOW PEOPLE.

WE KNOW THEIR FATHER, THEIR GRANDFATHER, THEIR GREAT GRANDFATHER.

SO THERE'S STILL THAT GENERATIONAL CONNECTION THAT I THINK MAKES IT VERY UNIQUE.

>> IT TAKES A VILLAGE THAT BELIEVES IN YOU, AND IN THIS CASE, ESTABLISHING THAT BASE.

YOU KNOW YOU CAN GO HOME.

>> SHE'S ACTUALLY TAKEN ON THAT FEEL TO GO WHERE -- NEW YORK TO L.A. SHE ALWAYS WANTS TO COME BACK TO THAT FEELING OF FAMILY.

>> IF IT WASN'T FOR MY VILLAGE, MY COMMUNITY, MY FAMILY, MY ANCESTORS WHO CONSTANTLY REMINDED ME, NO, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL, YOU ARE SMART.

YOUR VASE AIN'T TOO LOUD.

IT'S NOT LOUD ENOUGH, GIRL, SING.

BE YOU.

THE MOMENT I DECIDED TO DO THAT, ALL THE BEAUTY -- ALL OF THE BEAUTY -- WHAT I WOULD SAY TO LITTLE BLACK GIRLS WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW, YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

YOU'RE MORE THAN JUST A STRONG BLACK WOMAN.

YOU'RE MAGICAL.

BE YOURSELF, LOVE YOURSELF, KNOW THYSELF.

THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THIS COMES FROM.

I'M ME.

>>> TO HEAR MORE, VISIT ANCESTRALFUNK.COM.

>>> NEXT, WE HEAD BACK INTO THE KITCHEN FOR ANOTHER INSTALLMENT OF KATE'S QUICK BITES.

THIS TIME WE LEARN MORE ABOUT A LOCAL THEATRE COMPANY THAT STRIVES TO MAKE A MORE EMPATHETIC AND EQUITABLE WORLD.

[ music ] >> WITH ME TODAY IS CHRISTY FARNBAUGH, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CATCO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

>> I'M GLAD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

SO EXCITED LEARN MORE ABOUT CATCO.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT AND IT MAYBE SOMETHING NOT EVERYONE KNOWS.

>> SURE.

CATCO WAS FOUNDED 38 YEAR AGO.

>> THAT IS QUITE A LONG TIME.

>> AS PART OF THE SCRAPPY, NEW, AVANT-GARDE, AGAINST THE TREND KIND OF THEATER GROUP, RIGHT?

AND SO ALL THESE YEARS LATER WE'RE STILL KIND OF LEANING INTO THAT.

IT ORIGINALLY STOOD FOR THE CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY.

>> I WILL ADMIT, I DID NOT KNOW THAT.

>> IN 2010 THEY MERGED WITH PHOENIX THEATER FOR CHILDREN, SO HALF OUR FOCUS IS ON CHILDREN, THEATER IN SCHOOLS AND ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.

THEN WE USED THE TIME DURING THE PANDEMIC TO THINK ABOUT, WHAT DID THE FUTURE LOOK LIKE?

WHAT WAS OUR VISION AND PURPOSE GOING FORWARD?

SO OUR PURPOSE NOW IS TO HARNESS THE TRANS FORMATIONAL POWER OF THEATER, CONNECT TO THE CURRENT MOMENT, CURRENT NEEDS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND WORK ON INSPIRING THROUGH STORY TELLING.

>> THAT'S SO IMPORTANT.

WHAT A WONDERFUL MISSION.

>> I THINK WHAT PEOPLE WOULD FIND IS IF YOU THINK YOU KNOW CATCO FROM THE PAST, YOU ACTUALLY REALLY DON'T, BECAUSE NOTHING IS THE SAME AT CATCO PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

THAT'S WITH A LOT OF THINGS, BUT NEW ARTISTIC VISION, NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW PROGRAMMING.

IT'S FRESH AND NEW.

>> WE GOT TO GET OUT THERE AND SEE IT.

>> YES.

>> WONDERFUL!

WELL, I'M EXCITED TO GET COOK.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE RECIPE YOU'VE CHOSEN AND WHY IT'S SPECIAL TO YOU.

>> I'VE CHOSEN THIS RECIPE OF COUSCOUS.

I LOVE PINE NUTS.

IT WAS GINN TO ME BY MY DEAR FRIEND CAROL WHO WAS AN ARTS ADMINISTRATOR WHEN HE MET 15, 20 YEARS AGO.

AND WE HAD JUST BECOME FAST FRIENDS AND OUR FAMILY ARE FRIENDS.

CAROL IS AN AMAZING COOK, LIKE, PROBABLY BETTER THAN ME.

SHE MAKES THIS RECIPE OFTEN WHEN WE WOULD VISIT.

IT'S KIND OF MAKE AHEAD.

YOU CAN LET IT SIT ON THE STOVE UNTIL YOU'RE READY TO GO, AND IT'S A MIX OF SAVORY AND SWEET AND HEALTHY.

>> I LOVE THE IDEA OF FRIENDS SHARING RECIPES.

GREAT WAY TO STAY CONNECTED.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL US WHAT INGREDIENTS YOU NEED.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO NEED 32 OUNCE OF CHICKEN OR VEGETABLE BROTH.

ONE AND A HALF AT THE SPOONS OF SALT, ONE AND A HALF CUPS OF PLAIN COUSCOUS, ONE AND A HALF CUP OF GOLDEN RAISINS, ONE AND A HALF CUPS OF PINE NUTS, SEVEN GREEN ONIONS AND A BUTTER.

>> WHAT'S THE FIRST STEP?

>> TAKE THE BROTH, POUR IT IN A NICE BIG PAN.

WE'VE DONE THAT.

TURN ON YOUR BURNER.

START YOUR BURNER.

>> START YOUR ENGINES.

>> RIGHT.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> THAT WILL COME TO A NICE BOIL.

ADD THE SALT.

OUR SALT IS PREMEASURED.

SHAKE THAT IN THERE.

>> GREAT.

>> AND THEN YOU REALLY JUST COVER THE POT, LET THAT COME TO A PILE.

YOU'VE GOT TIME.

YOU COULD CHOP THE ONIONS.

>> WE'VE SOLVED THAT.

>> USE THIS TIME TO PREP MORE INGREDIENTS.

>> WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT TO BOIL, WHY DON'T YOU TELL ME ABOUT THE IMPACT OF STORY TELLING AND HOW CATCO STRIVES TO SHINE A LIGHT ON ISSUES THAT MATTER.

>> SURE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THEATER AND THEATERICAL STORY TELLING IS A WONDERFUL WAY INTO ISSUES, BIG HAIRY ISSUES.

TAKE AN ISSUE LIKE HOUSING IN COLUMBUS.

WE HAVEN'T YET, BUT WE COULD PRODUCE A SHOW THAT'S AROUND THAT ISSUE.

AND I OFTEN SAY, I CAN'T BUILD THE HOUSE.

I CAN'T SOLVE THE BIG PROBLEM, BUT WE CAN TELL THE STORY AND BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND LET THEM TALK ABOUT IT, UNDERSTAND THE ISSUE THROUGH A DIFFERENT LENS.

I'M NOT GOING TO BUILD THE HOUSE, BUT I'M GOING TO MAKE THE SPACE TO HAVE THE CONVERSATION ABOUT WHY THE HOUSE IS IMPORTANT.

>> INCREDIBLE.

>> AND THEN -- YOU CAN'T CARE ABOUT SOMETHING OR AN ISSUE UNTIL YOU KNOW ABOUT IT.

SO THROUGH A PLAY OR STORY YOU'RE CONSCIOUS IS RAISED.

YOU SHOW EMPATHY TOWARD A CHARACTER.

YOU GET TO PUT YOURSELF IN SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES.

THERE'S THEATER MAGIC THAT GOES ON AND YOU CAN SUSPEND BELIEF FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

THAT'S REALLY THE POWER OF WHAT WE CALL TRANS FORMATIONAL STORY TELLING.

>> SOUNDS LIKE IT'S REALLY EFFECTIVE.

>> WE THINK SO.

>> YEAH.

LOOKS LIKE OUR BROTH IS BOILING NICELY.

WHAT SHOULD WE DO NEXT?

>> NEXT STEP IS TURN OFF THE BURNER.

THEN WE ADD COUSCOUS.

>> SO IT'S GOING TO SIT IN THE HOT BROTH.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN WE'LL ADD THE RAISINS.

>> LOVELY.

GET THEM ALL IN THERE.

>> JUST GOING TO GIVE THAT A LITTLE STIR.

>> AND IT WILL JUST SOAK IT ALL UP.

>> JUST ASSOCIATION IT UP.

WE'RE GOING TO COVER IT, AND LET IT SIT FOR AT LEAST 15 MINUTES.

THE YOU'RE MAKING THIS AT HOME, YOU CAN MAKE IT UP TO AN HOUR.

>> YOU CAN MAKE THIS AHEAD.

>> TOTALLY CAN MAKE IT AHEAD, AND AFTER YOU HAVE HAD SOME APPTIZERS AND WINE, YOU CAN GET IT READY TO GO.

>> LOVE.

THAT WHEN DOES THE BUTTER COME INTO PLAY?

>> WE'RE GOING MELT THE BUTTER.

WE'LL HAVE IT READY.

>> EXCITED ABOUT THE BUTTER.

>> WHO'S NOT.

IT'S A STICK OF BUTTER.

S THE LIKE PAULA DEEN.

>> WHILE THE COUSCOUS ABSORBS THE FLAVORS TELL ME ABOUT CATCO'S MISSION.

>> SUPPORTING NEW WORK.

AS A CONTEMPORARY THEATER COMPANY YOU MAY SEE SOMETHING YOU'VE NEVER SEEN, BRAND NEW PLAY, LOCAL PLAYWRIGHT.

WE'RE COMMITTED TO DOING THAT FOR ADULTS AS WELL AS YOUNG PEOPLE.

WE MAKE THEATER FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES, WHICH ARE FAMILY SHOWS, RIGHT, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO NEW WORK FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.

THERE ISN'T ALWAYS A LOT A WORK NOR CHILDREN AUDIENCES.

WHEN STEVEN ANDERSON RETIRED, HE WAS PRODUCER FOR CATCO FOR TEN.

WHEN HE RETIRED THE BOARD AND A BUNCH OF FRIENDS IN TOWN CREATED AN ENDOWMENT FUND CALLED THE STEVEN C. ANDERSON FUND FOR NEW WORK FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.

IN TIME WE HAVE A LITTLE BASE OF FUNDING THERE, AND IN TIME WE'LL BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT TO PRODUCE NEW WORK FOR YOUNG AUDIENCES.

>> THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

>> SO WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT IN THE PAST.

WE'VE HAD PLAY FESTIVALS AND LET AUDIENCES SEE PLAYS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT, BEING WORKED ON IN THE MOMENT FROM THE ACTORS ALL THE WAY TO FULL PRODUCTION, AND IT'S OUR GOAL TO PRODUCE SOME OF THOSE NEW WORKS.

AND IDEALLY, HOPEFULLY, THEY'RE BORN HERE AND THEY'RE CREATED HERE, AND THEN THEY GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY AND ARE PERFORMED.

>> WHAT A GREAT USE OF FUNDING.

THEY CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY AS WELL.

>> REALLY GRATEFUL WE HAVE THAT.

>> WHAT ARE SOME OTHER CATCO INITIATIVES YOU'RE EXCITED ABOUT?

>> SO, WE STARTED THIS YEAR PAY WHAT YOU WANT.

LAST YEAR WAS OUR FIRST IN-PERSON SEASON SINCE THE PANDEMIC, AND THIS YEAR WE CONTINUED IT.

SO, BEFORE THE OPEN OF EVERY PRODUCTION, WHICH IS SATURDAY NIGHT, FRIDAY NIGHTS OF THAT SHOW ARE CALLED PAY WHAT YOU WANT.

SO IT'S A ZERO BARRIER TO ENTRY, RIGHT?

YOU CAN SHOW UP THAT NIGHT AND PAY A DOLLAR OR PAY NOTHING OR PAY $500.

WE'LL TAKE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO GIVE US.

AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THE ROBERT WAGNER COMPANY FOR SPONSORING THAT FOR US.

IT REALLY IS A CHANCE FOR PEOPLE TO TRY CATCO.

IT CAN BECOME ONE OF THOSE PAY WHAT YOU WANT NIGHTS.

>> PROBABLY WILL END UP LOVING IT.

>> TRY IT ON, BRING SOME FRIENDS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT STRIKES YOUR FANCY.

>> SUCH A CLEVER IDEA TO GET PEOPLE IN AND WELCOME THEM TO THE THEATER SPACE.

>> THANKS.

>> VERY COOL.

WELL, IT'S SMELLING DELICIOUS.

SHOULD WE CHECK AND SEE IF IT'S ALL -- >> LOOK AT THAT.

>> IT ABSORBED ALL THAT LIQUID.

>> SURE DID.

>> WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

>> NEXT WE MELTED THE STICK OF BUTTER.

POUR THAT IN WILL.

>> NICE.

THAT ALWAYS MAKES THINGS DELICIOUS.

>> FLUFF IT UP.

MIX ALL TOGETHER.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO ADD THE PINE NUTS.

>> DELICIOUS.

AND GREEN ONIONS.

>> GREEN ONIONS, YEAH.

>> A LITTLE POP OF COLOR.

VERY NICE.

>> SO PRETTY.

>> IT REALLY IS.

AND SO SIMPLE, AND IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU CAN MAKE THIS AHEAD, YOU CAN PROBABLY EAT IT WARM OR ROOM TEMPERATURE.

COLD?

>> IF YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT AHEAD, YOU JUST LET IT AND IT DO THIS LAST PART WHEN YOU'RE READY TO EAT IT.

>> LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.

>> IT'S READY TO GO.

>> IT'S COME TOGETHER SO BEAUTIFULLY.

I THINK WE SHOULD EAT IT.

I THINK WE SHOULD GIVE IT A TASTE.

>> I AGREE.

>> OKAY.

GOT SOME SPOONS HERE.

WE CAN DISH IT UP.

>> I'LL DISH IT UP A LITTLE.

>> IT'S LOVELY.

>> PRETTY WITH THAT GREEN ONION IN THERE.

>> YEAH.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

HERE YOU GO.

GET YOU A SPOON.

THERE YOU GO.

>> THANK YOU.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS LOOKS WONDERFUL.

>> I THINK YOU SHOULD GO FIRST.

>> A LITTLE RAISIN, A LITTLE PINE NUT.

OH, MY GOODNESS.

THAT'S REALLY DELICIOUS.

>> MM-HMM.

>> MM.

>> SURPRISED YOU LIKE IT.

>> KIND OF HEARTY, COZY.

THE RAISINS ARE SO PLUMP AND THE GREEN ONIONS GIVE THAT IT LITTLE BIT OF BRIGHTNESS.

CHRISTY, SO DELICIOUS.

NICE TO KNOW YOU LEARN ABOUT CATCO AND EATING COUSCOUS.

>> GREAT SPENDING TIME WITH YOU, THANK YOU.

[ music ] >> TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT CATCO, FIND THEM ONLINE AT CATCO.ORG.

WELL, THAT'S OUR SHOW.

REMEMBER, YOU CAN FIND ALL OF OUR STORIES ONLINE AT WOSU.ORG AS WELL AS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

FOR ALL OF US HERE AT WOSU, I'M KATE QUICKEL.

THANKS FOR WATCHING.

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I KISSED YOU BETWEEN THE RAIN !

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[ music ] >>> PRODUCTION OF "BROAD & HIGH" IS FUNDED IN PART BY -- THE GREATER COLUMBUS ARTS COUNSEL, CELEBRATING EXPRESSION, FOSTERING CONNECTION BETWEEN THE ARTISTS, PERFORMANCES, EXHIBITIONS, CONCERTS, PUB LIB ART AND MORE AT COLUMBUSMAKESART.COM.