Max Mitler made the most of his senior year at Saratoga Springs High School, receiving one of this year’s Collaborative School of the Arts at Proctors High School Musical Theater Award winner for his role as Jack Kelly in "Newsies" and is now spending a week on Broadway.
“I think it's a little harder when your character is more like Jack, who is a little less level-headed than some other characters I played,” Max Mittler said during a podcast recording of the “Tell Me Your Story” podcast shortly after the recognition. “He makes his decisions and sticks to his guns, which I think is easy to portray to the audience and shows strength in both your body and your decisions, which I really enjoyed.”
I caught up with the senior, just days after his big win, inside the hallways of his high school and just outside the Saratoga Springs auditorium with long-time director Bob Berenis.
The two were engaging, insightful and for the first time, Tell Me Your Story closed out with a song from its guest - Max.
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