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Karylle on portraying Audrey in 'Little Shop of Horrors' and maturing as a woman

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Jude Cartalaba

<div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1721377951245Karylle 07192024.jpg" style="width:9600px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" alt="Karylle (right) plays the role of Audrey in The Sandbox Collective&#x27;s " Little="" Shop="" of=""/><span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(65, 65, 65);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:center;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:normal;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline !important">Karylle (right) plays the role of Audrey in The Sandbox Collective&#x27;s &quot;Little Shop of Horrors.&quot;  <span id="isPasted" style="color:rgb(51, 51, 51);letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;display:inline !important;float:none">Karylle Tatlonghari has matured into an individual with a deeper understanding of life in general. She&#x27;s married and for 14 years now is a leading lady to her husband Sponge Cola&#x27;s Yael Yuzon.</div>Like the character Audrey she portrays in the currently running musical production by The Sandbox Collective, &quot;Little Shop of Horrors,&quot; Karylle also dreamt of a picket fence life that symbolizes the ideal middle-class suburban life in the United States -- with a family and children, a large house, and a peaceful lifestyle.&quot;There was a time when I was so into this beautiful picket fence home in North Greenhills that had a brick home... quite close to the look of Mom and Tina’s. But that was when I was a kid, and I would visit my Lola Tita Pilar Treichler in that village,&quot; she said.That dream changed when she matured -- and now as a married woman, she declares: &quot;It’s hard to clean a big house!&quot; As an artist on TV, in films, and onstage, Karylle has learned to pick up something from the roles she portrays. The one thing she likes about Audrey as a woman despite her not being well-educated is how she&#x27;s into marketing.&quot;Strangely enough, I love how she is so into marketing,&quot; she said. &quot;I never caught it in the movie so I&#x27;m loving her pitch in the scene where she suggests a little store revamp by having a &#x27;strange and interesting plant&#x27; on display to attract business.&quot; Channeling the vulnerable and insecure Audrey is something that the audience would see how effective Karylle is as an actress. &quot;Having a big bruise on my face helps a lot,&quot; she shared. &quot;When we put ourselves out there with everything we’ve got, we become vulnerable because we become open to the world&#x27;s critical eyes. But that’s just life.&quot; &quot;Despite her insecurity, I think she needs to stand tall &#x27;cause her painfully high heels force her to do it.&quot;Karylle added, &quot;I love the part where Audrey candidly talks to the Urchins about her aspirations via the song &#x27;Somewhere that&#x27;s Green&#x27; -- it&#x27;s a big &#x27;aha&#x27; moment when she shares her dream life and concretely enumerates a wish list only to have that be pulled under the rug by the end of the song.&quot;Through that song, Audrey tells of her dream to leave Orin Scrivello, D.D.S, marry Seymour, and live on a &quot;little street in a little suburb&quot; with luxuries she has never known on Skid Row -- like a washer, a toaster, a &quot;big, enormous&quot; 12-inch TV, and so on.Karylle was asked if she encountered someone like her character, who has an abusive relationship with her boyfriend -- what would she say to that person?She paused and coming from a space of love and maturity, she said: &quot;Domestic violence is a tough issue and it is hard to meddle in someone’s life if ever they have that kind of situation.&quot;&quot;If it’s a close friend, I would just first listen to everything that they have to say and just look her/him in the eye to make them feel seen and heard,&quot; she continued.&quot;I think building up their confidence would have to be also part of the healing process because they lost their self-esteem. But really since I’m no expert, I would offer to bring them to the Center for Family Ministries Foundation (CEFAM) in Ateneo for a professional session,&quot; she added. &quot;Healing of the mind, body, and spirit is critical in such moments.&quot; &quot;Little Shop of Horrors&quot; runs at the Globe Auditorium of Maybank Performing Arts Theater until July 28. <div><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/lifestyle/2024/7/12/theater-review-bloody-little-shop-of-horrors-is-actually-fun-1819">Theater review: Bloody &#x27;Little Shop of Horrors&#x27; is actually fun</a></div>

Karylle Tatlonghari has matured into an individual with a deeper understanding of life in general. She's married and for 14 years now is a leading lady to her husband Sponge Cola's Yael Yuzon.

Karylle Tatlonghari has matured into an individual with a deeper understanding of life in general. She's married and for 14 years now is a leading lady to her husband Sponge Cola's Yael Yuzon.