SACHIN: Hey Wildkits! This is Big Sach from the morning announcements and the 67th YAMO, “YAMO Ate My Homework.” Rehearsal’s about to start, so follow me!
ELLIOT: Tell me about your favorite part of doing the announcements and why.
SACHIN: My favorite part of doing the announcements is writing the scripts, especially when I check to see what holiday it is and figure out what I get to say.
ELLIOT: How do you think the morning announcements bring the community together?
SACHIN: No matter what someone’s going through, everyone at the school hears the morning announcements. My goal is to bring everyone together by exciting them for their day and what’s to come.
ELLIOT: Why did you want to do the announcements?
SACHIN: I wanted to do the announcements because I wanted people like the freshmen to enjoy the space and be excited to be here every day. I also wanted my friends to be like, “Oh I know that person on the announcements!” I hope to really excite people for an awesome experience here because I love this school so much. Hopefully, my announcements provide that feeling for everyone else as well.
ELLIOT: How did the name “Big Sach” come to be?
SACHIN: It was seventh-grade math class and my table, which consisted of my buddy Nathan Kane and I, finished our work early and we were thinking, what are some great Italian mafia names for each other? And we couldn’t really think of anything, but then Nathan Kane said “What about the name Big Sach?” And now, six years later, the name’s riding high in ETHS.
ELLIOT: What’s one piece of advice that you would give to a freshman?
SACHIN: I would say if you’re a freshman, don’t hesitate to try out for clubs, try out for sports, try out for theater, do what you love, and get on it immediately because once you get it and you find your group, it’s such an amazing experience. It makes this big school feel so much smaller.
ELLIOT: What piece of advice would you give to starting actors?
SACHIN: My piece of advice is don’t think about what you’re doing too much as a presentation. Think about it as a communication with the director and really just treat it like it’s a day-to-day thing instead of this big thing that has so much meaning towards it. I tried doing that, and I felt so much more relaxed.
ELLIOT: What makes theater special to you?
SACHIN: What makes theater special to me is all the people I’ve gotten to meet through this program; I’ve gotten to meet some of my closest friends. I’ve gotten to try some things I would have never tried before on a day-to-day basis and so many incredible people you get to meet.
ELLIOT: What’s the story of the start of your acting career?
SACHIN: The start of my acting career was actually high school. I didn’t do much acting before. I was looking for what I would want to do in high school with all my free time. I was going to try out for the bowling team. I was going to do community service with Emerge. Then I was looking at theater and I saw YAMO, and I was like, “Oh this is like SNL. This is going to be so much fun. It’s going to be so fire.” I tried out for it and I had low expectations, but it worked out, and I’m so glad it did because I’ve met so many great friends from this process and gotten to do so many incredible things. It’s been my favorite thing to do at this high school, so I’m so grateful that I’ve had the opportunities that I have had.
ELLIOT: If you could pick the Friday song, what would you pick?
SACHIN: I would probably pick “Burning Love” by Elvis Presley. I love Elvis’ music, it’s just so much fun, and I think on a Friday it would be fire. Literally burning.
ELLIOT: Upstairs theater or little theater?
SACHIN: The upstairs theater has been my home pretty much this whole time. It’s where we have our rehearsals, it’s where we have our class, I’ve done many YAMOs in here, I’ve done Urinetown in here. I’ve got to go team upstairs theater.
ELLIOT: Dramas or comedy?
SACHIN: We’re in YAMO, so we have to go comedy.
ELLIOT: What’s your favorite place in the school?
SACHIN: My favorite place in the school is probably the Hub, where I get to write my announcement scripts and I get to wake up the wildkits!
ELLIOT: You’re known for telling a holiday every day. Which one’s your favorite?
SACHIN: There are so many good ones but I think I have to go with the first holiday I ever presented when I thought of the idea of doing national holidays every day and that was National Spumoni Day, August 21st.
ELLIOT: What’s your favorite senior tradition? What’s something you’re looking forward to this year?
SACHIN: I’m looking forward to the senior sunrise because I’m not an early morning person but maybe this will make me one.
ELLIOT: What will you miss most about ETHS?
SACHIN: I think ETHS has really provided me with a sense of belonging. There are so many different types of people here and I’ve met so many friends. There are so many opportunities to do and there’s something for everyone. I really will miss that. I hope wherever I end up that there’s a similar feeling.
ELLIOT: How have you seen yourself grow as a person since freshman year?
SACHIN: I think especially since I didn’t do theater much before, and now I do it all the time, I think I’ve really grown in ensemble building and teamwork and not putting myself first, but really working as a group to get our goals done which is putting up some amazing shows.
ELLIOT: Who is a staff member who has helped you grow as a person? How have they helped you do that?
SACHIN: Mr. Herbert. Whether it was in class, or working on the plays we’ve done, he’s provided me with so many different opportunities of things to do and he’s given me so many notes. Back to my point of not always being about me, he’s really helped me build and grow stronger as a team player and I’m just so grateful for the opportunities I’ve had with him.
ELLIOT: What’s the legacy you hope to leave at ETHS? Or what’s something you do that you hope will continue on?
SACHIN: Back to my point about the announcements, just trying to provide a safe and happy environment for everyone. I hope whoever’s the next morning announcer, or just the people in general at this school, provide a similar feeling of “There’s a space for everyone.” We just want to be welcoming.
