#broadwayspoonie

I finish up school this week. Wow a year has gone by already. I can’t believe it. I’m watching the summer take shape in a different way than I ever could have imagined. I expected to spend this summer either working in NYC, or in a small town somewhere in the US working summer stock theatre. Obviously due to the state of the world neither of those things are happening. If you know me personally…

Dealing with a wall

The last couple weeks have been incredibly difficult. A lot has happened both academically and socially. I’ve been personally struggling a lot with finding the will to fight for what I want which at the end of the day is to be on Broadway.

I had a talk with one of my teachers who I trust so much. He has so many connections to the industry and has done a lot of work himself. I talked to him…

I got to see mean girls on November 3rd. My theatre big won tickets on Mean Girls day. Getting free tickets was super cool.

It was a fun show, I was entertained. I wouldn’t say that it was a great example of what Broadway is capable of, but it was enjoyable. People that are fans of the movie will enjoy it.

Don’t go see mean girls if you want to see a stunning Broadway musical. My big and I…

I am so lucky that my teachers are understanding. I came into school and initially met with the head of the musical theatre department and gave her the explanation of my illnesses and we discussed the accommodations I needed which initially I thought would just be communication with my teachers and with her to figure out how to make everything work especially in movement based classes like voice…

I am officially half way through my Broadway Collective Incubator experience. It has been incredible so far. I chose to enroll in this program when I was really struggling with my POTs, we hadn’t yet found medications that were working and I was spending a ridiculous amount of time in bed. I was feeling out of touch with my theatre human self and needed something to flex those muscles and the…

Traveling and Chronic Illness

I’ve returned from my wonderful adventure to visit one of my best friends in the entire world. It was incredible getting to see her and also to be well enough to do that. I was so nervous to go on this adventure by myself and I want to talk about some of the things that made it easier for me.

Packing light. Because I only brought a small backpack trekking through the airport was so much…

SCREEEEEEEEEECHHHHHHHHHH I saw the first back to school commercial, started crying because summer is almost over, continued crying because I am so happy I can go back to school, then started writing this post.

Growing up I loved back to school shopping. I think its a combination of the hopeless optimist and virgo in me that loves this season. I’m always so determined to make this next school…

Audition Do’s and Don’ts

a delightful middle school headshot

Katherine Steele recently posted a video about how to stand out in an audition and I thought I would do my own take on some audition advice.

Do’s

Be prepared. There is nothing that will help you stand out more than being prepared. It is so obvious in the room who has done the work.

Be open to adjustments. Especially in youth theatre and college…