On this episode I talked with Cailen about the moment she realized she wanted to be a theatre performer, how growing up in Fresno and going to school where Audra McDonald went to school made her realize that if Audra grew up where she did and made it then she could too, why she chose to study theatre at UC Irvine and continue with their program, the most valuable lesson she learned in college, her audition process for Mean Girls, how she puts herself into the shoes of Gretchen and Regina (two characters who are incredibly different) and plays them both so well, what her Broadway debut was like, how she works on self confidence in such a tough industry, teaching masterclasses and coaching up and coming performers, and MUCH MORE!