The Jayme Starr Podcast

Taylor Quick ia a musical theater star who was most recently of the touring cast of Anastasia. In the show, she was part of the ensemble and understudied the role of Anya. In fact, she made her Anya debut at the Wharton Center in East Lansing, Michigan. In this episode, get a chance to hear all about the journey Quick had performing in the show, as well as some of her favorite things to do while traveling on the road and being apart of a touring company. Taylor is a JOY to speak with! Enjoy the Episode!

Micaela Martinez has gotten the chance to travel the country twice with two of the most lovable shows. She began her career on the Sister Act tour, where she got to be in the ensemble and understudy Sister Mary Robert. Then she landed an opportunity in to tour with her dream show, Wicked. With this show she was in the ensemble and understudied the role of Nessarose with season one podcast guests, Gonna Claire Mason and Mary Kate Morrissey. Just before shutdown, Martinez was brought to Wicked on Broadway to fulfill the same position she did in the show on tour at The Gershwin. 

As her first professional gig in the musical theater industry, Sarah Anne Fernandez got the opportunity of a lifetime to join the cast of the Wicked tour as a member of the ensemble and to understudy the role of Elphaba.  For a year and a half, Fernandez travelled the country bring Oz to cities all of the country. Although she only got to portray Elphaba twice, Fernandez surely defied gravity with each and everyone of her performance no matter what her role was each night. Enjoy the episode!

Jillian Butler began her professional musical theater career touring with Cinderella in the ensemble. Then, she transitioned her way to an ensemble track and understudy position with the tour of Wicked, where she got to understudy the roles of both Glinda and Nessarose. Most recently, she has gotten to portray her first touring principal role of her own, Cosette in the tour of Les Miserables. Butler's journey is defiantly a prime example of when you start from the bottom, you can do great things and to main roles in some of the most popular musicals in the world. 

Colins Conley made her big break when she was part of the out of town try out for the hit Broadway musical, The Prom. Although she did not transfer to Broadway with the show, she did star as one of the members of the ensemble in the original cast of Mean Girls on Broadway. In this episode, get to hear all about Conley's adventures on broadway, her favorite NYC hotspots, and what some of her other passions are. Additionally, find out what show her and I both were audience members of. 

SEASON 2 PREMIERE- Dana Steingold is a Metro Detroit native who has been killing it on Broadway these past few years. Just like me, Steingold is also a graduate of West Bloomfield High School. Some of the work on Dana's resume includes starring as Kate Monster in Avenue Q. Most recently. she starred in Beetlejuice on Broadway where she portrayed The Girl Scout and understudied the role of Lydia. It was so much fun chatting with Dana to kick off Season 2 of the podcast!

Audrey Cardwell is no stranger to traveling the country to show her passions. Ever since she saw the hit Broadway show Cats, she knew that musical theater is something she loves. So far in her career, she was able to understudy Broadway superstar, Eden Espinosa as part of the touring cast of the hit Broadway show, Falsettos. Additionally, Cardwell got the magical opportunity to play Cinderella in the touring production of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella. Speaking with Audrey this week was a true pleasure, and I can't wait to catch her next time she is in my home town.

ALSO- NEXT WEEK! Check out my Holiday special series on YOUTUBE. In honor of the holiday's and my podcast season finale, I am bringing back some of your favorite faces from this season as well as some new faces to chat about the holidays, and there experience with the crazy year that has been 2020. 

From Wendy Darling to Regina George, Taylor Louderman has made quite the name for herself in the world of musical theater. This proud former student of University of Michigan has quite the resume of accomplishments including originating three roles on Broadway and being a replacement principal in one show. In this episode, hear Taylor and I chat about all her accomplishments that she has been able to achieve during her career. 

Mariah Rose Faith has a true passion for musical theater, and before the pandemic she was traveling the country sharing it. Faith is the original touring Regina George of the Mean Girls tour. In addition to playing everyone's favorite plastic, she is also known for her various cover songs she has put on her YouTube for the whole world to see. Chatting with Mariah was absolutely awesome. I can't wait to see her poetry Regina George when the Mean Girls tour hits the road again when this pandemic is complete. 

Erika Henningsen is a U of M grad who has made quite the name for herself in the broadway community. She made her broadway debut playing Fantine in Les Miserables on Broadway, and her breakthrough most iconic role is playing the OG Cady Heron in Mean Girls. Before the pandemic, Erika was was going to begin a brand new chapter in her broadway career in a new show called Flying Over Sunset. Chatting with Erika was awesome! Enjoy the episode!