The Jayme Starr Podcast

Kate Marilley is a musical theatre actress who has starred in multiple shows on Broadway and national tours. Marilley has starred on Broadway in shows such as My Fair Lady, The Prom, and Flying Over Sunset. She also starred in a production of Billy Elliot that was supposed to go on tour, but ended up staying in one place because of the success. During that contract, Marilley got to work with the shows composer, Elton John and witnessed him work his magic while in rehearsals. Marilley 's latest project is currently touring the country as Delia Deetz on the national tour of Beetlejuice. She brings that famous "DAY-O" to audiences eight times a week to cities all over the country.

Amber Hurst Martin is an actress who has worked in musical theatre and on TV. One of her first professional gigs was getting to work for Disney on one of their cruise ships. She was cast in a few stage productions where she got to perform in a version of The Lion King, and perform in an exclusive cruise line show where she played Maleficent. Martin has toured the country on the national tour of Jesus Christ Superstar, which allowed her to see places she never thought she would be able to check out. Last year, Martin was cast as Joanne Jefferson in a production of Rent at ACT alongside Paola Hernandez (Season 3). Additionally, she has been seen on television in shows such as Dance Moms, I am Cait and This is Us.

Emily Schultheis is a musical theatre actress. She made her professional theatre debut when she was 23 as the stand by for Elphaba on the Wicked National Tour. Over the course of her contract, she got to play the role over 70 times, and star along side Jillian Butler (Season 2) and Ginna Claire Mason (Season 1). Schultheis made her Broadway debut in the musical adaption of the hit film, Almost Famous where she portrayed Anita Miller. The role was originally made famous on screen by Zooey Deschanel. Although the run of this new show was cut short, she made memories with her fellow cast members that she guarantees will last a life time.

Hannah Schreer is a musical theatre performer and dancer. She started dancing at an extremely young age, and fell right in love with it. As soon as she could comprehend that doing something with dance is something she could do for a living, Schreer was on board and ready to do it professionally. In additional to dancing, Schreer has performed in various regional productions of some of todays most popular shows. For instance, she has starred in productions of A Chorus Line and Rock of Ages. One of the biggest highlight of her career thus far was being in the premier of the new musical, Come Fall in Love at the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. That venue specifically has so much history when it comes to musicals. and it was a true honor for Schreer to perform on that stage.

Sonya Balsara is an actress who has appeared on screen and on stage. Some of her first professional television appearances have been on shows such as Mozart in the Jungle and FBI. Last summer, Balsara made her broadway debut portraying Princess Jasmine in Aladdin while the full time actress was on hiatus doing another project. After a short break, Balsara is back portraying the role full time in New York City alongside many familiar faces that she got to share the stage with the first time around. Getting to portray a Disney princess is a dream come true for this rising star, who grew up loving the classic films and going to the parks with her friends and family.

Ilana Sedaka is an ice skater and entrepreneur. Sedaka started ice skating at the age of 5, and her coach saw some true potential in her and encouraged her to consider dive deeper into the sport. She has done several competitions and live performance shows over the course of her career. A few years back, she got the chance to perform alongside ice skating legend, Nancy Kerrigan. Outside of ice skating, Sedaka loves fashion and clothes. She has her own clothing brand and store called Rare Wear, and it can even be seen being sported by celebs on social media.

Alyssa Anani is a musical theatre actress who is no stranger to touring the country. She made her touring debut with the Non-Equity tour of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (alongside Abby Jaros [ featured in Season 3]). This opportunity came her way just shortly before graduating college. After turning her tassel, she packed her bags and hit the road. Anani was part of the original cast of the national tour of Andrew Lloyd Webber' Love Never Dies, which is mostly known for being the sequel to Phantom of the Opera. (She starred aside Rachel Moore [ featured in Season 2] and Meghan Picerno [ featured in Season 3]). This show will forever be close to her heart because she got the chance to take part in the US Premiere of this production. Anani's most recent role is touring with the national tour of the hit Broadway musical, Aladdin where she is in the ensemble. She has been in callbacks for this show for seven years, and now she is finally able to tell the story of one of her favorite Disney movies 8 times a week all around the country.

Ashley Morton is a musical theatre actress. She made her national tour debut when she brought Christmas all around the country with The Grinch where she was cast as Mrs. Who. On this tour, there were days where her and the rest of the cast did more than two shows per day which is something that not a lot of musical theatre tours/shows do. Most recently, Morton was on the national tour of the hit musical, Legally Blonde where she played the hilarious, Paulette. She was joined on stage by other guests featured this season including Meg Frost, Lea Sevola and Hannah Bonnett. Getting to see places and perform in places she never thought she would go in her life time is what Morton loves most about touring. Speaking of places she never thought she would go, Morton did a regional production of Beauty and the Beast in Alaska which was also a huge highlight in her career thus far.

Madeleine Bourgeois is an actress who has worked on in film and in theatre. One of her favorite books is, Where the Crawdads sing, and she was actually cast in the film adaption. She loved getting to see what she was reading come to life on screen, and make realizations where she says to herself "Oh, this is whats happening in this scene." Bourgeois has also had her fair share in musical theatre shows as well. For example, she did a production of 42nd street where she learned the original choreography from the show. One of her most recent adventures is sailing the seven seas and doing a production of Grease. Prior to doing this show, it's been a while since she seen the movie and she is so glad that this iconic story is back in her life again. In this production, she plays Frenchie and gets to live out the dreams of the pink lady with the biggest heart on stage.

Sydney Freihofer is an actress who has been cast in several different popular musical theatre productions. One of her first big shows a was a production of Heathers: The Musical. When she auditioned for the show, she had her heart set on one role that really stood out to her, but then feel in love with a different role that she ended up playing in the show. Luckily, her she was also able to understudy that first track she had her eyes on. Freihofer did a production of Sister Act: The Musical, and got to play Sister Mary Robert. She found it to be very rewarding to bring a movie to the stage. Additionally, Freihofer got the chance to be in Spring Awakening. Here, she really took the opportunity to re introduce the show to a new generation of audience members who may not have really known what the show was all about. Recently, Freihofer took on the role of Maureen Johnson in a regional production of Rent. Being in a show with such a powerful message has been a true highlight of her career this far.