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To get from the page to the stage, the show needs to go through casting. And Christine McKenna-Tirella, Casting Specialist at Backstage, is here to explain cast some light on the subject (you're welcome for the pun by the way!). Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Christine McKenna-Tirella! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Christine McKenna-Tirella: Christine is an experienced Casting Director and Talent Specialist based in New York. Projects include: Spongebob The Musical (First National Tour), Waitress (Non-Union National tour), Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief (Broadway/National Tour), Elf the Musical (National Tours), Sound of Music (National Tours). Christine also aided in the casting for the Broadway production of Chicago The Musical (Broadway/National Tour), Hadestown (Broadway), Goodspeed Opera House, AIDA Cruise Lines. Off-Broadway projects include A Clockwork Orange (New World Stages), As You Like it (Classic Stage Company), Curvy Widow (Westside Theatre), Stuffed (Westside Theatre), Dirty Dancing (National Tour). TV Credits with Stewart/Whitley include Freaky Friday (Disney Channel); Stewart/Whitley commercial, voiceover and industrial resume available upon request. Before joining the Stewart/Whitley Team, Christine spent three years at Harriet Bass Casting, as a Casting Associate, working primarily on regional Equity theatre and Off-Broadway theatre/projects. Clients included: Portland Center Stage, Alliance Theatre, Virginia Stage Company, Syracuse Stage and Dallas Theater Center. During this time, she also worked as a Freelance Casting Director at Telsey + Co. where she assisted in casting a number of pilots and commercials. Christine started her career freelancing with Paladino Casting where she worked on various international and national commercials, live and promotional events such as the opening of Lexus Fashion show 2013, as well as television projects ranging from reality television to scripted material such as Team Umizoomi (Nickelodeon) and Taxi Brooklyn (TF1/CBS).  Christine holds a Bachelor of Law (Hons), from Queens University, Belfast; a Diploma in Acting from LAMDA, London, and an Associate Acting Degree from The American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York. Resources from this episode: Christine's website: www.christinemckenna-tirella.com Backstage.com Facebook: @backstage Instagram: @backstagecast Rachel Hollis: www.msrachelhollis.com Tony Robbins: www.tonyrobbins.com Bob Iger's The Ride of a Lifetime   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Broadway to your hometown stage, Richard Patterson shares how a musical joins the licensing catalogue with Music Theatre International (MTI). Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Richard Patterson! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Richard Patterson: Richard Patterson has worked in the professional licensing department since 2015, having joined the MTI family in 2012 as a Customer Account Representative in the amateur licensing department. In his role as International Licensing Director, Richard’s focus is on international professional licensing, including coordination between MTI’s New York, London, and Melbourne offices. Originally from Drexel Hill, PA, Richard studied Dramatic Literature and Creative Writing at New York University and previously worked as a licensing representative at Samuel French, Inc. In addition to his work at MTI, Richard is a writer whose theatre reporting has been featured on Playbill.com and in The Sondheim Review. Resources from this episode: Music Theatre International Facebook: @mtishows Twitter: @mtishows Instagram: @mtishows   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Micayla Brewster! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Micayla Brewster: Micayla is a creative, detail-oriented, driven person who loves to share stories and cultivate relationships. Those skills helped her as she developed a passion for digital marketing and social media management.  She is currently based in New York City and is an Account Manager at Marathon Digital where she runs the official social media accounts of fan-centric Broadway shows like Hamilton, Hadestown, and Be More Chill. Micayla loves working in the world of entertainment is excited to be doing it through her passion for social media and digital marketing. There is absolutely nothing more captivating to her than an innovative campaign with a detailed strategy. As a daughter of successful entrepreneurs and a product of California’s Bay Area, she learned at a young age how important hard work is in achieving success. She had the privilege of watching her parents start a worldwide transportation company from humble beginnings in their garage and grew up in a place that values innovation and groundbreaking ideas. She knows that it takes grit and passion to make something successful out of nothing.  As a California-native turned New Yorker, she is the proud owner of her first winter coat. Resources from this episode: Marathon Digital   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Justin Guarini! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Justin Guarini: Justin Guarini’s robust performance career launched with the first season of American Idol in 2002. His stage and screen appearances since then include Broadway productions of American Idiot, Romeo and Juliet, Wicked, and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. Justin has hosted shows like Idol Wrap and Idol Tonight along with live events for the TV Guide Network, the Oscars, the Emmys, and the Grammys. He continues to reprise his role as the lovable Lil’ Sweet in commercials for Diet Dr. Pepper. Justin is a generous humanitarian: he has advocated for music education funding on Capitol Hill by lobbying for the International Music Products Association. He has worked with Education Through Music Los Angeles, a nonprofit utilizing music education as a catalyst to improve academic achievement, motivation for school, and self-confidence in underserved communities. Justin has also partnered with RandomActs.org and GISH.com to participate in global kindness campaigns. In 2019, Justin founded The Warrior Artist Alliance to help performers achieve success in a challenging industry. He shares his tips, tricks, breadth of experience, and warrior mindset with a community of performers through podcasts, blogs, and dynamic training programs. In 2020, he pivoted again and is now the founder of the Core Confidence Challenge where he helps influencers profit under pressure. Justin is dedicated to his loving family; his wife, daughter, and sons make up his happy home. It is here that he draws his support and the desire to live his best life. Resources from this conversation: Join the FREE challenge: www.coreconfidencechallenge.com Read "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" here. www.BucksCountyPlayhouse.com www.bigleapbrands.com   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Peter Flynn! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Peter Flynn: Peter is a New York based director, writer and teacher who works both in new work development, as well as staging classic American musicals in New York and for some of the most notable regional theaters. His New York directing credits include the off-Broadway premiere of Smart Blonde by Willy Holtzman starring Andréa Burns; the off-Broadway premiere of Curvy Widow by Bobby Goldman & Drew Brody; Rhapsody in Seth starring Seth Rudetsky; Lee Blessing’s Two Rooms; the 75th Anniversary performance of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town with Adriane Lenox, B.D. Wong, S. Epatha Merkerson; On the 20th Century with Douglas Sills & Marin Mazzie; Chess with Josh Groban & Julia Murney; Funny Girl with Bebe Neuwirth, Whoopi Goldberg, & Andrea Martin; Skippyjon Jones, and Junie B. Jones (nominated for two Lucille Lortel Awards including Best Musical). Other credits include Andrea Martin’s one woman show, Andrea Martin: Final Days Everything Must Go; Katori Hall’s The Mountaintop; Gypsy at the St. Louis MUNY; Kiss Me, Kate for the Maltz-Jupiter Theatre where he has directed productions of Man of LaMancha (Carbonell Award, Best Director & Best Musical), Sleuth, & Other Desert Cities; and Into the Woods & Ragtime (Helen Hayes nomination for Outstanding Direction for both productions) for Ford’s Theatre where he is an Associate Artist. As a writer, Peter is currently under commission to create the book for two new musicals: Lily, a musical adaptation of Edith Wharton’s The House of Mirth, and Love of the Game, an adaptation of the Michael Shaara novella. Both are written with composer/lyricist Brooks Ashmanskas. Love of the Game is receiving its first workshop in New York, spring of 2020. He has also written the scripts for the Drama Desk Awards, the Second Stage Theatre Annual Gala, the Guthrie Theatre’s 50th Anniversary Performance, and for industrials including Aztra-Seneca Pharmaceuticals. Peter was the Artistic Director of the Hangar Theatre in Ithaca, New York for five seasons, overseeing a variety of large scale productions, intimate plays, and the development of new work. He is also the Founding Artistic Director of the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Peter also creates and directs award-winning entertainment for Carnival Cruise Lines, with music ranging from Motown, rock, disco, and Cuban/Miami fusion. He is currently creating his latest show with Carnival to debut on a new vessel in the fall of 2020. For Peter’s teaching experience, please visit the “Teaching” page. Peter is a graduate of Northwestern University, and a member of SDC. Website: www.peterflynndirector.com   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with our good friend Mo! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Mo Brady: Mo Brady is co-creator, podcast host and content director of The Ensemblist, the online advocate for the talent artists working in theatre ensembles. Through our podcast, website and social presence they create conversation about what it means to be a successful artist in the theatre. The Ensemblist podcast has more than 1.5 million podcast downloads and was recently named one of the Top 50 Best Selling Performing Arts Podcasts of all time. He is the Communications Projects Manager for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, a nonprofit that unites theatre artists and theatre lovers to help those in need. As a member of their communications team, he conceptualizes, develops and creates social media campaigns to promote Broadway Flea Market, Broadway Bares, their audience appeal seasons and more. Before joining the Broadway Cares team, he was a performer working on Broadway and regionally across the country. He made his Broadway debut in The Addams Family, where he understudied the role of Lucas Bieneke (Wednesday’s boyfriend). He also recurred in the second season of the NBC television series "Smash" as Gabe, a performer in “Hit List” on their journey from off-Broadway to the Tony Awards. He lives in New Jersey with his husband and their four-year-old son. Instagram: @TheEnsemblist Website/Blog: www.TheEnsemblist.com Family Account: @daddy_papa_and_me_make3 Check out The Ensemblist's episode on the 2020 Tony nominations with P2S's Mary Dina! Make sure you check out The Ensemblist's latest series on The Addams Family!   --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Mercedes! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Mercedes Murphy: Mercedes Murphy (Writer/Director) has directed theater and dance at various venues including the Moscow Art Theater, Lincoln Center Outdoors, PS 122, the Vineyard Theater, the Market Theater and the American Repertory Theatre. Mercedes' work has toured throughout Europe. She has worked as an Art Director for music videos and collaborated with artists including Coleman Hough, Jody Oberfelder, Robert Woodruff, Jay Scheib and John Bucchino. Mercedes was the resident director at the New Opera and Musical Theater Initiative in Boston and is the Founding Artistic Director of Théâtre Trouvé. She has taught at the New York Film Academy, Montclair State University and Harvard University.  --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Dori! This is part of our mini-series, Page To Stream, where we'll dive deep with theatre-makers as they explore this virtual and digital space while Broadway and theatre continues to be shutdown in America. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Dori Berinstein: Dori is a four-time Tony-winning Broadway producer (“Fool Moon”, “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Next”, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and “Virgina Woolf”), an Olivier winner (Legally Blonde) and an Emmy-award-winning director, producer and writer of film and television. Dori most recently was Lead Producer on “The PROM”. Dori is partnered with Justin “Squigs” Robertson on the Lights of Broadway Show cards, is Co-Founder of Camp Broadway and is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Broadway Podcast Network. @DoriBerinstein Broadway Podcast Network The Prom is coming to Netflix on December 11, 2020! Dramatic Forces As The Curtain Rises - Broadway's First Digital Soap Opera --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Bret! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Bret Shuford: As the Broadway Life Coach Bret Shuford is passionate about helping artists create a digital reputation and bridging the gap between craft and commerce. Shuford’s Broadway credits include Wicked, Cirque Du Soleil’s Paramour, Amazing Grace, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid. Other N.Y. credits include Actors Fund Benefit performances of A Wonderful Life, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, On the Twentieth Century, and the Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Shuford’s credits outside of New York City include the National Tour of Lincoln Center’s South Pacific and Dr. Fine/Dr. Madden in Next to Normal at the Adirondack Theatre Festival. He originated the role of Vernon Castle in Castlewalk, a new musical presented as part of the New York Music Theatre Festival. He has sung with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, and the Fort Worth Symphony. Shuford also has been seen on TV and Web series including Law and Order SVU, Alpha House, Submissions Only, and My Dirty Little Secret. His film credits include Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street, Bedfellows, and Uncle Melvin’s Apartment. @BretShuford www.BroadwayLifeCoach.com www.BroadwayLifeApparel.com Join Secure Actor Project --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Devising plays has no one size fits all process, but Barb breaks down how she teaches and works on devised theatre. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Barb! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Barbara Pitts McAdams (she/her): Our guest today is best known for her work with Tectonic Theater Project. Barbara Pitts McAdams was in the original company of The Laramie Project, a play devised from interviews with the residents of Laramie, Wyoming after the brutal murder of gay university of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard. Barb and the Members of Tectonic Theater Project share playwriting credit with artistic director Moisés Kaufman, and Barb is the co-author with Kaufman of MOMENT WORK: Tectonic’s Process of Devising Theater. Barb, as she asked us to call her, has worked regionally as an actor and appears on all the usual NY tv shows, but has found herself more and more called to teach and devise plays. Her current passion project is #HereToo: stories of youth activism.  www.tectonictheaterproject.org www.heretooproject.com --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Johanna! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Johanna Pan (she/they): Johanna Pan is a Costume and sometimes Scenic designer for Theatre, Film, Dance and Opera, a textile and visual artist, host and co-producer of the podcast “Dirty Laundry: Unpacking the Costume Closet”. Born and raised in Singapore, she currently splits her time between New York City and home. She first discovered theatrical design while competing in the creative thinking competition Odyssey of the Mind and has never looked back. She is a proud feminist, lover of vintage clothing and all things related to textile arts. Johanna’s artistic practice is centered around decolonizing the imagination, breaking down the notions of feminized labor, and anti-racism. She continues to harbor hope for a more sustainable humankind in the face of adversity and dreams of a future filled with equity, inclusion and diversity. Johanna is also the Resident Designer for WWTNS? and a proud member of IATSE United Scenic Artists Local 829. MFA NYU/TISCH, BFA Ithaca College www.johannapan.com | @jpandesign | @hannabi.studio Costume Professionals for Wage Equity: http://cpfwe.org Check out Johanna's new podcast, "Dirty Laundry Podcast: Unpacking the Costume Closet" --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Jessica! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Jessica Paz: Jessica Paz is a Tony Award-winning Sound Designer for theater, film and music. Most recently, she collaborated with Nevin Steinberg on the sound design for Anaïs Mitchell’s acclaimed production of Hadestown, which earned the duo a Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle nomination. On Broadway, Jessica was an Associate Sound Designer on projects including Dear Evan Hansen, Bandstand, Disaster! The Musical; The Assembled Parties (MCC); and Fela!. Other design credits include Little Shop of Horrors (Westside Theater); Kiss My Aztec (Berkeley Rep); Twelfth Night, Othello, Miss You Like Hell, Julius Caesar, A Midsummer Nights Dream, and As You Like It (The Public Theater); Burn All Night (A.R.T Oberon Stage); Ugly Lies the Bone (Roundabout); A Sucker EmCee, and The Muscles in Our Toes (LAByrinth); The Kings Whore (Starcatcher Productions); Becoming Dr. Ruth (Westside Theater); Looking for the Pony (Vital Theater Co.); Women Beware Women (Red Bull Theater); STRETCH – A Fantasia (New Georges); Welcome to Fear City (KC Rep); Scott & Hem in the Garden of Allah, and See How They Run (Barrington Stage); Legally Blonde, and 9 to 5 The Musical (North Shore Music Theater); Romeo & Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, and Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare on the Sound’s Productions); SCKBSTD (Virginia Stage Co) ; Volcanoes Birthright (Organic Magnetics); TempOdyssey, And Her Hair Went With Her, Bookends, and Minstrel Show (NJ Rep). Jessica has been a Front of House Engineer for musicians including The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Antibalas, Julia Haltigan, Femi Kuti, Lady Antebellum, Candy Shop Boys, People vs. Larson, Michael Arenetta, Bugaboo, Carte Blanche, King Holiday, The Woes, Stone Cold Fox, The African Children’s Choir and many others. She has also been a Lecturer of Sound Design in addition to student advisor for Princeton Universities production of Next To Normal, and was the Sound Designer of the Actor’s Studio Drama School’s yearly Master’s Thesis productions from 2009 – 2014. Jessica is fascinated by music studio and live concert techniques. She is constantly learning and researching innovative approaches from the traditional music recording world, and bringing them into her theater work. A proud member of IATSE Local 829; Soundgirls.org; Woman’s Audio Mission; USITT; and Co-Chair of the board of the Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association. She currently resides in New York. Pizza is her favorite food group.  @jesstothepaz on Instagram @JtothePAZ on Facebook www.jessicapazdesigns.com --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Stephanie! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Stephanie Klemons: Stephanie Klemons is an award-winning performer, choreographer and director who has worked on the pre-Broadway and Broadway productions of HAMILTON, IN THE HEIGHTS, BRING IT ON and IF/THEN. She sang on the original cast albums of three out of four of those shows and got to perform in the now infamous Tony performance with Hamilton as they performed Yorktown sans guns as a statement against gun violence. She got her equity card doing the first national tour of BOMBAY DREAMS. Her work can be seen currently on Broadway and around the world as the Associate and Supervising Choreographer of the smash hit HAMILTON. In 2018 she directed and choreographed the Kennedy Center production of IN THE HEIGHTS to critical acclaim. She served as the director and choreographer of THIS IS SADIE, a New York City Children’s Theater Production that she developed alongside Barbara Zinn Krieger. Commercially she choreographed content for Victoria’s Secret, Vogue, Sesame Street, the new Netflix Series THE HUNT, and was the choreographer behind the viral “Time of Our Lives” Super Bowl commercial featuring Eli Manning and Odell Beckham. @danceism on Instagram @Steph_Klem on Twitter www.stephanieklemons.com --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Lori and Kate! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Her Story is founded by Lori Wheat. After graduating with a major in Corporate Communications and a minor in music business, Lori spent six years working in artist management and public relations with artists such as Martina McBride, Kenny Chesney, Amy Grant, and Old Dominion. She then worked in public relations in Los Angeles with mainly Disney Stars as assistant executive before eventually gaining her own accounts, E!'s "WAGS" stars Natalie Halcro and Olivia Pierson. In 2018, Lori decided there was a serious gap in PR and brand partnership. Broadway actors have huge and loyal social media followings. Lori's goal with Her Story is to get to know her clients interests so she can target ideal brands to partner them with. @HerStoryBranding A graduate of Baldwin Wallace University, Kate Rockwell is currently bleaching out her brain cells in Mean Girls: the Musical, originating the role of pretty-but-dim Karen Smith, for which she earned a Helen Hayes nomination during their out of town tryout in Washington DC. Her previous Broadway credits include originating the role of Skylar in Bring It On: The Musical, Sherrie in Rock of Ages, Margot in Legally Blonde, and Hair. Some of her favorite regional credits include Mabel Normand in the world premiere of Hollywood at La Jolla Playhouse, Carrie Pipperidge in Carousel at Arena Stage (for which she received a Helen Hayes nomination), and Belle in Beauty and the Beast at The Muny. Her TV/Film credits include "High Maintenance," "Deadbeat," and Sex and the City:The Movie. @KateRockwellNYC --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Cody! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Cody Renard Richard most recently finished working on the extended Broadway run of Freestyle Love Supreme, serving as the Production Stage Manager. Other Broadway credits include Hamilton, Cirque du Soleil’s Paramour, Kinky Boots, Motown the Musical, After Midnight, Ghost the Musical, Cyrano de Bergerac, Lysistrata Jones, Dear Evan Hansen, If/Then, The Lion King. TV: 2019 Tony Awards, 2019 MTV VMAs, Jesus Christ Superstar Live! (DGA Nom), Hairspray Live! (DGA Nom), The Wiz Live! (DGA Nom). Cirque du Soleil: OVO (North American Tour), Wintuk (Madison Square Garden). Off Broadway/NY: Porgy and Bess (Metropolitan Opera – Assistant Stage Director), Freestyle Love Supreme, Candide at Carnegie Hall, 5 productions with NY City Center Encores!, The Public Theatre, Atlantic Theatre Company, 2nd Stage, Transport Group, Pearl Theatre Company. Selected Regional: Lempicka at Williamstown Theatre Festival, The Kennedy Center, The Muny, TUTS, Stages STL, Kansas City Rep, Alley Theatre, Repertory Theatre of STL. Cody also currently serves as the Adjunct Professor of Stage Management for Fordham University and has been a guest lecturer at Yale School of Drama, NYU, Ithaca College, Hofstra University and SUNY Purchase. Proud AEA and DGA member. He earned a BFA in Stage Management from Webster Conservatory in St. Louis, MO under the guidance of Peter Sargent.  @codyrenard + www.codyrenard.com --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Sean! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! As an actor, Alie B. Gorrie has worked in regional theatre, off-Broadway, and on tour. She seeks to tell stories that shed light on the complexities of the human condition...stories that challenge norms. She also lives for a celebratory tap break and a perfectly timed Dad-joke. As an inclusion consultant, she helps theatre companies, organizations, and educators make their communities more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities.  She is a self-proclaimed “cockeyed optimist,” and she happens to live with a vision impairment. In 2008, she created Songs for Sight, an organization that provides funding and support so that children with low vision across Alabama can thrive.  As an advocate and creative, she helped dream up and co-produce ABLE: a series, a new doc-series streaming on Amazon Prime, discussing disability inclusion in the entertainment industry. For more on ABLE, head here! @aliebg + @ableaseries on Instagram --- @pagetostagepodcast on Instagram + @pagetostagepodcast on Facebook @themarydina on Instagram + @themarydina on Twitter @briansedita on Instagram + www.briansedita.com @broadwaypodcastnetwork on Instagram + @bwaypodnetwork on Twitter #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Sean! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Sean Daniels is a Director, Playwright, Husband. Artistic Director, and most exhaustingly, the father to a toddler. As a writer, he has been produced commercially Off-Broadway by Tony Award-winning Tom Kirdahy, and at Arizona Theatre Company, Actors Theatre of Louisville, City Theatre, Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and Dad's Garage. His play, The White Chip, was a New York Times Critics Pick and is in talks to return when theater does. As a director, he has directed at theaters such as the Manhattan Theatre Club (Off-Broadway), The Kennedy Center in Washington DC, to the West End in London. Sean has been named "one of the top fifteen up and coming artists in the U.S., whose work will be transforming America's stages for decades to come" and "One of 7 people reshaping and revitalizing the American musical" by American Theatre Magazine. He is the Artistic Director of Arizona Theatre Company, where he first fell in love with a theatre as a kid, though he is a native Floridian, having gone to high school and college there (Go Nobles!). www.arizonatheatre.org @ArizonaTheatre @SeanDDaniels Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Max. We appreciate you spending your time with us! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Olivia Valli is a performer based in New York City. Upon graduating from Montclair State University with a BFA in Musical Theatre, Olivia booked her first professional gig -- the Elphaba understudy for the Wicked Second National Tour! Most recently, Olivia was seen in the Off-Broadway production of Jersey Boys where she played her own grandmother, Mary Delgado. Olivia has also starred in her own cabaret show at Feinstein's/54 Below. She also has her own podcast with co-host Fiona McIntyre called What's Your Backup Plan? Follow Olivia on Instagram and Twitter: https://www.instagram.com/oliviafvalli/ https://twitter.com/Olivia_Valli Follow her podcast on social media too: https://www.facebook.com/backupplanpodcast https://www.instagram.com/backupplanpodcast/ Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Max. We appreciate you spending your time with us! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Max Vernon (Book, Music & Lyrics) is a 3 time Drama Desk nominee, Out100 Honoree, and recipient of the Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical, Richard Rodgers Award, Jonathan Larson Grant, New York Stage and Film's Founders Award, New York Foundation of the Arts Fellowship, and the JFund Award from the Jerome Foundation. They have been a Dramatist Guild Theatre Fellow, MacDowell Fellow, and an artist in residence at Berkeley Rep, Ars Nova, Kimmel Center (viaThe Public Theater), Disney Creative Entertainment, and Rhinebeck Writer’s Retreat, among others. Their musical, The View UpStairs, ran 105 performances Off-Broadway and will have sixteen new productions around the world in 2017-2019; original cast recording on Broadway Records. Their other musical, KPOP, enjoyed a sold-out, extended run at Ars Nova this past October and was the most nominated Off-Broadway show of the 2017-2018 season. Max is also an acclaimed cabaret artist. Notable concert performances include a sold out 6 month residency at Joe’s Pub of the Public Theater (“Existential Life Crisis Lullaby”), Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. www.maxvernon.com Instagram: @frauleinsallybowels Twitter: @maxvernon Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY EPISODE. We appreciate that you've decided to share your time with us! In this special birthday episode, co-hosts Brian and Mary celebrate with a few games, recap from this year, and set goals for the next 365 days. If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! Mary Elizabeth Dina lives in New York City where she works for Tony Award-winning Producer Ken Davenport (Once On This Island, Spring Awakening, Daddy Long Legs). Mary is the co-host of the theatre podcast, Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers and continues to freelance photography and social media marketing. Formerly, Mary worked in the Development office at Bucks County Playhouse and worked as a director and dramaturg. She has an MA from Montclair State University and a BA from University of Delaware.  Brian Sedita grew up in northern New Jersey, graduated from Montclair State University where he earned his BFA in Acting, and presently considers himself an actor/director…or a director/actor depending on how you look at it! Brian is the co-host of the podcast, Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers. As a theatre artist, Brian hopes to show audiences the world from someone else’s perspective – to engage with audiences by opening their eyes and hearts to another person’s emotions, thoughts, or way of life. “Let’s flip stigmas, stereotypes, and expectations through theatre!” Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. We appreciate that you shared your time with us. If you listened on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review. Margo Seibert has proven herself to be a uniquely captivating and versatile performer, writer, and activist. After originating the role of “Jane” in Broadway’s first a cappella musical, IN TRANSIT, she recently co-starred in Dave Malloy’s world premiere OCTET at Signature Theatre in New York and released her debut album “77th Street”on Yellow Sound Label . She is perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed performance as “Adrian” in the Broadway musical ROCKY. After graduating with a degree in International Relations from American University, Margo began her acting career in the D.C. Theatre scene, seamlessly transitioning between plays and musicals at Signature Theatre, Folger Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Olney Theatre Center and the Shakespeare Theatre. Margo moved to New York after appearing in Mary Zimmerman’s CANDIDE at the Goodman in Chicago, and has continued her multifaceted career performing in plays at Playwright’s Horizons Rattlestick, The Women's Project, and Weston Playhouse, and starring in musicals at The Paper Mill Playhouse, A.C.T, and Two River Theater. She can also been seen on television in “Boardwalk Empire,” “Elementary,” “Instinct,” and “The Good Cop.” Margo is also the co-founder of the organization RACKET, whose goal is to make as much noise about periods as it takes to normalize the conversation and draw attention to under-prioritized menstrual hygiene needs. Since inception, Margo has collected hundreds of thousands of menstrual hygiene products for transient menstruators in need, and helped eliminate the tax on those products in NY State. Keep up with Margo: @margo_seibert & www.margoseibert.com To listen to Margo's album, 77th Street, click here! Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for taking the time to listen to this episode. We appreciate your support! Tommy is a high school theatre teacher by day and musical theatre YouTuber by night (youtube.com/musicalmash). He’s been uncontrollably excited about musical theatre ever since his grandmother gifted him a VHS box set of MGM’s “That’s Entertainment” for his seventh birthday. A fervent musical theatre analyst, Tommy enjoys the entire spectrum of shows – from the golden oldie toe-tappers to newfangled pop-rock pseudo-operas. If he’s not in a theatre or enjoying the latest cast album, you can find him hiking the greater Rocky Mountain trails, playing board games with friends, or belting Merman at the local piano bar. Keep up with Tommy: @JimandTomic & @oncemorewithdragons1000 Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for listening to this episode. We hope you enjoy it! Marc J. Franklin is a New York City-based photographer specializing in portrait, theatre, and lifestyle photography, currently working as Principal Photographer for Playbill Magazine. With an eye toward storytelling and composition, Marc's photos seek to capture authentic experience, focusing on simplicity and clarity to highlight his subjects. His photos have been featured in The New York Times, The LA Times, Vogue, Elle, Out Magazine, The Boston Globe, Mashable, and more. Previous clients include Disney on Broadway, Jack’d, MeetUp, Adhark, Hostelworld, The Brooklyn Web Fest, Design Exchange Boston, and more. IG/Twitter: @marcjfranklin Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for listening to this episode. We hope you enjoy it! A note about this week's episode: This is a recorded conversation from Broadway Podcast Network HQ at BroadwayCon 2020. Stay tuned for Part 2 of this conversation where we'll talk about her role as Associate Choreographer for the Broadway production of SIX. Eliza Ohman is a New York City based performer and the US Associate Choreographer for SIX: The Musical. Most recently seen in the Chita Rivera Award winning Original Broadway Company of King Kong and previously Dance Captain and Universal Swing in Hamilton: An American Musical on Broadway, she had the great privilege of working closely with the original creative team and assisted in setting Hamilton’s 2nd National Tour. As Dance Captain she taught new company members the show, ran rehearsals for the offstage company, and assisted in the auditions for all four North American productions. Eliza began dancing at the age of 3 in her home state of Colorado. She trained at a local studio and toured nationally with Prof. Robert L. Reed’s tap company the St. Louis Hoofers Club. After high school she moved to New York City where she obtained her Bachelor of Arts in Media, Culture, and the Arts from The King’s College and received further training from the Professional Semester Program at Broadway Dance Center. Through BDC’s program she gained representation from Clear Talent Group and booked her first NYC job in the Ensemble of the Radio City Christmas Spectacular.  In addition to theatre, Eliza also works commercially. Some career favorites include the Emmy award winning Fosse/Verdon (FX), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon), Saturday Night Live (NBC), Dispatches from Elsewhere (AMC), America’s Got Talent (NBC), Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO), and more! She’s danced in a number of music videos, one of her favorites being Carly Rae Jepsen’s “I Really Like You”—a day where she spent the morning teaching Carly Rae, Tom Hanks, and Justin Bieber the choreography, and the afternoon filming outside in New York City on the coldest recorded day of 2016. Through all these experiences, Eliza has developed close relationships with award winning director/choreographers such as Andy Blankenbuehler, Thomas Kail, Marguerite Derricks, Kat Burns, Linda Haberman, Denis Jones, Noemie Lafrance, Susan Misner, and Drew McOnie. These experiences encourage Eliza to remain as diverse as possible in both her training and teaching. She’s an enthusiastic teacher who focuses on the importance of storytelling through dance. She’s taught at studios/programs around the country, but most recently at Broadway Dance Center, Marymount Manhattan College, and is a guest faculty member for Intrigue Dance Intensive.  Always looking to grow as an artist, Eliza continues to train, teach, and perform in New York. Instagram - @elizaohman.  Keep up with Eliza on Instagram: @elizaohman Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Thank you for listening to this episode. We hope you enjoy it! A note about this week's episode: We sat down with Stevie before the CoronaVirus shut down Broadway and you'll notice that our conversation reflects that. We are sad to hear that Broadway has been shut down through April 12, 2020 but we know this decision has been made for the health and wellness of the entire Broadway community, as well as New York City; and for that we are grateful. That being said, we hope that when Broadway does reopen, you'll be able to support these New York shows, like Beetlejuice! Stevie Coleman is an Account Executive at SpotCo, a leading advertising and marketing agency that specializes in entertainment. In her role, she facilitates internal and external communications for Broadway shows like Beetlejuice, off-Broadway shows like Trevor, and institutions like Lincoln Center Theater and Audible. Favorite projects during her time at SpotCo include the 2019 Tony Campaign for the Ferryman and Beetlejuice’s 31 consecutive days of fan activations during the month of October 2019. Prior to joining the agency, she held positions at Carolina Performing Arts, Derris brand consultancy, and Bronze Magazine.  Outside of the office, Stevie takes in shows for both business and pleasure. In the future, she aspires to produce theater that tells meaningful, inclusive, and original stories that both illuminate and celebrate our differences. Learn more about Stevie and her projects! Instagram: @steviecoleman Get tickets to see Beetlejuice: www.beetlejuicebroadway.com Check out the Beetlejuice on social media too: @beetlejuicebway Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Kevin Ray Johnson is a Singer, Playwright, Actor and Director. He was most recently a Standby in George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess at The Metropolitan Opera at Lincoln Center which ran until February 15th, 2020. He is also the playwright of A (Funny) Imagination! - An unauthorized parody based on characters from the cartoon 'Doug'. which will be performing a three-show run with New York Theater Festival 2020 Winterfest at The Hudson Guild Theatre. Kevin is most known for his coming-of-age drama that he began working on when he was 19 titled The Unpredictable Times. It has has has been presented in readings and workshops at Broadway's Hudson Theatre, The Kennedy Center in their annual page-to-stage festival, The Dixon Place (which featured Tony Award-Nominee Alex Brightman), and more! Kevin also writes for OnStage Blog, providing content for their profiles page. In his "5 Questions" series, Kevin has had the privilege interviewing over 60 performers from Broadway, The West End, Off-Broadway, The Metropolitan Opera, International and National Tours, and regionally!  To learn more about Kevin & his projects... Facebook: www.facebook.com/KevinRayActor The Unpredictable Times: www.theunpredictabletimesplay.com "5 Questions" blog series: www.onstageblog.com To see A (Funny) Imagination during its run at the New York Theater Festival, visit: www.newyorktheaterfestival.com/funny-imagination  Want more of Page To Stage?! Follow us on Social! @PageToStage on Instagram and Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Meghan Finn is the Artistic Director of The Tank. Her work has been seen at the Tank, the V&A, Serpentine Galleries, The Wexner Center, SCAD, The Logan Center for the Arts, Museo Jumex Mexico City, The Power Plant, Canadian Stage, Carnegie Mellon, Brooklyn College, MIT, the Great Plains Theater Conference and others. She has directed three world premieres by playwright Mac Wellman, including most recently The Invention of Tragedy at The Flea. Finn is currently directing the world premiere of I am Nobody a new musical by Greg Kotis at The Tank; as well as The Nine Dreams: Blake & the Apocalypse by writer Nick Flynn as an immersive performance installation at The Silos at Sawyer Yards for CounterCurrent Festival, Houston. She is a frequent collaborator of conceptual artist and sculptor Pedro Reyes, and directed DOOMOCRACY for Creative Time. She has collaborated with photographer Mitch Epstein on a live performance with cellist Erik Friedlander as well as premieres by Erin Courtney, Peggy Stafford, Gary Winter, Ben Gassman, Alexandra Collier, Carl Holder, Eliza Bent and Cori Copp. WHEN WE WENT ELECTRONIC by Caitlyn Saylor Stephens which premiered at The Tank in 2018 will tour in 2020 to ART HOUSE, The Koun Theater in Athens Greece and OnStage! Festival Rome. Check out all The Tank has to offer at www.thetanknyc.org Check out The Tank's Podcast, TANKED. Go check out the shows she's working on: I Am Nobody by Greg Kotis | March 5 - 28, 2020 When We Went Electronic by Caitlin Saylor Stephens | March 19 - April 5, 2020 The Nine Dreams: Blake & the Apocalypse by Nick Flynn Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Tyler Mount is a Tony-winning producer and one of the industry’s most noted social influencers. As the creator of The Tyler Mount Vlog, he has been seen by over three million people in 168 countries world-wide, and has served as an influencer for hundreds of Broadway productions and prestigious international brands. Featured by both The New York Times and Forbes Magazine, his series has featured such noted industry professionals including Gloria Estefan, Perez Hilton, Jerry Mitchell, Lin Manuel-Miranda, and Billy Porter. Tyler is an industry-leading expert in growing your social following and reaching your target audience. His work in the theatre community is far-reaching, serving as an influencer and spokesperson for such esteemed organizations as the Junior Theatre Festival, BroadwayCon, The Drama League, and The Tony, Grammy and Olivier Awards. Mount’s Broadway credits include: Hadestown, The Inheritance, Once On This Island, On Your Feet: The Story of Emilio & Gloria Estefan, An American in Paris, Viva Broadway: Gloria Estefan LIVE!, and The Cradle Will Rock starring Patti LuPone. Connect with Tyler! @TylerGMount / www.marqueechannel.com Go support Tyler's shows currently running on Broadway: Hadestown (Tony Award-winning) The Inheritance Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Douglas Lyons is an actor, writer, director, composer and playwright. Broadway: Beautiful (Original Cast) and The Book of Mormon. Tours: Rent, Dreamgirls and The Book of Mormon 1st’ National. As a writer: Polkadots (Off Broadway Alliance Winner Best Family Show, Atlantic Theater Company). Five Points (MN Theatre Award Nominee for Exceptional New Work, Theatre Latte Da), currently in development with Hamilton‘s Andy Blankenbuehler. Beau (Adirondack Theatre Festival, album now out on Sony Masterworks), Pete(Her)Pan (Pace New Musicals). Upcoming: Chicken & Biscuits at The Queens Theatre. With composer Ethan Pakchar his lyrics have played Roundabout Theatre Company, Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub, Bucks County Playhouse, The Old Globe, Goodspeed Musicals, Seattle Rep, and more. He’s currently in residence at The Directors Company. @DouglasSings Connect with Douglas! @DouglasSings / @ChocolateHipster / www.douglaslyons.net Go check out the World Premiere album of Beau. Get your tickets to Chicken & Biscuits here!! Attention Theatre Lovers: We will be at BroadwayCon 2020!! Come see our live podcast with Eliza Ohman (Six, Hamilton, King Kong) on Saturday, January 25th at 4:15pm! :-) Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Jenna Clark Embrey is a creative consultant who helps people tell more powerful stories across film, television, theater, events, and corporate branding. She is currently the Resident Dramaturg (formerly Literary Manager) at Signature Theatre, where she has served as dramaturg for over twenty productions. Her other projects include Julia Doolittle’s TELL THEM I’M STILL YOUNG, produced by Andre Braugher, and SONGBIRD by Michael Kimmel and Lauren Pritchard. Jenna is also the creator of THROTTLE QUEENS, the based-on-real-life story of drag racing ladies in 1950s Kansas City, currently being developed for the screen. She received her MFA in Dramaturgy from the American Repertory Theater/ Moscow Art Theater School for Advanced Theater Training at Harvard University. Jenna is the owner and founder of Salt Girl Consulting. Connect with Jenna: @jennaclarkembrey or www.jennaclarkembrey.com Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Ryan Lee Masline is a wardrobe supervisor for Broadway and Television. He grew up in Upstate NY and attended Niagara University - BFA Costume Design and Technology. Broadway credits include, Head Over Heels, Waitress, Cats (Broadway Revival), Shuffle Along...All That Followed, Tuck Everlasting, An American In Paris, The King and I. Film and TV credits include Fosse/Verdon, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, In The Heights, and the CW's Katy Keene. Other credits include Walt Disney World's Fantasmic, Euroco Costume Shop. Ryan has lived in NYC for a little over 4 years now and is the dog daddy to Mister Barnaby. Connect with Ryan: @itssewryan Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Rob Rokicki is composer/lyricist whose shows have been nominated for Drama Desk, Lortel, and Off-Broadway Alliance awards. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actor's Equity, and an alum of the Tony Award-winning BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Writing workshop. As a writer, Rob wrote the music and lyrics for the critically acclaimed Broadway musical THE LIGHTNING THIEF: THE PERCY JACKSON MUSICAL, for Theatreworks USA (book by Joe Tracz), which is now playing on BROADWAY at the Longacre Theatre until January 5, 2020. Rob’s graphic novel musical MONSTERSONGS received a World Premiere Recording from Broadway Records in 2017 and was part of the prestigious NAMT festival in 2018. It is currently being developed as a virtual reality video game. Rob’s musical, LOVE, NY (co-written with Mike Ruby) won the 2009 American Harmony Award and was presented at New World Stages (NY), Curtain Call (CT), and Oklahoma University. Rob has had work featured in the York's NEO series, at Lincoln Center, Joe's Pub, Ars Nova & at universities internationally.    As an actor, Rob has performed in national tours, including the EVITA 25th Anniversary Tour directed by Hal Prince and MISS SAIGON. Rob was featured in the televised concert of SOUTH PACIFIC at Carnegie Hall and has many Off-Broadway and New York workshop credits. Regional credits include Gaston in BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (received a Carbonell Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor); Trevor Graydon in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE and many others. Theaters include: The Fulton Opera, North Shore Music Theatre, Music Theatre of Wichita, Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera, West Virginia Public Theatre, North Carolina Theatre, The Actors’ Playhouse in Florida and the Mountain Playhouse in Pennsylvania. As a music director, Rob music directed the New York premiere of Departure Lounge (directed by Christopher Gattelli) at The Public Theater; Joe Iconis' ReWrite (also arranged for Samuel French) at The Goodspeed Opera; Hairspray, at the John W. Engeman Theater, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, at TriArts at Sharon Playhouse and others. Connect with Rob: @rrokicks or www.robertrokicki.com Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Select Broadway and West End: Slava's SnowShow, The Inheritance  (Olivier Award); Hadestown (Tony Award); Once on This Island (Tony Award); Dear Evan Hansen (Tony Award); Kinky Boots (Tony Award, Olivier Award); Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination); The Visit (Tony nomination); Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination); Anastasia;  Moulin Rouge!; Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune; Tina—The Musical;  Betrayal; Pretty Woman; The Jungle; The Goat, Or Who Is Sylvia?; Disaster!; It’s Only a Play; The Bridges of Madison County. Off-Broadway: Little Shop of Horrors.   In addition to his producing projects, Hunter is the founder and CEO of ARTech Holdings, LLC, an incubator and holding company focused on generating technologies to support the live arts community. Amongst ARTech’s offerings is the premier theatrical ticketing and web presence software for schools and small theatre companies, www.OnTheStage.com. Hunter is also a General Partner with the Broadway Strategic Return Fund, the first focused, vertically-integrated, profit-driven evergreen hedge fund for accredited investors to capture exceptional returns from investments in Broadway musicals and plays.   Hunter earned his bachelor’s degree in Entrepreneurial Business from DePaul University and his Master’s in Business Administration from TRIUM, a joint program representing NYU Stern School of Business, H.E.C. Paris and the London School of Economics. He is a frequent lecturer and guest professor on Entertainment Trends and Economics, Commercial Theatre and Working in The Arts. Connect with Hunter: @HunterCArnold Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Craig Miller is a Hairdresser on Broadway! He's currently working at the new Broadway musical, Tina. Previously, he's worked at Mean Girls, Almost Famous (La Jolla Playhouse), The Muny, Head Over Heels, and The Phantom Of The Opera. He studied at the International Institute of Cosmetology and Clark University. Connect with Craig: @Incraigable_hair Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Misha Osherovich is a Russian-American actor, filmmaker, and mental health/LGBTQ+ activist. You can catch Misha acting in AMC's new series NOS4A2. They can also be seen in theaters in Warner Bros' new filmTHE GOLDFINCH. Misha's latest short film E.very D.ay is currently screening at festivals internationally. The film is autobiographical - written and produced by Misha - that gives the audience a look inside the minds of people affected by eating disorders and distorted body image. Misha aims to use their platform in TV/film and on social media to speak frankly and openly about body image and eating disorder recovery from the perspective of the entertainment industry, as well as the intersection between queerness and mental health. Previous stage:A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, Off-Broadway at New World Stages. In our conversation, we chat about the importance of knowing your body and trusting yourself to speak up when something is not right. Rubberband - the dance show that moved Misha.  Connect with Misha: Instagram or Website Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

Madison Sylvester is a Casting Associate at Telsey + Company, where she has worked for 4.5 years. Having dabbled in several departments in the office, she now focuses on commercial Broadway and nonprofit Off-Broadway plays (and a musical or two). Madison is a 2015 graduate of Wagner College, where she got her degree in Arts Administration. In our conversation, we chat about how collaboration, communication, and creativity play leading roles in her job, the best advice for actors in the waiting room for an audition, and how Broadway can really start diversifying itself. Connect with Madison: Instagram Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

We recently sat down with actor and talent manager, Mel Hinkle. She began her acting career as a child with Shirley Grant Management, working mostly on commercials and movies. She now manages talent in the theatrical & commercial divisions at the same management company she started in at 6 years old. Mel also leads SGM’s Spectrum Division specializing in Trans, non-binary, & gender-fluid talent. For more information on Shirley Grant Management and their Spectrum Division, click here! Connect with Mel: Instagram Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

In this episode, we sat down with Ian, a music director and conductor currently working on Broadway's Hamilton and Freestyle Love Supreme. We chat with Ian about his path to music directing, a few of his biggest supporters/mentors, and how he collaborates with composers and lyricists on new musicals. We learned so much about the music department from our chat with Ian and we know you will too. To get tickets to Freestyle Love Supreme, click here! Connect with Ian: Instagram Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY DINA: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN SEDITA: Instagram or Website BROADWAY PODCAST NETWORK: Website or Instagram #PageToStagePodcast

In this week’s episode, we sat down with Marysa and talked about her major and how it gave her an unique college experience, why she loves casting so much, and how she got started with her current job in entertainment law! We learned so much from our conversation with Marysa and we know you will too! Thanks for listening to our conversation with Marysa! Connect with Marysa: Instagram Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

As an artist, have you ever struggled with what to post on social media or when? Are you debating on if you should have a website and what you should include? Have you asked yourself: what’s my brand and how do I get it? Well, this week’s guest will help you with all that AND more! Check out our conversation with Digital Strategist Tony Howell and then go follow him on Instagram to keep up with insightful tips and tricks. Thanks for listening to our conversation with Tony! What's your digital grade? Click here to find out. Connect with Tony: Instagram & Twitter & Website Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

We are very excited to share this conversation with you! With two shows currently running (one on Broadway, one Off-Broadway), I’m still shocked she had the time to sit down with us! We loved hearing all about her working relationship with Joe Iconis, how she defines commercial theatre, and why it’s so important to preserve the history of Broadway, especially now. We hope you enjoyed our conversation with Jennifer Tepper! Check out Jen's books, "The Untold Stories of Broadway"! Follow Jen: Instagram & Twitter & Website Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

Check out our latest episode with Broadway actor and dancer, Matt Wiercinski! He was recently a member of the Broadway company of Aanastasia on Broadway and we loved getting to talk with him about his process of preparing for that show. Thanks for joining the conversation with Matt Wiercinski. Follow Matt: Instagram  Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

We loved getting to sit down with a fellow Montclair State University alum and chat about the differences of working in TV and theatre, what schools don’t teach you, and “being” vs “acting” in front of a camera! Thanks for joining the conversation with Alejandro Hernandez. Season 2 of New Amsterdam airs September 24 on NBC! You can binge watch Season 1 now! Follow Alejandro: Instagram  Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

This week’s episode features writer/actor Jeff Talbott. We absolutely loved sitting down with Jeff and picking his brain on his writing routine, how being an actor has helped his role of a writer, and the importance of following the punctuation in his scripts. Thanks for listening to this episode! We appreciate your support more than you know :) Check out the books Jeff mentions! "Song of Spider-Man: The Inside Story of the Most Controversial Musical in Broadway History" by Glen Berger "Bird by Bird: Some Instruction on Writing and Life" by Anne Lamott Follow Jeff: Instagram or Website Follow us: PAGE TO STAGE: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

When we sat down to have a boozy brunch (sans the brunch lol) with Leo Ash Evens, we had no idea what journey we were on! We had a wonderful chat about the industry, his views on college training, and how he remains grounded. Thanks for listening to Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers! For more information on Musical Theatre College Auditions (MTCA), please visit http://mtcollegeauditions.com/. Follow Leo: Instagram or Website Follow us: PODCAST: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast

We are so delighted to introduce you to our first guest! Meet Kristi Hess, currently Production Stage Manager on Something Clean Roundabout Theatre Company. On this first official episode, we breakdown Kristi’s journey to Stage Management and learn how she obtains/prepares for each of her gigs. Thanks for listening to Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers! We LOVED getting to chat with Kristi Hess A very special thank you to Stanley Wiercinski, Audio Consultant, for helping us with this episode. You're a lifesaver! Follow Kristi: Instagram Follow us: PODCAST: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram #PageToStagePodcast 

Thanks for listening to Page To Stage: A Conversation with Theatre Makers! We'll see you in two weeks for our first official episode! A very special thank you to Stanley Wiercinski, Audio Consultant, for helping us with this episode. You're a lifesaver! Follow us: PODCAST: Instagram or Facebook MARY: Instagram or Twitter BRIAN: Instagram or Website #PageToStagePodcast