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" Getting an agent is hard, and I also think people rush to get an agent too soon. "

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" 'Dogfight' was everything wonderful and terrifying about a show, and I feel it 1,000% gave me the knowledge and the confidence that I could do this. I can step up and be present enough to command scenes with amazing actors. "

" I think people feel completely stunted without an agent, but there's a lot of auditions to be had without one and a lot to be learned before you take an agent on. "

" It's been a huge honor to collaborate and create new theatre with new writers and to create theatre that will last after my lifetime. It's been in the most truthful way possible. It's my favorite thing to do. "

" I've never been a bridesmaid. "

" Gay men are still men. "

" I loved 'The Wizard of Oz,' and I'm a huge Judy Garland fan, too. "

" I have a major love for musical theatre, including a lot of stuff I don't get to do very often. "

" Judy Garland, Doris Day, and Gene Kelly were all big influences growing up from all of the films. I'm also a huge folk music fan - Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, and Bob Dylan have influenced a lot of how music can inspire change in our world. "

" I don't look like a chorus girl. "

" I have a group of fans who pitched in and named a star after me... So. Cool. "

" I've always had a big voice, but I'm very aware of when you need to belt or go all out like that - when it's necessary and plot driven - as opposed to just screaming to scream, which I hate. "

" 'Dogfight' holds a special place in my heart, and I try to sing the songs whenever I can. "

" I loved Judy Garland growing up, and I also loved Ella Fitzgerald. "

" The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life. "

" I teach a lot of young musical theatre actors, and I notice that a lot of them say that they have a harder time connecting the classic repertoire. "

" I started taking voice when I was six and dance classes every day - I just couldn't get enough. "

" When I was 12, I played Dorothy in my community theatre production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' and it was very critically hailed by my school paper! "

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" When you hear you're going to audition for 'Dogfight,' the show about bringing ugly women to parties, you're like, 'Oh, great, thank you.' Then you read lines where people call you fat, and you call yourself fat or ugly, and it can wear on you. But that's also our dream as actors, to play someone else and give someone else a voice. "

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" I loved working on 'Dogfight,' but when I first read it and wrapped my head around the story, I was a little horrified. "

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" I think, going into a room for an audition, the best thing you can do is represent who you are specifically as an individual and what you can bring to a creative process in a room - as opposed to being worried about 'where you fit' - because that's really their job to decide where you fit. Your job is to just present the best 'you' you can. "

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" I knew if I were ever to leave 'Godspell,' which I loved so much, it would have to be for something really spectacular. "