Actor Aesthetic

In September of 2020, two friends Jacob Ben-Shmuel (Book of Mormon) and Alan Blake Bachelor (Blumhouse’s “Uncanny Annie”) found themselves on the journey of a musical podcast lifetime. Cue: One Million Musicals. What's One Million Musicals, you ask? Well it's podcast with a simple dream: to write and produce one million podcast musicals! Each month, their team of writers, producers and performers...

Gabriella Marzetta is an actor, singer, dancer, educator and musician who spent 2019-2020 on the North American National Tour of Waitress as Dawn Louise Pinkett. Currently quarantining  in Chicago for the year, Gabriella spent the last 7 years in New York City attending the prestigious CAP21 Conservatory Program and Industry Practicum Showcase. This led to Gabriella starring in roles regionally su...

JJ Niemann is a New York City-based actor, Broadway performer, choreographer and coach. After growing up in Wilmington, NC, JJ graduated in 2017 with a BFA in Music Theatre from Elon University. Shortly after, he joined the Broadway cast of “The Book of Mormon” as a Swing, where he has been performing for a majority of the past three years. Before the pandemic, JJ was in the developmental workshop...

Mariah Rose Faith is Los Angeles based and trained. She studied at The Los Angeles film school for Film Direction before furthering her career as a performer. She is a part of Team Starkid, a theatre company birthed out of the University of Michigan that has catapulted into world wide fame. Most recently she was to be found across the country as Regina George in the first national tour of Mean Gir...

A Chicago native, Kate Loprest started working professionally at 15 and upon graduating from The University of Michigan's prestigious Musical Theatre department, moved to New York City. Broadway: First Date (Allison) OBC, Hairspray (Amber), Wonderland, Xanadu, Drowsy Chaperone. Tour: Wicked (Glinda/Nessarose u/s) Chicago Company; Little House on the Prairie (Nellie Oleson). Recent: The Sound of Mu...

Alyssa Jiwani (she/her) is an actor, director, choreographer, singer, dancer, teacher, and arts administrator from Seattle, WA. Alyssa Jiwani is a current student at New York University’s Tisch School of Drama, pursuing a double major in Theatre and Education (BFA Drama). Alyssa has been performing since a young age, and some of her favorite performing credits include: Zaneeta Shinn (Music Man), B...

Evan Ruggiero began dancing at the age of five in his hometown studio and by age ten, he was accepted into the famed New Jersey Tap Ensemble. Upon entering his sophomore year at Montclair State University while pursuing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, Evan was suddenly diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a rare bone cancer of the right leg. Enduring nine surgeries in a six-month period in an...

There are so many factors, many of them out of your control, that go into whether or not someone is accepted into a musical theatre college program. Host Maggie Bera (Texas State BFA MT '17) addresses the current state of college auditions and dishes her best advice on how to set yourself up for success. Maggie Bera is a NYC-based actress and proud member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA. Off-Broadway, she or...

Omar Lopez-Cepero was last seen in the Off-Broadway production of The Unsinkable Molly Brown playing the role of Vincenzo. Other Broadway/Off-Bway credits include OBC of On Your Feet!, OBC of American Idiot, and The Public Theatre’s Central Park Concert of The Capeman at the Delacorte. Regional/Tour credits include:  World Premiere of The Flamingo Kid (Alejandro) at Hartford Stage, Revisal Premier...

Shereen Pimentel is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School.  Theater: Maria in West Side Story (Broadway); Young Nala in The Lion King (Broadway); Road Show (Encores! Off-Center); Rapunzel in Into the Woods (Juilliard). She is also featured in John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch (Netflix). In episode 111, Shereen chats with NYC-based actress and host Maggie Bera about how she stalked Disney cha...

Kimberly Marable is an original cast member of Hadestown on Broadway where she understudies Persephone and a Fate. Additional Broadway/Touring credits include The Lion King, The Book of Mormon, Sister Act, Dreamgirls, Hairspray, and The Wedding Singer. You can also hear her as Lorelai in the Netflix Anime series, CANNON BUSTERS. @misskimizzo In episode 110, Kimberly chats with NYC-based actress an...

Ben Crawford has appeared on Broadway as the title role in Phantom of the Opera, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Mr. Salt), the title role in Shrek The Musical, Big Fish (Edward Bloom u/s, Don Price), Les Misérables (Javert and Valjean u/s) and On the Twentieth Century (Bruce Granit u/s). He has also starred in over twenty regional productions, including such leading roles as Che in Evita, Star...

Dane is the creator & host of the podcast, “You Booked It” the #1 podcast where you learn how to create a successful entertainment career. Guests share their journeys through the industry where we discover the fundamentals and niche golden nuggets that actually create a successful career in our industry, and fill the gap between training and the real world. In addition, he has been a professional...

Brittany Nicholas is currently in Mean Girls on Broadway and is part of the Original Broadway Cast. She has been seen in Billy Elliot on Broadway, Billy Elliot First National Tour, and Matilda First National Tour as the Swing and Children's Dance Captain. She has also appeared in Mamma Mia! aboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Line as Lisa and a Principal Aerialist as well as Bye Bye Birdie at Goodspeed...

Deanna Giulietti just finished her contract on NCL playing Mary Delgado in Jersey Boys before COVID-19. Her favorite credits include: Lizzie in Lizzie, Heather Duke in Heathers, and Alexi Darling/Dance Capt. in RENT at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival! That aside Deanna thrives on empowering and lifting up women and boosting your serotonin levels even slightly is the reason she is on this planet. In...

Lindsay Heather Pearce is Broadway's new Elphaba! Before she was the green girl, she performed all over the Los Angeles area with For The Record Live, at the Rockwell Table and Stage and the historic Troubadour. You may know her from The Glee Project, Glee on FOX, the Los Angeles revival of Bare: A Pop Opera, American Idiot: Los Angeles, Freeform's Recovery Road, Grey's Anatomy on ABC and more.  I...

Kayla Ryan Walsh  is a New York-based actor, singer, and dancer. She is originally from Bend, Oregon and received her BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University. She has worked regionally at The Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Theatre Aspen, Mill Mountain Theatre, Weathervane Playhouse, Southern Colorado Repertory Theatre and many more. She was an Acting Apprentice at The Shakespeare Theatr...

Allison Bailey has been traveling the country by bubble as Glinda in the Broadway National Tour of WICKED for the past 5 years. Regional credits: Les Misérables, The Music Man, Singin’ in the Rain (New London Barn Playhouse) and A Proper Place (Goodspeed Opera House). She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and proud Pensacola native.  allison-bailey.com  ...

Courtney Mack  is a New York-based actress, singer, and dancer. She is originally from a small town in Wisconsin and came to Chicago to pursue a Musical Theatre degree at Columbia College. She is now on Broadway as an alternate in Six: The Musical! Her recent theatre credits include, Six: The Musical at The Ordway, The Citadel Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, Ghost...

Born on Long Island and raised in New Jersey, Abby DePhillips has been lucky enough to always be near Broadway. At 12, she co-created a webshow called Backstage Broadway which allowed her to interview Broadway stars. In 2014, she was crowned Miss TEEN United States, and moved to New York City to further her career in theatre. After assisting concerts, she began working at Broadway Style Guide, and...

Veteran  Kara Lindsay has played many beloved roles on Broadway: Glinda in Wicked , Katherine in Newsies and, most recently, Cynthia Weil in Beautiful .  She originated the role of Laura in the national tour and Guthrie Theatre productions of Little House on the Prairie. Regional credits include Paper Mill Playhouse (Newsies, Little House on the Prairie); North Carolina Theatre (title role in Mary...

Gianna Yanelli is a New York-based actress who made her Broadway debut in the original cast of Mean Girls. She performed at the Tony Awards, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and SNL. Gianna also appeared on Law and Order: SVU. Regional: Saturday Night Fever (Annette), Fiddler on the Roof (Hodel, Barrymore nomination), Junie B. Jones (Junie B.) BFA MT Texas State University. In this episode, NYC-bas...

Christine Cornish Smith is a New York City based dancer, singer and actor. She was most recently seen in the Original Broadway Cast revival of Kiss Me, Kate!, where she was a featured dancer in the ensemble and covered Lois Lane/Bianca. Christine is most well known for her portrayal of Bombalurina in the OBC revival of CATS, and was also seen in the OBC of My Fair Lady at the Lincoln Center Theate...

Ciara Alyse Harris is an actor currently playing Alana Beck and understudying Zoe Murphy in the First National Tour of Dear Evan Hansen. She received her BFA degree in Musical Theatre from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. When she’s not performing she’s working on her blog Queen Made of Light whose purpose is to remind women of their power and how they are fully capable of finding the...

Janine DiVita graduated from the University of Michigan with a double major in Musical Theatre and Communications. Favorite credits include Broadway: Grease (Rizzo), Anything Goes (Reno Standby), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Isabel Yearsley). National Tours: Finding Neverland (Mary Barrie), If/Then *w/ Idina Menzel (Anne), Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth). TV/Film: The Deuce (Amy Goldman), Eleme...