The Jayme Starr Podcast

It's been a hot minute since I've podcasted, and I have truly missed it like crazy. It has been one heck of a year, and I have truly been SUPER BUSY. However, when it comes to releasing episodes, I really want to continue to share my passions with the world, so I have decided to start a new series through this podcast called "Episodes from the Vault." Every episode is going to fe...

Bethany McDonald is an actress from England. She starred on the Norwegian Bliss in their production of Six as an alternate where she covered Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleaves, and Catherine Parr. This truly was a magical experience for her as she got to travel the world and play in one of the most successful shows of this current generation. Now, McDonald is touring North America in Pretty Woman: The...

Back in 2021, I was able to meet and interview my friend, Aubrey Shea. They are a singer and actor based out in LA who has been in the industry for years. If you have been following with my career, you may have heard my initial interview with them during season 2 of my podcast. Now, Shea is raising funds for their second short film, Acceptance which is something they wrote and will direct. This is...

Taryn Smithson is a musical theatre actress. She starred as Rumpleteaser on the national tour of the hit musical, Cats. Growing up in dance class, she got to learn a combo from the musical, and ever since then she knew that she wanted to take part in the show in some way. Fast forward, and she got the opportunity of a life time to take a musical that is so beloved by people everywhere all around t...

Tara Kostmayer is a musical theatre actress. She made her national tour debut in Disney's Aladdin. This magical tale has always been near and dear to her heart as she was able to truly find her love for performing trough this show. While on this tour, she had a track in the ensemble. Now, Kostmayer is back on the road, but this time she bringing Oz to cities all over the country while playing...

Channing Weir is a musical theatre actress who is no stranger to performing and traveling by sea. Over the course of her career, she has gotten to perform in several shows for different cruise lines, and even had the chance to sit in the lap of royalty during one of her performances. One of her most recent contracts, was traveling on the Norwegian Breakaway and performing in the musical, Six. In t...

Maya Reese is a content creator. She is best known for her work for the platform, Overtime. Over the course of her career, Reese has become a five time award winner for her work in this field. In addition, she is also a published author and Emmy Award winner. Her voice has also been heard on the radio for projects. This Chicago girl loves chatting about all things sports and sharing her many passi...

Justine Rima is a an actress who prior to COVID got to take one of the most magical shows on the road. Just shy of theatre closing, Rima was on the national tour of the Broadway musical, Finding Neverland where she played Wendy. The story of the show is all about the origin of Peter Pan and how it got to capture the hearts of people everywhere. Prior to being on the road Finding Neverland was a fi...

Alexis Warr is a professional dancer who has starred on the two most popular dance reality competition shows of this generation. She was introduced to the world when she won season 17 of So You Think You Can Dance. After becoming America's favorite dancer, she continued to follow in the footsteps of many other contestants by joining the cast of Dancing with the Stars. For season 31, she was in...

Chiara Trentalange is an actress who has starred in several different shows both on and off Broadway. She made her Broadway debut in original cast of Girl from the North Country, a musical featuring the music of Bob Dylan. Luckily she was able to take the stage a few times prior to the COVID-19 shutdown. After the closing of this musical, Trentalange has starred in several different regional produ...

Jenna Lea Rosen is no stranger to the world of performing. When she was born, she was a "tour baby" and travelled the country with her parents as they performed on the first national tour of Disney's Beauty and the Beast. Little did she know, Rosen would eventually play Belle in a production of the show in the early stages of her career. In addition to Beauty and the Beast, Rosen got...

Kelsey Anne Brown is a musical theatre actress who has starred in several different regional productions. One of her first roles was in a production of Bring it On where she was indeed one of the members of the ensemble who got to fly through the air during all the cheerleading stunts. Other shows she has gotten the chance to do include, Mamma Mia, a Christmas Carol, and Once. In summer 2022, she...

Chelsea Cree Groen is a musical theatre actress who has been able to tour the country twice with some of the most popular musicals of this generation. After graduating from the University of Michigan, Groen made her national tour debut in the ensemble of Hello Dolly. In this production, she got to share the stage with broadway legend, Carolee Carmello. One of her most recent projects was hitting t...

Becca Andrews is a musical theatre actress. She has gotten to star in productions of shows like Legally Blonde and Mamma Mia. In summer 2022, Andrews got to perform on the iconic Muny stage in St. Louis which is one of the most iconic musical theatre performance venues in the country. There she was in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In addition, Andrews got a taste of touring when sh...

Stephanie Weizman is a social media influencer/content creator. She actually began her career working in law as a lawyer for several years. Weizman always knew that law was something she really wanted to go into professionally. Once Weizman got pregnant with her daughter, she began to take creating social media content more seriously and now she works as a content creator full time with over 134k...

Brooke Ishibashi has been with the newest revival of Into the Woods since the early days at City Center in NYC. She was cast as Florinda (one of Cinderella's stepsisters) in the production and got to share the stage with superstars such as Sara Bareilles, and Neil Patrick Harris. Since the City Center Production was so successful, the show got transferred to Broadway which allowed Ishibashi to...

Melaina Rairamo is a musical theatre actress who has been cast in some of the most memorable shows around the country. For example, she has experience in classic musical theatre in shows such as The Music Man and Singing in the Rain as well as more contemporary shows such as Mamma Mia and Saturday Night Fever. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was set to star in as Helga in a production of the h...

Emily Afton is a musical theatre performer. She made her Broadway debut in the revival of the musical, Hair. Prior to coming to NYC, she also got the chance to tour with the same show. Her next big project was starring in Amalie on Broadway alongside Hamilton's Original Eliza, Phillipa Soo. Now, Afton is transporting audience members to the under world eight times a week where she is a worker...

Alexis Loiselle is a musical theatre actress. She just recently got the chance to join to tour the country on the national tour of the hit Broadway musical, Legally Blonde. This was her first time hitting the road, and it was a magical experience for her to see places she never thought she would have the chance to travel to. In the show, Losielle was in the ensemble and understudied the roles of b...

Jena VanElslander is an actress who has gotten to perform in several memorable musical theatre productions. One of her first professional gigs was getting to star in a production of Rock of Ages on the Las Vegas strip. VanElslander made her Broadway debut as a swing in the King Kong: The Musical. In fact, she got the chance to be a puppeteer multiple times throughout the shows run, and work magic...

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 s...

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 Je...

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 Fam...

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...

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 N...