The Jayme Starr Podcast

Emily Goulazian is an actress who has been able to participate in several different regional productions of iconic shows. Goulazian played Cinderella in a production of Into the Woods. She got to share  Stephen Sondheim and James LaPaine's complex version of Cinderella with audience members. She performed in a production of Xanadu, which is a musical known for the fact that people roller skat...

Lana Love is a singer who was recently on Season 22 of NBC's The Voice. When competing on the show, she was on Team Legend, and was mentored and coached by music superstar, John Legend. In addition to being on the show, Love has experience with acting and performing in musicals as well. When she finished college, Love was a Disney cast member and got to work on the Disney Cruise Line. Working for...

Vanessa Sierra is an actress who has gotten to take part in some of the favorite shows of this generation. She played Reno Sweeney in a production of Anything Goes, where she got to tap her heart out while living her best life on stage. Sierra got to "Whip in to Shape" in a production of Legally Blonde where she portrayed the role of Brooke Wyndham. One role that was extremely close to her heart w...

Maddie Keefe is a social media influencer. She started her social media journey in middle school when she joined Instagram and had a private account with her parents monitoring everything. Little did she know, that she was going to have a career out of it. Currently, Keefe has over 34,000 followers on just Instagram alone. She uses the platform to express herself and to share her favorite things w...

Courtney Arango is an actress and choreographer. She has stepped foot on The Muny stage in St. Louis several times in various productions. Some of these shows include Mary Poppins, Shrek, and The Addams Family. Arango got to also part take in different regional productions  of West Side Story where she got to dance the night away as Anita. Arango toured the country prior to the pandemic with...

Jershua Cavazos is a musical theatre actor. She made her Broadway debut in The Prom back in 2018. In this show, she was in the ensemble. Cavazos got to share the stage with pure musical theatre legends such as Beth Leavel, Brooks Ashmanskas, Christopher Sieber, and Angle Schworer just to name a few of her fellow cast members. The show sadly closed less than a year into it's run in 2019. Post pande...

Cayleigh Capaldi is an actress who was born and raised in the world of theatre. Her parents are both in the business, and musical theatre has been in her blood ever since she discovered the concept. Over the course of her career, Capaldi has starred in productions of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Into the Woods, Mary Poppins and To Kill a Mockingbird. Drood and Mockingbird were done with an all fema...

Stefanie Renee Slayers is an actress who has been able to part take in some of the most loved shows out there. Slayers portrayed the role of Cha Cha in a production of Grease with the Royal Caribbean cruise line. She got to dance the original choreography is West Side Story when she Francisca when performed in the beloved Sondheim production with the Weston Playhouse Theatre company. Additionally,...

Emma Dahlin is an actress based in New York City. She got her big break when she worked for Disney at Walt Disney World and the Disney Cruise Line. While working at the parks, Dahlin got to spend time with royal friends like Rapunzel from Tangled and Princess Anna from Frozen. Plus, she got to star in some stage shows like Finding Nemo: Live on Stage and Voyage of the Little Mermaid. Dahlin also w...

Natalie Bourgeois is an actress currently on the national tour of Pretty Woman. One of the first gigs she ever scored as being cast in Hairspray at The Muny in St. Louis. In this production she was in the ensemble and one of the "Muny Teens" that got to be featured in this production. Two of her co-stars were Ryann Redmond (Season 1) and Taylor Louderman (Season 1). Growing up, Bourgeois got to ca...

Lindy Vi is a model and social media influencer. She resides in New York City, and has been able to part take in several fashion projects since living in the big apple. Vi is starting to rise to social media fame, and gaining a following on her platforms. Right now, she has 12.8K followers on Instagram, and that number just keeps on growing. Last year, Vi was able to attend New York Fashion week a...

Cara Rose DiPietro is an actress in New York City. So far in her career, she has gotten the chance to star in many regional productions of some of the most loved shows out there. DiPietro has been in productions of Grease, Oklahoma!, Gypsy, and one of her personal favorites, Little Women just to name a few. When COVID, hit she was set to perform in Legally Blonde, Jesus Christ Superstar, and Anne...

Shelby Griswold is a musical theatre actress. She graduated from school right when COVID was in it's prime when she was stuck at home she manifested different jobs she could have once theatre came back whether it was in NYC, on tour, a regional production or maybe even a cruise ship. Griswold spent part of her 2022 on the Norwegian Bliss performing in the musical, Six. In this production, she port...

Chelsea Emma Franko is an actress/singer fro California. Growing up, Franko has always been a big fan of Disney. In fact, she lived extremely close to Disneyland, and would visit frequently as an annual pass holder. Franko also grew up with a love for musical theatre and hoped to one day play an iconic role in a professional production someday. In 2016, Franko got to play Elsa at Disney California...

Erica Francis is a journalist on Fox 2 News in Detroit, Michigan. Francis is a graduate from Central Michigan University where she studied the ins and outs of how to be the best reporter possible. After graduation, Francis was a reporter in West Michigan which happens to be her hometown market. The next stop in her career was in Nashville, Tennessee. Francis had a blast living in Nashville and rep...

Rocio Cortez is a social media content creator. She grew up in a somewhat conservative household and wasn't introduced to the world of fashion until a little later in life. Cortez's best friend, Brooke Laycock (Season 4), introduced her to the world of fashion and has gotten endless opportunities with it ever since then. In addition to the world of fashion, Cortez also has a passion for fitness. S...

Genevieve L. Ellis is currently on the national tour of the hit Broadway musical, Les Miserables. In the show, she in the ensemble and also covers the role of Fantine.  (She has gotten to go on as Fantine since the tour has been back on the road) Prior to the pandemic, Ellis saw the same production of the show in which she is now in but with other cast members. (Jillian Butler from Season 2 w...

Bethany Saldana is a social media influencer. Saldana uses her platform to share appreciation of the things in which she is passionate about. One of my many passions is fashion and she uses various outlets to express it. For instance, Saldana uses Instagram and LTK to show off where she has purchased some of her favorite items. She even has an amazon store front where she shows off not just what s...

Brooke Laycock is a content creator based in Texas. She has always been someone who loves clothes, and shopping at the best stores around. Over the last little bit, Laycock has been creating content where she shows off some of her favorite fashion pieces and the latest and greatest trend. Working in this field is something that she never thought would ever be possible. When she first joined social...

Anne Ross is a social media content creator. She always had loved the impact that social media has had on the fashion world, and shares what she loves on her platforms. Ross is all about finding affordable yet trendy outfits for young women no matter what shape or size you are. In addition to her love for clothes, Ross loves shoes! She believes that as long as it is good quality, people don't have...

Sierra Lai Barnett is a performer and choreographer.  One of her most recent projects was getting to serve as an associate choreographer for the latest revival of Into The Woods. She was in the room with the choreography team from the beginning when they were brainstorming ways to create the magic that fans would be seeing on stage when the show was done at City Center, all the way through wh...

Tasia Jungbauer is an actress based in New York City. Currently, Jungbauer is making her Broadway debut in the Tony award winning musical, Moulin Rouge!. Jungbauer began her journey with the show when she saw the show with the original cast just shy after the show opened. Although she is a little bit of a late bloomer to the musical theatre world, she knew she had a connection with this particular...

Ginny Swanson is a singer/songwriter based in Nashville, Tennessee. Growing up, Swanson has always had a passion for music and wanting to share it with the world. She went to college for musical theatre, and has always had a love for performing. Swanson even was in the top 10 in Broadway.com's The Search for Roxie when they were looking for a new Roxie Hart for Broadway's Chicago. One thing that s...

Alexa Magro is an actress who is no stranger to musical theatre. She has had a passion for it from a young age, and knew that she wanted to join the community. Magro go to take part in the 1st National tour of the Broadway musical, The Prom where she played Kailee. Her rehearsal process for the show was very quick and learned the choreography in 12 hours. It was an honor for her to share the stage...

Hilary Maiberger is a true musical theatre princess. She has gotten to play four different Disney princesses in various stage productions. Maiberger has played Ariel, Cinderella, and Princess Jasmine in various regional gigs. However, Belle is the princess that is closest to her heart. She got to spend three years traveling the country on the national tour of Disney's Beauty and The Beast and she...