The Jayme Starr Podcast

SEASON 4 PREMIRE-Madeline Hudelson is an actress based in New York City. She has been doing musical theatre for as long as she can remember and always knew that this was the route she wanted tot take professionally. Over the course of her career, Hudelson has been able to conquer some summer stock/regional productions of different musicals such as Legally Blonde and Mamma Mia. This past summer, Hu...

Madeline Kendall is a musical theatre actress. Kendall grew up in the New Jersey (close to Philadelphia) and would always go see shows when they would come to the theatre closest to her. After seeing a production of Pippin and a Kristen Chenoweth concert, Kendall knew that it was possible to be cast in a national tour of a broadway musical. Luckily, Kendall has been able to accomplish this with th...

Annabelle Kempf is an actress and singer. One of the first shows she ever got the chance to be in was a production of Sleeping Beauty at her local community theatre. In this production, she was casted as Maleficent and got to wear horns and everything. Kempf has also worked with Nickelodeon on a few different projects professionally. Besides doing a lab for the company, she got the chance to live...

Cassidy Stoner is a Broadway star who is currently in Aladdin. Stoner began her journey with the production when she joined the national tour of the show just after graduating from college and stayed until the the world got shut down because of COVID. She was a swing, covering ensemble tracks as well as an understudy for Princess Jasmine. Stoner got to play the princess in Washington DC and the ic...

Madeleine Corliss is a true triple threat. She is an actress, singer, and dancer who has been able to performed in some of the most beloved shows. Some of the shows she has been able to take part in are Urinetown, Spamalot, and Chicago. In fact, Corliss has been able to play both female leading roles of both Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart in the different variations of the show that she has done. Corl...

Meghan Picerno is a classically trained opera singer turned broadway star. Picerno has always had a love for music and the genre of opera and always dreamed of taking it to new heights. She began her journey with Love Never Dies (The Phantom of the Opera sequel) and got to travel the country playing the iconic Christine Daae. (Alongside Season 2's Rachel Moore). She then joined the world tour of T...

Syndee Winters is an actress who is no stranger to musical theatre. One of her biggest dreams in life was to take part in the Lion King whether it was on Broadway or the national tour, and luckily she got to do both. Not only did she do both, but she got to play Nala in both productions. Bringing music that the world has fallen in love with is something Winters got to do when she was cast in Motow...

Katie Boeck is an actress, singer and songwriter. She has always had a passion for music, and knew it was something she wanted to share with the world. Boeck released an EP, Speaking of You back in 2014. This six song EP allows listeners to experience her singing from the heart. Ever since the release of that EP, Boeck has released new singles over the years which are available wherever  you...

Cassy Surianello is a professional dancer. She has been on the dance floor ever since the age of 2, where she would dance around in her little ballerina outfit and her diaper. Since that moment she was hooked, and hasn't left the dance since. Surianello has experience in all different kinds of dance styles both as a performer and a choreographer. When she was in college, Surianello discovered that...

Paola Hernandez is a musical theatre actress who is originally from Puerto Rico. Her big break was traveling the country on the 20th anniversary national tour of Rent. She started off as a swing where she covered all the female ensemble tracks as well as Mrs. Cohen, Maureen Johnson, Mimi Marquez and the Seasons of Love soloist. and eventually became the principal Mimi Marquez. On tour, she got the...

Ilda Mason is a true triple threat in the world of entertainment. Mason was born and raised in Panama where she discovered her love for the world of performing. She even got to be a pro on the Panama version of Dancing with the Stars. One of her biggest dreams was to come to America and perform on Broadway and do what she loves in New York City. Mason learned English over time with the help of NSY...

Julie Benko is a Broadway star who is no stranger to the world of musical theatre. One of her first big gigs was booking the national tour of the Broadway musical. Spring Awakening. In this production, she was in the ensemble and understudied the roles of Wendla and Ilse. Her Broadway debut, was in the very iconic, Les Miserables where she starred as Cosette along side Brennyn Lark (featured in ea...

Abby Jaros is an actress based in New York City. She began her career with one of her first loves, musical theatre. Jaros was on the non-equity national tour of Joesph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat where she was in the ensemble. In the show, she loved that the director/choreographer, Andy Blakenbuehler decided to have female members of the ensemble play roles that would typically be portra...

Lynsey Fuller is a reality TV star. She is one of the stars of the Discovery+ series, Love in the Jungle. In this series, single people are put in the jungle and try to find love. However, they can't act as human beings. The challenge in this show is that they have to act like an animal when it came to communicating with the other contestants on and off the cameras. This means that they don't even...

Courtney Liu is a musical theatre star who is currently in one of the most beloved shows of all time, Te Phantom of the Opera. In this show, Liu is in the ensemble where she is mainly a ballerina. Growing up, Liu had a love for ballet and took part in it growing up. She not only did ballet, but she explored all different styles of dance in prior and during the early stages of her career. Liu also...

Jenn Korbee is an actress and a singer. If you were in your early childhood years in the early 2000's, you have seen Korbee on Discovery Kids' hit TV show Hi-5. This show was an educational program with tons of singing, dancing and learning to inspire kids to believe in themselves. As a young child. Jenn was my FAVORITE member of Hi-5. As a little kid, she was the one who I related to the most and...

Emily Behny is an actress who has gotten to participate in some of the most magical shows ever. Behny toured the country with the national tour of Beauty and The Beast where she played Belle. 8 times a week she got to bring everyones favorite bookworm to life and  even waltzed with the beast during this memorable stage in her life. After her time as a princess came to an end, Behny's journey...

Elle Cunning is a social media influencer. Some of her specialties include fashion, traveling and concert going. She has always had a love for fashion since she was young, and couldn't wait to hopefully contribute to it someday. Cunning also loves traveling, in fact she loves getting to see different airports in different cities and explore them. After all, there are stores/restaurants in airports...

Katie Adams is a musical theatre star who has gotten to be in some of the most popular shows to date. Adams got the chance to join the National Tour of Grease where she played Marty. Growing up, Grease was one of her all time favorite films to watch, and she hoped that one day she would be able to bring the beloved story to life, and she did just that. Getting to recite some of Marty's iconic line...

Ella Galvin is a singer/songwriter based in New York City. For as long as she can remember, Galvin has always had a passion for music. Growing up some of her influences included Rihanna and Amy Winehouse. Still to this day, she looks up to both of these artists and more as she continues to try to build her career. Working in the music industry, especially in New York City can be tough, and it isn'...

Laura Vila is a social media influencer based in Miami, Florida. She enjoys sharing her life as well as her style on her 39k followers on Instagram. More specifically, Vila's page is full of fashion based content and shares some of her favorite brands. Working in the social media world and sharing her life online was a job that Vila never thought she would ever have. Since she works in this field,...

Anna Kostakis is a musical theatre actress. She has gotten the chance to perform in shows such as Grease, 9 to 5,  Company, The Addams Family while in college. Earlier this year, Kostakis starred in Romeo and Bernadette, an off Broadway musical in New York, City. In the show, she starred as Bernadette as well as serving as the dance captain. Besides having one of the title roles, Kostakis was...

Olivia Salisbury is a social media influencer. She was born and raised in Traverse City, Michigan, and has been living in the mitten state her whole life. During COVID, Salisbury's world on social media changed when she started to gain a following while everyone was stuck at home. After going through a near 40lb weight loss, people started to follow Salisbury's fitness journey with hopes to find w...

Kristen Grace Brown is a musical theatre actress. One of her first big gigs was getting the opportunity to tour the country with Elf on the Shelf: The Musical. In this production, she was a swing and also understudied two principal tracks. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, her time with the show was cut short. However, she did the the opportunity to go on before everyone was sent home during...

Katie Daniel is a professional dancer based in New York City. Daniel has had a passion for dance ever since she was little. She began taking dance classes at the age of two years old. Her mother was a dance instructor at her studio and introduced her to it. Growing up in Metro Detroit, Daniel has gotten the opportunity to train with other dancers at her studio who also went on to have successful c...