Why I‘ll Never Make It
Episodes
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Friday Dec 25, 2020
Merry Christmas! :)
In honor of the recent release of THE PROM movie on Netflix, here is a special combo episode of my conversations with star of the Broadway production, Caitlin Kinnunen (starts at 1:58), and one of the co-producers, Abigail Rose Solomon (starts at 35:18).
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Listen to Caitlin's full second season episode and audition story here.
And Abigail's full conversation and Final Five from season four is here.
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Monday Apr 22, 2019
Monday Apr 22, 2019
Welcome to the first annual Auditions episode! I’ll be sharing stories from those in the audition room as well as some tidbits of wisdom along the way. For the past few months during my conversations with guests I've asked them about their own audition stories. I saved those tales of wonder and woe, so I could bring them to you now for the first time. And that’s what today is going to be all about…sharing and commiserating on auditions - the good, the bad, and the funny.
Here are the guests featured today with links to the their previous/upcoming episodes:
Glasgow Lyman & Jeff Rosick, WE NEED THIS MUSICAL...
Caitlin Kinnunen, THE PROM
Amy Marie Stewart, Founder of Theory Works
Tovi Wayne, MEAN GIRLS
Ilana Levine, LITTLE KNOWN FACTS
Wojcik/Seay Casting
John Ort, Casting Director of BULL and Casting Associate on OZARKS (episode is next week)
Tony Howell, Brand Marketing Strategist
Kelly Gabel, Founder of Triple Threat Therapy
Lothair Eaton, STARLIGHT EXPRESS
A big thank you to each of my guests for sharing their personal tales of triumph and dismay and also to you for joining me on this fun and insightful episode.
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Monday Mar 11, 2019
Monday Mar 11, 2019
Happy Promposal Day!
Caitlin Kinnunen may go to THE PROM eight times a week on Broadway as Emma, a high schooler who wants to bring her girlfriend to the big dance. But when she was a teenager herself, she never actually attended prom. On today’s episode, Caitlin opens up about being home schooled and how she could only go to the before and after parties with a friend.
Her home schooling was largely due to being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at a young age, and being at home meant better care of her condition. She stayed active in local theater, though, auditioning and performing in her hometown of Seattle, Washington. But it was when she landed the role of Thea as a replacement in SPRING AWAKENING in 2008 that she finally moved to New York City.
Once that Broadway run ended the following year, it would be another 5 years before her next Broadway show, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, and almost another 5 years until THE PROM opened at the Longacre Theater. There were times during those in-between years Caitlin wasn’t sure she would “make it” in this business. She even had to go on Medicaid at one point when her Actors Equity health insurance ran out.
So being a part of THE PROM isn’t just making up for her lack of one in high school, it is also giving her wonderfully supportive cast and stage management team, who also help monitor her blood sugar levels throughout the show and make sure she has plenty of fruit snacks hidden around the stage.
Lastly, Caitlin shares her thoughts on the upcoming Tony Award nominations and what that could mean to the show. But she had even more fun with some fantasy casting of her fellow actors in Sondheim's classic INTO THE WOODS. One giveaway: Beth Leavel would play the Witch, of course.
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