Jill Calderon

This episode, it's time to head to Austin and chat with Grady legend Eliza Renner, class of 2014. Eliza was Maureen in Rent, Olive in the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, and won best actress in the State One Act competition for her portrayal of Dogface. We talk about performing Off Off Broadway, building theater spaces from scratch and why being true to your artistic self is vital in theatre.

This week, we talk with Elizabeth Gibbs, who in her short two years at Grady/ Midtown, performed and directed various productions, including Dogface, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Rent, Brighton Beach Memoirs, The Wedding Singer and Urinetown. We talk about majoring in theatre in college, forming her own theatre company, Act Before You Think, and reconfiguring your theatrical compass.

Jill Calderon, class of 2020 was a stellar stage manager, performer, and was going to play Pirelli in our spring production of Sweeney Todd before the pandemic shut us down. We talk about improv in college and post-production in film!

Our first episode features Kendall Stroud, class of 2018. In high school, Kendall was in Les Mis, Grease, and South Pacific, as well as non-musicals such as Booby Trap and Almost, Maine. We chat about musical theatre in college, what it's like to audition for shows in New York, some good practices for theatre artists, and his recent casting as Elektra in the Off-Broadway show Cats: the Jellicle Ball.