With Summer Stock season upon us, I invited one of my close friends, Camden Garcia, to write a guest blog post about it! I know many of you are aspiring professional actors, so you probably know landing a summer stock job is an excellent way to break into the business. 

I first met Camden in the Catskill Mountains during summer of 2012 at my first and only summer stock gig! I landed a job at the legendary theater camp Stagedoor Manor, and Camden was one of the hilarious campers I met that summer. We bonded instantly and he has been like a little brother to me ever since. Camden's article is so informative to anyone looking into summer stock jobs, and I'm confident his advice will help guide you in the right direction!

Hello babes! Today I want to introduce you to my new friend, Ixchel Cuellar. She grew up in San Francisco and is a proud Penn State alumna. My favorite fun fact about Ixchel is she made her Broadway debut in April 2016 in Finding Neverland BEFORE she even graduated from college! (PLUS she only had four days of rehearsal before making her debut. Craziness.) You all know I absolutely love babes who chase down their dreams! Ixchel is a little brunette ball of sunshine and I’m so happy she agreed to this On The Road interview and photoshoot with local photographer Kate Burkholder while she was in Tucson, Arizona with the Finding Neverland national tour. Unfortunately, the tour has closed, but click here to follow Ixchel’s NYC adventures. Happy reading!

For today’s edition of On The Road, I am happy to introduce you all to another hunk from the Something Rotten national tour, Kyle Nicholas Anderson! Kyle grew up in Redmond, Washington, and was a real-life Troy Bolton with a love for both baseball and musical theatre. In the 9th grade, Kyle’s life forever changed when he was cast in a production of Les Miserables and completely fell in love with theatre. Kyle graduated from Syracuse University with a BFA in musical theatre and went on to perform at the MUNY in Oklahoma and at the Papermill Playhouse in A Christmas Story: The Musical. He is an adorable tenor, understudied Nigel in Something Rotten and has “walking in heels on a raked stage” on his resume. (Obviously I’m obsessed with him.) I hope you enjoy Kyle’s interview!

Today’s edition of On The Road features the extremely handsome renaissance man (literally), Daniel Beeman! Daniel grew up in Omaha, Nebraska, and graduated from the University of Missouri. My favorite random fun fact about him is that while he was growing up in the cornhusker state, he was a competitive swimmer AND participated in Irish dance competitions! Truly a renaissance man. Daniel just finished dancing around the United States (understudying Shakespeare and sometimes dressed as an egg) in the first national tour of the hit Broadway show, Something Rotten. I hope you enjoy getting to know him!

I always joke that packing my backpack for a two show day feels like packing for summer camp. When you are locked in a windowless theater all day, you need a lot of supplies! (Or maybe I just do because I’m a littleeee bit high-maintenance.) Here is a list of what I have in my backpack (and dressing room station) on a typical two show day!