Inspiring Artists' Stories

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Abby Carlson of Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

Abby is a freelance artist in LA, and like many others in show biz, she wears several hats. She has worked as a vocalist, actor, dancer, mod

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Ray Tezanos of Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

Ray Tezanos was born in Miami, Florida. He is the product of a beautiful culture smash. His mother is from Havana Cuba, and his father is fr

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Autumn Thelander

Autumn is a Chicago based actress, director, and choreographer. She graduated in June with a B.S. in Theatre with a minor in Dance from Nort

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Chloe Hubbard

Chloe has been studying musical theatre for about 8 years. She attended a performing arts high school and eventually obtained an Associate's

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist, Professional Dancer, and Aerialist Savannah Louis

Savannah Louis is a professional dancer and aerialist from Southern California. She spent most of her life training in classical ballet and

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Anthony Aceves

I try my best to embrace every opportunity to learn, and I believe those lessons are rooted in the obstacles that we face. As I mentioned be

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Grace Shen

My biggest obstacle has always been overcoming my self doubt and nervousness during auditions. This is a tough business and it’s the confide

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Jordan Goodsell

Being honored as "Best Comedian" at The MACY Awards my senior year of high school. Directing The Taming of the Shrew at Chapman University.

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Jamie Roberts

“We sit together in the dark to know how to love each other in the light.” I think that perfectly sums up the role arts play in life. We exp

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Luis Avila

Grateful to live in the city of dreams pursuing my dreams. As long as I can remember I’ve always wanted to perform. I’d perform on the str

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Nicole Weber

There is this beautiful idea out there of aiming for 100 rejections in a year. Originally, this tip was for

A Conversation with Inspiring Artist Michael Lopez, Artistic Director of Cabrillo Playhouse

I am currently the Producing Artistic Director for the Cabrillo Playhouse. I hire the production team and work with the board of directors i