"I’m sick of seeing fat women sing about being fat - because we have so much more to say. I’m sick of seeing fat women defend their fatness or worse -- cry because of it. I’m sick of seeing people love fat women not because of their bodies, but in spite of their bodies."

“What song is very important to you? Whatever it is, it warrants being heard. The people sitting behind the table deserve to hear YOU sing it.”

"Her character song is an uptempo lament about the stress that is associated with the pressure from immigrant parents for their child to succeed. The race of the character might be changed with the actor but any intelligent audience member would be able to read the coding right away."

“At the end of the day it’s not about winning that award, or getting validation from that “important person” – it’s about moving an audience, inspiring someone, making someone who felt invisible feel seen.”

When I look back from my resume of theatre roles, there's one that stands out to me as the one. The one that made me want to pursue musical theatre. That role was a child in the kids chorus of Joseph And the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

“There’s no official rite-of-passage that someone has to pass through in order to identify as an artist. People who are full-time artists are artists. People who are artists after their 9 to 5 office jobs are artists. People who are stay-at-home parents and full-time nurses, that volunteer for an occasional community theatre production in their free-time are artists, too.”

"As heartfelt and reverent as this tradition is, it is marred by inconsistent application and unclear guidelines, which often raises questions about who is deemed “worthy” of such a tribute."

"This play was not written for trans people. It was written by, and for, cis people to laugh at this parody, this caricature of transness, confident in the knowledge that no trans person would ever see it."

"Let’s teach our students how to shine both in and out of the spotlight by learning how to balance their academic and theatre lives."

"Gavin Creel wasn’t just interested in shining on stage—he wanted the entire theatre community to thrive."

“Why not celebrate women in theatre than by mentioning some of my favourite (and sometimes least favourite) personalities that I’ve had the pleasure of working with over the years!”

“I’ve been a Props Master for a few shows and let me tell you, it’s not as easy as some may think. It’s definitely not just going out and buying a bunch of props on the list.”