“I want to help people recognize that there is more to musical theatre than just the hits of Broadway or the West End. That there is a whole world of musical theatre to discover.”

“I think my favorite messages of all time are the people who say they didn't like musical theater or didn't get it and listening to my version made them understand the song for the first time, made them want to know more about Sondheim. If I can be your gateway into him, I've done my job.”

“Begin doing whatever you’re inspired to do and don’t wait to be accepted into a school or to have a degree or an internship. Reach out to people that you admire and ask them a question or try to recreate the thing that inspired you.”

“Trans people are not monoliths. We are our own existences and our own bodies and our own human beings. We are capable of doing whatever we want. Trans people are in this industry and deserve to have space in this industry.”

“I like many others, watched "Ratatouille" back in January with no knowledge of the TikTok movement that sparked it or the unique and incredibly fast production timeline. Now, with the Emmys coming up this fall, I wanted to learn more about how this show came about, so I spoke with members of the creative team about their process and how a one-minute video became a two-million-dollar viral sensation.”

“Instead of saying, “the director makes the final decision” and that we are not responsible, I am optimistic that we are standing up and calling things out when they are wrong, racist, inauthentic--discovering that we have more power than we thought.”

When the world came to a standstill with the Covid-19 pandemic, Erinn Dearth and Dan Beckmann, the founders of the Spring Theatre in North Carolina, said that nothing was going to stop them from putting on a show. “We were not ever going to not do something,” said Dearth. “We knew we had to provide opportunities when the pandemic hit.”