24 stories by "Jessica Humphrey"
As I've written about before, warm-ups are important for any performer " physically and vocally. Whether you consider yourself a singer, a dancer, an actor or a combination thereof, it is es…
A while ago, I was surfing through Buzzfeed and ran across an amazing article called "Yes and…No. Standing Up To Sexual Harassment And Assault In L.A.'s Comedy Scene." This is a beau…
Because I have been off pursuing my MFA, I haven't been focusing on my performing career for a little while. Lately, though, I have been going to more auditions and callbacks, preparing myse…
Katya Stanislavskaya is an amazing composer, lyricist, musical director, and educator. She is currently the Program Director of Musical Theatre at Western Carolina University (my alma mater)…
Hi Nerds! If you have watched any Musical Theatre Nerd Alert videos put out by the MFA Musical Theatre Class of 2016 at San Diego State, you’ll know that that’s the traditi…
If you are anything like me, you don’t plan your Christmas list out months in advance. Every year when my mom asks me what I need, I come up with a mediocre list of items I e…
After approximately two weeks of rehearsal and two days with the creative team, the day of the staged reading was upon us! The MFA Musical Theatre Class of 2016 was dressed in “hip clo…
The SDSU Class of 2016 (plus two guests) learned all the music for the staged reading of On the Eve in about a week (only using 2 hours of class time a day to learn it as a group)! Once that…
What is a Cut System? If you have ever looked into a BFA program at the top schools in the nation, you have probably heard the words “cut system.” This means that a student is ev…
I am thrilled to be able to share an exciting experience with you all – a real life look into the creation of a piece of new musical theatre! The MFA program at San Diego State Univers…
Congratulations! You got the call – you booked a show! After about 3 minutes of pride, excitement and relief, the emotions of confusion, regret and nervousness probably start to set in…
I am sorry to say that my classmates are annoyed with me at the moment. Since the Hamilton cast album dropped, that is basically all I have had playing in the Musical Theatre Archive at San …
If you have been a follower of my blog posts here on NMT Green Room, you know that in addition to pursuing my Masters in Musical Theatre, I have also been studying wine. I am sitting for my …
It’s back to school season and The Green Room is looking out for you. All this month, the NMT Countdown series is bringing you a guide to the best-selling songs on NMT from the last ye…
How many times have you heard the warning from mentors, teachers, parents and even bloggers, "if you can see yourself doing anything else other than theatre, do that"? I know I heard it over…
I consider myself to be a burgeoning musical theatre expert- I mean come on, I'm spending two years of my life getting a masters degree in it. I will be honest with you all: I finally sat do…
While spending my afternoon surfing the Internet, as we all do, I ran across an interesting piece by Ben Brantley from 2010 (yes, ages and ages ago). This article basically asked the questio…
It is July, which means that most summer stock seasons are halfway over! This also means that the excitement and perfectionism when performing the show day after day has since worn off, and …
My first month of graduate school I was faced with the task of creating a two-hour presentation on the amazing and important musical theatre composer Jerome Kern. Besides being terrified of …
I really cannot believe it is already June! Some of us are knee deep in summer stock shows, while others are working on their craft in summer intensives, and even more of us are trying to fi…
Last semester I was required to write a very long research paper for my Research and Bibliography class- something I was not looking forward to, but hey, that's part of graduate school. Litt…
Some of you might not know this about me (and why would you), but in addition to my studies in Musical Theatre at San Diego State, I have also taken advantage of living in California and hav…
Dear Juniors, It's an exciting time of year! School is almost out for the summer, and college application periods are coming up quickly (or at least that's the nagging you hear from your par…
Last week in "Broadway School," otherwise known as the MFA in Musical Theatre at San Diego State University, I was assigned the task of giving a partnered, two-hour presentation on Musical T…
