BroadwayWorld Student Blogger Shares High School Experiences, Looks to Future at Ball State

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I have been writing as a student blogger for BroadwayWorld since October of 2025 and have enjoyed doing it so much!

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I have been writing as a student blogger for BroadwayWorld since October of 2025 and have enjoyed doing it so much! When I first applied for it, I just thought that it would be a fun way to get my thoughts and whatnot about theatre out to the world. However, over time I soon realized that it would be more than that. It would be a way for me to connect with other students in the industry and hear what they have to say about being an artist in the world we are in.

The first thing that mainly surprised me was the amount of different thoughts and ideas that our generation had about theatre. All of the student bloggers have such great articles and I love reading them and hearing what they have to say about theatre. I’ve also had the chance to connect with some of them and get to talk more about theatre, which I have thoroughly enjoyed! It’s a similar thing with my podcast, Behind the Curtain. Over the course of the three years that I have done my podcast, I have connected with so many incredible and talented performers, technicians, and musicians that I never thought I would be able to connect with. I think it’s a really cool thing when two artists who are in different parts of the country (or even world) get to connect via a video chat and just get to talk and discuss the industry. As Alex Benoit (The Notebook) said in our interview, “It’s really cool how we’re able to connect and talk about what we love over a video call when we’re in different parts of the country.”

Speaking of my podcast, I think another thing that surprised me happens when I get to write articles on performers that I already interviewed and get to go more in depth than I did previously for an article. On my podcast, I only get 15-20 minutes with an artist normally and so it really surprised me how many performers are willing to talk with me again for BroadwayWorld. This has really shown me how truly kind everyone is in the industry.,

As I graduate from high school in a few days, and head to Ball State University in the fall to study stage management, I cannot wait to continue to write and share my thoughts and experiences for BroadwayWorld. Throughout summer, I have a lot of fun theatre experiences planned that I can’t wait to write about!

Writing is so much more than expressing ideas on a page, and if done with sincerity, it can take a surprisingly long time–that may be my biggest takeaway from my first attempt at blogging.

Being a theater lighting student is hard to explain to family and friends who haven’t gone through the same version of finals as you have. No grandma, I don’t have a math test. Yes, I have load-in from 9am-6pm.

From 2025-2026, I was a BFA Musical Theatre major at a college. My whole life that is what I thought I wanted. I wasn’t necessarily wrong, I am just pivoting slightly.

I have been writing student blogs for BroadwayWorld for 6 months now. I feel very blessed to have been able to write for a website I love and respect so much talking about the thing I love most in the world, performing.

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_Originally reported by [BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Student-Blog-My-Experiences-Writing-with-BroadwayWorld-20260529)._