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Join John and Alex for Episode 3 of Lying Awake! In this episode, we talk to a panel of actors who discuss the ins and outs of the acting world! From casting, auditions, their heroes, and more, you won't want to miss this dynamite panel of performers!

Guests include:
Stephen White is a senior at Bethel University studying Theatre Performance, where he made waves as the Region 5 winner of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival Musical Theatre Intensive. From that win, he was meant to travel to Washington, D.C. to compete in the national competition this month, however that has been postponed for now. That win also brought him a scholarship to study at the Open Jar Institute in New York City this coming August, which as far as we know today will still be happening. He recently moved from his home in Illinois to Orlando, Florida where he was accepted into the Disney College Program for Entertainment, and where he will complete his degree remotely. 

Kayla Davion is an actress from Chicago who has been seen on Broadway in the ensemble of Waitress, which she booked straight after graduating from Ball State University with her BFA in Musical Theatre. She also understudied the role of Dawn and made history when she went on in March 2018 as the first Black woman to play Dawn on Broadway. She later joined the Original Broadway Cast of King Kong, once again in the ensemble as well as understudying the lead role of Ann Darrow for which she went on many times, and then, while still at King Kong she booked the Original Broadway Cast of Tina the Tina Turner musical where was seen as an Ikette, and again understudied the title role of Tina for which she went on at many performances. She’s also appeared on The Good Fight on CBS. 

Heidi Kettenring is referred to by some as Chicago’s Favorite Leading Lady, Heidi Kettenring has been seen all across the Windy City in houses like the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre, the Marriott Lincolnshire, Drury Lane Oakbrook, The Porchlight Theatre and many, many more, including over a thousand performances as Nessa in Broadway in Chicago’s Wicked. She is the recipient of 8 Jeff Award Nominations and 1 Jeff win for her turn as Anna in The King and I at The Marriott, an After Dark Award for her Adelaide in Guys and Dolls at The Court Theatre, the Sarah Siddons Leading Lady Award, the Richard M. Kneeland Award, and two Broadway World Awards. She has toured as Belle in the National Tour of Beauty and the Beast, can be heard on two Disney Audio Books, has appeared on NBC’s Chicago Fire and ABC’s Cupid, and has mounted two concerts at Actors Lounge Live in Chicago featuring the music of Karen Carpenter. 

Episode Disclaimer: 

Lying Awake stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and its activists. Intermittently throughout this episode, we will be highlighting organizations that work to end police brutality and structural racism in the United States. We hope that this will provide resources for our listeners to learn more about what actions they can take to help make this world a more just, informed, and loving place. We will not be doing our usual Artist and Production Spotlights this episode to make room for these highlights. Please consider giving your time and resources to these organizations.