In our very first episode we have 3 Broadway veterans discussing what it is really like performing in the backbone of any show; the ensemble. In the Broadway ensemble you are met with a lot to handle. The choreography and music is only the beginning. Navigating room dynamics, jealousy, work culture, features, routine and remembering to have fun can be challenging to say the least and we are here to help! In this episode:

Mind Games & Mental Health

Identity in The Room

Love & Dating

Reputation, Routine & Staying Healthy

Features

Race and Identity

Welcome Our Guests:

Jonalyn Saxerhas been seen on Broadway in Back to The Future (Clocktower woman, U/S Lorraine), Mean Girls (Ensemble U/S Karen, Cady, and Regina), Cats, Holiday Inn, Honeymoon In Vegas, and Bullets Over Broadway. She also appeared as Karen Smith in the First National tour of Mean Girls and can be seen in Steven Spielberg and Justin Peck’s West Side Story. She was most recently seen as Campbell in Bring It On at The Muny. She has been a part of multiple world premier productions, is a graduate of Syracuse University and a proud supporter and fundraiser for BCEFA and Covenant House. @jksaxer

Raymond Baynard …dancer, actor, model, singer, and choreographer, Raymond Baynard is a multi faceted creative from New Jersey. He studied at S.U.N.Y. Purchase receiving his BFA in dance. Since then, he’s worked on projects with artists like Mariah Carey, Queen Latifah, to recently being seen on HBO’s the Gilded Age. He’s usually seen on stage with productions like The Lion King, Hamilton, Bad Cinderella, MJ the Musical, and The Great Gatsby.

Gabriel HymanGabriel Hyman(Chesapeake, VA) received his BFA in Dance with honors from The Ailey School/Fordham University BFA Program as a Bill and Melinda Gates Millennium Scholar and a Glorya Kaufman Dance Scholar. Following graduation, he performed and toured with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s junior company, Ailey II. His TV appearances include The 76th Annual Tony Awards Opening Number, Super Bowl LV Halftime Show with The Weeknd, ABC's Good Morning America, FX’s Pose, and HBO’s Succession and The Gilded Age. He was a dancer at The Metropolitan Opera in Fire Shut Up In My Bones and X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X. Hyman was a part of the world premiere musical production of The Prince of Egypt. He played Charles Lee in the national touring company of Hamilton. Broadway credits include King Kong: Alive on Broadway, served as the Dance Captain for the Broadway revival of Bob Fosse’s Dancin’, and is currently a vacation swing in the show Hell’s Kitchen. @gabehyman