Ep. 42 Swing Life with Broadway actress Becca Petersen

Bre and Becca talk about Becca’s extensive experience as a Broadway and tour swing. We talk about the “aha moment” that made Becca irrestistable to work with.

Becca is from Carmel, IN. She grew up dancing at a studio where the owner had been on Broadway. He introduced me to the musical theatre world. She went on to perform on my high school dance teams and did competitive show choir! She went to BYU and graduated with a BFA in musical theatre. While at BYU she performed in the Young Ambassadors which toured to South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, China, and Hong Kong. She performed in the BYU productions of Peter Pan and The Light in the Piazza. After graduating she moved to New York City. Her first job was the lab/workshop for the Untitled Prom Musical (which then became The Prom). She was a swing, u/s Katherine, u/s Medda on the national tour of Newsies. She did the out of town tryout of The Prom at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. She then made my Broadway debut in Bandstand as a swing and understudied Laura Osnes in the role of Julia Trojan. The day after Bandstand closed she started rehearsal for Mean Girls. They went out of town to The National Theatre and then to Broadway. She started as a swing, u/s Cady, u/s Regina, and assistant dance captain. Now she is full time onstage in the ensemble, u/s Cady, u/s Regina, u/s Karen, and the dance captain! She’s currently sheltering with my parent in Indiana.

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