— SAVANNAH · PERFORMING ARTS
From the trenches
Honest notes from a Savannah stage parent. What we've learned so you don't have to figure it out alone.
She wrote Lin-Manuel Miranda a letter. Three years later he wrote back.
A letter to Lin-Manuel Miranda. Three years of checking the mailbox. A handwritten response that's still framed on her wall. And a reminder that the world is smaller than you think.
Talent gets you in the room. Relationships get you the part. Here's how we're building both.
Nepotism is real in the performing arts. Family connections matter. And when you're the outsider, you feel it. Here's what seven years of auditioning in a relationship-driven industry has taught us about building our own way in.