MUSICAL THEATRE TALK

"Musical Theatre Talk" began in 2009 with trish needing an outlet for her love of musical theatre.  When the Mississippi Gulf Coast received the direct hit of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the area was devastated with half of the buildings on the Coast being destroyed.  The rebuild and recovery process was (and is) still going on, and the whole experience reinforced the importance of living your dreams and following your heart.  Being active in Musical Theatre through her online radio show, trish is keeping her Broadway dreams alive as she interviews the best in the biz.

The impressive guest list includes phenomenal artists on stage and backstage, the creators, the designers, the performers, and the technicians who make it happen... and make it all appear to happen magically.

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   TRISH CAUSEY

A performer of Musical Theatre, Opera, and all things Barbra Streisand, Patricia Causey is a multifaceted soloist and composer on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.  She has performed feature roles in theatre, opera, oratorio, dinner theatre, and competitions in the United States and Korea.  She has stage managed professional plays, musicals, opera, and a casino revue, plus worked backstage for three USA International Ballet Competitions in Jackson, MS.

In 2009, trish was selected to participate as an Official Presenter of her original writings and music at the 8th Women's Playwrights' International Conference in Mumbai, India.  Several years earlier, trish was a performer in a production that went to SETC (Orlando, FL), then won the Grand Prize at the Ch'unchon International Theatre Competition in South Korea.

Trish was the Featured Artist in July 2009, for the Fund for Women Artists.  She is the Featured Artist in the Fall 2009 issue of Southern Breeze Magazine, available at Barnes & Noble and Books-A-Million along the Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas.  Trish is especially proud of this honor as she is the first musical theatre composer and the first female composer featured in this publication.  (Click the picture to the right to read the article.)

Trish is listed on the Southern Arts Federation’s Southern Artistry in Opera/Musical Theatre as well as the Mississippi Arts Commission's Artist Roster.  In 2008, she was awarded a $4,000 Artist Fellowship for Music Composition from the Mississippi Arts Commission/NEA and a $5,000 Artist Business Recovery Grant to help with artistic endeavors and equipment effected by Hurricane Katrina.  A union member of AGMA, she holds full membership in ASCAP, ACF, ATHE, and VASTA, and associate membership in SCL and DG. 

A frequent Guest Vocal Coach, trish has produced award-winning voice students and is occasionally called in to train contemporary singers in bands.  She teaches workshops on Auditions, Vocal Technique, Make-Up, and Stage Management at arts venues and schools.  

Her new online radio show, “Musical Theatre Talk with Trish Causey”, features professionals in “the biz” from all aspects of musical theatre and is heard around the world via the internet.  She is currently writing a book about the theatre which is set for publication in 2010.  

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