Broadway Debuts, College Auditions + Moving to NYC with Janine DiVita (Grease)

Janine DiVita graduated from the University of Michigan with a double major in Musical Theatre and Communications. Favorite credits include Broadway: Grease (Rizzo), Anything Goes (Reno Standby), The Mystery of Edwin Drood (Miss Isabel Yearsley). National Tours: Finding Neverland (Mary Barrie), If/Then *w/ Idina Menzel (Anne), Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth). TV/Film: The Deuce (Amy Goldman), Elementary (June Cunningham), Gravesend (Jennifer) and many, many more!

 

But Janine's prowess goes beyond entertainment. She co-wrote a screenplay called 'Sisters Before Misters' which is in development with Dolphin Entertainment (to be directed by Lea Thompson), is the director of over 60 members of the USO Show Troupe which entertains military and veterans all over the world, AND co-founded Empowered Voices which provides theatrical prevention education workshops, specializing in Sexual Assault Prevention and Suicide Prevention, to the U.S. Military.

 

In this episode, Janine chats with NYC-based actress and host Maggie Bera about her training at the University of Michigan, her Broadway debut at 23 years old, the audition grind, survival jobs, moving to NYC, the USO show troupe, how she's coping in quarantine and MORE!

 

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