235. On the Job with Kaitie Brown, Walt Disney World Talent Casting Coordinator

Ali on the Run Show

Ali Feller

Run, Health & Fitness, Women, Inspiration, Runner, Entrepreneur, Sports, Fitness, Health, Running

4.9 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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"I just remember looking down and seeing that five year old little girl, dressed in her favorite princess dress, looking up at me with the biggest smile on her face — and I just see myself in her. It is so magical."

Kaitie Brown knew from a young age that her dream was to one day perform at Walt Disney World — and that's exactly what she went on to do. After three years and 12 auditions, Kaitie was hired as a cast member, where she would perform several times a day, dancing up and down Main Street USA at the Magic Kingdom. Today, Kaitie is one of Disney World's talent casting coordinators, and on this episode, she talks about what it takes to get hired, why auditions are — she swears — actually really fun, and what it's really like to dance at Disney. Plus, as a four-time marathoner, she talks about how being a runner has made her a better performer.

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0:00.0	The On The Job Series on the Alley On The Run Show is brought to you by Tracksmith.
0:04.8	Go to Tracksmith.com slash On The Run and use code On The Run 15 to get 15% off your first Tracksmith purchase.
0:17.3	Welcome to the Alley On The Run Show.
0:19.6	I'm your host Allie Feller and this is the seventh episode, the final episode
0:24.3	in the first season of The On The Job Series.
0:27.4	Did you hear that?
0:28.8	The first season.
0:30.4	That means there's a second season on the way.
0:32.8	I am thrilled to let you know that thanks to the amazing people at Tracksmith,
0:37.1	we'll be taking a short two week break and then we will be back with season two of The On The Job Series
0:43.1	featuring more women with cool, unique, exciting and interesting careers.
0:48.3	But today, I can think of no better, more magical way to wrap up season one on the job than with Katie Brown.
0:56.0	You hear that word? Magic?
0:57.9	You're about to hear it a lot in this conversation because today we are talking all about what
1:02.8	it's really like to work at Disney World.
1:06.0	Katie Brown is a talent casting coordinator for Walt Disney World.
1:09.8	So if you want to be a Disney cast member, a performer of any kind on a Disney property,
1:15.4	Katie is one of the faces you'll see in the audition room and she just might be the happiest,
1:20.6	smiliest one there.
1:22.5	I'm telling you, this woman is such a delight.
1:24.8	I smiled throughout this whole conversation and I'm pretty positive you will too.
1:29.0	Katie got her start at Disney as a performer.
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