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The first time I got into theater was when I transitioned from private school.

Allison Whitehurst is a New York-based stage actor.

Her recent credits include the first national tour of Beautiful, the Carol King musical,

The Fortress of Solitude at the Public Theater, that's the same theater where Hamilton was developed,

and the world premiere of Born for This, a musical telling the true life story of B.B. Winans. So my parents divorced when I was

eight. It drew on for a while, about two years. And during that time, I was previously at a private

school, but money became very tight because of legal fees and all of that nastiness.

Sure.

And so I was transitioned into public school, which was wonderful, but, you know, I didn't have any friends or anything like that.

And I remember my mom urging me, she's like, I know that you love the choir, I know that you love to sing, but I think it would be really good for you if you took a theater class. Just see if you like it. You have this extra elective.

And I said, okay, I'll try.

And I remember I came in and I auditioned and they gave me the lead role in the play.

And I was like, okay, but you know, guys, I don't know.

I don't really know what I'm doing.

Like, of course I'll do this. And they were like, yeah, and we think you'll be great. And so it was just like, I was plopped into that and I enjoyed it.

Wow. How were you then? Oh, gosh. I guess eighth grade. So.

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