Trish Causey is the Host/Producer of “Musical Theatre Talk with Trish Causey” (MTT), an online radio show featuring Broadway stars, creative teams, and top vocal coaches. She covered the 2011 Tony Awards for MTT as well as About.com, a New York Times Company, where she is the Guide for Theatre. Causey covers Broadway and national tours, with blog posts, articles, and reviews of productions and cast albums. She is a writer/composer of stage works as well as a freelance writer, writing cover stories and feature articles for Stage Directions Magazine. She is also a professional stage manager and a private teacher and workshop presenter on a variety of topics including vocal technique, audition prep, scene study, and stage management.

In 2008, Causey earned a $4,000 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, $5,000 in Artist Recovery Grant (Hurricane Katrina), listing on her state’s Artist Roster, and South Arts’ regional Artist Registry. Her original musical, Witchcraze, was featured at the 2009 Women Playwrights International Conference in Mumbai, India, and selections from her opera, Two Hearts, were showcased by the Metropolis Opera Project in NYC in July 2011. Her vocal training CD is due out in December 2011.

CURRENT & RECENT:

• December 2011 – Composer/Creator, CD Release of “Vocals 1.0 – 26 Vocal Exercises for Trained & Experienced Singers”
• 2011 – Writer, feature articles & cover stories for Stage Direction Magazine: March, September, October, November
• October 2011 –Radio Host/Producer, The Activists' Voice, a new show focusing on a multitude of human rights issues and topics of civil rights, equality, and tolerance
  
• July 2011 – Composer, performance of selections from opera, Two Hearts, by the Metropolis Opera Project (NYC), July 18, 2011
• June 2011 – Radio Host/Writer, providing press coverage of various Tony Awards events for Musical Theatre Talk and About.com
  
• April 2011 – Audition Coordinator, Armel Vocal Competition hosted by the Center for Contemporary Opera (NYC) for the Hungarian National Opera
• January – February 2011 – Writer, featured paid blogger for TheatreFace.com, featuring a 5-part series on “Stage Management 101.”

AWARDS:

• October 2010 – Selected Artist: Teaching Artist, Level II, by MS Alliance for Arts in Education
• July 2010 – Featured Artist: South Arts' Southern Artistry
• November 2009 – Featured Playwright (for Witchcraze): VIII International Women Playwrights Conference, Mumbai, India
• Fall 2009 – Featured Artist: Southern Breeze Magazine
• October 2008 – Selected Artist: Teaching Artist, Level I, by the MS Alliance for Arts in Education
• July 2009 – Featured Artist: Fund for Women Arts
• July 2008 – Featured Artist: listed on South Arts' artist registry, in Opera/Musical Theatre
• July 2008 – Grant Recipient: $5,000 Artist Recovery Grant/Hurricane Katrina, MAC/NEG
• June 2008 – Featured Artist: Judged and accepted for listing on the state Artist Roster
• June 2008 – Grant Recipient: $4,000 Artist Fellowship in Music Composition, (MAC/NEA)
• June 1993 – Grand Prize-winning production, Actor/Singer, Ch'unchon International Theatre Festival, South Korea