Sara Bareilles

just sort of foregrounded itself. And I got on that ride. Being a touring artist is like you get on the ride and then you come home and you write a new record and then you get right back on the ride. And I started to feel like I'll hate this really soon. Well, I took this month-long rumspringa in New York. And I had a meeting with my brand-new theatrical agent.

just sort of foregrounded itself. And I got on that ride. Being a touring artist is like you get on the ride and then you come home and you write a new record and then you get right back on the ride. And I started to feel like I'll hate this really soon. Well, I took this month-long rumspringa in New York. And I had a meeting with my brand-new theatrical agent.

And he's like, there are auditions for a show called Into the Woods. And I was like, I love that show. Give me the audition. And I auditioned for Cinderella for the production that was in the park. And when I tell you, I shit the bed. I shit the bed with fury. And I walked out of that room and I was like, there's not even like a world where like, maybe that went okay. Like, it was so clear.

And he's like, there are auditions for a show called Into the Woods. And I was like, I love that show. Give me the audition. And I auditioned for Cinderella for the production that was in the park. And when I tell you, I shit the bed. I shit the bed with fury. And I walked out of that room and I was like, there's not even like a world where like, maybe that went okay. Like, it was so clear.

And he's like, there are auditions for a show called Into the Woods. And I was like, I love that show. Give me the audition. And I auditioned for Cinderella for the production that was in the park. And when I tell you, I shit the bed. I shit the bed with fury. And I walked out of that room and I was like, there's not even like a world where like, maybe that went okay. Like, it was so clear.

They were like, oh, I hope you'll be okay after this. It was so terrible. And I really, I was so humbled by how little I knew about anything in this industry. And then... got the opportunity to sit down with Diane Paulus, who was the director of Waitress, and she talked to me about this project.

They were like, oh, I hope you'll be okay after this. It was so terrible. And I really, I was so humbled by how little I knew about anything in this industry. And then... got the opportunity to sit down with Diane Paulus, who was the director of Waitress, and she talked to me about this project.

They were like, oh, I hope you'll be okay after this. It was so terrible. And I really, I was so humbled by how little I knew about anything in this industry. And then... got the opportunity to sit down with Diane Paulus, who was the director of Waitress, and she talked to me about this project.

So I thought I would go back to theater as a performer, and then I was like, oh, I don't know how to do that, and then started writing songs.

So I thought I would go back to theater as a performer, and then I was like, oh, I don't know how to do that, and then started writing songs.

So I thought I would go back to theater as a performer, and then I was like, oh, I don't know how to do that, and then started writing songs.

She is my scene I was just trying the whole time to just

She is my scene I was just trying the whole time to just

She is my scene I was just trying the whole time to just

Like act like I knew what I was doing. I do think I have some instincts around, like it became clear very quickly that I liked being in these conversations. I liked the puzzle. I liked the questioning of motivation. And the collaboration was very new to me. You know, these songwriters that I got paired with, I think for a long time made me very fearful of collaboration.

Like act like I knew what I was doing. I do think I have some instincts around, like it became clear very quickly that I liked being in these conversations. I liked the puzzle. I liked the questioning of motivation. And the collaboration was very new to me. You know, these songwriters that I got paired with, I think for a long time made me very fearful of collaboration.

Like act like I knew what I was doing. I do think I have some instincts around, like it became clear very quickly that I liked being in these conversations. I liked the puzzle. I liked the questioning of motivation. And the collaboration was very new to me. You know, these songwriters that I got paired with, I think for a long time made me very fearful of collaboration.

When it's the right kind of collaboration, it can be incredible. You know, the phenomenon of something being bigger than the sum of its parts.

When it's the right kind of collaboration, it can be incredible. You know, the phenomenon of something being bigger than the sum of its parts.

When it's the right kind of collaboration, it can be incredible. You know, the phenomenon of something being bigger than the sum of its parts.