Hello! We recently had a user who wishes to remain anonymous send in their concern about the recent closure of our June Egbert role. While we the admin team could reply, June wished to type her own reply which I have pasted below. Thanks for the concern looking out for our community. <3
Hi! gagreelTheatre (June!!) here!
I just wanted to type a thing real quick: I was part of the conversation when it came to closing the BWS June role. I love June (obviously) with my entire heart, but from my personal experience, I felt like sometimes it felt, redundant to have two Egberts. I use to be John and now I’m June, but I’m still basically the same person! So while I loved expressing myself, I always felt sort of painted into a corner of having to sing about being trans or being a girl, to make myself different from ‘John’.
In a group, it’s difficult to not compare yourself to the people around you, especially a role that’s basically the same as you. I personally had a lot of mental obstacles to get over this nagging insecurity that I was a diet Egbert. That’s part of why I agreed with the decision to close the role after I retired, which again I want to reiterate was entirely my choice. I was free to stay and sing as long as I wanted, but it was time for me to go.
That’s not to say there should never be a June singing blog though! If someone has the passion and drive, they by all means should be able to go out and express themselves on a fun character blog!
Just because ‘BroadwayStuck’ might not have a June role, doesn’t mean she’s not out there singing!!
