Emma Benson Shares the Secrets of Swinging Nine Roles in HEATHERS

How do Broadway understudies survive? The gig isn't easy! Understudies and swings are some of the hardest working performers on Broadway (and beyond), having to be ready to go on at a moment's notice, often for multiple tracks. Think you could swing it?

In this episode, we're checking in with Emma Benson, who is the swing for nine tracks in Heathers- six ensemble characters, Martha Dunnstock, Ms. Fleming, and Heather McNamara. What's it like covering so many roles?

"When you're covering a principal track, I think the first thing you can do is get comfortable with their language," she explained to BroadwayWorld. "The writing in this show is so important and every one of these characters has such a unique voice. You should hone in  on that character and how they see the world and try to see things through their lens."