Sometimes, to make a good story great, you need a plot twist.
For Brisa Trinchero, who was living her dream as singer, the twist was an MBA in finance. What might seem like a major departure was actually part of Brisa’s plan to land dream job No. 2 (yes, she’s really that lucky!) as the driving force behind the curtain in the world of theater. Having climbed the ladder post-graduation from office assistant to running the largest musical theater company in Portland, Brisa felt like she’d hit “a home run.” And then, like so many, dreams of Broadway’s “Great White Way” started song-and-dancing through her head.
So, Brisa jumped and moved from the flannel of Portland to the glitz of NYC. Within two years, she had her first Tony Award as a Broadway producer. And if you’re keeping track, Brisa’s current role as a producer for some of Broadway’s biggest shows marks dream job No. 3 in a career that shows no signs of slowing down.
More than a portion of Brisa’s success comes from a continual drive to work toward the next big thing. “I see each ‘I made it’ moment as the time to find the next big challenge, which allows me to always be discovering something new,” she says.