Artist profile: Billie Wildrick

Billie Wildrick is a 2000 graduate of Western Washington University's Fairhaven College. For nearly 10 years, she's been in featured roles or has starred at The 5th Avenue Theatre, the premiere venue in Seattle for launching musical theater shows that eventually go on to Broadway in New York.

This season, she performs in "A Christmas Story: The Musical," based on the 1983 movie that has its origins in Jean Shepherd's stories about his boyhood in Cleveland. The play runs through Dec. 30 at The 5th Avenue.