Growing up in Orange, in NSW's central west, Ms Orton loved the theatre and would be part of shows all around the city...something she hoped not too many would recall.

"I used to perform, which a lot of people at home will probably remember which makes me cringe to my core," she joked.

But it's her work behind the scenes that has landed her a job with arguably the biggest musical in the world.

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One day before the state was plunged into its mid-2021 COVID lockdown, Ms Orton signed on to work as part of the sound team for the Australian production of Hamilton.

"It made lockdown ending a bit sweeter to be able to come back into this." she said.

"Our team mic up the whole cast and throughout the show we monitor the microphones to make sure nothing is breaking or sweating out and if that comes up and happens, because it does happen, then someone fixes it before it gets to the stage so that the audience's experience isn't impacted."

The road that led her to this point was far from ordinary, with jobs manging venues and working at comedy festivals to name a couple."I left school and went to uni to study audio but ended up dropping out. I just found that I wasn't learning enough about live production which is where I wanted to end up," she said on her decision to leave Orange and move to Sydney.

"I didn't want to be in the studio, I had way too much energy for that, to just sit in a room all day."

She believes her timing growing up out west has kept her grounded.

"Being from Orange gives me an appreciation for how large this experience is," she added.

"I still think going to the theatre and being in the theatre is the coolest thing in the world.

"A lot of people over time become, not complacent about, but forget the magic of the theatre because they've been to theatre shows their whole life and they grew up around it in the city where everything is big and shiny and flashy.

"In Orange it's more community based which is great, but to be on something this big, I never think that's the norm because it's just not."

She offered some advice for anyone else looking to follow their dreams.

"In general, I am somebody who loves their job. I don't think this in an industry that you last in if you don't love it, because it is quite demanding, the hours are weird, the times are weird, your contracts are bizarre and usually work is unpredictable," Ms Orton added.

"If anyone else wants to leave and do something that they can't necessarily do in Orange, it's really intimidating.

"I thought it was really scary to be doing it on my own, but you have to do it, you have to try because if you don't, you're always going to wonder 'what if'."

She offered up special praise for two people in particular who helped her become what she is today.

"My interest in production can really be credited to Craig Honeysett who runs Dotted Eight Studio and John Carter who runs 4 on the 4loor," Ms Orton added.

"I used to work at Dotted Eight and just seeing Craig work in the studio and having him showing me mixes and letting me help out all the time made me realise production is a career and I felt far more comfortable on that side of things than on stage.

"John gave me opportunities to perform, which I definitely feel like I butchered, but he had all the faith in the world in me."