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Singer/songwriter Kate Voegele gets to add another line to her growing resume as she makes a seven-episode guest appearance on the CW series “One Tree Hill.”

“I heard about the audition from my manager and he encouraged me to do it, though I thought it was a long shot,” said the 21-year old during a phone interview from Los Angeles. “I was totally floored to find out that I got it.”

Voegele plays Mia, a (what else) singer/songwriter, who gets signed to the label of one of the show’s regular characters.

“She was really fun to play,” said Voegele, who studied at Miami University for two years. “In some ways she’s a lot like me, but she starts out very quiet and timid and I’m a really outgoing person, so it was really cool to be able to do something so different.

“As the story goes on, she gets to come out of her shell a little bit.”

Except for a couple of high school plays, Voegele said she’s not done any acting at all and was surprised by the feedback.

“When I was auditioning, the creator of the show said, ‘I know that music is your gig, but you could really do this, too,’” she said.

Voegele hopes that being on the show, however, will boost her recording career. Six of her songs will be featured in her story arc and her debut album, “Don’t Look Away,” will be re-released on Jan. 22, the date of her “One Tree Hill” debut, with a new cover that will reflect her role on the show.“‘One Tree Hill’ has been a great vehicle for new artists that have hit the spotlight yet,” she said.

AlThough it was a great experience, she said she’s not rushing out to every audition.she can just yet

“Right now, I’m focused on the record, but it’s definitely something I enjoyed doing and would love to do more in the future,” she said.

Voegele, 21, is from the Cleveland area and spent two years at Miami University in Oxford before taking what she thought would be a one-year hiatus this school year to focus on her musical career, but now, she said, her education may be on hold indefinitely.