West End’s rising star Nathania Ong, 25, will be the new Eliza Hamilton in the ongoing production of the ground-breaking award-winning musical Hamilton at the Victoria Palace Theatre in London.

“I am not throwing away my shot,” the Singaporean singer-actress wrote in an Instagram announcement about her coup on May 8. The line references the well-known mantra of the titular Alexander Hamilton, when he raps about his hopes and reservations for the future as a young immigrant from the West Indies to New York City.