A podcast FOR THE MAKERS! Join Seeded Productions co-founders Leah Beth Etheredge and Rachel Gifford as they interview artists and creatives on their processes and inspirations. We hope this podcast encourages you to listen well and tell your stories! Make a tax deductible donation on our website: www.seededproductions.com
Evan Bertram is a NY based actor, singer, and dancer. She has traveled around the regional theatre circuit for a few years and is currently touring with the national tour of My Fair Lady (ensemble, u/s Eliza Doolittle). Some of her credits include The Secret Garden (ACT of CT), Million Dollar Quartet (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Gateway Playhouse), and Bright Star (Riverside Theatre). She is engaged to the love of her life and is so happy to be traveling the country performing together! Evan's socials: IG: @evbertram Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Michael Sanky is a comedian, writer, musician, and actor based in New York City. Michael has a background in improv, sketch, and character comedy from the Upright Citizens Brigade and the Groundlings. You can find him regularly performing in comedy venues across NYC, including on his solo show “Make The Cut,” which performed to packed and pleased audiences. He also created and hosts Spell Checc, a game show that's a spelling bee meets try-not-to-laugh challenge. Outside of comedy, Michael is also an award-winning multi-instrumentalist, arranger and musical director, playing venues including Carnegie Hall, Boston Symphony Hall, and Berklee Performance Center. Creatively, the medium isn't a constraint, Michael just loves using art to connect, comfort and convict as the moment calls. Michael's socials: IG: @michaelsanky www.michaelsanky.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Sophie Lee Morris is a proud member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA. Sophie is currently the vacation swing with the first national tour of Jagged Little Pill. Select credits include: “Gossip Girl” (Co-Star), “Law & Order: SVU” (Supporting), “Gotham” (Co-Star), Slanted! Enchanted!: A Payment Musical directed by Alex Ross Perry, National Touring Company of Chicago (Mona), National Touring Company of Dirty Dancing (u/s Baby, Lisa; Swing) and The Sound of Music (Liesl, Asolo Rep.) Proud company member of Thistle Dance Company and graduate of TCU (Go Frogs!) Sophie's socials: IG: @sophie.lee.morris www.SophieLeeMorris.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Natalie Weiss gained an international following from her performance videos and popular YouTube web series, "Breaking Down The Riffs®". As a private vocal coach and master class teacher, she trains performers across the US and throughout the world. Natalie guides singers with her trademarked method to break down riffs & runs from pop icons and often refers to her mission as “Pop Singing For Dummies.” Natalie is one of the most sought-after voices among new musical theatre writers and is a soloist on several albums by numerous new musical theatre composers. She recently completed a run as the Witch in Paramount Theatre's production of Into The Woods. She is part of the vocal ensemble on the acclaimed soundtrack for The Greatest Showman, can be heard on the Original Broadway Cast recording of Dear Evan Hansen as one of the Virtual Community Voices and is one of 4 singers on the main jingles for The Incredibles 2. Other credits include Everyday Rapture on Broadway (u/s Menonettes), Emojiland off-Broadway (Construction Worker), tours of Les Miserables (swing) and Wicked (ensemble/u/s Elphaba) and regional productions of Ghost and Chess. She was also a semi-finalist on American Idol Season 4. Natalie received her BFA in musical theatre from Penn State University. Natalie's socials: IG / TikTok: @TheNatalieWeiss www.natalieweissofficial.com Documentary: www.thatbreakthrough.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
John Reed: Born in Houston, Texas, John relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 2004 and studied all facets of dance, singing and acting graduate from the Federation University Arts Academy in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre. His Australian theater credits include Funny Girl (The Production Company), Merrily We Roll Along (Watch This!), Jesus Christ Superstar (The Production Company), Songs for Swingin' Lovers (Stageart) and ‘Action'/‘Riff understudy' in West Side Story on Sydney Harbour (Opera Australia). John is an inaugural member of the Melbourne Shakespeare Company, having performed in their productions of A Midsummer Night's Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet and King Lear. As a choreographer, credits include Black rock (EbbFlow Theatre Co), Love's Labour's Lost, The Taming of the Shrew, As You Like It, The Winter's Tale and The Comedy of Errors (Melbourne Shakespeare Company). John has also been teaching since the age of 19 lives in New York City and made his US theater debut in Guys and Dolls (Plaza Theatricals) and Something Rotten (FPAC) where he both served as Dance Captain. John's socials: IG: @jdreeed www.johnreedactor.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Annell Moya is a singer, songwriter and actress from Cape Town that currently resides in the USA for educational purposes. She is a AMDA graduate and has since been featured in children theatre shows such as Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel and many more. With a passion for music, Annell has released her debut single 'Heartbreak before love' in March 2023 which received support from publications such as Hype Magazine, IOL and many more. The single serves as the lead single to her forthcoming EP 'Now Not Yet' which can be expected in late 2023. Annell's socials: IG: @annellmoya Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
We're starting Season THREE of The "For the Makers" Podcast with an incredible guest. We can't wait for you to hear his story. Timothy "Hae Chan” Lee was born and raised in South Korea until the age of 12. He moved to America and found his love for sining and dancing which led him to Musical Theatre. He is fluent in both English and Korean. He has an NYU Masters in music vocal performance, a BFA in musical theatre from Cal State Fullerton and is a full time private voice teacher in New York. Credits include KPOP Broadway, Miss Saigon, Noble Family, and the National Tour of Rudolph. Tim's socials: IG: @Tim_haechanlee Tic Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tim_haechanleee Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
We're starting Season THREE of The "For the Makers" Podcast with a BONUS episode because we simply cannot wait until the second Friday of October to share this one with you! Brianna Kothari Barnes works professionally as an actor, singer-songwriter, and composer/lyricist. She was a 2021 Finalist for The Jonathan Larson Grant. Her debut album, Hierophanies: Manifestations of the Sacred, made the first round on the 2021 GRAMMY Awards® ballot for consideration under Best Contemporary Christian Album. Her recent writing credits include the book, music, and lyrics for Rathskeller: A Musical Elixir which was recently featured in The SheAtlanta Summer Theater Festival and the music and lyrics for the Drama Desk nominated Off-Broadway musical, Walking With Bubbles, which won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award Winner for Best Solo Performance. Brianna has performed professionally around the country at Florida Studio Theater, The Engeman Theater, The Wick Theater, Theatre Aspen, and Capital Repertory Theater and starred as Lucy in The National Tour of A Charlie Brown Christmas. She is headed to Maltz Jupiter Theater this winter to play Carole King in Beautiful: The Carole King Musical. Brianna's socials: IG: @brianna_barnes_ www.Brianna-Barnes.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Mariah Muehler is a versatile and passionate artist hailing from Northern California. She discovered her love for performing at a young age, performing in her community's musical theatre productions. In high school, she wrote and produced her own pop album, but it was her classical voice training in college that ultimately led her to fall in love with opera. After applying to 13 grad schools, she moved to Canada to pursue a Master's in Opera Performance from the University of British Columbia. Since then, she moved to New York and has performed with companies such as Bronx Opera, Savannah VOICE Festival, VHRP Live!, and sang at Carnegie Hall. Mariah's socials: IG: @mariahmuehler TikTok: @nyc_soprano mariahmuehler.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Amy Helms is a New York-based actor and playwright with her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training Program. Favorite credits include Sophie Scholl in We Will Not Be Silent, Catherine in A View from the Bridge, Ruth Hoch in Book of Days and Viola in Twelfth Night. Her play, The Feeling Variations, is currently in development for a staged reading with New Thread's Theatre Company while a 10-minute version of her play, Between In Between, has been selected for the Redland's Theatre Festival/New Thread's Theatre New Works Contest and Festival. In her free time, Amy works for a Venture Capital firm, reads avidly and hosts sourdough bread eating parties for her friends. Recently, she has started to quilt and is loving every minute! Amy's socials: IG: @speakingof_amy Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Sydney Kirkegaard is a theater and commercial actor from Milwaukee, WI, and got her BFA in Musical Theater at TCU. Sydney has performed in venues across the country including the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Riverside Theater, Lyric Stage, Skylight Music Theater, and most notably, alongside Phish at Madison Square Garden. She also works as a voice over artist for video games, anime cartoons and tv commercials including characters in American Girl, One Piece and Cousins. She has trained in all styles of dance for 17 years and continues to train/assist classes at BDC. Sydney's socials: IG: @sydkirkegaard Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Grace Copeland is a director/producer of both theatrical media and live shows based in New York City. To support her own creative endeavors, she accepts commissions for theater photography and dance films. Grace has no background in theater or dance and has stumbled into the arts industry through God's favor and good friends who believed in her before she believed in herself. She is currently producing a series of dance films called Dance In Development, which supports theatermakers developing new work by creating dance films of original songs written for the stage. She is also producing a dance series called Unpolished Movement Portraits that celebrates the humanity of movement artists. Grace has been a selected artist twice for Rockefeller Center's annual Flag Project photo exhibit. Her live show credits include Ryan Dunn: A Seasonal Playlist and IJM x Broadway, a Broadway benefit concert for International Justice Mission. She wants to create in a way that always loves the artists more than the art. Grace's socials: IG: @gcope.nyc www.gcope.nyc Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Josh Dunn is a creator, producer, and performer. On stage, he was most recently seen in the world premiere of The Wanderer at Papermill Playhouse. He was also in the national tour of Finding Neverland and the off-Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey. Last summer, he premiered a new physical theatre/vaudeville piece at Little Island as a part of their pop-up performance series. His forthcoming work, Scrape the Sky, will premiere at Jefferson Market Library. Josh is the founder of Criss Cross, an NYC-based arts company producing opportunities for collaboration and education. He is on the leadership team for Renaissance, a creative collective of redemptive artists in Manhattan fostering communion and creation. He is passionate about giving artists a platform to share and connect. Josh's socials: IG: @joshuajdunn; @crisscrossnyc www.joshuajdunn.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Carly Natania Grossman is a New York based actor, dancer, creator, performer, upcycled clothing maker, tom foolery enthusiast. She graduated with her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. Credits include Lala (The Last Night of Ballyhoo), Zaneeta (The Music Man), Julia (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), understudy Carissa (My 80 Year Old Boyfriend), Eponine (Les Mis), Dorothy (The Wizard of Oz), and Gladys (The Pajama Game). Carly's socials: IG: @carlynatania www.carlynataniagrossman.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Jillian Paige is the Founder of Meisner in Music, the premier class to infuse the Meisner technique with singing. Jillian received her master's in music theatre from Oklahoma City University, her bachelor's in classical vocal performance from Belmont University, and studied Meisner under Terry Martin (a direct pupil of Meisner's), and Ted Wold. Jillian is based out of New York City and has performed with companies such as Actors Theatre of Louisville, the Nashville Opera, and Kentucky Opera. She is passionate about helping singers maintain beautiful singing while achieving emotional freedom and impulsivity in the moment. The study referenced in this episode is "Enhancing Empathy and Theory of Mind" by Thalia Goldstein & Ellen Winner. Meisner in Music's socials: IG: @meisnerinmusic Tiktok: @Meisnerinmusic www.meisnerinmusic.com Summer Intensive happening online and in NYC the first three weeks in August. Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Ryan Dunn is an NYC-based actor, singer/songwriter, and arranger. Professional acting credits include Laurie in Little Women: The Musical (Everblue Arts), Prentiss in Peter & The Starcatcher, Luke/Dust Bunny in Dory Phantasmagory (NYCCT), and Featured Performer in Revelation: The Musical (Off-Bway). Songwriting and arranging credits include his original concept album “A Seasonal Playlist” (Greenroom 42), arrangements for Shakespeare's The Tempest (Alabama School of the Arts), original music for Hephzibah House Ministries, and Christmas arrangements for Church of the City New York. Ryan's socials: IG: @dunn_with_the_puns Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website for more info www.seededproductions.com IG: @seeded.productions MERCH! Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Welcome to SEASON TWO (!!!) of The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Antonio Brown. Antonio Emerson Brown is a multicultural ball of sunshine who can't help but tell a good story. Storytelling is more than his passion: he can't stop even if he tried. Some of his favorite shows include West Side Story (Porthouse Theatre), Altar Boyz (Short North Stage), and Band Geeks (Everblue Theatre) If you can't find him performing, you can see him spending time at the Drama Book Shop looking for some new plays to read, or gaming on his custom made PC (Hobbit PR 49:48:217). Antonio's career would not be possible without the countless people who have supported him and continue to support him, including, but not limited to, his family, friends, and the many, many patrons at his day job that wish him good luck in his endeavors every day. Your support means more than you will ever know. Antonio's socials: IG: @antonioebrown Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded.productions Make a tax deductible donation HERE.
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Jeff Sundheim. Jeff is a one of a kind dad pun. Ready to give you laughs you never asked for. And awkward moments of time you'll never get back. He's performed for many a year. Now he's been in education for many a more year. He's ready to bring the joy back to Joy's hangers. Aka that one Jennifer Lawrence movie. Jeff's socials: IG: @jeffsundheim Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded.productions Producers: Seeded Productions, LLC Todd & Tina Gifford
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Kimberly Yates. Kimberly Yates is a New York based actress. Some of her favorite projects include the LA premiere of The Mistakes Madeline Made by Elizabeth Meriweather, creator of New Girl, the New York Premiere of Fabuloso at the Irish Repertory Theatre, The Cherry Orchard playing opposite Jim Parsons, The Woolgatherer playing opposite Bradley Cooper, playing alongside Sue Galloway in the Wonder of the World and Criminal Minds', Kirsten Vangsness in the Inv:s:ble Play. She can be heard in tons of anime features including Evangelion, Gunsmith Cats and Read or Die for which she won the Dubbie Award for Best Voice Actress in a Leading Role. She's the acting coach for clients including A$AP Rocky, Jack Whitehall and 2 time Emmy winner Tamara Braun. One of the founding members of the improv team High Status and their spinoff podcast called, High Tea. She gave a TedxTalk called Re-Learning Forgiveness. She graduated with a Masters of Sacred Theology from General Theological Seminary in May of 2022 and won the historic Seymour Prize for Extemporaneous Preaching. She has written the book Rivers of Life: A 40 day devotional, the film Relatively Speaking starring Jim Parsons, and was commissioned to write the short film “Kissing.” She has recently workshopped her first full length play: La Joie: A Play about Suffering. It is based on the Chagall painting named La Joie, so if the title is hard to pronounce blame it on him. Kimberly's socials: Website: Kimberly-yates.com IG: @kimberlyyat La Joie IG: @playlajoie Ted Talk on YouTube IMDb Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded.productions Podcast Producers: Seeded Productions, LLC Todd & Tina Gifford Huge thank you to Cultivate NYC for allowing us to use their space and equipment!
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Danielle Bees. Danielle Bees is a Sofia Symphonic Summit 2023 Composer, an ICEBERG Institute 2022 Composer, an Alba Festival 2021 Composition Fellow, and an ICon Arts Transylvania Academy 2020 Composer in Residence. Her music for the concert hall, film, and theatre has been performed throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. She has worked with notable ensembles such as Trio Immersio, The Julius Quartet, Transient Canvas, the Hub New Music Ensemble, the RSNO Ensemble, and the Edinburgh Quartet, and collaborated with actors, directors, and writers alike. Danielle holds a Bachelor of Music from the Greatbatch School of Music at Houghton College and a Master of Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Danielle's socials: Website: daniellebees.com IG: @djbees YouTube: @daniellebees Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded.productions
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Jonathan Hogue. Jonathan Hogue is a theatrical producer, writer, and director with a passion for new work development and creative branding. He carries 4+ years of experience in Executive, Administrative, Marketing, and Production Assistant positions on Broadway as well as with Williamstown Theatre Festival, the Joffrey Ballet School, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Production Glue, and is currently completing his MFA in Theatre Management & Producing at Columbia University. He is also the writer (book/score) and lead producer of Stranger Sings! The Parody Musical (Winner - 2021 BroadwayWorld Off-Broadway Award for Best New Musical) now playing a hit extended run off-Broadway, with international productions running concurrently in the UK and Australia. Other projects in development include Camp Nightmare, a jukebox parody musical riffing on 1980's slasher films; and The Nations, a drama loosely based on his experiences as an aid worker across three continents, which received its virtual world-premiere in Spring 2021. He has also produced the NY Premiere of Jay Stull's The Singularity Play (Columbia University New Play Festival 2022) as well as a series of virtual one-acts for Theatrical Resources Unlimited's 2021 TRUSpeak Benefit (featuring Ann Harada, Brenda Braxton, and Robert Cuccioli), and has served as a reader for the TRU Voices and Williamstown Theatre Festival Weissberger New Play awards. Jonathan's socials: IG and Twitter: @jthogue Strager Sings's socials: IG and TikTok: @strangersingsmusical Twitter: @strangersings Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded_productions
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Rachel Lind. Rachel is an actor/writer based out of NYC. Originally from the great Pacific Northwest, she grew up loving theatre and telling everyone about it through song and dance (whether they asked for it or not). She is the recipient of a KCACTF Irene Ryan Nomination, and has trained with The Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade. Recent acting credits include Maria Rainer in The Sound of Music, The Baker's Wife in Into the Woods, and her solo shows I'm An Only Child and The Julie Andrews Tribute Show. As a writer, her credits include The Twilight Zoom with The Second City Chicago, her plays Taylor Swift at a Bar... and Men in Khakis, and several screenplays ready to be produced (Netflix, call me). On the side, Rachel loves coffee shop hopping, leading worship, and watching the Sandra Bullock filmography. Her goals are to be in one of the Knives Out films and to see Emily Blunt win the Oscar she so rightly deserves. Rachel's socials: IG: @rachellindnyc Website: https://www.rachel-lind.com Seeded Productions, LLC: Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: @seeded_productions
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Carly Speno. Carly is a writer, fierce champion of artists, and 1/3 of Seeded Productions. An artist by design since the moment she experienced the magic of theatre at 6 years old, artistry has taken many shapes since then, and now it's really the curiosity and yearning for life that fuels her creative soul. Carly believes we are all artists, inherently. After experiencing the intoxicating energy of living in New York City, being a part-time producer, part-time event manager for a start-up, part-time yoga studio cleaner, and full-time explorer; Carly decided to put all her things into storage and find out what else was out there. These days, she works remotely as the Marketing Director for WinterWonderGrass festival, as well as a freelance content writer. When she's feeling creative, Carly loves to write, dance, make a long, leisurely breakfast, hang out with dogs, and spend time in the sun. Carly's socials: IG: @pitno_speen; @winterwondergrass Blog: https://forallsheis.blogspot.com/ Seeded Productions Visit our website to support us on Patreon: www.seededproductions.com And follow us on Instagram: IG: @seeded_productions
Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Hosts Leah Beth Etheredge and Rachel Gifford give you a taste of what's to come in Season 1 of the podcast. Visit www.seededproductions.com for more information on our production company and to learn how to support us on Patreon (dropping March 10th, 2023 along with Episode 1!)