Werking Artist

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Created and hosted by Melissa Crespo, Werking Artist is a podcast dedicated to working and thriving as a theater artist. Each episode features interviews with different artists facing everything from critics, climate change, parenting and more.

Melissa Crespo


    • May 19, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 42m AVG DURATION
    • 23 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Werking Artist

    EP 23: Sloppy Bonnie by Krista Knight

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2021 34:42


    Playwright Krista Knight talks about her upcoming production of her play SLOPPY BONNIE

    Ep 22: We Play Ourselves by Jen Silverman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 43:03


    Guest Host, Sarah Rose Leonard interviews writer Jen Silverman about her debut novel, "We Play Ourselves."

    Ep 21: Artistic Stamp

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2021 33:07


    Composer and lyricist Tim Huang talks about his recent collaboration with Artistic Stamp, co-founded by stage director Shelley Butler

    Ep 20: BIPOC Critics Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 31:07


    Brittani Samuels, Steven Vargas, and Ana Zambrana talk about their experience in the BIPOC Critics Lab, spearheaded by writer Jose SolĂ­s.

    Ep 19: Active Listening with Karinne Keithley Syers & Melisa Tien

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2021 37:39


    Karinne Keithley Syers & Melisa Tien talk about Active Listening, a New Dramatists podcast series that experiments with plays for the ear.

    Ep 18: 2020 Keen Playwrights Lab

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2020 38:01


    Playwrights Karen Hartman, Lisa Ramirez, and Ken Urban talk about their experience in the 2020 Keen Playwrights Lab.

    Ep 17: Jocelyn Bioh's Nollywood Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2020 32:42


    Playwright and Actress Jocelyn Bioh talks about her play NOLLYWOOD DREAMS at MCC Theater, postponed due to COVID-19

    Ep 16: Immigrants Get the Job Done

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 10, 2020 48:19


    Founders of the See Lighting Foundation, Cha See and Rodrigo Munoz, explain the unfortunate circumstances immigrant artists face during the pandemic.

    Ep 15 - Hey Zoomers! It's Black Feminist Video Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2020 37:18


    Darrel Alejandro Holnes and Victoria Collado tell Melissa how they turned a workshop lost to the pandemic into a fulfilling virtual experience

    Ep 14: Never Alone Onstage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 41:10


    Nora El Samahy talks with Melissa about her show 9 PARTS OF DESIRE that was forced to close due to covid-19 after four nights of previews at Portland Center Stage.

    Ep 13: The 2020 Kilroys List

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2020 44:35


    Kilroys members Jaclyn Backhaus & Obehi Janice discuss The 2020 List with Melissa in partnership with 3Views on Theater.

    3Views & Intimate Apparel's Kearstin Piper Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2020 32:07


    In partnership with 3Views on Theater, Melissa talks with singer Kearstin Piper Brown from Lincoln Center's suspended production of Intimate Apparel

    Ep 11: Mo Money Mo Werk

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2019 45:03


    Elaine Grogan Luttrall, a CPA and accredited financial counselor who runs Minerva Financial Arts, a company that helps creative individuals with the business and money side of their creativity, breaks down the ins and outs of a werking artist's wallet.

    Ep 10: Grants Better Have My Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2019 49:06


    Ryan Fogarty, a playwright who also works in development, helps de-mystify the grant seeking process along with tips for getting money that is meant for artists.

    Ep 9: The Business of Opera & Theater

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019 53:54


    Vid Guerrerio, Writer, breaks down the intersection of commerce and art, especially in the opera world.

    Ep 8: To MFA or not to MFA? A Director's Perspective.

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2019 57:47


    Zi Alikhan, Director, talks with Melissa about the pros and cons of MFA Programs in the Theater.

    Ep 7: Medical Appropriation Onstage

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2019 46:46


    David Harrell, Actor, Writer and Disability Advocate breaks down how performers with disabilities are viewed onstage and off.

    Ep 6: Reviews I Can't Use

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2019 38:19


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    Ep 5: Werking Out Criticism in the Arts

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2019 57:35


    Sarah Ruhl, Playwright and Cassie da Costa, Critic, break down the state of criticism in the arts.

    Ep 4: Werking Artist vs Parent Artist, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2019 46:18


    Lear deBessonet, Founder of Public Works, and Tommy McGinn, Actor, continue our discussion about raising children--and caring for others in general-- while making theater.

    Ep 3: Werking Artist vs Parent Artist, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2019 50:06


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    Ep 2: How to Make Art on a Dying Planet?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2019 63:53


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    Ep 1: What is a Werking Artist?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2019 16:51


    Melissa Crespo asks why do theater today, and what to expect Season 1

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