Podcasts about Alabama Shakespeare Festival

Joshua: Joshua is a diverse, singing actor who has worked on Broadway and regionally at esteemed theaters such as Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Theatre Under the Stars, Folger Theatre, Triad Stage, and Signature Theatre. His television appearances include "FBI," "Law and Order," "Law and Order: Organized Crime," "Law and Order: SVU," "Lincoln Rhyme," and HBO's "Paterno." Joshua co-founded and served as Artistic Director of the Helen Hayes Award-winning No Rules Theatre Company in Washington, DC, and Winston-Salem, NC. Mike Labbadia (co-host) an actor, producer, writer and filmmaker, a “multipassionate” you can say. As a company member of BEDLAM he's appeared Off-Broadway in shows from Arcadia to Julius Caesar. Regional work includes Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Gulfshore Playhouse, Penguin Rep and Virginia Rep. He's in the upcoming film "On the End" with Tim Blake Nelson. As a producer he's had films premiere at prestigious festivals around the world. In this episode, we discuss these "Rules" actors should break: 06:15 - Rule 1 - Don't pitch yourself Sent 37 self pitching emails, without an agent, and booked a Broadway show 9:03 - Rule 2 - Don't complain to our Reps 12:45 - Rule 3 - We can only be one "kind of artist" 17:15 - Rule 4 - Wait until you have a big project to grow an audience 21:20 - Rule 5 - Don't actively pursue industry relationships 15:52 - Rule 6 - Take on Gig work to support your career 30:29 - Rule 7 - Let the Industry define you as an artist PODCAST DESCRIPTION: “CREATIVE RISK”, is a new podcast hosted by actors Joshua Morgan and Mike Labbadia of Artist's Strategy where they explore all things art, entrepreneurialism and everything in between. The acting industry is more volatile and competitive than ever before, therefore the artist must evolve in order to take radical ownership over their creative businesses. Each episode, Mike and Joshua will get raw and unfiltered, giving hot takes and cutting edge strategies on how to build a sustainable career in the arts.  Guest: For Joshua Morgan : Website IMDb Instagram Broadway World For Podcast: Spotify Apple Podcasts Youtube Instagram TikTok Host: Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneMiller⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MentorsontheMic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@MichelleSimoneM⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook page:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ www.michellesimonemiller.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.mentorsonthemic.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Youtube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a clip of the Creative Risk podcast. If you like this episode, check out my episode on their podcast" Apple Podcasts Spotify --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michelle-miller4/support

Today In Focus welcomes Quin Gresham, the new Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival,. He talks with Carolyn Hutcheson about the holiday favorite, "A Christmas Carol," playing through Dec. 29, and about his vision for broad community involvement in ASF, Alabama's State Theater. 

A 1961 Rolls Royce is at the center of the story of "Zelda in the Backyard," a world premiere play this month at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival.  Playwright Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder talks with Carolyn Hutcheson of In Focus about her semi-autobiographical story.

Hello listeners! This week's guest is Kira Rockwell! Kira (she/her) is a neurodivergent playwright, originally from the heart of Texas. Through a trauma informed, healing centered lens, she aims to nurture communal spaces that disrupt passivity and empower agency. This summer she will develop her play WICKED BITTER BEAST(S) with Alabama Shakespeare Festival. Her play, OH TO BE PURE AGAIN, was developed with The Kennedy Center, National New Play Network, and Great Plains Theatre Commons. It premiered at Actor's Express in 2023 going on to win the Gene Gabriel Moore Playwriting Award. Rockwell's work is often based on her nuanced experiences growing up in "culty" Pentecostal Christian Communities. She is based in Atlanta with her creative husband and their sweet lab pit. When she's not writing, she's probably trying to talk to a caterpillar. Additional Links:  Kira's recent spotlight in American Theatre Magazine Insta: @kirarockwell website: www.kirarockwell.com Kira's plays on NPX GLISTEN Cho - new play "Screen Time" Sam - Slime mold Kira - experiments with ChatGPT! ________________________ Please support Beckett's Babies by reviewing, sharing an episode with your friends, or follow us on Instagram or Threads: @beckettsbabies As always, we would love to hear from you!  Send us your questions or thoughts on playwriting, and we might discuss it in our next episode. Email: contact@beckettsbabies.com For more info, visit our website: ⁠www.beckettsbabies.com⁠ Theme Music: "Live Like the Kids" by Samuel Johnson, Laura Robertson, Luke O'Dea (APRA) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/beckettsbabies/support

On this special episode of In Focus, we remember musician, educator, and longtime supporter of Troy Public Radio, Randy Foster.  Joining host Carolyn Hutcheson to remember Foster are Layne Holley, Director of Marketing and Communication at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival and Sam Wooten, Artistic Director at the Cloverdale Playhouse.

--Guest: Reginald L. Barnes - Follow/Contact IG : @Reggieonthemove, FB: @Reginald.L.BarnesIMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2407879/ — Omaha native, Reginald L. Barnes, is a man on the move and most recently featured in the AUDELCO nominated "Mecca Is BURNING" (Negro Ensemble Company).  Select Stage: "Black Angels Over Tuskegee" (Actors Temple), "B-Boy Blues The Play" (47th Street Theatre),  "Shoebox Picnic: Roadside: Route One" [world premiere] (Alabama Shakespeare Festival) , "Mitchelville" [world premiere] (Lean Ensemble Hilton Head), AUDELCO nominated "Timeless: The Mystery of the Dark Water" (Black Spectrum) and New York Times Critics pick "The Transfiguration of Benjamin Banneker" (La Mama Theater).  Recent TV credits include FBI: Most Wanted and Blue Bloods (CBS), Saturday Night Live (NBC), The Night Of (HBO) and Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Hulu).  Also catch him on the silver screen in Make America Black Again (2019 WMIFF Best Supporting Actor), Chintu Ka Birthday (India, 2020),  Steven Speilberg's West Side Story (2021), Vendetta Games (2020)and Little Ukraine (2022) - currently streaming on all platforms. Reginald is eternally grateful and resides in Brooklyn. Follow Reginald on Instagram and most platforms @ReggieOnTheMove. Love and Light to you all.  ---—-- --***Live Chat with Us Every week...on @OneMicNite YouTube Channel -----Music: Audio Podcast : by Daniel Howse : www.youtube.comprofessorsoramusic ** OneMicNite Theme Song "Chance" & Background Song "Kanye" and OneMicNite theme song “Halftime” Host --Contact/ Follow Marcos on IG/Fb/IMdb/Twitter/TikTok: @MarcosLuis —Show: OneMicNite Podcast with Marcos Luis *Contact/Follow: IG/Fb/Twitter/Tumbler/LinkedIn/Youtube/TikTok @OneMicNite www.OneMicnite.com - - ** Listen to Audio Podcast: Available wherever you download , all digital platforms.. ** Support Us Now: http:www.Anchor.fm/onemicnitetalk ---Follow/Contact -- The Show: All Social Media Fb/Ig/Twitter/Tumbler/TikTok/ *** watch the episodes on Youtube @OneMicNite & www.OneMicNite.com****Please Support this Podcast: PayPal/ Zell Pay: MarcosStarActor@gmail.com Venmo @ Marcoso-Luis-1 CashApp : $MarcosLuis1 Please Visit: The AzulesEn Online store to find Products that Compliment your Lifestyle: Link ⁠https://azulesen.myshopify.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/onemicnite/support

Katie checks in with former actor and director, arts manager (Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Arts West), and author, Alan Harrison, on his new book, Scene Change: Why Today's Non-Profit Arts Organizations Have to Stop Producing Art and Start Producing Impact.

This week, playwright, poet, and author Pearl Cleage discusses her life and career with Remy Bumppo Theatre Artistic Director Marti Lyons. Remy Bumppo staged Cleage's Blues for an Alabama Sky in the fall of 2023. This conversation originally took place September 26, 2023 and was recorded live via Zoom. AWM PODCAST NETWORK HOME More about the speakers: Pearl Cleage (she/her/hers) is an Atlanta-based writer whose plays include POINTING AT THE MOON, WHAT I LEARNED IN PARIS, FLYIN' WEST, BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY, and BOURBON AT THE BORDER, commissioned and directed by Kenny Leon at the Alliance Theatre. She is also the author of A SONG FOR CORETTA, written in 2007 during Cleage's time as Cosby Professor in Women's Studies at Spelman College. Her play, THE NACIREMA SOCIETY REQUESTS THE HONOR OF YOUR PRESENCE AT A CELEBRATION OF THEIR FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS, was commissioned by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and premiered in 2010, in a joint production by the ASF and Atlanta's Alliance Theatre, directed by Susan Booth. Her plays have also been performed at Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Huntington Theatre, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Long Wharf Theatre, Just US Theatre, True Colors Theatre, Bushfire Theatre, the Intiman Theatre, St. Louis Black Repertory Company, and Seven Stages. She is also an accomplished performance artist, often working in collaboration with her husband, writer Zaron W. Burnett, Jr. They have performed at the National Black Arts Festival, the National Black Theatre Festival, and colleges and universities across the country. Cleage and Burnett also collaborated with performance artists Idris Ackamoor and Rhodessa Jones on the script for THE LOVE PROJECT, which premiered at the National Black Theatre Festival in 2008, and is currently touring the country. Cleage is also an accomplished novelist. Her novels include “What Looks Like Crazy on an Ordinary Day,” a New York Times bestseller and an Oprah Book Club selection, “I Wish I Had a Red Dress,” “Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do,” “Babylon Sisters,” “Baby Brother's Blues,” “Seen It All and Done the Rest,” and “Till You Hear from Me.” She is also the author of “Mad at Miles: A Blackwoman's Guide to Truth,” a groundbreaking work of race and gender, and “We Speak Your Names,” a praise poem commissioned by Oprah Winfrey for her 2005 celebration of legendary African American women and written in collaboration with Zaron Burnett. Cleage has also written for magazines, including “Essence,” “Vibe,” “Rap Pages,” and “Ms.” In addition to her work as the founding editor of “Catalyst” magazine, a literary journal, she was a regular columnist for the Atlanta Tribune for ten years, winning many awards for her thought-provoking columns. She has also written for TheDefendersOnLine.com. Cleage has been awarded grants in support of her work from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulton County Arts Council, the Georgia Council on the Arts, the Atlanta Bureau of Cultural Affairs, and the Coca-Cola Foundation. Her work has earned her many awards and honors, including an NAACP Image Award for fiction in 2008. Pearl Cleage is represented by Ron Gwiazda at Abrams Artists Agency in New York City. Her website is www.PearlCleage.net. She also maintains a Facebook fan page. www.pearlcleage.net. Marti Lyons (she/her/hers) most recently directed the world-premiere of Galileo's Daughter by Jessica Dickey at Remy Bumppo, Georgiana and Kitty: Christmas at Pemberly at Northlight Theatre, Wife of a Salesman by Eleanor Burgess at Milwaukee Rep, Sense and Sensibility adapted by Jessica Swale at American Players Theatre and the world-premiere of John Proctor is the Villain by Kimberly Belflower at Studio Theatre in D.C. Marti's other productions include The Niceties by Eleanor Burgess at Writers Theatre; Cymbeline at American Players Theatre; The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe and both the stage and audio productions of Kings by Sarah Burgess at Studio Theatre; the world-premiere of How to Defend Yourself by liliana padilla, a Victory Gardens and Actors Theatre of Louisville co-production; Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee at Victory Gardens and City Theatre; Witch by Jen Silverman at Geffen Playhouse and Writers Theatre (LA Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Direction); Native Gardens by Karen Zacarías at Victory Gardens; Botticelli in the Fire by Jordan Tannahill at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company; I, Banquo at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; Title and Deed by Will Eno at Lookingglass Theatre Company; Laura Marks' Bethany and Mine at The Gift Theatre. Marti is also an ensemble member at The Gift Theatre, and a member of Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. martilyons.com

For episode 066 of Actorcast, we chat with James Bundy, Dean at the Yale School of Drama (recently renamed the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale). I actually borrowed this episode from my previous podcast, Relate with Patrick McAndrew, because it was so chock full of wisdom for actors that I had to bring it over to Actorcast. We chat about common traps for actors, the types of actors Yale's program looks for, and why acting is so helpful in understanding our own humanity. You can learn more about Yale's acting program by visiting https://www.drama.yale.edu/ James Bundy has served as Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre since 2002. He teaches in the Acting program at the School and in the Theater Studies program in Yale College. During his tenure, Yale Rep has produced more than thirty world, American, and regional premieres, nine of which have been honored by the Connecticut Critics Circle as Best Production of the year and two of which have been Pulitzer Prize finalists. James has directed productions at Theater for a New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Acting Company, California Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and The Juilliard School Drama Division.  James is a graduate of Harvard College; he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Yale School of Drama. Follow my work at https://patrick-mcandrew.com.

Rick Dildine, Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about the ASF production of the Broadway hit musical, "Cabaret." He also talked about the ASF summer theater camps.

The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is presenting on its Octagon Stage "Clyde's," a comedy of redemption and second chances, through May 28.  Actresses Phyllis Yvonne Stickney and Alinca Hamilton talk with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about the story and their roles in the play about Clyde's Truck Stop Cafe'.

Actor Greta Lambert came to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in 1985, and as she looks toward retiring in June from her duties as Deputy Artistic Director and Director of Education, she talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about her favorite plays and her current role as Prospero in "The Tempest." Fortunately, she plans to remain in the area, and hopefully, will continue her acting career.

These Wilson Hall Middle School students attended the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of “It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Show” Dec. 1 in Montgomery. They were honored by having the opportunity to meet and have this picture taken with Governor Kay Ivey who was being recognized by the ASF for her support of the arts.Article Link

Published on November 28th, 2022 Provided to Youtube by Double E TV In this episode I interview Actor/Recording Artist Russell Alexander II , we discuss his journey into the world of acting and music. Russell E. Alexander II Actor, Director, Headliner, Singer-Songwriter A Selma, AL native, Russell grew up as the oldest of four and was very active in his home church choir at St. Paul Methodist Church. At the age of 10, Russell relocated to Montgomery, AL where he started to sing in his school choir at Vaughn Road Elementary. Russell got his first taste of theatre during the Summer of 2006, when he was awarded a scholarship to participate in a week-long workshop at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival. While there, Russell participated in acting and costume-making workshops, and rehearsals, which at the end of the week, led to a final performance of Shakespeare's THE TAMING OF THE SHREW where he played the role of "Baptista". Terrance Hill Bio Terrance Hill is a recording artist and writer that describes music as his heartbeat. Hill is also the president and founder of Double E TV to showcase new artists and spread the word of their music. When Terrance Hill isn't writing or recording, you can find him in the gym, working on Double E TV, and spending time with his lovely wife, GuoHua. As a founder and president of Glad Tidings Community Outreach, Hill looks to inspire the community with positivity and inspiration for allDouble E TV Presents "The Stage Is Mine Podcast with Terrance Hill" ℗ 2022 Terrance Hill ✅Hashtags: #thestageisminepodcast #Brazil #brazilianmusic #ministry #international #ohio #recording #entrepreneur #marriage #music #church #love #doubleetvmedia #mom #podcast ✅ Copyright Disclaimer: Copyright Disclaimer under Section 107 of the copyright act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. ✅ Social Media Links: Follow us at social media........ ✅ Social Media Links: Follow us at social media........ Website: http://www.doubleetv.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrancehillthegreat/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/terrancehillthegreat Twitter: https://twitter.com/iminthahillz Double E TV Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/doubleetvmedia Double E TV Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/431861783941255 TikTok https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMJvcEVnE/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KbmUQf... ✅ LINKS to the Podcast and More: https://linktr.ee/inthahillz ✅ Don't forget to subscribe to my channel ✅ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/terrance-hill16/support

A conversation with Valerie Curtis-Newton about the theater's role in a community, Black theater in America today, and more.About the GuestCurrently the Head of Directing at the University of Washington School of Drama, I also serve as the Founding Artistic Director for The Hansberry Project, a professional African American theatre lab. I have worked with professional theatre's across the country including: The Guthrie Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Seattle Rep, Playmakers Repertory Company, Actors' Theatre of Louisville, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Intiman Theatre, Seattle Children's Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, New York Theatre Workshop, and Southern Repertory Theatre among others. Links: https://playmakersrep.org/show/blues-for-an-alabama-sky/Follow usWebsite: beltlinetobroadway.orgFacebook/Instagram @beltlinetobroadwayTwitter @beltlinetobway

Interview of American Mariachi Stars: LUCY GODÍNEZ (Boli) is so happy to be bringing this show to ASF after appearing as Boli at both the Goodman Theater and Dallas Theater Center. Other regional credits include Man of La Mancha (Aldonza, Fulton Theater), Nancy in Oliver and Ariel in Footloose (Marriott Theatre), Into the Woods (Little Red, Writers Theatre), and In the Heights (Nina, Porchlight Music Theater). A Chicago native, she is a graduate of Northwestern University. Que siga la lucha! www.yellowhammerfund.org AYAN “YAYA” VASQUEZ-LOPEZ (Mariachi Band/Violin)(she/they) is a transfemme Latinx mariachi musician, drag artist, and online media producer based in Los Angeles, California. Through her work, Yaya strives to create authentic representation for queer brown gender non-conforming Latinx people in online media and in real life. She is ecstatic and humbled to be a part of such an iconic show like American Mariachi at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival! You can find Yaya performing online and IRL as The Makeup Mariachi (@themakeupmariachi). Follow for more! MELINETTE PALLARES (Female Understudy) is an NYC-based actor, singer, and entrepreneur. Regional credits include: American Mariachi (Goodman Theatre); Evita (Lyric Stage Dallas); Man of La Mancha (Lyric Stage Dallas); A Chorus Line (Riverside Center for the Performing Arts); West Side Story & More (Newport Music Festival); In the Heights (GALA Hispanic Theatre). Her education includes a BA in Theatre and Dance from The University of Texas at Austin, The Folster Studio, Stella Adler Studio of Acting and CAP 21. @melinettepallares melinettepallares.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/adnradiotv/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/adnradiotv/support

SEASON 3 FINALE ALERT! The hot and hilarious Kate Owens is here to make your dreams culm true. Thanks for sticking with us sillies - we'll see you soon for Season 4. Kate is a NYC-based actor, comedian, and award-winning clown known for her fearless commitment to characters and audacious physical comedy. She was a New Face at the Just For Laughs Festival (2021). Her critically-acclaimed solo show, Cooking with Kathryn, won "Best Physical Comedy" at Frigid Fest and "Critics Choice" at PortFringe Fest and has played throughout New York & LA. Kate earned a spot on the highly coveted Cirque du Soleil roster and has studied with the French master clown, Philippe Gaulier, AKA "The Tormentor." She spent a year as an apprentice at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and has toured comedy shows in the U.K. and Prague@culmpod@kate__owens

The Moth Radio Hour is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a return to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival on May 7th.  Catherine Burns, Artistic Director, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, In Focus host, about how the program got started in coastal Georgia and is now worldwide in its mission to cultivate storytelling.  

Live theater in the time of a pandemic is a challenge.  The Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Layne Holley and Troy University's Tori Lee Averett, who chairs the Dept. of Theatre and Dance, discuss how audiences are being served by live theater again, using safety precautions during the pandemic.

Carole breaks down the basics of voice and speech study and how it can be applied to life onstage and off. Thank you for taking the time to listen to our chat with Carole Healey! If you are listening to this on Apple Podcast, we'd love it if you could share your love in a review! About Carole Healey: Carole Healey is a teacher, director and actor and has worked at most of the major regional theatres in the country including The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Southwest Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatreworks, CA, Kingshead Theatre, London, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Olney, The Cape Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public and many others. Carole produced an original translation of “The Misanthrope”, and the New York premiere of “The Libertine” with The Hartshorn Theatre, which she founded. Carole received her MFA from The Professional Theatre Training Program at The University of Delaware. --- Come say hi to us! Facebook: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Instagram: @PageToStagePodcast @TheMaryDina @BrianSedita @BroadwayPodcastNetwork Twitter: @TheMaryDina @BwayPodNetwork Youtube: @PageToStagePodcast @BroadwayPodcastNetwork #PageToStagePodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jerald continues his conversation with Tunisia as she talks about how her work has led her to meeting Michael B. Jordan, her debut at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and her favorite Christmas traditions.

Todd Schmidt, Executive Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, grew up attending ASF productions when the State Theater was located in Anniston.  He talks with In Focus host Carolyn Hutcheson about his love of theater and the ASF holiday productions of Cinderella and A Christmas Carol, to be presented on the  Festival and Octagon stages.

​​Kerry Mallory is the Managing Director for the Eastern U.S. region of Ronald Blue Trust. As Managing Director, Kerry is responsible for the client service, growth, and expansion of the company's offices across the Eastern U.S. region. This includes providing leadership and oversight of offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Baltimore, Maryland; Charlotte, North Carolina; Greenville, South Carolina; Montgomery, Alabama; and Orlando, Florida. In addition to his leadership role, Kerry serves as an experienced wealth advisor to individuals, families, and businesses. He uses his objective perspective to help clients make wise financial decisions to experience clarity and confidence and leave a lasting legacy. Kerry and his team integrate financial planning, investment management, and trust services into financial plans tailored to his clients' needs. Prior to joining Ronald Blue Trust, Kerry worked with Regions Bank for 15 years. Most recently he was the Senior Vice President of Private Wealth Management serving as the manager for Georgia and South Carolina. Previously he worked with Bain & Company as a Management Consultant in Sydney, Australia. Kerry graduated cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College with his BS in Business Administration. He also earned an MBA from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. Active in his community, Kerry served as Chairman of the Board of Directors at Providence Christian Academy for five years. He is a member of the Marietta C12 CEO Peer Advisory Group and is a Business Leadership Group member at Fellowship of Companies for Christ International. He also leads a men's small group at his local church. He and his team are the planned giving partners for Atlanta Mission. In the past, he has served on several boards including the River Region United Way, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, and the Montgomery Zoo. In addition, he has been an effective fundraiser and volunteer for the American Heart Association, the Arthritis Foundation, and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He and his wife, Brook, have been married 25 years and live in Atlanta with their two children. In his free time, Kerry enjoys reading, hunting, and scuba diving.   Kerry shares why it's important to... Place your trust in God, not riches Spend less than you earn Have a spending plan Live generously Save for the unexpected   Follow / Learn More Follow Kerry on LinkedIn Email Kerry at kerry.mallory@ronblue.com  Visit RonBlue.com   Follow Chat With Leaders on LinkedIn Learn About Our Community Partners B Local G Georgia: a collection of for-profit companies each dedicated to creating a future where businesses operate as a positive influence on society Inspiredu: Nonprofit Leaders Bridging The Digital Divide AppBarry: Custom Web And Mobile Application Development Classic City Consulting: WordPress Website Development Stratfield Consulting: Consulting, Staffing, Recruiting See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“I am a believer in the ‘Why'. Once I owned that purpose, once I identified that that was my purpose… all my hyphens made sense. Instead of feeling like a jack of all trades, master of none - I was finally under this umbrella of ‘Why'. I'm a healer.”  Mary Jo McConnell's purpose is simple: to heal. Not only is this incredible artist a part of the theatre industry for 35+ years as an actor, but her identity as a Veteran has provided her the incredible opportunity to work with, and most importantly heal, Veterans by using theatre as medicine tools in personal healing. This episode is incredibly unique in a multitude of ways. Mary Jo opens us up to the perspective of Veterans healing by using theatre and also leads us through an exercise to ground ourselves and be present in the moment without judgement.  “Oftentimes the givers, the healers will extend themselves to show compassion for others, and hold space for others, and forget about the need to do it for themselves.”  As we emerge from the pandemic, healing should be in the forefront of our mind. How can we help heal the world around us, while still being present for ourselves? After recharging her batteries, Mary Jo has the perspective and experience to lend expertise as we gently guide ourselves towards recovering from the trauma.  If you're looking to begin to move on, this episode is the gateway to start. Mary Jo's voice is calming, shifting, and above all else: healing. While her voice is soothing, her intensity shines through. When asked about the comparisons between a soldier and an actor, she says, “I think the fact that they are two very committed beings, two incredibly committed entities, and committed in mind, body, and spirit. All of those things need to be aligned in order to achieve the mission. There's something about being in the military - that level of camaraderie - that I have not found duplicated… even in the theatre.” Please be advised this episode contains conversation of sexual assault in the military.  Broadway National Tours: The Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast (Mrs. Potts), All Shook Up, Sister Act. Original Soap Star in the off-Broadway production of Menopause, the Musical. Regional theaters: Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, Goodspeed Musicals, Paper Mill Playhouse, and more. Currently: UNA, the Nazi bombmaker in the Amazon Prime Series Hunters. Other TV: Pan Am, Masters of Sex, and One Life to Live. Indie films: “Trumped” (producing, co-writing and starring). Proud founding artist and winner of an inaugural “Builder Award” from The Musical Theatre Factory. Veteran: De-Cruit: using personal narrative and Shakespeare to mitigate trauma. CD: “A Voice for Healing”. Co-founder of the Veteran Arts Workshop-Online Portal (VAW-OP) and is offering free classes in arts/mindfulness to veterans and their families. IG: @maryjomcconnell Connect with Michael: @themichaelkushner (IG and TikTok) @dearmultihyphenate (IG) www.michaelkushneronline.com Produced by Alan Seales and the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the video edition, click here and subscribe: https://youtu.be/5SiecVwRlwQ Carter Calvert is best known for originating her role in the Tony-nominated, It Ain't Nothin' But The Blues on Broadway. The New York Times wrote, "Carter Calvert effervesces: her voice echoes chimes in the night" and "Her smoldering grip on "Fever" is positively dangerous". Ms. Calvert toured Europe in Smokey Joe's Cafe, played Grizabella in the national tour of Cats, and appeared as the title role in Always, Patsy Cline. Regional credits include: IANBTB at Denver Center Theatre Company, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Victory Theatre, San Diego Repertory Theater. Sunday in the Park with George at Arena Stage, Unsung Cole... and Classics too and A Grand Night for Singing at Cleveland Playhouse, Honky Tonk Angels at Cincinnati Playhouse at the Park, I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change at Theatre By The Sea (Rhode Island) and Kiss Me Kate at Theatre Under The Stars (Houston). Television credits include: The David Letterman Show, Rosie O'Donnell Show, and The Today Show. Ms. Calvert has a debut Jazz CD, called "Fever," available at www.cartercalvert.com. https://event.musae.me https://twitter.com/cartercalvert https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Carter-Calvert https://www.facebook.com/Carter-Calvert-102474693200019 https://www.instagram.com/cartercalvert/?hl=en

Today we are talking theater, mental health, diversity, and intention with Roy Lightner. Roy is an award-winning theatre creator, director, choreographer, and educator born and raised in Kansas City. He recently joined the Musical Theatre Faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Assistant Professor. Previously, Roy served as the Associate Artistic Director for the Transcendence Theatre Company, and also on the Musical Theatre Faculty of Ithaca College. As a national director for Dancers Inc., he toured the country as a master class teacher. Roy has taught at New York City's Professional Performing Arts School, as well as created the contemporary/musical theatre dance program for the Astoria School of Fine Arts. As a director/choreographer his credits include: Transcendence Theatre Company's productions of Those Dancin' Feet, Best of Broadway Under the Stars, Fantastical Family Night, This Magic Moment, Wine Country Speakeasy (creator/director), Gala Celebration, Oh, What a Night! (2015 Winner Best Director Broadway World San Francisco), Superheroes in Love, and Music of the Night; New York City Opera's Lucky to Be Me (Lincoln Center, assistant to Peggy Hickey), Hairspray, Miss Saigon (Sondheim Center), Legally Blonde (Arizona State University) Hound of the Baskervilles (Cape Playhouse, New Jersey Rep, Westin Playhouse, Depot Theatre). University of Alabama at Birmingham Productions: Disconnect, HAIR, Savage, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Working and Hairspray. Ithaca College productions: Dogfight, A Chorus Line, Under the Covers, How to Succeed…, Gone Missing, and Legally Blonde; Bring It On (Music Theatre of Kansas City), Pippin, Hairspray (Winner Best Director Broadway World KC), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Good News, Urban Cowboy, Starmites, Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and more. MTWichita: 2018 Festival Producer. Dance Concert choreographic credits include: two full-length original choreographic ballets Under the Covers (Ithaca College) and In Your Eyes (Miller-Marley Ballet Company), The Oklahoma City Dance Project, NYC's Community Dance Project, New York City's Jazz Choreography Enterprise, Astoria Fine Arts and B.C. Beat. Performance credits include: Babes in Toyland (Lincoln Center), a two time Kansas City Symphony principle soloist, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (Stages St. Louis), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Holland America's Grand World Voyage (lead singer/dancer), Geva Theatre, Oklahoma City Rep. and Music Theatre of Wichita's CATS (Mungojerrie), 7 Brides for 7 Brothers(Gideon), West Side Story (Baby John), Seussical (Wickersham), Hairspray(IQ), The Full Monty, Phantom, Aida, Beauty and the Beast and more totaling over 40 professional productions. He graduated summa cum laude from Oklahoma City University with a degree in Musical Theatre; and received his Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts with a Concentration in Performance Creation from Goddard College. You can find Roy at www.roylightner.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/todayichoose/support

Rick Dildine, Artistic Director of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, talks with Carolyn Hutcheson, host of In Focus, about the new ASF Play Club, featuring virtual discussions of plays and playwrights led by theater professionals and scholars.

Welcome back to Season 2 of Josh Swallows Broadway! Our first episode back features Matt Leisy, who at the time of recording the episode was literally one of the only working actors in the world! He recently appeared in the season finale of NBC's "The Blacklist" and played lead roles in Nothing Without You and Eva. Other film and television credits include: Tell, Someone I Used to Know, This is the Girl, Shooting Script, Man From the Dying Planet, The Good Shepard and "Live from Lincoln Center" on PBS. Recent theatre credits include Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny in the World Tour of The Phantom of the Opera, the Lucille Lortel Award winning Sweeney Todd at the Barrow Street Theatre and the Tony Award winning Broadway First National Tour of A Gentleman's Guide to Love & Murder where he played the lead role of Monty Navarro at such theaters as The Kennedy Center in Washington DC and The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. Matt played over 1,000 performances as The Boy in The Fantasticks Off Broadway and appeared at Lincoln Center in Carousel with the New York Philharmonic. Matt has played many of the leading regional theatre houses including Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Repertory Theatre of St Louis, Arizona Theatre Company, Arden Theatre, Alabama Shakespeare Festival in such productions as Red, The Importance of Being Earnest, Ragtime, The 39 Steps, Pride and Prejudice, Camelot, Witness For The Prosecution and The History Boys. Support me via Patreon! Twitter: @JoshLamon Instagram: @Josh.Lamon Produced by Alan Seales and Dori Berinstein. A proud member of the Broadway Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder's plays include Gee's Bend, Fresh Kills, The Flagmaker of Market Street, The Furniture of Home, White Lightning, Provenance, and Everything That's Beautiful.  Her plays have been produced at the Royal Court (London), Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Denver Center, Cleveland Play House, KC Rep, Northlight, the Arden, B Street Theatre, and Hartford Stage, among others.  Her one act Santa Doesn't Come to the Holiday Inn was featured in the Marathon of One Act Plays at the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Elyzabeth is the recipient of the Osborn Award given by the American Theatre Critics Association and is a graduate of the dramatic writing program at New York University. Elyzabeth is the current Tennessee Williams Playwright-in-Residence at Sewanee: The University of the South where she teaches playwriting.

Happy wife, proud mother, avid cook, lazy gardener. Certified Horticulturist. As a musical actress, Linda Griffin was an original cast member of Broadway shows Something Rotten! and The Drowsy Chaperone and can be heard on both Grammy nominated cast albums. She performed the role of Mrs. Shroeder/Narrator in Anyone Can Whistle at New York’s City Center. She has also been featured in the Broadway tours of Wicked, A Chorus Line, 42nd Street and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Linda created the role of Propsy in the world premiere of Minsky’s at The Ahmanson Theatre in LA, and more recently The Hollywood Bowl in Mel Brooks’ The Producers. Linda has been a member of Actors Equity Association for over 30 years.Tom Griffin is a nationally recognized music director and conductor. Recent productions include Oliver, Sweeney Todd, The Music Man; West Side Story, Bye Bye Birdie; the national tour of My Fair Lady… and Alabama Shakespeare Festival's production of Mary Poppins. He has been recognized for the Broadway revival of You're A Good Man Charlie Brown, and received the Garland Award AND Los Angeles Drama Critics Award for Best Musical Direction. Tom was the music conductor of Disney's Beauty and the Beast on two National Tours.https://www.linkedin.com/in/lgriffin-creative/https://www.facebook.com/lgriffincreativehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-griffin-78bb7983/https://www.facebook.com/tom.griffin.musicdir(Beautiful) Sound of Us - Terry Wollman (feat. Ray Jupiter & Donald Webber Jr.)https://lnk.to/4weJapWt

James Bundy, Dean of Yale School of Drama, joins us in episode 119 of Relate. On this episode, we dissect the art of acting, beginning with a tendency and temptation actors have to focus on how "good" our acting is. James makes clear that the actor sees what the audience sees and, as such, we must follow our curiosities as actors. We discuss the importance of vivid and big imaginations, how chasing perfection is an illusion, and why we must, from time to time, entertain the ideas of our mortal enemies. To learn more about James and the Yale School of Drama, please visit https://www.drama.yale.edu/ James Bundy has served as Dean of Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of Yale Repertory Theatre since 2002. He teaches in the Acting program at the School and in the Theater Studies program in Yale College. During his tenure, Yale Rep has produced more than thirty world, American, and regional premieres, nine of which have been honored by the Connecticut Critics Circle as Best Production of the year and two of which have been Pulitzer Prize finalists. James has directed productions at Theater for a New Audience, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Great Lakes Theater Festival, The Acting Company, California Shakespeare Festival, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and The Juilliard School Drama Division. James is a graduate of Harvard College; he trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and Yale School of Drama. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/relate-patrick-mcandrew/support

In Episode 18 of the Profitable Powerhouse Properties Podcast, kicking off “Market Madness March,” your host Jonathan Cook interviews Kim Furlow, a Realtor with AHI Properties. They discuss the details of the Montgomery, AL property investment market, from its biggest industries, transportation, and cultural attractions.   Episode Highlights: Montgomery is a better market to buy in than Birmingham if cash flow is your priority. The median value in Montgomery is $120,000 with a median rent of $900. This gives you an income of about $11,000 per year, with under $1,000 in property taxes each year. Montgomery has the first North American Hyundai production facility that employs around 1,300 people and has an economic impact to the state of over $4 billion. Maxwell employs about 17,000 military, civil service, and contract personnel, with about 34,000 students going through there every year. These major employers mean housing demand is extremely high and makes Montgomery a great place to invest. Montgomery is within 600 miles of ⅓ of the entire United States population. It is centrally located to major interstates, an airport that accommodates 350,000 travelers each year, access to major rail systems, and the Alabama River giving you access to the port city of Mobile. Montgomery has a rich history and a lot of cultural sites including Martin Luther King Jr.’s home, the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, and more. A large conference and recreation center is getting built in Montgomery, which will further expand development and construction. There has been an 8.5% increase in tourism in Montgomery in 2018 alone. $15.5 billion were spent in the tourism industry in Montgomery in 2015, before many of these developments even happened. There are also A class homes in the suburbs outside of Montgomery, in towns like Prattville. Just in the first 6 weeks of 2020, they’ve seen a 10% increase in rental properties in the Montgomery area.   3 Key Points: Montgomery has low taxes and high potential for cash flow, so it’s a great place to buy rental properties as an investor. People are more likely to stay in a city that has things to do and feels like a community in the way Montgomery does. Montgomery is at the point in its growth that Birmingham was at around 10 years ago, so now is the time to invest.   Tweetable Quotes: “We’re taking a lot of these historic homes & properties & renovating them, keeping the old touches & adding a contemporary flair, & folks want to be in those areas—walking distance to downtown, to a lot of these activities, the nightlife, it’s growing exponentially.” –Kim Furlow “When you add the Legacy Museum and other historic points of interest on top of the theatre and the baseball and this huge venue, you don’t have to drive to Birmingham or Atlanta.” –Kim Furlow   Resources Mentioned: Check out our website ahiproperties.com Check out Birmingham Insurance Group online or call them at (205) 616-1107 Buy, sell, and own investment properties the way the pros do it with www.roofstock.com Email Jonathan and Bryan at Podcast@AHIProperties.com Email Kim at kfurlow@ahiproperties.com 

My guest today is Jacqueline Petroccia. Jackie is a classically trained vocalist, who enjoys singing opera, musical theater, jazz, and country. I saw Jackie perform her own show, called “Sometimes Patsy Cline” at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, a theater in Montgomery, Alabama in September 2018. I was moved by her courage to play herself in an original show of stories and songs that told her own life story, influenced by Patsy Cline, but just as inclusive of the different genres that shaped Jackie. She collaborated with her husband, Brent Frederick, her musical director and arranger, as they created an entertaining, heartfelt show that deeply touched me. When you are playing yourself, Jackie realized how exposed she felt, there was no character to hide behind. It’s risky to stretch the audience’s limited expectations of who they want you to be, and dare to show up as YOURSELF, trusting in your own authenticity.   Jackie tells the story of how she was discovered 14 years ago to play Patsy Cline in a production of “Always Patsy Cline”, which led to her to performing that role over a dozen times in various regional productions throughout the country. Jacqueline is deeply grateful for all that she has learned from Patsy Cline, someone who has inspired Jackie in countless ways. It was a thrill for Jackie to record her double album, “Champagne and Moonshine” in Nashville, Tennessee.  A few songs were actually recorded in the same studio where Patsy recorded her music. Jackie talks about the humbling, exhilarating role of being a new mother as well as her desire to continue performing. She acknowledges that many people make assumptions that she wouldn’t want to work, and she says please don’t make that assumption, call me! She was inspired to find this work/family balance from the online community Broadway Baby Moms and  encourages other artists thinking about starting a family to trust that it will all fall into place. Check out the links below for Jackie’s website, to buy her album, see photos and find her upcoming performances. In fact, Jackie will be  performing Patsy in another production of “Always Patsy Cline” in Lancaster, Pennsylvania on March 16th, 2019.  I hope to see you there!  Enjoy the podcast! Links: Double CD: Champagne and Moonshine Website FB: Jacqeline Petroccia IG: @jackiepetro @jeffwhitingnyc

Win a free issue of Treading the Boards, just write a review by Dec. 12th and you'll be in the running. Four summer theatres have announced their 2019 seasons, Aaron Sorkin writes about adapting To Kill a Mockingbird, Alabama Shakespeare Festival starts a new initiative commissioning 22 new plays, American Theatre magazine tells us about Williamston Theatre's Development Director and how she excels in fundraising. Popcorn Falls is available for licensing and there's a new podcast you should check out Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine. JOIN THE MAILING LIST SEASON ANNOUNCEMENTS Cortland Repertory Theatre (NY) Peninsula Players (WI) Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival (NV) Idaho Shakespeare Festival (ID) ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS Aaron Sorkin writes about his experience adapting To Kill a Mockingbird for Broadway Alabama Shakespeare Festival announces 22 new play commissions to enrich the Southern canon with new and relevant voices. NYTimes.com article about ASF's new initiative American Theatre Magazine's piece about Williamston Theatre's Development Director, Emily Sutton-Smith and her fundraising skills SOMETHING I HAD TO SHARE WITH YOU... Popcorn Falls is available to license Little Known Facts with Ilana Levine   Don't forget to get your own issue of Treading the Boards via ACLTheatreResources.com, Drama Book Shop in NYC or DramaBookShop.com   THANKS FOR LISTENING AND HAVE A CREATIVE DAY!

This week we have a conversation with Aaron Muñoz. AARON MUÑOZ is an actor, writer, producer, arts educator, cigar smoker, facial hair enthusiast, and proud husband & father. As an actor, he can be seen in STRANGER THINGS, THE WALKING DEAD, CADILLAC RECORDS, CBGB, THE SAURUS, SEARCHING FOR FORTUNE, & ALL LIGHT WILL END. Theatre credits include The SoHo Playhouse (off-broadway), The Actors Theatre of Louisville, Geva Theatre, Nashville Shakespeare Festival, The Studio Theatre, Georgia Shakespeare Festival, About Face Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, & Improv Olympic. He is the co-writer of LOST LAUGHS: THE SLAPSTICK TRAGEDY OF FATTY ARBUCKLE, which had it's World Premiere at Merrimack Repertory Theatre, and is the co-creator of 2 HOUSEHOLDS, 2 ASSHOLES: SHAKESPEARE'S R & J, which premiered at the SoHo Playhouse in the New York International Fringe Festival. Muñoz is also the founding Artistic Director of Nashville Story Garden, an incubator for original projects that creates film, theatre and modern media from the ground up. Producer highlights include Mr. Mysterio Podcast (Best of Nashville), Love Song by John Kolvenbach (Critic's Choice, Nashville Scene) and Once Upon a Time, a literacy project with Nashville Parks and the Nashville Public Library. He is a proud member of SAG AFTRA, Actors Equity, and 2015/16 recipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission. Aaron has been nominated for a Suzi Bass Award (Outstanding Lead Actor in A Play, 2014) and is an Associate Artist at Merrimack Repertory Theatre. He holds a B.A. from Columbia College Chicago and an M.F.A. from Alabama Shakespeare Festival's professional actor training program. Muñoz currently resides in Chicago with his wife Liz, daughters Mabel & Frances and their two dogs Lemon & Pumpkin. Learn more about Aaron at the links below: https://bonsai.film/filmmaker-spotlight www.aaronmunoz.com www.nashvillestorygarden.org www.lostlaughs.com insta/twitter: @stogiemunoz Enjoy! Questions or Comments? Reach out to us at contact@bonsai.film or on social and the web at https://linktr.ee/BonsaiCreative #MAKEIT   Links: Website Instagram Twitter IMDb   Nashville Story Garden (theatre company) Stranger Things (tv series) All Light Will End (film) The Saurus (short film)   Drew Maynard (filmmaker) Nelsan Ellis (actor) Chris Farley (actor) Robert DeNiro (actor) Sheldon Patinkin (theater director) Chris Blake (director) Philip Seymour Hoffman (actor)  

Getting audiences interested in Romeo and Juliet might be easy. But what about those more unfamiliar Shakespeare plays? Here’s an insider’s take on marketing and promotion at America’s Shakespeare festivals and theaters. Our guests are Katie Perkowski, Director of Marketing at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival in Montgomery, Alabama; Jeff Fickes, who is Communications Director at the Seattle Shakespeare Company; and Emma Corey, Director of Marketing and Communications at the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival in Garrison, New York. All three are part of the Folger’s Theater Partnership Program. They are interviewed by Barbara Bogaev. From the Shakespeare Unlimited podcast series. Published January 9, 2018. © Folger Shakespeare Library. All rights reserved. This podcast episode, “There is the Playhouse Now, There Must You Sit” was produced by Richard Paul. Garland Scott is the associate producer. For more information, show credits, and transcript: https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/marketing

Join us this week as we welcome Country music singer songwriter, Jessie Lynn. Jessie Lynn’s musical and performing career began at the age of three when she began singing in church and participating in Little Boots Rodeo contests. Jessie participated in piano lessons for two years, and sought classical voice training from 2005 thru 2012. During her formative years in Prattville, Alabama, she experienced joy and success in coaching, showing, and training horses in multiple disciplines, playing baseball and basketball, participating in 4-H, Youth Teen Court, and various community service events, all while continuing her acting, modeling, and singing performances in numerous venues. Jessie exhibits her infectious personality and independent, “No Quit” attitude on and off the stage. She has opened for The Oak Ridge Boys, Montgomery Gentry, filling in for Clint Black at The Alabama Shakespeare Festival’s “Stars in the Park”, and American Idol 2010 Top 10 Finalist, Jessica Meuse. 2016 was an amazing year for this young artist and 2017 is off to a fantastic start! She has released two albums recently, her Veterans Tribute EP, “IN THE LINE OF DUTY” and her first album "A SOFTER SIDE OF COUNTRY". Jessie Lynn’s music is available on all major digital outlets and on her website. Also, she recently launched her new production company Dirt to Diva Productions. We will talk to Jessie Lynn about her upcoming schedule, get a behind the scenes look at her music, feature her latest songs, and ask her to share her message for the troops. Please be sure to visit Jessie Lynn at http://www.jessielynn.net/ and spread the word. And as always we will give shout outs to our deployed military listeners. Our message to the troops: WE do what we do, because YOU do what you do.

In Episode 411 of "Something New" -- a musical theatre podcast that interviews artists and premieres original songs -- award-winning songwriter Joel B. New sat down with Tim Eliot and Lauren Sowa, a real-life couple with an enormous bag of theatrical skills between them. Tim Eliot met Lauren while doing Cymbeline in Maine. He has been featured on Boardwalk Empire, in Christina Kallas’s The Rainbow Experiment and Keith Boynton’s Seven Lovers, and on the webseries The 3Bits, duder, and Pride. A veteran of classical and downtown theater, Tim played MacBeth and Hamlet with Everett Quinton and many Sleep No More alums. He has also directed NYC productions of Much Ado About Nothing, Erdman’s Suicide!?, and Romeo and Juliet. Tim recently finished his second year of study with William Esper and holds an MFA from the ART/MXAT Institute and a BA from Yale. www.timeliot.com Lauren Sowa is thrilled to be taking part in this podcast! Lauren is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts where she received her BFA in Drama. She is a big-time animal lover, and has yet to meet a pretzel she doesn't like. When not acting, you can find her reading a good book, catching up on old films, doing yoga, and watching soccer (Tim’s influence). Recent credits include: Harvey and Private Lives (Walnut Street Theatre), the title character in Jane Austen’s Emma for the Lantern Theater Co. in Philadelphia. Other credits include: Imogen in Cymbeline (Opera House Arts), Othello and Much Ado About Nothing in repertory (The Philadelphia Shakespeare Theatre), Juliet in the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival’s production of Romeo & Juliet, We’re Drunk/This is the End at The Old Vic as part of the TS Eliot US/UK Exchange (Kevin Spacey’s program for emerging theatrical talent), and All’s Well that Ends Well and Hamlet at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival! www.laurensowa.com For the live song portion of the episode, Lauren and Tim premiered "A Duet", music and lyrics by Joel B. New. Tim also performed "Omission" from New's chamber musical, RSVP. Accompanied by Justin Brown on piano (www.justineliottbrown.com). These performance will also be available on SoundCloud and YouTube. "Something New" is available on iTunes, Stitcher, and TuneIn. Joel B. New is the recipient of an American Theatre Wing Jonathan Larson Grant for his music and lyrics. His stage projects include TO HELL AND BACK, MACKENZIE & THE MISSING BOY, AWAKENING (book: Jenny Stafford, music: J. Oconer Navarro), STANDALONE, AGATHA IN THE ATTIC, and RSVP. Joel’s work has been seen and developed at Ars Nova, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, New York Theatre Barn, Prospect Theater Company, Musical Theatre Factory, and the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival. He is currently in pre-production for his solo EP Cabot Cove, a collection of songs inspired by book titles referenced to in the TV series Murder, She Wrote, starring Tony Award winner Angela Lansbury. For more info, visit joelbnew.com.

Keith Josef Adkins' joins us to talk about a reading Monday, April 15, 2013, at LaMama Theatre of his The Patron Saint of Peanuts, first produced a play based on the life of George Washington Carver, commissioned and produced at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writer's Project 2004). Other plays include Farewell Miss Cotton (Black Dahlia Theater February 2006), Crossing America (Mark Taper's New Works Festival 2005), Wilberforce (National Black Theater Festival 2005, Cleveland Public Theatre New Plays Festival, Hartford Stage New Voices). Honors include: Alliance Theater's August Wilsom Memorial Commission, Mark Taper Forum's Richard Sherwood Distinguished Emerging Theater Artist Award, two Best Play Awards at the Cleveland Public Theatre New Plays Festival (Wilberforce and On the Hills of Black America), a Van Lier Fellowship (New York Theater Workshop), and an EST/Sloan Science Foundation playwriting grant. http://www.playscripts.com/author?authorid=348#playdetails We close with cast and the director of The Expulsion of Malcolm X, Americ's world premiere at Southside Theatre in Ft. Mason Center, in San Francisco: DeJuan Conner (Malcolm X), Abbie Rhone (Elijah Muhammad), Michael Lange (director).

Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a "new" Mark Twain play, "Is He Dead?", and about the construction of farce and how David Ives crafted the version of the play currently on Broadway; recalls his classical training at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; marvels at the good fortune that landed him in the company of "Rent" only two weeks after moving to New York; considers the experience of appearing in the critically unpopular Harry Connick musical "Thou Shalt Not"; describes the feeling of playing a character in "The Last Five Years" based on composer Jason Robert Brown -- with Brown often directly behind him as he sang; recounts the loss of a song for Fiyero when "Wicked" was out of town in San Francisco and how he worked with Stephen Schwartz in choosing a replacement; and delineates the difference between performing in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with John Lithgow and his successor, Jonathan Pryce. Original air date - January 11, 2008.

Norbert Leo Butz, 2005 Tony winner for his role in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a "new" Mark Twain play, Is He Dead?, and about the construction of farce and how David Ives crafted the version of the play currently on Broadway; recalls his classical training at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; marvels at the good fortune that landed him in the company of Rent only two weeks after moving to New York; considers the experience of appearing in the critically unpopular Harry Connick musical Thou Shalt Not; describes the feeling of playing a character in The Last Five Years based on composer Jason Robert Brown -- with Brown often directly behind him as he sang; recounts the loss of a song for Fiyero when Wicked was out of town in San Francisco and how he worked with Stephen Schwartz in choosing a replacement; and delineates the difference between performing in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels with John Lithgow and his successor, Jonathan Pryce.

Tony Award-winner Norbert Leo Butz talks about his first reaction on being approached about appearing in a "new" Mark Twain play, "Is He Dead?", and about the construction of farce and how David Ives crafted the version of the play currently on Broadway; recalls his classical training at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival; marvels at the good fortune that landed him in the company of "Rent" only two weeks after moving to New York; considers the experience of appearing in the critically unpopular Harry Connick musical "Thou Shalt Not"; describes the feeling of playing a character in "The Last Five Years" based on composer Jason Robert Brown -- with Brown often directly behind him as he sang; recounts the loss of a song for Fiyero when "Wicked" was out of town in San Francisco and how he worked with Stephen Schwartz in choosing a replacement; and delineates the difference between performing in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" with John Lithgow and his successor, Jonathan Pryce. Original air date - January 11, 2008.