POPULARITY
In this episode, Steve and Tananarive talk to author/screenwriter/playwright/actress Colette Freedman about how acting and improv lessons can help writers learn to better inhabit their characters. (And with a sample exercise!) Lifewriting Premium: www.lifewritingpremium.com
Tori and Mabelle talk with the multi-talented powerhouse, Colette Freedman. Colette shares her journey from her first 10-minute play to internationally produced playwright, and the value of writing with passion and the intention to get your work out in the world (and off of the computer!). She also drops advice that led to her successful career as an award-winning novelist, teaching artist and script doctor, inspiring listeners to avoid the career pigeonhole trap. She leaves us with a sustainable prompt for 365 days a year and reminds us to be kind and go create something! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
OK, Vanessa and I packed a LOT in! There are many, many topics and links here. LOTS of discussion about the THEATRE! Support your local theatre! Many/Most are struggling/dying due to covid so please contact your local theatres if you are in a position to donate. For example, Vanessa mentioned that she worked for a time at the Poway Center for the Arts. If you look them up it says Closed. But dig deeper and you'll find ways to give: https://www.powaycenter.com/ My local non-profit Bailey Theatre Company (BTC) has a night of readings coming up and tickets are available at eventbrite for October 17th: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bailey-theatre-company-dinner-and-readings-fundraiser-tickets-116471652849 Vanessa Waters, also known to Lauren as Vanessa Wasylczenko, and on social media as Vanessa Waters Kassir lives in Topanga, California with her husband John and two dogs: Fig and Emmett. Topanga is a wonderful canyon town just south of Malibu, six miles from the ocean, and surrounded by California oak trees and gorgeous mountain hiking. And about a forty-minute drive from Los Angeles. After living in West Hollywood for twenty years, Topanga is a dream come true. Vanessa is an actor, director, voiceover artist, who makes most of her income as a substitute elementary school teacher. She’s been fortunate to perform on stage in LA many, many times with great actors and directors. She’s worked in film and television as well and finds that work challenging and exciting too. However, theatre will always be her first love. She loves to teach and has been with the Los Angeles Unified School District for twenty-one years. She teaches improvisation and theater games to children when she gets the opportunity and did so with teenagers at a drop in center for homeless teens in LA called My Friend’s Place, for seven years. Vanessa is a graduate of the Pacific Conservatory of Performing Arts (PCPA Theaterfest) and holds a B.F.A. in theater from Ithaca College. You can find more specific actor credits on her IMDB page: imdb.me/vanessawatersHowever, it is not complete. For example, this and other loopings are missing: Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) You might want to check out John Kassir's imdb page too: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0440885/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 PLAYS we mentioned: Apologia by Alexi Kaye Campbell, August Osage County by Traci Letts, Angels in America parts 1 and 2 by Tony Kushner, Richard III by William Shakespeare. Vanessa directed: Sister Cities by Colette Freedman and Bus Stop by William Inge Books Discussed: Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run. (and the Netflix show comes up again but at the time I did not know it was the same show that Pacilio was talking about!) https://bookshop.org/books/born-to-run/9781501141522 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe https://bookshop.org/books/say-nothing-a-true-story-of-murder-and-memory-in-northern-ireland/9780307279286 Natural Death and Burial movement and books by Caitlin Doughty: http://caitlindoughty.com/ https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/03/world/eco-solutions-capsula-mundi/index.html Mama's Boy by Dustin Lance Black https://bookshop.org/books/mama-s-boy-a-story-from-our-americas/9781524733278 other stuff....like where we all used to work ranchobernardoinn.com
Book Club is back! Today I chat remotely with Cathy and Kirsten to book club the book “Under Pressure: Confronting the Epidemic of Stress and Anxiety in Girls” by Lisa Damour. We go over how girls view grades vs boys, eye rolls, anxieties, shy girls, and much more! You can buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Under-Pressure-Confronting-Epidemic-Anxiety/dp/0399180052 Our next book club will be “The Last Bookstore: The only defense against extinction is knowledge by Colette Freedman and Brooke Purdy. You can buy the book here: shorturl.at/dpvzW You can get 20% off Natural Skin Care, Hand Sanitizer, and more until the end of May at www.privai.com when you use the code “WOTP20” at checkout. Get 15 % off your entire order plus free shipping when you order jewelry from www.nathaliebdesigns.com and use the code “WOTP” at checkout. Check out the new Wife of the Party Facebook groups here: www.facebook.com/pg/wifeotp/groups I have WOTP merch! You can buy a brand new Wife of the Party mug, shirt, or a tote bag at www.wifeotp.com If you have any questions you would like me to answer on the podcast feel free to email me from my website at www.wifeotp.com Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review the podcast!
Colette Freedman is an internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter. She is also an actor and producer. Host Jenn Page and Colette talk about ghostwriting, why she believes everyone is a writer, where original ideas come from, working with young actors, getting the most production value from your budget and how budget can lead to unique story ideas, why you should take time with your indie film’s post instead of rushing it out, filmmakers stop thinking no but and instead yes and, how to turn a produced screenplay into a novel, and more! Conversation: Empowerment. Everything you do can empower others, dealing with grief, and what it means to be a militant optimist. To win a Blackmagic Design Pocketcam 6k make sure you rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts to be entered in the drawing. More about Intuitive Filmmaker Podcast: If you want to submit a question or comment to the show please send and email or short video to intuitivefilmmakerpodcast@gmail.com. Or you can leave a voicemail at http://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker. Please subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help us keep bringing more shows to you. Find us on all of your favorite podcast apps by clicking http://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker Hosted by: Jenn Page, Filmmaker More on Colette: An internationally produced novelist, playwright and screenwriter, Colette Freedman was voted “One of 50 to Watch” by The Dramatist's Guild. Her play “Sister Cities” was the hit of the Edinburgh Fringe and earned five star reviews. It has been produced around the country and internationally, 26 times including Paris (Une Ville, Une Soeur) and Rome (Le Quattro Sorelle) and Melbourne. The film version (Michelle Trachtenberg, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Troian Bellisario) is on Netflix. Her musical “Serial Killer Barbie” finished a sold out run in Los Angeles and was mounted in New Zealand (Heuer Press) She has published nine novels including The Thirteen Hallows (Tor/Macmillan), co-written, The New York Times best selling author Michael Scott. Her novel, The Affair (Kensington), The Consequences (Kensington) and most recently, her Steve Dorff biography I Wrote That One, Too.. She co-wrote and co-produced the feature AND THEN THERE WAS EVE which won the LA Film Festival (Breaking Glass Pictures). She co-wrote and co-produced the feature MILES UNDERWATER which is currently in post production. She has co-written nine thrillers for Lifetime with her writing partner Brooke Purdy. She has written THE MYSTERY OF CASA MATUSITA (with Malcolm McDowell and Skeet Ulrich) which is in pre-production. Other producing credits include the critically acclaimed indie QUALITY PROBLEMS, (Freestyle). A prolific script doctor and ghostwriter, Colette also teaches screenwriting at Antioch University and NYFA www.metamorfic.com. www.colettefreedman.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/intuitivefilmmaker/message
Elise and Lesley sit down Writer/Filmmaker Colette Freedman. They discuss her feature film Miles Under Water, being a Structure Queen and "Don’t Ask Permission”!
Today we welcome award-winning duo Colette Freedman and Kimberly Much. They are here to celebrate their magical coming of age story The Reluctant Fairy Godmother and the Absolutely Positively Impossible Good Deed. This is a must read together story for anyone who feels left out. You can support the podcast by clicking this link to purchase The Reluctant Fairy Godmother
This week we have Colette Freedman's story from our recent storytelling event in Burbank. If I were to compete in any kind of contest with Colette I'd really like to be on her team please... Colete's Bio: Colette Freedman is a writer, actor and producer who has trouble finding the quiet grey hidden in between the screaming black and deafening white. Her latest single-minded obsession is getting 18,000 people to buy her book Sister Cities on Amazon. Thank you Lynn for your massive generosity and colossal talent! www.colettefreedman.com Life’s too short to be afraid of speaking in public, so we decided to try to help anyone about to speak to an audience of any size - be it to an arena or a boardroom. In a single 6 min video Lynn Ferguson will change the way to look at public speaking forever, with the acronym LIFT. Click here for more details. YouTellYours.com was started by Lynn Ferguson after becoming embroiled in the storytelling community in Los Angeles. If you love this form of storytelling then you’ve probably already heard of The Moth on Public Radio and maybe you’ve seen Lynn tell stories and host events for The Moth. WEBSITE: http://YouTellYours.com ONLINE CLASSES: http://homeschool.youtellyours.com TWITTER: https://twitter.com/YouTellYours FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/YouTellYours
"Sister Cities" premiered in NYC and LA theatres and now is a part of the Lifetime Television Movie Network [A&E Network]. This film was directed by Sean Hanish and it was based upon the internationally-acclaimed 2006 play of the same name by Colette Freedman, who also wrote the movie script. The film stars Stana Katic, Troian Bellisario, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jess Weixler, Jacki Weaver, Alfred Molina, Amy Smart and Tom Everett Scott. This ‘Cannonball Productions’ movie is about 4 sisters who come together to mourn what they believe is the suicide of their mother - but there’s more to the story. Tonight, after a bit of news, we'll spend the entire STR Round Table talking about this unique dramatic film. "Excellent Elena" will be our facilitator and we hope you'll be able to join in on the discussion. You can join the conversation via skype or our call in number (347) 857-4368. Photo credit/copyright: Cannonball Productions, LifetimeTV, A&E Networks | Troian Bellisario, Michelle Trachtenberg, Jess Weixler, Stana Katic media accounts. Audio promo credit/copyright: Cannonball Productions, LifetimeTV, A&E Networks
Colette Freedman and Sadie Turner authors of Anomalies joined host JJ Snyder to discuss this exciting new work of young adult fiction. Boy George called the book “a page turner” comedian Russell Brand said "This book makes spirituality exciting and vibrant.” We discuss Anomalies protagonist, 15 year-old Keeva Tee and the primary themes of the book including the desire to fit in, challenging authority and having the courage to create change. Fifty years in the future after the world has undergone the Great Technology War we meet Keeva Tee, a fifteen year old girl who is an excellent swimmer and loves her life on [...] The post Colette Freedman & Sadie Turner | Anomalies | Author Interview appeared first on Book Circle Online.
Colette Freedman and Sadie Turner authors of Anomalies joined host JJ Snyder to discuss this exciting new work of young adult fiction. Boy George called the book “a page turner” comedian Russell Brand said "This book makes spirituality exciting and vibrant.” We discuss Anomalies protagonist, 15 year-old Keeva Tee and the primary themes of the book including the desire to fit in, challenging authority and having the courage to create change. Fifty years in the future after the world has undergone the Great Technology War we meet Keeva Tee, a fifteen year old girl who is an excellent swimmer and loves her life on [...]
© 2020-2025 Ivy Podcast Discovery LLC
