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More and more theatre departments are incorporating devising into their training. This highly collaborative process allows students to generate their own work, giving them ownership of the final product. Theatre professors Andy Paris (North Carolina School of the Arts) and Emily K. Harrison (Hamilton College) discuss their process, how they engage students, and the benefits of allowing students agency in the creation of their own work.

Hosts Leticia Ridley and Jordan Ealey interview Oscar winner and MacArthur genius Tarell Alvin McCraney about his work as a playwright, how Black people tell stories, and what it means to be an artistic leader.

Hey Friends & Kin!   FYI: THIS, JUST LIKE ALL EPISODES OF HAND ME MY PURSE, CONTAINS PROFANITY. THIS PODCAST IS FOR ADULTS AND CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. Now that we've gotten that out of the way... _________   Friends and Kin in this episode I was blessed enough to be in conversation with a Black unicorn, Jonathan McCrory of the National Black Theatre! His story is one of overcoming, perseverance and understanding WHO you are. What an amazing way to close out Black History Month!   In this two part conversation we learn all about my guest. We learn where he comes from, the obstacles and blessings that he navigated during his journey and what he is up to currently. It was a spiritually uplifting conversation that I am truly excited to share with you. Here's a little bit about Jonathan:   Jonathan McCrory is a Tony Award and Emmy Award nominated producer, 2x Obie Award-winning, Harlem-based artist who has served as Executive Artistic Director at National Black Theatre since 2012 under the leadership of CEO, Sade Lythcott. He has directed numerous professional productions and concerts. He has been acknowledged as an exceptional leader additionally through Craine's New York Business 2020 Notable LGBTQ Leaders and Executives. In 2013, he was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the Torch Bearer Award by theatrical legend Woodie King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organizations Harlem9, Black Theatre Commons, The Jubilee, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. McCrory sits on the National Advisory Committee for Howlround.com and was a member of the original cohort for ArtEquity. A Washington, DC native, McCrory attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and New York University's TISCH School of the Arts.   Enjoy this conversation, as I had such a wonderful time speaking with Jonathan about his life and his work. His story, the work he is doing as well as the work of the National Black Theatre should be something that we know about & THAT, friends & kin is exactly why I am sharing his story with you. Even though, Black History Month is over on the calendar - we should live a life where we strive to learn more and more about our history and the heroes of our communities today.    "GO WHERE YOU ARE ADORED. NOT WHERE YOU ARE TOLERATED..."   MeMe's Jam No. 83

Hey Friends & Kin!   FYI: THIS, JUST LIKE ALL EPISODES OF HAND ME MY PURSE, CONTAINS PROFANITY. THIS PODCAST IS FOR ADULTS AND CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT. Now that we've gotten that out of the way... _________   Friends and Kin in this episode I was blessed enough to be in conversation with a Black unicorn, Jonathan McCrory of the National Black Theatre! His story is one of overcoming, perseverance and understanding WHO you are. What an amazing way to close out Black History Month!   In this two part conversation we learn all about my guest. We learn where he comes from, the obstacles and blessings that he navigated during his journey and what he is up to currently. It was a spiritually uplifting conversation that I am truly excited to share with you. Here's a little bit about Jonathan:   Jonathan McCrory is a Tony Award and Emmy Award nominated producer, 2x Obie Award-winning, Harlem-based artist who has served as Executive Artistic Director at National Black Theatre since 2012 under the leadership of CEO, Sade Lythcott. He has directed numerous professional productions and concerts. He has been acknowledged as an exceptional leader additionally through Craine's New York Business 2020 Notable LGBTQ Leaders and Executives. In 2013, he was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the Torch Bearer Award by theatrical legend Woodie King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organizations Harlem9, Black Theatre Commons, The Jubilee, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. McCrory sits on the National Advisory Committee for Howlround.com and was a member of the original cohort for ArtEquity. A Washington, DC native, McCrory attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and New York University's TISCH School of the Arts.   Enjoy this conversation, as I had such a wonderful time speaking with Jonathan about his life and his work. His story, the work he is doing as well as the work of the National Black Theatre should be something that we know about & THAT, friends & kin is exactly why I am sharing his story with you.    "GO WHERE YOU ARE LOVED. NOT WHERE YOU ARE TOLERATED..."   MeMe's Jam No. 82 Jonathan McCrory's Website National Black Theatre SUBMIT A QUESTION FOR “STRAIGHT FACTS”! PRACTICE LOVING KINDNESS MEDITATION FIND A THERAPIST.   _______   EVERYTHING YOU NEED IS HERE! ⬅️ click that Rate + Review on Apple Podcasts. ⬅️ click that     And as always, "Thank you for your support…"  (said exactly like the 80s Bartles and Jaymes commercials)   xoxo MeMe *****************See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thinking Cap Theatre's Artistic Director Nicole Stodard talks with Alisa Solomon, professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, writer, and dramaturg about Fornes' relationship with Susan Sontag. ALISA SOLOMON'S BIO Alisa Solomon is a teacher, writer, and dramaturg in New York City. She is a professor at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, where she directs the Arts & Culture concentration in the MA program. A theater critic and general reporter for the Village Voice from 1983 to 2004, she has also contributed to The Nation, Jewish Currents, ⁠newyorker.com⁠, The Intercept, The New York Times, American Theater, Howlround.com, TDR, and other publications. Her award-winning books include Re-Dressing the Canon: Essays on Theater and Gender, and Wonder of Wonders: A Cultural History of Fiddler on the Roof. Alisa has also edited several books: The Reverend Billy Project: From Rehearsal Hall to Super Mall with the Church of Life After Shopping by Savitri D and Bill Talen; Wrestling with Zion: Progressive Jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (co-edited with Tony Kushner); The Queerest Art: Essays on Lesbian and Gay Theater (co-edited with Framji Minwalla), a special issue of the journal Theater on theater and social change, and a forthcoming volume of plays and essays by and about Robbie McCauley, The Struggle Continues (co-edited with Elin Diamond and Cynthia Carr). As dramaturg, Alisa's most recent projects are Anna Deavere Smith's Love All and Pipeline Project. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thinking-cap-theatre/support

Erin Michelle Washington is a Creative, Scholar, and Waymaker from Montgomery, AL. She attended Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and obtained her MFA in Acting from American Conservatory Theater. In 2009, Erin started Soul Productions, a company that crafts new approaches to music and theatre. Washington has participated as a Digital and Creative Producer at Arena Stage, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Public Theater, Penumbra Theater, Howlround, and The Curran Theater. In 2016, Washington served as Interim Associate Artistic Director at American Conservatory Theatre where she was a producer and strategist for the Women's Leadership Conference and Creator and Producer of the Bayview Arts Festival. In 2018 Washington joined the faculty of Spelman College teaching in the Theater + Performance Department. She has since founded her second arts collective, SoulCenter, a content development space centering blk creatives 18-35. Washington's work continues to deepen in the South, with the co-creation of a legacy-based organization with her sister, Erica Washington, known as the Clarke Street Fund, which centers art, food sovereignty, and tech on the Westside of Montgomery, Alabama.

Jonathan McCrory is a two Obie Award-winning, Harlem-based artist who has served as Executive Artistic Director at National Black Theatre since 2012 under the leadership of CEO, Sade Lythcott. He has directed numerous professional productions and concerts which include: How the Light Gets In (NYMF), Klook and Iron John (NAMT),  Dead and Breathing, HandsUp, Hope Speaks, Blacken The Bubble, Asking for More, Last Laugh and Enter Your Sleep. He has worked at ETW at TISCH NYU with Emergence: A Communion and evoking him: Baldwin and at Suny Purchase directing Exit Strategy, &  A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes. He has been acknowledged as an exceptional leader additionally through Craine's New York Business 2020 Notable LGBTQ Leaders and Executives.In 2013, he was awarded the Emerging Producer Award by the National Black Theatre Festival in Winston Salem, North Carolina, and the Torch Bearer Award by theatrical legend Woodie King Jr. He is a founding member of the collaborative producing organizations Harlem9, Black Theatre Commons, The Jubilee, Next Generation National Network and The Movement Theatre Company. McCrory sits on the National Advisory Committee for Howlround.com and was a member of the original cohort for ArtEquity. A Washington, DC native, McCrory attended the Duke Ellington School of the Arts and New York University's TISCH School of the Arts. To learn more, please visit www.jonathanmccrory.com. 

We are welcomed by an extremely special guest who has been mentioned MANY times by J.Mix, but the listeners never got a name... til now. In honor of their 10th anniversary, J.Mix is sitting down with her boyfriend, Theo, to reminisce about their relationship, which just so happens to fall on the interracial spectrum. In this episode, they dive deeper into the racially-charged challenges they've had to overcome. They also address why their long-term relationship has yet to graduate to the legally permanent contract that is expected of partnerships that last longer than 2.5 years. GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE SELF-AWARE MILLENNIAL LIVE SHOWS!MAY 2ND & JUNE 6TH!New Orleans's newest festival is BLACK THEATRE! The WE WILL DREAM: New Works Festival is going on now til Juneteenth!Visit https://www.nodreamdeferrednola.com/wwd-festival-home for more info!Join the Virtual Festival (produced by J.Mix) to experience exclusive festival highlights from the comfort of your own home. You can also visit Howlround for public festival programming.   **For a chance to win free festival passes, leave a review on Apple Podcasts + Spotify! We will choose a winner at the April 4th and May 2nd live shows.This episode is in partnership with NO DREAM DEFERRED.Join J.Mix on @nddnola's IG live for DREAM HOUR every 1st+ 3rd Tuesday of the month (except for live show Tuesdays)Click here to watch the latest Dream Hour episode.Support the showThe Self-Aware Millennial is a laborious act of community care to uplift Black + Brown creatives. We could not keep this show going without donations from our listeners, fans, and sponsors. Support our creators at TSAM by joining Patreon for as low as $1/month.https://www.patreon.com/theselfawaremillennial-For apparel: Check out our lil store! ► https://www.tsampodcast.com/merch.html#/-For friendship: Follow The Self-Aware Millennial on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok!-For questions or inquiries: Email theselfawaremillennial@gmail.com-Producer: Lefty LucySound editor(s): J.Mix + Theo FoglemanMusic by J.Mixhttps://www.tsampodcast.com/

J.Mix addresses a very important question that The Self-Aware Millennial received about her thoughts and feelings behind choosing not to experience "black love" in her interracial relationship. This is a prequel to Part Two of "Interracial Dating 101. ft. Theo"  _________________New Orleans's newest festival is BLACK THEATRE! The WE WILL DREAM: New Works Festival is going on now til Juneteenth!Visit https://www.nodreamdeferrednola.com/wwd-festival-home for more info!Join the Virtual Festival (produced by J.Mix) to experience exclusive festival highlights from the comfort of your own home. You can also visit Howlround for public festival programming.   **For a chance to win free festival passes, leave a review on Apple Podcasts + Spotify! We will choose a winner at the April 4th and May 2nd live shows.This episode is in partnership with NO DREAM DEFERRED.Join J.Mix on @nddnola's IG live for DREAM HOUR every 1st+ 3rd Tuesday of the month (except for live show Tuesdays)Click here to watch the latest Dream Hour episode.Support the showThe Self-Aware Millennial is a laborious act of community care to uplift Black + Brown creatives. We could not keep this show going without donations from our listeners, fans, and sponsors. Support our creators at TSAM by joining Patreon for as low as $1/month.https://www.patreon.com/theselfawaremillennial-For apparel: Check out our lil store! ► https://www.tsampodcast.com/merch.html#/-For friendship: Follow The Self-Aware Millennial on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok!-For questions or inquiries: Email theselfawaremillennial@gmail.com-Producer: Lefty LucySound editor(s): J.Mix + Theo FoglemanMusic by J.Mixhttps://www.tsampodcast.com/

We are welcomed by an extremely special guest who has been mentioned MANY times by J.Mix, but the listeners never got a name... til now. In honor of their 10th anniversary, J.Mix is sitting down with her boyfriend, Theo, to reminisce about their relationship, which just so happens to fall on the interracial spectrum. In this episode, they run over statistics, how they met, their dating histories prior to meeting each other, their cultural differences, fetishization, their first racial fight, how their families feel about their relationship, the diversity of friend circles, and so much more! Resources:Pew  “Trends And Patterns in Intermarriage”Census “Growth in Interracial & Interethnic Married Couple Households”GET YOUR TICKETS TO THE SELF-AWARE MILLENNIAL LIVE SHOWS! APRIL 4TH, MAY 2ND, & JUNE 6TH! New Orleans's newest festival is BLACK THEATRE! The WE WILL DREAM: New Works Festival is going on now til Juneteenth! Visit https://www.nodreamdeferrednola.com/wwd-festival-home for more info! Join the Virtual Festival (produced by J.Mix) to experience exclusive festival highlights from the comfort of your own home. You can also visit Howlround for public festival programming.   **For a chance to win free festival passes, leave a review on Apple Podcasts + Spotify! We will choose a winner at the April 4th and May 2nd live shows.This episode is in partnership with NO DREAM DEFERRED.Join J.Mix on @nddnola's IG live for DREAM HOUR every 1st+ 3rd Tuesday of the month (except for live show Tuesdays) Click here to watch the latest Dream Hour episode.For info on the WE WILL DREAM NEW WORKS FESTIVAL, visit httSupport the showThe Self-Aware Millennial is a laborious act of community care to uplift Black + Brown creatives. We could not keep this show going without donations from our listeners, fans, and sponsors. Support our creators at TSAM by joining Patreon for as low as $1/month.https://www.patreon.com/theselfawaremillennial-For apparel: Check out our lil store! ► https://www.tsampodcast.com/merch.html#/-For friendship: Follow The Self-Aware Millennial on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok!-For questions or inquiries: Email theselfawaremillennial@gmail.com-Producer: Lefty LucySound editor(s): J.Mix + Theo FoglemanMusic by J.Mixhttps://www.tsampodcast.com/

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In this episode, Adam and Budi speak with the Executive Artistic Director of The Celebration Barn, David Bruin.David Bruin (he/him) is a producer, curator, dramaturg, and scholar of theater and performance. He has served as the executive artistic director of Celebration Barn since the fall of 2021. From 2019 through 2021, he worked as a co-curator of the annual Prelude Festival, a program of the Martin E. Segal Theater Center at CUNY. He was a co-artistic director of Yale Cabaret during its 2015-16 season, where he co-curated the inaugural Satellite Festival. As a dramaturg, he has collaborated with Robert Woodruff, Liz Diamond, Lars Jan, and Asa Horvitz, and he has produced new works by Jeremy O. Harris and Erin Markey. He has worked as a theater consultant for Scott Rudin Productions and currently works as a creative consultant for Jeff Augustin. He is a co-editor, along with Melanie Joseph, of A Moment on the Clock of the World (Haymarket Books, 2019), an anthology of new writing inspired by the Foundry Theatre. He has held editorial positions at Yale's Theater magazine, and his writing has appeared in Theater, The Brooklyn Rail, and HowlRound. Mentioned in this episode:Miss CleoIPCC Climate ReportElihu YaleSusan Sontag's Regarding the Pain of OthersDean EvansProper pronunciation of NicheMilo RauEncompass CollectiveAmiri BarakaAutobiography of Frederick DouglasAnticapitalism for ArtistsSupport the showIf you enjoyed this week´s podcast, please leave a review on Apple Podcasts. To submit a question: Voice- http://www.speakpipe.com/theatreofothers Email- podcast@theatreofothers.com Support the Theatre of Others - Check out our Merch!Show Credits Co-Hosts: Adam Marple & Budi MillerProducer: Jack BurmeisterMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comAdditional compositions by @jack_burmeister

How did The Real Work come to be? What were the conditions that set the stage (pun intended) for theater workers to come together to study & practice transformative justice? Let's find out...Episode transcript: https://bit.ly/TheRealWork-EP1Sogorea Te' Land Trust: https://sogoreate-landtrust.org/Save the West Berkeley Shellmound: https://shellmound.org/Anti Police-Terror Project: https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/The Village in Oakland #feedthepeople: @villageoakland, https://www.facebook.com/TheVillageInOakland Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment: https://www.acceaction.org/East Bay Permanent Real Estate Cooperative: https://ebprec.org/Washington Post, “Chicago theaters said ‘Not in Our House' to sexual abuse and harassment”: ​​https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/chicago-theaters-say-not-in-our-house-to-sexual-abuse/2017/12/14/e2db9c30-e014-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html Howlround, “What Playwrights Can Learn from Intimacy Directors: A Conversation with Gaby Labotka“: https://howlround.com/what-playwrights-can-learn-intimacy-directors Coalition of Black Women Professional Theatre Makers in the Bay Area, California: https://blackwomenbayareatheatre.wordpress.com/The New York Times, “Long Wharf Theater Leader is Accused of Sexual Harassment”: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/22/theater/gordon-edelstein-long-wharf-theater-sexual-misconduct.html Kim Tran: https://www.kimtranphd.com/ Kyra Jones: https://www.kyrajones.me/Adrienne Skye Roberts: http://therapywithadrienneskye.com/Resources for Addressing Sexual Harassment & Violence (compiled for It's Time: Bay Area Town Hall on Sexual Harassment in Our Theatre Community): https://www.theatrebayarea.org/general/custom.asp?page=itstimeresources Mia Mingus: https://www.soiltjp.org & https://leavingevidence.wordpress.com Bay Area Transformative Justice Collective: https://batjc.wordpress.com/Liberation Spring: https://liberationspring.com/ For additional resources, including this episode's ASL video: https://www.weriseproduction.com/therealworkzAnda of DiaspoRADiCAL: @diaspo.radical on Instagram & https://soundcloud.com/diasporadicalConnect with us at weriseproduction[at]protonmail[dot]com, and follow us on Facebook & Instagram at weriseproduction, & on twitter at WeRiseProducers.

In this episode, Leticia and Jordan finally explain what they mean when they say Black feminism, especially in theatre and performance. They engage Lisa M. Anderson's tenets of Black feminist drama, alongside other contemporary scholars and artists expansion of Black feminist theatre. They discuss Black feminist theory, black feminist practice in creative work, and black feminist theatre theory. Note: In this episode, Lisa M. Anderson is mistakenly referred to as Lisa B. Anderson on ocasion. These instances remain in the podcast audio and have been corrected in the transcript found on HowlRound.com

Alabaster: We had Director Fran Martone on our show to talk about Actors Collaborative Toledo's upcoming production. Actors Collaborative Toledo (ACT) presents the area premiere of Alabaster by Audrey Cefaly. January 14-16, 2022 at the Owens Community College Center for Fine and Performing Arts (7270 Biniker Road, Perrysburg, Ohio 43551). The play is directed by Fran Martone and features a cast of Toledo Theatre veterans: Cindy Bilby (Weezy), Carol Ann Erford (Bib), Aimee Reid(June), and Marissa Rex (Alice). An all-female darkly comic southern drama about women on the verge, art, and the power of human connection. After a tornado barrels through a North Alabama town leaving nothing but death and destruction, only June and her wisecracking pet goat Weezy live to tell the tale. When Alice, a prominent photographer, arrives to take pictures of June's scars, every living soul on the farm is tipped to the breaking point in this epic tale of life after death. Showtimes are January 14 and 15 at 8:00 p.m. and January 16 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are available in advance at www.act419.org. Audrey Cefaly is a southern writer and Alabama native based in the DC region. She is published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus (two volumes of Best American Short Plays), and Applause Books. She was recently named a Traveling Master by the Dramatist Guild Foundation. She is an outspoken proponent of silence in story-telling and has authored numerous articles on the topic of playwriting for HowlRound and Samuel French's Breaking Character Magazine. Cefaly is a recipient of grants from the Boomerang Fund for Artists as well as the Alabama and Maryland state arts councils. Audrey Cefaly won the 2018 David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize for Alabaster. Sometimes a piece just glues you to your seat, makes you laugh, rips your heart out, and when it's done you want to hold the people you love tightly and never let go.

In this episode of fluency durell speaks with highly sought after artist and intimacy coordinator Ann C. James.  Ann James has an extensive career in international stage direction and theatre education spanning over three decades.  James recently made her debut as the first Black Intimacy Coordinator of Broadway for Antoinette Nwandu's Pass Over. James is an expert in the burgeoning industry of intimacy direction and institutional consent culture for national arts organizations. In addition to her Broadway credit, she served as Intimacy Director and Sensitivity Specialist  for the provocative Off-Broadway productions of Moises Kaufman's Seven Deadly Sins by Tectonic Theatre Project and Seize the King produced by Classical Theatre of Harlem. On the West Coast, James provides consultation and intimacy coordination for the television and film industry most recently working with Rashida Jones, Mark Wahlberg, Issa Rae, Will Ferrell and Cynthia Enrivo. Her intimacy work has featured James as an expert voice for Theatre Communications Group, HowlRound,  the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, and Lincoln Center's Directors Lab West. Her company, Intimacy Coordinators of Color,has partnerships with ArtsEquity, TimesUp, and A.R.T./New York. James is in the second year of her studies as America's first MFA in Performance Pedagogy with an emphasis in Afrocentric Intimacy Pedagogy at Loyola Marymount University.

This conversation was recorded as part of Work Shouldn't Suck's https://www.workshouldntsuck.co/ethical-reopening-summit-2021 (Ethical Re-Opening Summit) that took place on April 27, 2021. This past year saw the environmental impacts of the workplace shift dramatically. For many, travel for work was completely erased, both commuting and related business travel. Conferences that traditionally attracted hundreds or thousands of in-person attendees shifted to online offerings. As we consider how to reopen our workplaces, how can we do that in intentional ways that center our impact on planet and people? Resources mentioned during session:Howlround's https://howlround.com/tags/climate-change (Climate Change resources) https://artscarbon.com/ (Carbon emissions calculator for streaming media) “https://howlround.com/streaming-just-transition (A Producer's Guide to Measuring, Budgeting, and Lowering the Carbon Emissions of Livestreams and Video Conferences)” by Vijay Mathew https://www.jasonhickel.org/less-is-more (Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save The World) by Jason Hickel KRISTA BRADLEY is Director of Programs and Resources at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP), the national service organization for the performing arts presenting industry. At APAP she's responsible for the professional development programming for the annual conference as well as year-round programs, leadership development initiatives, regranting programs and resources that advance the skills, knowledge and capabilities of APAP's membership. Prior to APAP, she was Executive and Artistic Director of BlackRock Center for the Arts, a nonprofit multidisciplinary arts center in Maryland, and Program Officer of Performing Arts for Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation. She brings more than twenty years of experience working in the nonprofit, performing arts, and philanthropy sectors as a curator, funder, arts administrator and consultant for organizations such as the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the Walker Arts Center, Houston Grand Opera and Opera America. Krista is also a practicing musician, a current member of the Thomas Circle Singers, a DC-based choral ensemble, and a former board member of APAP. She holds a B.A. degree in Literature and Society from Brown University. ALEXIS FRASZ is a researcher, writer, strategic thinker, program designer, and advisor to partners in culture, philanthropy, and the environmental sector working for transformative change and a just transition. She is a co-director of Helicon Collaborative and leads their work at the intersection of culture and the environment. Her perspective on systems change draws on her artistic practices and diverse background in anthropology, Chinese Medicine, permaculture, and Buddhism. She believes in the need to build solidarity between artists and culture and broader movements working for racial, ecological, and economic justice. Alexis also teaches on creative civic leadership for artists and non-artists, and is faculty for the cultural leadership program at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and Julie's Bicycle's https://www.creativeclimateleadership.com/ (Creative Climate Leadership program). Her research on http://artmakingchange.org/ (socially engaged artistic practice )has informed artist training curriculums and philanthropic programs worldwide. She is actively engaged in Helicon's ongoing work to address https://heliconcollab.net/our_work/not-just-money/ (inequities )in cultural philanthropy. Alexis graduated Summa cum Laude from Princeton University with a degree in Cultural Anthropology and has pursued Master's level study in Chinese Medicine.  She is an advisor of the https://publicbankeastbay.org/ (Public Bank East Bay), the http://www.headlands.org/ (Headlands Center for the Arts,) and https://www.artistsliteracies.org/ (The Artist's Literacy's Institute). She lives in Oakland, where she spends as much...

In this episode, Molly discusses how tough conversations around trauma start with internal dialogue. She also talks about psychological safety and the importance creating brave and supportive spaces. This episodes contains parts from her article published on HowlRound - including her favorite new thing, vulnerability vases. Feel free to share your check-in and check-outs with Molly through social media or GBC's website. Links below! Grey Box Collective's Online Store (promo code AOAPOD for 10% off) Donations (web link) Venmo @greyboxcollective CashApp $greyboxcollective Trauma-Informed Creative Practices on Instagram Learn more about your host, Molly --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/greyboxcollective/support

“In practice, when we work with our community for community, it feeds us and sustains us. It's not just a time card to check in and out… After rehearsal I'm not drained, I'm living!” Rose shares about creating Art Rat Theatre, a production vehicle dedicated to gardening anticolonial, anti-capitalist theatre for a truly diverse new era audience and catalyzing a greater network of independent institutionally marginalized, young adult creatives. Topics include knowing who's in your house, unlearning, and nonlinear thinking. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“When friends come together to do a thing and it starts to get unclear who's still about it and who's moving on, it's important to say, ok if it's not a hobby… then what are the requirements?” Eric shares about creating The Movement Theatre Company, which engages audiences in a rich theatrical dialogue, enlightens communities to the important issues affecting our world, and empowers artists to celebrate the many sides of their unique voice.  Topics include the collaborative leadership model of producing artistic leadership team, paying more than the minimum, and undoing global racism.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“How many people are really pursuing their happiness right now? That's in the BIll of Rights that we're supposed to be doing that…We have to look at how we can ease the burden of medical debt, student debt, housing debt so we can actually all live in the pursuit of happiness.” Ann shares about creating Intimacy Coordinators of Color, which supports and promotes decolonized intimacy education and inclusive hiring practices in the entertainment industry.Topics include living abroad, having several businesses, and creating a pedagogy. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

“Funders aren't actually checking, were black people harmed when they were in your space? Did you actually pay them an equitable rate? Did they feel safe? Were you welcoming?” Iyvon shares about creating The Parnsip Ship, a podcast play company that amplifies bold artists for audiences who crave accessible stories and storytellers. Topics include funding frustrations, helpful boards, and pandemic producing.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“People felt like they had a home. I don't know if you've ever built a theater with community before. There is an ownership and a loyalty when they feel they've been welcomed and they belong.” Teresa shares about creating Bishop Arts Theatre Center, which creates a diverse and vibrant arts community while creating sustainable opportunities for local and emerging artists through performances and education. Topics include connecting to community in meaningful ways, owning your own table, and race as a social construct.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“These higher ed institutions are basically training people to keep these white institutions going… They teach us to go into these institutions but they don't teach us the harms that come with the institutions.” Quanice shares about creating Arts Administrators of Color Network, which empowers artists and art administrators by providing tools and resources to advocate for equity, inclusion, access, and diversity in the arts.Topics include coping and healing, staying away from DEI, and personal boundaries.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“White supremacy wants to take away our ability to imagine and to create or to even fathom what an afroindigenous future could be… All of the work has been done if we look back to our Elders.” Tara shares about creating Groundwater Arts, which shapes, stewards, and seeds a just future through creative practice, consultation, and community building.Topics include implementation of relational life ways, divestment from fossil fuels, and how to move forward with disagreements.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“As we grew, we became eligible for institutional funding and that is when things began to change. Because all of a sudden the way we did our work had to conform with funders for us to receive our funds.” Kyoung shares about creating Kyoung's Pacific Beat, a peacemaking theatre collective dedicated to working with artists, non-artists, and local communities to transform experiences of oppression into peace messages through performance. Topics include the dangers of the nonprofit industrial complex shaping the work, making theatre in times of war, and a worker-owned collective.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

Are you obsessed with early electronic music?? We started a private group for people like you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/cosmictapemusicclub/ Thanks for joining us for Episode 8 of the Cosmic Tape Music Club monthly Podcast! Join your hosts Jacqueline and Augustus of the experimental pop band The Galaxy Electric as they get cosmic on the topic of Robin the Fog. Robin was a blast to chat with and we carried on way longer than the finished piece, so you are getting the goods! Robin works exclusively with tape as his medium. You're likely familiar with his work as Howlround and his collaborative effort with DJ Food and others called The New Obsolescents. Topics covered were things like Reel Tape, MST3K and The Radiophonic Workshop just to get ya started...   https://robinthefog.com/ @RobinTheFog  

“We needed to look at how we could work together, first with the BIPOC community. And then, upon completion of that assessment, we would be ready to partner with others.” Michelle shares about creating Visionaries of the Creative Arts, which is dedicated to responding to the critical needs of d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing artists who are Black, Indigenous, and people of color, in Washington, D.C.Topics include intersectionality of race and disability justice, local, national and international community engagement, and the support of white allies. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward  @HowlRound

“As somebody who grows up in, I guess, a “third world country” and then moves to the U.S., you feel this sense of responsibility… to have to give back something, or you have to be the best in your community, but also still be connected.” Parmida shares about creating Seda Iranian Theatre Ensemble, which creates opportunities for refugees and immigrants whose voice cannot be heard.Topics include programming for refugee and immigrant communities, creating new mediums, and taking time to reflect. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook  @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“Centering relationship, community and the artist in all the work is where you begin. Yes, we're co-producing on an end product. We're making a show. However, the relationship … is a great place to start from.” Maurice shares about creating The Front Porch Arts Collective, a black theatre company committed to advancing racial equity in Boston through theater.Topics include keys to success in co-productions, the challenges of the nonprofit model, and our lifetime journey to grow.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

“You have a relationship just for one show– that's not a relationship. Not at all. It's more like exploitation.” Samson and Dmae share about creating Theatre Diaspora gives Asian American Pacific Islander theatre more visibility and engages the public in insightful talkback discussions on cultural diversity.Topics include  the importance of relationships in being a community organization, representation and visibility, and redefining what success is. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

Summary:In this episode, our host Stephanie Fortunato speaks with Diane Ragsdale, Director and Co-Lead Faculty of the Cultural Leadership Program at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity, about the need for transformational cultural leadership to ensure the resilience and relevance of the arts and cultural sectors, especially in navigating the Covid-19 pandemic.  Thereafter, Stephanie is joined by fellow host Adrian Ellis to discuss key takeaways. They reflect on how the Covid-19 pandemic could be a window of opportunity for new forms of cultural leadership to emerge, which will encourage artistic experimentation and maximize the potential of the arts as a force for social change. DOWNLOAD TRANSCRIPTReferences:  Catalyzing Engagement Guaranteed Income Pilot by Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Fuse Box Festival ‘Dear White American Theater' Further Reading:  On Aesthetics, Ethics, Economics, and Consequential Decisions of Cultural Leaders in the Long Now Bio:A professional writer, speaker, facilitator, researcher, lecturer, and advisor on a range of arts and culture topics since 2010, Diane Ragsdale currently serves as Director of the Cultural Leadership Program at Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity. Diane is also adjunct faculty at Yale University, where she teaches a workshop on Aesthetic Values in a Changed Cultural Context for its Theater Management MFA and a doctoral candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam (in the Netherlands), where she lectured 2011-2015 in the cultural economics and sociology of the arts programs. Over the past 15 years, Diane has given nearly 80 keynote addresses, lectures, or presentations at universities, arts conferences, and symposia around the world. She has served on the editorial board of Artivate: A Journal of Entrepreneurship in the Arts since 2011; has served on various committees for the online platform and journal HowlRound, including its present advisory board; and is a board member for Anne Bogart's SITI Company and Marty Pottenger's Art At Work.

Extensive career in theatre education, stage direction and conflict resolution in corporate and artistic environments. Ann has had the opportunity to direct on several regional stages including, The Alley, Steppenwolf, Dallas Theatre Center and Hartford Stage and Cherry Lane. She is a published author on HowlRound and has been a featured Intimacy Specialist on many other theatre affiliated panels during Covid-19. Ann is devoted to making both stage and screen safer places for Black, Indigenous and People of Color to practice their craft.

Featuring dramaturg, critic, producer, and playwright, Linnea Valdivia | she/her :Will starts with the question we all want to know: what is a dramaturg??? After we listen with bated breath, Will and Linnea discuss her Howlround article, “Queering Theatre Criticism” which placed responsibility on the critic to understand queerness in order to inform the audience. Then the pair discusses working on the 2018 gender-bending production of OKLAHOMA! at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the mindfulness required when queering classics, and the cultural costs of losing small theatres due to COVID closures.In Teacakes and Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists, host Will Wilhelm (they/them) welcomes an artistic crush for an intimate chat and a reading. Each episode features a new queer guest discussing art, life in our industry, and their dreams and intentions while the world of performance waits in the wings. Together, they hold space to summon more inclusive, exciting, and queer-friendly ways to create. As the candle burns low,  Will offers their guest a unique tarot reading to give them greater insight on a personal journey. It's one part cocktail party and one part slumber party that will leave you stirred but never shaken. Teacakes & Tarot: Conversations with Queer Futurists is produced by Island Shakespeare Festival as part of the Shakespeare Playground Series. The series presents socially distanced programming that upholds ISF's mission of accessible Shakespeare that embraces intersectional storytelling and artistic excellence. Find out more at islandshakespearefest.org!Co-Created by Will Wilhelm (they/them) and Erin Murray (she/her)Graphic Design by Ray Kathryn Morgen (they/them)Theme Song: Raro Bueno by Chuzausen, licensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 International License.Audio & Mixing: Orion Schwalm (he/him)

“We find that it's really important that everybody verbalizes their thoughts and their agreements or disagreements so that we know everyone's on board.” Beto shares about creating Radical Evolution is a multiethnic producing collective that seeks to understand the complexities of the mixed-identity existence in the 21st Century.Topics include consensus decision making, equitable partnerships, reclaiming folk arts, and giving up white privilege.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

By Beto O'Byrne, Yura Sapi / Viviana Vargas. For the last episode of this season's Building Our Own Tables, podcast host Yura Sapi talks with Beto O'Byrne of Radical Evolution, a multiethnic producing collective.

“We need to know that this whiteness is not something that just affects us in the U.S. or in the west, it's something that affects everybody everywhere through the history of colonization. And it affects the arts everywhere.” Pooja shares about creating Rites of Passage Project, a movement to reclaim and celebrate women's initiations envisioning a truly equitable, just and thriving world for all.Topics include the impacts of globalization, resilience as people of color, and valuing group conflict.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

By Pooja Prema, Yura Sapi / Viviana Vargas. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables, podcast host Yura Sapi talks with Pooja Prema of The Ritual Theatre and The Rites of Passage Project.

“There's a reason why they don't want us to ever talk about genocide… It's because when you name something you acknowledge it exists and then you can deal with it.” Claudia shares about creating Calling Up Justice, a transmedia social justice practice. Topics include the power we have in selecting the words we use to talk about what we're doing and the resiliency producing model when it comes to working in a supremacy culture environment, that is the United States.Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

By Claudia Alick, Yura Sapi / Viviana Vargas.

“You cannot have it inauthentic AND have the community's support.” Nydia shares about creating Blactina Media, which amplifies Afrolatinx and Caribbean stories with an emphasis on women through media and entertainment. Topics include the importance of authenticity and what it means to say true to your audience, saying no to opportunities that aren't in line with your values, and some real talk on knowing your worth. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

By Nydia Simone, Viviana Vargas. In this episode of Building Our Own Tables Podcast, host Viviana Vargas discusses amplifying Afrolatinx and Caribbean stories with an emphasis on women through media and entertainment with Blactina

Jonathan McCrory is the Artistic Director of Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre. Jonathan walks me through his serendipitous beginnings at the Duke Ellington School in Washington DC to his current position at National Black Theater. Jonathan considers himself a “creative doula” a term I had never heard until this conversation, but after “meeting” Jonathan I can think of no better description.For a full transcript of today's episode go to beyondthelightspodcast.com.Mentioned in this Episode[00:01:03] Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theater[00:01:55] Duke Ellington School[00:07:58] The Movement Theater Company[00:08:23] Harlem 9[00:08:27] Next Gen Network[00:08:30] Black Theater Commons[00:08:36] HowlRound[00:33:49] New Black FestFollow JonathanWebsiteFollow The National Black TheatreWebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagramFollow Beyond the LightsWebsiteFacebookTwitterInstagram

“How do we do this with zero money?” Jonathan shares about creating The Sống Collective, which uplifts work that pushes against preconceptions of Asian Americans and reclaims the Vietnamese American narrative. Topics include asking for resources in community, power sharing, unanimous decision-making, and abundance over scarcity. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

By Jonathan Castanien, Viviana Vargas. In the third episode of Build Our Own Tables podcast, host Viviana Vargas interviews Jonathan Castanien co-founder and co-producing artistic leader of The Sống Collective, which uplifts work that p

“How can the art that is created serve as a further asset to this city?” Lauren shares about creating No Dream Deferred, a community anchored theatre production company in New Orleans, Louisiana. Topics include what it means to be community anchored, the importance of structure within shared leadership, and preventing founder's syndrome. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward @HowlRound

“A lot of trans Native folks create things because of exclusion.” Xemi shares about creating Angel Rose Artist Collective, a multilingual Two-Spirit Native American Transgender, Intersex, Asexual, Queer+ led collective of artists, healers, educators, and advocates, that uplift Two-Spirit Nation and BIPOC Communities through art and land justice.Topics include owning Trans-identity, the importance in Native-Trans and Black-Trans solidarity, centering Elders in her practice, and the need for community care in leadership transitions. Your donation to Advancing Arts Forward supports liberated spaces, like this podcast, that uplift, heal and encourage us to change the world. (https://www.advancingartsforward.org/)Connect with us on :::TikTok @buildingourowntablesInstagram @advancingartsforward @howlroundFacebook @advancingartsforward@HowlRound

Cassandra Snow (they/them/she/her) is best-known for penning the Queering the Tarot book and a series of the same name, which was seen on Little Red Tarot. They've also written about tarot, witchcraft and theatre at Take Your Pills, QueerTarot.cards, and Howlround among others. Cassandra's second book, Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins, is coming out via Red Wheel/Weiser Publishing on November 1, 2020. Cassandra has been reading tarot for over a decade, and operates out of Minneapolis, MN. Cassandra is normally stationed weekly at The Eye of Horus and twice a month at The Future. They also read regularly at The Haunted Basement's Maker's Fairs and special events. They've taught classes and workshops everywhere from colleges to sex stores, as well as at the more expected metaphysical stores and events.  Cassandra firmly believes that tarot and witchcraft should be accessible tools for anyone who wants to use them and works to make them approachable without making them seem fluffy. Humor, generosity and collaboration weave their way through all of Cassandra's work. The work also comes from a radical, queer, sex-positive, fat-positive, anti-racist, feminist and Pagan point of view. In Cassandra's other life, she runs a queer theatre company called Gadfly Theatre Productions in Minneapolis. Episode Highlights Cassandra shares about the importance of making tarot more approachable to all people. They share about their book “Queering the Tarot” and how it brings the queer perspective into divination. We explore what it was like to grow up queer in a Christian conservative community and how Cassandra found their liberation through witchcraft and tarot.  Cassandra discusses the concept of a fluid god energy and how it manifests in the form it needs for the specific person. They talk about the importance of honesty, compassion, and empathy when it comes to tarot readings. Cassandra shares about the significance of empowerment through tarot. They talk about their new book, “Queering Your Craft: Witchcraft from the Margins.”  Cassandra shares their favorite queer tarot decks: - Next World Tarot - The Numinous Tarot - This Might Hurt Tarot - Modern Witch Tarot - The Fountain Tarot Web links Find more info at Cassandra-Snow.com You can also find them on Instagram, Twitter, Patreon & FaceBook   Grab your FREE Guide - Needs, Boundaries & Self-Care for Queer Folks.  Download it here. Join the Queer Spirit Community Facebook group to continue the conversation and stay up to date on new episodes.   And follow us on Instagram!

Nicole Brewer is a director, actor, educator and facilitator. She is a passionate advocate for anti-racist theatre and is invited across the US and the UK to teach and speak about Conscientious Theatre Training. Her advocacy for the theatre industrial complex to replace racist and oppressive practice with anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices has appeared in both American Theatre and HowlRound.

A conversation with my longtime friend and playwright of Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, Alexis Scheer. Alexis is one of the most intelligent people I know. She is as kind and caring and compassionate as she is articulate and witty. Her knowledge of herself and her experiences is refreshing and straight-up inspiring. I've wanted to sit down and put microphones in front of our mouths for a long time, but with her play currently running at WP Theatre off-Broadway - now seemed like the perfect time to go deep and break down what this experience has been like. This is Alexis' New York debut as a playwright and it is the very beginning of what I am certain will be a long and incredibly exciting career in this industry. Our conversation starts off with a quick recap of the history of this play and spirals into a dialogue about representation, spirituality, creative fulfillment, trust, relationships, and lands with a recent revelation about the "struggling artist" mentality. I have no doubt that you'll find a plethora of wisdom-nuggets that you'll carry with you. Alexis has a way of speaking about abstract topics in a way that's digestible and easy to grip on to. She inspires me to move through the world with more grace and trust that what I have to say is worth hearing. Alexis was named Rising Theatre Star by Improper Bostonian in the Boston's Best Issue and is currently featured on the Kilroys' List and Remezcla's 8 Exciting Latinx Playwrights. Plays include Our Dear Dead Drug Lord (world premiere Off-Broadway WP Theater/Second Stage; developed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Off the Grid Theatre, and McCarter Theatre Center; Kilroys' List, featured finalist at HowlRound's LTC Carnaval of New Latinx Work, Relentless Award semi-finalist, Bay Area Playwrights Festival finalist, 50PP's Best Unproduced Latinx Plays, 50PP's Best Latinx Plays for College); Laughs in Spanish (developed at Boston Playwrights' Theatre and San Diego REP), Christina (developed at Cleveland Playhouse; Roe Green Award Winner) and Chosen (BCA She Said Festival, Sanguine Theatre's Playwrights' Week). She is a proud Miami native and New World School of the Arts alum, and holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from The Boston Conservatory and MFA in Playwriting from Boston University. She also moonlights as the Producing Artistic Director of award-winning fringe company, Off the Grid Theatre.  The Come Up is a podcast that holds space for honest conversations about the reality of being a growing artist in the entertainment industry today. The myth of "making it" tells us that our happiness and fulfillment is dependent on a specific outcome when the truth is that there is no moment of arrival - the journey is never ending. This podcast will serve as an archive of individual perspectives and a source of inspiration for anyone navigating their own creative path. It's an opportunity to reflect on where we've been, where we're at, and where we're going. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices