Podcast appearances and mentions of ruth steiner

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE THE "PROFESSOR" BECOMES THE "STUDENT?" This subject is at the center of the play Collected Stories by Donald Margulies, produced by DramaDogs, and starring E. Bonnie Lewis and Felicia Hall. Both Bonnie and Felicia are my guests on this episode of Jim On The Air. Bonnie Lewis plays Ruth Steiner, a professor and lauded writer of short stories. Ruth hires graduate student Lisa Morrison played by Felicia Hall, to be her assistant. Lisa, also a writer, thrives in her new role and becomes Ruth's protégé—then her rival upon the release of her first novel. In Collected Stories, the complicated issue of story ownership is at the fore. This intelligent and engaging play by Donald Margulies asks questions about consent, appropriation, and the ethics of taking artistic license. Give it a listen! We have a fantastic conversation about the play, theater, how actors prepare a role, AND... GUILTY PLEASURES! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jim-sirianni/support

Zoë Yeoman made her professional acting debut at the age of 16 at Kings Hall in Heidelberg, Germany, in a production of Godspell. Since then she's worked in almost every major market across the United States.A working actor and a member of Actor's Equity • SAG|AFTRA and at times Producer and Director, some of Zoë's favorite roles include Lisa Kron in Well with the Arizona Women's Theatre Company, Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' Collected Stories, Dr. Vivian Bearing in Wit, and as Haley Walker in Theresa Rebeck's Bad Dates, a role which she recently reprised at The Aux Dog Theatre, directed by Victoria Liberatori in Albuquerque, New Mexico.She originated the role of Margaret in James Riordon's award winning play, Apollo Redux, and played dual roles in the Washington, D.C. premiere of Emma's Child, for Horizons' Theater.On film, Zoë most has appeared in many short and feature films, The Five Cent Curve, by Brendan Hayward and in All About You, directed by auteur Christine Swanson. Starring roles include Vanessa in Carrots and Onions and K.K.Kettering in the short film, Creole Lady Angelle. She recently played a police captain in festival favorite, Raising Buchanan, written and directed by Bruce Dellis. Additionally, she waits for the release of M.E.C.C.A.-The Film.On Television, you've seen Zoë in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims' Unit, David E. Kelley's The Practice; Strong Medicine, The Drew Carey Show and the ABC Sitcom, Rodney. She earned her Equity card with “the best understudy performance in 20 years” at the Kennedy Center/Eisenhower Theatre in Washington, D.C., during a run of The Magic Fire, produced in conjunction with and by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, (directed by Libby Appel). Zoë's producing and directing credits include multiple One-Act plays, short films and theatrical productions for the Arizona Women's Theatre Company's, “Pandora Festival” and for Aux Dog Theatre's “Laughing Dog” 10-minute play festival.Zoë is the athletic type, enjoying every major sport; especially Baseball. She is an avid Golfer and has played courses from the Bay Area to Scottsdale, Arizona to Williamsburg, Virginia. Having learned to Ski in the Austrian Alps, she has skied the Alps of Europe and the Eastern and Western slopes of the United States. She also rides horses and recently gave up her beautiful APHA 16.2h gelding, “Zoë's Situation Comedy” (AKA “Rolling!”), so that he could have the life he deserves by trailering, mountain and streams rides through Flagstaff, AZ. An avid collector of antique furniture and 20th Century Modern Art, Zoë has visited most of the major museums and cathedrals of Europe, adding a few more during a past trip to Greece, Italy and Turkey.Her two Standard Poodles, Pale Ale, and Porter are the lights of her life. Her Shih Tzu, Barley Wine rounds out her beer-named Pups. She drives a 1977 Lincoln Continental Mark V among other things and looks forward to getting her '67 Honda CB-450 back on the road very shortly. A new bike was in the cards for her recent Birthday, but that plan was interrupted by the purchase of a home in Albuquerque, NM where she currently resides with her husband of almost 30 years, Daniel.Ms. Yeoman was on the Board of Directors and was very proudly, the first female Membership Chair of the Friars' Club of California and is a past president of the Arizona Women's Theatre Company. She's a member of the Santa Fe chapter of The Hamptons Table, belongs to the New Mexico Chapter of Women in Film and her on-going search for a theatre company to call home, continues. To reach out, please do so through the Contact page herein, or call her Agents, Katrina or Mina at South West Artist Group in New Mexico/Arizona or Linda Ryan at Cross Beam Talent, Atlanta, GA.

Collected Storiesby Donald MarguliesTwo women take the stage for this dramatic play about a teacher and her student protégé, kicking off Women's History Month this March. Jennie Ward will make her MJTC directorial debut.Ruth Steiner is a respected author in the autumn of her career when she hires Lisa, a graduate student, to be her assistant. Under Ruth's mentorship, Lisa's talent is unleashed, but when Lisa writes a novel based upon her teacher's past, their friendship explodes with questions about intellectual property and the ownership of experiences. This gem of a play, by one of today's most admired playwrights, displays "tangled connections between creativity and ideology...thick with ideas like a stockpot of good stew." (Village Voice)February 24 - March 18, 2018Wednesdays at 7:30 p. m. - $23Thursdays at 7:30 p. m. - $25Saturdays at 8:00 p. m. - $38Sundays at 1:00 p. m. - $30Sunday, February 25th at 7:00 p. m. - $2520’s-30’s Thursdays Rate – For anyone 20 - 39; use the promotional code 2030 when ordering.Student Rush Rate – $12 tickets for students at the door; must show a valid student ID.Special Group Rate – For groups of 10 and over. Contact the box office for more details.Minnesota Jewish Theatre Company | PO Box 16155 | St. Paul, MN 55116651.647.4315 | info@mnjewishtheatre.org

"Collected Stories" star Linda Lavin discusses why she's playing the role of Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' play for a fourth time, likens the two-character play to a duet that changes with each new co-star, and explains why she turned the role down the first time she had the opportunity to play it. She also talks about her musical heritage growing up in Maine; how she got her Equity card after her freshman year studying drama at the College of William and Mary; how a chorus role in her first Broadway show, "A Family Affair", grew to afford her four character roles by opening night; the unexpected success of "The Mad Show", which was originally planned for a two-week holiday run; the experience of creating roles in two Neil Simon plays, "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" and "Broadway Bound", including the story of how swiftly Simon wrote her impressive act two monologue for the latter; whether it was tough for her to be considered for stage roles after nine seasons on TV's "Alice"; how she saw the character of Mama Rose when she took over for Tyne Daly in "Gypsy"; what she thinks prompted Charles Busch to create the title role in "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" with her in mind; and why when she's not busy with professional acting roles she spends her "spare time" running the Red Barn Theatre, a community theatre in Wilmington NC. Original air date - May 19, 2010.

“Collected Stories” star Linda Lavin (1987 Tony Award winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in “Broadway Bound”) discusses why she's playing the role of Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' play for a fourth time, likens the two-character play to a duet that changes with each new co-star, and explains why she turned the role down the first time she had the opportunity to play it. She also talks about her musical heritage growing up in Maine; how she got her Equity card after her freshman year studying drama at the College of William and Mary; how a chorus role in her first Broadway show, “A Family Affair”, grew to afford her four character roles by opening night; the unexpected success of “The Mad Show”, which was originally planned for a two-week holiday run; the experience of creating roles in two Neil Simon plays, “The Last of the Red Hot Lovers” and “Broadway Bound”, including the story of how swiftly Simon wrote her impressive act two monologue for the latter; whether it was tough for her to be considered for stage roles after nine seasons on TV's “Alice”; how she saw the character of Mama Rose when she took over for Tyne Daly in “Gypsy”; what she thinks prompted Charles Busch to create the title role in “The Tale of the Allergist's Wife” with her in mind; and why when she's not busy with professional acting roles she spends her "spare time" running the Red Barn Theatre, a community theatre in Wilmington NC.

"Collected Stories" star Linda Lavin discusses why she's playing the role of Ruth Steiner in Donald Margulies' play for a fourth time, likens the two-character play to a duet that changes with each new co-star, and explains why she turned the role down the first time she had the opportunity to play it. She also talks about her musical heritage growing up in Maine; how she got her Equity card after her freshman year studying drama at the College of William and Mary; how a chorus role in her first Broadway show, "A Family Affair", grew to afford her four character roles by opening night; the unexpected success of "The Mad Show", which was originally planned for a two-week holiday run; the experience of creating roles in two Neil Simon plays, "The Last of the Red Hot Lovers" and "Broadway Bound", including the story of how swiftly Simon wrote her impressive act two monologue for the latter; whether it was tough for her to be considered for stage roles after nine seasons on TV's "Alice"; how she saw the character of Mama Rose when she took over for Tyne Daly in "Gypsy"; what she thinks prompted Charles Busch to create the title role in "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" with her in mind; and why when she's not busy with professional acting roles she spends her "spare time" running the Red Barn Theatre, a community theatre in Wilmington NC. Original air date - May 19, 2010.