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JOAN ROSS SORKIN is a playwright, musical theatre bookwriter and lyricist, opera librettist, and screenwriter. Her two most current musical projects are Black Swan Blues with Randy Klein, and Bordello with Barbara Bellman and Emiliano Messiez. Black Swan Blues had a staged reading in October, 2022 as part of The York Theatre Company's Developmental Reading Series, and Bordello is scheduled to have the same in December, 2023.   Joan's family musicals include Dandelion, with Mary Liz McNamara, with its world premiere at Playhouse on Park, W. Hartford, CT in April, 2023, and the award-winning Isabelle and The Pretty Ugly Spell with Steven Fisher with productions at The Actors' Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre, Coral Gables, FL (Winner, National Children's Theatre Award), NYMF (Outstanding New Family Musical), and Vital Theatre; and Go Green! Prince Charming's Quest for Love and Ecology in NYC with Mary Feinsinger, presented in the very first New York Children's Theater Festival. Randy Klein is a multi-award-winning composer, pianist, record producer, author and music educator. He is the composer of For My People, a song cycle featuring the poetry of American author, Margaret Walker. For My People was featured at the Furious Flower Poetry Festival at James Madison University and the University of Kansas. The music premiere of the renowned poem by Margaret Walker ‘For My People' was April 2, 2011 at the Forbes Center for the Arts, James Madison University, VA. His compositions, Facing It and Dear John, Dear Coltrane, based on the poetry of Yusef Komunyakaa and Michael Harper premiered at the 2014 Furious Flower Poetry Conference featuring the combined James Madison University and Morgan State Chorales. His musical, Black Swan Blues, in collaboration with Joan Ross Sorkin, bookwriter and lyricist, inspired by the ballet “Swan Lake,”. Black Swan Blues explores white privilege and racism in America in the South in the early 1960's. Set in New Orleans, a rich, idealistic journalist and a poor, vulnerable blues singer's true love is challenged when secrets from their tangled past involving race, murder and the Ku Klux Klan are revealed. Only through the magic of voodoo do they find eternal love. The score is timeless and contemporary evoking the period.

In this episode, Anna has the pleasure of speaking with Helen Jeffery, an incredibly talented writer, performer, director, and creative facilitator who uses the arts to challenge and provoke debate around our relationship with alcohol. Helen's play, ‘Buckled', explores navigating sobriety in a world that revolves around drinking. The play focuses on three characters with different relationships to alcohol and centres around an impending wedding. It raises questions about why so many social interactions revolve around drinking and challenges the societal norm that not drinking is abnormal. The play is not preachy but aims to spark conversation and make people think. Both the play and Anna & Helen's conversation, explore the importance of self-compassion and kindness when trying to change drinking habits. It emphasises the need to approach sobriety with a mindset of personal growth and emotional sobriety. The discussion also touches on the challenges of navigating social situations without alcohol and the importance of supportive relationships. The play 'Buckled' is highlighted as a powerful medium for raising questions and fostering empathy around alcohol addiction. The next steps for the play include upcoming performances, potential streaming options, and the possibility of a national tour.Here are the Highlights:00:00 Introduction and background06:19 The relevance of ‘Buckled'07:09 Navigating sobriety in a world of drinking10:49 Dependency on alcohol affects characters' relationships differently.14:43 Advising balance and boundaries, addressing generational alcohol issues.16:35 Genetic predisposition, environmental factors, and social patterns21:08 Son struggles with his mother's alcoholism and change.24:14 Children of alcoholics cope with shame and hope.25:48 Addressing shame and regret29:09 Addiction is not your fault, but your responsibility31:35 Advocate for self-forgiveness and personal motivation36:13 Navigating social situations without alcohol36:38 Focusing on percentages helps in stopping drinking.41:21 Navigating social interactions after giving up drinking.44:04 Personal growth and changing relationships47:58 Theatre, education, raising questions, more to come.50:48 The future of 'Buckled'About the host Anna:Anna is a certified Alcohol Mindset Coach, trained by Annie Grace of This Naked Mind. Drawing on her own journey out of alcohol addiction, she now helps others explore and control their drinking. With a career spanning 25 years as a Strategist in the Advertising industry, she combines her own lived experiences, with great insight into what makes us tick and what influences us to behave the way we do. Connect with Anna:Website: thebeliefscoach.comLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/annadonagheyFacebook: facebook.com/thebeliefscoachInstagram: instagram.com/bigdrinkrethinkProduced by winteraudio.co.ukAbout Helen Jeffery:Helen is a writer, performer, poet & graduate of the Playwright's Programme at the Liverpool Everyman Theatre. She has had several plays produced including, ‘The Brink' and ‘Gun Metal Blue', which won the Blink.Theatre Award for New Writing in 2017. In March 2024, Helen's latest play, ‘Buckled' opened...

On this episode of the Stage, we are honoring Rebecca Meyer-Larson, 2023 NFHS Citation Award recipient for Theatre. Rebecca is a theatre and speech & debate educator at Moorhead High School in Minnesota and has led her students to MANY state titles, awards, and more. During her 32-year career, Meyer-Larson has received several honors including two U.S. Presidential Scholars Program Teacher awards, NFHS Outstanding Educator State Award and Spotlight Education Theater Educator Award, five Diamond Coach in the National Speech and Debate Association and the 2019 Minnesota State High School League AA Coach of the Year.Today you as the listener get to hear from someone that puts her students first, has a passion for theatre and speech & debate, and gives excellent advice for students and educators on being able to have a life full of performing, laughter, and support. This series aims to shine light on all three of the 2023 Performing Arts NFHS Citation Award Recipients. Topics for this discussion include: Rebecca's thoughts on receiving the 2023 NFHS Theatre Citation AwardHow she has prioritized inclusivity and social change through education Why it's important to highlight the work and talent that students possessContinuing theatre well into adulthoodSubscribe and leave a rating! Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn! https://www.nfhs.org/ Know someone who would be a great guest? Email: kburke@nfhs.org

The Tony Awards are here and we have over our favorite Twins to do our Predictions on the winners!! ✨ Listen to Connor and Dylan MacDowell and our host spill their tea about who will get the beloved Theatre Award! Please visit their Instagram to listen to their latest eps! If you want to know more about our host, please visit his website! Feel free to reach out with feedback or if you want to be part of Backstage Talk! Follow us on Social Media: Instagram Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tony Awards are here and we have over our favorite Twins to do our Predictions on the winners!! ✨ Listen to Connor and Dylan MacDowell and our host spill their tea about who will get the beloved Theatre Award! Please visit their Instagram to listen to their latest eps! If you want to know more about our host, please visit his website! Feel free to reach out with feedback or if you want to be part of Backstage Talk! Follow us on Social Media: Instagram Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Actor's Space is a podcast hosted by Laura Kee, a freelance actor in Singapore. Through conversations with fellow actors, and industry colleagues, we will be talking about the working actor's life in Singapore – how do we pursue our love for acting, while navigating the business side of the craft? Let's create more conversations about the challenges of building a sustainable acting career in Singapore.   GUEST:  With over 35 years of experience in Singapore's arts scene and with international experience that ranges from Asia to South Africa and Europe, Jeremiah Choy is a Creative Director, Producer and Curator. He has directed and produced theatre shows, concerts, arts festivals, Singapore and International events. In 2019, Jeremiah was recognised by the Law Society's Pro Bono Service for his contributions to Legal Awareness. He won the Best Supporting Actor Award at Life! Theatre Award 2019 for his role in Leda and The Rage.   KEY TAKEAWAYS • Always put an oral contract into writing, whether email or message form.  • Workplace safety is not just physical safety – it includes mental, social, emotional and psychological safety too. • Negotiate your terms, and be bold to speak up if you feel uncomfortable. • Balance your rights against your responsibilities and obligations as an actor. • Include your business costs – preparation time, wardrobe, bonuses etc – in your fees!    QUOTABLE QUOTES ‘I've always lived with a mantra that I need to apply the art of business into the business of the arts.' – Jeremiah ‘First and foremost, it's about putting yourself in other people's shoes. … It's really treating one another as human beings, rather than as machines on set, on stage. … We need to kind of recognise that we're all struggling.' – Laura ‘I strongly encourage, especially for younger actors whom they feel that they may be blacklisted, and they are accepting things that they are not comfortable with. … you need to negotiate out of it. And if you can't take it, then don't take it because you will get very stressed, you will get very worried and you're not able to give your best.' – Jeremiah   Connect with Laura Website: www.laurakee.sg IG: instagram.com/LauraKeeLT TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@laurakeelt   Connect with us! Website: www.creativesatwork.asia Facebook: facebook.com/creativesatworkasia Instagram: instagram.com/freelancecreativeexchange  Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freelance-creative-exchange/id1401167998  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6gYc5ECrUgd1TNbVSWGw5w   Check out other series on our previous FCE episodes

Vaseem Khan is the author of two award-winning crime series set in India, the Baby Ganesh Agency series set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels set in 1950s Bombay. His first book, The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, was selected by the Sunday Times as one of the 40 best crime novels published 2015-2020, and is translated into 16 languages. The second in the series won the Shamus Award in the US. In 2018, he was awarded the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Award for Literature. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India. In 2021, Midnight at Malabar House won the Crime Writers Association Historical Dagger, the world's premier award for historical crime fiction. His latest book is The Dying Day about the theft of one of the world's great treasures, a 600-year-old copy of Dante's The Divine Comedy, stored at Bombay's Asiatic Society. For more information about the world of his books please visit vaseemkhan.com where you can also keep abreast of Vaseem's latest goings-on, competitions, events, and extracts from upcoming books via his newsletter. Website: http://vaseemkhan.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/VaseemKhanUK Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VaseemKhanOfficial/

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair join us to reflect on forming their famous duo, forging separate paths and then discovering that neither of them had quite as much fun without the other. Also, we meet comedians readjusting to life on the road in 2022, check in with theatre companies impacted by the recent floods and congratulate Bruce Gladwin, artistic director and co-CEO of Back to Back Theatre, on the company's International Ibsen Award.

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair join us to reflect on forming their famous duo, forging separate paths and then discovering that neither of them had quite as much fun without the other. Also, we meet comedians readjusting to life on the road in 2022, check in with theatre companies impacted by the recent floods and congratulate Bruce Gladwin, artistic director and co-CEO of Back to Back Theatre, on the company's International Ibsen Award.

Colin Lane and Frank Woodley are having a whale of a time in their new show, Moby Dick. The pair join us to reflect on forming their famous duo, forging separate paths and then discovering that neither of them had quite as much fun without the other.Also, we meet comedians readjusting to life on the road in 2022, check in with theatre companies impacted by the recent floods and congratulate Bruce Gladwin, artistic director and co-CEO of Back to Back Theatre, on the company's International Ibsen Award.

VASEEM KHAN talks to Paul Burke about his new book THE DYING DAY, Persis Wadia, Ashwin Chopra, Indian independence, modern day Mumbai and an inherited elephant.THE DYING DAY: for over a century, one of the world's great treasures, a six-hundred-year-old copy of Dante's The Divine Comedy, has been safely housed at Bombay's Asiatic Society. But when it vanishes, together with the man charged with its care, British scholar and war hero, John Healy, the case lands on Inspector Persis Wadia's desk.Uncovering a series of complex riddles written in verse, Persis - together with English forensic scientist Archie Blackfinch - is soon on the trail. But then they discover the first body.As the death toll mounts it becomes evident that someone else is also pursuing this priceless artefact and will stop at nothing to possess it . . .Harking back to an era of darkness, this second thriller in the Malabar House series pits Persis, once again, against her peers, a changing India, and an evil of limitless intent.Vaseem Khan is the author of two crime series set in India, the Baby Ganesh Agency series set in modern Mumbai, and the Malabar House historical crime novels set in 1950s Bombay. His first book, The UNEXPECTED INHERITANCE OF INSPECTOR CHOPRA, was a Times bestseller and an Amazon Best Debut, now translated into 15 languages. The second in the series THE PERPLEXING THEFT OF THE JEWEL IN THE CROWN won the 2017 Shamus Award for Best Original Private Investigator Paperback. The first novel in his new historical crime series, MIDNIGHT AT MALABAR HOUSE, features India's first female police detective, and won the Crime Writers' Association Historical Dagger. The second, THE DYING DAY, is out in July 2021 and follows the theft of a 600-year-old copy of Dante's The Divine Comedy from Bombay's Asiatic Society.Vaseem's aim with his books is to take readers on a journey to the heart of India, showcasing both the colour and darker aspects of this incredible country. Vaseem was born in England, but spent a decade working in India as a management consultant. When he's not writing, he works at the Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime Science at University College London. In 2018, he was awarded the Eastern Eye Arts, Culture and Theatre Award for Literature. For more information about the world of his books please visit vaseemkhan.com where you can also keep abreast of Vaseem's latest goings-on, competitions, events, and extracts from upcoming books via his newsletter.Website: http://vaseemkhan.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/VaseemKhanUKFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VaseemKhanOfficial/Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate and Leigh Don't WaitCrime Time

(S02 E07)Jett Bond nominated musicals for awards and is now giving them trophies. Big shiny awards like the 'Tonys' but different because Jett Bond hosts it. Musicals deserve big awards so Jett is here to give them out. If you like musicals or prizes this is the episode for you.

Dr. Jennifer Turpin owns and practices out of Gander Chiropractic Clinic and says clients are having to go without treatment during Alert Level 5. To finish off our coverage of Black History Month, we tell the story of a Black man who was buried in L'Anse au Loup, Labrador nearly two-hundred years ago. The Rhonda Payne Theatre Awards is an annual distinction given to a woman in this province's theatre community, and Deidre Gillard-Rowlings is this year's recipient. Mallory Johnson and her fellow songwriters Twin Kennedy speak about their song 'Wise Woman.'

Hello and welcome to episode 51 of Sing! Dance! Act! Thrive!Today’s guest is Gemini and Stage Raw Theatre award-winning actor Cara Pifko who has played the recurring character of Paige Novick on the 39 time Emmy Award-nominated television show Better Call Saul since 2016. Acting professionally since the age of 7, she practically grew up on Canadian television shows including Sharon, Lois, and Bram’s The Elephant Show, Road to Avonlea, Our Hero, Human Cargo and This is Wonderland which in the lead role garnered her the Gemini award for Best Actress. During her transition from child to adult actor, Pifko became a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada and later made the move to Los Angeles, California. As she became known for her dramatic acting skills, guest star roles on CSI Miami, Without A Trace, NCIS, CSI NY, and The Fosters followed. Pifko’s Canadian connection remains strong with her appearances on CBC television’s longest-running one-hour drama Heartland, which is broadcasted in more than 100 countries.She has appeared in many films including Steven Spielberg directed Ready Player One and her starring role in the Lifetime TV movie I Me Wed. Lending her voice to multiple episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and the video games Mass Effect 2 and 3, she has become a sought after voice-over actor.Pifko balances her acting career with a passion for coaching actors, performers, and storytellers on writing and voice-over acting. We had a really interesting and wonderful chat about her whole acting journey so I know that you will enjoy it.For links and a transcript visit http://singdanceactthrive.com/051

On todays podcast we have Martin Casella - #Playwright, #Screenwriter, #Actor and Face-Melter. He alone took part in one of the most iconic scenes in horror film history: pulling his face off in the bathroom in the original Poltergeist. Find Martin on twitter: https://twitter.com/mcasellawriter About Martin Casella: After graduating from California Institute of the Arts, I spent three years as an assistant to director Steven Spielberg, on the films 1941; CLOSE ENCOUNTERS THE THIRD KIND: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT; USED CARS (as assistant to Bob Zemeckis) and the Academy-award winning classic, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK. I then spent the next few years pursuing an acting career, appearing in numerous plays, TV movies and features films, including a leading role in Tobe Hooper and Mr. Spielberg's POLTERGEIST, before I started writing for the theatre, television and feature films.In the theatrical world, my plays have been seen at the Pasadena Playhouse, the Odyssey, Coast Playhouse, Coronet, Cast and Crossroads Theatres (Los Angeles); the Acorn Theater, the Soho Playhouse, TBG Theatre, Ernie Martin, Linhart and Access Theatres (New York); Village Theatre and Group Theatre (Seattle); Mosiac Theatre (Fort Lauderdale); Bailiwick, Theatre Building (Chicago); Attic Rep (San Antonio); Short North Stage (Columbus), Stage One (Wichita); Paper Mill (New Jersey); Theatreworks and Goodspeed (Connecticut); Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia); Ford's Theatre (Washington); the Queen City Theater (Charlotte, N.C.); the Bunkamura Theatre (Tokyo); and in London, Edinburgh and Dublin. My most well-known play, THE IRISH CURSE, opened Off-Broadway in March, 2010 to rave reviews. It premiered at the 2005 New York International Fringe Festival, where it won the overall excellence award for Outstanding Playwriting. It was also produced at the 2006 Edinburgh Theatre Festival and the Dublin Gay International Theatre Festival in May, 2007, where it was one of the five finalists for the Oscar Wilde Best New Writing for the Theatre Award. Since its critically acclaimed off-Broadway run, THE IRISH CURSE has played to sold-out houses in London, along with Portland, Columbus, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Charlotte and all across America. It opened in the 2012 in Los Angeles at the Odyssey Theater, where it had a three-month sold-out run, and was nominated for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding LA Theatre Production.Learn more here: https://martincasella.weebly.com/ #business #opportunities #pandemic Michael and Eric Okon operate a global transportation business that is 100% family owned. With locations in multiple states and 100's of employees, the Okon Bros. talk about navigating life, growing up in a family business, writing books, content creation, self-help, law of attraction and more... Here are our websites: Our main company, BLS - https://www.blsco.com Michaels self-help books - https://www.samuelsbooks.com Michaels fiction books - https://www.michaelokon.com Eric Okon LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericokon Michael Okon LinkedIN - https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-okon-b02b60162

Beeldend kunstenaar, theatermaker en liedjesschrijver Steef de Jong werd in 1983 geboren, en volgde aan de Rietveld Akademie in Amsterdam een opleiding als beeldend kunstenaar, maar studeerde daar af op een muziektheatervoorstelling. Die ingeslagen weg beviel goed: De Jong vervolgde zijn opleiding bij de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, waar hij drie jaar later afstudeerde met het muziekdrama 'Engelberg Express. Een Alpenoperette'. Samen met Ina Veen richtte Steef de Jong in 2014 de Stichting Groots en Meeslepend op, om eigen voorstellingen te maken. Zijn liefde voor de 19e eeuw, Koning Ludwig II van Beieren en keizerin Sisi kregen zo een plek in de eenmans-operette-trilogie die zij samen ontwikkelden. De voorstelling Ludwig, deel 2 uit die trilogie, won De Mus voor beste Parade-voorstelling in 2014, werd genomineerd voor de BNG Theatermakersprijs, en won bovendien de Theatre Award van het Fringe Festival in het Australische Perth in 2015. Vorig jaar nog won Steef de Jong de tweejaarlijkse Mary Dresselhuysprijs. Dezer dagen is Steef de Jong te zien op de Parade, in Utrecht en Amsterdam, met zijn nieuwe voorstelling Sisi Boy, over, jawel, keizerin Sisi.

Beeldend kunstenaar, theatermaker en liedjesschrijver Steef de Jong werd in 1983 geboren, en volgde aan de Rietveld Akademie in Amsterdam een opleiding als beeldend kunstenaar, maar studeerde daar af op een muziektheatervoorstelling. Die ingeslagen weg beviel goed: De Jong vervolgde zijn opleiding bij de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten, waar hij drie jaar later afstudeerde met het muziekdrama 'Engelberg Express. Een Alpenoperette'. Samen met Ina Veen richtte Steef de Jong in 2014 de Stichting Groots en Meeslepend op, om eigen voorstellingen te maken. Zijn liefde voor de 19e eeuw, Koning Ludwig II van Beieren en keizerin Sisi kregen zo een plek in de eenmans-operette-trilogie die zij samen ontwikkelden. De voorstelling Ludwig, deel 2 uit die trilogie, won De Mus voor beste Parade-voorstelling in 2014, werd genomineerd voor de BNG Theatermakersprijs, en won bovendien de Theatre Award van het Fringe Festival in het Australische Perth in 2015. Vorig jaar nog won Steef de Jong de tweejaarlijkse Mary Dresselhuysprijs. Dezer dagen is Steef de Jong te zien op de Parade, in Utrecht en Amsterdam, met zijn nieuwe voorstelling Sisi Boy, over, jawel, keizerin Sisi.

The Evening Standard Theatre Awards shortlist was revealed with two cast members from The Ferryman among those nominated. Laura Donnelly has been nominated for Best Actress and Tom Glynn-Carney for the Emerging Talent Award. Curtain Call paid a visit to The Ferryman when it was on at The Royal Court, just as they announced their transfer to The Gielgud in London's West End.

Media Nite Radio welcomes to the airwaves Award winning Actor and on-air personality, Ralph Cole Jr.. Mr. Cole has made a splash on the big and small screens, stage, and radio waves. Ralph is best known for his scene-stealing guest spots on top-rated television shows like Scrubs, Dexter, Cold Case, Desperate Housewives, Two and a Half Men, The Chris Rock Show, Big Time Rush, Harry's Law, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, to name a few. On the big screen, he has had memorable roles in films like Kiss the Bride and The Soloist.  Ralph can next be seen with a starring role in the highly anticipated indie film K-11 which will be released in theaters March 15th, 2013.  The film has been getting a lot of buzz since its screening at the Cannes Film Festival as Jules Mann-Stewart's directorial debut and daughter Kristen is even making a cameo in the film. In addition, Cole Jr. will also appear in the movie musical How Sweet It Is starring Paul Sorvino and Erika Christensen.  He has also been seen in the Lifetime TV Movie,  All About Christmas Eve, alongside Haylie Duff which aired recently. When he's not busy acting, Cole Jr. serves as co-host of the popular online radio show "On The Set With Jasper Cole", on UBN Radio.  Among his theater credits, he won a N.A.A.C.P. Theatre Award and Friend's Recognizing Entertaining Drama (FRED) Award for his role as Babaloo in Sisterella, which was produced by Robert DeNiro and Michael Jackson.  

Scott has maintained a dual career in business and music over the last 20 years following a distinguished tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps. He currently serves as Musical Director of 3rd Scenario, L.A.'s hottest Neo-Jazz/Funk band and studio production team. He also serves as an Associate Minister of Music at Crusade Christian Faith Center in Los Angeles. This 2005 N.A.A.C.P. Theatre Award-winning musical director and his business partner in 3rd Scenario, Earl Harris have recently signed with the Spectra Jazz Division of Spectra Records as artists and producers.