Podcasts about young playwright

Send us a Text Message.Recent Harvard-Westlake graduate Ian Kim swung by the studio to sit in the Playwright's Spotlight after the successful production of his second musical - Bakery of Love as part of HW's Playwright's Festival. We talk about making it look simple, the dangers of missing deadlines, musician collaboration and singer coordination as well as the meaning and benefits of safeties in a musical and writing for ranges. We also discuss transitioning from traditional playwriting to musicals and the process of the latter, commons songs types found in musicals, and terminology such as the bridge of a song. We wrap things up with trimming and cutting, cross-casting, changes during rehearsals, finding outside opportunities, and monetary prizes versus getting produced. Ian's a charming and talented musician with insight that will take him without doubt to a successful future. I hope you find inspiration from his interview. Enjoy! Ian Kim playwright, actor, and filmmaker as well as a recent graduate of the prestigious Harvard-Westlake in North Hollywood, California. His musicals Unauthorized Aid and Bakery of Love were both selected for the school's annual Playwright's Festival, and the former was produced at the California Young Playwrights Contest in San Diego, California. He begins attending Harvard next fall with an undeclared major. Click below to view the video format of this episode -https://youtu.be/20RJdGE8NosLinks to resources mentioned in this episode -MuseScore -https://musescore.org/enStephen Sondheim: Finishing the Hat -https://www.amazon.com/Finishing-Hat-Collected-1954-1981-Principles/dp/0679439072The Blank Theatre's Young Playwright's Festival -https://www.theblank.com/ypfCalifornia Young Playwrights Contest in San Diego -https://www.playwrightsproject.org/programs/contest/Unauthorized Aid Production Video -https://vimeo.com/832110714Socials for Ian Kim -IG - @ianbkimWebsites and socials for James Elden, PMP, and Playwright's Spotlight -Punk Monkey Productions - www.punkmonkeyproductions.comPLAY Noir -www.playnoir.comPLAY Noir Anthology –www.punkmonkeyproductions.com/contact.htmlJames Elden -Twitter - @jameseldensauerIG - @alakardrakeFB - fb.com/jameseldensauerPunk Monkey Productions and PLAY Noir - Twitter - @punkmonkeyprods                  - @playnoirla IG - @punkmonkeyprods       - @playnoir_la FB - fb.com/playnoir        - fb.com/punkmonkeyproductionsPlaywright's Spotlight -Twitter - @wrightlightpod IG - @playwrights_spotlightPlaywriting services through Los Angeles Collegiate Playwrights Festivalwww.losangelescollegiateplaywrightsfestival.com/services.htmlSupport the Show.

Natércia Napoleão is a multifaceted Brazilian theatre artist and community advocate. Over the past eighteen years, she has had a wide influence within the Albertan theatre community, with experience in site-specific theatre, dance theatre, multimedia performance, television, musicals, and a wide range of classical and contemporary theatre. Performance highlights include the acclaimed Fado: The Saddest Music in the World (JAYMAC Outstanding Production Award) at the Firehall Arts Centre in Vancouver. Recent directing credits include Hummm (Climate Change Theatre Action/ New Harlem Productions); Orange Skies (Tarragon Theatre's Young Playwright's Unit); and the multidisciplinary theatre piece, Threshold (The Lobbyists collective/2021 Chinook Series). Natércia is an associate producer with Dora Award nominated manidoons collective having recently supported the sold-out production of esteemed playwright Yolanda Bonnell's White Girls in Moccasins, in co-production with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Natércia is currently developing her first full-length play, Michener Park, alongside renowned Chilean author, playwright and activist, Carmen Aguirre. As a community advocate, Natércia spearheads and contributes to grassroots initiatives regularly. She is a strategic planner working with institutions and companies exploring equitable practices, such as Musical Stage Co. and Outside the March. Natércia is the incoming CAEA representative for the Alberta North/N.W.T region. Intstagram: @natercia_napoleao Support Stageworthy Tip Jar: tips.pinecast.com/jar/stageworthy

For Video Edition, Please Click and Subscribe Here:  https://youtu.be/wpSqy_Hrwus KEN PAGE Is the recipient of THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD from THE ARTS AND EDUCATION COUNCIL OF ST. LOUIS. He directed “LOVE LINDA, the Life of Mrs. Cole Porter” with Max & Louie Productions St. Louis. His production of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN for Tom McCoy/Cathy Rigby Productions at The La Mirada Performing Arts Center in California, was recently awarded two Los Angeles Ovation Awards. It was his fourth time at helm of the historical musical. He directed a critically acclaimed production of CAROUSEL for The Union Avenue Opera Company of St. Louis. Ken co-produced, wrote and directed SUBLIME INTIMACY, a play with dance for Max & Louie Productions as well as the four-time St. Louis Theatre Circle Award nominated CAFÉ CHANSON for Upstream Theatre St. Louis. The shows garnered STLTC nominations including Best New Play (both productions) and Best Director. Ken has staged productions with the Blank Theatre Company of Los Angeles, including The Young Playwright's Festival as well as Tennessee Williams' HELLO FROM BERTHA, and Harvey Fierstein's TIDY ENDINGS. He directed the L.A Premieres of Charlayne Woodard's one woman play PRETTY FIRE and the AIDS Quilt remembrance play with music, ELEGIES FOR ANGELS, PUNKS AND RAGING QUEENS. His production of THE FANTASTICKS was awarded the L.A. Ovation Award as Best Musical Production in a small theatre. Drama League” for his performances on the Broadway stage. ORBC of AIN'T MISBEHAVIN, CATS, also on Broadway THE WIZ, GUYS AND DOLLS etc. He is also the recipient of two GRAMMY AWARDS as a principal cast member of the awarded Cast recordings of CATS and AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'. Mr. Page is a proud member of AEA, SAG/AFTRA and SDC, Stage Directors Choreographers Society.  

Venue: WBLC AuditoriumTicket Price: Adult $35, Concession $21Days: Saturday 20th NovemberTime: 4:00pmDuration: 45 mins What's the difference between a Maddie and a Karen? 20 years and a mortgage.After running into Karen at a boutique patisserie, two Maddies realise they are six degrees of separation away from becoming the women they love to hate... Will self-awareness be enough to stop them from growing into the next stereotype? Or will their loud mouths and annoying quirks turn them into the punching bag of their generation? This status-quo challenging production is not an attack on Karens, but on Keyboard Warriors. Maddie is the New Karen is raw, comedic and utterly contemporary - asking the important questions like: Do you mind if I could maybe please speak to the Manager?Premiering at Wynnum Fringe Festival, this bold new multi-media production by Madeleine Border and Madeline Römcke tackles a world with large generational borders and will provoke some punchy conversations. Madeleine Border is a Brisbane theatre maker, performer and writer. A voice that mixes political satire and quirky dialogue, she writes to provoke, intrigue and amuse. In 2020 she was a writer for Playlab's Rising, which was presented at Metro Arts in 2021. Sometimes It's Hot like the Sun, which she co-wrote, was performed at La Boite as part of FAST in 2018 and published by Playlab Indie in 2020. She has been a participant in Playlab Theatre's 2020 Incubator Program and was one of Playlab Theatre's Young Playwright-in-Residence in 2019, working on the play Eyes Closed, Mouth Open. She also works under the collective Yours Sincerely, who had a Backbone Residency in 2019 and presented their new work, This Fantastic Plastic Planet, alongside a twenty metre whale skeleton made out of found and recycled plastic. Madeline Römcke is a Brisbane based theatre maker, performance poet and actor inspired to make bold, gutsy work that starts conversations. Recently commissioned by Belloo Creative under their Mentorship program, she wrote her new play Biting Tongues (2020). DUMB. FAT. [SLUT], written alongside Kate Fester, was presented in La Boite Theatre at FAST 2018 and explored classism and fat-phobia in Australia. Her first play, Deal or Ordeal, won an Anywhere Theatre Festival award in 2016 - the same year she was a Queensland Finalist at the Australian Poetry Slam. She is currently Youth Engagement Manager and a Company Touring Actor at shake & stir theatre co. For tickets or more information:https://www.wynnumfringe.com/tickets/?EventID=108www.instagram.com/mjromke www.instagram.com/madeleineborderhttps://wynnumfringe.comhttps://www.facebook.com/Wynnum-Fringe-110921904074925https://www.instagram.com/WynnumFringeBrisbane is getting a fringe festival! Adelaide has the world's second largest fringe; Perth has the third. It is time for the Sunshine State to have its own and Wynnum Fringe will be its home!Podcast recorded and produced by TNC podcasting. Find out more at www.tncpodcasting.com

Episode 17 of The Blank Canvas Podcast with Sarah Walker. Since the age of 14, when her first script was accepted for a Young Playwright’s Conference, Sarah Walker has enjoyed an illustrious writing career. As an author, Sarah has written six young adult novels, including Camphor Laurel (Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia, Book of the Year 1999), and chilling adult novel The Tin Man. As an actress Sarah starred in Paul Cox’s acclaimed AFI winning film ‘Man of Flowers’. As a playwright she co-wrote with Kate Ceberano ‘Love and the Bottom Line’ a one woman show which Kate performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Since moving into television, Sarah has become one of Australia’s most in demand screenwriters and script producers. All Saints, Winners & Losers, Wrong Girl, Neighbours, Wonderland, Home & Away, Wentworth and the current AACTA nominated hit The Secrets She Keeps - are few of her credits. Sarah is currently in development with US production companies Iron Ocean/Gotham on a novel adaptation, Echo Lake on an Elle & Dakota Fanning project and a TV series for Charlize Theron’s for her company Denver & Delilah. Like many successful people, Sarah has a fierce work ethic. But what is most apparent is that her words just leap off the page and bring the story and characters to life in such a compelling way. Watch - The Secrets She Keeps: https://10play.com.au/the-secrets-she-keeps/about W: https://theblankcanvaspodcast.com.au/ W: https://leerogers.com.au/ SOCIALS Insta: @theblankcanvaspodcast FB - The Blank Canvas Podcast Twitter: @blankcanvaspod THE BLANK CANVAS TEAM Produced by Lee Rogers & Rien MacDonald. Audio support by Jason Murphy/GASinc Music by Rodrigo Enrique Bustos. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Capital Rep’s “The NEXT ACT! New Play Summit “ opens on Monday, July 13th at 7pm. NEW VOICES: YOUNG PLAYWRIGHT CONTEST winner Maya Terry Stein student of Shaker High School, speaks with Hudson Mohawk Magazines Andrea Cunliffe about her play “Our New Colossus” . Here she talks of the inspiration for her play: Immigration, her love of poetry, storytelling, history and the hope for life in theatre That was Young Playwright Contest Winner Maya TerryStein (Shaker High School), Capital Rep’s “The NEXT ACT! New Play Summit “ opens on Monday, July 13th at 7pm, with readings of Maya TerryStein’s “The New Colossus” along with the other top 6 short plays by Capital Region young writers ages 13-18, winners of the Capital REP’s YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS CONTEST. All Next Act! events will air on theREP’s Facebook page, Proctors Collaborative YouTube and Open Stage Media’s On-Demand Channel. More information can be found www.capitalrep.org/next-act/ First line: This is Andrea Cunliffe………………. Last line: Thank you..thank you for speaking with me.

On this episode, Erin is joined by Lucretia Anderson. Lucretia shares her beautiful piece from the October 2019 live show in which the audio failed to record during the first half of the show. They talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, mindfulness practice, the benefits of feeling and processing the spectrum of emotions, even anger. They talk candidly and with humor about mindful motherhood. Also, about the value of theatre education in helping them develop compassion and interpersonal understanding. They discuss all the ways in which they each combine lifetimes of eclectic experience to shape new narratives and help others choose which inner voice to follow. This was such an awesome conversation! Lucretia M. Anderson, B.F.A, West Virginia University, is a Washington, DC native where she was a teaching artist and educational theatre director with several theatre companies including the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theater, Adventure Theatre, The Shakespeare Theatre Company, Round House Theatre, Imagination Stage and Young Playwright’s Theatre.Lucretia's life’s journey has been guided by the spirit of helping others with a sense of joy and wonder. They are a trained administrator, workshop facilitator, mindfulness coach, writer, and speaker with over ten years of experience with guiding young people and adult creatives and educators in personal development. They are also a social entrepreneur with two businesses.After years of research and the successful application of the tools necessary for their own personal growth and expansion, they are excited to provide innovative solutions for personal growth, discovery and action to their clients.Connect with Lucretiawww.joyfulmusecoaching.comFacebook - @joyfulmusecoachingInstagram - @joyfulmusecoachingPay LucretiaVenmo @Lucreatia-AndersonPayPal lucretiaanderson@gmail.comCash app $LucretiaJoy

“Love is what raised me, and that’s what influences the things that I create.” - this week’s guest, multi disciplinary artist and evolving spirit isi bhakomen! isi bhakomen is an Afro-Latinx poet, playwright, photographer, filmmaker based in Toronto. They are currently entering their final year studying acting at the National Theatre School of Canada, and have developed work withTIFF’s next wave festival, Tarragon’s Young Playwright’s Unit and Soulpepper’s City Youth Academy.  In this episode we talked about isi’s connection with different artistic mediums, the importance of Afro-Latinx representation in art and media, their journey in theatre and arts training, the effects of history and family on their art, and how Victoria Santa Cruz saved their life. Show Notes The Insomniac Film Festival  Paula Wing, theatre artist whom isi connected with at the Soulpepper’s City Youth Academy  U For Change program in Regent Park   Isi’s new poem Somewhere over the Rainbow will be part of Soulpepper’s Queer Youth Cabaret on Thursday June 25 (come watch!)  Tarragon Playwrights Unit, where isi developed their play BOOM Jennifer Villaverde TIFF Next Wave Festival  AGO Youth Council  National Theatre School of Canada, or NTS isi’s letter on twitter, about an experience they had as a student at NTS Angélique by Lorena Gale, a play in which isi played the titular character in their first year at NTS ahdri zhina mandiela  d’bi.young anitafrika Paprika Festival  Miquelon Rodriguez  Nina Lee Aquino Beatriz Pizano Victoria Santa Cruz, and her famous poem Me Gritaron Negra Chavela Vargas Augusto Bitter’s solo show Chicho Isi’s ongoing photo project X  Lido Pimienta Princess Nokia   Celia Green’s solo show Wah Wah Wah Donna Michelle St. Bernard  "El amor es lo que me crió, y eso es lo que influye en las cosas que creo." – ¡Esta semana tenemos como invitadx artista con múltiples talentos y de espíritu en evolución, isi bhakomen! isi bhakomen es poeta, dramaturgx, fotógrafx y cineasta Afro-Latinx con sede en Toronto. Actualmente está por empezar su último año en el programa de actuación en la Escuela Nacional de Teatro de Canadá, y ha trabajado con el festival TIFF Next Wave, la unidad de escritores jóvenes de Tarragon Theatre y el programa City Youth Academy de Soulpepper Theatre. En este episodio, hablamos sobre su trayectoria en el teatro y su formación artística, la importancia de la representación Afro-Latinx en el arte y los medios, los efectos de su familia reflejados en su arte, y cómo Victoria Santa Cruz le salvó la vida. Bibliografía: Insomniac Film Festival, festival de cine  Paula Wing, artista de teatro con la cual isi conecto a traves de Soulpepper’s City Youth Academy U For Change programa en Regent Park   nuevo poema de isi Somewhere over the Rainbow que sera parte de Soulpepper’s Queer Youth Cabaret este Jueves 25 de Junio Tarragon Playwrights Unit, unidad de escritores donde isi desarrolló su obra de teatro BOOM Jennifer Villaverde TIFF Next Wave Festival, festival de cine para jovenes AGO Youth Council, o Consejo Juvenil de la Galería de Arte de Ontario. Escuela Nacional de Teatro de Canadá o NTS Carta de isi en twitter, donde habla de una experiencia que vivió como estudiante en NTS Angélique de Lorena Gale, obra de teatro en la que isi interpretó al personaje titular en su primer año en NTS ahdri zhina mandiela  d’bi.young anitafrika Paprika Festival, festival de teatro para jovenes Miquelon Rodriguez  Nina Lee Aquino Beatriz Pizano Victoria Santa Cruz, y su famoso poema Me Gritaron Negra  Chavela Vargas solo show de Augusto Bitter, Chicho X , proyecto fotográfico en curso de isi Lido Pimienta Princess Nokia   solo show de Celia Green, Wah Wah Wah Donna Michelle St. Bernard   All Merendiando episodes are in Spanglish. New episodes of Radio Aluna Theatre are released every Wednesday. Follow and subscribe to this podcast on iTunes, Google Play, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro is produced by Aluna Theatre with support from the Metcalf Foundation, The Laidlaw Foundation, The Canada Council for the Arts, and The Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre is Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, with Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens; Radio Aluna Theatre is produced by Camila Diaz-Varela and Monica Garrido. For more about Aluna Theatre, visit us at alunatheatre.ca, follow @alunatheatre on twitter or instagram, or ‘like’ us on facebook. Todos los episodios de Merendiando son en Inglés, Español y Spanglish. Nuevos episodios de Radio Aluna Teatro cada Miércoles. Síguenos y suscríbete a este podcast en iTunes, Google Play, y donde sea que escuches tus podcasts. Radio Aluna Teatro es una producción de Aluna Theatre con el apoyo de Metcalf Foundation, Laidlaw Foundation, Canada Council for the Arts, y Ontario Arts Council. Aluna Theatre es Beatriz Pizano & Trevor Schwellnus, con Sue Balint & Gia Nahmens. Radio Aluna Theatre es producido por Camila Díaz-Varela y Mónica Garrido. Para más información sobre Aluna Theatre, visita nuestra página alunatheatre.ca, síguenos en twitter @alunatheatre o en instagram, o haz click en “me gusta” en facebook.  

Enjoy our chat with Thomas Sainsbury - Thomas Sainsbury grew up in Matamata, a small rural town in the Waikato. He completed a BA at Auckland University, majoring in English Literature and Theatre, and became involved as a writer, director and performer for university productions and the underground theatre scene. After graduating, Sainsbury formed Fingerprints and Teeth Productions, a theatre company for which he wrote and produced several plays becoming a ‘powerhouse of creativity’, writing, performing and directing countless plays, as well as writing for television. Sainsbury has won Playmarket’s Young Playwright of the Year four times and has been a finalist for the Bruce Mason Award and the Playmarket New Play Award. His play The Canary also won Playmarket’s 2010 Special Prize for an Auckland Playwright. Several plays, including The Christmas Monologues, . . . and then you die and A Simple Procedure have had seasons in London and Australia. He is the co-writer of the television series Super City for which he has won a SWANZ for Best Comedy Script. Recorded and Edited - Matt Eller Theme Music - Ricky Simmonds

(From the Best of State of the Arts – Originally broadcast June 13, 2013) -Leading man and television star Robert Gant (Queer as Folk, Caroline in the City, Popular) discusses his longtime career and Hollywood’s Young Playwright Festival produced by The Blank Theatre Co. at the Stella Adler Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Not Entirely Wicked with Special Guest composer Steven Schwartz at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA. Max Adler (from TV’s mega hit musical series Glee) joins the panel to discuss his role as Dave Karofsky (football bully at Glee’s McKinley High), and working with Robert Gant and in Black Ice written by 18 year old Max Friedlich for the 2013 Young Playwright’s Festival. Gant and Adler recant awkward moments during their careers. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

(From the Best of State of the Arts – Originally broadcast June 13, 2013) -Leading man and television star Robert Gant (Queer as Folk, Caroline in the City, Popular) discusses his longtime career and Hollywood’s Young Playwright Festival produced by The Blank Theatre Co. at the Stella Adler Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Not Entirely Wicked with Special Guest composer Steven Schwartz at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA. Max Adler (from TV’s mega hit musical series Glee) joins the panel to discuss his role as Dave Karofsky (football bully at Glee’s McKinley High), and working with Robert Gant and in Black Ice written by 18 year old Max Friedlich for the 2013 Young Playwright’s Festival. Gant and Adler recant awkward moments during their careers. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

Leading man and television star Robert Gant (Queer as Folk, Caroline in the City, Popular) discusses his longtime career and Hollywood’s Young Playwright Festival produced by The Blank Theatre Co. at the Stella Adler Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Not Entirely Wicked with Special Guest composer Steven Schwartz at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA. Max Adler (from TV’s mega hit musical series Glee) joins the panel to discuss his role as Dave Karofsky (football bully at Glee’s McKinley High), and working with Robert Gant and in Black Ice written by 18 year old Max Friedlich for the 2013 Young Playwright’s Festival. Gant and Adler recant awkward moments during their careers. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

Leading man and television star Robert Gant (Queer as Folk, Caroline in the City, Popular) discusses his longtime career and Hollywood’s Young Playwright Festival produced by The Blank Theatre Co. at the Stella Adler Theatre. The Live Arts Calendar highlights the Los Angeles Gay Men’s Chorus Concert Not Entirely Wicked with Special Guest composer Steven Schwartz at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, CA. Max Adler (from TV’s mega hit musical series Glee) joins the panel to discuss his role as Dave Karofsky (football bully at Glee’s McKinley High), and working with Robert Gant and in Black Ice written by 18 year old Max Friedlich for the 2013 Young Playwright’s Festival. Gant and Adler recant awkward moments during their careers. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

Sterling is joined by LA Talk Radio Network personality Sheena Metal who sits in for host Paul Stroili. Former, successful U.K. theatre producer Harold Sanditen talks about his new career as a cabaret performer. The Live Arts calendar features The Rat Pack Revisited at Fullerton Civic Light Opera???s Skyroom in Fullerton, CA; and Douglas Carter???s showbiz comedy The Little Dog Laughed at LA???s El Centro Theatre in Hollywood. Sterling reviews Kritzerland Record???s musical salute to Broadway composer Cy Coleman at the Gardenia Restaurant in Hollywood; and iGhost, a new, contemporary musical based on Oscar Wilde???s The Canterville Ghost at the Lyric Theatre in LA. Disney TV teen star Jennifer Stone (Wizards of Waverly Place) is interviewed about her career and participation in the Young Playwright???s Festival produced by the LA???s Blank Theatre Company. Stone shares her most embarrassing career moment. Sponsored by Breakdown Services (http://www.breakdownexpress.com/)

BuzzWorthy favorite, Alison Brie, returns to the show! Alison Brie plays Annie, a high-strung perfectionist, on the new NBC comedy series “Community.” Brie can currently be seen as "Trudy Campbell" on the award winning drama series, "Mad Men,” which returns in August 2009. She will also appear in a film titled “Montana Amazon” with Olympia Dukakis and Haley Joel Osment slated for release later this year. Brie was born in Hollywood, CA and grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena. Interested in acting at an early age, she began her career performing in community theatre shows at the Jewish Community Center in Los Feliz. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, Brie attended California Institute of the Arts where she received her BFA in Acting. While there, she was one of the original cast members in the world premiere of “The Peach Blossom Fan,” performed as the inaugural theatre production at Disney's REDCAT Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. Brie also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Since graduating, Brie has continued to work in all forms of media, including film, television, and theatre. She has performed in the Blank Theatre Company’s Young Playwright's festival and in shows at the Odyssey, Write-Act, and Rubicon Theatres, receiving an Indy Award for her haunting performance as Ophelia in the Rubicon's production of “Hamlet.” Brie guest starred on Comedy Central and Disney's “Hannah Montana” and landed leading roles in some independent films before her current role on “Community.” Brie currently lives in South Pasadena.

BuzzWorthy favorite, Alison Brie, makes a return to the show! Brie was born in Hollywood, CA and grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of South Pasadena. Interested in acting at an early age, she began her career performing in community theatre shows at the Jewish Community Center in Los Feliz. After graduating from South Pasadena High School, Brie attended California Institute of the Arts where she received her BFA in Acting. While there, she was one of the original cast members in the world premiere of “The Peach Blossom Fan,” performed as the inaugural theatre production at Disney's REDCAT Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. Brie also studied at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, Scotland. Since graduating, Brie has continued to work in all forms of media, including film, television, and theatre. She has performed in the Blank Theatre Company’s Young Playwright's festival and in shows at the Odyssey, Write-Act, and Rubicon Theatres, receiving an Indy Award for her haunting performance as Ophelia in the Rubicon's production of “Hamlet.” Brie guest starred on Comedy Central and Disney's “Hannah Montana” and landed leading roles in some independent films before her current role on “Community.” Brie currently lives in South Pasadena.