Friends, I am working to bring the voices of our creative community to your ears as quickly as possible. For you, I hope these voices and conversations might be: comforting or stimulating thought-provoking or soothing inspiring or sheltering or whatever you need at this moment in time. My own needs seem to change from hour …
Podcasting with a purpose. ASBX episodes: March 30-April 10. Read More »
Hello friends, Lauren Van Hemert of RDU on Stage was so generous to invite me to have a Facebook Live interview with her about being Piedmont Laureate, writing during a pandemic, writing audio fiction vs. writing for the stage, being a parent-artist, creativity, and more. You can see the video (1 hour) of us conversing HERE. The podcast version will …
If you aren’t already familiar with PAAL, I’d like to bring that organization to your attention, particularly if you are a parent-artist or caregiver. The acronym PAAL stands for PARENT ARTIST ADVOCACY LEAGUE (PAAL) for PERFORMING ARTS + MEDIA PAAL is a national community, resource hub, and solutions generator for individuals with caregiver responsibilities and institutions …
113: Empowering Parent Artists with Chicago rep Lydia Milman Schmidt Read More »
Tamara talks with Jessica Wright Buha, and Bilal Dardai, staff writers with Unwell, a fiction podcast about conspiracies, ghosts, and unusual families of blood and choice. Jessica and Bilal lay out the difference between writing for stage and writing for audio, the writers’ room of Unwell, the timeline, and what it’s like to write for an ongoing …
Rachel Spencer Hewitt is the founder of Parent Artist Advocacy League for Performing Arts + Media or PAAL for short. As the founder of PAAL, Rachel is focused on elevating the national standard of care for caregivers in the performing arts and media. I’ve had the opportunity to interview several of the chief PAAL reps …
111: Restructuring care around human needs with Rachel Spencer Hewitt, founder of PAAL Read More »
For four decades, June Guralnick has created plays, performance projects, and multi-media installations, as well as directing new works, classic plays, and developing community cultural programs. June’s work has been beamed to the Space Station as well as performed at many earth venues across the country in NY, CA, DC, NC. Please read her very …
Have you met the Poetry Fox? I have, and I’m a fan. In this episode I’m talking with the human behind the fox, Chris Vitiello. Chris Vitiello is a writer, performer, critic, and independent curator based in Durham, NC. His poetry books include Obedience (Ahsahta, 2012), Irresponsibility (Ahsahta, 2008), and Nouns Swarm A Verb (Xurban, …
#1: Wanna write a play this weekend? The Triangle Bake-Off has begun. This is a quick and (hopefully stress-relieving) short playwriting competition. There’s a youth category if your kids are looking for something to do – OR – perhaps this will be a way for you to blow off some steam using writing as a …
This weekend: Triangle Bake-Off & FB live interview with RDU on Stage Read More »
A stimulating conversation with Eric Silver, the Head of Creative at Multitude. Multitude is an independent podcast collective and production company based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. From basketball to mythology to literature and pop culture, Multitude entertains while building communities around their values. The Multitude team also helps clients of all sizes make and market great shows; they perform and …
108: Exploring a Podcast Collective Model with Eric Silver of Multitude Productions Read More »
If you aren’t already familiar with PAAL, I’d like to bring that organization to your attention, particularly if you are a parent-artist or caregiver. The acronym PAAL stands for PARENT ARTIST ADVOCACY LEAGUE (PAAL) for PERFORMING ARTS + MEDIA PAAL is a national community, resource hub, and solutions generator for individuals with caregiver responsibilities and institutions …
107: Empowering Parent Artists with DC rep Marni Penning Read More »
