MASTER BUILDER is a two part audio drama for adults. It contains salty language, adult situations, and quirkiness suitable for grown-up ears. Running a total of 94 minutes and divided in two acts, MASTER BUILDER tells the story of the rise and fall of Helen ‘Sully’ Sullivan, an intensely passionate and ambitious architect who designs …
We’re in the home stretch, friend. We’re putting the finishing touches on the MASTER BUILDER AUDIO DRAMA right now! Stay tuned and prepare to listen in one of the following ways: As a patron of Artist Soapbox, you’ll receive early access to the audio drama. Sign up at the $3+ level via our Patreon link. …
Alika Vail considers herself to be “a Creative”. Some of her talents include dancing, writing, directing, acting and producing. She currently serves on the Board of the Women’s Theatre Festival in NC as their Head of Diversity and Co-Chair. She is the co-creator of CREW, a Facebook Group that focuses on encouraging artistic works for …
So grateful to be featured on the RDU on Stage podcast this week! It’s my first time as a guest on someone else’s podcast, and wow, what a great learning experience to be on the ‘other side of the mic.’ Big gratitude to Lauren Van Hemert for making the whole process so easy and comfortable. …
Greetings, Soapboxers! Writing to you today from the other end of the tunnel, as it were. I headed into 2019 with my sights set on June, when my latest play YEAR OF THE MONKEY would take its first breaths in New York. By the time you’re reading this, the show will have closed, and we’ll …
Processing a Milestone (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 020) Read More »
Alyssa Noble and Allie Pfeffer, the co-founders and co-directors of A+A Dance Company, make art that is inclusive, financially accessible, and socially responsible. They prioritize working with marginalized groups, specifically as it pertains to gender identity and sexuality. In their upcoming evening-length work titled “Don’t Get Any Ideas, Little Lady,” A+A Dance Company “throws salt …
Seed Art Share focuses on site-specific, immersive plays, arts-integration classes, and supporting parents working in the arts. In this episode, Renee Wimberley, the Founder and Creative Director of Seed Art Share, outlines the out-of-the-box ways that Seed supports parents working in the theatre, and the many partnerships between Seed and other organizations including theatre companies, …
With candor and vulnerability, Artistic Director Brook North describes what it’s like to run a small local independent theatre company — not just logistically and administratively, but emotionally & psychologically too. Using South Stream’s THIS DOESN’T END WELL as an example (a theatre piece Brook wrote, directed and produced), we tease apart thoughts about money, …
Soapboxers, Recently, I’ve been getting messages of encouragement and gratitude from ASBX listeners who really love listening to the podcast. It’s magical to get these. Like winning-the-lottery- I-gotta-golden-ticket-Hogwarts kinda stuff. The messages trickle in via text, email, FB messenger, Insta, and in person. Not a crazy overwhelming number — this isn’t a huge podcast with …
YEAR OF THE MONKEY is part devised play, part surreal horror show centered on a squadron of warriors who use their feminine intuition, rage, rituals & nature power to wage war. In this episode, playwright Mara Thomas examines the inspiration for YEAR OF THE MONKEY, horror as a genre for the stage, war in the …
076: Putting horror on stage. YEAR OF THE MONKEY with playwright Mara Thomas. Read More »
