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055: Troubling things in rehearsal. How to handle bullying in creative spaces.

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“I have a question about speaking up when I witness troubling things in rehearsal….” Two experts address questions about bullying in the rehearsal room. Ashley Popio, Artistic Director of the Women’s Theatre Festival, offers insight from a theatre practitioner and leadership perspective (and we talk about best practices for directors). Elizabeth Johnson, a trauma educator with …

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044: What I learned from 40 years of not being famous: PART TWO. Respect the Work.

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The second installment of a multi-part series in which Tamara considers how we might love the artists we are and support the artists we love. A solo episode! What habits and practices can we cultivate to promote a culture of respect in the arts community? On July 8th, earlier this year, Tamara invited a group …

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Writing the perfect MONKEY (Mara Thomas, ASBX blog post 012)

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Greetings, Soapboxers! Earlier this month, several friends and collaborators gathered to read and hear the latest draft of my upcoming play, YEAR OF THE MONKEY. If you’ve ever put your work-in-progress up for critique, you know it is a singularly excruciating, insecurity-stoking and necessary experience. I clawed my way to that draft and now, armed …

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Feel the real big love coming at you from this gratitude blast

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Throwing big thanks your way today. September 1st will mark the one YEAR anniversary of the Artist Soapbox podcast. It’s coming up! By then, we’ll have released almost 50 podcast episodes and 13 blog posts, conducted two Creative Accountability Groups and two speaking events, and who knows what else we’ll cram in there! I’m excited …

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Bonus episode 002: Better together. A Creative Accountability Group debrief with Mara and Tamara

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Curious about a Creative Accountability Group? A few of our participants share their takeaways from the 1st ASBX Creative Accountability Group at the opening of this episode! Mara and Tamara reflect on the 5 weeks of topics covered, why a group setting can support the individual creative process, the balance of practical and woo, and …

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Poll results

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The results are in! Thanks to those of you who participated in the Artist Soapbox podcast poll in October. This was a four question anonymous poll designed to guide podcast-planning for 2018. The results were certainly helpful, and I included the them below for the curious. Question 4 (about funding via Patreon) elicited the most …

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