Have you ever written with other people? I don’t mean in the same room all quietly chipping away at your individual writing — I mean have you ever collaborated during the creation phase, writer’s room-style where you’re together breaking the story, pitching ideas, fleshing out characters, debating storylines on a shared project? If you have …
In this episode with Jack Reitz, we cover a lot of ground. A list of topics to whet your appetite: Improv comedy. Sketch comedy. Using the tenets of improv to create something that lasts. Spontaneous collaboration. The history of improv. Improv in the time of COVID-19. The structure of making comedic choices. Amplifing the signal …
117: The goal is collaboration. Improv & sketch comedy with Jack Reitz of Mettlesome Read More »
A wide ranging conversation touching on art and education in times of crisis. Ian Finley describes his shifting work as a theatre teacher in a public high school, the essential elements for a theatrical experience, and writing audio drama. [I’m delighted to say that Ian is a member of one of the Artist Soapbox Audio …
105: Art and education in times of crisis with Ian Finley, playwright and educator Read More »
You can find all upcoming Piedmont Laureate events on the Events page. I will continue to add more in the spring, so check those out and join us! FRIENDS, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY SAFE AND BE WELL. THANKS. Piedmont Laureate presents: Tools for Playwrights: A devised theatre workshop with Lormarev Jones Playwriting is …
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FRIENDS, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. STAY SAFE AND BE WELL. THANKS. Join us for on March 28 for a reading of scripted audio fiction in progress! Jesus Pancake is an audio fiction series being collaboratively written by the Soapbox Audio Collective, a team of local writers. Microwaves, family secrets, spiders, friendship, and the Power …
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“Communities seeking healthcare and environmental justice always have the best answers for how to transform their own conditions.” The second of two episodes with Dr. Marie Garlock discussing the role of performance and storytelling in health and environmental justice movements. In this episode we discuss the Lillies Project, an environmental justice project in Stokes County, …
Announcing applications for the Soapbox Audio Collective Writers’ Room. Soapbox Audio Collective is the nonprofit branch of Artist Soapbox. The goal of Soapbox Audio Collective is to develop original audio fiction using the skills and talents of Triangle-area artists and then distribute them to the wider world. In other words…local talent, global reach! Writers, apply …
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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, …
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 »
“Bamboo Wind is a love story in seven parts.” It’s an ambitious multimedia project that springs from a poem and taps into the talents of a team of artists, including Shaleigh Comerford, a choreographer I interviewed in episode 048 of ASBX, a pair of actors, a dance ensemble, three photographers, a composer and the guest …
