Apparent Artist

What is it like to literally be raised in the theatre?  What happens when you and your parents are all performing in separate plays at the same time?  What Is it like to be directed onstage by your father and act onscreen with your mother?  How do you balance working for one of the world’s top software companies and performing with one of the most renowned theatre companies in the Bay Area?  Find out this Wednesday in part 2 of Apparent Artist Podcast’s Holiday Special with our guest, Brandon Callender!

What is it like to literally be raised in the theatre?  What happens when you and your parents are all performing in separate plays at the same time?  What Is it like to be directed onstage by your father and act onscreen with your mother?  How do you balance working for one of the world’s top software companies and performing with one of the most renowned theatre companies in the Bay Area?  Find out this Wednesday in part 2 of Apparent Artist Podcast’s Holiday Special with our guest, Brandon Callender!

This week Apparent Artist presents a bonus episode for your holiday season pleasure.  We are honored to have the inimitable Margo Hall here for a discussion about: literally raising a child in the theatre, becoming the first woman Artistic Director at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco, spearheading a major fundraising effort for the Black Theatre Fund, and being the fourth Supreme. Yes. Your read that correctly.  

Margo and Shannon also weigh up the artist/parent balance,  How do you stay present and supportive  for your child though their  struggles with expectations,  creating  their own  space in the world, and giving back to their community? What about the importance of giving your child space to fail?  Join us on our upcoming episode with Margo Hall to find out more.

Margo Hall is an award winning actor and director who also has several screen credits including Blindspotting  with Daveed Diggs, All Day And All Night on Netflix and Pixar's upcoming movie, Soul.
For more information all of the many things Margo is doing, visit:
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - Black American Theatre San Francisco (lhtsf.org)
or Margo Hall 's website.
To donate to the Black Theatre Fund, please visit ebcf.org/give_fee

This week Apparent Artist presents a bonus episode for your holiday season pleasure.  We are honored to have the inimitable Margo Hall here for a discussion about: literally raising a child in the theatre, becoming the first woman Artistic Director at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre in San Francisco, spearheading a major fundraising effort for the Black Theatre Fund, and being the fourth Supreme. Yes. Your read that correctly.  

Margo and Shannon also weigh up the artist/parent balance,  How do you stay present and supportive  for your child though their  struggles with expectations,  creating  their own  space in the world, and giving back to their community? What about the importance of giving your child space to fail?  Join us on our upcoming episode with Margo Hall to find out more.

Margo Hall is an award winning actor and director who also has several screen credits including Blindspotting  with Daveed Diggs, All Day And All Night on Netflix and Pixar's upcoming movie, Soul.
For more information all of the many things Margo is doing, visit:
Lorraine Hansberry Theatre - Black American Theatre San Francisco (lhtsf.org)
or Margo Hall 's website.
To donate to the Black Theatre Fund, please visit ebcf.org/give_fee

What is it like to become the Artistic Director of the first theatre at which you ever performed? What happens when you get launched into directing a show that was originally slotted for another director and then get nominated for the Bay Area's most prestigious theatre award? What is is like to boldly put your acting career on hold to raise two amazing sons? Find out on this week's episode of Apparent Artist with our remarkable guest Actor and Director, Katina Letheule! Visit www.altarena.org to see what is new at the Altarena Playhouse during COVID-19. Theatre is alive!

What is it like to become the Artistic Director of the first theatre at which you ever performed?  What happens when you get launched into directing a show that was originally slotted for another director  and get nominated for the Bay Area's most prestigious theatre award?  What is is like to boldly put your acting career on hold to raise two amazing sons?  Find out on this week's episode of Apparent Artist with our remarkable guest Actor and Director, Katina Letheule! 

Tune in to Apparent Artist this Wednesday to get to know Katina.  In the meantime, please visit the Altarena Playhouse - Live Theater in Alameda, CA website to learn more about what she and the whole Altarena family  is doing to keep theatre alive during Covid-19.

What is it like to photograph Rosa Parks? How and why does one suspend a canoe in a driveway? How does one explain cartoons from The New Yorker to their 6-year old daughter?   How does one raise a family and create what one must?  Find out on this week's episode of Apparent Artist. Our guest, photographer Jock McDonald, shares his "take" on those questions and many more.  Please visit https://www.jockmcdonald.com/ to see more of Jock's incredible and diverse work .  Be sure to check out Jock's photo project with San Francisco's Glide Memorial entitled "We The People"  here: https://youtu.be/_KHEj_sc2p8.  

What is it like to photograph Rosa Parks? How and why does one suspend a canoe in a driveway? How does one explain cartoons from The New Yorker to their 6-year old daughter?   How does one raise a family and create what one must?  Find out on this week's episode of Apparent Artist. Our guest, photographer Jock McDonald, shares his "take" on those questions and many more.  Don't miss it! Tune in on December 9th. 

From Trinidad to London, Julliard School to Broadway, friendship to fatherhood, award winning Actor and Director, L. Peter Callender, has always cherished love and legacy along the way.  On today’s episode we celebrate the joys of raising our children, our loved ones and ourselves towards excellence, not perfection.  We discuss vulnerability as a strength, and as a means of deep connection.  L. Peter Callender is the Artistic Director of African American Shakespeare in San Francisco, an acting coach, a playwright, a dear friend, and most importantly, Brandon’s father. To learn more about what Peter is doing next, visit www.lpetercallender.com and www.african-americanshakes.org .

 Please tuck in for an invigorating discussion! 

Remember the sound of AM radio?  Join Shannon an Actor Director, L. Peter Callender for an interview that has that old--fashioned sound, but timeless content.  We are so grateful for our conference recording platform and because of some commonplace sound issues, you may wanna pump up the volume a little for this upcoming episode, Premiering on December 2nd. For now, enjoy the preview!