Artist Soapbox * Audio fiction + Creative Process

By Tamara Kissane

Artist Soapbox creates original audio fiction and chats with artists about their practical tools for the creative process.... more

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January 22, 2018 018: Artist & Leader Monèt Noelle Marshall speaks thru BUY MY SOUL AND CALL IT ART
“Art ain’t innocent. And it’s always political.” ** Inquiry, value, choice, and revolutionary connections. ** The relationship between Black performance and mainstream arts space. ** Monèt Noelle Marshall discusses her upcoming and deeply though-provoking performance art piece, BUY MY SOUL AND CALL IT ART. (And listen for the surprise reveal!!)
Monét Noelle Marshall is a Durham, North Carolina-based artist, director, producer and creative consultant. She serves as the Founding Artistic Director of MOJOAA Performing Arts Company, producing new works by and new opportunities for Black playwrights. She is also the Founder and Lead Con(sulting) Artist at BaD Arts Consulting which helps creatives do better business and businesses be more creative. BaD Arts Consulting provides arts integrated solutions to creatives, businesses and nonprofits through consultation, event curation, marketing and facilitation. Monèt activates the arts to engage communities in collective visioning, changemaking and joy as social action. See her featured in American Theatre: 6 Theatre Workers You Should Know!
BUY MY SOUL AND CALL IT ART

Fri, Jan 26, 2018 –Sun, Feb 4 at Living Arts Collective Dance Studio in Durham

Buy My Soul And Call It Art, a performance art experience, will premiere in Durham, North Carolina on Jan 26th. With a team of over 30 local artists, this immersive exhibition will explore the relationship between Black performance and mainstream arts spaces, the emotional labor of Black artists, the importance of Black joy and the connection between the slave market and the arts market. Check out the trailer and support the work at gofundme.com/buyitcallit.
Tickets are available now!*
*Buy My Soul And Call It Art is a Pay-What-You-Can, Pay-What-You-Want, Pay-What-Its-Worth experience. Tickets are reserved free of charge and you will pay at the venue. If you have any questions or would like to bring a group, please email [email protected].

This episode is brought to you by the Soapboxers, the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you like these episodes and want more, get on the Soapbox! Podcast recorded at Shadowbox Studio in Durham, NC.
Time break-down:
[0:00] Episode intro and Monèt’s bio
[1:05] BUY MY SOUL AND CALL IT ART description. “Was there A moment when you decided, I’m going to make THIS?” Surprise! Monet tells us BUY MY SOUL is the first piece in a 2018 trilogy!
[4:56] What is this trilogy?!
[6:20] Questions about how BUY MY SOUL AND CALL IT ART could/should/will be received by audiences
[10:44] Details about BUY MY SOUL: the structure, the importance of it as an immersive piece, pay-what-you-can/pay-what-it’s-worth
[17:40] “The relationship between Black performance and mainstream art spaces “– why is this important to underline for our community?
[19:50] Translating these ideas into a performance art piece
[22:23] Art ain’t innocent. And it’s always political.
[23:16] “Is the title, Buy My Soul and Call it Art,
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January 15, 2018 017: Playwright Tamara Kissane remodels MASTER BUILDER (interviewed by Mara Thomas!)
That’s right, Soapboxers. We’ve turned the tables! Mara Thomas interviews Tamara Kissane about the upcoming world premiere of Tamara’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s THE MASTER BUILDER, ambition, aspirations, and… Read more
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January 15, 2018 017: Playwright Tamara Kissane remodels MASTER BUILDER (interviewed by Mara Thomas!)
That’s right, Soapboxers. We’ve turned the tables! Mara Thomas interviews Tamara Kissane about the upcoming world premiere of Tamara’s adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s THE MASTER BUILDER, ambition, aspirations, and loving unlikeable characters.
Tamara Kissane is a Durham-based playwright, actor, creative coach, and mom, and she is the host of the Artist Soapbox podcast. Tamara’s upcoming adaptation of THE MASTER BUILDER (after Ibsen), produced by Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, opens January 18. She’ll be acting in The Moors at Manbites Dog Theater in February 2018 and has recently co-written a children’s show titled SALLY’S RIDE: TO SPACE AND BEYOND as a part of Curious Theatre Collective.
Master Builder is showing January 18 – February 3 at Mystery Brewery (437 Dimmock’s Mill Rd, Hillsborough). GET TICKETS!
This episode is brought to you by the Soapboxers, the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you like these episodes and want more, get on the Soapbox! Podcast recorded at the ASBX home studio.
Mentioned:
Episode 015: Choreographer and performer Nicola Bullock travels the distance for IMAGO
Episode 012: [Quickie] Host Tamara Kissane tells the story of the genesis of Artist Soapbox
Episode 011: Artistic Director Amy Sawyers-Williams applies theatre for social justice, education, and healing
Time break-down:
[0:00] Episode intro and Tamara bio
[0:58] Tamara, how do you approach adapting a classic play like Ibsen’s THE MASTER BUILDER or Chekhov’s THE SEAGULL?
[6:00] Why did you choose THE MASTER BUILDER, specifically, to adapt?
[8:36] Gender swapping and ambition: Is this play about ambition?
[14:17] Writing ‘unlikeable’ characters
[18:46] Making MASTER BUILDER contemporary: the opening scene is a talk show!
[21:51] The relationship between the characters Hildy and Sully? What’s that deal with Hildy’s wings?
[24:54] Finding your voice as a playwright
[29:25] “Please cast a diverse group of actors…”
[31:50] Writing vs. Acting
[35:40] Aspirations for ASBX
[40:20] Creative Coaching
[42:15] What’s next?
[44:14] Thank you and sign-off
Artist Soapbox podcast is a listener supported podcast. If you listen, please support the podcast by sharing episodes with friends and contributing via our Patreon campaign.
If you have feedback, questions, suggestions, please email [email protected]. FEEDBACK IS EVERYTHING TO ASBX.
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January 11, 2018 016: Actor/singer/director Dana Marks answers 30 questions in 60 minutes [ASK ME ANYTHING]
Bodies, money, voice, authenticity, musical inspiration, the actor’s job, and a Free Season of Theatre. All of that and more in 60 minutes with Dana Marks! Dana… Read more
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January 11, 2018 016: Actor/singer/director Dana Marks answers 30 questions in 60 minutes [ASK ME ANYTHING]
Bodies, money, voice, authenticity, musical inspiration, the actor’s job, and a Free Season of Theatre. All of that and more in 60 minutes with Dana Marks!
Dana Marks has generously agreed to be the first participant (or guinea pig!) in the Artist Soapbox ASK ME ANYTHING series. She covers a variety of questions in this episode both personal and professional, related to the past, present and future of Dana’s work and the work of her company Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern. (See the time break down below for the list of questions.) ASK ME ANYTHINGs pop up periodically featuring Triangle-area artists who are willing to answer questions submitted by listeners anonymously ahead of time.
Dana Marks is an actor, singer, director, and teaching artist, as well as the Managing Director of Little Green Pig. She studied Acting at The American Repertory Theatre/Moscow Art Theatre Institute and has performed across the U.S., and in Mexico, Russia, Italy, and Germany. Dana teaches acting at Duke University and has taught performance composition, voice, and Viewpoints at NC STATE, UNC-Chapel Hill, NCTC, and Open Mind Improv. She records and tours with the band, Curtis Eller’s American Circus, and is a guest singer with The Wiley Fosters, Berlin Brothers, and The Durham Street Piano Player. She is active as a director and actor with LGP, Honest Pint, Manbites Dog, Theatre Raleigh and other companies in the Triangle. Support Little Green Pig via their Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/littlegreenpig
Artist Soapbox is a listener supported podcast. This episode is brought to you by the Soapboxers, the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you would like to support this podcast, please get on the Soapbox. The podcast was recorded at the ASBX home studio.
Time Break down:
[0:00] Intro to episode, Dana’s bio
[2:24] Question 1: What is the best role that included nudity you’ve ever played and why?
[7:12] Question 2: Historically/Currently, there are fewer roles available to women actors as we age — how are you thinking about this as you plan the trajectory of your career? Does this mean that you’ll diversify your work or focus more on directing or teaching?
[10:41] Quick answer questions 3-11:

What are your theatre pet peeves?
Are you religious?
What’s it like to be married to another artist (Jaybird O’Berski)
How do you balance a partnership in life and a partnership in business?
What’s something you wish everyone did in rehearsal, backstage, and onstage?
Which play do you wish more people had seen?
Which play would you most like to remount?
Which show did you have the most fun in rehearsal/backstage?
What’s something every artist should learn or practice regularly?

[16:05] Question 12: What project or role are you most proud of and why?
[20:14] Question 13+: When did you start to find your artistic voice? Did it coincide with finding your personal voice? Is that the same voice? Is it a work in progress?
[23:29] Question 14: There was a play you guys did a couple of seasons ago in which you opened a letter, took in its meaning (as if you had never seen it before), and you crumpled into a weeping heap on the floor night after night. Plus you did it really well. How did you do that?
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January 08, 2018 015: Choreographer and performer Nicola Bullock travels the distance for IMAGO
IMAGO is “A phatasmagorical sci-fi dance theatre experience” that “reckons with the distance between what we are and what we believe ourselves to be.” Choreographer and performer… Read more
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January 08, 2018 015: Choreographer and performer Nicola Bullock travels the distance for IMAGO
IMAGO is “A phatasmagorical sci-fi dance theatre experience” that “reckons with the distance between what we are and what we believe ourselves to be.” Choreographer and performer Nicola Bullock describes the creative and practical development of her solo-piece IMAGO, the impact of living abroad on her identity as an ‘American’ artist’ and tips for creators who yearn to make their own singular piece.
Nicola Bullock is a dancer, choreographer, and performance artist. She’s lived in Chapel Hill, NC, New York City, Durham, NC and most recently Berlin, Germany. Her work investigates the range of human expression as a means to create potent images and meaning. She holds a degree in psychology and dance, and is an original co-found of DIDA (Durham Independent Dance Artists). IMAGO is her second evening-length show.
IMAGO info: performances January 11-13 and 18-20, 2018 at The Durham Fruit Company, 305 S Dillard St, Durham, North Carolina $10 before / $12 at the door *No one turned away for lack of funds* tickets available here!
This episode is brought to you by the Soapboxers, the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you like these episodes and want more, get on the Soapbox! Podcast recorded at the ASBX home studio.
Mentioned:
005: Director JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell gives voice to the value of community
Time break-down:
[0:00] Episode intro and Nicola bio
[1:08] The inspiration for IMAGO
[6:35] How does Nicola take an idea and translate it into physical movement?
[7:40] How has IMAGO transformed over the various showings in the last year?
[8:44] “The creature struggles to adopt “identity-appropriate” behavior while remaining connected to its wild nature.” What is identity-appropriate behavior?
[12:00] Preserving the spirit of collaboration while being a solo performer. Bringing on a team. Long distance collaboration – how does that work?
[15:36] How has living abroad influenced the way Nicola thinks of the US and making art? Why bring IMAGO to Durham? What has it been like to make art in Germany?
[20:11] What makes a piece dance-theatre vs. dance?
[21:35] The development and significance of the IMAGO mask.
[24:44] Nicola reached out to Tamara from Germany in October. Since then, they’ve been working together in a professional capacity with Tamara as creative coach/witness/companion. Nicola talks about her expectations for that relationship and how it’s served her and the piece. Balloons!
[29:35] Self-care leading up to opening
[30:54] These are raw topics to wrestle with in front of an audience: “animal instincts contending with social constructions of femininity, ageing, and desire” and “the distance between what we are and what we imagine ourselves to be.” Why go there?
[33:27] What has Nicola learned during this process that would be helpful to others?
[34:30] What’s next for IMAGO? What’s next for Nicola?
[35:38] Thank you and sign-off
Artist Soapbox podcast is a listener supported podcast. If you listen, please support the podcast by sharing episodes with friends and contributing via our Patreon campaign.
If you have feedback, questions, suggestions,
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January 04, 2018 014: Rose Werth, founding partner of Mettlesome, advocates for clarity, safe space, and the collective
Mettlesome, “a Durham based performance and production collective,” was a winner of the 2017 Indies Arts Awards awarded by Indyweek. Rose Werth, one of the founding partners and… Read more
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January 04, 2018 014: Rose Werth, founding partner of Mettlesome, advocates for clarity, safe space, and the collective
Mettlesome, “a Durham based performance and production collective,” was a winner of the 2017 Indies Arts Awards awarded by Indyweek. Rose Werth, one of the founding partners and stakeholders, outlines the thoughtful planning process to develop the infrastructure of the collective, the types of Projects Proposals they seek from area artists, why Mettlesome doesn’t consider itself to be solely a comedy theatre, and Mettlesome’s plans for 2018 and beyond. Get inspired!
Rose Werth is a performer, actor, storyteller, and producer based in Durham, NC. She is a founding partner and stakeholder of Mettlesome. For the last several years, she has performed in shows in North Carolina and across the country with local theater and improv companies. When she is not performing Rose works as a research analyst at a local nonprofit research institute. No matter what she is doing, her passion is and will always be for telling truth through story.
Correction: Mettlesome currently has THREE and not two partners (Tamara’s mistake!). They are: Rose Werth, Ashley Melzer, and Jack Reitz.
Mettlesome events and mentions:
Indyweek article: With the Comedy World’s Toxic Culture on National Notice, Mettlesome is a New Kind of Organization for a New South by Katie Jane Fernelius
Clarified Butter (podcast)
Hush Hush (Fullsteam on Weds)
WIT (improv game show, Jan 13)
Mettlesome Lab (classes)
Golden Age
Back room Shakespeare
Image Comics
This episode is brought to you by the Soapboxers, the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox. If you like these episodes and want more, get on the Soapbox! Podcast recorded at Shadowbox Studio in Durham, NC.
Time break-down:
[0:00] Episode intro and Rose Werth’s bio
[1:15] Mettlesome won an Indy award — yay! What was the reaction and what does Rose hope that recognition will do for the collective?
[3:13] Reluctance to categorize Mettlesome as solely a comedy theatre
[4:41] What does “a New South” mean to Mettlesome?
[6:11] Rose’s background and how she came to Mettlesome
[11:07] The organizational structure and infrastructure of Mettlesome. How did these components develop and why? (Values, constitution, code of conduct, clarity, stakeholder board, safe and welcoming space for artists, giving creative artists the rights to their work)
[17:30] Examples of Mettlesome projects: Hush Hush, WIT, Golden Age
[21:03] Mettlesome org con’t: terms like Partners, Stakeholders, Captains,
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41min
January 01, 2018 013: Music Supervisor and Voice Over Casting Director Aurelia Belfield breaks down A&E and aspirational art
Kicking off 2018! Here’s Aurelia Belfield, Music and Casting Supervisor and Sound Coordinator, with Trailblazer Studios in Raleigh. Learn about Aurelia’s super cool work in the entertainment… Read more
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