Ariel Estrada, actor, director, and arts advocate talks about his financial journey and why he formed Leviathan Lab to promote Asian American practitioners of theatre and film.

Cynthia Winstead discusses finances throughout her career as a costume designer and professor. We also discuss how scholarships and endowments work.

An interview with Dennis Size, the Vice President of Design at The Lighting Design Group (LDG), a major news and event lighting company in North America. He explains how LDG has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and why the #RedAlertRESTART event and the RESTART Act are necessary.

#RedAlertRESTART #WeMakeEvents #ExtendPUA #SaveOurStages

Interview by Ethan Steimel

Franklin Trapp, artistic director of The Forestburgh Playhouse, shares his experiences of adapting his season and laying off 100 technicians, designers, musicians, and actors. Ethan discusses lighting up the Playhouse in RED for #RedAlertRESTART.

#RedAlertRESTART #WeMakeEvents #ExtendPUA #SaveOurStages

Interview by Ethan Steimel

Charles Ford, owner of Vue Show Design Group in Chicago, discusses his involvement in the #RedAlertRESTART event urging Congress to pass the RESTART Act to provide financial assistance to live event businesses affected by COVID-19 and to extend PUA for displaced workers.

#RedAlertRESTART #WeMakeEvents #ExtendPUA

Interview by Ethan Steimel

An interview with lighting designer Sammy Ross about the predicament of live event workers during the time of COVID-19.

#RedAlertRESTART #WeMakeEvents #ExtendPUA

Interview by Ethan Steimel

Michael Strickland is the founder of Bandit Lites, a major North American entertainment lighting company. He worked tirelessly to advise congressional members to pass the CARES Act and is currently advising congress to pass the RESTART Act to provide financial assistance to small businesses and to extend PUA (unemployment benefits) for displaced workers.

#RedAlertRESTART #WeMakeEvents #ExtendPUA

Interview by Ethan Steimel

An interview with Mishqah Parthiephal about growing up in Durban, South Africa and becoming an actress in Johannesburg and around the world.

An interview with Steve Woods on his journey from being an on the road lighting designer to becoming a professor of lighting design.

Интервью с Дарьей Вергизовой о её карьере балетмейстера в Санкт-Петербурге, Россия.

Daria Vergizova - Choreographer