Arts Calling Podcast

Arts Calling Podcast

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Arts Calling Podcast episodes

  • Ep. 16 Máire Higgins | Respect for play, acting life, and the immediacy of compassion

    Last one of the year!

    Today I am thrilled to be arts calling my friend Máire Higgins!

    Bio:

    Máire Higgins is a stage and film actor, accredited nationally and abroad. Recent credits include MACBETH (Telluride Theatre), THE WOLVES (BETC), and HOAX (Rum River). Máire holds a Masters of Philosophy in Theatre from Trinity College Dublin, and is based in Telluride, Colorado.

    For more information, please visit: http://www.mairehiggins.com/

    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capt.miggles/

    Thanks for taking the time to talk to me on the podcast!

    And a happy new year to all!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    54 min
  • Ep. 15 A.J. Ross | Familiar Monsters, making indie web comics, and Wyoming origin stories

    Hi all,

    I'm continuing this end of year sprint by Arts Calling my wonderfully talented friend A.J. Ross! So happy to catch up, have a few laughs, and learn how she is crafting the world of her web comic, Familiar Monsters!

    A few words from the author:

    My name is A.J. Ross, I am the author and illustrator of Familiar Monsters.

    Familiar Monsters is about two childhood friends, torn apart by a werewolf attack. Garrick, an outgoing aspiring musician, is taken and turned by the werewolves. Jon, a pained, loyal friend, takes up with a monster hunter thinking his best friend is dead, becoming a deadly hunter himself. They are accidentally reunited years later when the werewolf Jon is hunting turns out to be his long lost friend. Now they must learn to live with each other, and who they have both become. Navigating through lies, abuse, hidden loves, curses, monsters, and daily life, Jon and Gare hold on the the only thing that they ever had. Each other.

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/familiarmonsters

    Instagram: @fullmoongarrick
    Website: www.familiar-monsters.com

    Thanks for stopping by to share your insights and awesomeness, A.J.!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show, consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and other stuff too!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    If you’re a creative in the written, visual, or performing arts, and believe the arts make us and our communities better, I’d love to talk to you! Contact me here.

    51 min
  • Ep. 14 Shaine Greenwood | The Aether, writing fiction, and finding online community

    Hello all!

    Happy to be back from the holiday break! Today I'm arts calling Shaine Greenwood!

    Shaine Greenwood is a Seattle-based writer, artist, and weirdo. He writes poetry, sci-fi, and literary fiction with a focus on people and what makes them tick. You can find his work here:

    youaremuted.com

    Check out The Aether, now on Amazon!

    Also, here's Shaine's poetry collection, Faces.

    Thanks so much for taking the time to chat Shaine, all the best in 2022!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    57 min
  • Ep. 13 Dre Ellis | Prophecy, indie art making, and representation in comics

    Hey there!

    Today I am arts calling my new Twitter friend Dre Ellis of Prophecy Comics!

    D'Andre Ellis is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist from East St.Louis, IL, with years of experience in musical performance & production, screenwriting, and Auteur filmmaking.

    Stop by Kickstater to support his latest project, Heavy is the Hand. A comic book series about a black woman who plots revenge w/ a cosmic sledgehammer against a powerful group that destroyed her life.

    For more information, visit: https://direct.me/prophecycomics

    Thanks for talking with me, Dre! All the best on your creative endeavors!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    42 min
  • Ep. 12 Oscar Moreno | Screenwriting, low-budget filmmaking, and redefining border stories

    Hi there,

    Today I am arts calling Oscar Moreno from InkFilms! A great conversation with an outstanding talent, who is writing and directing films on the US/Mexico border with an incredibly refreshing perspective. A pleasure talking with you, my friend. Te deseo lo mejor en todos tus proyectos!

    OSCAR'S BIO:

    I'm an optioned bilingual Mexican writer and filmmaker from the U.S./Mexico border. My life here has taken me from witnessing the horrors of violence to the joy of seeing its survivors lead happy lives, and experiencing what it's like to be a musician and to soak up the moments of love and weirdness you can find here. My passion for storytelling has stemmed from filmmaking and impacted different aspects of my life. I’m mainly focused on writing and making the kinds of gritty and mesmerizing thrillers, horror movies and sci-fi that I’d stay up watching late at night as a teenager. But I also love powerful drama and believe all of these flavors can be combined and provide an exciting experience for audiences. These are the stories I love telling and seeing because they most closely resemble what I've experienced and witnessed living on the border, and this is what fuels me to bring unique, fresh perspectives to stories about this part of the world or about the kinds of people I've met here and can find anywhere. I feel they are necessary now more than ever.

    My prose work has appeared in the New York Times, Somos en Escrito, Levadura, The Wire's Dream Magazine, The Seattle Star and the Rio Grande Review. I am working on different projects with various producers, including Julio Abad of Autumn Leave Films, and Simon Warne and Luc Bégin of Triality World. I've had my scripts optioned by the likes of Showdown Productions.

    For Oscar's outstanding work for the page and screen, please visit: https://linktr.ee/inkfilmsinc.

    Be sure to stop by Oscar's Twitter as well! @InkFilmsInc89

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    58 min
  • Ep. 11 L. Nicol Cabe | One person shows, new media, and theatre of tomorrow

    Hi there,

    This time around, I'm catching up with an amazing theatre artist: Today I'm arts calling L. Nicol Cabe!

    ARTIST BIO:

    I am a new media theatre artist. I create shows inspired by our potential future, using speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy tropes. I write and perform scifi story-telling shows, direct new plays, and help playwrights develop their work. Since 2016, I have travelled the world to fringe festivals with my speculative fiction performances. I have won sold out show, critic’s choice, and producer’s choice awards at several festivals over the years. When I perform my futuristic writing, I do so under my production company, Giant Nerd Productions. I am also a dramaturg, director, and writer who focuses on brand new plays. I have worked on innovative shows produced by Annex Theatre, Copious Love Productions, Theater Schmeater, and Taproot Theatre in Seattle, Washington. Currently, I am developing a thesis on new media and pandemic theatre in a Master of Letters program at the University of Glasgow in Scotland (commencing 2021). I am an alumna of Director’s Lab West (Pasadena, 2014), and a summa cum laude graduate of the University of South Carolina (Bachelor’s of Liberal Arts, theatre, 2006).

    For updates and more information, visit: http://el-nicol.com.

    Visit Nicol's Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/giantnerdprod

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    1 hr 4 min
  • Ep. 10 Billy Higgins | Guiding future collaborators, clowning, and anecdotes of a theatre artist

    Hi there,

    Today, I am overjoyed to catch up with a dear friend and outstanding theater artist and educator. I'm Arts Calling Billy Higgins!

    About Billy:

    Currently serving as Artistic Producing Director at Ferndale Repertory Theatre, Billy Higgins (He/They) has worked as a director, producer, actor, devised theatre maker, and circus artist, creating live performance and providing arts leadership throughout the United States and abroad. He serves as a director and teacher on the Movement faculty at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting, and is the creator of the Arts Justice work The Constitutional Arts Project. Additionally, Billy has worked in various capacities as a performer, director, and movement designer with The Public Theater, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Turkmen State Circus in partnership with The United States State Department, The Dell’Arte Company, and The Samuel Beckett Center, among others. His work with the Tony Award Winning Broadway Advocacy Coalition as a member of the Artist Impact Team in partnership with Columbia Law School, and Rattestick Playwright’s Theater as a member of the creative team of The Pilot For Restorative Justice directly addressed issues of systemic racism and inequity through the lens of inclusive and accessible theatre. Whenever possible, Billy volunteers with Clowns Without Borders, and enjoys sailing and his dog, Norman. When not onstage or in the ring, Billy can most often be found sailing traditionally rigged tall ships and schooners, which he has served on as a professional mariner for over a decade. He received his M.F.A. from Dell’Arte International School of Physical Theater, M.Ph. from Trinity College, Dublin, B.F.A. from The University of Wyoming, and additional professional certifications in Building Diversity from The University of Pennsylvania.

    It was such a pleasure catching up and learning from you, my friend. We didn't cover everything this time around, but we must do this again sometime! Thanks again and all the best!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    1 hr 12 min
  • Ep. 9 Jose Casas | State of TYA, social impact with theater, and other brown playwright adventures

    Hello friends!

    Today I am thrilled to be Arts Calling the very awesome playwright/compa José Casas! Thanks so much for joining us today with your wisdom, anecdotes, and good cheer! And a shoutout to Alvaro Saar Rios for making this happen! A part 2 episode with José and Alvaro will definitely be happening someday soon!

    José Casas is a playwright, director, and Assistant Professor who heads the Playwriting Minor in the Department of Theatre & Drama at the University of Michigan. He has a B.A. in Dramatic Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, a M.A. in Thetre Arts from California State University, Los Angeles, a M.F.A. in Playwriting from Arizona State University, as well graudate work in the Drama and Theatre for Youth and Communities graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a member of the Dramatists Guild and TYA/USA. He is also a board member of The Children’s Theatre Foundation of America.

    His plays, la ofrenda and somebody’s children were recipients of both the Bonderman National Playwriting for Youth Award and the American Alliance of Theatre and Education’s Distinguished Play Award. His book, Palabras del Cielo: An Exploration of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences was a recipient of an AATE Distinguished Book Award.

    His plays include aDoBe, the vine, 14, la ofrenda, Desvelado, a rose grows beyond the wall, jj’s place, a million whispers in the wind, somebody’s children, Pedro y El Lobo, and Flint. His work has been included in a number of anthologies such as The Bully Plays, Ethnodrama: An Anthology of Reality Theatre, and Theatre for Youth II: More Plays With Mature Themes**. His published work includes la ofrenda, 14, somebody’s children, and Palabras del Cielo: An Exploration of Latina/o Theatre for Young Audiences**.

    He is currently working on Every Great Dream: Visioning African American Theatre for Young Audiences (2022); to be published by Dramatic Publishing.

    Check out the production of José's play, Flint. Available online for FREE!

    Visit brownplaywright.com for more information.

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    1 hr 6 min
  • Ep. 8 Raegen Pietrucha | Great poetry, crafting a Gorgon, and tackling art/life balance.

    Hi friends,

    Today I'm so excited to be arts calling Raegen Pietrucha!

    Raegen Pietrucha is a professional and creative writer, editor, consultant, and educator with two degrees in English and more than 20 years of combined experience. Her chapbook, An Animal I Can’t Name, won the 2015 Two of Cups Press competition; her debut poetry collection, Head of a Gorgon, is forthcoming with Vegetarian Alcoholic Press in 2022; and she has a memoir in progress. She received her MFA from Bowling Green State University, where she was an assistant editor for Mid-American Review. Her creative work has been published in Cimarron Review, Puerto del Sol, and other journals.

    Our conversation went so quickly! Yet I learned so much from Raegen that I hope you go check out her website asap: https://raegenmp.wordpress.com.

    @freeradicalrp on Twitter

    @raegenmp on Instagram

    Thanks so much for taking the time to connect and share your knowledge with us, Raegen!

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: consider reviewing and sharing the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    1 hr 16 min
  • Ep. 7 Dane Halvorson | Sandbox mentality, musical collaboration, and a strong dose of laughter

    Hi there,

    Today I am arts calling one of my best friends and supremely talented collaborator: Dane Halvorson! We recollect the many lessons of learning our craft together. We also discuss the importance of the sandbox mentality when starting out, his time with Second City, and his creative journey as a performer and composer.

    About Dane:

    Born and raised in Montana, Dane began practicing piano and studying music from a very young age. His career as a piano player took off in Chicago after graduating from the Chicago College of Performing Arts. He toured all over the country as a Musical Director with The Second City and it included long term projects with the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Norwegian Cruise Lines, and various corporate events.

    Dane is currently based out of Los Angeles and looks forward to working with you on your next project! Stop by danehalvorsonmusic.com for recent samples and more information!

    *In order to maintain street cred, I must make a correction: The Schwarzenegger Epic Handshake Meme moment is from the most excellent film, Predator. I had a momentary lapse due to excitement.

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    Arts Calling is produced by Jaime Alejandro at cruzfolio.com. If you like the show: review and share the podcast, your support truly makes a difference! Check us out for more podcasts about the arts and original content!

    Make art. Much love,

    j

    1 hr 4 min

About Arts Calling Podcast

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Arts Calling is a podcast to celebrate creatives across disciplines and cultural backgrounds, but also a case for the arts as the gateway to empathy, healthy lives, and strong communities.