At The Elephants with Rob Morris

Nicole (Drama '07) is a 100% bucket of cheesiness and makes no apologies for it. Join us for a chat about Dallas, Yo-Yos, staying engaged in your art and the great Nolan Ryan. Enjoy!

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

The lovely and talented Magdalene Vick (Drama '10) is a certified kook and I just love that about her. We talk about her rise on Facebook and Instagram as a comedienne and how you deal with having thousands of fans overnight. We also talk about the struggles of managing how people see you and the tenacity to keep going when things seem impossible. Enjoy.

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stampa-Brown. GFX b Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and Edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

Aidan Crowley (Film '17) and I had not met until recently but I am so glad I did. He's a kind and generous fellow I think is just at the very beginning of doing amazing things. We talk turning down dream jobs, small town tennis tourneys, and starting your own company. We talked for quite a while over a bottle of wine he brought us. Enjoy!

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stampa-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

Kim Ross (D&P '11) is one of my favorite pickles. She is a huge part of the Alumni-West branch of the (U)NCSA community. We talk about that, her origins in Jamaica, the transfer of departments at a conservatory and meeting the Obamas at work. Enjoy.

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stampa-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and Edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

Caitlin Alyn (Film '14) is a standup and comedienne in Los Angeles and truly a brilliant hustler. She co-hosts the SingleAF podcast and you can catch her doing standup all over LA. We talk origins, social media, fixing things yourself and the magic of making things happen after graduation. Enjoy! 

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and Edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

This week I'm joined by the talented and multi-disciplined Morgan Sellers (W&M '17). One of the best tap dancers I've met so far, Morgan started in the High School Drama program and then moved to Stage Management and finally to Wig and Makeup where she found her people. She's out here in LA hustling and we share some early war stories from right after she landed in Hollywood. Enjoy! 

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Edited & Produced by Rob Morris. 2019.

Megan West (Drama '13) is the current reigning champion with her third appearance (is that the right word for an audio-only program) on AtE. Go check her out in Episodes 1&5, then come catch up with us as we talk Shonda-land, becoming a fictional Miss Texas, social media poison and so much more. Enjoy!

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stampa-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

After over 3 years, At The Elephants returns with "Average" Joe Flanders (Film '10). Joe was my first roommate when I made the move to Los Angeles in 2016, but nearly everything we discuss happens before that. We cover some childhood ailments, the essence of comedy privilege and how spending your summers making movies can land you and your friends in a Myrtle Beach jail cell for the night. We cover all that and of course the creation of "AVERAGE JOE", "THE ANDY SHOW", and his podcast "BAD TIMES, GOOD STORIES" not before discussing what Joe calls "the great demise" of his early career as a writer's assistant on EASTBOUND & DOWN. This is a great chat between two pickles who for sure like each other. A good way to bring this back. Enjoy.

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Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and edited by Rob Morris. 2019.

Ashley Gates Jansen (Drama Directing '94/Drama Faculty) We discuss her journey up to joining then NCSA. Riding, Lacrosse, Bernie Sanders & so much more. Join us for this newest season of At The Elephants! Graduate of Gerald Freedman's inaugural directing class  in the School of Drama, she was also ordained in 2002 by the Renewal of the Spirit Institute, where she received a Masters degree in Pastoral Counseling. In 2006 and 2011, Ashley participated in Byron Katie’s School for the Work. She is married to a great guy, Rob Jansen, and has two wonderful children, Gates and Frances.

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and Edited by Rob Morris. 2015.

Matt Loehr (Drama Faculty) Matt has been teaching dance at UNCSA since Mollie Murray retired from the Drama School and just completed a smash hit on campus, directing The Drowsy Chaperone. Matt has made an exceptional career on Broadway in The Producers, Elf: The Musical, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mary Poppins, Movin' Out & Book of Mormon! Aside from all his success, or rather maybe in spite of it, Matt is an exceptionally down to Earth fellow and a kind, compassionate educator.

Music by Daniel Emond & Max Stamps-Brown. GFX by Dave Thomas Brown. Produced and Edited by Rob Morris. 2015.