Backstage @ Platt House

Jadel Contreras reflects on the past year of Latin dance and a cappella with warmth and gratitude - a reminder of how lucky we are to have such a strong performing arts community at Penn. Find Jadel on Facebook and Instagram @jadel.c! Follow Onda Latina on Facebook and Instagram @_ondalatina, and check out Counterparts as well on Facebook and Instagram @penncounterparts. To share your own journey on our podcast or document your experience in other ways, contact our team at [email protected].

Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo.

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Five guests in one episode! We packed Administrative Coordinator Sara Outing, PAC Shop Technical Advisor Amanda Labonte, Director Laurie McCall, Associate Director Megan Edelman, and Program Coordinator James Grant all onto the same interview to reflect on the pivots, victories, and challenges that they faced as a team. To share your own journey on our podcast or document your experience in other ways, contact our team at [email protected].

Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo.

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For this episode, we sat down across the screen from Sabrina de Brito for some banter about virtual improv and the art of comedy podcasting! Check out Without A Net's website (complete with bears and geese), follow them on Facebook and Instagram @upenn_withoutanet, and find their podcast, Without A Show, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, that Amazon one, and everywhere else you find podcasts. To share your own journey on our podcast or document your experience in other ways, contact our team at [email protected].

Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo.

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Sophomore Tommy Christaldi gives us the scoop on theatrical producing and acting in a digital, socially distanced year at Penn. Follow Tommy on Facebook and on Instagram @tommychristaldi! To share your own journey on the podcast or document your experience in other ways, contact our team at [email protected].

Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo.

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Our student host, Jaden Cloobeck, introduces a new initiative for Season 2: Performing Arts in the Pandemic! To share your journey on the podcast or document your experience in other ways, contact our team at [email protected].

Find our Season 2 host, Jaden Cloobeck, on Facebook and on Instagram @jadencloo.

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Collaborators and performing arts alumni Chelsea Cylinder, Danie Moore, and Hannah Spear are just days away from the premiere of a new digital piece! Crossover: A New Pop Musical runs September 24 - September 26 as part of the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Current students at the University of Pennsylvania can enter our lottery to snag free tickets! For more about the show and to purchase tickets, visit FringeArts.com/Crossover. Check out the producing company, Green Light Group Productions, and find all of our alumni online! Follow Danie on Instagram @Danie.Moore, visit Chelsea on Instagram at @cecylinder and on ChelseaCylinder.com, and keep an eye out for Hannah's ongoing project with the Women's Theatre Festival. 

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Theatre artists Ben Behrend and Logan Schulman join me on the internet to talk about the Philadelphia theatre scene, art and grief in the age of COVID, their newest collaboration coming to screens near you! Their new virtual show, Welcome to the Shiva House,  runs September 10 - September 27 as part of the 2020 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Tickets are free! For more information and for tickets, visit FringeArts.com/Welcome-to-the-Shiva-House. You can find Ben online at benjaminbehrend.com, and Logan at loganschulman.net.

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Music educator, multi-instrumentalist, theatre maker, dramaturg, and singer Gilberto Vega shares his journey (casi una telenovela) from Penn to the present, including several important stops to explain how he got backstage at Hamilton, why we need a Latinx version of The Wiz, and - why is Miley Cyrus attacking Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with a wrecking ball?? Check out Gil's bilingual music education and outreach work with POPS In Schools @ Home, and find him on Twitter and Instagram as @soygilbertico.

Director of Communications by day, comedian and Co-producer of The Moth StorySLAM by night -  Paul Richards is the man behind the mask! 

In May, Paul sat down with Jaden to recap his journey, from writing and editing for the DP to finding his footing on stage as a comedian and storyteller. Also featuring a peek backstage at some Zoom improv woes, and his hopes for the performing arts on the other side of COVID!

Check out his comedy team, Shore Fire, as well as The Moth on Facebook as The Moth Philadelphia. And follow Paul (and his dogs) on Instagram as @PaulRichards3!

Producer, actress, dancer, teaching artist, and arts administrator Grayce Hoffman maps our her rollercoaster ride through Philly's Penn network, from apprenticeships to the founding of Paper Doll Ensemble, as well as an important expose on her all-time favorite seasons of The Bachelor. Find Grayce on Facebook as Grayce Hoffman Artist and on Instagram, @ladygrayce - and follow her pup on Tik Tok and Instagram @PepperRosePuppy!