Ep. 83 Jane Cortney by Barbie Kong

It has been almost 7 years but we are back with all new episodes!

Today I sit down with Shannon Payton and discuss her integram followers, her comedy, her time spent in a cult and much more!

Today I sit down with the amazing Megan Lohne and Dan Ciba, we talk theater at this moment and there up coming shows The Great American Science Fair and Crumbs, information for both shows can be found at the below website.

https://www.adelphialumniplaywrightsgroup.com/

I'm really excited about speaking to my new play, where seven female scientists are brought on to the reality show The Great American Science Fair, competing in a series of experiments to please the American public over the course of an evening in the hopes that they will win the million-dollar prize to further fund their research. Filmed in front of a live studio audience, you, The Great American Science Fair is an interactive glimpse into the gender-biased world of science through the gentle and palatable gaze of everyone’s favorite guilty pleasure, reality television. Watch what happens when the contestants test the hypothesis to see if the Future of Science is indeed Female.

The Great American Science Fair is streaming Saturday, April 24th at 7:30 pm.

Dan Ciba is directing: https://www.danielciba.com/

Dan has also written a piece for the festival which goes up 5/2 titled Crumbs, which was inspired by Hansel & Gretel.

This reimagining of the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale concerns two sisters as they grapple with their journey into adulthood. Mixed with musings on childhood innocence, personal loss, and the inscrutability of memory, Crumbs considers how the past continually informs the present. But as Hannah and Greta run away, get lost, and meet their witch, can they resist the familiar story— the awkward legacy that casts them as justified murderers—and find their own path forward?

Today I sit down with Megan Lohne and Shoshanah Tarkow and we talk about their upcoming show Too Solid Fresh.

Set in an unconventional distance learning institution, an anxiety ridden pupil, O, tries to find a connection. A cross pollination of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, & The Tempest, Too Solid Flesh (written by Megan Lohne and directed by Shoshanah Tarkow) explores youth in the midst of pandemic, connection across screens, and the dangerous undiscovered country of mental health in a world where it is lethal to touch.

The show will be streamed Friday August 28th at 8pm, and Thursday September 3rd at 7:30pm. Each showing will be followed by a talk-back

Today I sit down with Joanna Pickering. She is an actress, screenwriter and women advocate! We had so much fun! Check it out and Happy Halloween!

Today I sit down with Whitney Andrews, we talk everything from white privledge to diversity in Hollywood!

Whitney received her BFA in Acting from UCONN. Has worked on numerous Television shows most recently Wu-Tang: An American Saga on HULU. Following along the footsteps of Viola Davis and Issa Rae, she strives to use her talent to provide her with a platform from which she can inspire change in the Film/TV Industry. Her theater company is called Primitive Grace!

New Kong up now! @anna.caceress I talk with Anna Caceras. Anna is currently working at CNN were she also interned. We talk about manifestations, eat pray love and pitching! Thanks Anna!

Today is a hodge podge with yours truly sans guests. I go over the podcast "The Clearing", Chapelle's new stand social "Sticks and Stones", a free Britney update and new info about Joel and I's show! check it!

Today I sit down with the dynamic Maddison Ridley. We talk everything from books to intimacy coordinators.

Born and raised in country NSW, Australia, Maddison has worked on stage and screen in both Sydney and London. She relocated to New York to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 2017. She most recently wrapped up a recurring guest star role on Season 1 of 'Hightown' opposite James Badge Dale, which will premier on Starz in 2020. She can also be seen in 'Maggie' directed by Sasha Gordon, (which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Grand Jury Prize for Episodic Pilot at SXSW). Other TV credits include HBO’s 'Random Acts of Flyness', directed by Terence Nance. She starred in indie-thrillers 'Dysfunction' (Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner) and WitchHunt (Brooklyn Horror Film Festival). In 2017 she made her Off-Broadway Debut along-side Denise Gough in the critically-acclaimed, West End transfer of People, Places & Things by Duncan Macmillan (directed by Jeremy Herrin) at St. Ann's Warehouse. U.S. theatre credits include HENRY IV (Hamlet Isn't Dead), Overshadowed (Origin Theatre Company) and Measure for Measure (Scranton Shakespeare Festival). In the UK, her professional acting debut was on the West End in 2013, in The Woman in Black, and she trained and performed with the National Theatre Young Studio and the National Youth Theatre.

The documentary we reference in the episode is called "In The Company of Actors"

And the article about the intimacy coordinators can be found here:

Intimacy Coordinators Are Changing Hollywood Sex Scenes for Good https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/intimacy-coordinators-screen-actors-guild?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=onsite-share&utm_brand=vanity-fair&utm_social-type=earned via @VanityFair