Beyond the Fourth Wall

We open Season Three with a powerful interview with New York Times Best-Selling Author, Scott Sonenshein. We're unpacking the concepts from his book, "Stretch," including creativity, resourcefulness and making the most of what you have at hand.

Joseph and Lyndy look back at Season Two and connect the dots. A big theme this season has been honoring our passions - the things we love to "play" as well as focusing on our purpose. When we combine purpose and play with an intention to serve, as Lyndy says, "we are all the better for it."

Ashley Hanson "brings people together to dream, exercise their creative muscles and imagine alternative futures" in her work with The Department of Public Transformation and PlaceBase Productions.  Combining theatre with rural community development work, she has created powerful and unique programming, giving all of us the "permission to play."

Carly Crawford has successfully combined her training in and love of theatre, education, bookkeeping and content creation into one unique business called "Carly Does Books." She shares her journey with us and how she was able to not have to choose from among her passions, but combine them all into a life and career she loves. As Carly says, "If you want to do something different...do something different."

Richard Young is the founder of CivicLex and specializes in social practice where, as he says "creativity meets democracy." In this fascinating conversation we unpack the parallels between his love for classical music and civic engagement, and the power that the creative process can have on finding our way forward as a community. "When we shift our focus from 'getting things done' to 'how we do things' we can start to change how people trust in the society in which we live." - Richard Young

Lyndy and Joseph talk takeaways from the conversations with Justin Scribner, RB Embleton and Dena DiGiacinto Humphrey, including an impactful discussion on the multiple passions we might have and how they can be woven into our life and career pathways. "Honoring all your passions...the things that made you feel alive as a kid...and not being afraid to bring those into your life as an adult." - Lyndy Franklin smith

Dena DiGiacinto Humphrey is a Broadway veteran who wondered to herself, "What in the world do you do when you've had the chance to live your dream?" Honoring the gratitude she felt to her physical therapist for helping her dance on Broadway, eight shows a week, Dena became an Occupational Therapy Assistant. In this inspiring chat, you'll hear about how she combines her two careers with some incredible work at a very special theatre company. "Having empathy and meeting each person where they are...you can connect and help each other move forward."

Theatre Artist and Software Engineer, RB Embleton joins us today with a fascinating discussion on the parallels in the tech and theatre worlds. Collaboration, empathy, teamwork are just a few of the skills RB learned as a theatre artist and is translating them beautifully to his work on the web, where as he says, "web applications - at the end of the day - are theatre. They are a performance."

Justin Scribner has had an amazing career as a Broadway stage manager. Meanwhile, he spent twenty years writing poems and short stories, as a hobby he describes as a "long-gestating dream." Now, he's a published author with his first work "Every Grain of Sand." In this conversation, Justin shares his journey to publishing the book (the exciting and scary parts of it all) and the best part to him, inspiring others to "do the things they didn't think they could do," and embrace those hidden dreams as well.

Lyndy and Joseph check in with each other on their "New Year's New Practices" from the Season One Finale, and then recap their favorite takeaways from the interviews with Jonathan Groff, Caitlyn Caughell and Alie B. Gorrie. "When you live your life with purpose, these amazing opportunities seem to fall into place." - Joseph Wrightson.