Breaking the Fourth Wall

Breaking the Fourth Wall

By Ashlee Espinosa and Tim EspinosaEducationArtsMusicPerforming Arts
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Breaking the Fourth Wall episodes

  • 7 Factors to Consider When Selecting a Theatrical Season

    Artistic directors and season selection committees should consider these 7 factors when determining their upcoming season programming.

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    21 min
  • 7 Steps to Advocating for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice in Rehearsal and Production

    Consider these 7 steps when entering the rehearsal and production process to support and advocate for greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    20 min
  • Actionable Steps to Affect Immediate Positive Change within Collegiate Theatre Programs

    Ashlee and Tim discuss actionable steps that program heads and faculty can immediately implement into their curriculum and teaching practices in order to affect the much needed positive change moving forward.

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    33 min
  • Preparing Students for the Transition into the Professional Arena

    Are theatre programs adequately preparing students to meet the demands of the professional arena of theatre after graduation?

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    23 min
  • Does Broadway Define Success

    Does working on Broadway and New York City serve as the  sole definition of success in the theatre industry?

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    23 min
  • Five Tips to Avoid Creative Burnout

    How to avoid burnout in an industry built on more work and less pay. 

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    22 min
  • Navigating the New World of Virtual Auditions

    How are self tape submissions evolving and creating equitable opportunities in musical theatre. Tim and Ashlee also discuss how self promotion is linked to your process and ways you can maximum your online presence.

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Show Notes:
    Essential Guide to Creating Musical Theatre Self-Tapes
    YouTube for Artists + Educators Online Course

    Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources.

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    32 min
  • Cultivating a Multi-faceted Career

    How we can begin to honor and acknowledge the benefits of creating a career in musical theatre that includes multiple steams of income, passion and value.  

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources.

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    24 min
  • Shifting the Stigma of Cruise Ship and Theme Park Entertainment

    It's time to reframe the narrative that surrounds cruise ship and theme park entertainment. Ashlee and Tim Espinosa talk about their experience meeting on a cruise ship as performers, how it enabled them to explore the world and multitudes of cultures, work with multi million dollar sets and costume, and why theme park are a valuable means of income within the entrainment industry.

    Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included!

    Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources.

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    24 min
  • "Reframing the Singer's Toolkit" with Korrie Yamaoka

    Korrie Yamaoka, host of the podcast Studying the Song, joins us as we talk about changing the way we train singers, creating healthy boundaries, and audition thoughts from her perspective as a vocal coach and music director.

    Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources.

    Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript.

    Korrie Yamaoka is a musical theatre vocal coach and music director in San Diego, CA.  A specialist in musical theatre repertoire and contemporary pop/rock performance styles, Korrie explores the intersection of rock music and musical theatre and has been a guest lecturer at Musical Theatre Educator’s Alliance (MTEA) and Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) as well as a guest teaching artist at universities across the United States. 

    Korrie is also the host of Studying the Song, a podcast for musical theatre actors about audition preparation and vocal styling.  She helps singers create a powerful audition book that showcases their artistry and helps them achieve their artistic goals.

    Selected music direction credits include White Christmas (Gateway Playhouse, NY), Phantom (Gateway Playhouse), Beth Malone: So Far (New York and San Diego), Everybody’s Talkin’ (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Violet (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (AMDA College and Conservatory, LA). 

    M.F.A in Musical Theatre, San Diego State University; B.A. in Music, San Diego State University.

    Studying the Song is a podcast for musical theatre actors who want to take their vocal artistry to the next level by going deep into the music of musical theatre.   I’ll help you figure out WHAT to sing and HOW to sing it so that you SHINE in your audition, one-woman-show, or leading role.  Specifically, we’ll be dissecting the songs, character and vocal archetypes, musical genres, and vocals styles of Broadway so that you can:

    1) create a powerful audition book that showcases your artistry and actually gets you work
    2) feel totally at home reading the musical score of a show
    3) define your unique artistic voice
    4) craft a performing career you love!

    Follow Korrie on Instagram and learn more on her website.

    New episodes every Monday morning.

    Websites:
    AshleeEspinosa.com
    TimEspinosa.com

    Instagram:
    @ashleelynnespinosa
    @timespinosaofficial

    Youtube:
    Ashlee Espinosa
    Tim Espinosa

    Twitter:
    @AshleeLEspinosa

    Email us at: [email protected]

    35 min

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Today’s theatre must strive for greater diversity, representation and inclusion. Every Monday, join Ashlee and Tim Espinosa, accomplished musical theatre teaching artists, as they engage in…