Creative Care Unit

Masks: a simple enough garment, farily easy to make, but one that became fairly contentious during the pandemic. I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll talk with someone who made over 1000 of them, my Long Suffering Wife Gail, in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Of all of the descriptors we've used to label out guest for the past few episodes, there is one we haven't tried yet: Family Man! "I love my kids; I hate the situations I put them in!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our conversation with comdeian, ventriliquist, audiobook narrator and possible Father of The Year Quintin W. Allen in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

The career path of a Creative can be a fairly straight ahead one, like we read about the lives of famous actors, singers and authors. For a lot more of us, the route to where we want to be is a bit more convoluted, and takes some very intersting turns. I'm Michael E. Russo, and in our occasional series "Creatives That You Should Know About", we'll be talking to comedian/ventiliquist and fellow audiobook narrator Quintin W. Allen about his journey and the places he's been to along the way in this episdoe of the Creative Care Unit.

Sometimes, a Creative's harshest critic is themselves. Then again..."And I say 'Wow, look at that! God, is that good!" I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll conclude our interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Have trouble keeping to a schedule? You're not alone. "I try and schedule the time, I try and schedule the time, it doesn't always...it doesn't go the way...the way I want it to any rate." I'm Michael E. Russo, and we'll continue our discussion with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

So what's the one rule you should never break when learning how to write comedy? "If you didn't find it funny, don't laugh." I'm Michael E. Russo, and well go deeper into that observation and others with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey next time in the Creative Care Unit. Please Join us.

With this episode, we'll be launching an occasional series that I'm calling "Creatives That You Should Know About". Interviews with folks who are creating good work and I feel deserve a wider audience than they already have. Kicking things off will be an interview with playwright Rosemary Frisino Toohey. We'll talk about craft, acting, family…oh, we'll talk about a bunch of stuff, starting with this episode of the Creative Care Unit.

Well, I guess that this sort of thing was unavoidable. I mean, you cannot have a podcast that deals with the health issues Creatives face and not address the 800-pound gorilla in the room: COVID-19. I'm Michael E. Russo, and I'll try to do the impossible-talking about the pandemic and all that I've been going through in the past twelve months without using any of the cliches that abound in describing this-in this episode of the Creative Care Unit.