Five Minutes to Places | A Podcast on the Performing Arts

"My Roommate Is A Wizard" is a new podcast and student work feature from WSU graduate Liam Lynch.

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Writer: Liam Patrick Lynch

Editor: Liam Patrick Lynch

Producer: Mary Anderson, James Fortune, Emily Clark

Koala rant: Erik Dankert

Garth: Brady Feltner

Tony: Brady Feltner

Blarney: Liam Patrick Lynch

Narrator: Liam Patrick Lynch

Music: https://www.bensound.com

In our final episode of the semester, we chat with Detroit theatre artist Emilio Rodriguez of Black and Brown Theatre Company asking questions about the history of the company, racism, education, and the need to diversify the Detroit theatre community. Learn more about Emilio himself and the aspirations of Black and Brown Theatre in this riveting final episode.

Faced with unprecedented circumstances that threatened their work and their craft, Asolo Repertory Theatre took their stage to the streets in order to keep bringing theatre to the people of Florida. Learn about the story of Asolo Rep’s outdoor theatre ventures, the processes behind mounting theatre during Covid-19, and more in this episode of Five Minutes to Places!

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As the arts sector thinks of what "reopening" looks like, arts audiences are at the center. How can people return safely? What needs to change? In this episode, Alan Brown of WolfBrown discusses the work WolfBrown has done to uncover audience feelings on COVID-19 and a return to in-person experiences. He then talks about the need for the arts to get involved in public health and social justice to get back to a new "normal".

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Kathleen Normington out of San Jose State University took hundreds of hours of interviews of undocumented students' stories and turned them into "The Dreamer Project: An Undocuplay". This theatre piece recently turned into a film project in the fall of 2020. Listen in to hear how the students tackled the challenge of turning the piece to film while portraying the stories of themselves and their peers.

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Episode 12 of "Five Minutes to Places" features the team behind Michigan State University's "Soda Pop Shop", a theatre piece designed specifically to engage with a neurodiverse audience. Listen to hear more about how they created this piece and successfully transitioned it to the screen for virtual audiences. 

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Devon Redmond’s story is one of arts of many disciplines, following inspiration, and shifting perspectives over time. From band and instruments to dueling pianos to producing music to telling stories at Theatre and Dance at Wayne, Devon has immersed himself in the world of the arts. His passion for storytelling emerged as he engaged with the arts, and now he’ll tell that story to you in this episode of Five Minutes to Places.

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With social distancing and stay-at-home orders as a backdrop, the “hello how are we” dance project investigates what this question means today and expresses this theme through dance. Madison directed and choreographed, Sarah composed original music, Azeb performed in the production, and Angelica documented the process from start to finish. The result? An original piece that has great meaning beyond how we live now.

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It started as the short, silly TikTok song "Ode to Remy". This inspired thousands of people to create TikToks with their ideas for a musical. This turned into a star-studded show and raised $1M+ to benefit The Actors Fund. This bonus episode features Emily Jacobsen (TikTok: @e_jaccs), the creator of "Ode to Remy", and Josh Abram (TikTok: @ratatouillemusical), a promoter of Ratatouille the Musical TikTok content, for a discussion on the unique journey of the Ratatousical on TikTok and beyond.

The Gift Of the Magi – A Christmas Podcast

Adapted and Edited by Michael J Barnes

from the short story by O. Henry

Join us for this special audio performance of O. Henry's beloved holiday story in which a young husband and wife surprise one another after buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money.