This week we are honored to chat with actors Josie Whittlesey and Magan Wiles of Drama Club NYC.  Drama Club provides theater education and programming to incarcerated and paroled youth in New York City, a vastly underserved population with an ever-growing need for rehabilitation and support. As founder/executive director and operations manager respectively, Josie and Magan work tirelessly to make a difference in these children’s lives through the power of self-expression.  They share their experiences starting the company, working in the prison system, and finding some perspective in the world of show business. 

Find Drama Club NYC at their website www.dramaclubnyc.org, on facebook at www.facebook.com/dramaclubnyc, and click here to make a tax-deductable donation.

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

This week we’re talking to Canadian actress Victoria Maria!  Victoria is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse, and has worked consistently on-camera since moving to New York in 2009; credits include Investigation Discovery Channel, “Placebo”and “Prince Paradise”(Cannes 2014). She talks to hurryupandwait about Meisner-based training, the brutal Visa application process, and maintaining self-respect as an actor.  Also be sure to listen for some long-term words of wisdom from the amazing Diane Keaton!

Check out Victoria’s work at imdb.me/victoriamaria, and follow her on twitter @victoriarmaria. 

Check out “The Liar” “Two Gentlemen of Verona” and “Othello” at The Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, now through August 31st! Tickets at hvshakespeare.org. 

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

This week we are excited to welcome fellow actor and CMU alum Jarid Faubel!  Jarid’s work has spanned a variety of mediums, including Off- Broadway, regional theatre, musicals, film, TV, and commercials.  He chats with us about working as an actor, finding balance after school, and putting personal happiness first. 

Find State of Shakespeare at stateofshakespeare.com.  To contact Jarid or find out more, visit him online at www.jaridfaubel.com.

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

This week KC and Ethan are joined by acclaimed director and actor Eric Tucker.  Eric is the Founding Artistic Director of Bedlam Theatre, whose production of Saint Joan (in rep with Hamlet) received the Off Broadway Alliance Award for best revival.  His Off-Broadway directing credits include Tina Packer's Women of Will: The Overview and Women of Will: The Complete Journey, The Libertine, The Belle of Belfast, and 86'd. As an actor, his Shakespeare roles include Hamlet, Iago, Henry V, Macbeth, Romeo, Malvolio, Prince Hal, Benedick, and currently Brutus in Julius Caesar at Shakespeare and Co. in Lennox, MA. Eric shares his thoughts on acting, immersive storytelling, and dog casting.  

Visit offbroadwayalliance.com for more free seminars and podcasts, and check out A Fable at Cherry Lane Theatre through June 28th.

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

Grant Fletcher Prewitt is back from his long tour with The Acting Company, and joins us once again for a little bit of talking and a lot of hilarity.  In between the puns, we talk with Grant about touring life, readjusting to New York, and performing existential theatre throughout the country. 

It’s the final week of “Get Off Your Ass and See Something!”  Check out David Eliet’s powerful “But For the Grace” at the Planet Connective Theatre Festivity (final performances 6/3 at 6pm and 6/6 at 1pm) and “The Killer” at Theatre for a New Audience (through June 29th).

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

Audition Update’s Tom Lapke is back in the studio this week to talk about his recent article for Backstage, “11 Lies They Taught You in Theatre School!”  Tom shares some common (and hilarious) misconceptions, lies by omission, and important advice for actors new to the business.

Tom is best known for creating and running AuditionUpdate.com and Backstage University.  Tune in to Episode 110 to hear more about Tom’s work, and check out his hilarious (and informative) content at Backstage.com!  

It’s the third week of “Get off your Ass and See Something!”  Check out “The Dork Night” with Jason O’Connel at Joe’s Pub on June 23rd, and get thee to an art house cinema to check out Tom Hardy in “Locke.”

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

This week KC and Ethan are thrilled to welcome two driving forces behind New York’s Shrunken Shakespeare Company, Yvonne Cone and Jennifer Martina.  Shrunken Shakespeare is committed to producing “condensed, unconventional Shakespeare made accessible through multiple performance art genres.”  Past works include “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at a hipster circus, “Two Gentlemen of Verona” at an upper west side lounge, and a gala production of King Lear directed by and starring the great Paul Sorvino (Goodfellas, Law and Order).  Yvonne and Jennifer chat about starting the company, collaborating with a Hollywood legend, and producing their unique brand of site-specific work.

Shrunken Shakespeare recently performed with the Pulp Variety Streamcast in “Kill Shakespeare The Series Live!” a live radio stage show performed at the Kraine Theatre.  Audio of the full show will be available on iTunes, but you can find more about Kill Shakespeare! (based on the comic book series created by Anthony Del Col & Conor McCreery) at Pulp Variety’s Website: www.pulpvarietystreamcast.com.

Find Shrunken Shakespeare on twitter @ShrunkenShkspr, and on facebook at facebook.com/ShrunkenShakespeareCompany, and on their website, www.shrunkenshakespeare.com.

It’s the second week of “Get Off Your Ass and See Something!”  See “The Few” through June 8th at Rattlestick Playwright’s Theater (tickets at www.rattlestick.org) and “The Admission” through May 18th at DC’s Studio Theatre (tickets at http://theadmission.bpt.me).

Contact KC and Ethan at [email protected], on twitter @huawpodcast, facebook.com/hurryupandwaitpodcast, and on our website www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

This week on hurryupandwait, KC and Ethan are joined by actor, director and producer Aaron Rossini.  Aaron is co-Artistic director of New York’s Fault Line Theatre Company, and is coming off the heals of directing the critically acclaimed world premiere of “Breathing Time” by House of Cards creator Beau Willimon.  Aaron talks about his early years as a freelance actor, the thrills and challenges of growing a theatre company with his best friends, his passion for new work, and the life-affirming beauty of collaborative storytelling.  

Find more information on Fault Line Theatre Company at www.faultlinetheatre.org.

It’s the first week of the “Get Off Your Ass and See Something!” challenge.  Check out “The Cripple of Inishmaan” through July 20th (tickets at www.crippleofinishmaan.com) and Letter of Marque Theater Co.’s “Bully Me Down” through May 21st (free shows, dates and times at www.lomtheater.org).

For previous episodes, social media links, actor resources and more, visit our new website!  www.hurryupandwaitpodcast.com.

It’s our 25th episode, and in honor of our beautiful new website hurryupandwaitpodcast.com, we are chatting with the multi-talented duo behind Fanboy Design!  In addition to developing and designing personal websites for creative professionals, Hannah Barudin and Bryan Burton are working actors in NYC.  They offer their insights into what an actor’s website should look like, how to discover a personal brand, and what steps they take to build a user-friendly (and attractive!) site. 

If you’ve been putting off building your website (like Ethan) now’s the time.  Hannah and Bryan offer great deals for actors, and will guide you every step of the way.  Check them out at fanboydesign.com, or click the link on our website!   

You can find KC and Ethan at hurryupandwaitpodcast.com, and on twitter @huawpodcast!

It’s Ethan’s first week of rehearsals for the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival, and we are dedicating the show to discussing the joys and challenges of the theatrical rehearsal process.  Get the inside scoop on joining a company, rehearsing Shakespeare in rep, and finding that work-life balance. 

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