While studying to become an actor in musical theatre at Marymount Manhattan College, Max Berry realized that playwriting was his true passion, as he began submitting his work to various theaters and festivals in NYC. Now, as a recent college graduate, he is well-positioned to be one of the leading indie theatre artists in the post-COVID era.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Max about the mentors who inspired him to pursue writing his own plays, his full-length plays Treehouse of Dreams and The Best Thing We Do, his thoughts on the theatre festival scene in NYC, and more!

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After performing for her school and church as a child and teenager, Gemia Foo decided to take the lessons she learned from those formative experiences, and start 12 Feet Deep – a touring educational theatre company dedicated to spreading important stories and messages to middle and high school students throughout her home country of Singapore. Each of the stories told by her company is inspired by real-life events, and seeks to raise awareness from relationships between teenagers and their parents to fighting against bigotry toward migrant workers in Singapore.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Gemia about why she founded 12 Feet Deep, her career as an actress in theatre, film & television, issues concerning censorship of the arts in Singapore, and more!

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When she was younger, Louise Heller put aside her passion for acting, at the urging of her family, to instead pursue a career in academia. Yet within the past few years, she has become one of the most prominent and prolific actresses in the NYC theatre scene, having appeared in colorful Shakespearean productions, avant-garde productions performed in art galleries, readings presented via Zoom, and two plays recently written and produced by host Anthony J. Piccione, among many other things!

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Louise about her late in life career shift, her recent work as a co-writer of a new script about German refugees in the 19th century, how her experience as a German immigrant has informed her work as an artist, and more!

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Even before moving to NYC to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, Shir Kaufman was already on her way to becoming a highly accomplished performer, having previously performed at the Habima Theatre, the official national theater in Israel. Now she’s quickly making a name for herself in the United States, as well, as she is seen in more and more theatrical and cabaret productions in NYC.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Shir about her prolific career in NYC theatre and cabaret, her continuing involvement with the Israeli Artists Project, her plans to record her own original music, and more!

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Learn more about Shir and her work by visiting her website at www.shirkaufman.com, and by following her on Facebook @ Shir Kaufman – ShirKi and on Instagram @shirki79.

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Since moving from Berlin to studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in NYC, Ita Korenzecher has been working nonstop in numerous theatrical and film productions. Within just the past few years, she has portrayed a wide range of different characters, including an innocent teenager, an emotionally broken wife, an evil sociopath, and nearly everything in-between, winning Best Actress awards in four different film festivals along the way.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Ita about what inspired her to leave behind her past career in Germany to pursue her artistic passion in NYC, her recent work on the acclaimed Netflix series Unorthodox, her experiences working with indie theatre companies such as Rising Sun Performance Company​ and Love Creek Productions​, and more!

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After years of working as a playwright, actor, director & reviewer, Paul Smith decided to take the initiative himself to get a wider variety of plays into print, after seeing too many deserving plays rejected by major publishers such as Samuel French. Today, UK-based digital play publisher Smith Scripts is the home of hundreds of scripts from a diverse range of genres, lengths, and writers from across the world.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Paul about what inspired him to get into the business of play publishing, why some plays get commercially produced over others, what it was like to write a script for Judi Dench, and more!

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Born and raised in Manila, Francis Mabborang reached a crossroads in his life, when he had to choose between whether or not to work toward a profitable career in the corporate world or pursue his true passion for the performing arts. Since then, he has gone on to study musical theatre at the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC, and his career is quickly taking off as he continues to appear in various theatrical and cabaret productions, even in the increasingly virtual age of the coronavirus pandemic.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Francis about what led him to move to America to pursue a career in theatre and cabaret, the challenges and perspectives that come with being an international artist, his most recent performance experience in a virtual Shakespeare reading, and more!

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Since moving from San Francisco to NYC eight years ago, Amanda Andrews has enjoyed a great deal of success as both a writer and performer. After a prolific career acting in new plays, she went on to enjoy success with her rock and roll cabaret show Brilliant But Off at the Duplex Theater, and since then, she has ventured into the world of screenwriting with the upcoming new film But A Dream.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Amanda about her process behind her creative work, exploring the issue of mental health in theatre and film, learning more about yourself while writing, and more!

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In the NYC indie theatre scene, Jay Michaels is best known as the founder of Jay Michaels Arts & Entertainment, a communications agency dedicated to promoting the works of independent artists in theatre, film & cabaret. Throughout his career, he has also been an actor, writer, singer, director, producer & podcast host, which has given him a unique perspective on multiple aspects of the production process.

For this week’s episode, Anthony spoke with Jay about his career in independent theatre, what led him from handling publicity for big name clients such as James Earl Jones and Jon Stewart to working with future generations of indie artists, the dos and donts of promoting your own work, and more!

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In this inaugural episode of Indie Art Today, host Anthony J. Piccione explains why he decided to start this platform for independent artists in the midst of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, and what he hopes it will ultimately achieve.

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