MFA: The Parenting Edition

Today’s episode is the last in season two. We’ll be looking at The Magic “If” an acting tool that works so perfectly for parenting and life in general. 

The Raise a Glass segment lyrics are “to your union and the hope that you provide, may you always be satisfied.” It’ll be the first personal toast to someone I love, my husband of nine years, Scott. May you toast to the significant person in your life that helps you hold it down and bring so much joy to your life, who ever they may be. 

A Short Story Before We Go segment is an ode to Lin-Manuel Miranda, well more like a letter of thanks. I’ll share how the In the Heights and Hamilton musicals have greatly impacted my life at some of the most personal and significant turning points in my life. 

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This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is our last one for the season. My chat today is with 2 time Helen Hayes Award winning actor and mama of two munchkins, Erika Rose. We know each other from college at the University of Maryland College Park and it was such a pleasure to sit down and talk about where we are in our lives now.  Today we talk about arts ability to heal, creating a container for creativity, being a doula kind of spirit, and we get a story of a magical moment with each of her kids that is forever imprinted on her heart.

Today's Raise a Glass lyrics: "Pride is not the word I'm looking for, there is so much more inside me now." ~ from Dear Theodosia in Hamilton

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Today's mini check in episode is a trip through my brain about all the things I'm unlearning,  reflecting on my new anarchist feelings to dismantle all the things, and how devised theatre is the best way to describe family. I'll examine some things jumping around my brain these days about theater, the performing arts, mental health education, and parenting.

Go down the rabbit hole with me for a moment to see what I'm unlearning, relearning questioning and how it will impact this podcast.

Maybe you're going down your own rabbit hole of self discovery and mental, spiritual re-invigoration or reinvention. If you are welcome and let's jump in together.

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This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is with actors, educators, and parents Jonathan Ziese and Christine Perrotta Ziese.  Today we talk about balancing each other through parenting, how a masters of feeling arts comes in handy when raising kids, and we get a story of a magical moment with each of their kids that is forever imprinted on their heart. We also get a cameo from their 3 year old son, telling jokes and sharing what he loves about "mama and dada."

The Artistic Parenting series is a collection of conversations with other artists about the lessons they've learned from the theater for raising themselves and their kids.


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Happy Mother's Day!
This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is with actor, mama, tour guide extraordinaire, and adventurer, Amanda Tudor. Today we talk about the the fourth trimester blues, the spark to become a mom, how to be of benefit to the world and your child through the arts, and we get a story of a magical moment with her infant son Jack that is forever imprinted on her heart.


Today's Raise a Glass series lyrics are:
"And when my time is up, have I done enough? Will they tell your story? Oh, can I show you want I'm proudest of?" 

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Question – How do you handle your parental meltdowns? What tools do you use to release tension and connect to the present moment with more calm? Why do we love musical theatre?

In today’s episode we’ll be talking about releasing tension, mommy meltdowns, and turning your story into a musical each and every day.

The Raise a Glass segments lyric's this episode -
"Look at where you are, look at where you started, the fact that you’re alive is a miracle, just stay alive, that would be enough”

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This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is with teacher, singer, mom of three and my dear sweet best friend/soul sister for over 25 years, Christine McCarthy . Today we talk about the moment she knew she wanted to be a mama, postpartum depression, creative career goals, the lessons from the theater that help her be the best mom she can and a magical moment with each of her daughters.


Today's Raise a Glass series lyrics are:
"you got me helpless, look into your eyes and the sky’s the limit, I’m helpless, down for the count and I’m drownin’ in ‘em"  

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This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is with actor, mother, and friend from grad school days at The New School for Drama, Shelley Molad. Today we talked about the spark that drove her to become an actor, how her and her husband balance their respective views on parenting, the lessons from the theater that help her be the best mom she can and share thoughts and appreciation for moms being real about their journey through motherhood.

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Today's Raise a Glass series lyrics are:
You're on your own, awesome wow, do you have a clue what happens now
Oceans rise, empires fall, it's much harder when it's all your call
all alone across the sea, when your people say they hate you
don't come crawling back to me
da da da dat da dat da da
da ya da
da da dat
da da ya da
You're on our own

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This week's Artistic Parenting conversation is with actor and father, and friend from grad school days at The New School for Drama, Mitchell Diehr. We talk family values, the lessons he's learned from the theatre that guide him in raising his son, the importance of self-reflection and self-growth. We'll also get a magical moment with his son that is forever imprinted on his heart.

Today's Raise a Glass lyrics are:
They think me Macbeth, ambition is my folly,
I'm a polymath, a pain in the ass, massive pain
Madison is Banquo
Jefferson's MacDuff
And Birnam Wood is Congress on it's way to Dunsinane.

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This special treat is a collection of Angelica Interludes, recorded moments between me and my daughter Angelica. They are adorable and will make you smile.
We have a sing off, can't quite grasp the concept of Yes And so our characters  just battle it out for way too long, and we talk about what it means to apologize. Enjoy!

Next week, we'll jump back into the Artistic Parenting Series with another guest artist taking about the lessons from the theatre they've learned for raising themselves and their kids.

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