MFA: The Parenting Edition

What do you stand for? Are you clear about what is important to you? Are you resilient?
Just a few of the questions we explore in this episode that is more a confessional and reflection on life than a specific examination of a theatre lesson. 

Today's Raise a Glass Series lyric from Hamilton: An American Musical is:
"I may not live to see our glory, but I will gladly join the fight, and when our children tell our story, they'll tell the story of tonight"

Every Wednesday on Instagram we play Word Scramble Wednesday where you have to solve the name of the play and DM the answer to win. This week there are two shout-outs for recent winners! You could get a shout-out on the podcast too if you play. 

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How transitioning my daughter to a big girl bed has shown me how unkind I am to myself. My personal lesson this week I share with you.

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The Artistic Parenting Series Special Guest: Isaiah Johnson

On the show today I’ll be sharing parts of my conversation with Isaiah Johnson. Isaiah is an actor, professor at SCAD (Savanah College of Art & Design), married to singer, songwriter Stacie Orrico and they have two little munchkins together. Isaiah has appeared on and off Broadway, working with actors such as Al Pacino in The Merchant of Venice, Kevin Spacey in Richard III, Kelli O'Hara in Far From Heaven, Roger Rees in Peter and the Starcatcher, Lin-Manuel Miranda in Hamilton, and so much more. He received his BFA from Howard University and his MFA from NYU's Tisch Grad Acting program.

In our conversation today we talk about failure, fatherhood, being a citizen, trust, being of service and of course we’ll get a magical moment with each of his kids.

Where to reach Isaiah
Website:  https://www.legomyankles.com/
Instagram: @isaiahslament


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The Artistic Parenting Series, which kicks off today, are conversations with parents in the performing arts examining the lessons they've learned in the theatre that have helped support their parenting journey, as well as, aide them in their own growth and evolution.  Our first guest is director, educator, and father of two, Paul Takacs. He is a friend from grad school days at The New School for Drama and I couldn't be more honored to have him on the show. 

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• http://www.paultakacsdirector.com/about
• https://www.theshoptheatre.org/about-2
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The Play Series #1 – Fences by August Wilson; we’ll examine Troy Maxson and his family to find the parenting lessons we can learn about family values and building fences or bridges in our relationships. 

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What does anticipation feel like in your body? When it comes to pregnancy and the new journey to parenthood, how do you anticipate that’ll look like? What kind of child did you dream about having? How can we stay present when our mind flings us into the future?
 
Today we’ll dive into anticipation and how it is a deathtrap for an actors work and how it can be that for parents when we get stuck in our excitement, fear or anxiety when we anticipate our perfect baby.

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Season 2 Check-In: This seasons theme is changes and boy have we all been going through some over the last year. I wanted to touch base about my thoughts for the new season which will kick off February 5th.


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My 12:28AM New Years Thoughts
Happy New Year!!! May 2021 be a beautiful adventure!!!

What can we learn from clowns? How can they help us be better parents? 

They’re experts on everything…or so they believe. Let us work to become experts on our children in the same way. Be inquisitive. Be curious. Be honest. Be kind. Be ready to play. 

What are props and how are they used in theatre? What is the purpose of a toy? What toys engage the imagination of children? How many toys is too many? Do we teach our children to respect their toys and the property of others? How can we adjust our holiday gift giving to give with more intention? What does that even mean?