Office Hours: A Theatre Podcast

Ares, Josh, and Michael are joined by Intimacy and Fight director Tara Nicole Williams to learn about this relatively new and important role in the theatre industry. 

Tara Nicole Williams is an actor, educator, and combat artist residing in Raleigh, NC. She has trained with the Society of American Fight Directors for the last 12 years, specializing in German Longsword and high fantasy choreography. She has also facilitated the introduction of intimacy direction in NC; organizing workshops and special events with Intimacy Directors and Coordinators.

Along with her own training, she manages the Stage Combat Academy of North Carolina, an organization promoting access to fight and intimacy training for artists at every level. Tara also teaches stage combat, acting, and movement with universities, schools, and organizations around the country. Her work focuses on empowering actors to own their unique physicality - using movement to tell intricate stories.

Instagram: @taranicolewilliams

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TaraNicoleWilliamsActor

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/happy_action_fun_time

Michael leads the group in a discussion of motivation and diligence and reframing how to approach productivity. 

Ares, Josh, and Michael join Dr. Jennifer Whitehead and center this week's discussion around the importance of voice lessons for actors/communicators/non-singers in building vulnerability, influencing one’s craft, and enhancing one’s vocal health.

In the final installment in the Digital Arts Grant series Josh, Michael, and Ares discuss the production process and result with the cast and production team of The 1st *Probably Not* International Theatre Fair. This series documents the experiences and discoveries surrounding this production process.

In the next installment in the Digital Arts Grant series Josh, Michael, and Ares discuss the process 2 weeks before the opening of the 1st *Probably Not* International Theatre Fair. This series documents the experiences and discoveries surrounding this production process. 

The second episode of Michael leading the Imperium Founders back through the history books to talk about the development of their show for a fringe festival tour and some of the notable theorists they explored along the way.

Michael leads the Imperium Founders back through the history books to talk about the development of their show for a fringe festival tour and some of the notable theorists they explored along the way.

Josh and Michael explore the concepts and goals of their upcoming project funded in part by a grant from the United Arts Council of Wake County and the NC Arts Council. In an effort to understand how to transition scenic and lighting design training, stage direction, and audience engagement, the two have entered into a process full of collaborative theatre research experiments in video conferencing and augmented reality to better understand the digital / remote / virtually live format. 

Join Michael, Ares, and Josh as they discuss the planning and research phase of their 2020 fringe festival tour. Pick up tips and tricks they learned before the pandemic inevitably shut down their show. 

We talk with Rashana Perks Smith, a dance artist and educator, about curating and preserving live-performance in a digitally dominant world.