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Continuing your introduction to our hosts, Jaina Alexander sits down with Thumbprint Co-Founder (and co-host) April Sigman-Marx to chat about establishing yourself as an artist in a new city. Listen to them talk about the challenges has April faced moving and reestablishing herself in multiple cities, as well as offer advice learned from years of experience.

April Sigman-Marx is a multi-regional actor, director, writer, educator, entrepreneur, and cat mom currently living a nomadic lifestyle—most recently residing in LA, Chicago & Denver. April spends her days providing support to the Fornés Institute as a research assistant, exploring the intersection of performance & technology as a virtual theatre director and wearing all the hats required in her duties as a Founding Artistic Director of training program - theatre company – artistic community, Thumbprint Studios.  Specializing in new work development, April has created/ written, directed, produced and performed in several original solo shows, web series, films and plays--Many of which focus on social justice issues.

Select projects include: Directing her original children’s play Rover the Bear as a new works workshop with Cal Rep. Affinity Series, assistant directed the world premiere of Sheepdog at South Coast Rep. with director to Leah C Gardiner, Directed virtual production of Antigone Now with South Florida fringe fine arts festival, Assistant directed virtual staged reading of Fefu and Her Friends as a fundraiser Seasons of Concern with Director to Stacy Stoltz, wrote directed and performed one-woman show Permed at the Tower Theatre in Miami and the Uptown Theatre in Virginia, originated the role of Julia in the world premiere of  Making Up History at the DC Fringe Festival, performed a lead role in improvised feature film Open Door and is currently developing a dreamy clown show Pathways.

Edited by: Rachel Post

Intro & Outro Music by: Marc Young

In our first episode, April Sigman-Marx sits down with Thumbprint Co-Founder (and co-host) Jaina Alexander to chat about Embracing the Multi Hyphenate. Listen to them talk about Jaina’s journey from opera to theatre and how her experience navigating these two worlds serves her as the multi-hyphenate artist she is today.

Jaina is a singer, actor, educator, dog mom and a Founding Artistic Director of Thumbprint Studios. A multi-genre artist, Jaina has sung with theatres, opera companies, and choirs all around the Midwest, at award-winning cabaret and jazz clubs, and with The Rolling Stones. Her work as an educator focuses on vocal confidence and flexibility to allow for bold and brave artistic choices. Select projects include: Lily in The Secret Garden as a Guest Artist Residency with Cloud County Community College, Chicago Premiere of Harriet Tubman: When I Crossed That Line To Freedom with South Shore Opera Company, and The Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Teretzin a multimedia benefit for Holocaust survivors with The Defiant Requiem Foundation. She is also a proud member of Estill Voice where she is an Estill Master Teacher candidate, MICHA, VASTA, and Lola Bard Productions.

Edited by: Rachel Post