Relate w/ Patrick McAndrew

Jill Trevellick is a UK-based, Emmy-nominated casting director who has cast notable projects including Downton Abbey, Merlin, The Muskateers, Jamestown, Sanditon, and Belgravia. In this episode, we discuss her career as a casting director, her favorite memories working in the entertainment industry, advice for aspiring casting directors and actors, and what it was like casting an ensemble-based show like Downton Abbey.

Please check out her various credits on IMDB at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0872357/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0.

Joe Toscano is an award-winning designer, published author, and international keynote speaker. In this episode of Relate, we discuss the Internet as the collective conscious of the world, how user research is psychological research, the human issues present in technological design, and topics around data. 

Please check out Joe's work at https://www.beacontrustnetwork.com/ and you can email Joe directly at [email protected].

Joe Toscano is an award-winning designer, published author, and international keynote speaker who previously consulted for Google in Mountain View, CA. Joe left because he didn't believe in the way the industry treated society and felt the issues needed to be addressed through innovation from the outside. He has since written a book, called Automating Humanity, and started the Better Ethics and Consumer Outcomes Network (BEACON), both of which are focused on increasing technology literacy, discovering opportunities for purpose-driven innovation, and moving communities forward in the age of automation.

Outside of BEACON Joe also writes for Forbes, is a member of the World Economic Forum's Steering Committee for Data Protection, and is featured in The Social Dilemma. Watch his TEDx Talk, “Want to work for Google? You already do,” for a quick summary.

Brian O'Neil, acting coach and author of "Acting as a Business: Strategies for Success," joins us for episode 128 of Relate! In this podcast, we discuss the importance of developing a personal career and why it's crucial to show the world your credibility. Brian shares his experience working in the entertainment industry and why we must take a long-term view and see the big picture. He also talks about why we must study with good people in order to elevate our careers.

Be sure to check out Brian's work at http://www.actingasabusiness.com/

Brian is the author of Acting As a Business: Strategies for Success, Fifth Edition, published by Random House, currently in its 40th printing. Acting As a Business is now considered such a vital resource that it recently won a spot on Entertainment Weekly Magazine's exclusive list of Top Ten "Show-Biz Industry Bibles." Brian is also the author of the book Actors Take Action: A Career Guide for the Competitive Actor. Brian created the advice column "Actor's Cues and A's" for Back Stage, and his books are required or recommended reading in many conservatory training programs, including Yale and Juilliard. Brian is the country's foremost lecturer on self-marketing techniques for actors. He lives in New York City and works with actors at all stages of their careers. Since 2010 alone, actors who have worked with Brian have become the stars of major motion pictures (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Inside Llewyn Davis, Robin Hood, Drive, and the Columbia Pictures release Great Hope Springs with Meryl Streep); been the recipients of Emmys and a Golden Globe (The Big Bang Theory); have become the stars of such television series as: Netflix's Sense8, Orange Is The New Black, HBO's True Blood, Charlie Sheen's Anger Management, Stargate Universe, and Outsourced. Also in the recent past, Brian's clients have landed leading and supporting roles in such Broadway productions as Frozen, the eight-time Tony Award winning Once, the five-time Tony winner Peter and the Starcatcher, Ching-lish, Al Pacino's The Merchant of Venice, Robin Williams's Bengal Tiger, American Idiot, Enron and Next Fall. Actors who have worked with Brian have later signed with agencies including: Creative Artists Agency (CAA), William Morris/Endeavor, ICM, Paradigm, Gersh, Innovative Artists, Abrams Artists, Don Buchwald & Associates and many others.

Emily Swallow joins us for episode 127 of the Relate podcast! Emily gives us an inside look into her career as an actress. She discusses why we must be available and open as actors, how acting can make us less likely to judge others, and why we are being of service when acting. She also talks about the importance of knowing what you want and why we must remain humble and collaborative.

Be sure to follow Emily on Instagram @bigeswallz.

Emily Swallow is an American actress who has appeared in TV, film, and theatre. She is best known for her roles on The Mentalist, Supernatural, and The Mandalorian on Disney+.

We are joined by show writer and author, Stacy Barton, for episode 126 of Relate. In this episode, Stacy talks with us about the importance of connection between a story and audience, the value of a shared, collective experience, and how a story has the power to touch hearts. We get an inside look at her career writing shows for companies like Disney, SeaWorld, Ringling Brothers, and many others. We also learn why it's so critical to listen to your audience.

Please learn more about Stacy on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-barton-58b7997/ and on Instagram @stacybarton_showwriter. You can find her books at https://www.amazon.com/Lily-Harp-Stacy-Barton/dp/160226015X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=stacy+barton+lily+harp&qid=1601479708&sr=8-1.

Stacy Barton loves a good story—hearing it, seeing it, shaping it, sharing it—how it comes to life with an audience. She’s been called the ‘swiss army knife’ of storytellers, at home in any collaborative setting in which story is the center. For twenty years she’s specialized in story development for themed experiences, including major projects for Disney, SeaWorld, Ringling Bros., DreamVision and others around the world. Stacy is equally at ease imagining new content, using folklore and fairytales as structural forms, or transforming films and books into compelling live experiences. She is also the award-winning author of three books of literary fiction and poetry, four children's picture books, and more than thirty short story publications.

9-time Tony award-winning producer, Wendy Federman joins us for episode 125 of Relate! In this episode, Wendy and I discuss the joy of being surrounded by creative people. Especially in times of COVID, never before has it been more important to connect to our humanity, emotions, and storytelling. Wendy hits home the importance of honing your skills, continuous learning, and what it's like to produce on Broadway.

Please visit https://foolishmortalsproductions.com/ to learn more about Wendy and her amazing career.

Wendy Federman is a nine-time Tony Award winning theatre and film producer. She has also received an Olivier Award, 10 Drama Desk Awards, eighteen Outer Critics Circle Awards, and sixteen Drama League Awards for many of her nearly ninety co-productions. Wendy has a tremendous commitment to the theater arts and the generosity of her time is evident in her numerous philanthropic causes related to her profession. Wendy has served as guest lecturer for many charitable foundations and spent countless hours throughout her career mentoring aspiring producers, actors and writers. Wendy co-founded an annual fund-raising event, “Broadway’s Got Guts,” which directly benefits the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Wendy is the chair of the Nominating Committee and also serves as co-chair of the annual Chita Rivera Awards event which celebrates the superb achievements of the top dancers and choreographers on Broadway and in film. Wendy serves as Advisor for unique works of theatrical entertainment including Particle Ink, a new live immersive theater experience utilizing augmented reality (AR), a mixed reality and game-changing technology that alters the physical world you see and experience. In addition, Wendy is a proud member of the John F. Kennedy Center’s National Committee for the Performing Arts. Wendy received the 2020 Award of Excellence from the Capital Speakers Club of Washington, D.C. in recognition of her notable artistic achievements as a nine-time Tony Award winning theatre producer, for her talent, creativity, and inspiration to women in her field. She was also a 2019 recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor which is awarded to 100 Americans whose accomplishments in their field and inspired service to our nation are worthy of commendation. Wendy has also served as trustee on several significant boards including The Foundation for Gender Equality, Bergen Performing Arts Center, MCC Theater, Gilda’s Club and Penguin Repertory Theater.

In episode 124 of Relate, we are joined by Privacy Counsel and Legal Engineer, Dan Wu. Dan and I chat about protective data and why it's important to build housing that fulfills peoples' basic needs. Dan is an advocate for housing policy innovation, and his passion for this subject shines through as he talks about possible solutions. We also discuss data privacy, tech ethics, and why we must have data protection in design. 

You can learn more about Dan by connecting with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/wu12345/.

You can read some of his publications at:

Empowerment (FastCo): http://tiny.cc/FCEmpower

Data Ethics (O'Reilly): http://tiny.cc/OREthics

Dan Wu is a Privacy Counsel & Legal Engineer at Immuta, an automated data governance platform for analytics. He’s advocated for data ethics, inclusive urban innovation, and diversity in TechCrunch, Harvard Business Review, and Fast Company. He's helped Fortune 500 companies, governments, and startups with ethical & agile data strategies. He holds a Harvard J.D. & Ph.D. Find more resources on cities, ethics, and innovation here or the QR code below: http://bit.ly/DWRequest

In this episode of Relate, we are joined by three-time Tony-winning producer Bonnie Comley and six-time Tony-winning producer Stewart F. Lane. We discuss the current state of Broadway, especially during times of Covid, and how their streaming platform, BroadwayHD, is making theater more accessible to a wider and more diverse audience. We discuss how Broadway has always been an evolving art form, the role of producers in a production, collaboration for artistic and financial success, how to find a great script, and the future of Broadway. There is a lot of great conversation to unpack in this episode, so strap in and get ready for a backstage look at the world of Broadway!

Please be sure to check out Bonnie and Stewart's streaming platform at https://www.broadwayhd.com/

Bonnie Comley is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer. She has, also, won an Olivier Award and two Drama Desk Awards for her stage productions. She is a full member of The Broadway League and the Audience Engagement and Education Committee. Comley has produced over 40 films, winning four Telly Awards and one W3 Award. She is the founder and CEO of BroadwayHD, the world’s premier online streaming platform delivering over 270 premium live productions to theatre fans globally. The theatre community has honored Comley for her philanthropic work; she is the recipient of The Actors Fund Medal of Honor, The Drama League Special Contribution to the Theater Award, The Paul Newman Award from Arts Horizons and The Theater Museum Distinguished Service Award. Comley’s educational honors include The Distinguished Alumni Award from Emerson College and The Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Massachusetts and the business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma. The Music Theatre Program at Boston University is named in her honor, The Musical Theatre Society Room at Emerson College bears her name, the 500-seat theater at the University of Massachusetts Lowell is known as the Comley-Lane Theatre, and The Stewart F. Lane and Bonnie Comley Stage is housed within the Booth Arts Complex in Boston. Comley has been a keynote speaker or panelist at BroadwayCon, C2E2 (Chicago ComicCon), SXSW, Theatre Resources Unlimited (TRU) and City National Bank Women Entrepreneurs, and taught masterclasses or guest lectured at Columbia University, New York University, Emerson College, NYFA, Five Towns College and UMass, among others. 

Stewart F. Lane is Chief Executive Officer, President and Co- Founder of BroadwayHD and Chief Executive Officer of Theater Venture Inc. He is a six- time Tony Award winning producer for ”Jay Johnson:  The Two Only,” “Thoroughly Modern Millie,” “The Will Rogers Follies” “La Cage Aux Folles,” “A Gentleman Guide to Love and Murder” and “War Horse.”As well as a nine time nominee including “Fiddler on the Roof” (revival) starring Alfred Molina,“Gypsy” (revival) starring Bernadette Peters, “1776” (revival) starring Pat Hingle and Brent Spiner, “The Goodbye Girl” starring Martin Short and Bernadette Peters and “Woman of the Year” starring Lauren Bacall. Lane is also the recipient of four Drama Desk Awards, a Drama Critics Circle Award, a Outer Circle Critics Award and a Drama- Lounge Award . Other Broadway producing credits include “Cyrano De Bergerac” starring Kevin Kline, Jennifer Garner and Daniel Sunjata, “Legally Blonde the musical,” “Minnelli on Minnelli” starring Liza Minnelli, “Wait Until Dark” starring Quentin Tarantino and Marisa Tomei, “Can-Can” starring Zizi Jeanmaire, “Frankenstein” starring Dianne Wiest, “Teaneck Tanzi” starring Deborah Harry and Andy Kaufman, “A Change in the Heir,” “The Grand Tour” starring Joel Grey, “West Side Story” starring Debbie Allen and many more.

Technology and Lifestyle Expert Stephanie Humphrey joins us for episode 122 of the Relate podcast! In this episode, Stephanie and I discuss how there is a divide in how we approach technology. It's important to educate ourselves to the potential harms of technology while not cutting off opportunities that can present themselves to us through technology. We discuss the importance of being mindful of our digital footprints, that privacy is fiction, and how we must have more empathy. Stephanie is providing families, students, and organizations with concrete solutions in how to have healthy relationships with technology.

Please visit https://www.tildeathdoyoutweet.com/ to learn more about Stephanie and her work. You can order her book on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Dont-Your-Digital-Footprint-Kick/dp/0578741229/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=don%27t+let+your+digital+footprint+kick+you+in+the+butt&qid=1598298044&sr=8-1

 Technology and Lifestyle Expert Stephanie Humphrey is a former engineer who merges her passion for lifestyle media with in- depth tech expertise to show everyday people how empowering, enriching and fun technology can be. Stephanie is currently a technology contributor for ABC News where she worked as part of the nationally syndicated Strahan Sara & Keke team, as well as contributing to Good Morning America. She has also been a guest expert on the daytime morning show Home & Family on The Hallmark Channel, and Sister Circle Live on TV One. Stephanie was a frequent guest on NewsOne with Roland Martin and has also contributed her tech-life expertise to other national media outlets including Al-Jazeera America, HuffPostLive, TheGrio.com, and BlackEnterprise.com. She is a regular on-air tech contributor to Fox 29’s Good Day Philadelphia (WTXF) where she delivered tech news since 2012. She also spent two years as the spokesperson for HP, Inc. on the QVC shopping channel. Helping students is a passion that drives Stephanie, and she has channeled this motivation into a seminar called ‘Til Death Do You Tweet. The seminar, tailored to either students, parents, or professionals, helps them understand the potential negative consequences of online behavior - especially through social media - and gives helpful advice on how people can maintain a positive reputation in cyberspace. Her new book “Don’t Let Your Digital Footprint Kick You in the Butt!” expands on these concepts, and is available on Amazon.

Creative Director and Live Show Producer, Gen Cleary, joins us in episode 121 of the Relate podcast! In this episode, we discuss Gen's career starting out as a dancer and transforming into a creative directing and producing powerhouse. We talk about the importance of leading with creativity, bringing an audience on an emotional journey, and how it's our mission to create.

Please learn more about Gen Cleary and her amazing work by visiting https://gencleary.com/

Geneviève Cleary has more than 30 years of experience as Creative Director and Live Show Producer worldwide. She has served as the in-house creative director for venues such as MGM Grand, Palms Hotel, Hakkasan, Marquee and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. She is referred as one of the 16 most influential women in the nightlife industry by Vegas Rated Magazine. Creative mind behind the shows of DJs such as: Paul Oakenfold’s Perfecto, Kaskade’s Dance. Love,City of Dreams, Atmosphere and Fire and Ice, US tours and residencies for Sharam, Benny Benassi, Tiesto, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Martin Garrix, LMFAO just to name a few. She has also added her creative talents to shows involving musical artists like Beyoncé, Coldplay, Rihanna, Fergie and many more. Extra Credits: Olympics Ceremonies of Vancouver and Rio, Disney on Ice, So You Think You Can Dance, Cirque du Soleil Events.