For about a week, I was crying at pretty much every opportunity. I got on the train, I’d cry. I’d lie on the floor, I’d cry. I’d go to the bathroom, I’d cry. In the moment, the source was not entirely clear but I finally traced it to the total terror of beginning work on a new show.

Read more of The Panic at the Beginning on the Songs for the Struggling Artist blog. 

Song: All Through the Night by Jules Schearer (originally recorded by Cyndi Lauper) 

This is Episode 18

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I’ve written before about the changing landscape of Teaching Artistry. I’ve written about how arts education has changed in my years in the business. For the most part, I do most of my teaching outside of school environments these days but every so often, I’m brought back into the Arts in Education world. What the re-encounter highlights for me is how at odds my goals are with the goals of a lot of Arts Education.

To read the rest of Why I Shouldn't Work in Schools Anymore, go to the blog. 

This is Episode 17.

Song: "Mother*&*#er Pulled Out a Tuba" - Improvised Bright Red Boots Song

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While working with some 9th graders on Juliet’s “Gallop Apace” speech in Romeo and Juliet, I opened the door for the students to tell me what was happening. They worked it out faster than most groups do and quickly leapt to interpretation. One girl reported that Juliet was scared to have sex for the first time. I asked her to tell me where she saw that in the text and the line she pointed to means nothing of the sort.

You can read the rest of Juliet Capulet, Feminist Role Model on the blog.

This is Episode 15.

Song: Shade the Moon by Bright Red Boots

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This is one of my favorite blogs:

"Congratulations! You’ve made and/or kept a friend who is an artist. That’s great. Your friend is fun and/or serious and you like them.

But there will come a moment when you have to deal with their art. Maybe you’ll be invited to their art show or their play. Maybe you’ll read their story in a magazine or see their dance on TV. It’s exciting, yes. But I can understand you might be a little nervous, too. What on earth are you supposed to say to them afterwards?

You have some choices."

You can keep reading How to Talk to an Artist on the blog.

This is Episode 14.

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I saw a big fancy Broadway show that lots of my friends and colleagues had been raving about. It’s a show that utilizes the skills, ideas, movement vocabularies and motifs of devised and physical theatre. I saw elements of Viewpoints, of Chorus Work, of Dance Theatre. For many Broadway audiences, this piece felt extremely innovative and experimental. I’d wager that 97% of the audience had never seen anything like it before.

You can read more of Ecosystem of a Theatre Scene on the blog. This is Episode 13.

Song: Starfish in the Desert by Emily Rainbow Davis

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Listen. If you want to help me and give me opportunities, you can call me whatever you want. I’m happy to receive your beneficence as a “young” artist (I’m 42) or as a unicorn (a magical, majestic creature, certainly) or as an “emerging artist.” It’s really, like, all semantics at a certain point – if also inaccurate. Since I can no longer technically be called a “young artist,” I am, most often, called this “emerging artist” thing when I apply or receive artistic opportunities. But what does emerging really mean?

You can read the rest of Can We Find Another Word for Emerging? here. This is Episode 12.

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I have so many ideas, folks. I have ideas for breakfast, ideas for lunch, ideas for afternoon tea, dinner and midnight snack. I am rolling in ideas. And I am grateful for that abundance of ideas. I feel I can never have too many – so I am always happy to be a part of something meant to increase my inspiration. But ideas are never my problem.

You can read Ideas and Glitter and Places to Put Them on the blog.

Song: Se Potessi Parlare by Emily Rainbow Davis

Episode 10

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Do you want to maximize your views? You and everyone else! When is the best time to post? I have the (sort of) answer here. You can also read The Best Time to Post on the blog.

Song: "Shine On" by Emily Rainbow Davis, created for Messenger Theatre Company's Mythellaneous

This is Episode 9

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Ah ha! I have found it! In my re-posting these old podcast episodes I have finally determined when I started adding a song to the blog and it is with this episode. So - not that far in, after all! Also - this episode is about smiling and change and college and senses of self and so on. You can read Thank You for Your Smile on the blog.

Song: "Faith, Grace" by Emily Rainbow Davis

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What did I learn by going to an event for West Point cadets? A lot, as it happens. A lot. And I found some inspiration there too. You can read So Others May Dream on the blog. 

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