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Director and Professor Bill Partlan has dedicated much of his career to the cultivation of exciting new plays, including work by Lee Blessing August Wilson. In the spirit of that I am sending him my NewsRadio fan-fiction and all six drafts of my one-man show.

Bill invited me to his office to discuss the value of a good actor from celebrities to students, the role of director as constant student, and how rock & roll helps him pick stage managers.

Bill will be directing for Phoenix Theatre's New Play Festival in March, more details at phoenixtheatre.com

Bill will also be directing Now & Then's production of You, Me & Adam Levine on Feb 18, tickets and info at nowandthencc.com

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Director and Professor Bill Partlan has dedicated much of his career to the cultivation of exciting new plays, including work by Lee Blessing August Wilson. In the spirit of that I am sending him my NewsRadio fan-fiction and all six drafts of my one-man show.

Bill invited me to his office to discuss the value of a good actor from celebrities to students, the role of director as constant student, and how rock & roll helps him pick stage managers.

Bill will be directing for Phoenix Theatre's New Play Festival in March, more details at phoenixtheatre.com

Bill will also be directing Now & Then's production of You, Me & Adam Levine on Feb 18, tickets and info at nowandthencc.com

Rate, review and subscribe while you can!

As a child, writer, actor, poet and performance artist Pina received a standing ovation for playing the Mighty Germ in a school play; proving once and for all that there are no small parts, only small organisms.

We went to Sip in Phoenix to discuss how she develops her one-woman show, the ups and downs of finding an agent, how all artists are basically Geminis.

Pina is working on getting her show Pinhead Number One to the Edinburgh Fring Festival! You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @pinaoh1 for more details.

Help Pina reach her goals by checking out the great services on patreon.com/pinapinhead

You can also support her work with Women's League of National Peace and Freedom at wilpfus.org

Rate, review, and subscribe!

As a child, writer, actor, poet and performance artist Pina received a standing ovation for playing the Mighty Germ in a school play; proving once and for all that there are no small parts, only small organisms.

We went to Sip in Phoenix to discuss how she develops her one-woman show, the ups and downs of finding an agent, how all artists are basically Geminis.

Pina is working on getting her show Pinhead Number One to the Edinburgh Fring Festival! You can follow her on Twitter and Instagram @pinaoh1 for more details.

Help Pina reach her goals by checking out the great services on patreon.com/pinapinhead

You can also support her work with Women's League of National Peace and Freedom at wilpfus.org

Rate, review, and subscribe!

Wardrobe Supervisor Kristen Martin says that she prefers the more shop-oriented facets of costuming, and dosn't actually care much for the design elements. I, on the other hand, don't really know what any of that means.

But Kristen sat me down at her apartment to talk about the pros and cons of freelancing, how to maintain quality despite the size of your budget, and how to force a teenager down an unexpected career path.

Kristen is working with Childsplay on their next production, The Snowy Day, which runs Jan 21-Mar 11.

Childsplay will then wrap up their season with Maddi's Fridge Mar 31-Apr 8 and Flora & Ulysses Apr 22-May 20

Details for all these shows at [childsplayaz.org]

Rate review and subscribe or I'll start smoking again.

Wardrobe Supervisor Kristen Martin says that she prefers the more shop-oriented facets of costuming, and dosn't actually care much for the design elements. I, on the other hand, don't really know what any of that means.

But Kristen sat me down at her apartment to talk about the pros and cons of freelancing, how to maintain quality despite the size of your budget, and how to force a teenager down an unexpected career path.

Kristen is working with Childsplay on their next production, The Snowy Day, which runs Jan 21-Mar 11.

Childsplay will then wrap up their season with Maddi's Fridge Mar 31-Apr 8 and Flora & Ulysses Apr 22-May 20

Details for all these shows at [childsplayaz.org]

Rate review and subscribe or I'll start smoking again.

Brenda Jean Foley and Jaime Fox are representatives from the Bridge Initiative, which is dedicated to promoting gender parity in theatre. They say they still have to explain to men sometimes that that doesn't mean "women only." Which honestly makes me feel like maybe it should be.

Brenda and Jaime joined me at Urban Beans to discuss the importance of financial stability and pursuing grants for a new company, how women are ser against each other bu an artificial scarcity of roles, and the dreaded ethnically ambiguous casting call.

The Bridge will produce Honor Killing, the next in its Her Voice monthly reading series, on February 19th at 7pm in the ASU Kerr Cultural Center.

Shortly after, they have the 2nd annual Building Bridges Gala on February 24 at 6pm at Childsplay Campus in Tempe

More details for these projects and further at bridgeinit.org

Don't forget to rate review and subscribe everywhere!

Brenda Jean Foley and Jaime Fox are representatives from the Bridge Initiative, which is dedicated to promoting gender parity in theatre. They say they still have to explain to men sometimes that that doesn't mean "women only." Which honestly makes me feel like maybe it should be.

Brenda and Jaime joined me at Urban Beans to discuss the importance of financial stability and pursuing grants for a new company, how women are ser against each other bu an artificial scarcity of roles, and the dreaded ethnically ambiguous casting call.

The Bridge will produce Honor Killing, the next in its Her Voice monthly reading series, on February 19th at 7pm in the ASU Kerr Cultural Center.

Shortly after, they have the 2nd annual Building Bridges Gala on February 24 at 6pm at Childsplay Campus in Tempe

More details for these projects and further at bridgeinit.org

Don't forget to rate review and subscribe everywhere!

Welcome back Starv...ers? Starvettes?Starvies? I wish I had a cool fandom name for the 50 people who listen to this. Anyway I've got a fun episode to bring in the new year! I talked with actress, blogger and contractually-bound life partner Taylor Moschetti!

We talked about the difficult decision to pursue a steady income, the extra stress that comes with being plus-sized in the performance world, and why performers are basically just attention-starved babies at heart.

Taylor has a plus-sized fashion and lifestyle blog called Born to Eat Cupcakes that you can also find on Facebook and Instagram.

You can also catch Taylor teaching beginning acting and improv classes through the Mesa Arts Center with new sessions all year.

Taylor has some upcoming events with Laughing Pig Theatre like the Improv Workshop on Friday, January 14 at 7:30 at the MAC.

Don't forget to rate review and subscribe everywhere!

Welcome back Starv...ers? Starvettes?Starvies? I wish I had a cool fandom name for the 50 people who listen to this. Anyway I've got a fun episode to bring in the new year! I talked with actress, blogger and contractually-bound life partner Taylor Moschetti!

We talked about the difficult decision to pursue a steady income, the extra stress that comes with being plus-sized in the performance world, and why performers are basically just attention-starved babies at heart.

Taylor has a plus-sized fashion and lifestyle blog called Born to Eat Cupcakes that you can also find on Facebook and Instagram.

You can also catch Taylor teaching beginning acting and improv classes through the Mesa Arts Center with new sessions all year.

Taylor has some upcoming events with Laughing Pig Theatre like the Improv Workshop on Friday, January 14 at 7:30 at the MAC.

Don't forget to rate review and subscribe everywhere!