Tea Time With Lindz: A Podcast about Creatives

Joyful Raven’s solo show Breed or Bust will be performed at the Gilded Balloon at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 2nd - 28th August. Tickets can be found at www.gildedballoon.co.uk

Joyful Raven is an actor, writer and comedian. Born into an iconic political theater family, she has been devising theater for over 25 years. Her last solo comedy Tales of a Sexual Tomboy was dubbed “…one of the funniest shows now on display on Bay Area stages” by the SF Chronicle. Tomboy won “Best of the Fringe '' at the 2016 San Francisco Fringe Festival and was awarded an ‘Encore Performance’ at the 2017 United Solo Festival in NYC. Her additional theatre credits include lead actor and co-author of four plays for “Prize of Hope '' winning company Human Nature and co-founder of the ensemble-driven theatre company Rococo Risqué, winner of SF Weekly Best Theater Ensemble.

Joyful has also appeared as an actor in many projects on stage and film, including Odyssey Works, an immersive theatre project; The Pursuit of Happiness, with Will Smith; and Spring Awakening, directed by Broadway and West End director Stafford Arima. She studied theater at Sarah Lawrence College in NY and holds an MFA in theater from UC Davis. She teaches Solo Performance and Storytelling at Berkeley Rep School of Theater. 

Rebecca McGlynn (she/they) is a transgender queer writer, actor, songwriter, and filmmaker working in film and TV production in Los Angeles. She premiered her original, award-winning one-woman show “Asexuality! The Solo Musical” in the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2022. She co-wrote and produced 2016's My Big Fat Blonde Musical, which she has since adapted into a digital series as a creator, writer, composer, cinematographer and editor. Awards include the Hollywood Fringe Festival's TOP OF THE FRINGE, BEST MUSICAL, BEST WORLD PREMIERE, ENCORE PRODUCERS' AWARD, PICK OF THE FRINGE; LA Music Critic's BEST SOLO SHOW; OUTDOOR VOICES FESTIVAL Official Selection; JOSHUA TREE SOLO FESTIVAL Desert Salon Official Selection; SOARING SOLO STARS SERIES Official Selection; Official Selection; iO West's 24hr SKETCH COMPETITION; LA 48hr Film Project's BEST DIRECTOR. Previous stage roles include: Vice Principal Douglas Panch (Spelling Bee), Trevor Graydon (Thoroughly Modern Millie), Caldwell B. Cladwell (Urinetown), Pooh-Bah (The Mikado), Mrs. Gloop (Willy Wonka), Rachel Brown (Inherit the Wind), and God (Spamalot!). Rebecca is also an Emmy-nominated photojournalist, writer and composer of the musical Norton! The Astonishingly True Story of America's Forgotten Emperor, and founder of Denison University's first non-singing a cappella group, Talkapella.

GoFundMe:  https://www.gofundme.com/f/acesolomusical

Alex Kern (she/her) is an actor, writer, comedian, and clown from Cleveland, Ohio. Her short films and original series’ (the critically acclaimed “SingleDumb” and “Pawla Dean’s White House Kitchen”) have screened at The Cleveland International Film Festival, Palm Springs International Comedy Festival, Los Angeles Animation Festival, and more. Her acting and writing work has been featured in numerous outlets, some of which include: HULU, Vulture, and Vanity Fair.  Alex trained at The New Actor’s Workshop (NYC) under the guidance of Mike Nichols before focusing on comedy (Groundlings, Upright Citizen’s Brigade) but identifies most as a clown (Idiot Workshop, The Clown School). In her comedy, Alex is interested in the risk of losing the logical and luxuriating in the joy of the moment.

For more details you can visit Alex’s website alexandrakern.com

Hollywood Fringe Dates: 10th June @9pm, 11th June @11am, 20th June @9.30pm, 23rd June @5.30pm.

Los Angeles based actor, writer and director Katierose Enriquez created the solo show "Queen of Fishtown" which is returning to New York City following award winning runs at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Hollywood Fringe Festival, in London at the King’s Head Theatre, at Theatre Row on 42nd Street, and in Philadelphia at Plays and Players Theatre where Katierose performed her show in the city that inspired it.

"Katierose has created such a heartfelt and honest story with a perfect unsung hero. That's not a character we hear from very often and it's about damn time she gets her own show. It's hilarious but I didn't expect to be so moved by it..."

-- Andrew Rannells (Girls, Book of Mormon, Black Monday, Boys in the Band)

“In this one woman show, Katierose brings Kathleen to life with a fantastic narrative of a 40-year-old woman, dealing with change to the neighbourhood she has grown up with and the dramatic changes in her own life. She also brings to life all the other characters in the plot in this truly poignant and hilarious piece of work, a somewhat Irish stubborn humour made better with the fantastic Philly accent.” – The Artiscape

“The prime strength of Queen of Fishtown to my mind is the voice it affords to a certain kind of woman in our society, not necessarily from Northeast Philly, who is often overlooked or ignored” RECOMMENDED - Deborah Klugman at Stage Raw

Awards:

* Best Character Driven Solo Show Fireworks Award at Edinburgh Festival Fringe

* Platinum Award, TVolution for Best Female Solo Show at Hollywood Fringe

* Best of Broadwater Encore Award Hollywood Fringe

* Namba Performing Arts Encore Winner

* Best Solo Show Hollywood Fringe Nominee

* SPLASH Award Female Voices Nominee

Katierose has her MFA from American Repertory Theater’s Institute at Harvard University and the Moscow Art Theatre and is an alumnus of the Groundlings Sunday Company. Her solo sketch showcase, “THAT WOMAN!” was directed by Saturday Night Live's writer and cast member, Mikey Day.

Acting TV credits: 2 Broke Girls (CBS), How I Met your Mother (CBS), The Comeback (HBO), Future Man (HULU), American Crime (ABC), Astronomy Club (NETFLIX)

Find Queen of Fishtown online:

Official: https://queenoffishtown.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/queenoffishtown 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueenOfFishtown

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@queenoffishtown

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/QueenOfFishtown

Katierose recently directed the world premiere play “Final Interview” by Gabriel Olivia at the Pico Playhouse and is currently directing Tony Bartolone’s dark comedy, “Homeless Romantic” at Hollywood Fringe. 

Gregg Ibbotson is an actor, singer-songwriter, poet, and comedian from the UK.

As an artist with disabilities, he speaks openly about them to spread light and joy to others finding their way.

Gregg studied theatre and screen acting at the Yorkshire School of Acting (now 'Matt Zina Acting'). He has studied improv comedy with Disney's Bill Chott 'The Improv Trick' in LA. He is a current student with the Upright Citizens Brigade and recently performed his stand-up comedy at a sold-out show at the Flappers Comedy Speakeasy Showcase. Gregg is looking forward to future stand-up performances and comedy shenanigans.

Gregg has a number of Albums and singles on Spotify and Apple Music. Hisemotive yet resolute lyrics are carefully fused with a contemporary uplifting sound, noted with the release of the album 'Crossroads'. The lead single 'Dream' explores the themes of sacrifice in pursuit of becoming one's true self. A video can be found here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6B9jLxgZ-uE

Find out more about upcoming shows and tell him how much you love Earl grey tea too by following him on Instagram @greggibbotson
Website

www.greggibbotson.com

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IMDB

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Put the kettle on!

Welcome back to the show Cat LaCohie aka Vixen DeVille.

In this episode we deep dive into devising a solo show on a time limit. That show becoming an award winning hit that goes on tour to then become a television show.

Talk about a journey or what.

How did Cat get inspired and what was her process? Listen now to find out.

Follow Cat on all the socials @catlacohie and @vixendeville

Matthew Quinn is a theatre veteran in Hollywood and oozes knowledge on not only the spaces he runs, basically any space in Los Angeles as well as being a Hollywood Fringe Festival knowledge king.

If you have any questions on the Hollywood Fringe Festival this is the episode for you as we dive into the Fringe and how to get the best out of it.

Matthew also has a three hour workshop that you can watch here:

https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4267

Usual price is $100 and you can get it for $80 with discount code: EARLYBIRD

The Hollywood Fringe Festival is such a fantastic experience to have and I would highly recommend it to all.

Aadip Desai is a writer, comedian, drummer, friend to the puppies and semi vegan. He dropped out of the American Film School after getting accepted onto the Disney fellowship program that he had forgotten he had even applied for…ya gotta love him.

Aadip was named a BAFTA Breakthrough as a Staff Writer on THE GOLDBERGS (ABC)

A graduate of the Upright Citizen Brigade Aadip and I don’t really get around to many of the several questions I had for him, instead this show should have been sponsored by Kinder Beauty, Hart House and any other vegan place as we mention a lot of them and not much else.

You can follow Aadip on Twitter and Instagram @aadip

Gaby Santinelli is an  Oscar Winning Dialect coach for the short film, SKIN. Dog Lover, a short film Gaby is in is currently having wonderful success in the film festival circuit. You can cath the new screening at The Newport Beach Film Festival on 18th October at 8pm.

Gaby is an award winning singer and has just finished writing a feature film. What can I say about Gaby except that she is a force to be reckoned with.

You can follow Gaby on Instagram @gabysantinelli and Twitter @gaby_santinelli and you can find her on Facebook under Gaby Santinelli

Ali James is a multi talented actress, improviser, director, teacher, overall great human and a Showstopper, literally. You can go watch Ali in Showstoppers the Musical in London. You can also catch this fab person in Scared Scriptless, the fully improvised show that performs in Southend that is quite literally the funniest show I have ever seen.

Not only is Ali a great comedian, she is also an incredibly talented musical theatre performer, having toured the UK as well as performed multiple times in the West End as well as performing up in Edinburgh at the Fringe Festival.

Want to see an improvised Panto in February? Ali has you covered. I told you, she does it all.

You can follow Ali on Twitter and Instagram @ali_james22

Showstoppers @TheShowstoppers