The Breakfast Dish

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, for the finale of the third season of The Breakfast Dish Podcast, Karen and Griffin are joined by the quick-witted Alex Sarian. Previously working at the prestigious Lincoln Centre in New York, Alex has been the CEO of Arts Commons since 2019 and comes on the show to chat about Calgary, burps, and building a vision for one of Canada's largest artistic hubs.

ALEX SARIAN: https://twitter.com/alexsarian
ARTS COMMONS: https://www.artscommons.ca/
RAGTIME: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/ragtime-a-concert-performance

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Alberta Blue Cross and Pod Power.

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
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Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin are joined by actor, director, and educator Luc Tellier. Luc is the is the Director of Education and Outreach at the Citadel Theatre, but he's mostly here to chat about Theatre Alberta's Summer Drama Camp for Teens: ARTSTREK! After a year away and a year online, they are back IRL with Qui Nguyen's She Kills Monsters the play of study.

LUC TELLIER: https://www.instagram.com/stories/luctellier__/2845473284192626869/
THEATRE ALBERTA'S ARTSTREK: https://www.theatrealberta.com/artstrek/
SHE KILLS MONSTERS BY QUI NGUYEN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She_Kills_Monsters

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Edmonton Community Foundation and Alberta Blue Cross.

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin were invited to record an episode live at the 2022 Calgary Expo! So, who better to chat with than filmmaker, author, and Expo Expert; Spencer Estabrooks. Spencer sits down with our hosts to chat about One Hit Die, Sharkasaurus, love comics, and BIKEPOCALYPSE.

SPENCER ESTABROOKS: https://www.instagram.com/spencer.easy/
ONE HIT DIE: https://watch.thefantasy.network/tv-show/one-hit-die/
SHARKASAURUS: https://renegadeartsentertainment.com/product/sharkasaurus/
ALBERTA COMICS - HOME: https://renegadeartsentertainment.com/new-this-season/alberta-comics-anthology/
ROY LICHTENSTEIN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Lichtenstein

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Inventures and Pod Power

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Dai Matsuzaka and Arlene Orchard, a Grade 12 drama student/drama teacher combo at Foundations for the Future Charter Academy. Dai just finished starring in, directing, choreographing and designing a one act play for his high school and he tells us just how that is humanly possible. Arlene, besides being a teacher and a choir director and a professional musician, is also on the steering committee for the Alberta High School Drama Festival.

ARLENE ORCHARD: https://www.instagram.com/arleneorchard_writer/
DAI MATSUZAKA: https://www.instagram.com/dai_matsuzaka/
THE HIGH SCHOOL ONE ACT DRAMA FESTIVAL: https://ahsdfa.weebly.com/
FFCA: https://hsc.ffca-calgary.com/

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by ATB and Alberta Blue Cross

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Col Cseke and Mike Keir from Inside Out Theatre. Col is the Artistic Director of Inside Out, and will be directing Karen and Mike in an online improv show later this month. They chat about their neighborhoods, their history with improv, lying to bus drivers, and telling time through wrestling.

COL CSEKE: https://www.instagram.com/csekecol/
MIKE KEIR: https://joyfulmagpies.com/2015/05/15/theatre-and-biography-meet-in-mike-karen-karen-mike/
INSIDE OUT THEATRE: https://www.insideouttheatre.com/
IOT'S YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwZ5qXUNSW-bEn-1rPsSlNQ

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Inventures and Park Power!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, film, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with "The Queen of Festivals", Fabienne Colas. Winner of the 2019 Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award,  Fabienne Colas is an award-winning actress, filmmaker, speaker, and business owner who works tirelessly and passionately to support and promote diversity off and on screen around the globe. We're focusing on the Calgary Black Film Festival, one of twelve (12!) festivals Fabienne founded.

FABIENNE COLAS: www.fabiennecolas.com
THE CALGARY BLACK FILM FESTIVAL: https://calgaryblackfilm.com/

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by The Alberta Podcast Network and the Edmonton Community Foundation!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/griffincork/

FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Jason Mehmel; the Artistic Director of Sage Theatre and long time D&D buddy of Griffin's. The trio chat about Sage's upcoming production of 'Cantata', the difference between TED and TEDx, and their theories on debunking hypnotists.

JASON MEHMEL: https://www.instagram.com/jasonmehmel/
CANTATA: https://sagetheatre.com/cantata/
SAGE THEATRE: https://sagetheatre.com/
TED X YYC: https://tedxyyc.ca/

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Northwest Fest and the Edmonton Community Foundation!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

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FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Tenaj Williams; Actor, Singer, Dancer, Playwright and T-Rex Fighter! Tenaj tells us about the experience of being an understudy, which is about as stressful for him as his reoccurring dream with the wall of spikes. You can catch Tenaj on Season 3 of the hit CTV sitcom "Jann"

TENAJ WILLIAMS: https://www.instagram.com/tenajwilliams/?hl=en
JANN ON CTV: https://www.ctv.ca/shows/jann
VERTIGO THEATRE'S CLUE: https://tickets.vertigotheatre.com/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent642.html

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by ATB and the Alberta Podcast Network!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
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FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Mary-Ellen Perley - the President of the Alberta Drama Festival Association (the minds behind the One Act Festivals)! Mary-Ellen comes on the show to chat about the upcoming regional and provincial festivals, Mark Rylance, and mothers in their natural state of snitching.

MARY-ELLEN PERLEY: https://twitter.com/meperley
ALBERTA DRAMA FESTIVAL ASSOCIATION: https://www.adfa.ca/
THE REGIONAL FESTIVAL LIST: https://www.adfa.ca/regions

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by RUMI and the Alberta Podcast Network!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
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FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
INSTAGRAM: www.instagram.com/karenjohnsondiamond/

Welcome to Season 3 of The Breakfast Dish! Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning for get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind today's dance, music, visual art, and theatre. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen (bravely, without Griffin) is joined by Monty Haughian from Grande Prairie Live Theatre. Monty took some time to tell Karen all about the theatre in Grande Prairie, how not to bank on working wheels and about why he 'comes alive' for Theatre.

MONTY HAUGHIAN: https://www.instagram.com/montyhaughian/
GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE: https://gplt.ca

Is somebody you know making art in Alberta? Or, you know, maybe you just want to chat with us. We want to hear from you! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected].

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by Park Power and ATB!

Music by Alixandra Cowman: https://alixandracowman.com/
Graphic Design by Morgan Ermter: www.numerafilms.com/

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/TheBreakfastDish/
TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/GriffinCork
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FOLLOW KAREN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
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