The Breakfast Dish

Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with JP Thibodeau and Daniel Fong from Storybook Theatre! JP is the Artistic Director of Storybook Theatre, and Daniel Fong is playing Prince Ronald in SBT's upcoming production of "The Paper Bag Princess: A Musical!"

DANIEL FONG: https://www.instagram.com/thedfong/
JP THIBODEAU: https://www.instagram.com/jpthibodeau/
THE PAPER BAG PRINCESS - A MUSICAL: https://www.storybooktheatre.org/paperbag
STORYBOOK THEATRE: https://www.storybooktheatre.org/

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

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

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Have you been trying to explain our podcast to a friend, and you just can't put into words what it's about? Don't worry, we can't either. And now you don't have to! We made a TRAILER! An honest to goodness, Jesus-Mary-and-Joseph Trailer. Now you have something to showcase the chicanery that is Karen and Griffin's show.

Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is?  We want to hear about it! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]

We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.

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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Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week we welcome Griffin's high-school drama teacher Michelle Crimmins, and students Morgan and Sam from Central Memorial High School’s Centre for the Performing and Visual Arts Theatre Arts. They are creating and recording classic Radio Theatre stories, partnering with Christian Goutsis of 6 Degrees Music and Sound. This allows the PVA students to learn how to adapt golden-aged radio thrillers for a modern audience.

MICHELLE CRIMMINS: https://www.instagram.com/michacrimms/?hl=en
PVA RADIO PLAYS: https://pvacentral.ca/radio-plays/
CENTRAL MEMORIAL PVA PROGRAM: https://pvacentral.ca/
6 DEGREES MUSIC AND SOUND: http://sixdegrees.ca/
FROZEN DISCO EGGOS:

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We are a member of the Alberta Podcast Network: Locally grown, community supported.  This episode is brought to you by The Calgary Foundation and the Career Essentials podcast.

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

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

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Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin speak with Xstine Cook from CAOS (Calgary Animated Object Society). Bringing some much needed whimsy, joy, and magic to Calgary, the tenth edition of the biennial Festival of Animated Objects is happening March 19 to April 11 in a modified program of online and in person events. Discover the joy of puppetry and mask via live streamed and on-demand online, and in-person happenings around the city. A full schedule is available on our website, with many free offerings for families, and and all less than $15.

XSTINE COOK: https://rdvcanada.ca/en/creating-with-canada/find-creative-partners/producers/xstine-cook/
FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED OBJECTS: http://www.puppetfestival.ca/
CAOS: http://animatedobjects.ca/
DOLLY WIGGLER CABARET: http://animatedobjects.ca/cabaret/
THAT PIG VIDEO GRIFFIN MENTIONED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLzZ48XUYK0

Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is?  We want to hear about it! 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 Financial and the Alberta Podcast Network.

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

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

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Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin speak with Helen Belay and Darly Cloran from theCitadel Theatre. They chat about the Stuck in the House series, the Horizon Series, and Cheryl Foggo's Heaven. As Black pioneers fled the southern United States, Canadian settlements weren't just the last stop; they were heaven. In one of those settlements - Amber Valley, Alberta - sharp-witted schoolteacher Charlotte arrives from Ontario to make a better life for her and her new students. But the memories she's outrunning may threaten what she's found, and her friendship with widowed farmer Ezra, forever.

DARYL CLORAN: https://twitter.com/DarylCloran
HELEN BELAY: https://ckua.com/listen/helen-belay-pauses-her-career/
CITADEL THEATRE: https://www.citadeltheatre.com/
STUCK IN THE HOUSE SERIES: https://www.citadeltheatre.com/2019-2020/stuckinthehouse
HEAVEN: https://www.citadeltheatre.com/2020-2021/heaven

Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is?  We want to hear about it! 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 Pod Power 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:

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

Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Colin Matty! Colin is a poet, actor, and storyteller from Edmonton. A founding member of the poetry brothel, alumni of Rapid Fire Theatre, and company member of Malachite Theatre, he works with the Writers Guild of Alberta as the director of WordsWorth and Drink the Wild Air, two creative writing residencies for youth. Colin broadcasts nightly bedtime stories at and is the curator of Edmonton’s iconic Poem Shop, where he writes poetry on the spot for strangers-cum-patrons with the help of his 1954 Underwood typewriter, Ol' Faithful. He's been in a bunch of festivals locally and abroad and won a few awards along the way, which he says is "okay by him".

COLIN MATTY: https://twitter.com/GoGoColinMatty
BROTHER BEDTIME: https://www.twitch.tv/brotherbedtime
RAPID FIRE THEATRE: https://rapidfiretheatre.com/
THAT'S SO WEIRD: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_So_Weird!
WORDSWORTH: https://writersguild.ca/programs-services/wordsworth/
YEG POETRY BROTHEL: https://twitter.com/poetbrothelyeg?lang=en

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

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

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TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

FOLLOW GRIFFIN ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

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Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Chance Devlin. His party band “the Distractions” has entertained at hundreds of weddings and corporate events.  In 2001 his “Rowdy Pianos” show was the first to bring dueling pianos to Calgary. With pandemic lockdown he has shifted online.  “The Old Time Happy Hour” is a weekly musical show for seniors featuring music and memories from a magical era.  “Pandemic Piano Party” takes viewers on a Virtual Cruise.  Fans tune in from all over the world & request a song while Chance entertains at the piano bar.

CHANCE DEVLIN: https://chancedevlin.com/
OLD TIME HAPPY HOUR: http://www.OldTimeHappyHour.com/
PANDEMIC PIANO PARTY: http://www.PandemicPianoParty.com/

Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is?  We want to hear about it! 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 Calgary 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 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with actor, general klutz, and Artistic Director of Theatre; Just Because - Hanna Fridhed! Theatre; Just Because is a community-driven, semi-professional, independent theatre company in nistawâyâw / Fort McMurray. Their mission is to empower and develop artists through theatre productions and workshops, and by developing unique opportunities for local artists to create meaningful and impactful theatre experiences, and to foster ongoing artist growth in our local context. Their programming includes independent theatre productions (upcoming: Purge by Sofi Oksanen), the newly launched Quarantheatre Series in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Youth Play Production program, play readings, Workshop Series, the New Play Development Series, Community Director program, and several events organized for Alberta Culture Days and igNIGHT.

HANNAH FRIDHED: https://www.instagram.com/fridhed/
THEATRE; JUST BECAUSE: https://www.theatrejustbecause.com/

 Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is?  We want to hear about it! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]

The Breakfast Dish has been made possible by the support of the Rozsa Foundation, the Calgary Arts Development Authority, and the Calgary Foundation.

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

THE BREAKFAST DISH:

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TWITTER: twitter.com/BreakfastDish

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OUR PARTNERS:

THE ROZSA FOUNDATION: www.rozsafoundation.org/
CADA: www.calgaryartsdevelopment.com/
THE CALGARY FOUNDATION: www.calgaryfoundation.org/

Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin chat with Dean Bareham, Artistic Director of Green Fools Theatre! Wanna join the circus? Dean Bareham, of the Green Fools, is here to show you how with The Community Circus Project. March 1st to April 1st the Green Fools will be presenting a three ring circus: a series of free online workshops, daily challenges, and the grand finale, The Greatest Show Online!  With almost thirty years of experience performing and teaching circus internationally, Dean Bareham is passionate about how circus can keep you active, creative, and connected!

DEAN BAREHAM: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deanbareham/?originalSubdomain=ca
GREEN FOOLS THEATRE: https://www.greenfools.com/

Welcome to Season 2 of The Breakfast Dish! Dance, music, visual art, theatre and get-to-know-you conversations with the artists behind the work. Join Griffin Cork and his mom, Karen Johnson-Diamond every Monday morning as they meet the creators of today's digital offerings. This podcast is dairy and gluten free!

This week, Karen and Griffin are joined by Bronwyn Steinberg, the new Artistic Director of Lunchbox Theatre. Bronwyn has come on the show to talk about Lunchbox's Stage One Series. For 33 years, Lunchbox Theatre has been dedicated to the creation, development and production of new Canadian one-act plays, many of which have gone on to great acclaim after their premiere on our stage. This winter, 7 new plays will receive development support through workshops over Zoom as part of the "2020 Stage One Redux." Free public readings of each script will pre presented on Zoom on select Saturdays at noon from February 6 - May 1. Lunchbox will also present a 2021 Stage One Festival, with workshops of 6-8 additional new plays in May and June.

BRONWYN STEINBERG: https://www.instagram.com/bronwynsteinberg/
LUNCHBOX THEATRE: http://www.lunchboxtheatre.com/
STAGE ONE: http://www.lunchboxtheatre.com/stage-one
TACTICS: https://tacticsottawa.com/

Are you making some awesome art online/digital/properly distanced art? Or maybe somebody you know is? We want to hear about it! Shoot us an e-mail at [email protected]

The Breakfast Dish has been made possible by the support of the Rozsa Foundation, the Calgary Arts Development Authority, and the Calgary 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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TWITTER: twitter.com/mrsndiamond
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OUR PARTNERS:

THE ROZSA FOUNDATION: www.rozsafoundation.org/
CADA: www.calgaryartsdevelopment.com/
THE CALGARY FOUNDATION: www.calgaryfoundation.org/