The Mirror Stage Podcast

By Marquicia Dominguez & Tycarius Cummings

Delve into the local Seattle arts and social justice scene with your hosts QuiQui Dominguez and Ty Cummings as they blend together interviews with local experts, personal stories from individuals in t... more

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April 28, 2023Behind the Squirrels: Meet the Neighbors!
Behind The Squirrels: Meet the Neighbors!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Serin Ngai, Caitlin Frances Branston, and Emily Hoffman, cast members in our upcoming production of The Squirrel Plays. In this episode, we take a look behind the scenes of The Squirrel Plays and introduce you to our Neighbors.
Click HERE for tickets to The Squirrel Plays
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Click HERE for tickets to The Squirrel Plays
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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April 04, 2023Meet the Playwright of The Squirrel Plays, Mia McCullough!
Episode 33: Meet the Playwright of The Squirrel Plays, Mia McCullough!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with the playwright of The Squirrel Plays, Mia McCullough. In this episode, QuiQui slowly realizes how much of a fan of Mia’s they are. We also give our listeners more details on where Ty has been, and what we have been doing to gear up for our spring production of The Squirrel Plays. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Learn about the lost Boys of Sudan. Visit the Youtube channel: forum.southsudan.co.ke. Here you can find:South Sudan News, Information and Discussions. They have several different videos about the lost Boys, and where they are now.

Click HERE for tickets to The Squirrel Plays

Learn more about Mia and all her previous and future works by visiting her website: miamccullough.com

Check out Mia’s book: her book: Transforming Reality: Overcoming the Difficulties and Dilemmas of Creative Writing on lulu.com

If you are interested in learning more about reproductive rights, especially what's going on in Washington state click HERE to check out our Spotify March podcast episode for our conversation with Merceds Sanchez the director of development, communications and community education and outreach at Cedar River Clinics. This episode can also be found HERE on our website.
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 15min
March 08, 2023A Conversation with Mercedes Sanchez!
Episode 32: A Conversation with Mercedes Sanchez!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Mercedes Sanchez, the director of development, communications and community education and outreach at Cedar River Clinics. Here, we speak with her about the state of reproductive rights in Washington, and how our listeners can be more involved. We also give our listeners more details on our February Event: Stories of Love. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Check out the Oped Mercedes wrote for the Seattle times titled: How we can make WA the best state for abortion rights

Learn more about some of the organizations we shouted out today, the following organizations are always accepting volunteers, and donations:
Ceder River Clinics

Abortion Care network

Shout your Abortion

The Northwest Abortion Access Fund

Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 16min
February 07, 2023A Conversation with Maria Kolby-Wolfe!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Maria Kolby-Wolfe. Here we speak about her work as President and CEO of Washington Women’s Foundation (WaWF), and she shares with us tales of all she has learned over the course of her work in the world of non profit. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or YouTube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Learn more about Northwest Immigrant Rights Project at: www.nwirp.org

Find out more about all the great opportunities offered by the Washington Women’s Foundation by visiting https://wawomensfdn.org/

Learn more about our our elders: Bantu Stephen Biko

Go watch the documentary: “Who we are” on Netflix. Checkout the trailer by clicking here

Learn more about: Common Power. https://commonpower.org/
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 23min
January 04, 2023South Seattle Stories (Part 6): Black and Tan Hall
Episode 30: South Seattle Stories (Part 6): Black and Tan Hall
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Black and Tan Hall. Here we speak with Karen Toering and Naudia Miller. Here we chat about what brought them to be the community leaders they are today. We also give our listeners more details on our next in person event: Stories of Love, on February 11. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Visit the Black and Tan Hall website to learn more about their mission, and up coming events. https://www.blackandtanhall.com/

Download the Green Book Seattle APP on your android, or Iphone and learn more about the history of South Seattle https://www.blackandtanhall.com/greenbooktour

Learn more about Chef: Tarik Abdullah DJ, Cook, and a self-tilted Spiceman. Learn more about his work, and his organization:
Feed the People https://linktr.ee/tarik.abdullah

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tarik.abdullah/

Check out Chef Kristi Brown’s delicious food and Try to get a table at Communion. Check out their website: www.communionseattle.com

Get your tickets to Stories of Love by visiiting our website: https://mirrorstage.org/events/stories-of-love/
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 21min
December 07, 2022A Conversation with Colorful Pages!
Episode 30: A Conversation with Colorful Pages!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Colorful Pages. Here we speak with Colorful Pages Founder and Director of Colorful Pages: Kaitlin Kamalei (KK) Brandon. We also give our listeners a peek into what our next in person production, and what they can expect in 2023. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Support the Japanese American National Museum by getting a copy of Ordinary Ohana.

Checkout the other books mentioned on this episode by checking out these second hand book stores:
Queen Lili'uokalani

Learn more about KK and Colorful Pages by visiting the website https://colorfulpages.org/ or by checking out their Instagram
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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November 08, 2022A Conversation with Highline Botanical Gardens!
Episode 29: A Conversation with Highline Botanical Gardens!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with Highline Botanical Gardens. Here we speak with Luanne Coachman, the Leader of the garden’s board of Directors. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Go visit the gardens. Learn more about the gardens and the events they hold by visiting the website https://highlinegarden.org/

Learn your Chinese Zodiac and share with a friend!
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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October 04, 2022Meet the Actors of Expand Upon: Income Inequality!
Episode 28: Meet the Actors of Expand Upon: Income Inequality!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with the Expand Upon: Income Inequality actors. Here we speak with: Rosslyn Cornejo, Lee Yang, Anubhuti Sood, and Andrew Litzky. We also debrief on our Contexpo series, and discuss next steps as we prepare for our online staged reading. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Check out the artists through their website and social media links below:
Rosslyn Cornejo

Anubhuti Sood

Andrew Litzky

Learn about Living Voices and how you can see one of their live performances

Watch the documentary Crip Camp
Get your tickets to EXPANDUPON on our Website: mirrorstage.org
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 18min
September 27, 2022Meet the Playwrights of Expand Upon: Income Inequality!
Episode 27: A Conversation with Mary E Brown and Nelle Tankus!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with EXPANDUPON: Income Inequalty Playwrights. Here we speak with our writers Mary E. Brown and Nelle Tankus. Here we talk about how they approach writing, their favorite authors, and where they find inspiration. We also give our listeners more details on our arts/workshop series Contexpo. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or youtube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Learn more about our guests.
Nelle Tankus
www.parleyproductions.com/

Mary E Brown

Check out what they are reading, and what stories inspire them from these free resources, or independent online book stores: Inspiring Stories Resources

Learn about the Anti-Zionist movement at www.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/zionism

Grab your tickets to EXPANDUPON: Income Inequalty
Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Have questions? Ask Q and get an A!
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
Interested in making a TAX-DEDUCTIBLE Donation?
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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1h 16min
August 02, 2022A Conversation with New Members of the Mirror Stage Family!
Hello and thank you for listening! Welcome to our conversation with the two newest additions to the Mirror Stage family Amanda Kristine our Social Media Specialist, and Alexandra our External Relations Assistant. Here we speak with them about what led them to Mirror Stage, and we also give our listeners more details on our arts/workshop series, Contexpo. Be sure to check out our social media, website, or YouTube channel to learn more about past and future Mirror Stage happenings.
Mirror Stage: Learn more about everything we do:
Social media: Take a moment to check us out on your favorite social media platform
Facebook: http://facebook.com/mirrorstage

Instagram: http://instagram.com/mirrorstagewa

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mirrorstagewa

Website: Learn more about our Theatre company! See past and future events, and find all podcast episodes in one place. https://mirrorstage.org/podcast

YouTube: Check out our Youtube channel to see this past year's online events including; Activism Brunch, Preshow lectures, and our Seattle Hollywood Squares. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RrkujMTKSDwUQice0vKnQ/featured
Call to Action:
Come meet us and our new staff at Contexpo Aug 12th and 13th.

Click here for quick access to our Youtube main page where you can live stream our events, or watch them after they have aired.

Click here to subscribe to the Mirror Stage Newsletter. Keep up to date on all our news and events, and get reminders and direct access to our live stream events.

All the books Alexandra listed.
The Undocumneted American by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

Our Stories Carried Us Here Graphic Novel of immigrant tales

Whiteness of Wealth by Dorthy Brown

The Sum of Us by Heather Mcgee

Music:
Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Get the Groove by Dave Miles
Music from http://www.zapsplat.com

Additional music by Tycarius Cummings
Email any questions or thoughts about our show to QuiQui at [email protected]
If you enjoyed the podcast, please make a donation to Mirror Stage via our website at mirrorstage.org/donate, or text “Play it smart” to 206-888-6477 (MIRR) to make a donation from your mobile phone. We’ll be back next month on the first Monday!
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FAQs about The Mirror Stage Podcast:

How many episodes does The Mirror Stage Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 65 episodes available.