Thesis on Joan

Hosts Meghan and Harrow receive a virtual fridge tour and so much more from polyspirited Artist Diana Oh. Learn about Diana’s doula in birthing art, how they define chosen family, and why her art is so big, sparkly, colorful, and bombastic. Diana also gives us some advice on how to find some of the joy from Infinite Love Party during quarantine and some initial steps to salvage the Gr8 American Theatre. Before the interview, Harrow and Meghan check-in about their favorite aspects of making the podcast and what’s been getting them through 2020.

Diana Oh: Website | Instagram

Additional Mentions:

• Korean Queer & Trans National Network

Queer Gives:

Queer Culture Rec:

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On a “We all escaped from Ohio” special edition of Thesis on Joan- your friendly neighborhood Schmerm, Becca Blackwell, joins your favorite buckeye queers, Harrow and Meghan, to talk labels, imagining Midwest queer communities, the many reasons Harrow and Becca are destined to be friends, that paradox of trying to understand the gender binary (through comedy, of course!), cutting your hair and joining the circus, Daoism and facing the dreaded “I just don’t know what to do with you.” Hear more about Becca’s experience working on Hurricane Diane and how dispelling the myth of gatekeepers can help us fix the American Theatre!

Becca Blackwell: Website | Instagram

This episode contains mentions of sexual trauma, please see the time codes below to skip these portions of the episode:

3:30-4:20

34:33-34:43

50:23-50:39

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Queer Culture Rec from Becca:

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Tune in this week with Meghan and Harrow as they talk with interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe about breaking out of binaries as a two-spirit Indigiqueer person and finding balance between safe and brave space in theatre. Ty also speaks on being “genre fluid,” building just systems to create justice on stage with projects like Broadway’s Straight White Men, and imagining queerness seven generations from now.

Ty Defoe: Website | Instagram | Twitter

Ty’s Work:

Queer Culture Rec from Ty:

• Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers

Queer Gives:

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Join Meghan and Harrow as they sit down with Tony Award winning producer extraordinaire Sally Cade Holmes as she navigates producing in the age of digital theater. We talk about our mutual love of drag kings, why strong female characters in musicals are probably queer, Harrow's go-to fourth date spot in 2014-2015, the need for queer mentors, and living in the discomfort in 2020.

Support Sally Cade!

Website

Instagram - @sally_cade

Pickle the dog - @pick1e__

Sally Cade Projects:

Play On Shakespeare

Gender And Family Project - @GenderAndFamilyProject

Support Justice!

Queer Gives - Marsha P. Johnson Institute

Support Us!

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Twitter - @thesisonjoan

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Queer Culture Recs from Sally Cade:

The Jungle Upstairs - @thejungleupstairs

Queerology Podcast

Making Gay History Podcast

Additional Mentions:

Junior Mintt - @juniormintt

Lou Henry Hoover - @LouHenryHoover

Switch n' Play - @SwitchnPlay

Takarazuka Review

Ballez

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This week’s episode, Thesis on Joan hosts speak with writer C.A. Johnson. Hear about her recent production and premature closing of MCC’s All the Natalie Portmans, writing for sad queers watching movies about women who don’t want them, and our shared love of a certain teen heartthrob. C.A. also talks about the residencies and fellowships she’s done that give playwrights what they need, writing for tv and theatre, and experimenting with plot structures outside one based on the male orgasm.

C.A. Johnson - Instagram, Twitter

More about MCC Theater’s All the Natalie Portmans

The Lark

Space on Ryder Farm

The Civilians R&D Group

Sundance Institute Theatre Program

Queer Gives:

SAGE NYC - Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders

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In Episode 4 get to know Thesis on Joan’s hosts, FanQueers Meghan and Harrow! Hear about the inspiration for the podcast, their friendship meet cute, growing up in Ohio as budding musical theatre nerds, their (kinda) matching tattoos and what musical theatre moments probably made them queer.

Places / Orgs We Shout Out!

ART New York - Body Autonomy Program

TDF - Autism Friendly Performances

Theatre on Film & Tape Archive

Theatre of the Oppressed NYC

Queer Folx Book Club

Queer Gives- Ali Forney Center

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Thesis on Joan hosts Meghan and Harrow chat with Andrea Prestinario, performer, producer and the Executive Director / Co-Founder of Ring of Keys, an advocacy organization that promotes the hiring of queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists working in musical theatre. Learn about Ring of Keys’ mission, the organization’s members (“keys”), and how they’re changing the face of musical theatre. Andrea also gives us her take on Fun Home after playing Allison TWICE, shares her queer musical theatre meet cute, and fixes a problematic musical by queering it up!

Andrea Prestinario - Instagram, Twitter

Ring of Keys - Instagram, Twitter

Turn up the Volume: A Virtual Pride Concert Amplifying Black Keys

Check Out Videos from the “Queering the Canon” Concert- ROK Youtube

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In Episode 2 Thesis on Joan’s hosts Meghan and Harrow talk to writer and performer Marga Gomez just before her 13th solo show Spanking Machine heads to Dixon Place for a digital presentation July 16-25, 2020. Hear about Marga’s inspiration for Spanking Machine, the highs and lows of creating a show for the digital space (she has some notes for the 5 Lesbian Brothers), the influence of her parents on her work, Marga’s take on many queer culture moments (hey, Kiling Eve and Generation Q!) and who she would most like to send a Seamless dinner date to during quarantine. 

Support Marga!

Web Site - http://www.margagomez.com/

Spanking Machine Tickets & More Info - DixonPlace.Org

Instagram- @themargagomez

Twitter- @margagomez

Support Justice!

Queer Gives- Louisville Community Bail Fund & Jaime Harrison for US Senate

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For Thesis on Joan’s inaugural episode for Pride, hosts Meghan and Harrow talk to Ianne Fields Stewart, a Black, queer, nonbinary, transfeminine, actor/activist and founder of The Okra Project. Hear about Ianne’s many talents, the work they want to focus on, and how theatres can actually show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.

Follow Ianne Fields Stewart at iannefieldsstewart.com and on Twitter and Instagram!

Watch Ianne in The Feels.

QUEER GIVES

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Contact your NY City Council rep to demand they #DefundtheNYPD.

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