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    Tonya Pinkins - "Building My Own Castle" (Episode 98)
    • May 21, 2021
    • 1 min

    Tonya Pinkins - "Building My Own Castle" (Episode 98)

    "I sometimes wonder with young people today that there's a fragility born of carrying around violence machines every day of your life...
    "Igniting The Fire This Time Festival" (Episode 96)
    • May 7, 2021
    • 1 min

    "Igniting The Fire This Time Festival" (Episode 96)

    "I think the way we measure our success is how successful we are at maintaining that sense of community. This industry is up and down—no...
    Dr. Lisa B. Thompson — "Shaping the Conversation as an Artist-Scholar" (Episode 89)
    • Mar 19, 2021
    • 1 min

    Dr. Lisa B. Thompson — "Shaping the Conversation as an Artist-Scholar" (Episode 89)

    "It's such synchronous situation...As an artist-scholar, I find an issue that's really interesting to me and I end up having a both...
    Eboni Booth — "Feeling Good and Feeling Seen" (Episode 76)
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    Eboni Booth — "Feeling Good and Feeling Seen" (Episode 76)

    “For me, it’s age and experience. If I had gone to [Juilliard when I was younger], I think it would have been harder. I think I would...
    Jordan E. Cooper - "Providing the Medicinal Hope" (Episode 74)
    • Jan 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    Jordan E. Cooper - "Providing the Medicinal Hope" (Episode 74)

    “Whenever you walk into a space into a theatre, you can usually feel that it’s a white space. Usually from the way the audience members...
    Lynn Nottage—"Claiming the Space" (Episode 62)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lynn Nottage—"Claiming the Space" (Episode 62)

    “Putting the language of ‘being a playwright’ into your mouth makes you a playwright. I discovered late in the game is that just saying...
    Chisa Hutchinson—"Writing Towards Freedom" (Episode 58)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Chisa Hutchinson—"Writing Towards Freedom" (Episode 58)

    “It’s why I write plays now, y’all need to understand where we’re coming from and you need to understand whatever idea you have in your...
    Tori Sampson—"Becoming (a Storyteller)" (Episode 49)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Tori Sampson—"Becoming (a Storyteller)" (Episode 49)

    "Write whatever the fuck you want to write. Period! Be as authentic and true to yourself as you possibly can. That is your only...
    Charly Evon Simpson—"Claiming Your Curiosity" (Episode 48)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Charly Evon Simpson—"Claiming Your Curiosity" (Episode 48)

    “What I’ve discovered is the older I get, the less I actually truly open up and express myself and let myself feel these things. I can...
    Aleshea Harris—"Ritualizing the Revolution" (Episode 45)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Aleshea Harris—"Ritualizing the Revolution" (Episode 45)

    "I try to write stories that I want to hear and experience. I am trying to make theatre to say to a demographic often ignored in the...
    Jocelyn Bioh—"Living in Color" (Episode 44)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Jocelyn Bioh—"Living in Color" (Episode 44)

    "Everybody wants to consume Africa in a certain way...they've already taken so much in terms of our stories and our culture...Let us have...
    Douglas Lyons—"Pursuing Your Dreams" (Episode 40)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Douglas Lyons—"Pursuing Your Dreams" (Episode 40)

    “I am so a black artist, but I am an artist first. When you put “black” you are telling the audience they may only relate to a certain...
    Gilbert L. Bailey II—"Chillin' Out, Maxin', Relaxin' All Cool" (Episode 36)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Gilbert L. Bailey II—"Chillin' Out, Maxin', Relaxin' All Cool" (Episode 36)

    “There is no musical I can get my brother to come to if I’m not in it and that bothers me. There is nothing, nothing, not a single show...
    Dewayne Perkins—"Laughing Through Life" (Episode 35)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Dewayne Perkins—"Laughing Through Life" (Episode 35)

    “I think people get it mixed up all the time, as if like an aversion to the construct of whiteness means you don’t like white people, and...
    Sharon Washington—"Feeding the Dragon (and the Artist)" (Episode 24)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Sharon Washington—"Feeding the Dragon (and the Artist)" (Episode 24)

    “In the best of worlds, as actors, we should be able to do whatever roles we’re right for—at base—in a perfect world. It’s not a perfect...
    "Visiting With the School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play" (Episode 19)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    "Visiting With the School Girls; or the African Mean Girls Play" (Episode 19)

    We head out of the studio and to the opening night party of Jocelyn Bioh's School Girls; or, the African Mean Girls Play at MCC Theater!...
    Zhailon Levingston—"Imagining New Way to Be Together" (Episode 13)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Zhailon Levingston—"Imagining New Way to Be Together" (Episode 13)

    “I think that the role of producer is incredible important in these times because they are the Chief Imagineer. In this crazy political...
    Kirsten Childs —"Liberating the Bubbly Black Girl" (Episode 8)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Kirsten Childs —"Liberating the Bubbly Black Girl" (Episode 8)

    “[I thought], we can only do shows that are the all-black version of something, or we can do a show that is a musical revue that has no...
    Michael R. Jackson —"Writing Unapologetically Black and Queer" (Episode 4)
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Michael R. Jackson —"Writing Unapologetically Black and Queer" (Episode 4)

    “I think diversity in musical theatre means acknowledging there is an entire jewel with endless facets of points of views that need to be...
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