Episodes
March 15, 2022
Erika Ewing: Fashioning Change
"When we're talking about the power of The Arts -- the healing, the transformative powers -- we're really talking about the fact that we're human. We're humanizing the experience of others. So, we lead with empathy, and we lead in such a way that we put ourselves in someone else's shoes. It's more than meeting people for where they are --it's BEING where they are. It's getting inside of where they are . . . I can see new possibilities. NOW what can I do to change things?" Erika Lucille Ewing is...
March 15, 2022
Erika Ewing: Fashioning Change
"When we're talking about the power of The Arts -- the healing, the transformative powers -- we're really talking about the fact that we're human. We're humanizing the experience of others. So, we lead with empathy, and we lead in such a way that we put ourselves in someone else's shoes. It's more than meeting people for where they are --it's BEING where they are. It's getting inside of where they are . . . I can see new possibilities. NOW what can I do to change things?" Erika Lucille Ewing is...
March 15, 2022
Erika Ewing: Fashioning Change
"When we're talking about the power of The Arts -- the healing, the transformative powers -- we're really talking about the fact that we're human. We're humanizing the experience of others. So, we lead with empathy, and we lead in such a way that we put ourselves in someone else's shoes. It's more than meeting people for where they are --it's BEING where they are. It's getting inside of where they are . . . I can see new possibilities. NOW what can I do to change things?" Erika Lucille Ewing is...
Jan. 24, 2022
Moise Morancy: Returning the Favor
Moise Morancy is an American actor, writer, director, producer, poet and activist from Brooklyn, New York. Moise always had a passion for telling stories. His career as a writer began as a young boy, capturing personal aspects of life’s challenges through written expressions such as poetry, songwriting and eventually screenwriting. His literary works are transparent and serve as a safe haven for his life experiences. He has always had the mindset of turning one’s pain into power.
Jan. 24, 2022
Moise Morancy: Returning the Favor
Moise Morancy is an American actor, writer, director, producer, poet and activist from Brooklyn, New York. Moise always had a passion for telling stories. His career as a writer began as a young boy, capturing personal aspects of life’s challenges through written expressions such as poetry, songwriting and eventually screenwriting. His literary works are transparent and serve as a safe haven for his life experiences. He has always had the mindset of turning one’s pain into power.
Jan. 24, 2022
Moise Morancy: Returning the Favor
Moise Morancy is an American actor, writer, director, producer, poet and activist from Brooklyn, New York. Moise always had a passion for telling stories. His career as a writer began as a young boy, capturing personal aspects of life’s challenges through written expressions such as poetry, songwriting and eventually screenwriting. His literary works are transparent and serve as a safe haven for his life experiences. He has always had the mindset of turning one’s pain into power.
Dec. 20, 2021
Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change
The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the challenges . . . so young artists they see in us, [and] know that [change] is possible and we are here to support them. Margarita Espada has traveled the world in her careers as an artist, educator and cultural organizer, training in physical approach to theater practice. Margarita is the founder and director of Teatro Experimenantal Yerbabu...
Dec. 20, 2021
Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change
The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the challenges . . . so young artists they see in us, [and] know that [change] is possible and we are here to support them. Margarita Espada has traveled the world in her careers as an artist, educator and cultural organizer, training in physical approach to theater practice. Margarita is the founder and director of Teatro Experimenantal Yerbabu...
Dec. 20, 2021
Margarita Espada: Teatro Yerbabruja, a Conduit for Change
The immigrant stories that are here. . . when they see in us the possibility that it's real. That's why I focus on a specific community because we know the challenges . . . so young artists they see in us, [and] know that [change] is possible and we are here to support them. Margarita Espada has traveled the world in her careers as an artist, educator and cultural organizer, training in physical approach to theater practice. Margarita is the founder and director of Teatro Experimenantal Yerbabu...
Oct. 27, 2021
Coni Koepfinger & Dan Carter: LIVE FROM THE BARDO: My Dinner With Mary
Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was clear that we are all human life forms that can conform, reform or deform to the energetic stimulus around us- but when we PERForm- we are able perfect the form, taking it to a higher creative state. I was always surrounded by art. My sister, my cousin, my uncles… Music, painting, drawing was like bread and water. Passi...
Oct. 27, 2021
Coni Koepfinger & Dan Carter: LIVE FROM THE BARDO: My Dinner With Mary
Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was clear that we are all human life forms that can conform, reform or deform to the energetic stimulus around us- but when we PERForm- we are able perfect the form, taking it to a higher creative state. I was always surrounded by art. My sister, my cousin, my uncles… Music, painting, drawing was like bread and water. Passi...
Oct. 27, 2021
Coni Koepfinger & Dan Carter: LIVE FROM THE BARDO: My Dinner With Mary
Writing plays became my way of communicating with all life- from the ordinary people to the sublime consciousness… all of which seemed to operate on the same plane for me. It was clear that we are all human life forms that can conform, reform or deform to the energetic stimulus around us- but when we PERForm- we are able perfect the form, taking it to a higher creative state. I was always surrounded by art. My sister, my cousin, my uncles… Music, painting, drawing was like bread and water. Passi...
Sept. 24, 2021
Jessica Wu: Open Access Paths to Success
Actors Equity is opening its doors. I think this is one of the most exciting things that's happening in my almost two decades as a Union member. It shifts the way people can become members. . . It is now OUR choice to become a member and that's incredible. Jessica Wu is an award-winning NYC-based playwright, director, songwriter, educator, and actor. Performance credits include the Broadway revivals of A Chorus Line and Miss Saigon, and she is the writer of numerous theatrical works including s...
Sept. 24, 2021
Jessica Wu: Open Access Paths to Success
Actors Equity is opening its doors. I think this is one of the most exciting things that's happening in my almost two decades as a Union member. It shifts the way people can become members. . . It is now OUR choice to become a member and that's incredible. Jessica Wu is an award-winning NYC-based playwright, director, songwriter, educator, and actor. Performance credits include the Broadway revivals of A Chorus Line and Miss Saigon, and she is the writer of numerous theatrical works including s...
Sept. 24, 2021
Jessica Wu: Open Access Paths to Success
Actors Equity is opening its doors. I think this is one of the most exciting things that's happening in my almost two decades as a Union member. It shifts the way people can become members. . . It is now OUR choice to become a member and that's incredible. Jessica Wu is an award-winning NYC-based playwright, director, songwriter, educator, and actor. Performance credits include the Broadway revivals of A Chorus Line and Miss Saigon, and she is the writer of numerous theatrical works including s...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Sept. 15, 2021
Yiqing Zhao: Would-be-doctor-turned Actor/Writer/Creative Life Coach
Everything is connected. Everything, all these things, becomes a part of YOU. But then this journey does not stop. Some people stop from manifesting what they want because they understand the importance of training and then they let the training stop them...I'm not going to wait until I get the certification [to become] a certified coach. I know training is part of the journey...but that's not a pre-requisite for me to do something. I spent my mid-teens to mid-twenties dwelling in the "Woe is m...
Aug. 17, 2021
Jenny Lynn Stewart: A New York Spirit
It makes me feel happy. I feel happy when I sing. People who hear me sing tell me THEY feel happy; that I make their hearts happy. It's the most joyful thing that I can do, I feel, for me and for others. ~Jenny Lynn Stewart City Artist Corps Grants support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Funding is offered to help sustain their practice and engage the public across New York City's five boroughs. Singer Jenny Lynn Stewart was awarded a $5,000 grant...
Aug. 17, 2021
Jenny Lynn Stewart: A New York Spirit
It makes me feel happy. I feel happy when I sing. People who hear me sing tell me THEY feel happy; that I make their hearts happy. It's the most joyful thing that I can do, I feel, for me and for others. ~Jenny Lynn Stewart City Artist Corps Grants support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Funding is offered to help sustain their practice and engage the public across New York City's five boroughs. Singer Jenny Lynn Stewart was awarded a $5,000 grant...
Aug. 17, 2021
Jenny Lynn Stewart: A New York Spirit
It makes me feel happy. I feel happy when I sing. People who hear me sing tell me THEY feel happy; that I make their hearts happy. It's the most joyful thing that I can do, I feel, for me and for others. ~Jenny Lynn Stewart City Artist Corps Grants support NYC-based working artists who have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. Funding is offered to help sustain their practice and engage the public across New York City's five boroughs. Singer Jenny Lynn Stewart was awarded a $5,000 grant...