BAB On 3 Productions: Acknowledging Our Authentic Selves
We can acknowledge that we're all damaged, we're all broken. That doesn't mean that we're destroyed because beautiful things can grow out of damage. ~ Gina Dobson I'm exploring a me that I would have never known before. Women wear so many hats. How about wearing the hat that I want to wear! ~ Carla Kelly Turner I started to get the idea that it's possible to do what you really want to do -- no matter what age you are. [My mother] led by an example for me. It's not IF this is possible -- it's more WHEN am I going to do this. ~Jennifer Pyle https://media.blubrry.com/firstonlinewithfran/content.blubrry.com/firstonlinewithfran/BAB_3_Podcast.mp3 We are a film production company on a mission to inspire, empower and light a fire! Not just for women (left to right): Jennifer Pyle Actor, Dancer, Model, VO artist. Content creator/creative collaborator. MCAS warrior. Dedicated to carpe diem & inspiring others! Carla Kelly Turner author, actor, activist whose personal motto is Uplift the community by enriching and impacting individual lives. Gina Dobson Writer, actress. Mischief maker, wine drinker, and marshmallow roaster extraordinaire. Survivor. Jennifer Pyle and Gina Dobson were friends from their previous work as ongoing characters on the comedic podcast Fine In Dandee. They joked about writing their own script for something so they could have the roles they wanted. Carla Turner and Gina have been friends for over a decade performing on stage … [Read More...]
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Cindy Cooper: Seeking Asylum through The Arts
Theatre is the one area, aside from religion, where people are presented with stories; they can hear them, they can see vicariously what can happen. They have a conversation with what’s happening with their own experience, and they actually can change . . .making a new commitment to advocacy and that is so beautiful. Human […]
Pat Addiss: Humble Guru
Reinventing Yourself: An Inspirational Talk Targeted for Women +50: When act one of life finishes, how do you raise the curtain on act two? Discover careers and ideas you never dreamed of. Pat Addiss, Theater Producer, didn’t start out wanting to be a theatrical producer. She was busy running the promotion company she founded, but […]
Janet Stilson: Shiny Objects Exposed
I [want] people to think a little bit more about where we might be headed from the standpoint of communications and how it’s manipulated and massaged by people with all sorts of different interests [and money]. “The future is already here – it’s just not evenly distributed. ” ~William Gibson
Emma Goldman-Sherman: Living In Your Power
We can heal. I think it’s really important to be in control of what we’re taking in so that we don’t feel that we have to worry…that we can feel like we can live in our power, we can do things, as artists, that will hopefully push the needle and change the culture and make […]
The First 100 Stories Campaign
First Online With Fran: The First 100 Stories Campaign National Arts in Education Week, September 8 -14. In July 2010, Congress designated the second week of September as National Arts In Education Week to promote and showcase the immense role arts education has in producing engaged, successful, and college and career-ready students. To that end, First Online with Fran is launching The First 100 Stories Campaign. The Arts continue to be cut from school curriculums across the nation. Despite arts advocacy groups’ efforts to prevent the decline of arts inclusion, the budgetary solution remains to be that the arts are perceived as extra-curricular and disposable. In Chris Cleave’s novel Little Bee, the central character decided to right a wrong by collecting stories: “One story makes you weak. But as soon as we have one-hundred stories, you will be strong.” Similarly, we can do the same for the Arts. Here’s how: Let’s hear it from you: Teachers! Students! Graduates! Parents! … Submit Your Testimonial...
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Karen Cecilia: Challenging the New Normal
We’re in a time where we are seeing new voices, new types of voices telling their stories and people create their identity through seeing themselves reflected in work, in all Art, all literature, in any aspect. And if you don’t see yourself reflected EVER then think about how that impacts your life and not only […]