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Pooya Mohseni: Poking at Prejudice

Pooya Mohseni: Poking at Prejudice

Whether it's about immigrants, Iranians, Lebanese people or Jews in Warsaw or transgender characters or whatever those characters may be, I feel that, especially theatre, is like a mirror that…

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Dr. Solanges Vivens: An Audacious Act

Dr. Solanges Vivens: An Audacious Act

Age tells us one thing: the day you were born and the day you will die, and there's a dash in between. And you know what? That dash is ME!…

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Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

Cynthia Grace Robinson: Writing About Women

I love writing about women because this is how women are, and we're so diverse, right? We show our power in so many different ways, and sometimes it's not a…

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Karen E. Osborne: A Novel Recipe

Karen E. Osborne: A Novel Recipe

What I really wanted to do was to show a strong, flawed woman - a hundred years ago! - dealing with the same issues that strong, flawed women are dealing…

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Theresa Rebeck: Precepts of Playwriting

Theresa Rebeck: Precepts of Playwriting

What is central to my work is comedy. For me, there is a desperation in comedy that's very theatrical. And that you can ultimately get a play to a place…

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Adam Davenport: The Power of the Actor

Adam Davenport: The Power of the Actor

For me, acting is the greatest tool we have right now to teach people empathy. Because empathy requires you to put yourself squarely in the shoes of another person. I…

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First Online with Fran featured in the Podcast Tonight Daily Newsletter!

First Online with Fran featured in the Podcast Tonight Daily Newsletter!

I’m thrilled to share that my podcast, Podcast Tonight Daily Newsletter on October 17th!  It’s an honor to have my journey highlighted, and I’m incredibly grateful for the support and opportunity to…

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Zibby Owens: Publishing Pitfalls

Zibby Owens: Publishing Pitfalls

In BLANK, I wanted to open readers' eyes a little bit more to the inner workings of the publishing world. I started as an aspiring author then became an author…

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Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Martha Wade Steketee: Women Count

Holding people's feet to the fire by just saying, 'You know what, you may think that a lot of women are being hired.' 'I've done five shows last season, isn't…

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Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

Alyssa Simon: An Actor Commits

I came to New York to meet people I read about in college like Joe Chaiken and Judith Malina, and I met them! I took workshops with Joe Chaiken, and…

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We just hit 13,000+ downloads for the First Online With Fran podcast

We just hit 13,000+ downloads for the First Online With Fran podcast

We just hit 13,000+ downloads for the First Online With Fran podcast 🚀🌟 This journey has been incredible, and I can’t thank you enough for being part of it! 💙…

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Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Reid Pope: Reclaiming Labels

Alot of the reasons why the male/female -- the binary, in general, was for men specifically like white men and colonizers, to assert dominance and control over people who were…

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Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Steven Hauck: Stripping Away Stereotypes

Theater is both a spiritual healing and emotional healing and even physical healing for me, and it's been my raison d'etre for most of my life, and that's been problematic,…

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Emily Mann: The Humanist Code of Theater

Emily Mann: The Humanist Code of Theater

The theater is essential to the health of a nation - of any democracy. And perhaps we are so impoverished right now is because of our inability to communicate with…

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Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Christine Dixon: Black History Brought to Life

Harriet Tubman knows how to relate to the different groups because Harriet doesn't 'see' people like ; my audience is seen as humans, a beautiful mélange of people that are…

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Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

Ellen W. Kaplan: The Promise of Play

I believe that is about women and social change. Leaders of change reside with women. For me, working with rather than writing about people is the more radical act.  Work…

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Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

Janet Mitchko: Holding Hands

I would like to believe I attract heart-centered individuals to work with. I create a sense of safety in the rooms, empowerment and we are in service of the text.…

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Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Robert Viagas: Audience Auteur

Losing or winning an argument is not just a zero-sum game. Working together, collaborating is something that you have to learn. The most important part is not you getting all…

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