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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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! 💙…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
Art is ageless. There is no number on Art. As long as your heart is in it, you can do it. And that's a fantastic thing because very often we…
Artivism is a combination of Art and Activism. I wrote about Bayard Rustin who served as the right hand of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. for many years. He was…
How can I explain change? It's something that makes me feel hopeful...that audiences, and as people, and most importantly as human beings, we can, by looking at the big picture,…
