We bring back Kimberly Ridgeway (this time live) – she was last on Episode 155, back in June 2020. As always, Kim is busy – acting in the staged reading of Siren, at Shotgun Players (Jan 9 & 10) and then she will be acting in Slow Food at the Altarena (Jan 20-Feb 19). On her IMDB page, she's listed in films like Hopes Identity, The Confession and Robin's Hood. We talk about what’s going on with her, the closing of the Dragon Theatre and what she has planned for the future.You can reach Kimberly directly via Facebook or Instagram (@khaoss15)SHOWS:Monday Night Playground (Playground SF)Theme: ResolutionJan 16, Feb 20, March 20Bridgette Dutta-Portman (Episode 75 & 236) has written a play (Stargazers) for the showNorman Gee will be in a playhttps://playground-sf.org/monday/Siren (Shotgun Players)Jan 9 & 10 (streams on Jan 10)Kimberly Ridgeway (Episode 155) is in the showhttp://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/30th-csrsApologies to Lorraine Hansberry – You Too, August Wilson (Theatre Rhinoceros)Feb 7Kimberly Ridgeway will be directinghttps://www.therhino.org/free-staged-readingsSlow Food (Altarena Playhouse)Jan 20 – Feb 19Kimberly Ridgeway will be in the showhttps://www.altarena.org/2023-season-announcement/slow-foodBrains Like Berkeley (Brava for Women in the Arts Theatre)Feb 18thKehinde Koyejo (Episode 214) directed the showhttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/brain-like-berkeley-an-evening-of-satire-short-stories-free-trade-tea-tickets-510463198167?fbclid=IwAR1COPRV4f5jDR8_7nV4Qu5-7ddGolvLhHvdqVy_o3bUJR-SkJalQIoln7kThe Play That Goes Wrong (Palo Alto Players)Jan 20 – Feb 5Damaris DM Divito (Episode 190) is in the showhttps://paplayers.org/event/the-play-that-goes-wrong/Paradise Blue (Aurora Theatre)Starts Jan 27thMichael Asberry (Episode 183) is in the show Dawn Monique Williams (Episode 112) is directing the showhttps://auroratheatre.org/paradiseblue?fbclid=IwAR3Ve7t8A4JDvLghx-aLpVdu-0-piW67kzdqmN60P8sdvedNtkOv1Ch0oucNanay (Town Hall Theatre)Jan 20, 21, 27 & 28Molly Olis Krost (Episode 195) wrote the playhttps://www.townhalltheatre.comAnd Then There Were None (Masquers Playhouse)Jan 27-Feb 19Alicia Von Kugelgen (Episode 46 & 101) is in the showhttps://www.masquers.org/and-then-there-were-none/Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!The Black Man’s HeartOn Spotify and all your podcast appsOur wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and It’s Generational, a deep dive on how each generation looks at things differently. Each episode features subject matters from perspectives of the Boomers, Gen X, Millennials and Gen Z. Check out As Prescribed and It’s Generational on all podcast apps.Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.The Yay (Twitter: @TheYay3)Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)