Artemisia We Women: Recent Episodes
Julie Proudfoot & Willow James
Amplifying women’s voices in our world through performances, discussions and interviews. New Episodes drop on Wednesdays, bimonthly. Audio performances of exciting feminist plays, empowering discussions with our wonderful creative teams and insightful social justice interviews with community leaders who are passionate about making the world better for women.
On this (final) episode, Julie, Willow and Kelcey gather to bid farewell to the podcast. But, don't worry! The podcast will continue to live on Buzzsprout at eventually, on YouTube. We want to thank each and every guest, actor, director and collaborator who has given us their time and artistry for the past few years. We could not have continued with you!
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In this episode, Julie chats with Elizabeth Halajian, VP of Development at Harris Theatre in Chicago about scarcity, the future of arts organizations and why the scarcity model doesn't work.
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In a special episode, Willow sits down with Artemisia's new (and first) Managing Director, Kelcey Anyá. They get into Kelcey's Louisiana roots, how she redefined feminism for herself and what piece of advice she'd give to anyone listening. Welcome to the Artemisia family, Kelcey!
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Willow James and Julie Proudfoot discuss how hierarchy and scarcity thinking create obstacles to realizing diversity and representation in our world. Interviews and discussions with women from all sectors and four all-new feminist plays offer a deep dive into the challenges women face and the triumphs they achieve despite them.
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We Women is back! Willow and Julie give you a peak into their plans for the 2022 podcast. Women, the obstacles they face, the triumphs they achieve despite them, along with the danger zones of sexism and the glory of women's empowerment. Interviews, discussions and some very special audio performances are the great things coming your way with We Women Season 2! Free to our listeners.
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Hosts Julie Proudfoot & Willow James come back for their final episode of the season to perform an excerpt from Euripides' Trojan Women.. Afterwards, they talk about the impact of the play on modern times and the horrible cost of war.
Thank you for all of your support and we'll see you in 2022!
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Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot and Podcast Producer and Sound Designer Willow James go LIVE on Artemisia's Facebook page for #GivingTuesday! We talk about the hiring of our Managing Director, the headshot raffle and why it's important to support Artemisia's work of empowering women. Every dollar raised will go to fund our new Managing Director's salary. Thank you for helping us reach our goal of $7,500.
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Iphigenia in Tauris
By Euripides
November 10, 2021
Julie Proudfoot and Willow James perform selected scenes from Euripides’ iconic feminist play. Don’t miss this exciting episode that celebrates tragic heroines in their struggles against the patriarchy.
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Julie Proudfoot and Willow James talk tragic heroines! Why they're misunderstood and under appreciated and what we gain as a modern society when we look back on the great leading female characters penned by Euripides.
Willow and Julie delve into some controversial and fascinating dramaturgy about this great Greek playwright; offer insight into our current culture's struggle with misogyny; invite listeners to get ready for our final podcasts of the season.
Our Managing Director Fundraiser is underway! Just 10 bucks enters you in a raffle to win a free headshot session with awesome photographer Willow James! Give to enter at ARTEMISIATHEATRE.ORG!
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For only $10, you can enter into a raffle in support of our fundraiser to hire a Managing Director next year. What will you win? A headshot session package with We Women co-producer and Resident Sound Designer Willow James!
This episode, Julie & Willow chat about the fundraiser, Willow's work and how to enter! Visit our website for all info.
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Empowering DiscussionClose the BookBy Susan Glaspell
Sept 29
Director Charlique C. Rolle and actors Elissa Wolf, Simon Hedger, Sandy Spatz, Michael Lomenick, Daria Harper, David Goodloe, and Elisabeth Del Toro discuss privilege, women's empowerment and the contemporary themes of Susan Glaspell's 1917 one-act about an elite university family.
Moderated by Artistic Director and We Women Producer, Julie Proudfoot
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Audio Performance
Close the Bookby Susan Glaspell
Podcast #141
September 15, 2021
A comedy about an elite family enjoying their status as the power brokers of a University founded by their ancestors. Their grandson, a professor at the University, creates a controversy when he announces his engagement to a beautiful outspoken liberal with gypsy ancestry.
CAST
JHANSI – ELISSA WOLF
PEYTON – SIMON HEDGER
MRS. ROOT – SHERI REDA
MRS. PEYTON – SANDY SPATZ
BESSIE – DARIA HARPER
SENATOR BYRD – DAVID GOODLOE
MRS. BYRD – ELISABETH DEL TORO
UNCLE GEORGE – MICHAEL LOMENICK
Directed by Charlique C. Rolle
Sound Design by Willow James
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Willow James hosts a special episode in response to the Supreme Court ruling to allow the new law banning abortion in Texas to stand. He interviews Julie Proudfoot on her Substack essay "Roe v. Wade." Find out Julie's inspiration for writing the essay and learn about some of the myths around the ruling. Willow and Julie have a dedicated discussion about the erosion of women's reproductive rights, an issue we should ALL be concerned about.
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SEPT 1
EPISODE 139
Karen Hawkins
SOCIAL JUSTICE INTERVIEW
Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot chats with founder & Rebelle-in-Chief of Rebellious Magazine, Karen Hawkins! Listen to this bold and exciting interview about feminism, Karen's career and the challenges of running a feminist organization.
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MEDEA, by Euripides, adapted and performed by Julie Proudfoot, soundscape by Willow James. This adaptation is based on the 1912 translation into English rhyming verse by Gilbert Murray, M.A., L.L.D., who was a professor of Greek at the University of Glasgow & Fellow of New College, Oxford.
Sound Designer Willow James and writer and actor Julie Proudfoot reimagine the tragedy of Medea as a solo character study of Medea’s inner struggles and lust for freedom and power. Medea, a barbarian princess, is betrayed by her husband Jason when he abandons her to marry a Greek princess, gaining wealth and political power. Though he returns and promises to keep her as a mistress, Medea murders her and Jason’s sons and her husband’s new wife before escaping to Athens. Join us for a bold feminist interpretation of this great Greek classic.
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Artemisia welcomes four outstanding leaders in the Chicago Community to We Women for this very special podcast episode. Jackie Taylor, the CEO and Founder of Black Ensemble Theatre, Rena Henderson Mason, Founder and Chief Engagement Officer of Bold Agenda, Ilesa Duncan, Artistic Director of Lifeline Theatre, and Dionna Griffin-Irons, writer, producer, alumna performer, and the longtime former Director of Diversity Talent and Inclusion for The Second City will discuss the current challenges facing theatre and the artistic community in Chicago. The Intersection of Theatre & Community panel will be led by BIPOC theatre artists Willow James, the podcast’s co-host and co-producer, and Myesha-Tiara, the Artistic Director of Perceptions Theatre and an actor/director who has worked extensively with Artemisia.
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SUMMER FUN FUNDRAISERJulie Proudfoot & Willow James
July 21Podcast #136
Artemisia Artistic Director Julie Proudfoot is joined by podcast co-producer and resident sound designer Willow James to raise money in support of Artemisia’s #empoweringwomen work. Enjoy this special edition podcast and please consider making a donation to help us meet our $2,000 goal. We #EmpowerWomen together.
“When you come to Artemisia, you are hearing the truth. If you believe in equity, inclusion, belonging – you can be part of that here.” -E. Faye Butler (Legendary Performer, President, Artemisia’s Board of Directors.)
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AFTERMATH, by Mary Burrill
Set in rural South Carolina, a Black soldier returning from serving his country in World War I discovers that his father has been lynched. Burrill, a Black gay feminist playwright, was part of the Harlem Renaissance and penned social justice plays that fearlessly confronted racial oppression.
CAST
MAM SUE – RJW MAYS
MILLIE – AMBER SALLIS
REV LUKE MOSEBY – TOUSSAINT STEVENS JR.
LONNIE – JABARI KHALIQ
MRS. HAWKINS – TOMA LYNN SMITH
JOHN – EMERSON ELIAS
Directed by Willow James
Sound Design by Willow James
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JUNE 23GOODS ZOOM ROOM
Featuring award-winning playwright, Lauren Ferebee
Take a deep dive into the amazing process used to create Artemisia's critically acclaimed virtual world premiere of GOODS, by Lauren Ferebee. Our Guests include Lauren Ferebee (playwright), John Stanley Walch, Assistant Professor of Theatre at University of Arkansas (Lauren's mentor), Mary Zanger (Artemisia Board Member), Willow James (Sound Designer), Peter Marston Sullivan (Videographer) and Shariba Rivers (Sam). Moderated by Julie Proudfoot (Marla) this is a fascinating conversation you do not want to miss.
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Myesha-Tiara and Willow James team up to talk about the intersection of theatre and community in Chicago. Inspired by We Women audio performances of RACHEL, by Angelina W. Grimke, and AFTERMATH, by Mary Burrill, Willow and Myesha will introduce an exciting new episode coming up at WE WOMEN. Be sure to listen to our audio performance of RACHEL and AFTERMATH.
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Rachel, by Angelina W. Grimké
A sensitive and well-educated young Black woman loves children and, when she meets the man of her dreams, is eager to raise a family with him. But her dream of blissful family life is destroyed when she is forced to come to terms with American racism.
PLACE & TIME
Northern U.S., 1916
CAST
MRS MARY LOVING – SHARIBA RIVERS
RACHEL LOVING – TIFFANY YVONNE COX
THOMAS LOVING – TAMARUS HARVELL
JIMMY MASON – DONOVAN SESSION
JOHN STRONG – HECTOR PENA JR.
MRS. LANE – TARINA BRADSHAW
ETHEL LANE/MARY/NANCY/EDITH/JENNY/LOUISE/MARTHA – NIA NICOLE VINES
Directed by Myesha-Tiara
Sound Design by Willow JamesNOTE: This is an abridged performance of Rachel. These adjustments were made by our wonderful director, Myesha-Tiara.
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Written by Lauren Ferebee, directed by E. Faye Butler and starring Julie Proudfoot and Shariba Rivers.
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Closing May 30, our virtual world premiere of GOODS has been met with praise– receiving glowing reviews from Chicago Reader, BroadwayWorld and more!
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Written by Lauren Ferebee, directed by E. Faye Butler and starring Julie Proudfoot and Shariba Rivers.
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Social Justice InterviewTabby BiddlePodcast #131MAY 12
Julie Proudfoot interviews Tabby Biddle, who has worked at the intersection of women’s leadership, feminine spirituality and social change for nearly two decades. Tabby is the founder of TAB Media, the co-founder of 50 Women Can Change the World in Media & Entertainment, the author of the bestselling book, Find Your Voice: A Woman’s Call to Action, and an internationally recognized women’s leadership coach, educator, strategist, and group facilitator for her unique approach to activating women’s leadership.
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Empowering DiscussionBold Stroke for a Wifeby Susanna Centlivre
Podcast #130April 28, 2021
We Women Producer and Host Julie Proudfoot moderates a no-holds-barred discussion about gender parity, women's empowerment and feminist sexuality with members of the incredible creative team of BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE. Director Molly Lyons, Sound Designer Willow James, and actors Emi Clark, John Ham, Kevin Gladish, Millie Hurley and Ross Frawley share surprising discoveries about Centlivre's shockingly modern 18th Century comedy.
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April 14, 2021
A Bold Stroke for a Wife, by Susanna Centilivre
A military officer falls madly in love with a young woman and dons four different disguises to convince her powerful and extremely disagreeable guardians to grant him her hand in marriage.
PLACE & TIME
18th century England
CAST
COLONEL FAINWELL – JEFFREY BAUMGARTNER
FREEMAN – JOHN HAM
SIR PHILLIP MODELOVE – JARED DENNIS
PERIWINKLE – KEVIN GLADISH
TRADELOVE - DAVID GOODLOE
OBEDIAH PRIM - MARK PRACHT
MRS. PRIM - MILLIE HURLEY
SIMON PURE - SEAN ERIK WESSLUND
MR. SACKBUT - ROSS FRAWLEY
MRS. LOVELY - EMI CLARK
BETTY - SCOTTIE CALDWELL
Directed by Molly Lyons
Sound Design by Willow James
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Written by Lauren Ferebee, directed by E. Faye Butler and starring Julie Proudfoot and Shariba Rivers.
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Podcast #128
MARCH 31, 2021
Black Beauty & Black Joy
We Women Co-Producer and Artemisia Resident Sound Designer Willow James interviews Carla Stillwell, award-winning actor, playwright and director. Ms. Stillwell is the founder and Executive Director of The Stillwell Institute of Contemporary Black Art on Chicago’s South Side. Its mission is to recruit, develop and support contemporary Black artists and to teach art making in the Black community as a healing practice, a vehicle for social change and a viable career opportunity.
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Empowering DiscussionOpposing Opheliaby Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Podcast #127March 17, 2021
We Women Producer and Host Julie Proudfoot moderates a BRAVE discussion about beauty, feminism and the freedom to embrace your true self with the incredible creative team of OPPOSING OPHELIA. Playwright Deneen Reynolds-Knott, Director Celeste M. Cooper, Sound Designer and Co-Producer Willow James are joined by actors Tiffany Yvonne Cox; Abie Irabor; Martasia Jones & Cajardo Lindsey.
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March 3, 2021
Opposing Ophelia, by Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Yvette, a former model and student at the Ophelia Devore School of Modeling & Charm, is confronted with new ideas about beauty, blackness and womanhood, when her daughter, Nina, joins the National Black Feminist Organization in 1973.
PLACE & TIME
New York, New York - 1952/1973
CAST
MISS DEVORE – TIFFANY YVONNE COX
YVETTE ROGERS – ABIE IRABOR
NINA ROGERS – MARTASIA JONES
ALBERT ROGERS – CAJARDO LINDSEY
Directed by Celeste M. Cooper
Sound Design by Willow James
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Podcast #125
**FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Immigration Justice**
Julie Proudfoot interviews Sandra Gonzalez, a former high school Spanish for native speakers teacher, a Ph.D. student, a community organizer, and a first-time candidate running for Waubonsee Community College trustee. She is the executive director of the Aurora Rapid Response Team, a non-profit, that advocates for the rights of immigrant communities in the Aurora area. Additionally, she is a doctoral student at Illinois State University, studying educational administration and foundations with a research focus on education and the influence of the Central American diaspora.
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Julie Proudfoot moderates an empowering discussion with the creative team of Sharai Bohannon's one-act play, What About The Children. Playwright Sharai Bohannon, Director Myesha-Tiara, Co-Producer and Sound Designer Willow James, and actors Joseph Ramski and Jessamyn Fitzpatrick weigh in on the impact of the rise in immigration injustice and violence toward refugee children during the last four years. It's a fascinating discussion of how social injustice shapes our daily lives in which the political is always deeply personal.
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JAN 20, 2021 Audio Performance
What About the Children, by Sharai Bohannon
The wife of an ICE officer has had enough. Written for Protest Plays Project’s #TheatreActionImmigration
Directed by Myesha-Tiara
Sound Design by Willow James
CAST
Sonya - Jessamyn Fitzpatrick
Matt - Joseph Ramski Support Artemisia We Women athttps://artemisiatheatre.org/donate/
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Julie Proudfoot interviews the ever-amazing E. Faye Butler, Chicago legend and award-winning actor who has recently joined Artemisia's Board of Directors. E. Faye shares her lifelong passion for the art of performance and her dedication to amplifying women's voices on stage and off by sharing their empowering stories.
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PLAY DISCUSSIONEVERY WAITING HEART, by Lauren FerebeePodcast #121November 24, 2020
Moderated by Julie Proudfoot, Sound Design by Willow James
Julie Proudfoot moderates a discussion with Willow James (Sound Designer) and actors Patty Malaney, Tamarus Harvell, Myesha-Tiara, Harmony Zhang, John Ham and Sarah Beth Tanner about their work on Lauren Ferebee's EVERY WAITING HEART. The way the play empowers women and challenges us to see women in a new light thru the lens of a "crisis of faith" take focus in this timely and transformative conversation.
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Virtual Performance of EVERY WAITING HEART, by Lauren Ferebee
**In 1848
MIRIAM - played by ANITA KAVUU NG'ANG'A
RUTH - played by HARMONY ZHANG
In 2019
HANNAH - played by MYESHA-TIARA
ANNETTE - played by PATTY MALANEY
SHERRI - played by SARAH BETH TANNER
LEON - played by JOHN HAM
CHARLIE - played by TAMARUS HARVELL
The play's action is set in Nebraska.
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Anita Kavuu-Ng'ang'a, Angela Oliver, and Willow James discuss the relevance and social justice themes of Mary Burrill's great protest play, THEY THAT SIT IN DARKNESS. Charlique C. Rolle, who directed the virtual reading, shares her observations. Artemisia's Artistic Director, Julie Proudfoot, moderates the discussion, which centers on women's empowerment and the ongoing struggle for reproductive justice.
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THEY THAT SIT IN DARKNESSby Mary BurrillDirected by Charlique C. Rolle - Sound Design by Willow James
CASTRJW Mays as Malinda Jasper - Mother
Keisha Champagne as Elizabeth Shaw - A Visiting Nurse
Angela Oliver as Lindy
Emerson Elias as Miles/John Henry
James Lewis as Aloysius
Anita Kavuu Ng'ang'a as Mary Ellen
Willow James as Narrator
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Artemisia visions a new focus for its podcast with exciting virtual performances & discussions of classic and all-new feminist plays! Host Julie Proudfoot interviews Charlique Rolle, co-curator & co-director, and Willow James, sound designer, who are joining our artistic team!
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Julie Proudfoot shares a new direction for Artemisia Feminist Podcast. Listen In!
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Lauren Ferebee, playwright, composer, theatre artist, and founding member of Scrappy Shakes, a theatre collective in South Carolina. Lauren shares her belief in the power of storytelling to change the world; her creative process as a writer falling in love with her characters; and her inspiring viewpoint about what makes for great feminist stories.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Stephanie Diaz, actor, voice over artist, puppetry artist and recipient of a 2019 3Arts Award. Stephanie talks about her natural passion for acting, the many facets of her creative life and her love for working with great theatre artists.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Minita Gandhi, actress, writer and activist. Minita shares her love for storytelling, the genesis and creation of her wildly-successful one-woman play, MUTHALAND, and her dedication to empowering diverse voices. Minita believes that representation and leadership matter and she is passionate about using her talent and her activism to better our world.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Jon Martinez, actor, director, choreographer and Associate Artistic Director of Firebrand Theatre. Jon talks about his passion for choreography, his lifelong love for musicals, his gratitude for the work, and the questions raised about how theatre will move forward responsibly under the pressures of the pandemic.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Jill Valentine, Executive Director and founding principal of Stage 773. Jill talks about her work in comedy as a performer, her dedication to running a safe, supportive space for Chicago's artists and Stage 773's commitment to diverse voices on their stages.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Rena Henderson Mason, founder and leader of Bold Agenda, a consulting, training and coaching firmfocused on empowering board and staff leaders to embrace change. Through her work in executive coaching and board development, Rena inspires courageous leadership, teaches effective strategic planning and helps nonprofits operate in a more inclusive and equitable way.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Lisa Wolpe, critically-acclaimed actor, director, writer and founder of the all-female, multi-cultural Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company, who talks about creating parity in Shakespeare and her amazing one-woman show, Shakespeare and the Alchemy of Gender.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Scott Duff, Chicago-based actor, comic, radio host and Artistic Associate of About Face Theatre, who talks about his start in theatre, his radio show OUT CHICAGO and his passion for equal rights.
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Celeste M. Cooper, award-winning actor, creative producer & ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre, talks about discovering her passion for acting; her love for creating a family with her fellow actors; her abiding faith in God; and her work as an activist to promote justice for black and brown lives with BE THAT LIGHT, a series of panel discussions focused on uplifting the black community and supporting black businesses.
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Enjoy this wonderful diverse cast of Chicago Actors reading THE PEOPLE, by Pulitzer Prize-Winning playwright Susan Glaspell. A prescient one-act play about a struggling socialist magazine and the women who believe in it.
CAST
Lindsay Tornquist as Woman from Idaho, Al’Jaleel McGhee as the Editor, Ben Cumings as Oscar, Kirstin Franklin as Sara, Tom McGrath as the Printer, Harmony Zhang as Light Touch/Firebrand, Jake Drummond as Boy from Georgia, Myesha-Tiara as Philosopher/Earnest Approach, Whitney Dottery as the Artist, and Brad Walker as Man from the Cape.
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Myesha-Tiara, actor, director & Artistic Director, talks about her passion for acting, her dedication to helping emerging theatre artists, and her important work as the Founding Artistic Director of Perceptions Theatre in Chicago.
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Wardell Julius Clark, actor, director, teaching artist and activist, talks about his lifelong commitment to performance, his creative process as a director, and his gratifying work directing Kill, Move, Paradise, by James Ijames, at TimeLine Theatre.
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May 25, 2020 - Artemisia, A Chicago Podcast
Julie Proudfoot interviews Tracy Baim, award winning journalist, publisher of the Chicago Reader and owner and past publisher of Windy City Times. Tracy talks about her work in Chicago Media as an openly gay journalist, her passionate commitment to pay it forward for young journalists and her current fundraiser SAVECHICAGOMEDIA.ORG - the first-ever joint local independent media fundraiser.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Beth Wolf, theatre director and founder and Artistic Director of Midsommer Flight. They talk about the impact of feminism on Beth's work as a director of classic and contemporary plays and the important role of social justice in Chicago Theatre.
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Julie Proudfoot interviews Jaki McCarrick, award-winning writer of plays, poetry and fiction. They talk feminism and its impact on Jaki's work, especially her play BELFAST GIRLS, which Artemisia produced as a world premiere in Chicago, in 2015.
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