Let's Get Real Creative
If you’re a performing or visual artist or creator of some kind, then you know the struggle of wondering whether the things you’re putting into the world are any good. If someone would just raise their hand and say, “That thing you did is awesome!” we’d know we’re on the right path. But often, it feels like a big competition. We’re at the mercy of others, waiting to hear whether we’re deemed worthy enough for a job, a role, a gig.
What if we could give ourselves the validation and the opportunities we need to keep going, keep growing, to reach our full potential?
Season 2 is full of super honest conversations with other performers, artists, and creative people who have already taken a chance on themselves and figured this stuff out. And I want their secrets!
I want to know: How they figured out what really lights them up, how they’re translating that through their art form, how they got the courage and vulnerability to put their true selves out there into the world, even when it’s hard, even when the only person telling them to go for it was them.
We’re gonna learn how to lower the pressure on what you should be, to become what you’re meant to be. And we’re going to find out how to banish negativity and toxic environments to make the arts a more positive and supportive place to be in.
Let’s stop playing to win, and start showing up to thrive.
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2023
S2E6 - Telling authentic stories in theatre (Amy Andrews and Hayley Goldenberg)
Theatre writers, Women and Theatre Cofounders, intersectional feminists.
To say that gender, race, and identity are touchy subjects in today’s world is a vast understatement - so much so that many of…
S2E5 - Music, and life, is a journey (Jay-EL)
R&B music artist, singer, songwriter, Season 9 American Idol contestant
Staying true to yourself is the journey we’re all on, especially singer and music artist Jay-EL. He got started gracing the sta…
S2E4 Community and risk-taking in a cappella (A.J. Sing and Jason Xue)
A cappella arrangers, musicians, members of the BC Acoustics
A.J. Singh and Jason Xue are members of the BC Acoustics, a co-ed a cappella group at Boston College that’s earned a reputation for bringi…
S2E3 Crafting joy from pom poms and culture (Justine Pon)
Asian American pom pom jewelry artist and business owner
Visiting Justine Pon’s Etsy store or Instagram channel instantly brings a smile. Her pom pom jewelry and accessories inspired by Asian America…
S2E2 Writing for Musical Theatre (Michael Radi)
Musical theatre writer, composer, lyricist, vocal coach, and workshop / community leader
I had so many things I wanted to ask today’s guest Michael Radi that this interview feels to me like I was ski…
S2E1 Get messy to find the words (Jessica Young)
I first came across Jessica on Instagram, where she was flinging paint on a rug in her studio because lots of people had just told her to be careful of the rug. And I thought, wow, I really need to t…
Season 2 Trailer - The Gatekeeper is YOU
If you’re a performing or visual artist or creator of some kind, then you know the struggle of wondering whether the things you’re putting into the world are any good. We’re at the mercy of others, w…
Episode 17 - Jennifer Witt Love
I met Jennifer Witt Love while she was playing the role of the devil in a community theatre show, but I later found out she was not only a performer, but a painter, cartoonist, and radio play actress…
Episode 16 - Danielle Larsen
Danielle Larsen has done something many of us marvel at - she wrote and self-published her own memoir, “From Voiceless to Vocal,” about her years with an abusive ex-husband.
Now, Danielle lives in W…
Episode 15 - Kristy Errera-Solomon
Kristy Errera-Solomon is one of the most well-liked vocal instructors in my area, so I was thrilled to be able to take a deep dive into her career history, the beginnings of her music and theatre sch…
Episode 14 - Tshana Jamara
One thing that really struck me about Tshana Jamara is how utterly resourceful she is. Whether she’s directing a show, learning how to light a production, or crafting a particularly complicated prop,…
Episode 13 - Denise Feeney
Episode 12 (Solo) - Hidden Layers and Empathy
In this third solo episode, I talk briefly about the many layers and effort that go into our creative projects, why it’s our responsibility to understand that in others, and how empathy for other cre…
Episode 11 - Stage Manager and Photographer Logan Pratt
Episode 10 - Playwright, Director, Actress Sheila Kelleher (Trusting it will work out)
When I first learned that local actress and director Sheila Kelleher had written and staged her own original musical, I thought, “Wow, she did all of that by herself?” But talking with Sheila made it…
Episode 9 - Ceramic Artist and Mom Beth Bailey
Episode 8 - (Solo) How To Do It All
Okay, you know you’ve got some lofty goals for 2022. It’s a new year, after all. But what do you do when you realize that the only person making those happen is, in fact, you? How do you fit it all i…
Episode 7 - Collaborative Musician Sarah Troxler
Ever wonder if there’s more to being an accompanist than meets the eye (or rather, ear)? That’s one reason Sarah Troxler prefers the term “collaborative pianist,” a true partner with the other perfor…
Episode 6 - Fiction Writer Gene Ellis
Gene Ellis is a fiction and poetry writer, five-time NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) participant, soon-to-be-published author, performer, and did I mention, husband and father of two. Though…
Digital Content Producer Casey Delbasso
Says Casey Delbasso, “As a digital content producer, on-air host, lifestyle writer, and editor, I believe you can truly have AND do it all! Starting my career working in news production, it was then …