Ishan Edwards and Drego Moore are two of the most collaborative and giving people in the industry. Together they launched the MONOLODGE in 2011 and haven’t looked back.
MONOLODGE is a live theatre experience, showcasing actors performing monologues in a nightclub lounge for an audience of actors and professionals in New York City.
A grassroots movement, MONOLODGE is an arts initiative that follows its own instincts; living, breathing, and sharing a pulse with the actors at the heart of the city in which it was born. It exists in service to the craft of acting and as an entertainment experience for audiences of all ages cultures and interests. It endeavors to be an effective partner, educational tool and change agent.
At MONOLODGE the actor is at home to work on their craft and share their individual talents in a safe space; connecting with an audience free of harsh judgment and negative critique.
You can learn more about the Monolodge at: Monolodge.com
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It’s hard to believe but we’ve already completed our inaugural season. I hope you’ve had as much fun as I have. I’ve had some fabulous guests and gleaned a lot of great information.
It’s been a pleasure taking the first leg of this journey with you. Please rate and review the podcast and let me know what you’d like to hear about in Season 2. We’re on this road together and I would love your feedback.
A New York-based actor and voiceover performer, Rebecca Damon was first elected SAG-AFTRA executive vice president, the union’s second highest office, in 2016. She was re-elected to a two-year term in 2017.
Rebecca was also appointed in 2017 by the board to serve as president of the New York Local. She is national chair of the Government Review Committee, chair of the MOVE New York Committee, and serves on the Executive, Finance and Government Affairs and Public Policy committees. Currently serving on the President’s Task Force on Education, Outreach and Engagement and as chair of the Member Outreach Relations & Education Committee, she is a fierce advocate for education and empowerment of performers nationwide.
A champion for workers’ rights, Rebecca’s leadership includes strengthening the New York right of publicity, for the benefit of all members. She is a recipient of the Irish Echo Connecting America Award and SAG-AFTRA New York Local's Joseph C. Riley Award.
During her tenure as Screen Actors Guild New York Division Vice President, she was a founding member of both the SAG President’s Forum for One Union and the joint Group for One Union, helping lead the effort to unite SAG and AFTRA. As co-leader of the Operations Workgroup, Rebecca was a key architect of the merger.
She is also a vice president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation, an educational, humanitarian and philanthropic nonprofit organization. She is the primary elected liaison for Foundation programming in New York and oversaw creation of the Robin Williams Center for Entertainment and Media in Times Square.
You can learn more about Rebecca at: sagaftra.org/rebecca-damon
SAG-AFTRA Foundation: https://sagaftra.foundation/
https://www.sagaftra.org/membership-benefits/steps-join
https://www.sagaftra.org/membership-benefits
Digital Image Rights: https://www.sagaftra.org/get-involved/government-affairs-public-policy/digital-image-rights-right-publicity
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Larry has appeared in over forty plays in New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh, and Los Angeles, including: The Usher's Ball, Drawer Boy, Awake and Sing, School for Scandal, Otherwise Engaged, Ivanov, The Nerd, The Normal Heart, The House of Blue Leaves, Good, and Table Manners.
Film and TV roles include: Extreme Measures, Saving Shiloh, recurring roles on Total Security and As the World Turns, as well as guest starring multiple times on Law and Order.
He recently appeared on Bull, Forever, and in two web series. Other TV credits include: Gypsy, Law and Order SVU, The Practice and Party of Five.
Directing credits include two new musicals: The Trouble with Doug, and Pages, both with the CAP 21 Theatre Company, as well as A Different Moon and Yellowman at Penguin Rep.
Some of his noteworthy students include: Shaina Taub, Rachel Bloom, Allie Stroker and Lady Gaga.
You can learn more about Larry at: imdb.com Lawrence Arancio and Molloy.edu molloy.edu/lawrence-arancio
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West Hyler's recent productions include Cirque Du Soleil Paramour (Broadway), iLuminate (the World Tour), Air Play (at New Victory Theater & the World Tour), Big Apple Circus (at Lincoln Center & the Nat'l Tour), Panda! (at Beijing State Theater & Palazzo Hotel and Casino), Avenue Q (at State Theater of Bulgaria), Chandelier (on Celebrity Cruise Lines) and Georama (at St Louis Rep & New York Musical Festival), for which West won the NYMF award for 'Outstanding Direction of a Musical.'
His work has been seen at theaters including Ars Nova, 59E59, Playhouse Square Cleveland, York Theater Company, Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival, and The Colony Theater.
He was the associate director of Jersey Boys (on Broadway and Worldwide) as well as How the Grinch Stole Christmas (on Broadway).
West's writing work includes Paramour, Georama, Big Apple Circus; Legendarium and Metamorphosis, Panda!, Chandelier, A Jake and A Tom (Winner of the Hollywood Family Film Festival), and We Declare You a Terrorist (at The Public Theater). He is a New York Musical Festival award-winner, a St Louis Critics Circle award winner, a Drama League Resident Artist, and holds an MFA from UCSD.
You can learn more about West at: WestHyler.com
New York Musical Theater Festival : http://www.nymf.org
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Trey McIntyre is a choreographer, filmmaker, writer, and photographer. Born in Wichita, Kansas, he spent 13 years as choreographic associate at the Houston Ballet, a position that was created especially for him.
He has also created works for American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, New York City Ballet, Queensland Ballet, and Stuttgart Ballet, to name a few.
In 2005, he founded his own dance company, Trey McIntyre Project. He continues to choreograph worldwide and is working on two books of photography, a Patreon site as well as a documentary entitled “Gravity Hero”. Trey has received numerous awards and is a United States Artists Fellow.
You can learn more about Trey at: treymcintyre.com and patreon.com/treymcintyre
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Rick Younger is an actor, comedian, and singer originally from Baltimore, MD.
Television appearances include "AXS TV'S, Gotham Comedy Live" and “It's Showtime at the Apollo." Rick also toured nationally with the Broadway musical RENT.
You've undoubtedly seen him in numerous national television commercials, the Woody Allen Amazon Series, "Crisis in Six Scenes" and guest spots on HBO's "Girls," "Blue Bloods" and "Law & Order: SVU."
Film credits include Ordinary World and Morning Glory. Rick's latest comedy album, "Fried Chicken and White Bread," is available on iTunes.
You can learn more about Rick at: RickYounger.net
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Ishan Edwards and Drego Moore are two of the most collaborative and giving people in the industry. Together they launched the MONOLODGE in 2011 and haven’t looked back.
MONOLODGE is a live theatre experience, showcasing actors performing monologues in a nightclub lounge for an audience of actors and professionals in New York City.
A grassroots movement, MONOLODGE is an arts initiative that follows its own instincts; living, breathing, and sharing a pulse with the actors at the heart of the city in which it was born. It exists in service to the craft of acting and as an entertainment experience for audiences of all ages cultures and interests. It endeavors to be an effective partner, educational tool and change agent.
At MONOLODGE the actor is at home to work on their craft and share their individual talents in a safe space; connecting with an audience free of harsh judgment and negative critique.
You can learn more about the Monolodge at: Monolodge.com
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Bill Timoney is a seasoned actor who’s truly done it all. Currently appearing in “Network” on Broadway, Bill describes his career as “eclectic” with work ranging from acting on Broadway to regional theaters, movies, TV shows and commercials. He is known for his work on All My Children, 12 Monkeys and Mission to Mars.
A veteran voice actor, he’s heard in hundreds of films, TV shows, and especially animated programs. He also directs recording sessions for dubbed versions of anime, adapts scripts for foreign language films and TV shows, and provides script coverage and assessment for industry clients.
Bill’s also worked as a stand-up comic and stage combat choreographer.
He spent the year 2012 working as the line producer for a live one-hour daily morning TV news show. In his own words: “I’ve been around.” He certainly has!
You can learn more about Bill at: imdb.com Bill Timoney
If you’d like to contact him for coaching, you can find him on Facebook. Bill Timoney/Facebook
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Today’s guest is one of our most prolific MonologuesToGo writers. Alisa Murray is an actress and writer based in Los Angeles and originally from Philadelphia, “The City of Brotherly Love.” Recent film credits include: The Education of a Negro, I am Homicide, Living for the Sacrifice, The Substitute and Scratch.
Alisa trained in New York City and performed in the Off-Broadway shows: 10 Ways On a Gun & Nola, and the NAACP Award Winning Play directed by Layon Gray, The Girls of Summer. She had her Los Angeles theater debut at The Stella Adler Theater in the world premiere of The Daughters of Kush by George Corbin, a story about a Caucasian college girl desiring to pledge an historically African American sorority in 1963. Theaterspokenhere.blogspot described her performance saying: "Alisa Murray is a poignant Rhonda."
Alisa recently performed in Towne Street Theater's Ten Minute Play Festival in the festival winner Sabrina's Christenings and In Response: Year of the Woman Portraying Multiple Characters. She also performed in the Vision's Theatre Festival in Low Down Country. She is a WGA registered screenwriter of: Trapped and In the Name of the Father and the comedic pilot, Coasting.
You can learn more about Alisa at: imdb.com Alisa Murray
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Today’s guest is my friend and neighbor, Klea Blackhurst, Klea is known for her award-winning tribute to Ethel Merman, Everything The Traffic Will Allow, Klea recently starred Off-Broadway opposite Hayley Mills in Party Face. She played the title role in the world premiere production of Hazel at Drury Lane in Chicago, a classic second banana in The Nutty Professor, premiering in Nashville, directed by Jerry Lewis with a score by Marvin Hamlisch and Rupert Holmes and as Dolly in Goodspeed Opera’s 50th Anniversary production of Hello, Dolly! Klea is a charter member of the Jerry Herman Legacy Concerts for the ASCAP Foundation and a distinguished Alumna of the University of Utah.
You can learn more about Klea at: www.KleaBlackhurst.com
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