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Host Cynthia Bemis Abrams welcomes Yvonne Perry to Advanced TV Herstory. Yvonne is an award-winning actor, drama teacher, director, and intimacy coordinator. In addition to her work in film and primetime television, she originated the role of Rosanna Cabot on "As the World Turns." Yvonne’s experience in daytime TV, with its groundbreaking storylines and thoughtful intimacy handling, has informed her approach to work today. 

Cynthia and Yvonne reflect on the wins in the 2023 SAG-AFTRA contract, including new standards and protocols for the use of intimacy coordinators. Yvonne discusses her experience working in this emerging field and the value of providing a respectful and collaborative environment for actors, directors, and crew members. 

Yvonne also shares fun and informative stories from along her career path, including an important lesson she learned as Rosanna Cabot, her first kiss in front of the camera, the relationship between fight choreography and intimacy direction, what major league ballplayers think about daytime TV, and much more.   

It’s a lively and interesting discussion from an insider’s point of view. Thank you for listening! 

[February 6, 2024 - This episode has been edited to include Alicia Rodis' contribution to the field of intimacy direction and coordinating.]

YVONNE PERRY

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RESOURCES and MENTIONS

Intimacy Directors & Coordinators - https://www.idcprofessionals.com/

Jessica Steinrock, PhD, Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/intimacy_coordinator_

Jessica Steinrock, PhD, TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@intimacycoordinator?/

Alicia Rodis - https://www.idcprofessionals.com/bios/aliciarodis

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In today's episode Alan Locher who was a publicist for Guiding Light and As the World Turns used to help his actors behind the camera but then became a star in front of the camera when he started a live streaming show of the actors he used to support. It started as a way to bring a bit of happiness and joy during the pandemic and has turned into a great way for Soap Opera fans to see their "family" again. Alan has done over 350 shows and interviewed over 800 actors. He believe his success of "The Locher Room" is due to people wanting to hear from the actors they used to spend every day with but hadn't seen them in over 10 years. 

Alan also has used his platform for good and has raised over $125k for various charities and he's just getting started. In this show you will learn how he used his previous skills as a publicist to start the show. How he is honoring his parents who were holocaust survivors and what he's learned from interview stars like Jaclyn Smith, Kathie Lee Gifford and Susan Lucci to name a few. 

My conversation with talented actor Mark Collier. You may know him from As The World Turns and Days Of Our Lives. Keep up with Mark at https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171941/

Tamara Tunie is an actress, director & producer.

She has starred in Law & Order:SVU, As the World Turns, Flight, The Devil's Advocate and on Broadway. She won a Tony Award for the production of Spring Awakening.

In this episode, Tamara shares stories about growing up in Pittsburgh, the importance of a well-rounded education, and her vision of the afterlife.

Tamara Tunie

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Daytime changed TV herstory with long arcs about adoptions, reproductive rights and rape. Dr. Elana Levine shares examples of how key stories aligned with social changes from the 60s until today.

We also discuss the limited roles available for actors of color and how they often were positioned as secondary stories to to the white "super couple."

Enjoy audio context clips from As the World Turns, All My Children, The Young and the Restless and Ryan's Hope.

Dr. Elana Levine is a Professor of Media, Cinema and Digital Studies in the Department of English at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Levine's recently published Her Stories (Duke Univ. Press) forms the backbone of this 4-part series on soap operas.

Emmy-nominated and Writers Guild Award-winning television and stage writer Cheryl L. Davis chats with Jordan von Haslow about this weeks' premiere of her first "Law & Order: SVU" episode.

 

They also discuss her long career as a librettist and playwright, as well as her time writing for venerable soap opera "As the World Turns". All this while juggling a full-time career as a practicing attorney.