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In this month's episode we speak with Olivia, a writer and director. We talk about how she discovered her love of writing, how she balances her day job with her passion, and her short film titled "Listen".

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Creating in Color is a podcast show casing the creative endeavors of Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Anyone from production, illustration, interior design and technology!

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I had a wonderful conversation with Jac about her life in Tottenham and the changes she has observed. I was very much in awe of how she kept exploring new professional avenues from studying psychology to then teaching, becoming first and educational then clinical psychologist, working as a magistrate and finally doing an MA in creative writing and publishing her debut last year.
A really interesting interview on her publisher's website: https://www.fairlightbooks.co.uk/jac-shreeves-lee-interview/
Her book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/broadwater/jac-shreeves-lee/9781912054572

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In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with professor, director, and playwright, Dr. Carlton Molette!

Barbara and Carlton Molette have been Dramatists Guild members since 1971. The
Morehouse-Spelman Players premiered ROSALEE PRITCHETT in 1970. The Negro
Ensemble Company produced the New York premiere In 1971, as well as a revival in 2017
for their 50th anniversary season. ROSALEE PRITCHETT has also been produced by The
FreeSouthern Theatre, several universitytheatres, published byDramatistsPlayService, and
in the anthology Black Writers of America. In 1972, Atlanta University Summer Theatre
premiered DR. B.S. BLACK, a musical collaboration with Charles Mann, with Samuel L.
Jackson as Dr. Black and LaTanya Richardson as his wife before she became his real-life
wife. After Washington, D. C., Houston, and Memphis productions, Theatre of the Stars and
Just Us Theatre produced the musical at Atlanta’s Peachtree Playhouse. BOOJI and NOAH'S
ARK (published in the anthology Center Stage) also premiered in Atlanta in the 1970's.

More recently premieres include: FORTUNES OF THE MOOR (New York’s Frank Silvera
Writers’ Workshop) with additional productions by Ghana’s National Theatre; Chicago’s
ETA Creative Arts; and Brown, Ohio State, Western Michigan, Louisville, Pittsburgh and
Connecticut universities; OUR SHORT STAY (Miami’s M Ensemble); PRUDENCE
(Connecticut Repertory Theatre after Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism’s
Playwright Award); LEGACY (Atlanta’s New African Grove after Ethel Woolson Award);
PRESIDENTIAL TIMBER (Houston’s De Luxe Theater). Ten minute plays include: OUT
OF TIME (New York’s Turtle Shell); MOVE THE CAR (Warehouse Performing Arts
Center, NC); TEE SHIRT HISTORY (Atlanta’s Essential Theatre); A FOND FAREWELL
(West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley Theatre); LAST SUPPER and KIN SHIP (Houston’s
Fade to Black). A reading of ADA’s HUSBAND PASSED won the 2019 “Best of the
Festival Award” at the Atlanta Black Theatre Festival.

Barbara Molette (B.A. Florida A. & M. U.; M.F.A. Florida State U.; Ph.D. U. of Missouri)
Professor Emerita and English Department Chair, Eastern Connecticut State U.; faculty at
Spelman College, Texas Southern U.,Baltimore City Community College (also Director of
WritingAcross the Curriculum); Director of Arts-in-Education Programs, Cityof Baltimore.

Carlton Molette (B.A. Morehouse; M.A., U. of Iowa; Ph.D. Florida State U.) U. of
Connecticut Professor Emeritus; faculty at Spelman College, Florida A. & M., Howard,
Atlanta, Texas Southern Universities; Fine Arts Division Chair, Spelman; School of
Communications Dean, Texas Southern; Arts and Sciences Dean, Lincoln (MO); Vice
President for Academic Affairs, Coppin State (MD).

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In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with actor, writer, director, and playwright Thomas Brazzle!

Thomas Brazzle is an actor, writer and director originally from Texas. He got his start training in child television and commercial performance at KD Studios in Dallas, TX. After spending time studying abroad in London and Barcelona, Thomas returned to the U.S. to focus on creating new work and working in regional theatre. He has performed at The Guthrie in Minneapolis, Shakespeare and Company, Cincinnati Playhouse, Connecticut Rep, The Alley and many other regional theaters. His plays have been selected for readings and workshops nationwide. He is Co-Founder of the award winning production company Whet Ink Productions based in Atlanta, GA that focuses on re-imagining classics and creating new works by artists from marginalized communities. Thomas also teaches theatre performance for high schoolers at The Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA and guest lectures at Universities throughout Georgia. He is also the Chair of Programming for the Historic Morton Theatre in Athens, GA. He graduated from Stephen F Austin State University in 2008 with a BFA in Theatre, and in 2014 from The University of Connecticut with a MFA in Acting. (www.thomasbrazzle.com)  

You can find Thomas’ work on his production company’s website whetink.com, learn more about Thomas at thomasbrazzle.com, and follow him on IG at @tbrazzledazzle

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In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with playwright, professor, and researcher Brittney S. Harris! Listen in as we share our belief in the power of the arts to change hearts and minds, finding stories in our communities and of course, the joys of being a Southern Black theatre maker.

Brittney S. Harris is an Assistant Professor of Theatre in the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts at Old Dominion University. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Acting from the University of Georgia. Brittney’s research efforts are supported and documented by the practices of PaR (Performance as Research). Her areas of expertise are in Race and Performance, Theatre for Social Change, and performative community-engaged programming.

Throughout the Southeast regions of VA, NC, DC, and GA, Brittney has created several community engagement-based projects and conducted workshops on solo performance development and devised theatre at several national interdisciplinary conferences including the 1st Annual Richmond Fringe Festival, 2020 Mid-America Theatre Conference, Black Theatre Network Annual Conference, and 2019 Gender, Bodies & Technology Conference: TechnoLogics: Power and Resistance. 

 Most recently, her short play The Amazin’ Jason was an official section for the Fade to Black Theatre Festival, Houston TX and she is workshopping and touring her two solo performance projects, The Intersection: The Sandra Bland Project and Being B.A.D.; each project explores the adverse effects of violence in social media on the personal psyche and how narrative-based storytelling is used as a vessel for social resilience and redemption.

You can find Brittney’s work at 

https://brittneysharris.com

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What happens when you embrace limitless possibilities and see past society’s norms about how older women age and show up?

Pure magic, that’s what!

The kind of magic that energizes you, inspires you, and inspires others too!

Inspiration to get out of your comfort zone, trust your gut, and share your unique gifts with the world in compelling ways.

That’s exactly what Arlene Walker has done.

This fabulous Reinvention Rebel wrote and published her first novel at 62-years young!

Arlene had never written a book before yet she felt called to share her talents with the world.

Take a listen to how her path unfolded, what she’s learned about herself what’s next at 64 (hint: a lot!).

This warm, engaging and insightful Reinvention Rebel has channeled her passions for research, writing, and storytelling into a most creative reimagining of life in her 60’s.

Arlene proves we can reimagine our lives at any age or any stage!

I love what she shared about:
• How self-discovery can help guide your path
• How finding your passion can help you overcome your fears
• Why you need to get out of your comfort zone to reimagine your life
• Why she wrote the story she wanted to read
• How having a “guide on the side” is so important to achieving your goals
• Why age was never a deterrent to her dreams

This episode is inspiring, insightful, and oh so interesting! And if you’re an aspiring writer itching to become a published author too, Arlene offers up some great tips.

Sit back, relax and enjoy our Reinvention Rebels conversation. Soak up Arlene's wisdom and the reminder that at 64-years young she's just getting started on pursuing her inspiring goals!

If she can do it, so can we!

Connect with Arlene:

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Facebook Page: Arlene Walker - Author
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In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with playwright, actor, choreographer and dancer, Tristan André Parks. This conversation is like eavesdropping on your two artsy cousins. We talk about what we are dreaming, how art impacts us and of course, being a Southern Black theatre maker.

Tristan André. Brother. Sun. Black memory cultural worker. Lover of his community. Yes, beloveds. You are that community. Tristan, an alum of the MFA Professional Actor Training Program at UNC-Chapel Hill, is a Southern multi-hyphenate artist whose credits include PlayMakers Repertory Company's Life of Galileo, Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood, Leaving Eden, Twelfth Night and The Crucible, andDC's Shakespeare Theatre Company's production of Baldwin's The Amen Corner. Tristan is represented by About Artists Agency and is a member of Actors' Equity Association. Peace and love to all. 

You can find Tristan’s work at tristanandre.com and follow him on IG at @fishgritsandcollardgreens

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In this episode we have the pleasure of speaking with playwright and screenwriter, Raven Monroe! We get into about Black girls playing all kinds of roles, writing across genres and mediums and how growing up in the South impacts her work.

Raven Monroe is an actor and playwright from Charlotte, NC. She is a proud graduate of UNC Charlotte (BA ‘16) and NYU Tisch School of the Arts (MFA ‘19) where she honed her skills in the dramatic arts, studying under theatre director Oskar Eustis and playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. As a writer, her intention is to create works that send Black women and girls on adventures, providing representation and showing Black girls that they can be the star of any story. Her works include Mary Davis: Adventures in the Godlands, which was a quarterfinalist at the 2019 Los Angeles International Screenplay Awards, and Sissy & Gen, which is a quarterfinalist in the 2020 Emerging Screenwriters Genre Screenplay Competition. She currently serves as the Vice President on the board of the North Carolina chapter of Women in Film & Television, where she created the bi-weekly live panel “Filmmaker Fridays”, which airs on the NC WiFT Facebook page.

You can find Raven's work on New Play Exchange https://newplayexchange.org/users/36026/raven-monroe

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Changing one’s name to suit the English tongue, using accent slips as comedic resilience against racism, and ditching the immigrant career stereotype: A reflection on the life of a young black woman who migrated from Nigeria in her childhood!

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Have you noticed how many immigrants end up going by British names, or perhaps nicknames that are easier on the European tongue? How does that affect one’s identity, growing up? What is it like to feel pressured to adopt a ‘British’ accent? How does it feel to experience colonial racial slurs from your own race? And how does one turn that racism on its head, using accents for comedy? 

In this episode, Thivyaa speaks to one of her best friends from childhood, Tobore Sonia Dafiaga, a young Black actress, writer and director doing a masters in Global Health and Social Justice! Tobore - known formally as Sonia - reflects on what it was like to migrate to the UK as a child from her Urhobo tribe in Nigeria. We reflect on how her identity has changed, what it was like for her to adopt Black-British culture, and reaffirm her Black identity through reclaiming her name. We also discuss the beauty of uniting the arts with the sciences, and tackling the world’s problems through an interdisciplinary approach!

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Today is a chat with the amazing L. Penelope. Mostly we nerd out about writing. She gives some really great advice for getting through writer's block. We also talk about being a hybrid author and her journey from self-publishing through to signing with a traditional house.

Leslye can be found on her website: https://lpenelope.com/

There you will find links to all her social media and to her amazing podcast My Imaginary Friends! Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss a thing.

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