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Carole Montgomery is a stand-up comedian, producer, and director who has headlined clubs & colleges across the USA. She is also the creator of the series “Funny Women of a Certain Age” on Showtime and live in clubs. On this episode, we get a backstage glimpse into the world of working in Vegas, outrageous comedy gigs, and Broadway child wrangling. www.carolemontgomery.com

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With over 2 dozen television credits to her name, CAROLE MONTGOMERY is a respected veteran of the standup comedy scene nationwide. In addition to her numerous television appearances, Carole has headlined clubs & colleges across the USA and starred in 2 different Las Vegas production shows. In her ten years as a LAS VEGAS STAR, it is estimated that she has been seen by over 5 million audience members.

Carole created the live stand up comedy show FUNNY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE featuring female headliners over the age of 50 in 2017. The show was such a success that it was filmed for the Showtime network. It was the network’s highest rated comedy special for 2019 and it made TV history as the first comedy special to feature 6 women over the age of 50. The following year MORE Funny Women Of A Certain Age premiered with huge viewership. EVEN MORE Funny Women Of A Certain Age premiered Thanksgiving Eve 2021.

Carole is also an accomplished director & producer. She directed Jim Florentine’s solo show I’m Your Savior currently airing on Amazon Prime. She is currently developing a new solo show with activist and comedian Kaytlin Bailey called Whore’s Eye View.

Carole is proudest of her 11 comedy tours for Armed Forces Entertainment. Her NY Underground Comedy Allstars have performed in Iraq, Haiti, Kosovo, Holland, Kuwait, Diego Garcia, Singapore, Honduras, El Salvador, South Korea and Germany to rave reviews.

Carole was also a featured performer at the MONTREAL JUST FOR LAUGHS, BOSTON & NY COMEDY FESTIVALS.

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Adam Feldman is the National Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at TimeOut New York. He is also President of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle - and sometimes graces the stage himself. On this episode we “review” the star system, tips on reaching a journalist, and unravel the mind of one of NYC’s most beloved critics. 

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Adam Feldman is the Theater and Dance Editor and chief theater critic at Time Out New York, where he has been a staff writer since 2003. He has served as President of the New York Drama Critics' Circle since 2005. He has written for Canada's Globe and Mail and National Post as well as for Out, Time Out London and Broadway.com, among other publications, and was the contributing Broadway editor for the Theatre World book series. He has been a regular panelist on the public-television shows Theater Talk and Theater: All the Moving Parts; in 2024, he received the Friend of Off Broadway Award from the Off Broadway Alliance. A graduate of Harvard University, he lives in Greenwich Village. 

Website: https://www.timeout.com/profile/adam-feldman
Broadway listings: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/broadway-shows-and-tickets-listings-a-z-broadway
Off Broadway listings: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/off-broadway-shows-new-york-theater-reviews-tickets-and-listings
Off-Off Broadway listings: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/theater/off-off-broadway-shows-new-york-theater-reviews-tickets-and-listings
Dance listings: https://www.timeout.com/newyork/dance/the-best-dance-shows-in-nyc-this-month
Cabaret listings: http://www.timeout.com/newyork/nightlife/the-best-cabaret-shows-in-nyc-this-week

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Melinda Buckley is an actress, comedian, director, choreographer, and writer who's been seen on Broadway, TV, and film. On this episode we chat about her solo show, “MOTHER (and me),” working in the biz, having a casting director as a neighbor, and a fun Audra McDonald tidbit.

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MELINDA BUCKLEY Broadway and national tours include Crazy For You, A Chorus Line, Raggedy Ann, Sally and Bob Fosse’s Sweet Charity. She has performed improv/sketch and stand up all over NYC as well as written and performed several solo shows. Her latest is the critically acclaimed MOTHER (and me).‘One Up! Solo, is a program she designed to guide other artists in crafting their own stage worthy stories. On the other side of the table, highlights include directing Broadway By The Year, with a Tony award winning cast, and choreographing Paramour, starring Len Cariou at the Old Globe. She choreographed Columbia Pictures’ Stuart Little I and II with Geena Davis and Hugh Laurie, the independent film 1999, starring Amanda Peet and Jennifer Garner, and assisted Pat Birch on Working Girl as well as many episodes of Saturday Night Live. Other TV credits: choreographing One Life to Live and award-winning promos for CBS including a Super Bowl spot forGirl Power, named one of the top ten ads by Paste magazine. She assisted Lonny Price (as SDC Fellow) in the filming of Company at the NYP, which starred Neil Patrick Harris, Patti Lupone, Stephen Colbert, Martha Plimpton, Jon Cryer among many others. She has been a creative director, writer, director/choreographer and speaker coach for a diverse range of clients including Bloomberg Philanthropies, Fox, ESPN, Sesame Street, McDonald’s, Microsoft, IBM, American Express, and the Port of LA...to name a few! She is a proud member of AEA, DGA, SAG-AFTRA and SDC.

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Danielle Rayne is an actress, voice-over artist, and stunt woman who has mastered the art of versatility. She is the star of the Sci-Fi hit, “Portal: No Escape,” and has voiced and played everything from an alien to an action hero. On this episode we get into everything from the world of recording audio books to whisper room design to stand-in work and much more.

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Danielle is a veteran of TV, Film, Stage and Voice-Over work. In addition to audiobook narration, she has voiced characters ranging from a 6'6" spiky alien mercenary squad-mate for Mass Effect: Andromeda to a Christmas cookie for Target. With a BFA in Classical Theatre and starring roles in viral Sci-Fi hits like Dan Trachtenberg’s Portal: No Escape, she brings a side of action hero to her storytelling. For more on Danielle Rayne, go to www.daniellerayne.com and @daniellerayneoffical on Instagram and view her currently available audiobooks on Audible.

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Bill Bowers is an accomplished mime & award-winning actor who has performed on Broadway and stages across the world.  He is also a gifted teacher in the art of storytelling and movement.  On this episode we chat about on the beautiful "art of silence", the difference between mime and pantomime, and the legendary Marcel Marceau. www.Bill-Bowers.com

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Bill has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.  His Broadway credits include Zazu in The Lion King, and Leggett in The Scarlet Pimpernel. Currently Bill appears in the television series Before starring Billy Crystal, and in the feature film Lost Cause.  His other film and tv work includes Two Weeks’ Notice, Disney’s Out of the Box, Remember W.E.N.N, All My Children, the PBS adaptation of Peter and the Wolf. 

A student of the legendary Marcel Marceau, Bill is hailed by critics as one of the great mimes of our generation.  Bill’s work as a mime is featured in the PBS documentary series Brief But Spectacular.

An award-winning performer and playwright, Bill’s work has garnered top honors and rave reviews worldwide, including The Edinburgh Fringe, and festivals in Germany, Estonia, Singapore, Korea, China, Thailand, Poland, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Norway, Puerto Rico, Texas, Ohio, and NYC.  

His original plays include All Over the Map, Beyond Words, Under a Montana Moon, It Goes Without Saying, Heyokah/Hokehay, Johnny Got His Gun, and The Traveler.

Bill holds an MFA from Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and an Honorary PhD from Rocky Mountain College.  Presently Bill serves on the faculties of Stella Adler Studio and the William Esper Studio and has been a visiting professor at Princeton University, Williams University, University of Wyoming, and Ohio University, among others.  

This Spring Bill will be a teaching artist at the Terezin Ghetto, a former concentration camp in the Czech Republic. With other international artists and students, he will devise a theatre piece, linking history with current events, understanding the continuum of time and its impact on our lives.

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Multi-hypenate, Marlo Hunter is a film & tv director; as well as a stage director and choreographer. She’s on the Broadway Women’s Fund list of “Women to Watch,” and her current touring production of “Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical” was a NY Times Critics’ Pick. On this episode we learn about the casting and editing process for Hallmark and other studios, and the perks of working with theater actors on film. www.MarloHunter.com

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MARLO HUNTER is a theater & film director. She made her feature film directorial debut with American Reject in 2022 (Amazon and Apple+).  She’s currently helming the Ever After musical with music by Zina Goldrich, lyrics by Marcy Heisler, and book by Kate Wetherhead, produced by Kevin McCollum (production announcement coming soon!). Cat Kid Comic Club: The Musical, which she directed and choreographed Off-Broadway in 2023, was hailed a NY Times Critic's Pick and is currently on a National Tour, including a 6 week run at CTG's Kirk Douglas Theatre in LA. Marlo has directed, choreographed, and developed new work at Second Stage, Long Wharf, Williamstown, Roundabout, Playwrights Horizons, EST, Pittsburgh CLO, and Bay Street, among others. She is the winner of the Callaway Award for Unlock’d, which she directed & choreographed Off-Broadway. Marlo recently directed Mystic Christmas for Hallmark, which premiered in winter 2023 (starring Jessy Schram, Chandler Massey & Patti Murin), and Trivia at St. Nick's, which premiered in winter 2024 (starring Tammin Sursok & Brant Daugherty). This past fall she directed and choreographed the World Premiere of A Hanukkah Carol, or Gelt Trip! The Musical at Round House Theatre in DC (Daryl Roth & Jim Kierstead, producers). Upcoming:  Director/Choreographer of Millennials Are Killing Musicals by Nico Juber (LA workshop, soon-to-be-announced production).  Princeton University.  

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Daniel Spector is a teacher, acting coach, Shakespeare aficionado, and Director of the Classical Studio at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He’s taught and directed numerous Broadway, film, and television actors. On this episode we talk grants, acting technique, and reveal the “secret sauce” to a winning audition. https://tisch.nyu.edu/about/directory/drama/1641228855

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Daniel Spector is a teacher, acting coach, and director.  He is Associate Arts Professor at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, where he holds a joint appointment with the departments of Drama and Dramatic Writing and serves as Director of The Classical Studio, a year-long Shakespeare intensive.  He has directed and coached actors on over 50 productions of 26 of Shakespeare’s plays, as well as directing numerous other projects at NYU and elsewhere.  He is a member of the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab and an alumnus of the Broadway Theatre Project.  He has served as a consultant to PBS on matters Shakespearean, led workshop for numerous arts organizations, and spoken at conferences around the world.  He recently published an article for the journal Shakespeare titled “Teaching Shakespeare’s Yes in the Era of No," which summarizes his current research interest: the intersection of acting and politics.    

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Anna Venizelos is a contortionist, aerialist, and acrobat. She’s toured with Cirque du Soleil, appeared in “The Greatest Showman,” and performed with The Metropolitan Opera. We’re running away to join the circus on this bendy episode, as Anna shares the discipline and skill required for one of the oldest art forms.

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Anna came to circus from a background of both gymnastics and dance. After studying dance education at NYU she settled on pursuing her love of contortion, aerials, and acrobatics. She toured with Cirque du Soleil's production of Quidam, performing as a soloist. Other career highlights include appearing in the feature film,The Greatest Showmanand in the Metropolitan Opera's production of Cosí Fan Tutte at Lincoln Center.

Anna is also a flexibility coach, an FRC mobility specialist and a health coach. She is passionate about helping her clients live their healthiest most functionally fit lives. 

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Lisa Levy is a true artist - comedienne, provocateur, and self-proclaimed therapist. She’s been covered (and uncovered) in print, film, and TV and curates her own gallery show. On this episode we explore artists’ vulnerabilities, comedy, The Doghouse Gallery, and Psychotherapy Live. https://www.lisalevyindustries.com/

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Lisa Levy is a conceptual artist, performer and (self-proclaimed) psychotherapist. Her art has been exhibited at art fairs, galleries and museums such as The New Museum, The Bronx Museum, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, The Pulse Art Fair, The Brooklyn Academy of Music. Levy’s work has been  featured in publications such as the New York Times, The London Times, Artnet and Hyperallergic.

She hosts a weekly radio show: “Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh!t” where she conducts funny, emotionally revealing “psychotherapy sessions” with creative guests. ArtVoices Books released a monograph of her “The Thoughts in My Head” text paintings this year in January. Her website is: https://www.lisalevyindustries.com/ And on instagram @drlisalevysp @lisalevy_artwork

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George Caldwell is a pianist, arranger, composer, conductor, and actor who has performed with all the greats from Dizzy Gillespie to Savion Glover, and Ruth Brown to Quincy Jones. On this episode we get into how music vibrations trigger out-of-body experiences, the bridge between classical and jazz musicians, plus generous samples of George’s gorgeous compositions. https://www.george-caldwell.com/bio.html

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Ben Model is a musician, historian, publisher, teacher and presenter of silent film. He creates and performs live music on both piano and organ at MOMA and the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theater. On this episode we uncover the tricks of undercranking, explore the delicate balance on playing for silent film, and how the pandemic shaped the online theatrical world. silentfilmmusic.com

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Ben Model is one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ. Over the past 43 years, he has created and performed thousands of live scores for silent films at universities, museums, and historic theaters, and is one of the few exponents of this craft who is working at it full-time. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theatre, and he accompanies silents at classic film festivals around the USA and internationally. 

Ben’s Blu-ray label “Undercrank Productions” works with film archives and collectors to bring undiscovered gems of silent cinema to fans. Ben is a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University, and is the archivist for the Ernie Kovacs Television Collection. His book “The Silent Film Universe” will be published in 2025. 

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Tiffiney Davis is the powerhouse co-founder of Red Hook Art Project (RHAP) which provides free, high-quality art programs to local youth. She is also the inspiration (and voice) behind the dance film, “I Am Not Ok.” On this episode we talk about her journey through the New York shelter system, discovering the arts, and her mission to change the lives of young people. https://www.redhookartproject.org/

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Tiffiney Davis, a resilient Black female community leader, co-founded Red Hook Art Project in 2009 with a vision to provide her artistically gifted children and others in underserved communities with opportunities for growth. Today, as Executive Director, she leads RHAP's efforts to empower students through free art and mental wellness programming, fostering a safe and inclusive space where they can thrive. Her ability to unite the community has been pivotal in RHAP's success, securing $1 million in federal funding through partnerships with 11 local organizations and advocacy efforts, enabling the expansion of programming and establishment of a dedicated studio space. This collaborative approach has been instrumental in addressing community needs, particularly during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic.

At RHAP, they prioritize holistic education, offering free homework help, visual art lessons, and music lessons that foster skills in leadership, teamwork, and social justice. This integrated approach prepares students for success academically, artistically, and personally. In response to the pandemic, she successfully transitioned RHAP to a virtual setting, hosting over 100 classes and providing meals to address food insecurity. Recognized with awards like the 2023 Woman of Distinction Award, her commitment to the community highlights dedication to arts education, community development, and civic engagement. Featured on the Kelly Clarkson Show as a “RAD HUMAN,” she advocates for the transformative power of the arts and creating inclusive spaces where every child can thrive, emphasizing the importance of breaking barriers and fostering community for all individuals to reach their full potential.

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Steve Conte is the consummate musician - guitarist, singer, songwriter, producer, and teacher. He's toured the world, while playing and writing with some of the most iconic rock stars. On this episode we talk about the making of his record “The Concrete Jangle," how he coaxed Andy Partridge into writing with him, and how we each have six degrees of separation with the Beatles. https://stevecontemusic.com/

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New York native Steve Conte, has been a force in the music industry since his band Company Of Wolves debuted on Mercury Records in 1990. He's sidestepped the mainstream by collaborating with iconic acts like New York Dolls, Willy DeVille, Robert Gordon and Michael Monroe, showcasing his exceptional guitar skills, vocals, and songwriting on albums and tours.  

Signed with Little Steven Van Zandt’s label, Wicked Cool Records, Steve's solo work has been heavily featured on The Underground Garage radio program and on numerous indie stations worldwide.

His 2024 album, "The Concrete Jangle" boasts collaborations with his songwriting hero, Andy Partridge of XTC, with a groove by drummer Prairie Prince of The Tubes, Todd Rundgren & XTC. 

Refusing to be boxed into a single genre, Steve's sound melds Rock 'n Roll, American Soul, Brit-Pop, and Punk. He draws inspiration from diverse icons like David Bowie, Prince and The Beatles, believing in breaking the mold with each record.  

Growing up in a musical family (his mother, a professional jazz singer) Steve supported himself through music school by painting houses - and hasn’t worked at anything but music ever since. 

His versatile musicianship led him to collaborate with legends such as Chuck Berry, Paul Simon, and Eric Burdon, and he's notably contributed to soundtracks for anime series like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost In The Shell, and video games like Sonic and Yakuza.  

Steve has toured the USA and Europe extensively and has a brand new band ready to hit the road in 2025!

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We're taking a break for the holidays and want to wish you all a very happy New Year.  We'll be back next week with a new episode.

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Gabrielle Lansner is a critically acclaimed, socially conscious choreographer and award-winning filmmaker. Her latest short film, “I Am Not Ok,” is currently part of the Brooklyn Artists Exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum until January 26. On this episode, we chat about her friend Tiffiney Davis’ heartbreaking Facebook Live post that sparked the film, her early Avantgarde-arama influences, and the collaborative process.   https://www.gabriellelansner.com/

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Gabrielle Lansner is an award winning filmmaker, choreographer, and pro- ducer whose work is influenced by her background in choreography and performing. Her films have screened at dozens of festivals worldwide and garnered multiple awards. 

Her latest short film, I AM NOT OK is an experimental dance film inspired by the words of Tiffiney Davis, Executive Director of the Red Hook Art Project in Red Hook, Brooklyn. It is currently on view at the Brooklyn Mu- seum’s, Brooklyn Artists Exhibition until January 26th, in the Video Room. 

In 2020, she wrote and directed her first short narrative film, Lullaby to Love. She is also in the early stages of development for her first narrative feature film, STILL LIFE, which she has penned as well. 

Her film, the birch grove, 2015, had a successful festival run, screening at the Newport Beach Festival, the Cannes Short Film Corner, and Dance on Camera at Lincoln Center, to name a few. The film won the Grand Jury Prize and Best Experimental Film at the Underexposed Film Festival in Rock Hill, S.C. and composer, Joel Pickard, won Best Original Score from the International Fine Arts Film Festival in Santa Barbara. 

learn more at https://www.gabriellelansner.com/about/gabrielle-lansner

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On this episode we dive into the pit with Tiffany Chang, an award winning conductor and creator of “Conductor as CEO”, a blog that champions leadership skills for fellow conductors, arts leaders and musicians. Both Tiffany and Pete give us a “look in” at their look in work at the Kennedy Center and we chat about the hierarchy in the opera/classical world and how creativity fits, or doesn’t fit in.

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Taiwanese-American conductor Tiffany Chang garnered recognition through two Solti Foundation U.S. Career Assistance Awards, the OPERA America Grant for Women Stage Directors and Conductors, LIT Talent Awards, and The American Prize in Opera Conducting.  

Tiffany’s been engaged by the Lyric Opera of Chicago,  Washington National Opera, The Dallas Opera, Portland Opera, Minnesota Opera, and Opera Columbus. Her other engagements include BlueWater Chamber Orchestra, OperaHub, College Light Opera Company, Dinosaur Annex New Music Ensemble, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, University of Missouri-Kansas City, NEMPAC Opera, among others.

Tiffany optimizes work culture for job satisfaction, promotes psychological safety for musicians, and leverages people-first leadership for artistic excellence. She authors the blog Conductor as CEO and has been an active guest speaker and published contributor for Routledge Press, Leader to Leader, Notes from the Podium, PM World Journal. 

For the first decade of her career, Tiffany revolutionized orchestral programs as a conductor and professor at Oberlin Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Boston University, and Baldwin Wallace Conservatory.

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David Mills is an international comedian, monologist, cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed “Apocalypsist” who has acted alongside Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch, and more. On this episode we opine on the role of the audience in art, our current state of affairs, and who truly holds the crown in the alt-cabaret kingdom. @DavidMillsDept, Linktr.ee

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David Mills is a comedy cabaret singing, actor / writer. He’s performed lives in venues all over the U.S. and Europe. He’s acted in film and TV alongside Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rami Malick and others and opened for stand-ups including Margaret Cho and Trevor Noah. His highly acclaimed solo comedy / cabaret show ‘STAY LOST’ recently played in New York and London. 

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Tony Bell has made a career out of playing The Fool as a founding member of Propeller Shakespeare Ensemble. He’s launching a new role as a writer and performer of his own solo show - which recently received glowing reviews in London. On this episode we talk about projecting and protecting our voices, reinventing yourself, and moving forward.

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Tony Bell was a founder member of Propeller Shakespeare ensemble which toured globally for 17 years between 1997 and 2012. The company won many awards including in both the UK and New York. Several productions toured to BAM in Brooklyn between 2003 and 2012. Tony played many of the famous fools specialising in ad-libbing with the audience as Bottom in Midsummer Nights Dream, Feste in Twelfth Night, and Autolyclus in The Winters Tale. During this time he also played The Common Man in A Man for All Seasons which won him a UK Whatsonstage award as Best Supporting Actor. Other notable theatre roles included a Tokyo Theatre’s Best New Play award for Hideki Noda’s The Bee, and West End performances in Shakespeare in Love, 39 Steps, Treasure Island and The English Game by Richard Bean. Tony has appeared on film in The Crown, Prisoners Wives, Holby City, Eastenders, and Coronation Street. He was a member of the BBC Radio drama repertory company between 2010 and 2012 playing in over 100 audio dramas including Aston in The Caretaker by Harold Pinter. In 2014 when Propeller ensemble ended and Edward Hall left the UK to work abroad (Hall is currently Director of Chicago Shakespeare Theatre) Bell focused on directing and teaching acting students at RADA and other UK conservatoires helping to launch the careers of several successful young actors in theatre and film. This year Tony returned to the stage in his own solo show about an actor’s life and his parents’ mental health issues. The show, Man In The Rain, has just been shortlisted for Best Solo Performance in the Offies (Off West End awards) and marks a triumphant return to the British stage. Tony plays folk fiddle, sings baritone, plays soccer and lives with his cat Shortbread, and his partner, the actress Caroline Faber, in London. 

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Rachelle Garniez is a quirky, unique and talented multi-instrumentalist. She is a solo artist, and a member of the VickiKristinaBarcelona Band who has collaborated with the likes of Jack White, Suzy Roche and more. On this episode we explore the intersection of art, mental health wellness as well as the joy of tour life through Europe. https://rachellegarniez.net

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Rachelle Garniez is a songwriter, singer, composer, producer, and multi-instrumentalist. Born and raised on New York City’s 1970s culturally diverse Upper West Side by an American classical pianist and a European professor of French literature, Rachelle was exposed to a singular multiplicity of rich and multi-layered influences, from utopian collective free-schooling and Austrian Expressionism to the roller disco dancers and congueros of Central Park.

In 1982, at age 17, she left home and spent a year making her way around Europe. By default, she picked up a guitar and started playing folk songs on the streets of Venice and Avignon. She wound up on a beach in the south of Spain, where she was adopted by the local Gypsy flamenco singing champion and began to develop a commitment to the visceral and ephemeral mode of live music. After a year, she moved back to New York, gave away all her LPs and lived in a squat on 89th Street before eventually settling in the East Village and being hijacked by an accordion, an instrument that served to connect her with an infinitely expanding motherlode of multi-cultural music.

From her first adventures as a street musician and a fixture in the 80s New York boho scene, Rachelle went on to form a band (The Fortunate Few) and has released seven albums under her own name. In addition, Rachelle’s songs have been performed and recorded by jazz artist Catherine Russell, pop singer Karen Elson, and Ingrid Lucia (The Flying Neutrinos). Besides her her own work, Rachelle has performed and collaborated with Jack White, Suzzy Roche, Sven Ratzke, Palmyra Delran, Thomas Dolby’s TED House Band, beloved bar band Mumbo Gumbo, roots-world ensemble Hazmat Modine, and sonic sorcerer Sxip Shirey. Together with Terry Radigan and Amanda Homi, she is a member of VickiKristinaBarcelona Band, covering the Tom Waits catalog in three-part harmony.

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G. Augustine Lynas (Lynas)  is a fascinating and heralded NYC treasure. He’s a muralist, teacher, and sculptor of sand, snow, ceramic, bronze, and ephemera. In this special episode, we tour the wonderful world of this one in a million artist, and dive into everything from Pluto Platters to Artivism.
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G. Augustine Lynas is a freelance artist /author who has lived and worked in New York City since 1965. Although he is an experienced graphic designer and photographer, his first love is sculpture, especially ephemeral work where time is an important element. He gained worldwide recognition as a sand sculptor with the publication of his book Sandsong and the documentary film of that name (now on You Tube). Lynas’ sculptures can be found in seven NYC parks in concrete, bronze, wood and ceramics and in many private collections. For twenty years Lynas was an adjunct professor of Communications Design at Pratt Institute. 

Lynas also paints, draws, designs games and writes and illustrates books including: The ABCs of Central Park, The ABCs of Brooklyn (with photographer Peter Vadnai), The ABCs of Riverside Park, The Flying Disc in Flying Colors, and several others. Lynas has now written and illustrated his first interactive e-book called Tammy & Blue and a race against time. It’s a story about a child who forgets to color her own skin. Available on iBooks. 

Lynas, a pioneer in the flying disc world, is known as “Circus” because of his tendency to do tricks with Frisbees. He was recently inducted into the Freestyler’s Hall of Fame. At age 82, he is still physically active; biking, sculpting, playing table tennis, disc sports and is an avid Aerobie enthusiast. He is married, has three children and three grandchildren. His work can be seen at SandSong.com and his books at LynasPress.com. 

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