We are pleased to share a curated collection of programs and snapshots from Performing Arts Legacy events and selected professionals’ sites. Stay tuned for more additions!
The Blessings of Our Journeys
May 22, 2023. Dana Ivey talks about approaching 82 …
Valentine’s Day
February 6, 2023. Randall Duk Kim and Annie Occhiogrosso give us a spin on love, and passion, in Desdemona’s death scene from OTHELLO.
Happy Holidays
Carol Maillard brings us to the holidays …
Watch SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK® and the Sultans of String performing “Celebrate the Holy Days” written by Sweet Honey In the Rock. Instrumental arrangement by the Sultans of String.
Talking Legacy, Fall 2022
Professionals from the Performing Arts Legacy Project were paired with students from the Professional Performing Arts School to continue their mentorship conversations about career and craft. Hear them in conversation.
“Back to School”
September 12, 2022 – In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), artists shared their experiences as teachers and/or students. Lighting designer Beverly Emmons talks about Teaching the Unconscious.
Listen:
View her PAL site to learn more about Beverly’s career.
Behind the Curtain
Our latest cohort of PAL contributors includes three prolific performing arts professionals who have left their mark on the theater:
- Ken Billington offers a rarely seen glimpse of the process of lighting a show
- Eric Schultz tells us what it’s like to be a house electrician in New York
- John Lee Beatty reflects on collaboration in the theater in his highlight, “The Designer’s Eye: Collaborators”
Brighton Beach Memoirs – sketch by John Lee Beatty
“Pandemic Thoughts”
January 24, 2022: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), Ron Nakahara reflects on the impacts of COVID-19 and the ways that technology has helped to keep us connected during this challenging time.
“Reflections on Work”
September 20, 2021: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), artists shared their reflections on work. Here is a featured reading by Dana Ivey. Please note that because this was recorded over Zoom, Dana Ivey’s reading cuts to a professional as they react to her story.
“Freedom”
July 19, 2021: In our monthly meetup of Performing Arts Legacy “alumni” (professionals whose published sites can be viewed here), artists shared their reflections on freedom. Featuring readings and performances by Ron Nakahara, Jasper McGruder, and Zalmen Mlotek.
“Crisis Competence”
In this panel, hosted 2/22/2021 by HB Studio, Five Performing Arts Legacy Project Alumni representing our 5 years of Actors Fund cohorts – Virginia Wing, Glenn Kubota, Barbara Kahn, Jasper McGruder and Bill Koch – discuss resilience during the pandemic.
Talking Legacy, Fall 2020
Professionals from the Performing Arts Legacy Project were paired with students from the Professional Performing Arts School for mentorship conversations about career and craft. Hear them in conversation.
Lessons on Acting
Explore a selection of insights from Performing Arts Legacy Project participants:
- Vinie Burrows: Master class on acting technique (six-part audio)
- Susan Lehman: On learning to act and creating character; career challenges; and taking risks (oral history), and What Uta Taught Me
- Ann Hould-Ward, Wrestling as a Young Actor in the Pandemic
- Richard Warner, The Actor’s Ten Commandments
- Dana Ivey, Advice to young actors starting out
- Ron Nakahara on “Freeing the natural voice” by Kristin Linklater
- Thom Sesma – on Creativity in the time of Covid and Advice, advice, advice
