Christmas Contracts: Six Tips for the Season
🎵 It’s the most frustrating time of the year… but it doesn’t have to be overwhelming! Whether you’re wrapping up
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The Practice of Gratitude Amidst Festive Overwhelm
Hey there, I just wanted to come on and wish you all a happy holiday season and I wanted to
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Amanda Carradine – Lighting Designer: Balancing Passion, Stability, and Purpose
In this Artistic Finance Podcast Episode, Ellen Lampert-Gréaux and Ethan chat with Amanda Carradine, the lighting director for Eastside Christian
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Heather Gilbert: Managing a Sustainable Career as a Lighting Designer
In this Artistic Finance Podcast Episode, Ethan Steimel speaks with Heather Gilbert, an acclaimed lighting designer from Chicago who has
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From Amateur to Career Actor: The Importance of Confidence in Marketing Yourself
Are you too embarrassed to create a professional Facebook page or reach out to press to promote your work as
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Dance Arena Ep. 16. – Dance and Social Media, The Danger of What We Don’t See
One time when I was in my teens, I was sitting at school with a ballet dancer who grew up
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The Importance of Professional Practice as a Stage Manager
In this edition of Half-Hour, I am discussing professional practice as a Stage Manager: the skills that you need outside
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Roma Flowers: Dancing Financially as a Lighting Designer
In this Artistic Finance Podcast Episode, Ellen Lampert-Gréaux and Ethan talk with Roma Flowers, a lighting designer for dance and
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Ending Up In Las Vegas: A Stage Manager’s Story
My nightly commute home from work includes walking past the line for a Las Vegas nightclub and wondering why so many
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Unfinished Symphony To Swan Song: What The Future May Hold
Keeping up with technological developments can sometimes feel impossible, as the changes arrive bolder and faster than ever before. Living
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Dance Arena Ep. 15. – The Uselessness of a Dance CV
There is a reason that I don’t look at CVs anymore. There is method behind my madness (and I do
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Interview with Curt Hansen: Broadway Performer and Teacher
With the Wicked movie release right around the corner, I reached out to a former Fiyero, Curt Hanson, from Broadway’s
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Microphone Questions – Beginner Answers
When just beginning to professionally use microphones, most people still have many unanswered questions. The basics of setting up a
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Dance Arena Ep. 14. – What is Dance?
When I was asked to write a chapter on “What is Dance?”, I thought, “I can tell you what dance
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Mixing Sound for Theatre: Old Script New Tricks
Sound people have a lot of opinions so there are always things we can debate. One of the bigger ones
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An Invitation to Create: Lessons From the Lake
The other day I stepped outside with my coffee as I do most mornings, no matter the season and breathed
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Dance Arena Ep. 13. – No Pleasure in Understanding: The Choreographer’s Danger of Being Too Far, Too Close
Too much experience blinds us. There is often a disconnect that happens between the artistic creator and the average person–someone
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Stage Management: Fake It Till You Make It Some More
I distinctly remember the very first professional stage manager I worked with. His name was Bruce, he wore a stopwatch
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From Scarcity to Abundance & the Power of Soup
Every so often I make soup. I don’t follow a recipe and the soups I make are never the same.
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The Six Phases of Production in Theatre
Most people may not think about how all of the pieces of a production fit together more than a Stage
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Yuri Cataldo on AI for Creatives
This summer, I had the privilege of attending the Juilliard Entrepreneurship Symposium, an event now in its sixth year that
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