Carolyn Wong: Balancing Creativity and Financial Stability in Lighting Design
Lighting designer Carolyn Wong has built a career that bridges Broadway prestige and practical sustainability. From assisting on Spider-Man: Turn
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Financial Advice
Practical financial guidance for performers and arts professionals — from budgeting between contracts to navigating freelance taxes, funding opportunities, and sustainable career planning in the performing arts.
Aja M Jackson: Lighting the Numbers
Lighting designer Aja M Jackson gets candid about living modestly, building a cash cushion in a high-yield savings account, and
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Richard Winkler: Focusing Lights on Broadway Producing
Broadway producer (and former lighting designer) Richard Winkler shares how he pivoted from a 35-year design career into producing, raised
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Artistic Finance 6K Update: 4 Years Later
Host Ethan Steimel reconnects with the original participants of the Artistic Finance 6K experiment—a four-year investment challenge that began in
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Vincent Gunn: Tracking Hourly Pay as Theatre Designers
In Episode 190 of Artistic Finance, host Ethan Steimel sits down with set designer Vincent Gunn to explore the financial
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Jane Cox: Art, Academia & Financial Reality (Part 2 of 2)
This episode is Part 2 of host Ethan Steimel’s conversation with award-winning lighting designer and Princeton professor Jane Cox. In
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Jane Cox: Art, Academia & Financial Reality
In this episode of Artistic Finance, host Ethan Steimel sits down with acclaimed lighting designer and educator Jane Cox—a Tony
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Jason Lynch: Work Life Balance as a Theatre Designer
In this episode of Artistic Finance podcast, lighting designer Jason Lynch shares how he’s built a successful freelance career in
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Sven Ortel: Career Finances as a Projection Designer
Projection designer Sven Ortel joins host Ethan Steimel for a deep dive into the financial side of creative careers. With
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Isabella Byrd: Designer Pay & Transparency
In Episode 187 of the Artistic Finance podcast, lighting designer Isabella Byrd returns for an in-depth one-on-one conversation with host
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Beverly Emmons: Commercial Theatre Business
In this episode of Artistic Finance podcast, host Ethan Steimel interviews Beverly Emmons, a veteran lighting designer with over 37
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June Abernathy: Spotlight, Side Hustles, and Saving
In this bonus episode of Artistic Finance, spotlight supervisor and author June Abernathy shares practical financial advice tailored for touring
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Erica D. Hayes and Zach Berget: The Art of Tailoring a Show
Live from the Live Design International (LDI) Conference in Las Vegas, this episode features lighting designer Erica D. Hayes and
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Tab Birt: Burnout, Budgets & Building a Sustainable Creative Life
In this episode of Artistic Finance podcast, host Ethan sits down with Tab Birt, Technical Director at the Edison Theater
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Rashad Chambers:Theatre Producing
In this episode of Artistic Finance, host Ethan Steimel sits down with Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Rashad Chambers. They discuss
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Alvin Hough Jr.: From Dollar Pizza to Broadway
Alvin Hough Jr., Associate Music Director of The Lion King on Broadway, shares his journey as a musician, his financial
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Josh Hutchings: Finance, Career, and Lessons from TV Designer
In this episode of Artistic Finance podcast, host Ethan interviews lighting designer Josh Hutchings. They discuss financial planning (or the
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Oliver Butler: Living and Thriving Wage for Theatre Directors
In this episode of Artistic Finance, host Ethan interviews theater director Oliver Butler about the state of pay for theater
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Travis McHale: The Business of Theater Design
In this episode of Artistic Finance, host Ethan Steimel sits down with lighting designer Travis McHale to explore the financial
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Don Holder: The Business of Lighting Design
In this episode of Artistic Finance, host Ethan Steimel sits down with renowned lighting designer Don Holder to discuss his
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Women in Lighting: Passion, Equity & Financial Balance
In this Artistic Finance Podcast Episode, Amy D Lux meets the co-founders of Women in Lighting, Sharon Stammers and Martin
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