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Ep. 131 Mark Ross and Erika Finley: Does Your Board Reflect Your Community?

Ep. 131 Mark Ross and Erika Finley: Does Your Board Reflect Your Community?
Josh finally asks the important question, what would our hosts name their bands! Then he shares his conversation with Mark Ross and Erica Finley when they spoke at APAP 2025. Mark and Erika share how they got started in the arts, the interesting history of Community Concert Associations, volunteerism, and more.
Mark Ross and Erika Finley work for Live on Stage (https://www.liveonstage.biz/), Live Arts and Attractions (https://www.livearts.biz/), and Matt Davenport Productions (https://mattdavenportproductions.com/) wearing multiple hats including agent, marketing, and national sales.
Volunteerism article we mentioned: https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2024/11/civic-engagement-and-volunteerism.html
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Ep. 130 Alex Morgan is Silencio Pantomimo: From the County Fair to Paris

Ep. 130 Alex Morgan is Silencio Pantomimo: From the County Fair to Paris
This week Bryan sits down with professional mime, Alex Morgan. Alex shares how he got into the art form, running away to Paris, and finding his character, Silencio Pantomimo. The interview really takes off when Alex allows Bryan to interview Silencio and we learn how we went from busking in Paris to touring internationally.
Alex Morgan is a professional mime, known best for his work as Silencio Pantomimo.
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Ep. 129 Bracket Madness: What Our Industry Can Learn From Sports Marketing.

Ep. 129 Bracket Madness:  What Our Industry Can Learn From Sports Marketing. 
This week the hosts go all in on March Madness sharing their prowess and knowledge of College Basketball, which does not take long so they move onto what our industry can learn from sports, more specifically sports marketing.
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Ep. 128 What’s Happening in D.C.?

Ep. 128 What’s Happening in D.C.?
This week Kevin, Josh, and Katie discuss Ep. 126 with James Shapiro, and connect it to what is happening with the Kennedy Center and the National Endowment for the Arts in 2025. They dive into some practical and philosophical questions surrounding the politicization of two national arts entities and potential impacts on the live performing arts field.
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BONUS: James Shapiro working on Broadway’s Othello

BONUS: James Shapiro working on Broadway’s Othello
This week’s episode had too much for one episode! Enjoy this excerpt that was cut for time where James Shapiro talks about his work on performances, specifically Othello featuring Denzel Washington. James Shapiro (https://www.jamesshapiro.net/) is the author “THE PLAYBOOK: A Story of Theatre, Democracy, and The Making of a Culture War.”
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Ep. 126 “The Playbook” with Author James Shapiro

Ep. 126 “The Playbook” with Author James Shapiro
This week Katie is joined by author, professor, and Shakespeare Scholar in Residence at the Public Theatre, James Shapiro. They talk about Shapiro’s new book “THE PLAYBOOK: A Story of Theatre, Democracy, and The Making of a Culture War” which is the story of the start and end of the Federal Theatre Project in the 1930s. Shapiro shares how this reflects our current time. James Shapiro’s (https://www.jamesshapiro.net/) essays and reviews have appeared in the New York Times, the New Yorker, The Guardian, the London Review of Books, and many more. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Guggenheim Foundation, The New York Public Library Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, and the American Academy in Berlin.
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Ep. 125 The State of Development with Lori L. Jacobwith

Ep. 125 The State of Development with Lori L. Jacobwith
This week, Kevin sits down with fundraising professional Lori L. Jacobwith to talk about the changing development landscape. Lori shares her top 5 things you can do right now and gives insight into the world of philanthropy. If you want to go deeper on the topic with Lori, you can check out her webinar with GrantStation on April 1: https://grantstation.com/product/how-fundraise-during-times-fear-and-uncertainty
Lori L. Jacobwith is the Founder of Ignited Fundraising (https://ignitedfundraising.com/). The sweet spot of her work is to help organizations put a face on their impact by sharing inspiring, ethical mission moment stories. For more than 35 years Lori has had a laser focus on helping nonprofit staff & board members implement fundraising solutions that put ease and joy into raising money.
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Ep. 124 Of, By, and For Community – A Discussion about Community Engagement

Ep. 124 Of, By, and For Community – A Discussion about Community Engagement
This week Katie invites industry leaders Donna Walker-Kuhne, Gary Minyard, and Marisol Sánchez-Best to discuss community engagement – a broad term that touches many facets of our industry. This delightful conversation between colleagues and friends just scratches the surface as they discuss language, metrics, internal communication and collaboration, arts as medicine, and more.Marisol Sánchez-Best is the Director of Education & Community Engagement at Seattle Theatre Group in Seattle, WA. Gary Minyard is the Chief Creative Officer at Dayton Live in Dayton, OH and serves on the board of Heartland Performing Arts. Donna Walker-Kuhne is the founder of Walker International Communications Group and the Senior Advisor of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ.
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