S6 E21 LINDSEY FERRENTINO: The Rite to Wright & Write
Lindsey Ferrentino Is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose plays include Ugly Lies the Bone, Amy and the Orphans, This Flat Earth and The Year to Come. She is writing the book for the new musical Queen of Versailles with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz.
S6 E14 RANDY PITCHFORD: He's Got Game
Randy Pitchford is the founder and CEO of the Gearbox Entertainment Company, the executive producer of the Borderlands Movie, the publisher of Genii Magazine and the new owner of Hollywood’s Magic Castle.
S6 E9 CHRISTINE TOY JOHNSON: Dramatist By Day
Christine Toy Johnson is a Tony-honored, Obie, Rosetta LeNoire, JACL, and Asian American Arts Alliance award-winning writer, actor, director, filmmaker and advocate for inclusion. Christine was a cast member of the first National Tour of the musical Come From Away.
S5 E24 LOIS MAURER: PBS Producing & Directing
A two-time Emmy award-winning director of the #1 local PBS show in the country and producer for Plum Media.
S5 E23 Sam Barlow: Interactive Impresario
A British video game designer and director best known as the writer of Her Story and Immortality. Sam is the founder of Half-Mermaid, a video game production company based in Brooklyn, NY.
S5 E21 STEFAN HAVES: Clown Town Confidant
An award-winning global director of cirque, cinema & stage. As comic act designer he specializes in clowns, characters and story components. Stefan is the author of The Power of HA! Connecting through the heart of humor.
S5 E20 BILLY McGUIGAN: Pop Rocketeer
A critically-acclaimed musician and producer known for his touring shows Rave On! The Buddy Holly Experience, Yesterday and Today: The Beatles Interactive Experience and Billy McGuigan's Pop Rock Orchestra.
S5 E18 JERRELL L. HENDERSON: A Director That Is Nobody's Puppet
A theatre director, puppeteer, and African American theatre historian and archivist who received his MFA in theatre directing from Northwestern University.
S5 E10 SETH BARRISH: The Invisible Director
The director behind comedian Mike Birbiglia’s many one person shows, co-founder and co-artistic director of The Barrow Group and author of An Actor’s Companion: Tools for the Working Actor.
S4 E23 PAUL FEIG: Fashion-forward Filmmaker
The creator of Freaks and Geeks and the director of Bridesmaids, The Heat, Spy and The School for Good & Evil. Paul is also the author of Cocktail Time!: The Ultimate Guide to Grown-Up Fun.
S4 E21 LARRY GOLDBERG: Conductor of Note
A music director, conductor, pianist, composer, lyricist, arranger and orchestrator who toured nationally with The Producers, Anastasia, The Phantom of the Opera, Cats, Sunset Boulevard and Les Miserables.
S4 E18 TRACY BRIGDEN: The Theatre Life
The Guthrie Theater’s Senior Artistic Producer who served on artistic staffs for the City Theatre, Manhattan Theatre Club and Hartford Stage, where she worked principally on the development of new plays & musicals.
S4 E15 JORDAN BRADY: Commercial Success
A self-taught filmmaker who has directed four feature films, three documentaries and over 1300 national & regional commercials, as well as Maria Bamford’s acclaimed Netflix Comedy Special.
S3 E20 INDIAN INK THEATRE COMPANY: Jacob & Justin Unmasked
New Zealand’s critically-acclaimed, collaborative theatre company that explores mask, character, puppetry, story, music, pathos and humor in pursuit of the serious laugh. Listen Now
S3 E19 SARAH KAWAHARA: Greats on Skates
A Canadian figure skater and choreographer who has two Emmy Awards; one for Scott Hamilton: Upside Down and the other for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics. Listen Now
S3 Episode 7: PATRICK O’NEILL - Broadway Bounder
A New York based director and choreographer associated with School of Rock, The Boston Pops and The Old Globe. Patrick is passionate about developing inventive stories that connect us and cultivate better communication and understanding.
S2 Episode 24: HOMER LIWAG -Homer’s Magical Odyssey
Co-Director, Design Director, and Concept Artist for David Copperfield. Homer is a world-class cinematographer, photographer, and lighting designer who is equally deft visually designing with a pencil, a camera or a computer.
S2 Episode 13: Bao Tran - A Man Of Action
Bao is the writer and director of the martial arts comedy “The Paper Tigers.” He has a long list of credits as an action film editor who knows how to use story, character and humor to engage his audience.
Episode 02: PEILIN CHOU - An Animated Conversation
Academy Award-nominated Producer of “Over The Moon,” known for her work on “Abominable” and “Kung Fu Panda 3.” A Producer at Netflix Animation and the Director of the short film “Awakening: An Anthemic celebration of Asian Americans.”