When Quaker Oats Company announced the retirement of the Aunt Jemima brand, my first thought was to talk to playwright, Brie Knight, whose play titled, “Pancake Queen” told the story of Nancy Green, the woman hired to portray the figure.

The play received the 2015 Sue Winge Playwriting Award from Villanova University, was featured in PlayPenn’s 2017 Conference, and received its first reading as part of the inaugural Philadelphia Women’s Theatre Festival.

Here is my interview with Brie Knight.

https://newplayexchange.org/users/7338/brie-knight

Today on the podcast, we explore Stage Combat with Brittany Holdahl and Oliver Donahue of Argent Combat. We talk about how to engage a community who works closely together, remotely. Here is my interview with the team behind Argent Combat. Stay Tuned!

Today on the podcast, President and Artistic Director, Sarah Stolfa talks about the origins of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, celebrating Ten Years with several events, looking back on the early days and programs that helped to shape the value of PPAC since 2009. Here’s my interview with Sarah Stolfa.

ABOUT PPAC

Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is an artist-focused institution rooted in Philadelphia that supports the study, production, and exhibition of contemporary photographic practices for a broadly diverse audience.

FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://philaphotoarts.org

Stephanie Hodge talks about the Philadelphia Premiere of PTC’s “Everything Is Wonderful”.

ABOUT EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL

An Amish couple exhibits an act of unfathomable forgiveness after their two sons are killed in a car accident. Upholding the tenets of their faith, they take in Eric, the wayward young driver of the car. But the accident brings home their eldest daughter, Miri, who was excommunicated five years earlier, and Eric’s presence cracks open the family’s secret history. As the family struggles to cling to their way of life, they are forced to find a way forward inside their insular community, practicing mercy and forgiveness to heal the wounds of the past.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org