ABOUT ALAINA JOHNS

Alaina Johns, the editor-in-chief of Broad Street Review, is a freelance writer and editor who landed squarely in what everyone says is the worst job of the 21st century. So she makes Philadelphia her classroom, writing about everything from spaceflight to toad migrations. Alaina has been a freelance journalist in Philadelphia since 2007, and specializes in covering arts and culture for publications throughout the Philadelphia region and beyond.

Today on the podcast, a moment of your time is all I ask. I sit down with Broad Street Review’s Executive Director for a look back and forward for Philly’s home for arts, culture and conversation. Here is my interview with our Executive Director, Neil Bardhan.

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Today on the podcast, Producing Artistic Director Deborah Block and Board Chair Desiree Salera talk about 25 years in Exile. What to expect for this season. How a pandemic called for adjustments and what the future of Theatre Exile might look like in 25 years. Here is my interview with Deborah Block and Desiree Salera.

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

Join us in The Wasp’s Nest, a devised sitcom-style presentation about a zany group of magical beings. A motley crew of Pearl, Fiorella, and unlucky Lucifer struggle with a seemingly simple task: what to do with a community garden? Spoiler Alert! It gets messy.

Peppered with "commercials" of the most devilish sort, this show is the culmination of over a year of research, improvisations, writing exercises, and character development. Created almost entirely via Zoom, this digital presentation deals with themes including politics, power, the prison-industrial complex, sex and gardening.

FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: https://paperdollensemble.com and https://fringearts.com/event/the-wasps-nest/