ISC: Art Break

Sit back, relax, and take an Art Break with us. Hosted by ISC’s Marketing Assistant and Podcast Producer, Carolina Xique, and our Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Rose Mekertichyan, this casual Art Break interview features ISC Favorites and BFFs, Xavi Moreno and Richard Azurdia, who you have seen in countless LA Shakespeare Festivals, including Much Ado About Nothing , Titus Andronicu...

In this premiere of our monthly Community Action Update, ISC's Artistic Associate for Social Justice, Carene Mekertichyan, speaks to what actions YOU can take this month to stay active in the fight for social justice and equity. A list of resources are available below. You can find the full transcript of the episode here . List of Resources: White people for Black lives: https://www.awarela.org/sa...

What do The Kennedys, planet Earth, 2012, and Shakespeare all have in common? They all have conspiracy theories attached to them. Whether you believe the Earth is flat, or that the world was actually going to end back in 2012, it's a great wonder why conspiracy theories happen in the first place.  Who's prone to conspiracies? Why do we look to other means to make sense of the world around us?...

ISC ensemble member and Artistic Associate for Social Justice Carene Rose Mekertichyan facilitates a panel discussion in which Black theater artists discuss how theater has historically been used to bring about social change and how we all can maintain the momentum of this current movement. Panelists include: Sophina Brown (award winning theatrical producer and founder of Support Black T...

In Part 3 out of 3 of this series on Institutional Racism in the Theatre, host and producer Carolina Xique continues the discussion of anti-Blackness in Theatre Education. How is the diaspora of Black experiences neglected in theatrical education? What can White educators do today to dismantle White Supremacy within themselves? Continuing this discussion are highly-esteemed Black artists, educator...

In Part 2 out of 3 of this series on Institutional Racism in the Theatre, host and producer Carolina Xique discusses anti-Blackness in Theatre Education. How can traditional Westernized theatre training be harmful to Black artists? What's the difference between "Black" Theatre & "African-American" Theatre? How do the stories we tell affect the way we see Black people? Joining this discussion a...

It goes without saying that 2020 is not anyone's best year. However, it is the year that millions of Americans--even more specifically, theatre artists-- have had to take a hard look at the ways covert racism and anti-blackness are perpetuated throughout American culture. In the wake of protests against the murder of Black lives at the hands of police, Black artists are calling out major theatre a...

What is theatre in 2020? What is art? Is theatre still "theatre" if it must be held remotely or virtually? What might theatre look like once we can all commune again? In today's Art Break, Carolina discusses these questions with past ISC Artist, Luis Galindo, known for his wonderful performances in ISC's Macbeth, As You Like It, Twelfth Night, and A Midsummer Night's Dream . Carolina also checks i...

Happy Shakespeare Day! In today's Art Break, Carolina Xique Skype-interviews managing director of ISC, David Melville, about Shakespearean references that hit close to home--his home, that is, in England. They discuss everything from Simon Sudbury's mummified head, to Will Kemp's (a famous clown in Shakespeare's time) Nine Day's Wonder, to the masts that used to hold up the frame of The Globe Thea...

In today's Art Break, Melissa Chalsma, director of ISC's upcoming production of Macbeth , and Kalean Ung, who plays Lady Macbeth, talk about how witchcraft and magic manifest themselves in Shakespeare's iconic world of Macbeth. Kalean also performs Lady Macbeth's speech from Act 1 Scene 5. Follow us! Website: www.iscla.org Instagram & Twitter: @indyshakes Facebook: Independent Shakespeare Co.

In today's Art Break, co-founders of Independent Shakespeare Co., David Melville and Melissa Chalsma, explore the Bubonic plague during Shakespeare's era and how it affected his writing. While discussing thing, they bring on surprise special guest, Andre Martin, an actor based in Austin and a former ISC ensemble member of 14 productions. Follow us! Website: www.iscla.org Instagram & Twitter: @...

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, Independent Shakespeare Co. is committed to exploring digital content creation in our new program called Art Break. Art Break consists of short, free alternatives of providing ISC theatrical content, through videos, live streaming, and podcasting. On this podcast component of Art Break, we’re discussing the history of Shakespeare’s life & work, performi...