A View from the Box - The Podcast

Happy Toronto Fringe-mas everyone! And welcome to Episode 23 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I've got my final Fringe podcast of the year, featuring Anesti Danelis of "Artificially Intelligent 2.0" Anesti Danelis is a Greek/Canadian comedian, writer, and musician best known for his viral comedy songs and satirical cultural sketches which have amassed over 1 million foll...

Hello everyone! We have a whole bunch of 2's going on today! 2 guests from "2% of Condoms" It's Episode 22 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast AND it's June 22nd! Which also means that the Toronto Fringe Festival is just 9 days away! Do you have your tickets yet? My guests this week are Nikki Bon and Claire Cavalheiro. Nikki is an LA based stand-up comedian. Originally from...

It's the most wonderful time of the year! It's time for the Toronto Fringe Festival! Once again this year, my June and my first July podcast episodes are dedicated to some of the artists in this year's Fringe! Today I get to talk to Rymn Wadwha, the writer and director of "Assembly Sϋggested". Rymn Wadhwa is a writer and director based in Toronto. Assembly Süggested is her debut theatric...

Hello Everyone! Welcome to episode 20 of season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! This week my guest is Steve Skybell, who's currently on stage as Tevye in "Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish" at the Elgin Theatre. Steven Skybell is a veteran actor who most recently starred as Herr Schultz in the Broadway revival of CABARET, for which he received a Tony Award nomination. Skybell won th...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Episode 19 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! Today, my guest is Ash Knight, who is the Artistic Executive Director of Pleiades Theatre! Ash moved to London, England at the age of 20 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art for 3 years on a scholarship. He graduated with a RADA Diploma and a Bachelor’s Degree in Acting from the University of London. He’...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 18 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! I am incredibly honoured to have Sara Farb on the podcast with me today! Sara is a multi-award-winning performer and writer living in Toronto. This year, she makes her Shaw Festival debut as Fanny Brice in Funny Girl. On Broadway, she played Delphi Diggory Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts 1 & 2, a...

Hello everyone! Unfortunately, due to some technical difficulties, this week's episode is a bit shorter, but I got to speak to the incredible Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg of Opera Atelier. Jeanette Lajeunesse Zingg has choreographed and performed in major theatres internationally. She received her training in London, Copenhagen and Paris, where she undertook in-depth studies of...

Hello everyone and welcome to Episode 16 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! Spring has sprung which means some great new theatre coming up along with the warmer weather! Today, I get to talk to Heeyun Park 박희윤 who's playing the Moor Hen as part of Riot King TO's "The Moors". Heeyun Park 박희윤 is an actor, singer and creator based in Toronto, raised in Edmonton and born...

Hello Everyone! Welcome to Episode 15 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I'm so excited to have the father/daughter creative team behind "Kathryn: A Life Almosting" on the podcast today! Andrew Faiz (Book, Lyrics, Producer) has worked in television and radio, at newspapers and magazines, in documentary film and once was a hotel manager. He has been a public speaker, a lect...

Hello there! Welcome to Episode 14 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. Today, I am so pleased to have some of the talented performers who make up The Tita Collective on the show: Maricris Rivera and Ellie Posadas. Tita Collective is an all-Filipina collective composed of award-winning playwrights, comedians, musicians, dancers, theatre makers and actors, based in Toronto, Canada. We...

Hello everyone and Happy Family Day! I've got a great interview to share with you today with playwright Nicolas Billon. Nic’s literary vocation surfaced at the age of six, when he wrote and illustrated a story on index cards about a rampaging robot. He stapled the cards together and sold “ Le Robot ” to his mother for a tidy profit. Today, his work is known for its challenging subject matter blend...

Welcome to Episode 12 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I'm so thankful to have Kate Martin, who is not only currently performing in but is also associate directing Shakespeare BASH'd's current production "Troilus and Cressida" Kate Martin is a theatre artist and educator raised in rural Saskatchewan and based in Toronto. Previously with Shakespeare BASH'd, she played Emi...

Welcome to Episode 11 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I'm so excited to have Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch back on the show to talk about their new Horror Theatre Festival "Dead of Winter" Founded by Natalia Bushnik and Kathleen Welch in 2021, spindle collective formed through our shared passion in the telling of original, immersive, horror-theatre works. Based in...

Happy Holidays everyone! Welcome to Episode 9 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. Inspired by my appearance on Stageworthy's year end roundup , I wanted to do a little year-end review for A View from the Box - The Podcast! My guest is very special, it's my fiance Kyle! Kyle has seen 57 out of the 146 shows I've seen this year, and we have a blast! We talk about some of our f...

Well hello there! And welcome to episode 8 of season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. Today, my guest is Clyde Wagner of TO Live! Clyde Wagner is the President and CEO of TO Live, one of Canada’s largest multi-arts organizations, which programs and operates three iconic civic institutions in Toronto: Meridian Hall, St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts, and Meridian Arts Centre. Appointed in 201...

Hello everyone! Welcome to episode 7 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! I am thrilled to have been able to chat with one of my favourite performers, Virgilia Griffith. Virgilia Griffith is an actor based in Toronto. Winner of the Meta Emerging Artist Award for Gas Girls by Donna Michelle St. Bernard. Winner of the Dora Mavor Moore awards for Outstanding Performance for Harlem Duet by Djanet Sea...

Hello everyone! Welcome to episode 6 of season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! I'm excited to share with you my conversation with Heather Marie Annis! Heather is a Toronto based actor, playwright, clown, therapeutic clown and Blue Jays fan. She is Morro of the award winning comedy dup Morro and Jasp and Co-Artistic Director of Up Your Nose and In Your Toes Productions. She will be appearin...

It's spooky season! So it's only fitting that my guest this week runs the spookiest theatre in Toronto! Eric Woolfe was born the bastard child of an itinerant sideshow contortionist, and a door-to-door alienist. He began his career at the age of eight and three quarters, when a national famine forced him to follow his mother’s twisted feet into show business. Following failed careers as a learned...

Hello there, dear listener, and welcome to Episode 4 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. Today's episode is just a quick chat about what I've seen this fall, what you can still see on stage right now, and what I'm looking forward to this fall. Also a Happy Thanksgiving to those of you here in Canada. I'm so thankful for all of you and for your support with everything I do. If you'd l...

Well hello there! Welcome to Episode 3 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. I am so happy to get to have Makram Ayache on the show today. He's chatting with me today about his new show "The Green Line" which is on right now at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, as well as his Dora Award Winning "A Witch in Algiers" and much more. Makram Ayache is a Governor General Lite...

Hi there everyone! It's time for Episode 2 of Season 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! Today's guest is Andrea Donaldson, and we're chatting about "Enormity, Girl, and the Earthquake in Her Lungs" which opens this week! Andrea has been Nightwood Theatre’s Artistic Director since 2019. Her artistic practice has spanned over 20 years rooted in dramaturgy and directing feminist works....

Hello there, and welcome to SEASON 2 of A View from the Box - The Podcast. Thank you so much for coming along this journey with me and for getting us to a second season of this podcast, I'm over the moon. I'm so excited to have the legendary Brenda Kamino on the show today. BRENDA KAMINO DIRECTING: Harabogee & Me, (Shakespeare in Action); Restless Night, (Shadowpath) Eminent Domain, Half the S...

It's the final episode of Season 1 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! Thank you all SO much for your support of me and my podcast in this new journey for me! My guests today are Birgitte Solem and Robert Ross Parker of Here For Now Theatre and Hope and Hell Theatre's "Apples in Winter" Birgitte Solem has worked at theatres across the country, and has spent several seasons over the las...

Well hi there! This is episode 24 of A View from the Box - The Podcast! Season 1 is winding down, but fear not! Season 2 is already in the works! This week, I'm chatting with musician and now playwright Cale Crowe. Cale Crowe is an Anishnaabe singer-songwriter from Alderville First Nation and has been performing to stages of all sizes for the last 12 years alongside acts like Ron Sexsmith, The Str...