Artist Soapbox * Audio fiction + Creative Process

Enjoy this recording of two original audio dramas performed (LIVE) in front of an audience in the spring of 2024. Capital Arts Theater Guild  partnered with  Artist Soapbox  to present ASBX LIVE: Home Sweet Home.  ASBX LIVE was an evening of theatrical fun, featuring LIVE presentations of two original audio dramas, written by North Carolina writers with additional performances...

Interview with the podcast co-producers June Guralnick and Tamara Kissane. THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this new, limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – people who champion creative writing as a catalyst for soldiers’ healing, as well as soldiers whose lives have been radically transformed through story. The interviews...

Interview with Captain Moira G. McGuire, former Chief of the Arts in Health Program at the National Intrepid Center of Excellence, and Sarah Moore, Community Specialist for Arts and Health at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this new, limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – peop...

Interview with Gail Ashby Bryant (Army veteran 1975-1981), Mark Bartholomew (Iraq Combat Medic veteran), and Bill Dixon (Vietnam veteran and Board Chair of Vets to Vets). THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this new, limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – people who champion creative writing as a catalyst for soldiers’ healin...

Interview with Brooke Dickhart, Executive Director of The Joel Fund and Linda Giles, retired social worker with the Department of Social Work at Womack Army Medical Center.   THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this new, limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – people who champion creative writing as a catalyst for so...

Interview with Barbara Aragon, social worker with Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration’s Tribal Training and TA Center, and Pedro Reyes, Iraq veteran and Native American digital storyteller. THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this new, limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – people who champion creative writi...

Interview with Joseph Bathanti, former North Carolina Poet Laureate and Dr. Bruce Kelly, retired Assistant Chief of Primary Care at the Charles George VA Medical Center. THE WRITE TO HEAL: SOLDIERS DEEP DIVE INTO STORYTELLING   In this limited six-episode audio series, Artist Soapbox speaks with life-changers – people who champion creative writing as a catalyst for soldiers’ healing, as...

Enjoy this recording of two original audio dramas performed (LIVE) in front of an audience in the spring of 2023. Capital Arts Theater Guild partnered with Artist Soapbox to present ASBX LIVE: Bringing the Outside Inside.  ASBX LIVE was an evening of theatrical fun, featuring LIVE presentations of two original audio dramas, written by North Carolina writers with additional performances by loc...

How can we use writing as a refuge during our journey thru grief? Can we evolve rather than dissolve as we act as caregiver for a loved one?  In this episode, Julia Freifeld delves into her creative process as author and artist, and details the personal journey that led to her book: In Each Other’s Bones: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Living.  In Each Other’s Bones and Julia Freifeld: Juli...

How do we create trans inclusive spaces? What is a gender consultant? How do theatre companies support best intentions with best practices? If you are committed to creating an inclusive space, this episode with Griffin James and Shira Helena Gitlin, is a must listen. Big thanks to Griffin for initiating this important and timely conversation with Shira. *Transcript for this episode is coming. Plea...

Let's open our 2023 season with a conversation with writer, Marjorie Hudson, about her beautiful novel, Indigo Field. Indigo Field is being described as "among the best of contemporary Southern fiction". Marjorie Hudson is a longtime writer of fiction and non-fiction, a committed educator and community member, advocate and activist. Throughout this conversation, Marjorie describes her creative pro...

Tamara drops in to open the 2023 Season of the Artist Soapbox podcast, to touch base with you about the exciting episodes that will be coming to your ears, and to talk about the future of Artist Soapbox. [Spoiler Alert: This season includes: 3 interview episodes, 2 radio plays, and a 6 episode limited series. Then, a hiatus of indefinite length.] *Transcript for this episode is coming. Please chec...

Microwaves, family secrets, and the Potential of a Pancake converge in this zany dark comedy about a middle-aged woman reckoning with her power for the first time.  Jesus Pancake is a new scripted audio fiction series from Artist Soapbox and the Soapbox Audio Collective. Nine episodes of Season One will be released FALL 2022. Subscribe via your favorite podcast app. For more information, see...

It’s Tamara here with a season 2022 wrap-up. In this short little episode, you'll hear a hodgepodge of season-related thoughts and recap, some numbers, what’s next for Artist Soapbox, recommendations, etc. It’s a little formless jumble of gratitude in audio form! Mentioned in this episode: ASBX Live Madame Magenta: Sonos Mystica Midnight Burger Allison Kirkland Writing Workshops LISTEN TO ASBX AUD...

If you are seeking encouragement, wisdom, and positivity, then this episode delivers! Brian Perry is a singer/songwriter, clarity coach, copywriter, author, speaker, and amazing person. Enjoy his conversation with host, Juliana Finch, about navigating the creative process, finding joy, and measuring success. *** BRIAN PERRY: Singer/Songwriter, Clarity Coach, Copywriter, Author, and Speaker (and th...

How about a special summer treat? This episode is a short audio play for middle-school kids created by the  Curious Theatre Collective . *** Founded in 2016, Curious Theatre Collective creates original, interdisciplinary educational theater programming that inspires audiences to follow their curiosity, persevere through challenges, and believe in the power of their imagination....

Isabel O'Hara Walsh leads writing workshops through the Redbud Writing Project . Redbud offers classes virtually and around the Triangle on topics like Writing the Novel, Experimental Fiction, and one that Isabel and I talk about, Joyful Creation – how to get your writing juices flowing when staring at that blank page. Isabel shares about their experience incorporating anti-racist practices into t...

It's Juliana Finch and Jess Klein! Jess Klein is an incredible songwriter-singer-performer, who has toured the world with her unbelievable music. She's been in the game long enough to know that creative cycles are normal and natural, and she approaches her process with a kind of ease that can inspire us all. Jess just finished producing an album that's coming out in the fall titled In the Arms of...

Griffin James speaks with theatre-maker and law student, Aysia Slade about her original play STATIC, creating art without causing harm to the artist, her writing process, Black theater and more. Aysia is a multi-talented artist who has such a thoughtful and nuanced approach to creating new work in theater. Enjoy this episode! BIO: Aysia Slade is a lover of stories and the art of theater making. Sh...

This conversation is teeming with content, strategies, and tips, so prepare to take notes! Jeff A.R. Jones and Lormarev Jones discuss the concept of care of Community and Company through the lens of Intimacy Direction, a growing field in both the theatre and film//television industries.   BIO: Jeff A.R. Jones has staged fights and/or intimacy for over 175 shows in theatre, opera, and bal...

Mara Thomas got to know poet and educator Zoe Tuck through the School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, North Carolina where Zoe taught a class called “Book Magic.”  “Book Magic” started from the premise that there is a grain of truth to the magic we remember from children's books and other fantastical literature. And if those books contained a grain of truth, how might participants nurtu...

Writers, take note! Author Kayla Cagan gives insight into her writing process (including the publishing phase), as well as navigating writer's block with really practical ways to overcome it. Guest host, Juliana Finch, and Kayla provide resources and places to start when writing doesn't feel great or accessible BIO:  Kayla Cagan (she/her) is the Young Adult Author of PIPER PERISH and ART...

Creating collaboratively! Making original work in new ways! It's all in this conversation between Griffin James and Rachel Klem. They discuss several of Rachel's original shows, her creative process, working with collaborators, and more in this episode. Rachel's Website:  https://www.rachelklemtheatre.com/ Argo:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPjfmXdLM4E BIO: Rachel Klem (she/her)...

Get your vitamin cocktail and motivational shot in the arm from this conversation between Lormarev Jones and the incredible Yolanda Rabun! We consider her a Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill celebrity, so we are start struck!! As a wife, mother, corporate executive, lawyer, singer-songwriter and publisher, motivational speaker, political scientist, community activist for youth, touring performance artist...

It's Mara Thomas in conversation with artist and educator Luan Joy Sherman! Mara connected with Luan through the School of the Alternative (SotA) an immersive, non-hierarchical learning environment that seeks to “create conditions necessary for a present-day community of pioneering artists and critical thinkers.” During this year’s SotA session, Luan facilitated a class titled, “Fertile Fear" whic...