I Survived Theatre School

Intro : Gina and Jen talk pitch decks , learning new skill sets, Circle of Confusion Fellowship , the conundrum of praise, query letters, literary management, and negging . Let Me Run This By You : codependency, why is it always our job to protect assholes?, invalidation, fear of conflict. Also, Heaven's Gate , Wild Wild Country , post-pandemic travel plans, and LA Influencers. Interview : We talk...

Intro : Boz leaves her MFA program. We talk about the Midwest approach to "sticking it out", the perils of mentorship, consolidating power and amassing fortunes, 2021 as the Year of Big Asks, hiding out at institutions of higher learning, Let Me Run This By You : choosing not to cater to White Fragility, "progressives" and their art, 2021 as the Year of Is This a Waste of My Time?, Interview : We...

Intro : Gina and Jen talk peasant DNA, jobs, the specific experience of being employed by the Catholic Church and how that convinced Nicolas Cage to hire Jen, making the quarterfinals of the CineStory TV writing contest. Let Me Run This By You : on the topic of Woo Woo culture, does one have to buy in to the whole culture or can they just adopt the tenets? Also, having a finely tuned bullshit mete...

Intro : Gina and Jen talk about what it means to be home, zero ICU bed availability in Los Angeles , clarifying the aim of this podcast, what it means to survive, surviving one's desire to be famous, and fame adjacency. Let Me Run This By You : Hope in a Jar, putting too much stock in beauty products, wtf is a serum?, Noxzema , multi-level marketing schemes , the Kylie Jenner go fund me campaign (...

*This episode was recorded on Election Day , 2020* Intro : Gina bastardizes a beautiful e.e. cummings poem Let Me Run This By You : Lack of acceptance, Japanese death philosophy , Unsolved Mysteries , tsunamis , personal responsibility, aggressively fearful flag waving, wearing your fear like a cloak of armor, more on NXVIM , channeling a lil' psychopathy, emotional felonies. Interview : We talk t...

Intro : Death Valley , camping, San Pedro , LSD, rageaholics , serial killers Let Me Run This By You : the perils of not letting you be you, codependency is like an MLM because there is no end user Interview : We talk to Jen Kober , who says she was "NOT a happy camper" while at TTS. Getting cut, knowing yourself, being among the first fat girls accepted into the program, being taken "back to neut...

Intro : Meet Snoball. Let Me Run This By You : clothes from Walgreens, coffins from Costco , the infernal unbreathabililty of polyester, shopping at Forever 21 vs Chico's vs Flax vs Eileen Fisher , the promise of the premise with Anthropologie , Mod Interview : We talk to Eric Slater - talks the life of a struggling actor, Jon Berry and Shake Your Groove Thing, Around the Coyote, (side note: Eric...

Let Me Run This By You : COVID, NXVIM , we are all in a cult because everything is a cult. Interview : Jen and Gina unpack their own memories of and experience with The Theatre School.

Intro : Jen tells us about her Disney audition and a conversation about " getting discovered " myths ensues. Let Me Run This By You : We talk home decor and what informs a person's personal style. Do you even know what your style is? When did you learn? Then we talk about decorating for the holidays and the potentially dangerous resentment trap that often comes along with it. Should we all just ge...

Opening : Jen and Gina discuss microphone woes, professional gamers, and taking pictures of the television. Let Me Run This By You : Dolly Parton documentary , an idea for a new take on 9 to 5 , and comforting watching in a pandemic. Interview : Jeffrey Brown talks getting into The Theatre School, growing up in an elite musical family, inappropriate audition pieces, the pelvic clock , drumming, di...