The "For the Makers" Podcast

Evan Bertram  is a NY based actor, singer, and dancer. She has traveled around the regional theatre circuit for a few years and is currently touring with the national tour of My Fair Lady (ensemble, u/s Eliza Doolittle). Some of her credits include The Secret Garden (ACT of CT), Million Dollar Quartet (Ogunquit Playhouse), A Christmas Carol (Gateway Playhouse), and Bright Star (Riverside Theatre)....

Michael Sanky is a comedian, writer, musician, and actor based in New York City. Michael has a background in improv, sketch, and character comedy from the Upright Citizens Brigade and the Groundlings. You can find him regularly performing in comedy venues across NYC, including on his solo show “Make The Cut,” which performed to packed and pleased audiences. He also created and hosts Spell Checc, a...

Sophie Lee Morris is a proud member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA. Sophie is currently the vacation swing with the first national tour of Jagged Little Pill.  Select credits include: “Gossip Girl” (Co-Star), “Law & Order: SVU” (Supporting), “Gotham” (Co-Star), Slanted! Enchanted!: A Payment Musical directed by Alex Ross Perry, National Touring Company of Chicago (Mona), National Touring Company of Dirt...

Natalie Weiss gained an international following from her performance videos and popular YouTube web series, "Breaking Down The Riffs®".  As a private vocal coach and master class teacher, she trains performers across the US and throughout the world. Natalie guides singers with her trademarked method to break down riffs & runs from pop icons and often refers to her mission as “Pop Sin...

John Reed: Born in Houston, Texas, John relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 2004 and studied all facets of dance, singing and acting graduate from the Federation University Arts Academy in 2015 with a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre. His Australian theater credits include Funny Girl (The Production Company), Merrily We Roll Along (Watch This!), Jesus Christ Superstar (The Production Company),...

Annell Moya is a singer, songwriter and actress from Cape Town that currently resides in the USA for educational purposes. She is a AMDA graduate and has since been featured in children theatre shows such as Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel and many more. With a passion for music, Annell has released her debut single 'Heartbreak before love' in March 2023 which received support fro...

We're starting Season THREE of  The "For the Makers" Podcast  with an incredible guest. We can't wait for you to hear his story. Timothy "Hae Chan” Lee was born and raised in South Korea until the age of 12. He moved to America and found his love for sining and dancing which led him to Musical Theatre. He is fluent in both English and Korean. He has an NYU Masters in music v...

We're starting Season THREE of The "For the Makers" Podcast with a BONUS episode because we simply cannot wait until the second Friday of October to share this one with you! Brianna Kothari Barnes works professionally as an actor, singer-songwriter, and composer/lyricist. She was a 2021 Finalist for The Jonathan Larson Grant. Her debut album, Hierophanies: Manifestations of the Sacre...

Mariah Muehler is a versatile and passionate artist hailing from Northern California. She discovered her love for performing at a young age, performing in her community's musical theatre productions. In high school, she wrote and produced her own pop album, but it was her classical voice training in college that ultimately led her to fall in love with opera. After applying to 13 grad schools,...

Amy Helms is a New York-based actor and playwright with her MFA in Acting from the FSU/Asolo Conservatory for Actor Training Program. Favorite credits include Sophie Scholl in  We Will Not Be Silent , Catherine in  A View from the Bridge , Ruth Hoch in  Book of Days  and Viola in  Twelfth Night . Her play,  The Feeling Variations , is currently in development for a staged reading with New Thread&#...

Sydney Kirkegaard  is a theater and commercial actor from Milwaukee, WI, and got her BFA in Musical Theater at TCU. Sydney has performed in venues across the country including the Milwaukee Repertory Theater, the Riverside Theater, Lyric Stage, Skylight Music Theater, and most notably, alongside Phish at Madison Square Garden.  She also works as a voice over artist for video games, anime cartoons...

Grace Copeland is a director/producer of both theatrical media and live shows based in New York City. To support her own creative endeavors, she accepts commissions for theater photography and dance films. Grace has no background in theater or dance and has stumbled into the arts industry through God's favor and good friends who believed in her before she believed in herself. She is currently...

Josh Dunn is a creator, producer, and performer. On stage, he was most recently seen in the world premiere of The Wanderer at Papermill Playhouse. He was also in the national tour of Finding Neverland and the off-Broadway production of Fiddler on the Roof in Yiddish directed by Joel Grey. Last summer, he premiered a new physical theatre/vaudeville piece at Little Island as a part of their pop-up p...

Carly Natania Grossman is a New York based actor, dancer, creator, performer, upcycled clothing maker, tom foolery enthusiast. She graduated with her BFA in Musical Theatre from the University of Arizona. Credits include Lala (The Last Night of Ballyhoo), Zaneeta (The Music Man), Julia (The Two Gentlemen of Verona), understudy Carissa (My 80 Year Old Boyfriend), Eponine (Les Mis), Dorothy (The Wiz...

Jillian Paige is the Founder of Meisner in Music, the premier class to infuse the Meisner technique with singing. Jillian received her master’s in music theatre from Oklahoma City University, her bachelor’s in classical vocal performance from Belmont University, and studied Meisner under Terry Martin (a direct pupil of Meisner’s), and Ted Wold. Jillian is based out of New York City and has perform...

Ryan Dunn is an NYC-based actor, singer/songwriter, and arranger. Professional acting credits include Laurie in Little Women: The Musical (Everblue Arts), Prentiss in Peter & The Starcatcher, Luke/Dust Bunny in Dory Phantasmagory (NYCCT), and Featured Performer in Revelation: The Musical (Off-Bway). Songwriting and arranging credits include his original concept album “A Seasonal Playlist” (Gre...

Welcome to SEASON TWO (!!!) of The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Antonio Brown. Antonio Emerson Brown is a multicultural ball of sunshine who can’t help but tell a good story.  Storytelling is more than his passion: he can’t stop even i...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Jeff Sundheim. Jeff is a one of a kind dad pun. Ready to give you laughs you never asked for. And awkward moments of time you’ll never get back. He’s performed for many a year. Now he’s been...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Kimberly Yates. Kimberly Yates is a New York based actress. Some of her favorite projects include the LA premiere of The Mistakes Madeline Made by Elizabeth Meriweather, creator of New Girl,...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Danielle Bees. Danielle Bees is a Sofia Symphonic Summit 2023 Composer, an ICEBERG Institute 2022 Composer, an Alba Festival 2021 Composition Fellow, and an ICon Arts Transylvania Academy 202...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Jonathan Hogue. Jonathan Hogue is a theatrical producer, writer, and director with a passion for new work development and creative branding. He carries 4+ years of experience in Executive, Ad...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Rachel Lind. Rachel is an actor/writer based out of NYC. Originally from the great Pacific Northwest, she grew up loving theatre and telling everyone about it through song and dance (whether...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Today's guest is Carly Speno. Carly is a writer, fierce champion of artists, and 1/3 of Seeded Productions. An artist by design since the moment she experienced the magic of theatre at 6 years old, artistry has taken many...

Welcome to The "For the Makers" Podcast where we interview artists on their journeys, inspirations, and processes and encourage you, the makers, to listen well and tell stories. Hosts Leah Beth Etheredge and Rachel Gifford give you a taste of what's to come in Season 1 of the podcast.  Visit www.seededproductions.com for more information on our production company and to learn how to support u...