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Tuesday, January 18, 2022

People You Should Know . . . Bobby Torkova by Zack Calhoon

Bobby Torkova is an award-winning magician and mind reader whom the NY Post called “unquestionably among the best!"  Having a love of magic since the age of seven, Torkova has been pursui…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:24PM
Friday, January 14, 2022

People You Should Know . . . Keith Alessi by Zack Calhoon

Keith Alessi (Writer and performer) Before taking to the stage, Keith was well known as a successful public company CEO, entrepreneur and college professor. He has led companies in both Can…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 06:12PM

People You Should Know . . . Matt Storrs by Zack Calhoon

Matt Storrs is a writer, storyteller, and comedian. He's been selected to perform in San Francisco Sketch Fest and multiple comedy festivals over his years of performing. He can be found on…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:06PM

People You Should Know . . . Daniel Kinch by Zack Calhoon

Daniel Kinch (Playwright/Performer) is a playwright, actor, teacher, Activist and historian of activist movements. His play A CLOWN, A HAMMER, A BOMB, AND GOD premiered at the first New York…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:06PM
Wednesday, January 12, 2022

People You Should Know . . . Katrin Arefy by Zack Calhoon

Katrin Arefy is an essayist and playwright who examines the many absurd realities that we experience in our daily lives in her writing. Her essays and play scripts have appeared in numerous …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Laura Kay Clark by Zack Calhoon

Laura Kay Clark (Petunia’s Playhouse Creator, Bookwriter, Petunia) is a New York City-based actress, singer, writer, content creator, and puppeteer. Originally from Ohio, Laura moved to Ne…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:48AM

People You Should Know . . . Sara Fellini by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Charlotte Dobre) Sara Fellini (Playwright/Director) is an award-winning playwright, director, actress, and skilled artisan. Her first play, Hazard a Little Death, was nominated fo…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:48AM
Sunday, October 3, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Cristina Frías by Zack Calhoon

Cristina Frías is an actor, educator and storyteller. She has performed regionally, locally and around the globe in Europe, Latin America and East Africa. Cristina also plays characters on-…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:24PM
Friday, October 1, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Jesse Bliss by Zack Calhoon

Jesse Bliss is Founder and Artistic Director of The Roots and Wings Project. She is a playwright, director, producer, actress, poet and veteran arts educator going into prisons since age 16.…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:04PM

People You Should Know . . . Roger Q. Mason by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Abdullah Helwani) Roger Q. Mason (they/them) is an award-winning writer, performer and educator known for using history's lens to highlight the biases that separate rather than uni…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 07:48PM

People You Should Know . . . Bahni Turpin by Zack Calhoon

Bahni Turpin is a Los Angeles based actress who has appeared on many local and national stages including the Mark Taper Forum, The Kirk Douglas Theater, The Taper Too (at The Ivy Sub Station…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:42PM
Tuesday, September 14, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Orietta Crispino by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Gaia Squarci) Orietta Crispino is the Artistic Director of Theaterlab. Born in Italy, she graduated from the prestigious Piccolo Teatro School in Milan, where she worked with the m…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:32PM
Friday, September 10, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Zulivet Díaz by Zack Calhoon

Zulivet Díaz graduated from the University of Puerto Rico with a BA in Theatre and continued her studies at the Stella Adler Academy of Acting and Theatre in Los Angeles. She relocated to N…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:24PM
Monday, September 6, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Jeanne Lauren Smith by Zack Calhoon

JEANNE LAUREN SMITH is an actor, collaborator, playwright and trauma-informed meditation facilitator. In 2021 she had the pleasure of performing in several installments of Dorothy Lyman’s …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:18AM

People You Should Know . . . Griffin Stanton-Ameisen by Zack Calhoon

Griffin Stanton-Ameisen is an NYC based, Philly area born actor, writer, producer, and teaching artist. Most recently, he's been at home writing plenty of haikus, a new short film, and co-w…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:18AM
Sunday, August 1, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Michael Alvarez by Zack Calhoon

Michael Alvarez (Director) Michael’s directorial work has been seen internationally at Her Majesty’s Theatre in the West End, Arcola Theatre, Westminster Library, Royal Academy of Music,…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:36AM
Saturday, July 31, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Peter Gray by Zack Calhoon

Peter Gray (Playwright) has studied Buddhism on a North Carolina goat farm, philosophy in the ruins of Socrates' jail cell, and fairy tales in Copenhagen. His most recent play Salem: Post-Mo…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 09:24PM
Thursday, May 13, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Helen Banner by Zack Calhoon

Helen Banner (she/they) is a playwright and librettist and an associate artist at New Georges. They grew up in the British Channel Islands and studied at Cambridge and the Tisch School of t…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:12AM
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Grace Oberhofer by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Justin McCallum) Grace Oberhofer (composer/librettist) is an award-winning choral composer, who has particular expertise in writing for treble voices and making non-traditional m…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 10:06AM
Tuesday, May 4, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Elinor T Vanderburg by Zack Calhoon

Elinor T Vanderburg is a Black-American writer, performer and voice artist born in Washington, D.C. She writes plays for and about misfits, creating troubled chimerical landscapes to call he…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:48PM
Monday, May 3, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Tess Howsam by Zack Calhoon

Tess Howsam is a Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist who curates and directs ekphrastic shows that blend theater, installation art, and performance. Howsam seeks to subvert theatrical ex…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PM

People You Should Know . . . Emily Krause by Zack Calhoon

Emily Krause is a Brooklyn-based playwright, songwriter, and performer. Her plays have been produced at Whitman College, the Center for Performance Research, and the IRT 3B Development Serie…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PM

People You Should Know . . . Porcia Lewis by Zack Calhoon

Porcia Lewis started her career in the arts at the tender age of 5. She was in theatre productions from elementary school throughout college. After dropping out of college, Porcia began to w…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PM

People You Should Know . . . Leah Barker by Zack Calhoon

Leah Barker's plays have been developed or performed by Hartford Stage, Troy Foundry Theatre, Capital Repertory Theatre, Dixon Place, Spark Creative Works, Mount St. Mary's University, and E…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 08:42PM
Wednesday, April 7, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Ryan McCurdy by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by Jody Christopherson) RYAN McCURDY is a multi-disciplinary performer, writer, and producer who has worked extensively on both coasts and across the United States. As an actor-musi…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 04:36PM
Monday, March 1, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Eli Batalion by Zack Calhoon

  ELI BATALION is a writer, producer, director, actor and composer for film, TV, the web and the stage. Eli began his career in musical theatre with the hit the award-winning internation…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:48PM

People You Should Know . . . Eli Battalion by Zack Calhoon

ELI BATALION is a writer, producer, director, actor and composer for film, TV, the web and the stage. Eli began his career in musical theatre with the hit the award-winning internationally …

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 12:36PM
Saturday, February 6, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Bill Connington by Zack Calhoon

Bill Connington is an actor and filmmaker. His feature film LOVE, REPEAT recently started streaming on platforms including Amazon and iTunes. His next film, POUGHKEEPSIE IS FOR LOVERS, is in…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 11:03AM
Monday, January 4, 2021

People You Should Know . . . Anna Cherkezishvili by Zack Calhoon

Anna Cherkezishvili was born in Georgia. As a child, she experienced a civil war in her country. The war caused poverty and despair in Georgia. Her family had to go through hard social times…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 02:36PM
Sunday, December 6, 2020

People You Should Know . . . November Christine by Zack Calhoon

(Photo by PJ Norton) November Christine holds a degree in Cellular Biology and Molecular Genetics from the University of Maryland, as well as a BM in Musical Theatre from the East Carolina…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 05:24PM
Wednesday, October 14, 2020

People You Should Know . . . Kurt Johns by Zack Calhoon

KURT JOHNS, as a 20-year resident of New York, had a great performing career in regionals, Broadway and national tours before repatriating to Chicago to concentrate on directing and writing.…

SOURCE: Visible Soul at 03:54PM

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2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
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