PAAL podcast host Nicole Stodard talks with PAAL Executive Team Member and Producing Director, Garlia Cornelia Jones about how she discovered and became a part of PAAL and her current PAAL project, BMP: Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival, streaming thru June 17, 2021. Get your tickets! Have questions about this podcast or suggestions for topics you'd like to hear us explore in this forum in the future? Email Nicole at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org. Thanks for listening! Please stay tuned! About Guest Garlia Cornelia Jones Garlia is a writer, producer, photographer and moth ..read more

PAAL podcast host Nicole Stodard talks with PAAL founder Rachel Spencer-Hewitt about the inspiration behind the organization and its vision for 2021. Have questions about this podcast or suggestions for topics you'd like to hear us explore in this forum in the future? Email Nicole at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org. Thanks for listening! Please stay tuned! About Rachel Spencer-Hewitt RACHEL SPENCER HEWITT​ is an equity actor with an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. During her time at the Yale School of Drama, she received the ​Pierre-André Salim​ ​Award​, awarded to third-year studen ..read more

PAAL Chief Rep in Chicago Lydia Milman Schmidt sits down with Artistic Director Alice da Cunha of Physical Theatre Festival in Chicago to talk about motherhood, running a festival, and the impact on childcare for events and performances. Listen up! It’s rad ..read more

With a MOTHERHOOD READING SERIES as their festival feature and CHILDCARE ON-SITE via a kids' show in the next room, Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival co-founders Polly Edelstein and Christine Petrini talk about the philosophy behind creating a theatre model that is both unconventional and accessible. Their mission words are Celebrate and Inclusion - check out why PAAL is thrilled to collaborate with them on this project and ensure that it's replicated! Listen in and learn more at PhillyWomensTheatreFest.org - and check out the MOTHERHOOD READING SERIES Aug 2-5 in Philadelphia by visiting t ..read more

PAAL podcast host Nicole Stodard talks with PAAL Executive Team Member and Producing Director, Garlia Cornelia Jones about how she discovered and became a part of PAAL and her current PAAL project, BMP: Black Motherhood & Parenting New Play Festival, streaming thru June 17, 2021. Get your tickets! Have questions about this podcast or suggestions for topics you'd like to hear us explore in this forum in the future? Email Nicole at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org. Thanks for listening! Please stay tuned! About Guest Garlia Cornelia Jones Garlia is a writer, producer, photographer and moth ..read more

PAAL podcast host Nicole Stodard talks with PAAL founder Rachel Spencer-Hewitt about the inspiration behind the organization and its vision for 2021. Have questions about this podcast or suggestions for topics you'd like to hear us explore in this forum in the future? Email Nicole at nicole@thinkingcaptheatre.org. Thanks for listening! Please stay tuned! About Rachel Spencer-Hewitt RACHEL SPENCER HEWITT​ is an equity actor with an MFA in Acting from the Yale School of Drama. During her time at the Yale School of Drama, she received the ​Pierre-André Salim​ ​Award​, awarded to third-year studen ..read more

Guest host and parent artist Tamara Kissane (Artist Soapbox) interviews Erica Lee Haines, PAAL Chief Rep of Nashville, TN. Erica shares her experiences with what changed after baby, the importance of defying arbitrary barriers, and advocating for parent artists in Nashville. (Learn more about Erica Lee Haines, Nashville artist.) She talks about the fear that many parent artists feel when engaging with the work because first impressions are everything. Erica joined PAAL because she wanted to "start a bigger conversation that it’s not just for me...it’s for the other parent artists working..." A ..read more

Off-Broadway producer Roberta Pereira talks RPI Project with PAAL founder Rachel Spencer Hewitt to engage with the work Roberta has established, how the women worked together to generate solutions, and where we go from here. LINKS AND RESOURCES: paaltheatre.com | https://www.playwrightsrealm.org/rpi | broadwaybabysitters.com ..read more

PAAL Chief Rep in Chicago Lydia Milman Schmidt sits down with Artistic Director Alice da Cunha of Physical Theatre Festival in Chicago to talk about motherhood, running a festival, and the impact on childcare for events and performances. Listen up! It’s rad ..read more

With a MOTHERHOOD READING SERIES as their festival feature and CHILDCARE ON-SITE via a kids' show in the next room, Philadelphia Women's Theatre Festival co-founders Polly Edelstein and Christine Petrini talk about the philosophy behind creating a theatre model that is both unconventional and accessible. Their mission words are Celebrate and Inclusion - check out why PAAL is thrilled to collaborate with them on this project and ensure that it's replicated! Listen in and learn more at PhillyWomensTheatreFest.org - and check out the MOTHERHOOD READING SERIES Aug 2-5 in Philadelphia by visiting t ..read more