The StageLync Podcast

Ep.29: Audrey Hoo: Director of Production - "Listening is the first step to meaningful change” (Video)

A lifelong arts maker, Audrey Hoo is the Director of Production of Tony-award winning Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley California. Originally from Singapore, Audrey ventured to the United States to seek new experiences. Most recently, she has worked at the American Conservatory Theater, La Jolla Playhouse and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has had the pleasure of working with artists across all performing arts genres such as Tony Taccone, Chay Yew, Christopher Ashley, William Kentridge, Alex Timbers, Catherine Martin, Sam Mendes, Paul Simon, Laurie Anderson, John Turturro & Elaine Stritch. Outside of work, Audrey strives to be her best self. Always pushing to learn new skills, her main loves include martial arts, hiking, west coast swing and country two-step dances.  Audrey holds a M.F.A in Technical Direction from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.  
 
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Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Hosts: Anna Robb and Ana AguileraEditor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep.28: Lisa Richards Toney: President and CEO of APAP - "Success comes from discipline, resilience, and never giving up" (Audio)

Lisa Richards Toney became President and CEO of APAP on July 1, 2020, bringing more than 25 years of experience leading a range of small and large arts and humanities organizations, managing change, and building stability. Since 2020, Lisa has led APAP through the challenging pandemic years in which sustainability and strengthening the organization’s business model became a core focus. Lisa’s vision for APAP and the field is simple – to provide members with the critical information and services needed to thrive as professionals in the North American presenting, booking and touring industry—now and in the future, as well as to affirm APAP’s role as a national leading member organization and to strengthen its purpose to the field, ensuring its lasting impact within the performing arts ecosystem. Prior to APAP, Lisa has served the field in a variety of leadership positions at organizations such as the Abramson Scholarship Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Pen/Faulkner Foundation, The American Place Theatre, and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
 
 
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Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Hosts: Anna Robb, Ana … and Kat ….Editor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep.28: Lisa Richards Toney: President and CEO of APAP - "Success comes from discipline, resilience, and never giving up" (Video)

Lisa Richards Toney became President and CEO of APAP on July 1, 2020, bringing more than 25 years of experience leading a range of small and large arts and humanities organizations, managing change, and building stability. Since 2020, Lisa has led APAP through the challenging pandemic years in which sustainability and strengthening the organization’s business model became a core focus. Lisa’s vision for APAP and the field is simple – to provide members with the critical information and services needed to thrive as professionals in the North American presenting, booking and touring industry—now and in the future, as well as to affirm APAP’s role as a national leading member organization and to strengthen its purpose to the field, ensuring its lasting impact within the performing arts ecosystem. Prior to APAP, Lisa has served the field in a variety of leadership positions at organizations such as the Abramson Scholarship Foundation, the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, the Pen/Faulkner Foundation, The American Place Theatre, and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy.
 
 
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Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Hosts: Anna Robb, Ana … and Kat ….Editor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep27: John Devereaux: Actor - "The stage is a platform for joy" (Audio)

John is a passionate advocate for the importance of representation in the performing arts and believes he would not be where he is if it were not for “The Lion King.” When he saw the play as a young, Black student, it was the first time he could see himself on the stage.
 
With representation in the performing arts being a hot topic in recent media stories, such as the controversy around “The Little Mermaid,” “The Rings of Power,” and “House of the Dragon,” Devereaux can speak to his experience in rejoicing at a character that looks like him, and his hope to inspire other who look like him that no character or stage is out of reach for them either.
 
 
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Hosts: Anna Robb, Ana … and Kat ….Editor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep.26: Jack Canfora: Actor, Playwright, Musician & Teacher - "I've always known I was meant to write" (Audio)

John Lawrence "Jack" Canfora is an Award-Winning American playwright, actor, musician and teacher. After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth. He’s been hailed by the Associated Press as “White-hot Entertainment” for his off-Broadway plays including Poetic License, Place Setting, and Jericho, a New York Times “Critics Pick.” He was nominated along with Edward Albee, Elaine May, and Teresa Rebeck for The Newark Star Ledger’s Best Play, 2007. Jack is the recipient of two Edgerton Playwriting Awards, for Jericho (2010) and The Source (2018). He won the 2016 Webby Award for Best Writing in a Web Series. Jack is also the Artistic Director of New Normal Rep.
 
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Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Hosts: Anna Robb, Ana … and Kat ….Editor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep.26: Jack Canfora: Actor, Playwright, Musician & Teacher - "I've always known I was meant to write" (Video)

John Lawrence "Jack" Canfora is an Award-Winning American playwright, actor, musician and teacher. After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth. He’s been hailed by the Associated Press as “White-hot Entertainment” for his off-Broadway plays including Poetic License, Place Setting, and Jericho, a New York Times “Critics Pick.” He was nominated along with Edward Albee, Elaine May, and Teresa Rebeck for The Newark Star Ledger’s Best Play, 2007. Jack is the recipient of two Edgerton Playwriting Awards, for Jericho (2010) and The Source (2018). He won the 2016 Webby Award for Best Writing in a Web Series. Jack is also the Artistic Director of New Normal Rep.
 
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The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com
 
Credits for the StageLync Podcast
Hosts: Anna Robb, Ana … and Kat ….Editor: Rose Anne FermocilMusic: Jeremy WilliDesign: Em HoltProduction Coordinator: Roselle BernardoProducers: Anna Robb and Andrea Honis

Ep.25: Gareth Hulance: Show Caller, Production Stage Manager and Show Director - "Trust and respect are the foundation of good teamwork” (Audio)

Gareth has over 20 years’ experience working as an international show caller, production stage manager and show director.
Originally working in stage management in London’s West End, Gareth moved into event stage management and then into show calling, production stage management & show direction. Client requests to provide full stage management and show calling teams, led to Gareth forming cue2cue which supplies some of the most experienced teams across the world. cue2cue now supplies teams to over 50 global clients across Europe, Middle East, Asia & USA.
Gareth has also been working in educational training for over 20 years and is passionate about inspiring and educating the next generation.
 
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Ep.25: Gareth Hulance: Show Caller, Production Stage Manager and Show Director - "Trust and respect are the foundation of good teamwork” (Video)

Gareth has over 20 years’ experience working as an international show caller, production stage manager and show director.
Originally working in stage management in London’s West End, Gareth moved into event stage management and then into show calling, production stage management & show direction. Client requests to provide full stage management and show calling teams, led to Gareth forming cue2cue which supplies some of the most experienced teams across the world. cue2cue now supplies teams to over 50 global clients across Europe, Middle East, Asia & USA.
Gareth has also been working in educational training for over 20 years and is passionate about inspiring and educating the next generation.
 
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Ep. 24: Anna Kuk: Poet, Violinist, Writer and Composer - "Pauses are part of the music; everything has its time" (Audio)

Anna Kuk is a Polish violinist based in Paris, with the exceptional, international experience in orchestral and chamber music. She has performed in more than nineteen countries across the continents with the most prominent conductors and orchestras, including European Union Youth Orchestra. With her string quartet ReVerb Ensemble, introduces new formats of the classical concerts: as a walking gallery or musical sculpture: improvisation to the art installation (Biennale in Japan). Apart from her musical profession, she is an award-winning poet, having her poems commissioned by composers and festivals. She is the author of the philosophical concept of URKLANG.
 
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The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com

Ep. 24: Anna Kuk: Poet, Violinist, Writer and Composer - "Pauses are part of the music; everything has its time" (Video)

Anna Kuk is a Polish violinist based in Paris, with the exceptional, international experience in orchestral and chamber music. She has performed in more than nineteen countries across the continents with the most prominent conductors and orchestras, including European Union Youth Orchestra. With her string quartet ReVerb Ensemble, introduces new formats of the classical concerts: as a walking gallery or musical sculpture: improvisation to the art installation (Biennale in Japan). Apart from her musical profession, she is an award-winning poet, having her poems commissioned by composers and festivals. She is the author of the philosophical concept of URKLANG.
 
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The StageLync Podcast is a branch of our larger StageLync Community. Come visit us at www.stagelync.com