Kicking the Bucket

NOTE: **Both endings begin the same and diverge about halfway through.** And now, dear listener, we come to a crossroads. For our final episode, we invite you to choose your own ending. If you are rooting for Dolores and Howard to go out on their terms - needing no permission, making no apologies - go to Tape 8, Side A, or Episode 8A, “Rounded with a Sleep.” But if you’re hoping Dolores and Howard will find a way to share their truth - to open up, speak their hearts, and invite their children to understand and support them - stay here on Tape 8, Side B, or Episode 8B, “Brave New World.”✨ This is Episode 8B, “Brave New World.” | Description: Once more unto the breach. Dolores and Howard set out on their final journey and, in speaking the truth, discover a moment of unexpected beauty before the curtain falls. ⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregiving #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #Autonomy #AlzheimersAwareness #FearOfLettingGo

NOTE: **Both endings begin the same and diverge about halfway through.** And now, dear listener, we come to a crossroads. For our final episode, we invite you to choose your own ending. If you are rooting for Dolores and Howard to go out on their terms - needing no permission, making no apologies - stay here on Tape 8, Side A, or Episode 8A, “Rounded with a Sleep.” But if you’re hoping Dolores and Howard will find a way to share their truth - to open up, speak their hearts, and invite their children to understand and support them - go to Tape 8, Side B, or Episode 8B, “Brave New World.” ✨ This is Episode 8A, “Rounded with a Sleep.” | Description: All the world's a stage, but Dolores refuses to play the part. When all seems lost, Dolores clings to one final cue. Together, she and Howard attempt their boldest scene yet - a curtain call no one saw coming.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #Autonomy #AlzheimersAwareness #CareFacilities

✨ Finally. It’s time. And not a minute too late. Or maybe it is? Will Dolores and Howard be foiled again? Still, the kids need an answer about a nursing home, so our persistent protagonists make a break for it. In a minivan.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedDying #AlzheimersCare

✨ Dolores and Howard put their next plan into motion. But first, they need to get organized. Clear out the clutter and get the dog into a good, loving home. A feat that seems easy enough…⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AlzheimersCare #Autonomy #AgeBias

✨ This is it. The hour is nigh. Dolores and Howard make their move, but an unexpected visitor threatens to derail their carefully crafted goodbye. As Tamika reveals her secret, the question remains: will anyone hear Dolores and Howard before the curtain falls?⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedLiving #PowerOfAttorney #Autonomy

✨ Dolores and Howard realize that brainstorming ways to go out on your own terms is hard work. It also requires some imagination…and perchance, a little luck from Mother Nature. An annual family trip to a water park proves to be chaotic and isolating.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AssistedDying #EthicalDilemmas #FamilyTension

✨ Another tour of a retirement home facility pushes Dolores to face the future. Howard hopes the stars will align, but after a terrifying memory lapse episode with Dolores, he admits the fault may lie closer to home. They may have also accidentally adopted a dog.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #AlzheimersAwareness #DementiaCare #MemoryCare #RescueDog

✨ More talk of retirement communities and forced downsizing sets a strangely troublesome scene for Dolores and Howard. Can there be dignity in death? Tamika has a secret of her own.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregivers #DarkComedy #Aging #EndOfLife #ElderCare #FamilyDynamics #Downsizing

✨ Dolores and Howard set the stage for their last act after another unsatisfying tour of a “nursing home” (or retirement community, depending on who you ask) and a confirmation that Howard’s health is nearing its final curtain.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#Caregiving #AudioDrama #Aging #AlzheimersAwareness #ElderCare #DarkComedy

✨ Creator Andee Kinzy introduces KICKING THE BUCKET, a new fiction podcast about aging, caregiving, and end-of-life autonomy.With 8 richly sound-designed episodes and a stellar cast aged 34 to 92, this audio dramedy is a TV series for your ears. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. And you get to choose how the story ends.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING: Alzheimer’s, cancer, and end-of-life decision-making. 🌐 MORE INFO: https://improvedarts.org/kickingthebucketpodcast—-------🎙️ CASTMimi Strum & Richard Gartner as Dolores & HowardAlso featuring: Kendra L. Franklin, Mical Trejo, Kelli Bland, Chiara McCarty, Ivy Le, Dana Wing Lau, Vivian Glazier, Cynthia Preston & Shaun Conde🎬 CREDITSWritten/Produced/Directed: Andee KinzyProducer & Casting: Dana Wing LauSound Design, Mixing, Mastering: Hemlock Creek Productions (Marisa Ewing & Melissa Pons)Dialogue Editing: Hemlock Creek ProductionsMarketing: Chiara McCartyPodcast Club Producer: Chloé CarcamoStudio Recording: Northshore Media Productions (Austin, TX) | Engineer: Kevin Chin🔹 This project is supported in part by the City of Austin Economic Development Department. ImprovEd Arts is a sponsored project of Austin Creative Alliance.#AudioDrama #FictionPodcast #Aging #Caregiving #EndOfLife #ElderCare #NewPodcast #PodcastRecommendations