Dear Old World with Mary Kate Wiles

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the illustrious dancer, singer, actor, and writer James Tolbert, whom you may know as Rip Van Winkle in Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless, or from his various appearances with Team StarKid.. In this interview from April 2021, James shares his experiences traveling the world as a performer on cruise ships, at multiple Disney parks, and of course, his work with StarKid. You can hear the rest of this episode and over 35 other interviews on my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow James ⁠⁠here⁠⁠:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/jwtolb Support Shipwrecked Comedy's upcoming project here. Dear Old World is recorded and edited by me, Mary Kate Wiles. The music is by Dylan Glatthorn. Thanks to Sophie Lesher for the podcast art.

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the incredibly accomplished Matt Enlow, whom you may know as the writer/creator of Squaresville⁠. In this interview from March 2022, Matt shares a lot about his experiences in the indie film/web space, we talk about the trials and tribulations of independent producing, and so much more. And check out my current Kickstarter for my new travel series, ⁠Hobbit Houses of America⁠, if that sort of thing sounds exciting to you! You can hear the rest of this episode and over 35 other interviews on my ⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Matt ⁠⁠here⁠⁠:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/mrmattenlow Dear Old World is recorded and edited by me, Mary Kate Wiles. The music is by Dylan Glatthorn. Thanks to Sophie Lesher for the podcast art.

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the lovely Margaret Dunlap, whom you may know as one of the writers on The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. In this interview from July 2020, Margaret and I reminisce about what made that project so special, she shares her advice for aspiring writers, and much more. And check out my current Kickstarter for my new travel series, Hobbit Houses of America, if that sort of thing sounds exciting to you! You can hear the rest of this episode and over 35 other interviews on my ⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Margaret ⁠here⁠:⁠ https://twitter.com/spyscribe Dear Old World is recorded and edited by me, Mary Kate Wiles. The music is by Dylan Glatthorn. Thanks to Sophie Lesher for the podcast art.

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the prolific Nick Lang. You probably know him as one of the creative minds behind Team Starkid, but you might also know him from a webseries we both appeared in recently by the Tin Can Brothers: Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye. In this interview from October 2020, Nick shares with me what it's like to write with your sibling, his dreams (at that time) for the future of the Hatchetfield shows, and much more. Enjoy! You can hear the rest of this episode and over 35 other interviews on my ⁠Patreon⁠: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Nick here⁠: https://twitter.com/nicklangtweets

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the wonderful Julia Cho. You probably know Julia as Charlotte Lu in The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, but you may also know her from Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, or her work with her theatre collective here in Los Angeles, Artists at Play. In this interview from September 2022, we discuss the impact the LBD had (or didn't have) on our careers, being producers of theatre and film, and much more. Enjoy! You can help Artist at Play fundraise for their next production This Is Not a True Story, and learn more about their mission here: artistsatplay.org/support You can hear the rest of this episode and over 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Julia here: http://www.instagram.com/thatjuliacho

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the incredible Ginny Di. You know Ginny as a D&D cosplayer & content creator, but she's also worked with me as an actor in Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, and she does so much more! We talk about Ginny's journey to being a content creator, dealing with annoying internet comments, how she got into Critical Role, and so much more. This episode was originally recorded in July of 2021. You can hear the rest of this episode and 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles You can also support Ginny on her own Patreon: http://patreon.com/ginnydi Follow Ginny here: http://www.instagram.com/itsginnydi

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the delightful and hilarious Jaime Lyn Beatty. You know Jaime from her many appearances with Team Starkid, and maybe also from playing Rachel Lynde in my own Anne Shirley radio play series! She's currently appearing in Runaway Rue here in Los Angeles as a part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival. This episode was originally recorded in May of 2021. We talk about Jaime's appearances in Starkid projects, our insecurities about posting online, how proud she is to be dog mom to her pup Nori, and much more. You can hear the rest of this episode and 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles You can also support Jaime on her own Patreon: http://patreon.com/jlbeatty Find more information about Runaway Rue, playing till Sunday June 18th, here: http://ruetix.com Follow Jaime here: http://www.instagram.com/jlbeatty

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is the handsome and hilarious Ryan W. Garcia. You know Ryan from appearing in Shipwrecked Comedy's Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story or Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, or from being a voice on Big Nate, and many other things! He's currently appearing in Ava: The Secret Conversations here in Los Angeles at the Geffen Playhouse. This episode was originally recorded in October of 202s. We talk about Ryan's many VO jobs, his performances in Shipwrecked projects, and much more. You can hear the rest of this episode and 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Ryan at twitter.com/ryanwgarcia

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is musical genius Dylan Glatthorn! Dylan has been Shipwrecked Comedy's in-house composer for the past few years, having written the score for Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, The Case of the Gilded Lily, and more. This episode was originally recorded in June of 2021. We talk about Dylan's background, his process, and how he approached the scores for a few of our Shipwrecked projects. You can hear the rest of this episode and 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Hear Dylan discuss more about the making of the Headless score in his recent appearance on the Best Film Ever podcast: https://bestfilmever.podbean.com/e/dylan-glatthorn-a-bfe-interview-headless-shipwrecked-more/ Follow Dylan at twitter.com/glatthorn

Welcome to Dear Old World, a podcast where I bring on my incredible friends to talk about our creative lives and journeys! This week my guest is mistress of the macabre, Sinéad Persaud! She is of course 1/2 of the writing team behind Shipwrecked Comedy, having written such hits as Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story, Edgar Allan Poe's Murder Mystery Dinner Party, The Case of the Gilded Lily, and more. This episode was originally recorded in November of 2022. We talk about how Sean and Sinéad write together, Sinéad's work on her own in the narrative prose space, and being a female creator, along with so much more. You can hear the rest of this episode and 30 other interviews on my Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/mkwiles Follow Sinead at twitter.com/sineadpersaud