How to Embrace Failure

On this special episode, listeners get a glimpse into our Learning Hamlet class - an online offering of the Patrick Page Studio, as part of our Learning Shakespeare series. Together, under the guidance of Patrick, actors are guided on how to analyze Shakespeare's text and personalize the themes of the play. If you are interested in joining us for future Learning Shakespeare courses - please email [email protected] To purchase a ticket to All the Devils are Here : How Shakespeare Invented the Villain go to https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/all-the-devils-are-here-how-shakespeare-invented-the-villain/

Coming up in 2021 at the Patrick Page Studio, Patrick and I invite you to join us for our next session in our Learning Shakespeare Series. This time we will be doing 12 sessions virtually on HAMLET starting January 10th on Sundays from 7-9 PM Eastern. For more information, please email us at [email protected] to reserve your spot. On this episode, we share some more details on this class towards the end of our conversation and most importantly, review the lessons we have learned from our guests and conversations throughout the second season.

On this episode, we talk with Queen Lesli Margherita on living your truth, owning your weirdness, and the importance of ruling your own kingdom.

On this episode, we talk about mastery with Lea Salonga. Multiple award-winning actress and singer Lea Salonga is best known for her Tony Award winning role in Miss Saigon. In addition to the Tony, she has won the Olivier, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle and Theatre World Awards, in the field of musical theatre. She was also the first Asian to play Eponine in the musical Les Misérables on Broadway and returned to the beloved show as Fantine in the 2006 revival. Many fans of all ages recognize Lea as the singing voice of Princess Jasmine from Aladdin and Fa Mulan for Mulan and Mulan II. For her portrayal of the beloved princesses, the Walt Disney Company bestowed her with the honor of “Disney Legend”.

On this episode, we continue with the second part of our conversation on process, focusing today on Patrick's one man show - All the Devils are Here (How Shakespeare Invented the Villain). For more information on how to get tickets for the digital showing of this piece - please visit the Shakespeare Theater DC website - https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/

This is part one of a two part episode - where Patrick and Michael discuss Theater Mitu's REMNANT, a theater piece Michael has worked on for the past five years, and All the Devils are Here, a piece Patrick has worked on for the better part of a decade. For this episode, we focus on REMNANT, the artistic process, and the questions posed in the piece. Throughout this episode, you will get a chance to listen to segments from the piece which you can witness in its entirety as part of NYTW’s 2020 season on November 16th, 19th, 22nd, and 24th. For more information and tickets, visit www.nytw.org/show/remnant or www.theatermitu.org

On this episode, we talk with singer/songwriter Anaïs Mitchell on her new book, the craft of songwriting, and how to embrace the muse. Anaïs is a Grammy/Tony Award winning singer songwriter and creator of the musical, Hadestown. Time magazine recently named her one of the most influential people of 2020. Check out her latest book : Working on a Song: The Lyrics of Hadestown.

On this episode, we discuss the two recent films Patrick worked on during COVID-19, Rainer Maria Rilke, and how to embrace failure.

On this episode, we talk with theater artist, writer, teacher, host, and overall badass - Susan Blackwell - on her disciplined pursuit of creativity.

On this episode, we talk with Broadway, Film, and TV actor Patti Murrin on her journey in playing some of the most recognizable princesses on Broadway, her open struggles with anxiety and depression, and most importantly how she has embraced a life as an artist.