Episode 2: Chesney Snow: Beatboxer, Actor, Poet, Educator and modern-day Superhero
In this episode, I discuss topics ranging from the Hardy Boys to beatboxing to "Kindness is my Superpower" workshops with the Artist, Educator, Activist and Superhero, Chesney Snow. Drama Desk winner and 3x Artist in Residence at Harvard University as well as a 2020 guest artist of theatre at Princeton University. Most recently appeared in Two River Theater’s production of Oo Bla Dee written by Regina Taylor and directed by Ruben Santiago Hudson. Composer/lyricist for the McCarter Theatre and Long Wharf Theater's 2018 Crowns. A pioneering figure in American beatbox culture he originated the role of Boxman off-Broadway at Primary Stages and on Broadway in In Transit at Circle In The Square. Snow headlined Carnegie Hall twice. He created, produced, and starred in the feature music documentary American Beatboxer which was placed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and numerous other archives throughout the United States. His upcoming original work Soil Beneath: An Empirical Decay will premiere for the 2020 fall season for Primary Stages. Snow is also a teaching artist with New Victory Theater and an activist who frequently teaches in schools, hospitals, prisons, and universities. He also toured with the US State Department as a performer and teaching artist in southeast Asia. More about this artist on his website: http://www.chesneysnow.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/antoinette-lavecchia/support
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- Show
- Published28 October 2020 at 19:42 UTC
- Length1 hr
- Season1
- Episode2
- RatingClean