2025/04/28

Season 1, Episode 8 with Mirla Criste

MIRLA CRISTE has written, directed, choreographed, vocal-coached, produced, designed, composed for and performed in many years of professional film, television, concert dance, and the dramatic and musical stage. Before making her Broadway debut in the original cast of Miss Saigon, Mirla played lead and featured roles in a variety of classical and contemporary dramas, musicals, films and commercials. Mirla has theatre degrees from Oberlin College and the University of California Irvine, and has designed and taught acting, voice and movement courses, full- and part-time, for a number of theatre programs all over the country. A pillar of Wilmington, North Carolina’s theatre Community, she has directed, choreographed and performed in theatre productions with a number of area organizations. Mirla has been nominated for an Encore Magazine Award, a Thalian Association Award and eight Wilmington Theatre Awards in a variety of categories, with four wins. Mirla has a variety of projects upcoming, on both stage and screen. You can connect with Mirla at https://mirlacriste.com/ Our Websites: https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address realdealdivas@outlook.com Deb’s writings on Salvation South: https://www.salvationsouth.com/

57分

2025/03/31

Season 1, Episode 7: Guest Joe Mangano

Development Director of The Flower City Arts Center, Rochester, NY, Joe is deeply committed to the idea of “art for all.” He is a poet, musician, and visual artist. Joe has worked as a music producer and a teaching artist. In those capacities, he has nurtured students of many ages in the areas of music production, vocal performance, musical theater, spoken word and slam poetry, and other artistic endeavors. Joe’s work as an educator and artist focuses on social justice, political activism, personal transformation, financial literacy, social consciousness, and healing. He holds a BA in Psychology from SUNY Empire State College. His passion for the natural world leads him to wilderness survival excursions, mountaineering, meteorology, and storm chasing. You can connect with Joe at jmangano@flowercityarts.org and donate to Flower City Arts Center at https://flowercityarts.org/donate/ Our Websites: https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address realdealdivas@outlook.com Deb’s writings on Salvation South: https://www.salvationsouth.com/

40分

2025/03/17

Season 1, Episode 6: Guest, Poet, Kari Martindale

3-25 Kari Martindale Show Notes In this episode, Marybeth and Deb are excited to interview poet and spoken word artist Kari Martindale! Kari has performed across the country and at the White House. She has been published in a number of literary journals and anthologies, earned an honorable mention in the 2024 annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She sits on the Board of Maryland Writers’ Association and is former co-editor of their literary journal, Pen-in-Hand. Kari was a writer-in-residence at Château d’Orquevaux in Orquevaux, France, in January 2024, where she and Marybeth met. She has served on literary judging panels for Maryland State Arts Council and Poetry Out Loud, as a volunteer judge for annual slam competitions, and on selection committees for poetry contests and anthologies. She is an instructor for Armed Services Arts Partnership. Connect with Kari on Instagram @Karilogue Our Websites: https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address realdealdivas@outlook.com Deb’s writings on Salvation South: https://www.salvationsouth.com/

58分

2025/02/17

Season 1, Episode 5: Art As Service

Art As Service In this episode, Marybeth and Deb discuss many ways in which we offer service – in time, in talent, and in treasures. We explore how our art gives service to others, to our communities, and to ourselves. We discuss how our art that challenges the status quo and speaks for the disenfranchised. We so appreciate you watching/listening! Please tell your friends about us, rate us, and leave us a kind review. We invite you to connect with us in many ways. Our Websites https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address realdealdivas@outlook.com Deb’s writings on Salvation South: https://www.salvationsouth.com/

32分

2025/02/04

Season 1, Episode 4: What is Art?

Welcome to the fourth episode of Real Deal Divas Podcast! In this episode we have a lively discussion about what art is, may be, and may not be. We hope you’ll join us as we attempt to find a common understanding of what ART really means. We so appreciate you watching/listening! Please tell your friends about us, rate us, and leave us a kind review. We invite you to connect with us in many ways. Our websites: www.realdealdivaspodcast.com www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages: Real Deal Divas Podcast www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address: realdealdivas@outlook.com

25分

2025/01/21

Season 1, Episode 3: The Last Day You Did What You Love

Welcome to the third episode of Real Deal Divas Podcast! In this episode we discuss those pivotal moments in our lives in which we let go of the dream of who we wanted to become. We explore ways in which we can now turn those past moments into opportunities to embark once again on the path to becoming our authentic selves. We hope you’ll join us as we find common ground among us all. We so appreciate you watching/listening! Please tell your friends about us, rate us, and leave us a kind review. We invite you to connect with us in many ways. Our websites: www.realdealdivaspodcast.com www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages: Real Deal Divas Podcast www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address: realdealdivas@outlook.com

28分

2025/01/13

Season 1, Episode 2 : Martyrs & Legends

Welcome to the second episode of Real Deal Divas Podcast! In this episode we discuss our initial collaboration, how we’re still learning and growing from it, and the directions our work continues to take. We hope you’re coming with us as we find common ground among us all. We so appreciate you watching/listening! Please tell your friends about us, rate us, and leave us a kind review. We invite you to connect with us in many ways. Our Websites: https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages: Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address: realdealdivas@outlook.com

30分

2025/01/02

Season 1, Episode 1: Welcome!

Welcome to the introductory episode of Real Deal Divas Podcast! In this first episode, we tell you who we are, why we created this podcast, and what we offer to you! We so appreciate you watching/listening! Please tell your friends about us, rate us, and leave us a kind review. We invite you to connect with us in many ways. Our Websites https://www.realdealdivaspodcast.com/ www.marybethbradbury.com www.debbowen.com Our Facebook pages Real Deal Divas Podcast https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61565159293141 Marybeth Bradbury https://www.facebook.com/marybethbradburyart Deb Bowen, Author https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100086542192066 Our Email Address realdealdivas@outlook.com

26分

Real Deal Divas

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Season 1, Episode 8 with Mirla Criste

Season 1, Episode 7: Guest Joe Mangano

Season 1, Episode 6: Guest, Poet, Kari Martindale

Season 1, Episode 5: Art As Service

Season 1, Episode 4: What is Art?

Season 1, Episode 3: The Last Day You Did What You Love

Season 1, Episode 2 : Martyrs & Legends

Season 1, Episode 1: Welcome!

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