Satellite: Beyond The Page Profile Theatre

An interview with Blanca Forzán: Lighting Designer, Director, Playwright, Architect, and Human Being
 
This episode explores the relationship that develops when artists have the opportunity to collaborate on multiple projects over time. Profile Theatre's current production, our orange sky, is the third of christopher oscar peña's plays in Profile's two-year season The American Generation. While several of the actors have appeared in multiple productions, Forzán has designed lights for all three. In this episode, Forzán describes working with peña, and what these plays have meant to her as a Latina immigrant.

Playwright christopher oscar peña carved out some time between rehearsals and rewrites of "our orange sky" to lead a writing workshop with Profile Theatre's Community Profile cohort.
We sat down right after chris’s workshop to hear some of what they worked on together, and how they’ve seen their own first generation or immigrant experience reflected in Profile’s work this season. 

"our orange sky" director Evren Odcikin shares how his own history as an immigrant fuels his passion and commitment to portraying similar stories with compassion, complexity, and in collaboration with and for the communities being portrayed.

"our orange sky" director's own history as an immigrant fuels his passion and commitment to portraying similar stories with compassion, complexity, and in collaboration with and for the communities being portrayed.

Artistic Director Josh Hecht sits down with season featured playwright Lauren Yee to talk about her inspiration for the three plays Profile is presenting in our 3-day Lauren Yee Festival: Mother Russia, The Song of Summer, and Samsara. They also touch on how becoming a mother has affected Yee's relationship with her work, and what it means to write outside one's own experience or identity.

A behind-the-scenes look at awe/struck's video design process. A lot of people working in creative professions are increasingly wary of how Artificial Intelligence (AI) will affect their industry. awe/struck's video designer (Luke Norby) and creative technologist (Scott James) of Five OHM Productions are excited about all of the possibilities AI can offer and view it as a creative asset, rather than a threat.