The Theater Enthusiast Podcast Alison Tanney

This episode we are joined by actress Michelle Ray! Michelle is just got back from touring the country in the national tour of Book of Mormon and is making her director debut at 54 Below with the new musical Masked. Michelle graduated from Pace University with a degree in Arts and Entertainment Business Management/ Directing. We talk with Michelle about her career, survival jobs and how important it was for her to get her degree in Arts and Entertainment Business Management ...

This episode we are joined by Isra Elsalihie! Isra is an award winning Iraqi-Swedish actor and writer. She also teaches acting at Second City in NYC! We talk with her about her journey to coming to NY, the importance of knowing what you need for an Artist Visa, what got her into writing, her teaching style and much more! We had a great time talking with Isra and can't wait to have her back on! To learn more about Isra, visit her website at https://israelsalihie.c...

This episode we are joined by actor Matt DeAngelis! Matt is known for his roles in Waitress, American Idiot, Once, Hair and most recently Swept Away. We talk with Matt about his career but more importantly we speak with him about his upcoming gala The Janice Jam: Broadway for Breast Cancer. THE JANICE JAM: BROADWAY FOR BREAST CANCER is an annual event from Matt who lost his mother, Janice, in 2022 to metastatic breast cancer. To honor her and the countless people affec...

This episode we are so happy to welcome back Gabra Zackman! Gabra is an award winning audio book narrator, actor, director, author and teacher. We talk with Gabra about the work of audio book narration, her classical theater training, and much more!

This episode we are joined by producer, director, writer and actor Craig Newman! Craig is based in LA and we talk about what brought him to LA, his experience teaching acting, him writing, directing and producing content and much more! Craig also has a production company called Craig & Co and can be checked out here: https://www.craigandco.co/. He also has a film premiering April 12th and 13th in NY. Follow Craig on social media at @cvnema for more info!

Happy to welcome Maestra Music’s Kat Sherrell and Kathleen Wrinn as our next guests. Kat and Kathleen are Program Heads with Maestra Music with Kat being Program Head of Regional and Affinity Groups and Kathleen being the Directory Manager. We talk with them about their careers, working with Maestra Music, its importance in the theater community and about Maestra’s upcoming concert: Maestra Music’s AMPLIFY 2024!