Welcome to cultivate., with Jessica Taghap – a new podcast exploring different art forms and their creative processes through interviews with some of the most exciting artists working today. From an unexpected message on LinkedIn to witnessing an equally unexpected night at the theater—first-time theatre-maker Colleen Murphy keeps on surprising us all with her debut play, I Wore What When, a solo performance presented at the United Solo Festival based on her memories of growing up in suburban Massachusetts. Featuring actor Michelle Shupe and directed by Shole Milos, I Wore What When is a piece that explores the link between memory and trauma— specifically, trauma which surrounds the dark underbelly of the Catholic Church within Boston and surrounding Massachusetts communities, as famously chronicled in the Boston Globe. To talk about the play’s important message regarding sexual violence is playwright Colleen Murphy; Executive Director of The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault, Emily Miles; and Ex-Officio at Respect Together, Yolanda Edrington. — You can follow NYC Alliance on their website at svfreenyc.org, as well as on Facebook. You can also find Respect Together on their website at respecttogether.org and on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn; as well as their subsidiary, the Pennsylvania Coalition to Advance Respect, on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. cultivate. is produced, presented, and conceived by Jessica Taghap and is a Resident Artist production. Our intro music is by Bohdan Kuzmin, and our outro is by Taffy Rhythm. New episodes are available weekly on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Substack, or wherever you get your podcasts. You can follow us on Twitter, Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube, and get updates on residentartist.substack.com. Get full access to cultivate. at residentartist.substack.com/subscribe
