POWer Half Hour Episode 1: Andrew Christian talks about his poetry

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POWer Half Hour Episode 1: Andrew Christian talks about his poetry

Play on Words presents the POWer Half Hour; 30-ish minutes of artists, writers, and performers discussing their craft, their work, and where they're from. Your host, Ryan Alpers, pairs recordings of live performances with in studio interviews with the artists, writers, and performers to explore the creative process. Please comment, rate us on iTunes and follow us on Sound Cloud! Thank you!

Episodes

  1. Episode 9: Ivette Deltoro and Erin Southard of Mini Lights

    02/17/2018

    Episode 9: Ivette Deltoro and Erin Southard of Mini Lights

    Recorded in January 2018, this interview with Ivette Deltoro and Erin Southard of Mini Lights (www.minilights.org) discusses their upcoming show, "Boom!", being a second stage of City Lights Theater Company, and making the South Bay theater scene as young theater professionals. In Season 1 of the Play on Words Podcast, we feature artists, writers and performers from previous shows and interview them about their process. Play on Words is a literary arts series that pairs emerging and established writers with professional actors for live performances in San Jose, California. The series was founded by Melinda Marks, Nichole Hughes, and Julia Halprin Jackson in 2013. Since then, the group has showcased original fiction, non fiction, theater and poetry by more than 30 writers.

    34 min
  2. Episode 8: Founders Club

    02/11/2018

    Episode 8: Founders Club

    Recorded in December 2017, this interview with the founders of Play on Words, Julia Halprin Jackson and Melinda Marks, spans topics including the history of the organization, its present as a part of the San Jose literary and performance arts communities, and the vision of the future both have for the Play on Words team. In Season 1 of the Play on Words Podcast, we feature artists, writers and performers from previous shows and interview them about their process. Play on Words is a literary arts series that pairs emerging and established writers with professional actors for live performances in San Jose, California. The series was founded by Melinda Marks, Nichole Hughes, and Julia Halprin Jackson in 2013. Since then, the group has showcased original fiction, non fiction, theater and poetry by more than 30 writers.

    38 min
  3. Episode 7: Gary Singh

    01/24/2018

    Episode 7: Gary Singh

    Recorded in the summer of 2017, this interview with Gary Singh spans topics including his poetry, San Jose, past, present, and future. In Season 1 of the Play on Words Podcast, we feature artists, writers and performers from previous shows and interview them about their process. Play on Words is a literary arts series that pairs emerging and established writers with professional actors for live performances in San Jose, California. The series was founded by Melinda Marks, Nichole Hughes, and Julia Halprin Jackson in 2013. Since then, the group has showcased original fiction, non fiction, theater and poetry by more than 30 writers.

    28 min
  4. Episode 6: Lyra Halprin

    12/14/2017

    Episode 6: Lyra Halprin

    Recorded in the summer of 2017, this interview with Lyra Halprin spans topics including her short story, "Drive, She Said," writing novels, and growing up in two entirely distinct and wholly different pieces of California; Yuba City and Santa Monica. In Season 1 of the Play on Words Podcast, we feature artists, writers and performers from previous shows and interview them about their process. Play on Words is a literary arts series that pairs emerging and established writers with professional actors for live performances in San Jose, California. The series was founded by Melinda Marks, Nichole Hughes, and Julia Halprin Jackson in 2013. Since then, the group has showcased original fiction, non fiction, theater and poetry by more than 30 writers.

    29 min
  5. Episode 5: Tania Martin

    11/19/2017

    Episode 5: Tania Martin

    Recorded in the summer of 2017, this interview with Tania Martin, co-founder of Flash Fiction Forum (flashfictionforum.com), spans topics including her short story, "Suck It Up," relationships, and poses the question: Can a person change another? In this season, Season 1 of the Play on Words Podcast, we're going to feature artists, writers and performers from previous shows and interview them about their process. Play on Words, a literary arts series that pairs emerging and established writers with professional actors for live performances in San Jose, California was founded by Melinda Marks, Nichole Hughes, and Julia Halprin Jackson in 2013 and since then has showcased original fiction, non fiction, theater and poetry by more than 30 writers.

    21 min
  6. Podcast Production: Explained

    11/15/2017

    Podcast Production: Explained

    The producer of the Play on Words Power Half Hour explains how the voices reach your ear holes.

    3 min
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Play on Words presents the POWer Half Hour; 30-ish minutes of artists, writers, and performers discussing their craft, their work, and where they're from. Your host, Ryan Alpers, pairs recordings of live performances with in studio interviews with the artists, writers, and performers to explore the creative process. Please comment, rate us on iTunes and follow us on Sound Cloud! Thank you!

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