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Episode 10: From Refugee to Radical 44:09

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When a young Eva Kollisch arrives as a refugee in New York in 1940, she finds a community among socialists who share her values and idealism. She soon discovers ‘the cause’ isn’t as idyllic as it seems. Little does she know this is the beginning of a lifelong commitment to activism and her determination to create radical change in ways that include belonging, love and one's full self. In addition to Eva Kollisch’s memoirs Girl in Movement (2000) and The Ground Under My Feet (2014), LBI’s collections include an oral history interview with Eva conducted in 2014 and the papers of Eva’s mother, poet Margarete Kolllisch, which document Eva’s childhood experience on the Kindertransport. Learn more at www.lbi.org/kollisch . Exile is a production of the Leo Baeck Institute , New York | Berlin and Antica Productions . It’s narrated by Mandy Patinkin. Executive Producers include Katrina Onstad, Stuart Coxe, and Bernie Blum. Senior Producer is Debbie Pacheco. Associate Producers are Hailey Choi and Emily Morantz. Research and translation by Isabella Kempf. Sound design and audio mix by Philip Wilson, with help from Cameron McIver. Theme music by Oliver Wickham. Voice acting by Natalia Bushnik. Special thanks to the Kollisch family for the use of Eva’s two memoirs, “Girl in Movement” and “The Ground Under My Feet”, the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College and their “Voices of Feminism Oral History Project”, and Soundtrack New York.…

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Be Our Guest with Sara Eker & Giles Fernando (Fallen Angel) 39:34

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Sara and Giles started writing musicals together in 2016. They were Stiles and Drewe Finalists in 2018 (Best New Song) and 2021 (Best New Musical), and have written six musicals together: Country Dream (BEAM 2018 at Theatre Royal Stratford East), Barcelona! (Criterion Theatre, November 2018), TV musical How to be a Cougar, Score! (developed with the University of Winchester) , Fallen Angel (released as concept album in December 2020 and at Drive-In Theatre, Trafford Centre, June 2021) and new musical The Gods That Bottle Aint Your Friend , from Country Dream , featured on the No.1 UK Country Album, A Country Soul Sara (www.saraeker.com) is a singer/guitarist and multi-platinum songwriter ( Atomic Kitten, The Honeyz, The Faders, Dannii Minogue ). Her song Lo Siento was no. 1 in Spain and parts of Latin America. It was No.1 for 16 weeks in Mexico Giles (www.gilesfernando.co.uk) is a playwright (King’s Head Theatre, Edinburgh Festival). He won HighTide / IdeasTap playwriting competition in 2015, was a writer-on-attachment at the Oxford Playhouse and was shortlisted for the BBC3/Hive Award ( #ModernRomance ) and Adrian Pagan Award ( Gagged ) Fallen Angel Angel Keeley and failing musician Zach are stuck in the departure lounge. Keeley just wants freedom from her Boss. Zach just wants a hit song. Keeley is masquerading as a musician for her latest assignment: taking Zach to Heaven, on a flight that’s going to crash. As they’re stuck, chatting and jamming together she slowly falls for Zach and realises how unfair it is that he’ll never achieve his dreams as a musician. She begs her Boss to save Zach. Boss refuses, and she’s left with a choice: her immortality or Zach’s life.…

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Be Our Guest Stuart Brayson (February 2025) 41:22

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Stuart Brayson is a prolific and versatile British writer/composer of musicals. He has been actively creating diverse and melodic new work since the early 1990s when he decided to hang up his boots as singer/songwriter/frontman of the rock band POP.

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Be Our Guest with Jessica Welsh & Linda Dowdell (Wild Man of the Wynoochee) 31:27

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Jessica Welsh (book, lyrics) and Linda Dowdell (music, lyrics ) Wild Man of The Wynoochee is a gripping tale set in the early 20th century, inspired by the true story of John Tornow, a hermit who became the subject of the largest manhunt in Washington State history.

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Be Our Guest with Jesse J Sanchez, Karina Gutierrez, Scout Del Real, Jackie Garcia, Edie Flores (Suenos: our American Musical)) 34:23

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We speak with Jesse J Sanchez the creator of the musical Suenos: Our American Musical and members of the upcoming Las Positas College workshop production running from March 21st to the 30th 2025.

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Be Our Guest with Daniel Seidman, Susan Crawford & R.K. Greene (Fifth Avenue) 29:22

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Daniel Seidman Composer & Co-Lyricist Dr. Daniel Seidman is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in New York City. Dan started playing in a band at the age of 12 at the Cafe Wha in Greenwich Village. At the age of 15, he toured the U.S. and Canada playing Hammond organ for Chubby Checker. He completed a year as a composition major at the Berklee College of Music in Boston in 1972-1973, and a B.A. in History from SUNY Binghamton. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1988, and subsequently joined the faculty at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) where he taught, practiced psychology, and did research for 30 years. He retired from Columbia in June of 2018. Fifth Avenue the musical originally grew out of Dan’s combined interest in jazz and history. Discussions with a history professor Albert Fried about the immigrant experiences of the Irish, Jews, Italians and in more contemporary times, Blacks, Hispanics and the Chinese provided insight into the “dark side” of the American dream and its “underworld culture”. This is the story Fried tells in his book “The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America” (Columbia University Press). After college, Dan began composing the music for "Fifth Avenue" while employed by the Shubert Organization in New York City. He met Susan Crawford, who wrote the book and co-wrote the lyrics for Fifth Avenue, in 1979. They were married in 1984 and are now the proud parents of two grown sons. Susan Crawford Book Writer and Co-Lyricist My theater life began at 13 in my hometown's Shakespeare Festival. It evolved into much acting from then into my 30's. It soon overlapped with an interest in playwriting, and I finished my first play at 24. Eventually writing overcame acting for me. For that I studied with Arthur Kopit and John Guare; lyric writing at the ASCAP workshop, and with Sheila Davis, and Dorothy Fields. Around that time I co-developed the continuity for Ned Sherrin for “Only In America” songs by Leiber and Stoller. It ran at the Roundhouse in London, and was a distant antecedent to what became “Smoky Joe’s Cafe.” “Dollars to Doughnuts, a Comedy for the 99%” was my master’s thesis in the CCNY Graduate Writing Program where I studied with Arthur Kopit. It was a finalist in the O’Neill Playwriting Conference the year it was finished (under the title "Lotto"). For the summer 2022 season, it was selected by Theatre for the New City’s “Dream Up” Festival where it was workshopped and is now being submitted for production. My one-act "Place Settings" was selected for the Chain Theatre's 2023 Winter One-Act Festival, and is also available for production. R.K. Greene Producer and Executive Director of The StoryLine Project, LLC, a theatrical production company developing new shows. Shows include: * "Beau The Musical" by Lyons & Pakchar now an award-winning feature-length motion picture; * "Fifth Avenue" in development by Susan Crawford & Daniel Seidman * "Harmony" by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman on Broadway; * "Farinelli and the King" with Mark Rylance on Broadway; * "Terms of Endearment" with Molly Ringwald Off-Broadway and licensing thru Playscripts; * "A Time to Kill" with Patrick Page, Tonya Pinkins, Tom Skerritt, Fred Thompson and John Douglas Thompson on Broadway; * "Peter and the Starcatcher" winner of five Tony awards and now an Australian Tour in 2024-25; * "Cougar The Musical" Off-Broadway and licensing thru Concord Theatricals; * "Love Child" with Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton Off-Broadway and licensing thru Playscripts; * "Room Service" Off-Broadway. See https://www.storylineproject.com/ Fifth Avenue What happens when your American Dream keeps getting caught up in other peoples’ schemes? Max and Willy borrow money to go legit and open a nightclub during prohibition offering ‘Fifth Avenue’ class in NYC’s Hell’s Kitchen. Meanwhile the younger generation chase their own versions of the ‘American Dream.’…

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Be Our Guest with R.K. Greene (The Storyline Project) 46:53

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R.K. Greene Producer and Executive Director of The StoryLine Project, LLC, a theatrical production company developing new shows. Shows include: * "Beau The Musical" by Lyons & Pakchar now an award-winning feature-length motion picture; * "Fifth Avenue" in development by Susan Crawford & Daniel Seidman * "Harmony" by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman on Broadway; * "Farinelli and the King" with Mark Rylance on Broadway; * "Terms of Endearment" with Molly Ringwald Off-Broadway and licensing thru Playscripts; * "A Time to Kill" with Patrick Page, Tonya Pinkins, Tom Skerritt, Fred Thompson and John Douglas Thompson on Broadway; * "Peter and the Starcatcher" winner of five Tony awards and now an Australian Tour in 2024-25; * "Cougar The Musical" Off-Broadway and licensing thru Concord Theatricals; * "Love Child" with Daniel Jenkins and Robert Stanton Off-Broadway and licensing thru Playscripts; * "Room Service" Off-Broadway. Works with The Directors Company developing new work in the non-profit arena, https://www.directorscompany.org/ Specialties: Theatrical product development and production on Broadway, Off-Broadway and on tour. Skills include dramaturgy, marketing, financial and market analyses, budgeting and projections, fundraising, contracts and business plan development. The Storyline Project A commercial theatrical production company based in New York City. Our focus is on stories that capture the imagination of an audience. Our mission is to identify and develop these stories and bring them to life on stage. Founded in January 1996 by four associates, SLP has analyzed hundreds of plays and musicals. Recommended plays have gone on to public readings at established theatre companies including Ensemble Studio Theatre, Theater Resources Unlimited and The Directors Company in New York City. SLP productions have appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and on tour across the U.S. and Canada…

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Be Our Guest with Al Tapper & Tony Sportiello 33:08

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Al Tapper Producer of AMT Theater Al Tapper wears many hats. Besides being Producer of AMT, he considers himself a renaissance man whose various careers as a Broadway composer, lyricist, playwright, humorist, baseball maven, leveraged buyout specialist and philanthropist have woven a rich tapestry of distinction and success. He recently won a prestigious Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting for his exuberant 2013 documentary Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy; this follows his acclaimed 2004 film “Broadway: The Golden Age”. He has written songs and lyrics for numerous musicals, including Sessions, An Evening at the Carlyle, From Where I Stand, National Pastime, All Aboard, The Paparazzi, David and more. He is co-author of two joke books — A Minister, a Priest, and a Rabbi and A Guy Goes into a Bar – and is a notable collector of baseball memorabilia. His musical National Pastime has played in Cooperstown and his latest documentary on the great hitter Ted Williams is available online. Tony Sportiello Artistic Director Tony Sportiello is a playwright and producer whose work has been seen all over the country and all over the world. Along with Al Tapper he has written the book for the shows National Pastime, All Aboard, The Paparazzi and Upside Down. National Pastime has played in New York, Washington, Phoenix, Austin, Wilkes Barre, The Major League Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and Guadalajara, Mexico. His play Star Power has been performed in London, Tickets, Please! in Los Angeles and Crossed Wires in China. He produced the musical Sessions, which ran for 300 performances Off Broadway. The ultimate goal is to have a Broadway show but in the meantime he's looking to work with theater artists and colleagues to help make AMT the ultimate 'regional theater' for Hell's Kitchen, bringing original shows, children's theater, cabaret and more to the area.…

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Be Our Guest with Emily Simonian (When Two of Us Meet) 24:51

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Emily Simonian Book, Music, and Lyrics Emily Simonian is an acoustic pop singer-songwriter, published author, and a musical theatre composer, lyricist, and librettist. Raised on a steady diet of 90's pop, Beatles, Disney movies and classic musicals, she earned a merit-based scholarship to study at Berklee College of Music, and finished her degree at Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, earning a B.F.A. in Contemporary Music. Emily has released two acoustic pop EPs and has been recognized with awards, grants, and finalist placements in new works festivals. Her artistic vision has garnered multiple visionary sponsorships from benefactors who believe in her work, supporting her latest musical theatre project, When Two of Us Meet. Early reviewers in the theatre community have hailed the musical as "a Broadway-worthy stage production."In September 2024, Emily received the Laurel Karabian Fund for the Arts Grant from the Armenian International Women's Association for her current musical project. When Two of Us Meet is currently in development and will receive a concert reading at The Green Room 42 in New York City on March 22, 2025, sponsored by the Armenian International Women's Association. (Read more at BroadwayWorld.com). When Two of Us Meet is a top 12 finalist in the Florida Festival of New Musicals 2025, and a top 10 finalist in Colorado's New Musical Project 2025. In addition to writing music, Emily has a Masters Degree in Psychology and utilizes music and art therapies. Her contributions to mental health conversations have reached a broad audience through media outlets like TIME magazine, The Washington Post, Huff Post, Newsweek, Healthline, Cosmopolitan, Instyle, and Women's Health. Simonian is an active member of The Dramatists Guild, ASCAP, Maestra Music, and Musical Writers Academy. Emily serves as a volunteer at D.C. fashion nonprofit, Suited For Change, and also gives back to the arts community by dedicating her time as a Theater Tour Greeter, Lounge Host, and Friend of The Kennedy Center. When Two of Us Meet tells the story of a spirited family’s turbulent journey from Armenia to America in the early 20th century, emphasizing the pivotal roles of faith, hope, and love in their personal, familial, and cultural evolution.…

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Be Our Guest with Jack Feldstein and Paul Doust (Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort) 33:33

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JACK FELDSTEIN – he/him (Book & Co-Lyrics / Radio Play Adaptation) Jack is an award-winning writer and neon animation filmmaker. His almost thirty neon animation films, including The Ecstasy of Gary Green and A Wondrous Film about Emma Brooks have screened worldwide from Lincoln Center and NYC's Angelika Cinema to Rotterdam International Film Festival and Sydney International Film Festival. As a writer, his playscripts including A House Like Any Other, The Confessions of Peter McDowell and The Process have won prizes in Australia, Britain and the USA. His playscript of Three Months with Pook was a finalist in the BBC International Play Competition and winner of the TRU VOICES COMPETITION in New York. His plays have been staged with many productions in Australia, New York and the USA. Originally from Australia, he lives in NYC and developed many of his plays at Workshop Theater in Midtown where he was an artist member. PAUL DOUST - he/him (Music & Co-Lyrics / Additional Orchestrations / Arrangements) Paul is an award-winning composer for stage and screen and the composer of the world’s first Theremin-based musical: Falling in Love with Mr. Dellamort . Paulʼs TV credits include Pawn Stars , Catfish and Chrisley Knows Best . He also wrote original music for Google Waymo, LPGA and Morgan Stanley , among other recent advertising campaigns. Paul is also a renowned choral composer and arranger. He released his debut album Reinventions in 2019. In F alling in Love with Mr. Dellamort , the new audio musical, three lost souls receive an unexpected invitation to spend New Year’s Eve at Maison Dellamort: a remote South Carolina guest house with a peculiar yet magnetic host. With its original take on classic themes of unrequited love, mortality and deception, and featuring a stunning cast of Broadway’s most beloved stars, this distinctive audio experience will transport listeners into a world laced with the iconic theremin, Foley-style effects, and an original pop score.…

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Be Our Guest with Tony Castrigno and Mark Rubinsky (MTTM Theatrics) 44:02

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Mark Rubinsky and Tony Castrigno—two theater-lovers whose early careers on Broadway led to decades of large scale, multimedia experiences for corporate theater; they have applied their skills gleaned from decades of production, and combining them with a passion for theater, to bring a fresh perspective to the creation of new works.…

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Be Our Guest with Hank Temple & Gideon Temple (Star Machine) 23:48

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Hank Temple (Music & Lyrics), is a junior music composition major at Baldwin Wallace. His band, Temple Brothers, has released music on all streaming platforms. Gideon and Hank study songwriting with Scott Simons (America’s Got Talent, The X Factor) and composition with Dr. Clint Needham. They also have studied composing for musical theater with Andrew Lippa, Bill Russell, and Michael Kooman & Chris Dimond. Hank recently served as the directing/writing apprentice at Theatre Aspen, where he performed in multiple shows and made his professional pit debut playing mandolin in Come From Away. G ideon Temple (Music & Lyrics) , is a composer, music director and award-winning filmmaker. He’s a senior studying music theater music direction at Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. His first musical comedy, You’re the Worst, debuted at Pittsburgh Musical Theater in May 2021. He is on the creative team at Goodspeed Musicals as the Music Assistant to Resident Music Director Adam Souza. Star Machine Jaz and Nikki are a talented sister act striving to break into the LA music scene in the summer of 2002. Jaz craves stardom no matter the cost, while Nikki seeks approval from the Juilliard elite. When the sisters land on a ridiculous TV talent show, this conflict threatens to tear them apart. Punctuated by early-aughts nostalgia and cameos from the likes of Lance Armstrong and Bernie Madoff, Star Machine chronicles the triumphs and rock-bottoms of young performers navigating the roller coaster of show business. The show is a reflection on ambition that poses a universal question for all creatives: how do you strike a balance between commercial success and art?…

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Be Our Guest with Neil Berg & Cary Gitter (The Sabbath Girl) 38:14

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Neil Berg 's latest musical The Sabbath Girl: The Musical , written with book writer/co-lyricist Cary Gitter, just finished an incredible, sold-out run at The Penguin Repertory Theatre (directed by Joe Brancato), before transferring to NYC for a six-week summer run Off-Broadway at 59 East 59th Theaters to rave reviews. The Original Off-Broadway Cast Recording of The Sabbath Girl: The Musical is available on Centerstage Records. Producers are now in the process of moving the show for an open-ended commercial run. Neil is the composer/co-lyricist, along with Pulitzer Prize/TONY-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan, of the award-winning new musical The 12 , which just finished a very successful pre-Broadway tryout to critical and audience acclaim at the Goodspeed Opera House, directed by TONY award-winning director John Doyle, produced for Broadway by Cody Lassen & Joe Grano. The 12 previously ran at The Denver Center to unanimous rave reviews and won the 2015 HENRY Award for best new play or musical. Original Cast recording will be available in the winter of '24. Broadway opening anticipated in 2025/2026 season. Neil is currently in development as the composer of the new Broadway-bound musical version of My Cousin Vinny , based on the iconic movie, with book/lyrics by original screenwriter, Dale Launer. Neil has a new commissioned musical, How My Grandparents Fell in Love , opening in July of '25 at The NJ Rep Theater, collaborating again with book writer/co-lyricist Cary Gitter, directed by Artistic Director SuzAnne Baribas. Neil's other new musical, Charlie Hustle , with book/lyrics by Ryan Noggle, is about controversial baseball icon Pete Rose and the story of his gambling addiction that led to his downfall. Charlie Hustle will have its first developmental production in Detroit, Michigan in the fall of '24. Neil is the composer for the popular musical version of Grumpy Old Men: The Musical , based on the Warner Brothers movie classic starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, which had its official U.S. Premiere at The Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine to rave reviews, and La Mirada Theater in LA, starring Cathy Rigby. Other actors include F. Murray Abraham, TONY Award winner George Hearn, Marilu Henner, and Carole Kane. It is currently produced/licensed at many regional & community theaters across the United States. Licensing rights are with TRW (Theatrical Rights Worldwide). The Original Cast Recording of Grumpy Old Men: The Musical is available on Centerstage Records. Neil Berg is also the composer/lyricist of the hit Off-Broadway musical The Prince and the Pauper , which ran for two years at the Lambs Theater in New York City. The New York Times raved that The Prince and the Pauper "[soars] on wings of theatrical fun." The original cast CD is released internationally on Jay Records, sheet music published by Hal Leonard, and licensing by Samuel French Inc. Songs from this show are also featured with many other classic songs in the official Off-Broadway Songbook, published by Hal Leonard. CARY GITTER is the playwright-in-residence at Penguin Rep Theatre in Stony Point, New York. His plays include THE STEEL MAN (Penguin Rep); GENE & GILDA (George Street Playhouse, Penguin Rep); THE VIRTUOUS LIFE OF JOSEPH ANDREWS (Penguin Rep), adapted from the Henry Fielding novel; and THE SABBATH GIRL (off-Broadway, 59E59 Theaters; Penguin Rep; Invisible Theatre; Theatre Ariel; published by Stage Rights). His musicals include THE SABBATH GIRL (59E59, Penguin Rep) and HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE (New Jersey Repertory Company), both written with composer/co-lyricist Neil Berg. His play HOW MY GRANDPARENTS FELL IN LOVE was a New York Times Critic’s Pick as part of the Ensemble Studio Theatre’s (EST’s) 36th Marathon of One-Act Plays. It was later recorded for the acclaimed podcast Playing on Air , as was his one-act THE ARMY DANCE . He has received commissions from the EST/Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Science & Technology Project, Penguin Rep, and West of 10th. He is an alumnus of EST’s Obie Award-winning Youngblood playwrights’ group. His full-length plays have been developed by the Berkshire Playwrights Lab, the Chameleon Theatre Circle, the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, EST, the Jewish Ensemble Theatre, the Jewish Plays Project, the Levine Jewish Community Center, NJ Rep, NYU, Seven Angels Theatre, West of 10th, and Wordsmyth Theater Company. He is a three-time O’Neill semifinalist and a two-time Jewish Playwriting Contest finalist, and he has received NYU’s John Golden Playwriting Prize and honorable mentions for the New England Theatre Conference’s Aurand Harris Memorial Playwriting Award and the Kennedy Center’s Rosa Parks Playwriting Award.…

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Be Our Guest with Creators of Sell Division 37:48

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Bina Gehres , Director, received her master’s in education from Western Maryland College in Westminster, MD in 1972. She was a teacher of the deaf in Dayton, Ohio and after moving to Rhode Island, taught at the Rhode Island School for the Deaf for three years. Bina then went into the healthcare field in Rhode Island in 1979 and became a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), where she worked in nursing homes, private duty healthcare agencies and doing home care etc. for 35 years. In 2007 she co-founded with composer and poet, Noreen Inglesi, a non-profit organization, Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co., Inc., which is dedicated to raising community awareness through the arts for environmental and social issues. Since 2004 to the present time (2024) and at the age of 75, Bina has been instrumental in organizing 3 - 5 original musical and poetic events a year in libraries, churches and open spaces specifically following the Notable Works mission concerning homelessness, domestic violence and especially the recent variances in our Earth’s climate. Also, most recently Bina has collaborated with three others on a new musical called Sell Division: A Musical in Two Acts About Breaking the Chains of Perception which will be presented in the form of a live stage reading at the Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Rhode Island towards the end of 2024. Noreen Inglesi , co-founder and Artist in Residence for Notable Works, taught music for the Town of North Providence and the Community College of Rhode Island. Noreen was twice nominated for Teacher of the Year and received her Associates of Fine Arts Degree at the Community College of Rhode Island and her undergraduate and master’s degree in music education and composition at the University of Rhode Island. She’s received much recognition for her music and poetry which has been featured both nationally and internationally by the Insight Quartet in Italy, the Dallas Songwriter’s Association, the Contemporary Record Society, The Music Educators’ National Conference, the Culver Music Series in California and on the Women of Substance Music Podcast. Locally, Noreen’s music has been featured by The American Band, The Nature Conservancy in Rhode Island, The State Ballet of Rhode Island, The Colonial Theatre, Verdant Vibes, Vibe of the Venue, the Westerly Band and WaterFire Providence. Noreen is also proud to be a member of Ocean State Poets and her poetry has been published by Crosswinds Poetry Journal, Nobel House, the National Library of Poetry, Rhode Island Bards, Frequency Writers, The Poetry Loft and Notable Works Publication. Her music has been recorded and released with the Contemporary Record Society, Andreu Marc Publications, The Music Library, Platinum Records and Notable Works Publication and Distribution Co., Inc. And just recently, Noreen wrote the musical “Sell Division” with three of her colleagues. Marianne Quinn , B.A, has been not only an author on this project but has served as a consultant regarding social issues and the prison system. Her experience with diverse cultures has informed the content of the musical, lending validity to the characters. She is a retired social worker of 25 years from the State of Rhode Island. Mary Zema is a career vocalist, singer/songwriter and guitarist. She began playing guitar at the age of seven and singing and writing songs at age ten. A native of Warwick, RI, Mary has played throughout New England. Her style is eclectic, pop, rock, ballads, electronic, etc. Her debut release, co-produced by Richard Bone, “Songs of Early Paradise” was in the top twenty on DMX radio New York. Mary recently released my second album “Whistles, Dimes and Dragonflies” and a video of the same name. She taught music in the Fall River Public School system for 33 years. She is presently performing with her band, “Throwback,” playing music from the 60s -90s.…

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Be Our Guest with Ben Jones 42:16

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Ben Jones is an award-winning singer, comedian, storyteller and actor who has appeared in front of audiences worldwide. He's shared the spotlight with the likes of Rita Moreno, Michael Tilson Thomas, Frederica von Stade, Nathan Gunn, Isabel Leonard, Helmuth Rilling, Michael Morgan, Val Diamond and the Bang on a Can All-Stars. Ben’s versatile voice has been featured on recordings on the Albany, Naxos and Delos labels, on A Prairie Home Companion , on the soundtracks for the best-selling video game franchises Halo and Civilization , and on commercials for Coors Light and Meow Mix. Ben made his Carnegie Hall debut virtually in 2021, performing a selection from Greg Pliska and Charles Moorey’s new Musical A Most Dangerous Man in Carnegie Hall’s Voices of Hope festival. He was most recently seen in Off-Broadway productions of Twist of Fate and Brooklyn’s Bridge at The York Theatre. Ben received the Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Performance in a Musical for his portrayal of Sid Sorokin in The Pajama Game . Two of his solo shows– I Think I'm in Love and I Think We Should See Other People –were featured in BroadwayWorld's Best of 2022 .…

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Be Our Guest with Sam Tsui and Casey Breves (Eight Immortals a song cycle) 17:25

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Sam Tsui and Casey Breves are a married, LA-based songwriting duo, who together have written and produced viral music for numerous pop artists, brand campaigns, and their own individual artist projects. They met at Yale singing together in both a cappella and musical theater. Sam was among the first independent musicians to harness the power of Youtube and social media to cultivate an international following (calling themselves the “Samily”), with his creative mashups, covers, and original music videos.'Eight Immortals' features a collection of self-contained vignettes, each song serving as a modern interpretation of one of the eight classic archetypes from Taoist legend. The album's tracks range from the absurd to the heartfelt, with a catchy, vocal-driven score that invites audiences on a transformative journey. Included in the lineup are songs such as 'So You Want To Be Immortal', '#MyMorningRoutine', 'I Know The Wildflowers', 'Three Treasures', and 'To Cross The Sea', each providing a unique take on the themes of enlightenment and personal transformation.…