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Artistic directors and season selection committees should consider these 7 factors when determining their upcoming season programming. Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

Consider these 7 steps when entering the rehearsal and production process to support and advocate for greater diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

Ashlee and Tim discuss actionable steps that program heads and faculty can immediately implement into their curriculum and teaching practices in order to affect the much needed positive change moving forward. Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

Are theatre programs adequately preparing students to meet the demands of the professional arena of theatre after graduation? Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

Does working on Broadway and New York City serve as the  sole definition of success in the theatre industry? Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

How to avoid burnout in an industry built on more work and less pay.  Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

How are self tape submissions evolving and creating equitable opportunities in musical theatre. Tim and Ashlee also discuss how self promotion is linked to your process and ways you can maximum your online presence. Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Show Notes: Essential Guide to Creating Musical Theatre Self-Tapes YouTube for Artists + Educators Online Course Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources. Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

How we can begin to honor and acknowledge the benefits of creating a career in musical theatre that includes multiple steams of income, passion and value.   Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources. Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

It's time to reframe the narrative that surrounds cruise ship and theme park entertainment. Ashlee and Tim Espinosa talk about their experience meeting on a cruise ship as performers, how it enabled them to explore the world and multitudes of cultures, work with multi million dollar sets and costume, and why theme park are a valuable means of income within the entrainment industry. Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources. Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

Korrie Yamaoka, host of the podcast Studying the Song, joins us as we talk about changing the way we train singers, creating healthy boundaries, and audition thoughts from her perspective as a vocal coach and music director. Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources. Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. Korrie Yamaoka is a musical theatre vocal coach and music director in San Diego, CA.  A specialist in musical theatre repertoire and contemporary pop/rock performance styles, Korrie explores the intersection of rock music and musical theatre and has been a guest lecturer at Musical Theatre Educator’s Alliance (MTEA) and Association of Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE) as well as a guest teaching artist at universities across the United States.  Korrie is also the host of Studying the Song, a podcast for musical theatre actors about audition preparation and vocal styling.  She helps singers create a powerful audition book that showcases their artistry and helps them achieve their artistic goals. Selected music direction credits include White Christmas (Gateway Playhouse, NY), Phantom (Gateway Playhouse), Beth Malone: So Far (New York and San Diego), Everybody’s Talkin’ (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Violet (San Diego Repertory Theatre), Cabaret (AMDA College and Conservatory, LA).  M.F.A in Musical Theatre, San Diego State University; B.A. in Music, San Diego State University. Studying the Song is a podcast for musical theatre actors who want to take their vocal artistry to the next level by going deep into the music of musical theatre.   I’ll help you figure out WHAT to sing and HOW to sing it so that you SHINE in your audition, one-woman-show, or leading role.  Specifically, we’ll be dissecting the songs, character and vocal archetypes, musical genres, and vocals styles of Broadway so that you can: 1) create a powerful audition book that showcases your artistry and actually gets you work 2) feel totally at home reading the musical score of a show 3) define your unique artistic voice 4) craft a performing career you love! Follow Korrie on Instagram and learn more on her website. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

The history of American acting methodologies and ways that we can eliminate trauma when teaching acting fundamentals. Reflecting on American Acting Training in 2021 What is the history of teaching acting in musical theatre?How has it affected actors negatively?What can we do to better train actors without using trauma?Plus, as always, your favorite weekly puzzler is included! Read the blog post of this episode that includes additional photos, videos and resources. Visit the podcast website that includes a full transcript. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]

In this episode of Breaking the Fourth Wall, Ashlee (she/her) and Tim (he/him) interview Leo Yu-Ning Chang about his thoughts on the current state of musical theatre. Visit the podcast website. Leo Yu-Ning Chang is a bilingual performer and educator born and raised in Taiwan, where he co-founded an award-winning A Cappella Band-Guess What. Upon earning his M.F.A. degree in Musical Theatre from San Diego State University, Leo took the faithful leap. He moved to NYC and soon made his Off-Broadway debut in Revelation: The Musical. Leo is currently on faculty at Marymount Manhattan College and serving as a teaching artist at New York City Center.  His selected credits include Bubble Boy, Farewell My Concubine (Reading), Mr. Holland’s Opus (Reading), Thoroughly Modern Millie, Company, The Full Monty, and Enchanted April.  Follow Leo on Instagram, Facebook and his website. New episodes every Monday morning. Websites: AshleeEspinosa.com TimEspinosa.com Instagram: @ashleelynnespinosa @timespinosaofficial Youtube: Ashlee Espinosa Tim Espinosa Twitter: @AshleeLEspinosa Email us at: [email protected]