Old Heads is back with another episode! We bring in the incredible Sujotta Pace, a casting director in New York City. Together with host's Addae Moon and EB Smith, this episode tackles questions around casting diversity, the challenge with Equ

S.2 Episode 6: Indigenous and Black Solidarity

Jul 9th, 2021 54m 26s

CONTENT WARNING: this episode contains frank discussions regarding suicide, self-harm, police brutality, and racially motivated homicide.Two of our guests from season 1, Yolanda Bonnell and Sadie Berlin, return to talk solidarity between Indig

S.2 Episode 5: The Importance of Black Theatre Studies

Jun 28th, 2021 1h 4m

The incredible women from the Daughters of Lorraine podcast, Jordan and Leticia, join us to talk about Black Theatre Studies - it's importance, value, why we need it!

S.2 Episode 4: Finances and The Value of a Higher Education in the Arts

Jun 11th, 2021 1h 9m

Heather Infantry is back with us again and has brought with her the wonderful Conrhonda Baker to talk more about funding and finances in the arts with our hosts EB and Addae. Chats about funding cover also cover the value of higher education i

S.2 Episode 3: Intimacy Direction

May 28th, 2021 54m 20s

Teniece Divya Johnson and Siobhan Richardson join our Old Heads hosts to talk about Intimacy Direction, how it's growing and what we need to make rehearsal spaces safe.

S.2 Episode 2: Centring Black Imagination and Dreams

May 14th, 2021 53m 48s

Incredible Canadian writer, director, actor, and all around leader Djanet Sears joins EB and Addae to talk about writing by and about Black creators, making space and centring Blackness. Knock that white man off your shoulder and give yourself

S.2 Episode 1: Where are we now?

Apr 30th, 2021 56m 56s

We're back for another season! We're bringing on a bunch of new guests, as well as bringing back a few old friend! But first, where are we now? It's been one year since this podcast started, EB and Addae discuss what's happened, and what we

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Black Asian Solidarity

Apr 9th, 2021 52m 29s

In the wake of the recent shootings in Atlanta and ongoing conversations regarding Anti-Asian hate, EB and Addae sit down with Old Heads producer, Nicole Eun-Ju Bell, a mixed-race Korean theatre artists. Together, they discuss historical conne

Episode 10: A Look Back at the Season

Dec 22nd, 2020 1h 3m

The team's all here for this final episode of the season! EB and Addae chat with editor Verne Good and producer Nicole Eun-Ju Bell about this past season, reflecting on highlights and lessons and where we might be going next.

Episode 9: Writing and Black Imagination

Dec 4th, 2020 1h 6m

Al Letson joins EB and Addae to talk writing for TV and Theatre, the Black imagination, comic books, and the renaissance in television narratives, plus much more!

Episode 8: Theatrical Design from the Black Perspective

Oct 9th, 2020 49m 24s

Canadian theatre designer, Rachel Forbes, joins EB and Addae to talk design and all its subtleties, how it folds into storytelling, the importance of hair and costume, design as part of theatre education, and designers as artistic leaders and m

Episode 7: Intersections of Black and Indigenous Art

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 1m

Yolanda Bonnell joins our hosts EB and Addae to talk the similarities and differences of Black and Indigenous art, hurdles, cultural identity, and colonization.

Episode 6: Black Arts Leaders

Aug 28th, 2020 55m 22s

Robert Barry Fleming joins our hosts to talk about leadership in the Theatre, and talk past leaders and their own influences as well as how to be a leader in the present moment.

Episode 5: Funding Theatre

Aug 14th, 2020 56m 12s

How will theatres bounce back? How are Black arts institutions going to get funding? Heather Infantry joins EB and Addae to reflect on her work as an arts fundraiser in Atlanta and how to get that money.Links to content mentioned in this epi

Episode 4: The Conversation

Jul 31st, 2020 47m 10s

EB and Addae talk about "The Conversation" as theatre institutions open a dialogue with BIPOC artists across Canada and the US.

Episode 3: Cultural Dramaturgy

Jul 17th, 2020 55m 46s

Sadie Berlin joins our hosts EB to discuss the emerging practice of Cultural Dramaturgy and its core components. Sadie, Eb, and Addae talk the importance of diverse voices across the theatre industry, and how and why we need to create safer, m

Episode 2: Cross-Cultural Collaboration

Jul 3rd, 2020 59m 38s

Addae and EB sit down with Graham Abbey and Michael Healey to talk cross-cultural collaboration it's crucial role in the creative process. Listen in on this discussion, focusing around the case study of Front Page at the Stratford Festival

Episode 1: The Theatre of Revolution

Jun 19th, 2020 1h

It's Juneteeth. Addae and EB talk history, the revolution playbook, and the ongoing role of theatre in this ever-changing landscape. Get a tase of what's to come on this first season of Old Heads.