The week on the pod, the gang welcomes Suzan Fete, Artistic Director, and Lisa Rasmussen, Managing Director, of Renaissance Theaterworks to talk about their origin stories at the nation's 2nd oldest theater with a mission to promote gender equity and to promote "Belonging," their exciting new collection of short plays that aims to explore the question of who belongs. 

Imagine This Week (1:49), David and Mac's Rekindle flash fiction (3:12), Welcoming Suzan and Lisa (15:34), Growing up in strong arts eco-systems in Chicago and Northern Wisconsin (17:26), Gender equity in theater in 2020 (31:38), Sustainability in small theatre through uncertainty (42:55), "Belonging" as a live theater event and testing the limits of Zoom as a medium (48:15), Arts as a driver for health (1:01:55), The reigns of two arts and culture czarinas (1:09:15), Plugs (1:13:16)

Follow Renaissance Theaterworks: Facebook | Web | "Belonging" Live via Zoom 12/4 - 12/6 and then streaming through 12/20 | More with Suzan and Lisa on E5 of You Got a Thing

Audio Transitions: "Caroline's" by Amanda Huff (Spotify)

S2 E03 Ephemera

• TWIB Notes with Mel Allen (YouTube)
• Jonathan Cardew (Twitter)
• "Milwaukee Arts Groups Demand Better COVID Rules Communication from City" (Journal Sentinel, subscription required)
• Broadway by the Numbers 2019
• The Kilroys
• Square peg in a round role scene from Apollo 13 (YouTube)

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