Apr 23, 2020How What’s New Can Inspire Your StorytellingSomeone tell the story / Someone sing the song — Stephen Sondheim At a recent Social Impact Lunch Club, a bunch of very smart, passionate folks who change the world through art, technology, education, finance, events & more got together to talk about new ways to story-tell in this completely digital and remote age we find ourselves in. Read on for some…Storytelling10 min read
Published in #TechTheatre·Mar 19, 2020Who’s Afraid of LivestreamingMartha: Truth or illusion, George; you don’t know the difference. George: No, but we must carry on as though we did. Martha: Amen. — from Broadway Unlocked • Innovation for any stage As we’ve been on our pay-what-you-can #TechTheatre consult calls today, we’re quickly seeing that the first thing on most artist and individual theatre makers minds is — how do I continue to create when I can’t be on stage?Livestream5 min read
Published in #TechTheatre·Mar 19, 2020A Guide to Meet(ing)The stage is not merely the meeting place of all the arts, but is also the return of art to life. — Oscar Wilde — from Broadway Unlocked • Innovation for any stage. Ermmm, sorry Mr. Wilde, but apparently we’re gonna have to amend that quote 🤷🏽♀️ — we’re going online, whether we like it or not… We’ve heard (a few times this week) that Zoom has reduced grown theatre folks to tears as they…Google4 min read
Published in #TechTheatre·Mar 17, 2020A Theatre Guide to Technology (or How I Learned to Live with Corona)from Broadway Unlocked • Innovation for any Stage Dear wonderful humans, artists, entrepreneurs and educators, You are heroes. Fuck this shit. Let’s make things, shall we? Deep breaths, follow the bullet points, and when you feel confident enough… Get creative. It’s what we do best. Right? You got this. Jess…Technology17 min read
Nov 15, 2016Holy Shit! Summit at Sea makes me part of the well funded tech elite and I had no idea! Holy Shit!Or at least that’s what the internet “news” sites are telling me. — Last I checked, I am an accomplished actor/writer/director/producer with a social good startup on the side who’s honestly still not quite where I want to be in my career, but who’s pretty proud of all the things I’ve managed to do without anyone’s financial backing but my own — actually…Tech9 min read
Published in Death for Dummies·Feb 11, 2015Death for DummiesTop Five Panic-Inducing Things I Heard from Well-Meaning Friends and Family — Written by Jessica Ryan. Illustrated by Donny Pawloski To see the entire list and all other lists as they are posted, as well as a complete list of PRO TIPS, click here This story starts with that classic yet intriguing trope of all great literature: Ok, I realize it’s no…7 min read
Published in Death for Dummies·Jan 27, 2015Death for DummiesLiving with the consequences of our actions — written by Jessica Ryan. Illustrated by Donny Pawloski To see the entire list and all other lists as they are posted, as well as a complete list of PRO TIPS, click here When the nurses told us it was time — time to say anything to Dad we hadn’t said…IMHO7 min read
Published in Death for Dummies·Jan 15, 2015Death for Dummies.What do you mean, they don’t teach a class for that? — written by Jessica Ryan. illustrated by Donald Pawloski. It’s always hard to find a starting place for a story, so how about this: I’m currently sitting here writing and tackling my to-do list from a beautiful garden, outside a beautiful house, one block away from beautiful Venice Beach. This isn’t…6 min read
