Green Room On Air with Ray Renati

Social Media for Actors with Neva Hutchinson and Her Acting Class

Today I spoke with Neva Hutchinson and the folks in her acting class, about how actors can more effectively use social media for self-promotion. We discuss Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, and others.  We also talk about surviving as an artist during the COVID 19 pandemic.
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Neva Hutchinson: https://www.nevahutchinson.com/
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About Neva
Neva Hutchinson has acted in New York, Maine and the Bay Area in over 60 theater productions. She's worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Lee Sankowich, Kevin Malony, and Libby Appel. In film, she's worked with Jon Voight and Will Smith. She's trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and with Richard Seyd and Wynn Handman. She recently appeared at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco in "By The Waters of Babylon" by Robert Schenkkan. Presently, she's appearing in the lead role in "Raptured: the Disappearance and Discovery of Aimee Semple McPherson". Also, she can currently be seen as a dry cleaner in a Buster Posey Toyota commercial.
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The New Film "Medicating Normal" and World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day - July 11

This Saturday is World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day. This day belongs to everyone all over the world—victims of benzodiazepines and their families, friends, caregivers, supportive doctors/medical providers as well as other concerned citizens who wish to bring awareness and force change around the problem of long-term prescription and iatrogenic dependence to benzodiazepines.
World Benzodiazepine Awareness Day belongs to the world, and everyone is welcome to participate in whatever way they may wish. If everyone can do just a little something, together we can all make a huge difference.
World Benzodiazapine Awareness Day: https://w-bad.org/
Benzodiazepine Information Coalition: https://www.benzoinfo.com/
"Medicating Normal" film: https://medicatingnormal.com/
Ray's Facebook page with all the details: https://www.facebook.com/ray.renati #WORLDBENZODAY
#worldbenzoday
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Carly Ozard - Electronic Music Vocalist and Songwriter

Today I spoke with Carly Ozard, a rising star in the world of electronic music. 
Recently signed to Sobel Nation Records distributed by Warner Bros, Carly’s new tracks and remixes will be available on all major streaming platforms in October, 2019.
A citizen of the world, Carly travels, and writes songs based on her experiences. From Burning Man to Bali, her songs inform her listeners that transcendence and acceptance worldwide is the message. EDM, Punjabi Mantras, and LGBTQ Anthems are just the beginning of her trek into solo artistry. Carly looks forward to showcasing her collaborations with her Production Team at Sobel, with DJ Spin Sista, Pollo Del Mar, Leo Frappier and more.
She is a beloved MTA Busker with Music Under New York.
For Professional Inquiries please contact Barbara Sobel Management at SobelPromotions@gmail.com
 
CarlyOzard.com
 
Carly on Instagram
Carly on Twitter
Carly on Beatport
Carly on Spotify
 
Jewelry by Oz - Recycled Jewelry and decor made from broken finds, travels worldwide, vintage sales and more.
 
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Hamilton the Movie is Coming and other Topics

Just me going off on the world and TV and Trump and whatever is on my so called mind.
Links to Items Discussed Today:
The Great on Hulu
JL Cauvin
After Life
The Madness of George III
Hamilton the Movie
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BroadwayMania - an online Musical Theatre Company

Today I spoke with Cecy and Amanda
from the uniquely wonderful on-line musical theatre company, BroadwayMania. 
BroadwayMania, creates their own concept of online musical theater. Founded in December 2018, they are an international community of singers and actors who come together on Smule to produce high-quality album covers of Broadway musicals. We are 100% non-profit and open to both professional and amateur performers. They post upcoming auditions on their Smule page, so follow them there or on Instagram to receive updates.
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Broadway Mania Links:
https://www.smule.com/BroadwayMania
https://www.instagram.com/wedobroadway/
https://bmwedobroadway.wixsite.com/broadwaymania
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A Look at The Handmaid's Tale

Today I take a look at the Hulu hit "The Handmaid's Tale" and how its themes reflect our current political and social climate. Its prescience is sort of eerie. It's also a blast to watch the acting chops of the fabulous Elisabeth Moss, who is in my opinion of our greats.
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Watch Live Theatre Online

BLACK LIVES MATTER
#BLACKLIVESMATTER
I recorded this episode before the protests ensued as a result of the tragic murder of George Floyd.
I am completely in support of #blacklivesmatter, #blackouttuesday, and any of the other movements resulting from this tragedy.
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Below are some web sites where you can watch theatre online during our Covid19 pandemic. This list is in no way exhaustive as there probably thousands more theatre companies, operas, and musical venues around the world making there are available through the Internet.
Enjoy and if you have more to recommend please send me an email at greenroomonair@gmail.com
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LIVE THEATRE ONLINE
bit.ly/nationaltheatreonlineplays - National Theatre of London
bit.ly/amioswestplays - Amios West
bit.ly/filmedonstage - Broadway Performances 
bit.ly/whatsonnowplays - Links to Various Free Online Professional Theatre
bit.ly/theawesometheatrehour - New, cutting edge, San Francisco Based Theatre Company
bit.ly/thestreamingtheatre - Good list of free plays online
bit.ly/timeoutonlineplays - TimeOut London's list of best plays to watch right now
 
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Actor on the Road - Musings of the Unemployed

Today I'm out walking the doggy on the Palo Alto Baylands and chatting about what's on my mind: Ozark, Outlander, Covid 19, and wind.
 
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Interview with Krista Kamman Lowe and Suze Allen - San Francisco Theatre Artists

What a fun conversation I had with Krista Kammen Lowe and Suze Allen. Krista's new play is an excellent piece that uncovers the secrecy and struggle of a family tackling the issue of eating disorders. It's funny, touching, and thoughtful.
I hope you are all well during this struggle with COVID-19. Remember, we will get through this, and come out stronger on the other side.
Love and Peace,
Ray
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About Krista Kamman Lowe
A sample of Krista's art:  https://bit.ly/KristaKLowe
The idea for writing Infatuation was born in the year 2000 after performing a personal piece in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival production of the play Hanging on Your Every Word, by Suze Allen. The desire to tell a fuller story about eating disorders stuck with me but it was not until I was a mother of a child with the same body and eating issues that I grew up with that I was able to finish the play.
Growing up with family members who struggled with eating disorders and my own battles with a poor self-image, I hated what our society told girls/women about our bodies. The images of super models and celebrities were the ideal.  But if we failed and didn’t achieve this look, something was wrong with us. The transition of going from girl to woman has too much pressure. It doesn’t need to be this way!
We are more than a number on a scale or the size of our waist. Writing Infatuation became a deeply personal healing and an artistic way for me to express my frustration and anger about the repetitive internal voices that fill our heads with damaging thoughts. These distorted views that haunt young women leave deep scars, tear families apart, and ultimately can be deadly.
 
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About Suze Allen
Suze Allen is a published author, playwright, teacher, dramaturg and director with credits on both coasts.  She was the creator of Fresh New Works San Francisco, The Maine Playwrights’ Lab and Short Works Festival, Artistic Director for the SF Writers and Actors Lab, Director for Fertile Ground Writing Studio and the resident Dramaturge and playwriting instructor at The Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco.
Her work and the work she has directed have played the Dramatists Guild’s SF Footlights, Tides Theatre, Brava Theatre, 450 Geary, The Marsh, Intersection for the Arts, Noh Space, The Phoenix, OutNorth Contemporary Art House in Anchorage Alaska and The SF and Edinburgh Fringe Festivals.
Her show THE MANIC MAMA DANCE premiered at the Marsh Café and played Birthfest 2008. Suze co-authored the book, The Time-Starved Woman’s Guide to Emotional Wellbeing with SD Shanti and advises writers through her company Manuscript Mentor.
Suze’s short play program, THINGS WE DO FOR LOVE , was featured at 3Girls Theatre’s 2013 Celebration of Women’s History Month. In 2012, Suze directed AJ Baker’s THE RIGHT THING and Lee Brady’s WHAT ABOUT BEN? at 3GT’s inaugural 2012 Celebration of Women’s History Month. From 2012-2018 Suze was an Francisco’s representative to the Dramatists’ Guild.
 
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John Prine Tribute and Stuart Brown of the Internet Radio Station - Sounds of Broadway

What a few crazy weeks the entire planet has been experiencing due to this scourge we call COVID-19. I often feel like I'm a character in a science fiction film with multiple endings, none of which the author has decided upon yet. Everyone keep safe, and I know we will get through this together.
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But as they say, "The Show Must Go On". 
---My tribute to John Prine.
---So, today I present Stuart Brown of the 24/7 Internet radio station Sounds of Broadway. 
---You can learn all about Stuart's wonderful station at soundsofbroadway.com.
About Stuart and Sounds of Broadway:
The Sounds of Broadway offers the most wide-ranging listing of music from the Off-Broadway, Broadway, and London stages. Thousands of songs from hundreds of cast recordings stream online, 24/7. In addition to their programming schedules, listeners can make requests from our extensive song catalog.
The Sounds of Broadway was founded by Stuart Brown in March 2019. Brown has had a long association with terrestrial radio, beginning at WRSU-FM at Rutgers College in New Jersey in the late 1970’s. For the past 25 years, he had a weekly radio program, “On Broadway,” on WRTC-FM, Trinity College, in Hartford, CT.
The Connecticut resident is also a theater critic, reviewing shows in New York City and Connecticut. He is the current President of the Connecticut Critics Circle, and a member of the Outer Critics Circle, and the American Theater Critics Association.
His reviews on Connecticut and New York theater are published on his blog, stuonbroadway.blogspot.com.
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Also, I pay a tribute to the American treasure, John Prine, who has fallen victim to the COVID-19 virus and is currently hospitalized and on a ventilator. We all hope and pray he heals and come home soon.
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