Amidst her recent Forbes profile and BroadwayNews op-ed (links in the bio), Asmeret can be seen on the new BBC series GET EVEN now streaming on Netflix, she starred on Broadway as Nabalungi in Book of Mormon and in the West End alongside Amber Riley in Dreamgirls. We discuss how speaking up and using her voice has affected her career, her recent turn as a Producing Artistic Director, how the impact of television is changing the landscape of storytelling, and whether shows like the Book of Mormon need to be re-examined. 1:30 Finding her Voice Amidst The 2020 BLM Protests
3:00 Sharing the Mic/Sutton Foster
5:33 Making A Broadway Debut While Getting Your Degree
10:00 Unpacking the Book of Mormon
14:30 Unpacking 90s sitcoms on HBOMAX/ How White “Legendary” Television Lacks Critical Autonomy
16:54 I May Destroy You/Michaela Cole (SPOILER ALERT🚨 )
18:46 West End/UK
21:00 Casey Nicholaw/Dreamgirls Journey
22:18 What We’re Supposed to be Doing
23:17 These Murder Mystery Zoom Musicals?
23:44 Millennials are killing Musicals/Zoom readings
25:14 Becoming An Artistic Director
28:30 Roger Q Mason
30:04 Asmeret on Being Profiled for Forbes
31:54 The Line Between Artist and Activist
36:28 The Prophecy of Self-Aware Theatre #dreamgirls #actress #musicaltheatre #nyctheatre #nyctheater #theatre #theater #broadway #forbes #amplifyblackvoices #westendtheatre #americantheatre #actor #actors #actorlife #nycactors #nycactor #blackexcellence #bookofmormon #freshprinceofbelair #geteven #broadwayworld #blackgirlsdotheater #podcastsofinstagram #podcast #podcasts #blackgirlmagic #imaydestroyyou #blackvoicesmatter #🎭
