Happy 2024 to everyone and thanks for listening once again! This will be year eight of The Yay and our first guest of this year is a gifted young actor, Gary Moore. Gary is a bay area actor and an illustrator that owns his own printing company, Chasing Greatness Prints. Gary worked with Norman and I on the Baldwin Project, where he read as James Baldwin, when we did our presentation at Playground SF. Gary talks about his upbringing, what brought him to theatre, and where he sees himself in the future.
Gary is on Facebook and Instagram (@gmooreproductionz); You can also find out more about Chasing Greatness and buy his prints here: https://payhip.com/ChasingGreatnessPrints?fbclid=IwAR0ruyOcFj3IFsAcy2wxC36j6vNEqtWbF0Ecgl2Ncx5-00Isxjkj-uBtu3w
We also want to thank Charles Blades Barbershop for sponsoring The Yay! Charles Blades Barbershop is located at 180 Second Street in downtown Oakland. It’s a very cool, relaxing place where you can get your cuts and they’ll even serve you a complimentary drink. Charles is also selling men’s hair products on his website https://cbbgroominingproducts.myshopify.com
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SHOWS:
The Laramie Project (Stage Bridge)
Jan 19 – 21, 2024
Ely Sonny Orquiza (Episode 139) is directing the show
https://www.stagebridge.org
Mixed Metaphors (Cutting Ball Theatre)
Feb 2 – 18, 2024
Radhika Rao (Episodes 21 & 131) is in the show
https://cuttingball.com/productions/variety-pack-24
Misery (Palo Alto Players)
Jan 19 – Feb 4, 2024
Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the show
https://paplayers.org/event/misery/
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
Our wonderful consulting producer Mallory Somera (Episode 151) produces two podcasts for KCBS radio: As Prescribed, a weekly conversation with leading medical experts at UCSF Medical Center; and Bay Current, a weekly news podcast, hosted by Mallory Somera.
Central Works Script Club is a podcast where you download and read a play script and then listen to an audio interview with the playwright. Delivered semi-annually. You can find the Central Works Script Club on any podcast app.
Our good friend Aaron Henne is the artistic director of Theatre Dybbuk in LA and they have their podcast – The Dybbokast. Through a combination of performed readings and interviews with artists and scholars, The Dybbukast brings these creations and their historical contexts to life, all while revealing their relationships to issues still present today
Deborah Cortez (Episode 98 & 238) has a podcast called Let’s Talk About Grief – check it out on all podcast apps.
Also, Bindlestiff Studios has a podcast called the Fobcast, exploring Filipino American immigrant stories. Check out The Fobcast in any podcast app.
Reg Clay (@Reg_Clay)
Norman Gee (@WhosYrHoosier)
