Natasha Adorlee is our next guest on The Yay – she is an actress and choreographer who recently won the Grand Prize at the Palm Desert Choreography Festival. Jake and I ask Natasha about her background, working with actors in choreography and where she sees herself in the future.
Natasha can be contacted directly via Instagram and Threads: @natashaadorlee
Jameelah Rose has her own business selling healthy drinks - MelanA☥D is a black owned business that specializes in alkaline elixirs used to heal the mind and body. It's currently being sold at the Mandela Shopping Mart and you can find more info on MelanA☥D on this Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/melanaid
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
Hair Gels, Pomades, Shampoos and Conditioners. Hop online, give the products a try and support minority businesses like my man Charles Blades. Book an appointment online here: https://www.cbb.hair
Erin Merritt (Episode 191) is a gifted actress and director – creator of Women’s Will, the all-female Shakespeare group that ran from 1998-2009, who is suffering from ALS. She has been a blessing to the bay area theatre community and this is an opportunity to be a blessing for her. Her GoFundMe page link is below – please consider giving to help with her medical needs. Even a little bit counts.
Erin Merritt’s Go Fund Me site: https://gofund.me/e85e9f04
SHOWS:
Every Christmas Story Ever Told – And Then Some (Town Hall Theatre)
Dec 7 – 21
Cecilia Palmtag (Episode 34) is in the play
https://www.townhalltheatre.com/every-christmas-story
Government Housing (Lower Bottom Playaz)
Nov 14 – 24
Gyselle Garcia (Episode 290) is in the play
Cat Brooks (Episode 283) is in the play
Dr. Ayodele Nzinga (Episode 257) wrote and directed the play
https://www.lowerbottomplayaz.com
Word for Word: The Strange Library (Z Below)
Nov 13 – Dec 8
Jed Parsario (Episodes 63 & 186) is in the show
Chuck Lacson & Julie Kuwabara (Episode 184) is in the show
http://www.zspace.org
A Sherlock Carol (San Jose Stage)
Nov 20 – Dec 15
Li-Leng Au (Episode 189) is in the show
https://www.thestage.org
A NOH Christmas (Theatre Yugen)
Dec 4 – 29
Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show
Adrian Deane (Episodes 82 & 266) is in the show
https://www.theatreofyugen.org
A Pickwick Christmas (Magic Theatre/Rainbow Zebra)
Dec 9
Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show
Andrea Gordon (Episode 255) directs the show
https://www.classy.org/event/reading-series-extravaganza/e590229
Death of a Salesman (Actor’s Ensemble)
Nov 15 – Dec 1st
Bruce Kaplan (Episode 294) is Willy Loman
https://www.aeofberkeley.org
Waitress (SF Playhouse)
Nov 21 – Jan 18, 2025
Tanika Baptiste (Episode 253) is in the show
Dorian Lockett (Episode 230) is in the show
Sharon Shao is in the show
https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2024-2025-season/waitress/
The Thanksgiving Play (Altarena Playhouse)
Oct 25 – Nov 24
Cary Ann Rosko is in the play
Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155 & 251) is directing the play
https://www.altarena.org/2024-season-announcement/the-thanksgiving-play/
The Curious Savage (Encore Players)
Nov 16-24
Steven McCloud (Episode 144) is directing the play
https://encoreplayers.net
The Breakup – A Latina Queer Torch Song
Dec 6 – 15
Tina D’Elia (Episode 268) wrote and is the star of her one woman show
https://www.brava.org/all-events/thebreakup
