This is the end of the year and it’s altogether fitting that we bring Norman Gee back as our guest for the last Yay of 2024. We’ll give an assessment of how the year has been, what Norman has set for the future and we’ll give Norman the proper send off and thanks for being a magnificent host of the Yay from 2017-2024.
Norman can be reached directly via Instagram: @whosyrhoosier
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:
Thirty-Six (Shotgun Players)
EXTENDED THROUGH JANUARY 4!
Lauren Garcia (Episode 207) is in the show
https://shotgunplayers.org/Online/default.asp
A NOH Christmas (Theatre Yugen)
LAST SHOW Dec 29
Eiko Moon-Yamamoto (Episodes 120 & 225) is in the show
https://www.theatreofyugen.org
The Oracle (The Lost Church SF)
Jan 10 & 11
Diana Brown (Episode 242) is in the show
https://thelostchurch.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/
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 (Episode 176) is in the show
https://www.sfplayhouse.org/sfph/2024-2025-season/waitress/
In Love and Warcraft (CityLights Theatre)
Jan 16 – Feb 9, 2025
Miranda Liu (Episode 300) is in the show
Kimberly Ridgeway (Episodes 155, 251 & 293) is directing the show
https://cltc.org/event/warcraft/
Barry Graves (Episode 104) has a new podcast out!
The Black Man’s Heart
On Spotify and all your podcast apps
ShawnJ West (Episode 146), along with Elizabeth Jones and Phaedra Tillery-Boughton is a part of a new and exciting theatre podcast called Creatively Shaded. Check them out on any podcast app.
Adam KuveNiemann (Episode 274) has a new podcast called A Side / B Side, a podcast that features spirited conversations about superheroes, fantasy and all other cool and nerdy stuff.
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.
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