Shows
The StageLync PodcastEp.26: Jack Canfora: Actor, Playwright, Musician & Teacher - "I've always known I was meant to write" (Audio)John Lawrence "Jack" Canfora is an Award-Winning American playwright, actor, musician and teacher. After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth. He’s been hailed by the Associated Press as “White-hot Entertainment” for his off-Broadway plays including Poetic License, Place Setting, and Jericho, a New York Times “Critics Pick.” He was nominated along with Edward Albee, Elaine May, and Teresa Rebeck for The Newark Star Ledger’s Best Play, 2007. Jack is the recipient of two Edger...2024-11-2550 minThe StageLync PodcastEp.26: Jack Canfora: Actor, Playwright, Musician & Teacher - "I've always known I was meant to write" (Video)John Lawrence "Jack" Canfora is an Award-Winning American playwright, actor, musician and teacher. After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth. He’s been hailed by the Associated Press as “White-hot Entertainment” for his off-Broadway plays including Poetic License, Place Setting, and Jericho, a New York Times “Critics Pick.” He was nominated along with Edward Albee, Elaine May, and Teresa Rebeck for The Newark Star Ledger’s Best Play, 2007. Jack is the recipient of two Edger...2024-11-2550 min
Sharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 69: All You Have To Do Is Ask with Wynne and VickiIn this episode, Wynne Leon is co-host Vicki Atkinson and we are talking about questions.
It starts with a question that Wynne's eight-year-old daughter, Miss O, asked about what my dad thought about her divorce. As Wynne gives her the answer, she finally connect the dots to asking questions to her dad about his life.
Many of the answers Wynne has about family and foundation came because she had the gut feeling to ask him to tell her the story of his life.
Sometimes we forget to tell stories because someone has not...2024-05-3018 min
Sharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 56: Master Class in Creativity with Jack Canfora Part IIIn this episode, Vicki Atkinson and Wynne Leon are talking with Edgerton award winning playwright, musician, and writer Jack Canfora.
Talking with Jack is like attending a master class on creativity. In fact, our conversation with Jack is so rich with both writing practices and nuggets about authors and artists that we split it into two episodes.
In the first episode of this series that aired last week, we talked about writing practices Jack uses when in a lull and about creative attention.
In this second episode, we delve into the balance of s...2024-03-0127 min
Sharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 55: Master Class in Creativity with Jack Canfora Part IIn this episode, Wynne Leon and Vicki Atkinson are talking with Edgerton award winning playwright, musician, and writer Jack Canfora.
Talking with Jack is like attending a master class on creativity. In fact, our conversation with Jack is so rich with both writing practices and nuggets about authors and artists that we’ve split it into two episodes.
In this first episode, we talk with Jack about depression and creative expression. He adds some fantastic and funny insight from comedian, Gary Gulman (HBO special: The Great Depresh).
Jack also reveals a couple of his...2024-02-2326 min
The Morbid MuseumThe St. Valentine's Day MassacreOn February 14th 1929, a gruesome murder scene was uncovered - 7 associates of the North Side Gang had been riddled with bullets while inside a garage. The crime horrified the people of Chicago, a city already beleaguered by years of gang wars that had begun in the wake of Prohibition. Considered an unsolved murder, the massacre will forever be remembered as the quintessential example of mob violence in the 1920s.THANKS TO OUR TO PATREON SUBSCRIBERS! We couldn't do this without you. Extra special thanks to the following patrons for their exceptional support:Jack Canfora2024-02-051h 04
Meat For TeacastS5 E9: Special preview of Creative Peacemeal's 'The Beatles Episode'We're pleased to share with you an excerpt of this lovely and fun podcast we were a part of recently.
Please check out https://www.creativepeacemeal.com/ for the complete episode and much, much, more!
"This special episode features podcast alums, and Beatlephiles, Jack Canfora, Elizabeth MacDuffie, Mark Alan Milller, and Steve March-Tormé.I learned so much in this panel episode about the original Fab Four, and made some great memories. I can't wait for future collaborations! Stay to the end for some fun trivia!"2023-12-0532 min
Creative PeacemealThe Beatles EpisodeSend us a textThis special episode features podcast alums, and Beatlephiles, Jack Canfora, Elizabeth MacDuffie, Mark Alan Milller, and Steve March-Tormé. I learned so much in this panel episode about the original Fab Four, and made some great memories. I can't wait for future collaborations! Stay to the end for some fun trivia! Please support the artists on this episode. Check out their links below.Jack Canfora: https://www.jackcanforawriter.com/Steve March-Tormé: https://www.stevemarchtorme.com/Elizabeth MacDuffie and Mark Alan Miller: https://meatfortea.com/ Visit th...2023-11-201h 48Sharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 34: How To: Writing Family Narratives with Brian HannonIn this episode of the podcast, Vicki and Wynne turn the microphone over to our colleague, Brian Hannon, and he interviews us. Brian, an accomplished writer and author, started his career as a newspaper reporter and he uses those skills to uncover how Vicki and I came to write family memoirs.
Brian digs in to how the two of us, started our projects to write personal narratives even though neither of had jobs as professional authors.
In talking about our impetus to write, we uncover the many similarities between our narratives. Both of us were...2023-09-0855 minSharing the Heart of the MatterEpisode 33: Love Lessons with Mark PetruskaIn this episode Wynne Leon is with co-host Vicki Atkinson and writer and author, Mark Petruska and we're talking about love lessons.
Mark has us laughing about all the things that can go wrong when we put ourselves out there. And how that sometimes leaves us looking for the nearest exit.
We dig into a few of his funny dating stories to find the secret behind staying resilient on the trail to true love. And Mark treats us to the key that led him to his wife Tara.
As I shared a couple...2023-09-0133 min
Sustaining Creativity PodcastSurprises of Creativity with Jack CanforaCreativity through the lens of a playwrite and artistic director of New Normal Rep,"It's a question of feeling an impulse to do something."John Lawrence "Jack" Canfora is an Award-Winning American playwright, actor, musician and teacher. After receiving his dramatic training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, he began his career as an actor in regional theater, working mostly in Shakespearean roles such as Mercutio and Macbeth. He’s been hailed by the Associated Press as “White-hot Entertainment” for his off-Broadway plays including Poetic License, Place Setting, and Jericho, a New York T...2023-08-2936 min