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Petra SittigThe Making of Old Righteous BluesJoin me for an inspiring conversation with Muneera Sallies, a remarkable South African film producer, director, and actress. Muneera shares her journey into filmmaking—from childhood experiments with a camcorder inspired by her mother’s encouragement, to discovering the emotional power of visual storytelling. She delves into her recent feature film Old Righteous Blues, South Africa’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards Best International Feature Film category. Set in the beautiful Western Cape town of Robertson, the film centers on Hantjie Jansen, a young man determined to restore the once‑glorious Old Righteous Blues Christmas Choir Band, known lo...2025-07-2145 min
Petra SittigJohn Havu - Independant creative Developer in Theatre"John Havu, Creative developer in Theatre, was born in Chicago and following university degrees in education and music began a career as a musician in symphony, opera, ballet orchestras in the US, Mexico, Spain, Switzerland and Germany, as well as in show orchestras for Chita Rivera, Henry Mancini, Lionel Hampton, Shirley Bassey, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and other stars. His first professional encounter with musical theatre came as a musician in the final US tour of THE KING AND I starring Yul Brynner. In 1991 John began a four-year stint in the A.L. Webber musical CATS, in Zürich a...2023-10-251h 22
Between 2 Butts: The Podcast That Lets Nothing Slip Between The CracksEpisode 67: Tina Fey, $2, and a Chapstick (Guest: Stefan Sittig)On this Between Two Butts, Tice, Jay, and Becca are joined by director and choreographer Stefan Sittig, whose recent work includes Urinetown and The Mystery of Edwin Drood at the Workhouse Arts Center, as well as Man of La Mancha, Xanadu, and many others. Stefan fills us in on his journey from DC to South America to Charlottesville and Richmond and once again to DC...including how growing up steeped in samba in Brazil affected his style of choreography, how being at UVA at the same time as Tina Fey made him not able to read "Bossypants", and his...2023-03-261h 42