A Star is Bored

Jacob Ming Trent

Jacob Ming-Trent is an actor currently starring as Falstaff in THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at The Delacourte Theater, adapted by Jocelyn Bioh and directed by Saheem Ali. Tickets are free and Performances run until 9/18. Most recently seen in The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix) and R#J (Sundance). TV: starred in the series “White Famous” (Showtime), played Panda in “Watchmen” (HBO), “Ray Donovan” season six (Showtime), “Feed the Beast” (AMC), etc. Film: Starred in the reboot of SuperFly (Sony), The Possession of Hanna Grace (Screen Gems), etc. Upcoming: “Only Murders in the Building” opposite Steve Martin and Martin Short (Hulu) and “Wu-Tang: An American Saga” (Hulu). Broadway: Hands on a Hardbody and Shrek The Musical. Several Off-Broadway productions, including Father Comes Home From the Wars..., for which he earned a Lortel Award for Best Supporting Actor. 0:53 A day off for Jacob 3:15 Being a part of the first production since the pandemic 6:00 Performing on Stage after 6 years 7:45 Pros and cons of performing outside 11:20 The Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theater 14:10 Demystifying Shakespeare at 12 Years Old 16:00 Hip Hop and Shakespeare 21:30 Reaction to Merry Wives of Windsor being set in Harlem 23:00 “Every character I bring to Shakespeare is black” 25:09 Decolonizing the Eurocentric Values of Shakespeare 27:30 The Pandemic Monologue in MERRY WIVES 29:00 The Traditions Of Shakespeare Are The Freshest Moments in the Show 33:50 White Famous/Representing All Bodies In Our Industry 35:15 Perform like it is Your Last Time You’ll Ever Do It 38:40 Discerning The Clown Vs. the Fool 42:25 Choosing Joy

Felicia Boswell

Felicia Boswell is an actress and singer currently starting as The Baker’s Wife in City Springs Theatre Company’s production of INTO THE WOODS at Byers Theatre opening on Friday 7/9. She has appeared on Broadway in MOTOWN THE MUSICAL, SHUFFLE ALONG, and MEMPHIS. Additional credits include EMOJILAND and JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR on NBC. We recap our lockdown with one another. CHAPTERS 0:00 Emojiland 3:25 Playing the Straight Man in Comedy 5:50 Not Being Allowed to Stagedoor Amidst in March 2020 10:20 Post-Emojiland 16:20 The Sanity of Performing on a Stage Again 20:00 The Role of The Baker’s Wife - Into The Woods 23:30 Normalizing Numbness 25:00 You Cannot Go Through Life a Ruin 28:50 As Storytellers We Should be Telling the Stories of Today 32:50 Why Broadway Will Be Better. 37:45 Working Towards the Greatness of Our Descendants 38:20 Lack of Accessibility in Theatre/Our Elitist Industry 43:00 Art Saves Us 48:10 Check Out Felicia Boswell in Into The Woods! #broadway #musicals #musicaltheatre #musical #theatre #broadwaymusical #hamilton #bway #rosaparks #theater #broadwaymusicals #theaterpodcast #broadwaymemes #theatreproblems #podcastersofinstagram #nyc #actor #music #podcast #musicaltheater #heathers #theatrelife #singer #theatrekid #theater #newyork #theatre #sondheim #teatro #bhfyp

Devina Sabnis

Devina Sabnis is currently playing Kelly Kapoor in @theofficemusical The Office: A Musical Parody! at The Theater Center in NYC playing Thursdays-Sundays. Since it reopened in April, Devina is one of the first actors to perform onstage in NY since the Pandemic #theofficememes #theofficememesfunny #kellykapoor #southasian #representationmatters #twittermemes #dankmemes #dankmemesdaily #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #pod #podcastlife #theatre #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #musical #musicaltheatre #nyu #nyugraduation #officememes #theater #standup #comedy #anchorfm #theatreproblems #actress #actorslife #actor #headshots

Eleri Ward (Recording Artist, Ghostlight Records)

Eleri Ward is an actress and singer/songwriter who drops her first solo album with Ghostlight Records, A Perfect Little Death, on Spotify Friday 6/4. She is best known for SUF/SOND, her brainchild that celebrates the music of Stephen Sondheim in the style of Sufjan Stevens. 0:00 - Introduction 5:00 - Eleri’s Audience Finding Her 6:30 - Sondheim Stannhood 9:00 - Exposure to Sondheim in High School 12:00 - How To Unleash Your Inner Elaine Stritch 14:30 - Creating Space for Yourself in the Industry/MCC Theater’s Miscast Gala 21:00 - 99 Problems and Musical Theatre is All of Em/Art is about Exploring Humanity 26:00 - Expanding the Musical Theatre Palette 28:00 Your Deepest Insecurity Becomes Your Signature 29:30 - Musical Inspiration : Caroline Polachek, Lake Street Dive, Vulfpeck, Sufjan Stevens 32:00 - Egoless Collaboration/Reemerging Professionally with Lessons Learned from The Pandemic 35:00 - Flock Ya Feathers Fam :) 40:00 - Gatekeepers be Gaslighting Us Bruh 42:30 - Performative Allyship and Pageantry BS 46:00 - Check out Eleri’s work! #cover #singersongwriter #sufsond #musicaltheatre #musical #tiktok #sondheim #sufjanstevens #recordingartist #theatre #theater #guitar #independent #folk #bemorechill #bookofmormon #intheheights #broadway #broadwaymusicals #nyc #elainestritch #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #spotify #elainestritch #sundayintheparkwithgeorge #podcastsofinstagram #covers #podcast

Aaron Salazar

Aaron Salazar, the Producing Artistic Director and a founder of Poseidon Theatre Company. He recently Salazar’s artistic home is Poseidon Theatre Company, of which he is the Producing Artistic Director and Founder. He enters into his second decade in New York with his most recent work: X The Experience (an interactive cinema experience) starring Kim Exum & Cheech Manohar. He is the Creative Director of Alvarez Keko Salazar Productions’ current works included the For F**k’s Sake a theatre podcast aka “4FS Podcast”, Drama: an aural experience and audio fiction series. AKS’s namesake is an homage to his family & ancestors and the courage they had to want a better life for future generations. "I stand on the strength of their bravery.” #podcast #podcastersofinstagram #pod #podcastlife #theatre #theatrekid #theatrelife #theatrememes #theatrepodcast #musical #musicaltheatre #latinx #latino #graduation #theater #standup #comedy #comedypodcast #tiktok #twitter #anchorfm #theatreproblems #actress #actorslife #actor #headshots #dankmemesdaily #dankmemes #twittermemes