TCP Artist Interviews - Carl Ellis Grant: Actor, Host, Writer, Comic, Engineer

TCP Artist Interviews - Paeton Chavis & Outcall

Tickets: https://www.stellartickets.com/o/brooklyn-art-haus--2/events/outcall-by-paeton-chavis?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZo7ToUofrwyqZnSynOl_7MxEyodf7tVhLWhC0L8Kltq-HPzsbBaI3P04Q_aem_T-CIlg5hnM8jm6VsXMLyTw Make a donation to this self-producing artist via her Venmo: @Paeton-Chavis Paeton Chavis is a playwright, director, and actor based in Brooklyn, NY. Her debut in both playwriting and directing, "How to Dispose of Your Dead Dad's Sex Doll," which she also performed in, premiered in 2021 at the Vino Theater in Brooklyn. In 2022 She was named Best Director at the SheNYC Arts Playwriting Festival for her work on the Gabrielle Wagner Mann play "Pot Odds," performed at the Connelly Theater in NYC. In October 2023, Paeton directed the site-specific play "Spark," performed at a real sex club in Chinatown, New York. Most recently, she directed and performed in the short play "Curse," that she co-wrote along with Tais Szilagi and performed at the Attic @ The Tank in June 2024, and closed a 6-month run at "Call Us Villains," an immersive magic-themed theatre experience. https://paetonchavis.com/ Isaac J. Conner is an NYC-based stage, screen, and voice actor/director/producer. Winner of Best Actor Award by the New Jersey Film Awards for the lead in "No Good Deed" (2023). Winner of Best Short by the Short Shorts Film Festival as lead in "Hey! I Like Those Short-Shorts!" (2024). Recent Off-Broadway credits include directing the premiere of "Forever?" (The Players Theatre) and Merlin in the Scialli Productions new musical "Magic Box" (The Triad Theater); a supporting role in "Born Evil" (Michael Bay); interactive hologram of Dean Rusk, in "The White House In Action" (Cortina Prod. / White House Historical Assoc.); voiceover on the docu-series "Murf The Surf" (RJ Cutler / Brian Grazer / Ron Howard); official host of the World BBoy Championships (ESPN); spokesperson for Friday Plans medication (Quantified Commerce / National Commercial); and continued work on his podcast ""The Collective Perspective. He is ever-grateful for other artists and to the audiences for their support for us. https://www.isaacjconner.com Marion Fontaine is a New York City based director, actor, singer, and stage manager. In the past year she has been directing a couple of short films in the city, including “It Just Feels Good” or “C’est un Caprice” available on YouTube. She directed her first full length play “Ordinary” for the New York Theatre Festival this past June. Marion writes, directs, performs, films, and edits. She values live theatre for the human connection. Marion loves directing stories about humans, with humans, for humans. She just closed the Original Off-Off Broadway immersive show "Call Us Villains" after a year running in New York City. She also released her music video "DIDIER" a month ago, which can also be found on YouTube. Marion is so grateful to work with her friend Paeton Chavis behind the scenes of her new original play "Outcall." fontainemarion.com Includes a segment by David Dayan Fisher Music by Dean Thomas

TCP Artist Interviews - Valeriya Voronova: Writer, Actor, Director

Valeriya Voronova is a writer, actor, and director based in NYC. She studied at The Institute for Performing Arts in Moscow, concentrated on acting, stage speech, choir, stage combat, and fencing. She left prematurely after receiving a scholarship for The Institute for American Musical Theatre in New York, which focused primarily on musical theatre. Once in New York, Valeriya furthered her acting studies with Pamela Scott and Jeff Passero, and did multiple musical theatre intensives, including Broadway Dreams and Actors Therapy. Also involved in voiceover, she voiced a Russian character in the video game for “World War Z”, and narrates for animation and documentaries. Valeriya eventually became involved in immersive theatre - a strong passion - while still maintaining survival jobs during the pandemic. She has had to lie about being sick, in order to make it to rehearsals, an outrageous number of times. “Call Us Villains” is Valeriya’s directorial debut, based on her book “Before You Call Us Villains”, which she worked on for 9 years and is finally in the editing stages. You can find out more about Valeriya by visiting her Instagram. @valerievoronova Music by Kevin MacLeod

TCP Artist Interviews - Carl Ellis Grant: Actor, Host, Writer, Comic, Engineer

Carl’s professional acting career began after graduating from Morgan State University in 2012. Finding himself on the set of “House Of Cards” in Baltimore, MD, he knew that acting was the career for him. Upon moving to Dallas, TX a year later to pursue a career as an aeronautical engineer, he shortly learned he wanted more for himself; acting on weekends and days off before ultimately leaving his position at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to pursue a full-time career in acting in 3015. Since then, he’s performed in cities across the country and, finally, finding himself back home in Brooklyn, NY. Carl is currently the host of Another Shade of Crime Podcast (Apple/Spotify), donning himself “The Voice of Black True Crime.” A New York native, Carl intends to create a national presence for himself through theater, film, stand-up & voiceover. Keep up with Carl on social media: @CarlEllisGrant or at his website https://linktr.ee/carlellisgrant

TCP Artist Interviews - Jillian Vitko: Actor, Singer, Musician, Writer, Comedian

Jillian Vitko is an actor, singer, musician, writer, and comedian. Her original solo show Synesthesia the Musical premiered at Edinburgh Fringe Fest & was named a stand-out show by PopDust. Since then, she’s adapted the stage script into a screenplay, Synesthesia Story. The film script has been making festival rounds, garnering awards such as Best Drama Screenplay (Brno Film Festival) and Best Feature Screenplay (FFTG Awards, Robinson Film Awards). She released the first single and music video for the song Color Me Crazy from the film, and she also recently released her acoustic EP, Glimmers. She currently performs in NYC in the comedy shows On The Spot (Broadway Comedy Club) and True Crime the Musical (The Players Theatre). You can catch her film work on Amazon, Tubi, and more. jillianvitko.com Music and video courtesy of Jillian Vitko

TCP Artist Interviews - Lubomir Arsov: Artist, Storyteller, Writer, Director

Lubomir Arsov is an artist and storyteller, working as an animation writer/director. His personal work explores the psychological, parapolitical, and spiritual dynamics that define the momentous time we are collectively navigating. In 2017 he released his first award-winning animated film, “IN-SHADOW: A Modern Odyssey”, exploring the fragmented unconscious of our times. Professionally, he has worked in various phases of production and IP development for both major and boutique animation studios, on a variety of film and TV projects, for clients like – Netflix, Warner Brothers, Blue Sky, Mattel, Disney, House of Cool, among others. His latest projects include directing the re-imagined "He-Man and The Masters of The Universe", the dystopian sci-fi short "The Forest King", and his upcoming “KINGDOM”. Social Media: @lubomirarsov Video and Music courtesy of Lubomir Arsov