We've been proud to present our conversation with Reginald L. Douglas (Reg), the Artistic Director of the Mosaic Theater Company. We discuss with him Mosaic’s upcoming program, REFLECTIONS ON HOME: A CELEBRATION OF IMMIGRANT VOICES as well as the larger Mosaic vision. In this clip, Reg discusses MEXODUS, the world premiere musical that opens the festival. creativists.substack.com
Calvary Bilingual Multicultural Learning Center's (CentroNía) origin story, with BB Otero.
Elizabeth Bruce talks about the origins of the Theatrical Journey Project at CentroNia
Risk It All
In this clip, we ask Ernie what tangible, practical advice he has for anyone who wants to nurture and cultivate their own creativity.
This is one of the best pieces of advice we’ve heard in a while. You have to be willing to risk it all, says Ernie, in order to see if you can truly be successful at your craft.
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Creating Playwrights Forum
In this clip, Ernie talks about the creation of Playwrights Forum.
How many times have we been part of a group and realized that it was time for this group to evolve?
Kudos to Ernie for recognizing the need for evolution, and creating Playwrights Forum.
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Hagar’s Children
In this clip, Ernie shares the story of how his play, “Hagar’s Children,” was picked up and produced at New York’s Public Theatre.
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"Just write and learn as you write"
In this clip, Ernie talks about how he started writing plays.
His instructor noticed his skill, and kept encouraging him to write and write and write.
Ernie shares a good lesson in this clip, “Just write and learn as you write.”
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The podcast's Theatre in Community Project is funded in part by Humanities DC .
Earliest Experiences with Creativity
In this clip, Molly shares her earliest experiences with creativity.
From an early age, she was directing and staging productions, from using her dolls and her mom’s alabaster ashtray as props to real productions and staging a wedding.
We all have early memories of creativity, what are yours? 🤔
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For the Love of the American Musical
In this clip, Molly talks about her love for the #AmericanMusical.
She talks about how the musical form works on our psyches in an entirely different way than a straight play does.
She shares the story of a test that was done in London, where they placed heart monitors on members of a musical’s audience and found that midway through the production, everybody's heartbeat was exactly the same.
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The podcast's Theatre in Community Project is funded in part by Humanities DC .
Carrying Mountains
“I carry mountains inside of me,” says Molly Smith, when asked about her observations and experience with large natural ecosystems.
She believes that her creativity comes from nature and being out in the natural world.
“When you are in Alaska, you feel absolutely tiny, and you also can feel huge at the same time because you can feel strong within that world. So when I say I carry those mountains within me, I carry them here in Washington, D.C., so it wasn't possible to knock me down because I had that strength.”
Do you carry mountains inside of you?
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The Creativists in Dialogue podcast is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and subscribers like you.
The podcast's Theatre in Community Project is funded in part by Humanities DC .
We interview people from all walks of life about the role that creativity plays in shaping them.
