Thesis on Joan is a podcast dedicated to amplifying voices from the LGBTQ+ community in the New York performing arts scene and examining the industry from a queer perspective! Join fanqueers and theatre professionals Harrow (they/them) and Meghan (she/her) as they sit down with groundbreaking theatre folx, from Brooklyn cabaret performers to people backstage and on Broadway. For many queers, theatre has been an escape, this podcast looks to have open conversations on where we’ve come from and where we’re headed as a community, while queering the canon along the way. Part of the Broadway Podcast Network.
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episode 10: Mixing It Up with Twi McCallum
Hosts Meghan & Harrow chat with Twi McCallum (she/they/he), the first woman of color sound designer of a Broadway show! Hear how Twi came to work on their Broadway debut, Chicken & Biscuits (previews begin TOMORROW, September 23, 2021), the history of women and POC sound designers on Broadway (not many), how things have changed since Twi published an open letter to the theatre community last year, and her concerns for the future. They also share their love of designing musicals, how she manifested more musical projects, the difference between sound designers and composers, thoughts on virtual theatre, and his dream role in film production.
Harrow and Meghan also check-in about their upcoming trip to a Broadway show and some ways to fight for reproductive justice.
You can find a transcript of this episode here.
Action of the Ep:
- Tell your members of Congress to support the Women’s Health Protection Act
- Sign petition from Planned Parenthood
Twi McCallum: Website
- Open Letter to the Theatre Community on Hiring Black Designers and Creatives
- Chicken & Biscuits - Circle In The Square Theatre
- It Came From Outer Space - Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Queer Culture Recs:
- Pose
Queer Gives:
- Qween Jean: Website | Instagram | Black Trans Liberation | Venmo - @Miss_Jean
- Donja R. Love: Instagram | Twitter | Write It Out! - Donate
Episode Credits:
- Edited by Harrow Sansom
Thesis on Joan:
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- Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com
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