Podcast Episode 5: Heidi Van and Being a Producer

Welcome to episode five of Stage Savvy: The Podcast, hosted by Angie Fiedler Sutton and Jen Morris.

This show clocks in at a little over 31 minutes. First up was an interview with Heidi Van, the curator of the Fishtank Performance Studio; and then we talked about what a theatre producer is and what a producer does.

Show notes:

• The show was recorded at the incredibly awesome studios at KKFI 90.1 FM Community Radio. If you don’t already listen to them, please do.
• Theme music is “A Variation of I Got Rhythm”, written and performed specifically for the podcast by Jason Bauer.
• First up was Heidi Van, who is a participating artist in the America: Now and Here arts installation, which lasts until May 28 at the Leedy-Voulkos Arts Center.
• The bumper is by John Rensenhouse, on the board with Kansas City Actors Theatre, and the June spotlight for KC Stage Magazine.
• In our discussion about producers, we mentioned:
  • the Wikipedia entry on producers;
  • eHow’s job description of a theatre producer;
  • this article from the Guardian from 2008 on what a producer’s role is;
  • the blog The Producer’s Perspective; and
  • the websites Kickstarter and Indigogo.
• There’s a short promo from KC Stage Magazine.
• We asked for feedback — please feel free to comment on this blog entry, e-mail me, or call 816-23-STAGE (keep in mind your voice mail may go up on a later podcast).
• We ended on the song “Waltz with a Robot”, written and performed by Rick Malsick, a songwriter and playwright from Independence, Mo.
  • Here’s Rick’s MySpace page, Facebook account, and YouTube search.
• The podcast is released under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share-alike license.

So, let’s dim the lights and start the show! Listen to Stage Savvy, episode 5:

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