Hearthside Salons with PageCraftWriting
Society & Culture
Do you ever watch a kid reacting to life with joy and think, man, I wish I could still be moved like that. Some creators never lose their wonder in looking at the world. Some of those people become puppeteers. I talk with Leslie Carrara-Rudolph - AKA Sesame Street’s Abby Cadabby, who says that if you believe enough in your stuff, you suck people into your world.
We talk about Leslie's inspirations and mentors including Carol Burnett and the curtains sketch, Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori who got a Tony for Fun Home, Chuck McCann, Paula Pell and Parallel Lives, and Stephen Adly Guirgis.
We talk about fellow puppeteer and writer Liz Hara's Hearthside episode. And other things we recommend including the book Lies My Teacher Told Me and Ta-Nehisi Coates' The Case For Reparations among others in anti-racism work.
More from Leslie on Lolly's Instagram.
As always, more information on PageCraft Writing's screenwriting workshops, feedback, and community is here.
Michael Mack - Writer, Actor, Director - Boldly going where no (black) man has gone before: Star Trek, spirituality, creativity
Rob Latimer - Mental Performance Consultant - Hunter, Gatherer, Accountant, Nurse: the psychology of stress and mental performance in the modern world
Heidi Harris - Applied Behavioral Science Expert - The Emotionality of Polarization
Molly Sweeney - Author, Political Scientist - The Black Flag of ISIS: Living Within the World’s Best Organized Terrorist State
Paul Whitehead - Playing with Perceptions: The Art of Creating Identity
Valerie Hager - Performer, story coach, former exotic dancer - Finding your fire and bringing your beast forward
Sarah Yeomans and Rob Latimer - How does epidemic change storytelling?
Silvia Gallini - Visual Artist - Breaking out of darkness to find a path and make mistakes
Sarah Yeomans – Professor and Archeologist - What historical pandemics can teach us about our present crisis
Liz Hara - Emmy winner - Pursuing your passion and the necessity of failure
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