Empowered Artist Collective Podcast - for actors, singers, dancers, writers, creators and performers
Are you a performing artist looking for more stability? Have you struggled to feel seen and valued? Are you frustrated by the gatekeeping and industry’s emphasis on scarcity to keep you small? Join our community of women and non-binary artists seeking a thriving and sustainable career in the arts. Every week, host Jennifer Apple asks hard questions, sits with open-ended answers (or perhaps no answers at all!), shares resources, and expands the dialogue around the aspects of our industry that no one is talking about. Whether you are an actor, singer, dancer, performer, writer, director, creator, theater and tv/film lover... Curiosity is the only requirement! If you believe that being an artist is about more than just the jobs you book, think this industry needs change, and want to get a look behind the curtain: The Empowered Artist Collective Podcast is for you! Jennifer Apple is an Actor, Acting Coach, Writer, and Dog Lover who is in pursuit of honesty, vulnerability, and empathy so that we can truly see ourselves and each other to break down barriers and reveal the raw, real humanity that connects us all. She empowers performing artists to embody themselves fully and truthfully so that they can elevate their craft, pursue their careers with integrity, and discover their inner confidence and self-worth. Let’s be in community together. Let’s support one another. Let’s make this journey a little less isolating and a whole lot more inclusive. IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective // TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective // www.EmpoweredArtistCollective.com Host: Jennifer Apple // @JenniferApple_ // JenniferApple.net Head of Production & Editor: Nayara Alexis // @NayaraAlexis Podcast Music Composer: Aimee Lefkowicz // @Aimee.Isabella
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Tuesday May 23, 2023
Tuesday May 23, 2023
In this podcast episode, Jennifer talks to Sarah Harris who shares her journey of becoming a stage manager for theater and Broadway. They discuss the different roles and responsibilities within stage management, the dynamics of building a diverse and supportive stage management team, and the importance of adaptability and communication throughout the process. They highlight the evolving accessibility of stage management as a profession, emphasize the significance of treating people with care and respect, and encourage embracing one’s own unique strengths and interests.
About Sarah: Sarah G. Harris (she/her) is a stage manager, producer, and educator dedicated to creating safe collaborative spaces built on care, trust, and generosity. She strives to bring love and joy into every room she’s a part of. Her credits include... Broadway: Parade, A Christmas Carol, POTUS, Come From Away, Once On This Island, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, and The Crucible. National Tour: Hamilton (Philip & Angelica Companies). Off-Broadway: Second Stage, Audible Theatre, and others. Regional: Alliance Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse, Williamstown Theatre Festival, and Berkshire Theatre Group. Corporate Events: Paramount Upfront (Paramount Global), Big Holiday Show (Target), Goalkeepers (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation), Skittles: The Broadway Musical, and more. Sarah also worked on the Live Captures of A Christmas Carol and Come From Away. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor for Columbia University’s M.F.A. Stage Management Program.
Sarah’s IG: @sarah.g.harris
Sarah’s Website: www.sarahgharris.me
Sarah's SM Book Recommendations: https://kit.co/sarah.g.harris/sm-books
Fun things for your SM Tool Kit: https://kit.co/sarah.g.harris/sm-tool-kit
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Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
In this podcast episode, Jennifer talks to MiMi Scardulla about the importance of body diversity and fat representation in the arts. MiMi shares her journey as a performer and the gumption she has to continue showing up, the community that has supported her, and the outlook she keeps that drives her. They unpack the emotional and physical toll that comes with being a performer and how it's important to find ways to fill one’s life outside of the job, as well as emphasizing the importance of taking care of oneself and trusting one's own body since it is a gift that deserves to be treated with the utmost care. Plus they discuss the psychological and societal challenges faced by fat performers, the importance of body diversity, and the need to erase the stigmas & taboo to start talking about all of it openly.
About MiMi: MiMi Scardulla is an actor, dancer, creative in New York City. She’s currently in A Beautiful Noise on Broadway. She has also been seen in We are the Tigers, Gigantic, and the world premieres of Once Upon a One More Time, and Heart of Rock and Roll. Even better, she has had the chance to work with incredible students around the country teaching the next generation of Musical Theatre. She is a fierce Size Diversity advocate and believes BIG IS BEAUTIFUL! She is fueled by coffee, cookies, kisses from her pup Gypsy, and the insane all encompassing love from Skylar and her Family. MiMi’s IG: @mimiscardulla
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to Janel Koloski and Amanda DeBraux of Mindset Artistry Podcast about their journey of personal growth, self-discovery, and healing. They share how they became accountability partners and how it has helped them stay consistent and focused on their goals. They also talk about the importance of following your intuition and letting go of people and situations that no longer serve you. They touch on the struggles of identity and self-acceptance, the pressure of expectations from both internal and external factors, and the importance of setting boundaries and taking responsibility for your own life choices.About Janel & Amanda: Mindset Artistry Youtube Channel & Community is a life-transforming journey hosted by Amanda DeBraux, Actor, Self-Authenticity & Prosperity Coach, Dog Mom and Janel Koloski, Actor, Career & Mindset Coach & Human Rights Activist - Launching in 2023, we strive to bring the truth, healing, and authenticity into everyone's lives - including our own! We invite you to join us on this incredible adventure. Our mission is to bring tons of inspiring, creative content with educational life coaches giving advice on growth, wealth, success, encouragement and much more. We want to challenge ourselves as well as our audience through online workshops, client sessions, new courses and other fun activities that involve laughs, honest moments and quirky guest interviews. Maybe even a little crying here and there - all for the sake of releasing and healing emotions! So come along with us every week on this life coach-led mission of demonstrating love, light and kindness – while setting goals to reach success in life. Embrace our community by subscribing now; let's get your life going in the direction of your dreams!Janel & Amanda’s IGs: @amandadebraux @janellovesMindset Artistry YouTube: youtube.com/@mindsetartistry
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Tuesday May 02, 2023
Tuesday May 02, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to piano prodigy, Nomi Abadi, who shares her journey growing up, what brought her to invent a new instrument, the NORY® Double Keytar, and also found the Female Composer Safety League. They talk about Nomi’s beginnings with her ventriloquist dummy, Dennis, and how that ultimately led her to become a film composer. They unpack her creative process for composing which involves understanding the story and subtext of a film, finding visuals that inspire them, and using textures and instruments to deepen the impact of the story. They also discuss the power of music and its ability to create emotional experiences for audiences.
CW: mention of trauma, assault, grooming.
About Nomi: A virtuoso pianist, singer, composer, activist, inventor of the NORY® double synth, and President of the Female Composer Safety League, Nomi Abadi started composing music when she was four years old, making her concert debut as a guest soloist with the Orange County Chamber Orchestra at age five. As a piano prodigy, she became one of Mannes School of Music in New York’s youngest students ever at age eight, and performed with numerous orchestras nationally and internationally, including a solo Eastern European tour at age 11. As an artist, she released a full length album, Chase, No Running, and three solo EPs. Nomi has collaborated with various artists, including as pianist of the Grammy- nominated album "Sekou Andrews and the String Theory", a co-writer and guest vocalist on Satanic Planet’s debut album on their single, “Devil In Me” alongside Dave Lombardo (Slayer/Misfits) and Justin Pearson (The Locust/Deadcross). Nomi sung the vocals on Jacquie Joy’s club hit, “You’ll Feel Nothing”. Nomi has earned over twenty film and video game composing credits, scoring for indie films and brands such as Apple®, BOSE®, Cartoon Network® and NASA®. In 2022, she was awarded the Outstanding Achievement Award in the Independent Shorts Fest for her score of the film, “The Unnatural Order”, and accepted into the Women’s Weekend Film Challenge in New York. In 2020, Nomi founded the Female Composer Safety League, a 501(c)(3) whose mission focuses on the safety and empowerment of women composers. Her original instrument, NORY®, was a finalist in the Georgia Tech’s Guthman Musical Instrument Competition in 2020, making its TV debut on the Emmy-nominated show, “The Afterparty” (Ilana Glazer) in 2022. Nomi is one of the only women in the world today to hold a keyboard instrument patent, and features NORY® in her compositions and live performance.
Nomi’s IG: @nomiabadi
Nomi’s Website: www.NomiAbadi.com
Nory Keytars: www.norykeytars.com
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Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
Tuesday Apr 25, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to costume designer and visual producer, Sarah Cogan, all about the importance of design for on-camera and how aligning design elements of production, costume, lighting, hair/makeup etc. can shape and enhance storytelling. She gives guidance to filmmakers on crafting cinematic cohesion through production design, getting clarity on their ideas, and counters the misconception that film design is a luxury. They unpack four key storytelling layers of film, what three key questions are crucial to ask when in the process of creation, and five tenants to use as storytelling tools.
About Sarah: Sarah Cogan crafts cinematic cohesion by aligning the script to the visuals, skillfully integrating the filmmakers’s creative vision across all areas of design. She crafts grounded, genuine characters by working closely with the director and actors. Sarah has been designing costumes for over 17 years. Her latest film, 18 1/2 (2021), was submitted to the Oscars for Best Costumes. She’s designed features, shorts and episodics. She’s Assistant Costume Designed shows such as Kevin Can Wait, Lyle Lyle Crocodile, Helpsters (Nominated for an Emmy) and Last Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. Sarah is known by her colleagues for championing the projects she takes on, serving the filmmakers’s vision with excellence, and making strong intuitive choices. Her strengths are genre blending, worldbuilding, and crafting grounded characters.
Sarah’s IG: @sarahcogandesigns Tiktok: @sarahcogandesigns
Sarah’s Website: www.sarahcogan.com
Watch Sarah's Free Workshop! https://workshops.sarahcogan.com/empowered
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Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
Tuesday Apr 18, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer has an open and vulnerable conversation with Lori Tishfield about navigating the world as an artist post-pandemic, starting a business, and the significance of making choices. Lori shares her journey as an actorpreneur of an experiential staffing agency, Natural Talent, discussing the role her business plays in her life and how it supports her as an artist. They emphasize the importance of recognizing one's values, skillset, and overcoming the fear that often impedes progress. Plus, they deconstruct the narrative surrounding the "starving artist" stigma and reflect on identifying one's priorities and connecting one’s "why" to all aspects of life.
About Lori: Lori Tishfield is an actorpreneur based in NYC. Lori’s most recent performances have been as a featured vocalist in André De Shields’ concert series at 54 Below and The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Past credits include Orange is the New Black, FBI: Most Wanted, Ain’t Misbehavin’ (Lyric Stage of Boston), Sweeney Todd (NJPAC), Neighbors (CompanyOne). Lori is the Founder of Natural Talent, an experiential staffing agency exclusively staffing actors in brand ambassador work. In the last 5 years, Natural Talent has partnered with over 100 brands and provided “survival jobs” for over 200 actors nationwide (naturaltalent.co). In the last year, she has been applying her experience as an entrepreneur towards some early career producing- Project Sing Out (co-producer) and Far From Canterbury (associate producer). Most recently, thanks to the Black Theatre Coalition, Lori just completed a one year fellowship in sales/marketing/publicity with Disney Theatrical Group.
Lori’s IG: @loritishfieldNatural Talent's IG: @naturaltalentagency
Lori’s Email: Lori@naturaltalent.coNatural Talent’s Website: www.naturaltalent.co
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Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
Tuesday Apr 11, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to casting director Erica S. Bream, CSA, about her journey toward the newer chapter in her career as a Southeast-based Casting Director. They discuss the pros & cons of self-tapes, how unrepresented actors can be seen, co-stars/guest stars/series regulars, and the importance of doing the work and trusting your craft. Erica shares how she remembers actors, how casting directors are our advocates and the reminder that they are humans who also need to win the job.
About Erica: Erica S. Bream is in her twenty-second year as a film, television, and theatre Casting Director. Recent credits include ECHOES (Netflix), DOLLY PARTON’S MOUNTAIN MAGIC CHRISTMAS (NBC), ALTERED CARBON (Netflix), PANHANDLE (Spectrum), THE WINCHESTERS (CW), and more. Notably, Bream has co-cast fourteen seasons of the prestigious Young Playwrights Festival for The Blank Theatre Company.
Erica’s IG: @ericasbreamcastErica's Twitter: @ericasbreamcast
Erica’s Website: www.ericasbreamcasting.com
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Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
Tuesday Apr 04, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to Stacie Capone about ways to foster and build a film community. They talk about ways to bring people together, find like-minded folks, and grow with those around you. They also unpack the importance of learning how to ask for assistance and support. Stacie shares her journey founding FilmmakeHers, a monthly salon for women+ creators of film, television, and digital content, with chapters in New York & LA, that has brought artists together in collaboration and expansion.
About Stacie:Stacie Capone is a Los Angeles-based actress and producer. She is currently appearing on two episodes of Grey’s Anatomy, and as Janice in the short film Love’s Baby Soft - screening on the iconic 70’s perfume’s own website. She is attached to two features in development, The Ghost in the Attic and The Spirit of Detroit (an Academy Nicholl SemiFinalist). She is the founder and leader of the FilmmakeHers - a female-driven film community and monthly salon that features leading industry guests and mentors.Stacie previously led The Professional Actors Collective, where she made 11 short films in one calendar year. This project served as her film school, and launched both her producing career and her production company, which she runs to this day. Small Media Extra Large is a bicoastal production company with clients big and small; Meta, Sesame Street, Nickelodeon, TED, and theSkimm, just to name a few.As a lifelong New Yorker, Stacie made it her mission to find great pizza and bagels in LA - and being a stubborn Leo, she succeeded! Get in touch if you want to talk carbs…or film.
Stacie’s IG: @staciecapone
FilmmakeHers IG: @thefilmmakeHers
Stacie’s Websites: staciecapone.com & smallmediaxl.com
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Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
Tuesday Mar 28, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to Nicole Johnson, the Founder & Creative Director of Javanna Productions M.O.V.E. and the Harriet Tubman Effect Institute. Nicole shares her journey towards Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion work and how important it is to be rooted in core values while dismantling systemic oppression. She emphasizes the importance of community and the prevention work needed to assess & address systems and build out policy. They talk about being committed individually to shifting our behavior & working on self-accountability so the people we touch can collectively change the industry. Nicole breaks down the 5 steps of EDIFY, the significance of going inwards, using meditation as a tool, and the value of grace.
About Nicole: Nicole Javanna Johnson is the Founder & Creative Director of Javanna Productions M.O.V.E. and the Harriet Tubman Effect Institute. Recently Nicole stepped into the role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Mathison.io where she leads the company DEI client engagement and internal DEI transformation. Nicole is also the creator of EDIFY, a 5 step dismantling systemic oppression program that is designed to shift culture in institutions, schools and artistic organizations. Nicole is a member of SAG-AFTRA with a Master's Degree in Education Leadership from NYU Steinhardt.
Nicole’s IG: @nicolejavannajohnson
Harriet Tubman Effect Website: www.harriettubmaneffect.com
Harriet Tubman Effect IG: @theharriettubmaneffect
Email Harriet Tubman Effect: info@harriettubmaneffect.com
Javanna Productions M.O.V.E. Website: www.proudtobeamover.com/
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Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
Tuesday Mar 21, 2023
In this episode, Jennifer talks to Andrea Grody all about music directing in musical theater. Andrea breaks down all the different positions on the music side of things from music director to supervisor, to assistant and associate, orchestrator, arranger, conductor… the overlaps and rules (or not) in place, the way each functions and the job required. They talk about learning through doing, discovering as you go, and advocating for yourself. Andrea shares her favorite show experiences, what it feels like to be nominated for an Olivier Award, and three super awesome pieces of advice she wish she knew earlier. Plus she shares what brought her to create WordWaves, a visual musical language for singers.
About Andrea: Andrea Grody is a music director, arranger, composer, and educator with a focus on developing new work. She was the music director & supervisor of the Broadway musicals THE BAND'S VISIT and TOOTSIE and the recent world premiere of SUFFS by Shaina Taub. She's also a voice teacher and the creator of WordWaves, a visual musical language for singers.
Andrea’s IG: @andreagrody
Andrea’s Website: www.andreagrody.comWordWaves: www.singwordwaves.com
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Jennifer Apple
Jennifer is a multi-hyphenated artist who hails from NYC! She originated the role of Anna in the Tony Award-Winning The Band’s Visit first national tour and has performed at regional theaters like Chautauqua Theater Company, ACT, Goodspeed Musicals, and Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival. She has developed and workshopped a ton of new plays & musicals and lent her voice to multiple cast recordings. Jennifer has appeared on TV in New Amsterdam and holds an MFA in Acting from The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, CA.
As a Teaching Artist, she specializes in: finding new material specifically for you; acting the song/monologue; audition coaching; BFA/MFA prep; and breaking down the text. She believes in honest & truthful storytelling, the power of simply being, and bringing out what makes you, YOU!
Nayara Alexis
Nayara Alexis is an artist based in Los Angeles. As an actor, she can be seen in the short film Girls & The Party, which was a part of the official selection of several festivals like the BFI Future Film Fest, NewFest, Brussels Short Film Festival, and won Best U.S. Narrative Short Grand Jury Prize at Outfest LA 2021. She has also appeared in campaigns for the Mark Taper Forum, Badoo, WSS and was featured in Peter Hurley’s book The Headshot. Nayara is currently dubbing a 30-episode live-action drama for a major Streaming Service. She creates, produces and edits content for EAC, and is the Head of Production of the Empowered Artist Collective Podcast. Nayara is also a musician who loves learning to play new instruments and enjoys creating music with the help of her cat, Blake.
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Aimee Lefkowicz
Aimee Lefkowicz is a singer/songwriter from Seattle, WA currently pursuing her passion for songwriting and performance at Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she dual majors in Songwriting and Music Business. Aimee combines her love for PNW inspired indie/folk music with her love of pop and country music to create her own unique sound to share her stories. Her biggest songwriting inspirations are Joni Mitchell, long drives, Taylor Swift, the sounds of nature, falling in love, Alanis Morisette, utter heartbreak, Sara Bareilles, childhood nostalgia, and many more!