Tags: Christine Toy Johnson

TALKBACK Season 2 Episode 6 is now available to download! This new season explores the idea of ACCESS; the sixth and final episode of the season explores the importance of radical hospitality. Radical hospitality is the act of creating access, where none previously existed, by purposefully and actively removing barriers. Directors Robert Barry Fleming and Charles Randolph-Wright join their longtime friend Christine Toy Johnson for an investigation into how artists can claim the space...

TALKBACK Season 2 Episode 5 is now available to download! This new season explores the idea of ACCESS, and the fifth episode centers around the notion of alternative access. The entire theatre industry has found itself confronting a very specific access challenge this year. So many traditional boundaries have been broken. The fourth wall has been replaced with the Zoom screen, and the audience with a chat room. In this episode, actor-writers Nikkole Salter and Bianca Sams speak with...

TALKBACK Season 2 Episode 2 is now available to download! This new season explores the idea of ACCESS, and the second episode examines the pros and cons of getting an MFA. Is getting a Masters degree really the best way to enter the theatre industry? In this episode, host Christine Toy Johnson sits down with friends and colleagues KJ Sanchez and Vichet Chum for a deep dive into the realities of student loans, institutional racism, and a career in an insecure field. This episode...

TALKBACK Season 2 Episode 1 is now available to download! This new season explores the idea of ACCESS, and the first episode focuses on the concept of the PIPELINE. In this episode, host Christine Toy Johnson sits down with writers and advocates Georgia Stitt (Snow Child, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective, Founder of Maestra) and Lloyd Suh (The Chinese Lady, Charles Francis Chan Jr.’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery) to discuss the problems of the pipeline, who is granted access...