Episodes
Hang & Focus Live featuring Milwaukee Chamber Theatre Artistic Director, Brent Hazelton! In the spirit of our teams competing in the NBA Finals, Brent, Sean and Chanel discuss theatre and basketball in Arizona and Milwaukee, and the bet we’ve made between our two organizations! Join the conversation! #HangAndFocus #Podcast #Theatre #NBA #Basketball #RallyTheValley #Suns #Bucks #Tucson #Phoenix #Milwaukee
Published 07/14/21
Arizona Theatre Company’s Sean Daniels (Artistic Director) and Chanel Bragg (Associate Artistic Director) will be hanging out with director, designer, playwright JARED MEZZOCCHI AND actor, writer, director ROBBIE TANN who currently plays the role of Billy Ross in HBO’s limited series Mare of Easttown #ATC #WeAreArizonaTheatreCompany #HangandFocus #ATCGivingCorner Have your donation matched through January 29, 2021: https://donate.arizonatheatre.org/give/305704/#!/donation/checkout
Published 07/06/21
Hang & Focus Live featuring ATC Staff Members Eddie Diaz and Stacey Jay Cavaliere! Join the conversation! #Podcast #HangAndFocus #LiveTheatre #PerformingArts #Theatre #Arizona #ArizonaTheatreCompany
Published 06/30/21
Arizona Theatre Company’s Sean Daniels (Artistic Director) and Chanel Bragg (Associate Artistic Director) will be hanging out with Christopher Oscar Peña, Playwright of "How to Make an American Son". #ATC #WeAreArizonaTheatreCompany #HangandFocus #ATCEducation Student registration: https://arizona-theatre-company.coursestorm.com/ #ATCGivingCorner  https://donate.arizonatheatre.org/give/305704/#!/donation/checkout #ATCGhostlight
Published 06/21/21
Meet your local talent! Arizona artists and cast members Veronika Duerr, Seth Tucker and Lena Quach join Hang & Focus Live to discuss ATC’s upcoming Holiday show, “Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley.” Join the conversation! #HangAndFocus #Podcast #LiveTheatre #Arizona #LocalTalent #Theatre #ArizonaTheatreCompany #LaurenGunderson #HolidayShow
Published 06/15/21
Join us for a conversation with Music Director Alan Plado! Plado is happy to return to his Arizona roots as the Music Director for ATC's 54th Season opener, "My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend." You may know Plado from his work with local companies, including @ChildsplayAZ, @ArizonaBroadway, @ScottsdalePerformingArts and @PhoenixTheatre. #HangAndFocus #Podcast #Broadway #LiveTheatre #Arizona #Theatre #PerfomingArts #LocalTalent
Published 06/09/21
Jasmine Roth joins the Hang & Focus team to reflect on this past year in the Learning & Education Department and looks at what the future holds!  #ArtEducation #TheatreEducation #PerformingArts #HangAndFocus #Podcast #ArizonaTheatreCompany #Theatre #Arizona
Published 06/03/21
Scott Bourque & Anthony Wallace of Hear Arizona join Sean & Chanel to share the insights they've gained in researching and talking with a diverse mix of Arizona's arts organizations. Join the conversation! #Podcast #HangAndFocus #HearArizona #LiveTheatre #PerformingArts
Published 05/24/21
Join us as we walk through our 2021 / 2022 Season, a season to embrace the unexpected joy in everyday life!! ATC's Managing Director, Geri Wright, joins the conversation with Sean and Chanel! #Podcast #HangAndFocus #SeasonAnnouncement #LiveTheatre #PerformingArts
Published 05/18/21
It’s the MOTHER of all episodes! Join us as we get to gush over adorable baby pictures of our hosts and their moms AND highlight our latest Digital Offering, ‘Somewhere Over the Border.’ We reach into the Hang & Focus vault for a message from Brian Quijada about why he wrote the piece as a tribute to his mother, Reina! #HangAndFocus #Podcast #MothersDay #SomewhereOverTheBorder #Musical #Theatre
Published 05/13/21
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Hang & Focus!!    We're celebrating 1 year by bringing back our first guests ever!  Hang & Focus Live featuring Dan Bakkedahl and Lucky Yates!   You may know Dan from VEEP, The Second City, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,  Life In Pieces, or HBO Max's Made For Love!    Lucky is an actor, voice actor, puppeteer and comedian known for voicing Dr. Krieger on FX Networks' Archer!     Join us on our Facebook page or YouTube channel! #HangAndFocus​ #Podcast​...
Published 04/27/21
Hang & Focus Live featuring Cambodian-American playwright and theater maker Vichet Chum! Vichet Chum's plays have been workshopped at Steppenwolf Theatre, the Magic Theater, the Alley Theatre, the UCROSS Foundation, Fault Line Theatre, Crowded Outlet, Second Generation Productions, Weston Playhouse, Cleveland Public Theatre, All For One Theater, Amios, Florida State University, Merrimack Repertory Theatre and the New Harmony Project. Join the conversation! #HangAndFocus #Podcast...
Published 04/20/21
Hang & Focus Live featuring playwright Lauren Gunderson and Sound Designer Danny Erdberg talking about ATC's upcoming Audio Play of Gunderson's THE HEATH featuring Lauren as herself and Emmy and Tony Award Winner John Larroquette. Sign up to listen to THE HEATH at the link below! https://donate.arizonatheatre.org/event/the-heath/e332355 #ArizonaTheatreCompany #LaurenGunderson #Playwright #Podcast #HangAndFocus
Published 04/13/21
Most recently, Peilin produced Over the Moon, an animated musical feature film directed by Glen Keane which premiered on Netflix in October 2020 and went on to receive Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Best Feature Animated Film. Peilin also produced Abominable, an animated feature co-production with DreamWorks Animation and Pearl Studio directed by Jill Culton, which launched theatrically worldwide in September of 2019. Join the conversation!...
Published 04/06/21
Hang & Focus Live featuring a RomeroFest wrap up where we will reflect on an amazing festival celebrating our Playwright-in-Residence Elaine Romero. #ArizonaTheatreCompany #ElaineRomero #Playwright #Podcast #HangAndFocus
Published 03/30/21
Hang & Focus Live featuring the Arizona Creatives participating in #RomeroFest and the cast of ATC's upcoming offering, Ponzi! #ArizonaTheatreCompany #ElaineRomero #Playwright #Podcast #HangAndFocus
Published 03/23/21
Zacarías is one of the most produced playwrights in the nation. She is one of the inaugural Resident Playwrights at Arena Stage in Washington, DC, and is a core founder of the LATINX THEATRE COMMONS. She is the founder of Young Playwrights’ Theater, an award-winning theater company that teaches playwriting in local public schools in Washington, DC. You might remember Zacarías from her play Native Gardens! She was also the recipient of our National Latinx Playwright Award in 2004 for her play...
Published 03/17/21
Sean Daniels and Chanel Bragg discuss Jon’s new role at The Second City. Prior to joining The Second City, he was artistic director for Dad's Garage Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia. A seasoned improviser, performer, and award-winning playwright with nearly 20 years of industry experience, Jon has been part of Atlanta’s creative community for more than 15 years, where, among his many creative accomplishments, he held the position of audience development manager at Alliance Theatre and...
Published 03/09/21
Christina is the Playwright for ATC's upcoming Nina Simone: Four Women. Join us for a sneak peek and to learn why she wrote it and what her process was! In addition to her plays being produced nationally and internationally, Christina is a writer/producer on @Hbo's Emmy-Award winning series @westworld!   #HangAndFocus #Podcast #NinaSimone #ChristinaHam #Westworld #ArizonaTheatreCompany
Published 03/01/21
Hang & Focus Live, featuring Tony Award Winning Director Kenny Leon!     Kenny discusses his upcoming work, the responsibility of artists during this time and being a BIPOC voice in the American theatre.   #HangAndFocus​ #Podcast​ #KennyLeon​ #TonyAwards​ #ArizonaTheatreCompany​
Published 02/23/21
Hang & Focus Live, featuring Producer and Author Howard Sherman, and “The Hip Historian” Marshall Shore. Join the conversation! #HangAndFocus #ArizonaTheatreCompany #Podcast
Published 02/16/21
Hang & Focus Live, featuring Elizabeth Montgomery, Arts & Culture Reporter for @azcentral! Elizabeth was just elected as President of the Arizona Association of Black Journalists! #HangAndFocus #ATC #ArizonaTheatreCompany #Podcast
Published 02/09/21
Hang & Focus Live, featuring Elaine Romero, Bryan Rafael Falcon of The Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre, and Maria Franco Caprile of Winding Road Theater Ensemble. Chanel Bragg discusses the upcoming RomeroFest with our guests! #ATC #WeAreArizonaTheatreCompany #HangandFocus #ATCEducation Student registration: https://arizona-theatre-company.coursestorm.com/ #ATCGivingCorner Have your donation matched through January 29, 2021:...
Published 02/02/21
Arizona Theatre Company’s Sean Daniels and Chanel Bragg discuss CoronaLogs with the artists, makers, and mentors behind it. CoronaLogs: Explorations of Identity, Culture and Well-Being During COVID-19 is a community based project between ATC and Mesa Community College & Mesa Community College Theatre & Film Arts. Tune in to Hang & Focus Friday, January 22, 2021 at 4 PM MST for the ATC premiere of the project! #ArizonaTheatreCompany #MesaCC #HangAndFocus #Podcast #Theatre
Published 01/21/21
Arizona Theatre Company’s Sean Daniels (Artistic Director) and Chanel Bragg (Associate Artistic Director) will be hanging out with playwright Steve Yockey. Steve Yockey is a Los Angeles based writer with work produced throughout the US, Europe, and Asia.  His plays Bellwether, Pluto, Afterlife, Octopus, Large Animal Games, CARTOON, Subculture, Very Still & Hard to See, Blackberry Winter, The Thrush & The Woodpecker, The Fisherman’s Wife, Wolves, Disassembly, and Niagara Falls &...
Published 01/12/21