Best Second Stage Theatre Podcasts (2024)

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#245 Dee Tomasetta - National Tour: Finding Neverland (Peter Pan/Associate Choreographer). 31:28

1M ago31:28

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Dee Tomasetta (Associate Choreographer/Swing/Dance Captain) (she/her) is thrilled to be on this amazing journey! Broadway/NYC: Heart of Rock & Roll (Assistant Choreographer); SIX (Associate Choreographer); Radio City Christmas Spectacular. National Tour: Finding Neverland (Peter Pan/Associate Choreographer). Television: “Gilded Age,” “Marvelous Mrs…

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#244 Elysia Jordan - Company Broadway Tour 37:06

2M ago37:06

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Elysia Jordan (U/S Jenny, U/S Sarah, U/S Susan, U/S Joanne) National Tour: School of Rock. Regional / Concerts: Billy Elliot (Ogunquit Playhouse), Lincoln Center, Playwrights Horizons. BFA: Ithaca College. Elysia is a passionate teaching artist and works with students around the world through MTCA. Grateful for Merri, Avalon, and the incredible fam…

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#243 Julio Rey - opened his second Broadway as a swing in LEMPICKA. 29:43

3M ago29:43

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Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico; Julio grew up moving all over the country, stopped in Pennsylvania to get his BFA from Penn State, and moved to NYC six months before Covid-19 took over. Since then Julio made his Broadway and Principal debut in BAD CINDERELLA as the understudy for Prince Sebastian. This past Sunday he also just opened his sec…

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#242 Henry Gottfried - appear in the Broadway revival of CABARET at the Kit Kat Club as Ernst Ludwig. 34:28

3M ago34:28

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This spring, Henry will appear in the Broadway revival of CABARET at the Kit Kat Club as Ernst Ludwig. His directing and associate directing credits include Broadway and Off-Broadway projects, as well as NYC concerts and the development of new works. Henry has also developed new plays as a director/collaborative dramaturg at Ojai Playwrights Confer…

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#241 David Guzman - Broadway and Film: Hell's Kitchen 34:58

3M ago34:58

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Broadway and Film: Hell's Kitchen Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story, Hamilton, Newsies Co-founder of @PLAYSPACE.NYC Try out your own Broadway fitness program via an app at no cost and no catch! www.builtforthestage.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Broadway Podcast Network

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#240 Steven Booth - recently a part of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES on Broadway! 39:14

4M ago39:14

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Enjoy our chat with Steven Booth / @stevenbooth_verified who was recently a part of DAYS OF WINE AND ROSES on Broadway! Broadway: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Phil Spector/Terry Britten), School of Rock (Ned), Glory Days (Will), Avenue Q (Princeton/Rod u/s). Off-Broadway: Days of Wine and Roses, Dogfight, National tours: Kinky Boots (Charlie Pric…

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#239 Ryan Vasquez - as NOAH in the new Broadway musical, The Notebook! 41:03

4M ago41:03

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Ryan Vasquez/@itsryanvasquez is currently starring as NOAH in the new Broadway musical, The Notebook! He has been featured in Broadway productions of WICKED, WAITRESS (original Broadway cast) and HAMILTON, where he became the only actor to play all the roles of Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette/Thomas Jefferson…

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#238 - Joe Rosko began his professional career as a trainer and actor at the exact same time in 2007. 15:46

4M ago15:46

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Joe Rosko began his professional career as a trainer and actor at the exact same time in 2007. Since then, it has been his mission to build a bridge between the worlds of fitness and theatre. Rosko believed that actors were truly professional athletes but didn't feel as though the theatre community was equipped with the proper resources to train li…

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#237 Mike Baerga - The Heart of Rock and Roll, Bad Cinderella, King Kong and Miss Saigon 40:04

4M ago40:04

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Mike Baerga / @mikebaerga (a native Puerto Rican-Houstonian,) Choreographed and Produced for HBO’S EMMY Nominated Reality Show, We’re Here, Showtime Network King Mo Fight, New York Fashion Week, RuPaul’s Drag Race: Shangela’s Big Apple Circus, World Pride 2021 Stonewall-inn. Broadway: The Heart of Rock and Roll Bad Cinderella King Kong Miss Saigon …

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#236 Carly Anderson - Polly in Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. 40:06

5M ago40:06

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Carly Anderson / @anderson_carly recently starred as Polly in Crazy for You at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London. Carly’s stage credits include playing Polly in Crazy For You at Chichester Festival Theatre; Glinda in Wicked in the international tour; Betty Schaefer in Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum / ENO; Kira/Clio in Xanadu at Southwark…

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#235 Jennifer Apple - Anna in the 10x Tony Award-winning The Band's Visit First National Tour 51:10

5M ago51:10

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Jennifer Apple / @jenniferapple_ originated the role of Anna in the 10x Tony Award-winning The Band's Visit First National Tour. She’s also appeared on TV in New Amsterdam and Law & Order: SVU. Jennifer also hosts her own podcast, The Empowered Artist Collective Podcast. She has conversations with fellow creatives from all aspects of the industry t…

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#234 Natalie Kassanga - Roth in the West End Revival of Crazy For You! 33:16

5M ago33:16

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Natalie Kassanga is a professional actress and singer from England, and she is best known as a musical theatre performer. A 10-year-old Natalie was first seen in the West End as Young Nala in The Lion King, a role she portrayed for about a year. Later, she joined Oliver! In its original cast as Fagin alongside the renowned Rowan Atkinson. Most rece…

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#233 Joanna Woodward - Clare in the West End The Time Traveler's Wife 26:57

5M ago26:57

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Joanna Woodward / @thejoannawoodward is currently starring as Clare in the West End production of “The Time Traveler's Wife” and was seen before on the West End in Pretty Woman. Joanna is an internationally renowned singer, actress, and burlesque dancer with multiple performances in theatres and cabaret clubs all around the world. She grew up in Gl…

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New Year, New Chapter, Same Fabulous You! 16:50

6M ago16:50

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Happy 2024! I've got an amazing episode for you this week: Welcome back Jen Zwinck, Kelly Dunham, and Amanda Cupcake. Toward the end of the year, I asked some of my favorite guests and yours of 2023 to share a little bit about what they've been up to since they've been on the podcast and maybe share a bit of wisdom or thoughts that they have about …

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Five Theatre Girls: How Five "Normal" Women Took to the National Theatre's Largest Stage 51:04

7M ago51:04

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The Five Theatre Girls: five women from Doncaster, who were never professional actors but just performed on one of Great Britain's most revered stages. Sandra, Christine, Ruth, Sharon and Sally were part of The Odyssey: The Underworld at the National Theatre of Great Britain, the culmination of a project that has brought amazing change to all of th…

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Embracing and Letting Go of the Labels the Define Us with Alison Wearing 58:34

8M ago58:34

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For Alison Wearing, experiencing a big change at age 12, her father coming out as gay in the 1970s, led to big changes in her adult life as well. Alison and Kristin talk about how Alison became a writer after failing English in school, how the dismissal of her second manuscript led to her taking the stage, and how letting go of the labels that defi…

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#232 - Fernell Hogan - KIMBERLY AKIMBO 27:59

8M ago27:59

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Fernell Hogan / @fernellhogan (Martin) Credits: The Prom (Broadway); Mean Girls (National Tour); For You Paige (TikTok musical); Fernell is overjoyed to return to Kimberly Akimbo after an exciting run at The Atlantic Theater Company. Huge thanks to his family, friends and the Carson Kolker Organization for their continued love and support! https://…

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#231 - Angie Schworer - SOME LIKE IT HOT 35:25

9M ago35:25

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Angie Schworer / @ngieschwore - "It's all about the button, baby." - Susan Stroman Broadway! The Prom (Angie ), The Producers (Ulla) , Something Rotten!, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, Young Frankenstein, Annie Get Your Gun, Chicago, Sunset Boulevard, Crazy For You, and The Will Rogers Follies. Met Opera: The Merry Widow. Regional: The Cher Show (G…

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#230 - Devon Hadsell - Some Like It Hot 30:33

9M ago30:33

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"It's a matter of staying true to yourself while putting up healthy boundaries for yourself. Especially in our business, we don't want to dissapoint anybody. But at the end of the day if you stay true to yourself, if you stay authentic, then the right jobs will actually come to you. Then you won't have to be chasing things and you won't need to wor…

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Enjoying the Sweet Taste of Success, Amanda Cupcake 51:38

9M ago51:38

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Amanda Rudd, aka Amanda Cupcake, started out in fashion but the fast pace and stress led to anxiety and health problems. She did something she thought she'd never do (listen to the podcast to find out what!), which has allowed her to discover that sometimes the best fashion model is a cupcake and success isn't always what we think. For more on Aman…

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#229 - Leslie Bowman - London's West End Guys and Dolls 34:37

9M ago34:37

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Leslie Bowman / @lesliegbowman booked Hamilton on the West End with a broken collarbone throughout the entire audition process! He also performed on the streets to raise money to support his studies to go to conservatory. Leslie's story of climbing from the bottom to the absolute biggest stage on the West End is beyond inspiring! THEATRE INCLUDES: …

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#228 - Jarvis Manning Jr - Some Like It Hot 33:21

9M ago33:21

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Jarvis Manning Jr / @jarvisbmanningjr - "Be yourself. It's so basic but it's such a freeing phrase. I was told that exact phrase, 'Go into the room and give them Jarvis. No one is going to go into the room and do Jarvis today.'" Broadway: Motown the Musical Ain't Too Proud Some Like It Hot Corinne Louie Photography - Headshot https://builtforthesta…

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#227 - Ayla Ciccone-Burton - SIX 36:37

9M ago36:37

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Ayla Ciccone-Burton / @aylaccb - "I'm a very firm believer that your words matter and saying things out loud. You just have to keep being sure of yourself." Ayla Ciccone-Burton is over the moon excited to be joining the Queendom! Credits: Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Broadway), The Book of Mormon (Australia), Dirty Dancing (National Tour). Many t…

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Mid-Life Interiors Guru & Content Creator, Joanne Hardcastle 43:44

10M ago43:44

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Joanne Hardcastle's unexpected midlife success as an interiors guru and content creator led to, amongst other things, her appearance on Interior Design Masters, interior design's answer to the Great British Bake-Off. Joanne's current chapter, which she's calling "the fun chapter" of her life, only happened after the ups and downs of life, love, and…

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#226 - Nick Drake - Broadway's Back to the Future 30:17

10M ago30:17

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Nick Drake / @nickxdrake - "The biggest thing that I've learned is that you have to be kind. As a younger generation person, you just have to show up as yourself every single day." NICK DRAKE (Ensemble)(They/them). Broadway Debut!! From St. Louis, Missouri, they grew up performing at The Muny as a child and decided to extend their education in Musi…

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From Blowing Up Her Life to Never Been Happier, Amber James 35:55

10M ago35:55

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Despite a "having it all" life in New York City, under the surface, Amber James was anything but happy. A pandemic, two health crises, and a family death led Amber to take a risk, blow up her life, and start all over again. "I think that's why I'm sharing my story now is I want other women to be able to tell their stories, to find their voice, take…

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#225 - Richard Riaz Yoder - Some Like It Hot 33:38

10M ago33:38

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Richard Riaz Yoder / @richardriaz - "The people that fall, are the people that are really dancing." Richard Riaz Yoder is an award-winning tap dancer, performer, and veteran of 6 Broadway shows. He has been seen on Broadway in White Christmas, On the Twentieth Century, Shuffle Along…and all that followed, Hello Dolly, My Fair Lady, and can currentl…

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Are You Sitting Comfortably? Then I'll Begin with Christine Hayward 32:52

10M ago32:52

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Christie Hayward is living in two worlds- the one that she loves to reminisce about and share with audiences in her show, Memories of the Early 1950s, and the one where she’s checking things off her bucket list, including presenting the show at her first Edinburgh Fringe at age 77. And it’s not just performing- Christine is busy running a plant bus…

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#224 - Andrew Durand - SHUCKED 31:27

10M ago31:27

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Andrew Durand / @durandrew - "Always focus on what you want to present, not what you think the people want to see." Broadway: Shucked, Ink, Head Over Heels, War Horse, Spring Awakening. West End: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Off-Broadway: The Robber Bridegroom (Roundabout), Gigantic (Vineyard), Love's Labour's Lost (The Public), The Wild Bride (St. …

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Moving to the Front of the Class with Wellness and Yoga Coach, Kim Hughes 47:39

10M ago47:39

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A limb difference at birth meant Kim Hughes' confidence was shaken at an early age. Years in a career that just wasn't right for her and a lifetime struggling to settle, finally changed after a relationship catastrophe in her forties. Now 51, Kim has gone to the front of the class literally (she's a yoga teacher!) and is letting go of judgment, mai…

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#223 - TyNia Brandon - Some Like It Hot 31:41

10M ago31:41

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TyNia Brandon / @thetybrand - "I try so hard to have this deep trust in my intuition and in my instincts. And, I just believe wholeheartedly that I'll be exactly where I need to be and things will just work out. But, in the midst of the waiting, my training never stops." https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitne…

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The Second Chapter 100th Episode Special! (Part 2 - aka Episode 101!) 39:52

11M ago39:52

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PODCAST EPISODE RECOMMENDATION! This is the second half of the 100th episode of The Second Chapter, also known as episode 101. Kristin is back with the seven guests she spoke with last week, some of your listener favourites from the first 99 episodes of The Second Chapter. If you haven't listened to the first part of this conversation, it's also re…

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#222 - Scott Stangland - Shucked 34:38

11M ago34:38

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Scott Stangland / @scottstangland on getting through the tough times within the theatre industry: "I think dreaming gets a bad wrap. There's an element of being a dreamer and hopeful... Listen, i have negative streaks in me too. There are days i think, this city is beating me up and what's the point. But, I guess ultimately it's just a matter of ch…

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BONNET by John Patrick Shanley 19:30

11M ago19:30

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In BONNET, the incredibly talented John Patrick Shanley’s marital (and sometimes martial) comedy of manners, Dan (John Turturro) has a few questions for his wife Ava (Debra Messing) when she appears at the breakfast table with a meaningful new accessory. BONNET, written and directed by the Tony Award, Academy Award, and Pulitzer Prize-winning Shanl…

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The Second Chapter 100th Episode Special! (Part 1) 45:36

11M ago45:36

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For The Second Chapter's 100th episode, Kristin is joined by not one, not two, but seven of her former guests. These seven women are some of the podcast listener's favourites - an array of exciting and insightful women who have changed their careers and/or lives after 35. Joining for this special episode are: yoga instructor (and then some) Louise …

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#221 - Clyde Voce - The Play That Goes Wrong 38:20

11M ago38:20

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Clyde Voce / @clyde.voce What Clyde credits some of his consistent success in this tough industry: "Make mistakes. I make mistakes all the time. I have no problem being wrong. It's gonna happen anyway." https://builtforthestage.com/ - fill out the form and ask about our next fitness challenge! www.broadwaypodcastnetwork.com Learn more about your ad…

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SECOND SIGHT by David Ives 47:19

11M ago47:19

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In SECOND SIGHT, a world premiere written and directed by renowned playwright David Ives, a retired historian’s (Danny Burstein) minor surgery brings up major questions that his affable surgeon (Steven Boyer), bemused wife (Susie Essman) and brother (Lee Wilkof) can’t seem to answer. Or is he, with the help of an otherworldly stranger (Brittany K. …

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Being the More Loving One with Journalist and Author, Judy Foreman 45:48

11M ago45:48

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Judy Foreman's life changes have happened through her journey from childhood abuse to empowerment. After an abusive childhood, Judy discovered the unyielding spirit that led her to peace. In Judy's latest book, Let The More Loving One Be Me, she takes us through a journey over 70 years covering her growth, deep fulfilment, rewarding work, and most …

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#220 - Tinovimbanashe Sibanda - London's West End, Guys and Dolls 32:37

11M ago32:37

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Tinovimbanashe Sibanda / @tino_naledi "I had to decide that there's something that I had to tell as well. Then I just put my mind to absorbing and learning. I could still learn, but I also had something to offer. I used to stand behind these giants in my eyes and copy them and try to figure out what they were doing that helped them so much. So the …

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TYPHOID MARY by Mike Lew 32:32

11M ago32:32

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It’s 1915 and another typhoid fever outbreak, this one in a bustling hospital run by an officious Supervisor (Cindy Cheung), has once again led dogged sanitation engineer George Soper (Matt Park) to the hospital’s newest cook, “Typhoid Mary" Mallon (Catherine Curtin). It’s been years since Soper reluctantly released her from a forced quarantine on …

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MARY MARY QUITE CONTRARY by Rehana Lew Mirza 33:26

11M ago33:26

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It’s 1907 and a typhoid fever outbreak among New York City’s elite families has led zealous sanitation engineer George Soper (Matt Park) to the home of the haughty Mr. Winthrop (Michael Chernus) and a face-off with Winthrop’s proud, though not very hygienic cook, “Typhoid Mary" Mallon (Catherine Curtin). Playwright Rehana Lew Mirza’s history-inspir…

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Supporting Girls in Business - Treppie Founder, Jennifer Andrews 51:15

11M ago51:15

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Jennifer Andrews was a speech therapist ready for something different. A gift from a young client provided the spark and led Jennifer to using her love of connection to found treppie.com Treppie is an online e-commerce marketplace for girls and young women, ages nine to 25 (or so) to sell their unique handcrafted products in a community-based and m…

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