Green Room On Air with Ray Renati

Cate Hayman, a Bay Area Local, made her SF Playhouse debut as Sally Bowles.  She recently graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with her BFA in Drama. Past roles include: Fräulein Kost in Cabaret, The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet, and Charity in Sweet Charity.  Cate Hayman Web Site SF Playhouse Web Site Green Room on Air Web Site Carly Ozard ________ [email protected]  

This is a replay of my thoughts and reflections after a heartfelt run of the play Circle Mirror Transformation at Livermore Arts in November of 2020 - before Covid. SYNOPSIS In the small town of Shirley, Vermont, five strangers gather in a dance studio to embark on a unique journey together in a creative drama class for adults. Taught by Marty, their free-spirited and supportive leader, the group -- Schultz, a recently divorced, emotionally vulnerable carpenter, Teresa, an earnest and vibrant former actress, James, Marty’s quiet and genial husband, and Lauren, a reserved and self-conscious high schooler -- move through a series of acting exercises, ranging from the heartbreaking to the ridiculous. In this one small room, through these few seemingly trivial games, quiet wars are waged, emotional wounds are nursed, and healing is finally, slowly, able to begin. In Annie Baker’s quiet masterpiece, Circle Mirror Transformation, the audience takes a transcendent journey through the mundane into the profound. _____________________________________________________________ Music by Carly Ozard: https://carlyozard.com Green Room on Air Web Site: http://raysgreenroom.com Contact: [email protected]

Today we discuss Ray's addiction to chocolate-covered berries, our current pandemic, and most importantly, we have a special interview with the UK-based musician, Michael Grant.   Michael Grant's Web Site: https://www.michaelgrantmusician.com/ Michael A. Grant is a freelance musician, proficient on clarinets, bassoon, saxophones and flute. He is currently based in Manchester but available for work throughout the universe. Michael is an experienced performer in a variety of genres, including orchestral music, big band swing, and traditional jazz. He is also in high demand as a reed player for musical theatre productions, on account of his strong sight-reading ability and expertise across multiple instruments. Furthermore, he is a very capable arranger and orchestrator, as well as a keen composer. Michael Grant's new Musical: https://www.michaelgrantmusician.com/inrta/ It’s Not Really the Apocalypse’ tells the story of four friends, who wake one day after the mother of all hangovers to discover they are the only humans left on the planet. Over the course of 14 songs they must adapt to their new lifestyle, whilst also overcoming a much greater challenge: learning to live with each other. This dark subject matter is juxtaposed with a catchy, ragtime-influenced score that is sure to have you tapping your feet and singing along. Armageddon never sounded so good. If Only Your Legs Were on Your Head: https://youtu.be/jM5zlL17TSw The Jelly Roll Jazz Band: http://www.thejellyrolljazzband.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------ Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com or http://raysgreenroom.com Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com

Today my guests are Tachi Egwu and Kevin Williams of the TV Channeling Podcast. I've known Tachi and Kevin for about five or six years. When it comes to television and film, they really know their stuff. Find TV Channeling at www.tvchanneling.com __________________________________________________________ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: [email protected] 

First, we have a stream of consciousness exploration discussing benzodiazepine dependence, Karen's enforcing masking in the open air, CBTi and insomnia,  and Ray's mom calling him by his middle name. Our Guests: Carly Ozard and Meg MacKay The Richmond / Ermet Aid Foundation presents…What The World Needs Now is Love: A Valentine Concert Celebrating Broadway  - A Benefit for: REAF’s Small Emergency Grants Program to support    members of the theater community impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.  WHEN: SAT. FEBRUARY 13, 2021, 7:00 pm   WHERE:  LIVE STREAMED ON YOUTUBE LIVE WHO:  Including in Alphabetical Order (scheduled to appear)… SUSAN ANTON, PETULA CLARK, BARBARA COOK, SPENCER DAY, MELINDA DOOLITTLE, CATHY GARRICK, SHARON GLESS, LESLIE JORDAN, STEVE KNILL, KIMBERLEY LOCKE, LA TOYA LONDON, CONSTANTINE MAROULIS, MEG MACKAY, CARLY OZARD, JAKE SIMPSON, RENE TAYLOR & JOSEPH BOLONIA, BRUCE VILANCH and TEAL WICKS Tickets:  $25    (performance link only)   $50 & $100  (includes special Valentine messages posted online and other perks) For tickets or additional info, visit our website: https://www.reaf-sf.org   Phone:  415-273-1620 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/233161325104847 __________________________________________________________ Meg Mackay has been a local Diva in the San Francisco cabaret and musical theater scene for more than 20 years and is the winner of 7 Drama-Logue/Dean Goodman and 7 Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Awards for her work in Torch Song Trilogy (1st Nat’l. Tour), Hello Dolly! (Mt. Play), Roberta and Grass Harp (42nd St. Moon), A Karen Carpenter Christmas (The Marsh), And What Give Up Showbiz? (Mason St. Theater), The World Goes Round, She Loves Me and Putting It Together (TheatreWorks), Enter the Guardsman (San Jose Rep) and The Subject was Roses (PASCo). Her favorite role was ‘Momma Rose’ in TheatreWorks fabulous production of Gypsy. She has recorded two critically-acclaimed CDs, So Many People and Legally Blonde. Meg and her husband, pianist, Billy Philadelphia perform in concert in many Bay Area theaters and on the road around the country. __________________________________________________________________ Carly Ozard is an electronic music vocalist and songwriter. Recently signed to Sobel Nation Records distributed by Warner Bros, Carly’s new tracks and remixes will be available on all major streaming platforms in October, 2019. A citizen of the world, Carly travels, and writes songs based on her experiences. From Burning Man to Bali, her songs inform her listeners that transcendence and acceptance worldwide is the message. EDM, Punjabi Mantras, and LGBTQ Anthems are just the beginning of her trek into solo artistry. Carly looks forward to showcasing her collaborations with her Production Team at Sobel, with DJ Spin Sista, Pollo Del Mar, Leo Frappier and more. She is a beloved MTA Busker with Music Under New York.   ___________________________________________________________ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: [email protected] 

"Love in the Time of Covid" is six short new plays written by Neva Hutchinson, Bridgette Dutta Portman, and Richard Talavera, produced by the St. Peter's Players, Redwood City. Player favorites Susan Mitchell, John McGill, Alejandro Mejia, Alec Braun and Roseannie Garraud will be appearing, along with Ruth Anne Lambert, Julie Lanesy and Paul Costello. Reserve your Zoom Seats: https://cutt.ly/LoveAndCovid ---Neva Hutchinson has acted in New York, Maine and the Bay Area in over 60 theater productions. She's worked with Francis Ford Coppola, Lee Sankowich, Kevin Malony and Libby Appel. In film, she's worked with Jon Voight and Will Smith. She's trained at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and with Richard Seyd and Wynn Handman. She recently appeared at the Phoenix Theater in San Francisco in "By The Waters of Babylon" by Robert Schenkkan. Presently, she's appearing in the lead role in "Raptured: the Disappearance and Discovery of Aimee Semple McPherson". Also, she can currently be seen as a dry cleaner in a Buster Posey Toyota commercial. ---Bridgette Dutta Portman is a playwright, teacher, and aspiring novelist in the San Francisco Bay Area. More than two dozen of her plays have been produced locally, nationally, and internationally. She is past president of the Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco, was 2018 resident playwright at Custom Made Theatre Co., and is currently a member of Same Boat Theater Collective, the Pear Writers' Guild and the Dramatists' Guild. She has been a finalist for the Bay Area Playwrights' Festival, the Theatre Bay Area TITAN award, the PlayPenn Conference, the Kentucky Women’s Theatre Conference Prize for Women Writers, the New Dramatists playwrights' residency, and more. She holds a PhD in political science (UC Irvine, 2011) and an MFA in creative writing (Spalding University, 2018). She lives in Fremont, CA with her husband, their 6-year-old son, their baby daughter, and their very sweet dog Snickers. ___________________________________________________________ Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: [email protected] 

1)This week we witnessed one of the most shocking and dangerous acts of domestic terrorism seen in the United States in recent times. Perhaps it was only overshadowed by the Oklahoma City Bombing back in 1995. Hear the names of  all 147 Republican legislators who voted to overturn the election results. Here's the list of legislators: https://cutt.ly/Cjvx1F7 2) Must Watch TV: "Schitt's Creek" on Netflix, "The Bureau" on Vudu.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Leave a review on Apple Podcasts (Itunes) Green Room On Air Web Site: http://greenroomonair.com  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/raysgreenroom/ Opening and Closing Music by Carly Ozard: http://carlyozard.com Contact Ray at Green Room on Air: [email protected]   

The Tony Award-Winning SAN FRANCISCO MIME TROUPE debuts a NEW Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic as a Radio Play A RED CAROL An Activist Adaptation of the Dickens Classic Written and Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan A 21st. Century SFMT spin on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol Online Fri. Dec. 11, 2020 - Jan. 17, 2021 -  FREE (suggested $20 donation) https://www.sfmt.org/   Michael Gene Sullivan (Writer, Director,Actor, SFMT Collective) is an award-winning actor, director, and playwright based in SF. As an actor Michael has worked with the American Conservatory Theatre, the Denver Center Theater Company, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Theatreworks, CA Shakespeare Theatre, SF Playhouse, SF and the African American Shakespeare Companies, and the Aurora, the Marin, the Magic, the Lorraine Hansberry Theater, and has been a principle actor for the SF Mime Troupe for over 30 years. Michael’s directing credits include work with SF Shakespeare Festival, TheatreFirst, the African American Shakespeare Company, Street Of Dreams Theatre Company, and over a dozen shows with SFMT. Michael was also director of the all-woman, all-clown Circus Finelli. From 1992 -1999 Michael was a Contributing Writer for the despite-its-name-never-silent, Tony and OBIE Award-winning SF Mime Troupe before being named SFMT’s Resident Playwright 2000 to present. Michael is also a Resident Playwright for the Playwrights Foundation, and in 2017 was playwriting resident at the Djerassi Arts Center. Mr. Sullivan's political dramas, musicals, and satires include Walls (Ningun Humano Es Ilegal!), Treasure Island, For The Greater Good, Freedomland, Red Carol, Too Big To Fail, Did Anyone Ever Tell You-You Look Like Huey P. Newton?, Mr. Smith Goes to Obscuristan (with Josh Kornbluth), Godfellas, Too Big to Fail, Possibilidad or The Death of the Worker, the all-woman farce Recipe, and his one person show, Did Anyone Ever Tell You -- You Look Like Huey P. Newton? Mr. Sullivan's plays have been performed at the Melbourne International Arts Festival, the International Festival of Verbal Art (Berlin), The Hong Kong Arts Festival, and in Greece, Spain, Columbia, Argentina, New Zealand, Ukraine, England, Scotland, The Netherlands, Australia, Canada, Mexico, as well as in theaters throughout the USA. 1984, his critically-acclaimed stage adaptation of George Orwell's dystopic novel of the oppressive present/future, had its world premiere in 2006 at the Actors' Gang, directed by Academy Award-winning actor Tim Robbins. After several extended runs in LA, 1984 has gone on to several national and international productions, has been translated into six languages, and published in two. Michael is also a Collective Member and Board Member of the SF Mime Troupe.  www.michaelgenesullivan.com