Artist Soapbox * Audio fiction + Creative Process

Two people on a first date contemplate “what is art?”

By Brook Livingston North

Gallery is the fourth of six short audio fiction pieces created and produced by North Carolina artists. Artist Soapbox Shorts were specifically contributed by the artists to aid in fundraising and to get everyone excited about Jesus Pancake, the new audio fiction series in development.

Contribute to Jesus Pancake via our Indiegogo campaign!

Listen to this short podcast episode for more information:ASBX JP is a G-O! (A solo update by Tamara)

Soapboxers are the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox podcast.Get on the Soapbox with us at Patreonor make a one-time donation via Ko-fi athttps://ko-fi.com/artistsoapboxor via PayPal atPayPal.Me/artistsoapbox.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please consider our non-profitSoapbox Audio Collective.

ASBX shorts are an Artist Soapbox production, co-produced by Aurelia Belfield and Tamara Kissane, and sound designed by Jasmine Hunjan.

Gallery was written by Brook Livingston North.

Directed by Rachel Klem and Tamara Kissane

Production Manager: Griffin James

Performed by: Byron Jennings II (Cameron), Olivia Griego (Kerena), and Gus Allen (Matty)

Transcript of Gallery

• Brook Livingston North
• Byron Jennings II
• Gus Allen
• Rachel Klem
• Griffin James
• Jasmine Hunjan

BIOS

Brook North (Playwright) is an actor/writer/director/filmmaker, more or less in that order. As a writer, his short plays have been rejected by theatre festivals across the country. They have also, occasionally, been produced, including an evening of his short plays titled “This Doesn’t End Well” in January of...

It only takes three minutes for a relationship to end. A suitcase. A cup of tea. Jasmine.

Content Warning: Rated R for language

by Ian Finley

Jasmine is the third of six short audio fiction pieces created and produced by North Carolina artists. Artist Soapbox Shorts were specifically contributed by the artists to aid in fundraising and to get everyone excited about Jesus Pancake, the new audio fiction series in development.

Contribute to Jesus Pancake via our Indiegogo campaign!

Listen to this short podcast episode for more information:ASBX JP is a G-O! (A solo update by Tamara)

Soapboxers are the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox podcast.Get on the Soapbox with us at Patreonor make a one-time donation via Ko-fi athttps://ko-fi.com/artistsoapboxor via PayPal atPayPal.Me/artistsoapbox.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please consider our non-profitSoapbox Audio Collective.

ASBX shorts are an Artist Soapbox production, co-produced by Aurelia Belfield and Tamara Kissane, and sound designed by Jasmine Hunjan.

Jasmine was written by Ian Finley.

Directed by Rachel Klem

Production Manager: Griffin James

Performed by: Ryan Vasconcellos (Andy) andRoman Lawrence (Eddie)

Transcript of Jasmine

• Ian Finely
• Ryan Vasconcellos
• Rachel Klem
• Griffin James
• Jasmine Hunjan

BIOS

Ian Finley (Playwright) holds an MFA in Dramatic Writing from the Tisch School at New York University.. He is the author of plays, including The Nature of the Nautilus (winner of the Kennedy Center’s Jean Kennedy Smith Award), And There Was War in Heaven (finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference), Native, The Greeks, & 1960. In 2012, he was named the Piedmont Laureate in the field of Playwriting and Screenwriting

Ryan Vasconcellos (Actor, ANDY) is excited to have the experience of working with Artist Soapbox for the...

Adapted from the short story “When the World Rushes In,” this scene finds ex-best friends, Val and Bonnie, unexpectedly reconnecting on a walk home in the summer of 1987. These thirteen-year-old girls navigate their way through an emotional and confusing conversation about Bonnie losing her virginity. The dialogue is both a barrier and an olive branch for the two, who share the experience of growing up inside a gated residential community in the rural south.

CONTENT WARNING: sexual assault

by Edith Snow

Guess What Happened To Me Last Night is the second of six short audio fiction pieces created and produced by North Carolina artists. Artist Soapbox Shorts were specifically contributed by the artists to aid in fundraising and to get everyone excited about Jesus Pancake, the new audio fiction series in development.

Contribute to Jesus Pancake via our Indiegogo campaign!

Listen to this short podcast episode for more information:ASBX JP is a G-O! (A solo update by Tamara)

Soapboxers are the official patrons of the Artist Soapbox podcast.Get on the Soapbox with us at Patreonor make a one-time donation via Ko-fi athttps://ko-fi.com/artistsoapboxor via PayPal atPayPal.Me/artistsoapbox.

If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation, please consider our non-profitSoapbox Audio Collective.

ASBX shorts are an Artist Soapbox production, co-produced by Aurelia Belfield and Tamara Kissane, and sound designed by Jasmine Hunjan.

Guess What Happened To Me Last Night was written by Edith Snow.

Performed by: Aysia Slade (Bonnie) and Rosie Hou (Val)

Directed by Rachel Klem

Production Manager: Griffin James

Transcript of Guess What Happened to Me Last Night

• Edith Snow
• Aysia Slade
• Rosie Hou
• Rachel Klem
• Griffin James

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