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No Safety Net
by UMS — University Musical SocietyProvocative theater. Courageous conversations. Safe spaces. The University Musical Society (UMS) at the University of Michigan presents No Safety Net — a limited series podcast devoted to UMS's festival centered around challenging social topics of today's political climate. Host Mary Roeder takes you behind the scenes in conversation with our artists and discovers the inspiration behind their groundbreaking work.
Copyright: 2019 University Musical Society
Episodes
Lee Minora / White Feminist
33m · PublishedIn her hilariously scathing comedy 'White Feminist,' theater maker Lee Minora plays Becky, a morning talk show host whose good intentions lead to some cringe-worthy consequences!
Experience White Feminist live, February 3-9, 2020 at the Video Studio, James and Anne Duderstadt Center in Ann Arbor.
UMS'sNo Safety Net Festival is supported by the William Davidson Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
About the Artist
Lee Minora is a writer, performer, and comedian based in Philadelphia.
Javaad Alipoor / The Believers Are But Brothers
30m · PublishedUK-based artist, director, writer, and activist Javaad Alipoor explores the dark depths of the internet, toxic masculinity, and the online radicalization of disaffected young men in his play.
Experience The Believers Are But Brothers live, January 22-26, 2020 at the Arthur Miller Theater in Ann Arbor.
UMS'sNo Safety Net Festival is supported by the William Davidson Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
About the Artist
Javaad Alipoor is an artist, director, writer and activist who regularly makes theatre with and for communities that don’t usually engage in the arts. He is a Scotsman Fringe First and Columbia University Digital Storytelling Award winner. In 2017 his play, The Believers Are But Brothers, opened at Transform Festival in Leeds before transferring for a sold-out, critically acclaimed run at Summerhall at the Edinburgh Fringe, where it received a Scotsman Fringe First Award. The production then ran at London's Bush Theatre before its world tour.
Tina Satter / Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription
33m · PublishedExperimental theater maker Tina Satter discusses her latest play, based on the FBI interrogation of Reality Winner after she leaked top-secret evidence of Russian interference in our voting system.
Experience Is This A Room: Reality Winner Verbatim Transcription live, January 29 - February 1, 2020 at the Arthur Miller Theater in Ann Arbor.
Learn about all No Safety Net festival events and community engagement activities at ums.org/nosafetynet
UMS'sNo Safety Net Festival is supported by the William Davidson Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
About the Artists
Half Straddle is an Obie-winning, Brooklyn-based ensemble of performers and designers that make plays, performances, videos, and music led by writer and director Tina Satter that have been seen through the United States and internationally.
Background Reading on Reality Winner
- Reality Winner's leaked NSA document was published by The Intercept on June 5, 2017.
- Tina Satter discovered Reality's story in a New York Magazine article titled ‘The World’s Biggest Terrorist Has a Pikachu Bedspread’
No Safety Net has 3 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 1:37:14. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 9th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on June 21st, 2023 06:07.