Thesis on Joan

Hosts Meghan and Harrow receive a virtual fridge tour and so much more from polyspirited Artist Diana Oh. Learn about Diana’s doula in birthing art, how they define chosen family, and why her art is so big, sparkly, colorful, and bombastic. Diana also gives us some advice on how to find some of the joy from Infinite Love Party during quarantine and some initial steps to salvage the Gr8 American Theatre. Before the interview, Harrow and Meghan check-in about their favorite aspects of making the podcast and what’s been getting them through 2020. Diana Oh: Website | Instagram Additional Mentions: Korean Queer & Trans National Network Queer Gives: API Rainbow Parents Developing Artists Queer Culture Rec: Harney & Sons Fine Tea PEN15 A Black Lady Sketch Show Thesis on Joan: Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Leave us a voicemail at (845) 445-9251‬ Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com You can access a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On a “We all escaped from Ohio” special edition of Thesis on Joan- your friendly neighborhood Schmerm, Becca Blackwell, joins your favorite buckeye queers, Harrow and Meghan, to talk labels, imagining Midwest queer communities, the many reasons Harrow and Becca are destined to be friends, that paradox of trying to understand the gender binary (through comedy, of course!), cutting your hair and joining the circus, Daoism and facing the dreaded “I just don’t know what to do with you.” Hear more about Becca’s experience working on Hurricane Diane and how dispelling the myth of gatekeepers can help us fix the American Theatre! Becca Blackwell: Website | Instagram This episode contains mentions of sexual trauma, please see the time codes below to skip these portions of the episode: 3:30-4:20 34:33-34:43 50:23-50:39 Queer Resources: Dixon Place Bushwick Starr SoHo Rep Queer Culture Rec from Becca: High Maintenance Schmermterion Collection Queer Gives: Callen Lorde Sylvia Rivera Food Pantry- Volunteer or Donate Mutual Aid for Sex Workers of Color Thesis on Joan: Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Leave us a voicemail at (845) 445-9251‬ Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com You can access a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tune in this week with Meghan and Harrow as they talk with interdisciplinary artist Ty Defoe about breaking out of binaries as a two-spirit Indigiqueer person and finding balance between safe and brave space in theatre. Ty also speaks on being “genre fluid,” building just systems to create justice on stage with projects like Broadway’s Straight White Men, and imagining queerness seven generations from now. Ty Defoe: Website | Instagram | Twitter Ty’s Work: Indigenous Direction artEquity All My Relations - GIZHIBAA GIIZHIG | Revolving Sky Queer Culture Rec from Ty: Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers Queer Gives: American Indian Community House Brooklyn Community Pride Center Callen-Lorde Community Health Center Thesis on Joan: Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Leave us a voicemail at (845) 445-9251‬ Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com You can read a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join Meghan and Harrow as they sit down with Tony Award winning producer extraordinaire Sally Cade Holmes as she navigates producing in the age of digital theater. We talk about our mutual love of drag kings, why strong female characters in musicals are probably queer, Harrow's go-to fourth date spot in 2014-2015, the need for queer mentors, and living in the discomfort in 2020. Support Sally Cade! Website Instagram - @sally_cade Pickle the dog - @pick1e__ Sally Cade Projects: Play On Shakespeare Gender And Family Project - @GenderAndFamilyProject Support Justice! Queer Gives - Marsha P. Johnson Institute Support Us! Instagram - @thesisonjoan Twitter - @thesisonjoan Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com Queer Culture Recs from Sally Cade: The Jungle Upstairs - @thejungleupstairs Queerology Podcast Making Gay History Podcast Additional Mentions: Junior Mintt - @juniormintt Lou Henry Hoover - @LouHenryHoover Switch n' Play - @SwitchnPlay Takarazuka Review Ballez You can read a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s episode, Thesis on Joan hosts speak with writer C.A. Johnson. Hear about her recent production and premature closing of MCC’s All the Natalie Portmans, writing for sad queers watching movies about women who don’t want them, and our shared love of a certain teen heartthrob. C.A. also talks about the residencies and fellowships she’s done that give playwrights what they need, writing for tv and theatre, and experimenting with plot structures outside one based on the male orgasm. C.A. Johnson - Instagram, Twitter More about MCC Theater’s All the Natalie Portmans The Lark Space on Ryder Farm The Civilians R&D Group Sundance Institute Theatre Program Queer Gives: SAGE NYC - Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Leave us a voicemail at (845) 445-9251‬ Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com You can view a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 4 get to know Thesis on Joan’s hosts, FanQueers Meghan and Harrow! Hear about the inspiration for the podcast, their friendship meet cute, growing up in Ohio as budding musical theatre nerds, their (kinda) matching tattoos and what musical theatre moments probably made them queer. Places / Orgs We Shout Out! ART New York - Body Autonomy Program TDF - Autism Friendly Performances Theatre on Film & Tape Archive Theatre of the Oppressed NYC Queer Folx Book Club Queer Gives- Ali Forney Center Support Us! Instagram - @thesisonjoan Twitter- @thesisonjoan Leave us a voicemail: (845) 445-9251 Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com You can view a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thesis on Joan hosts Meghan and Harrow chat with Andrea Prestinario, performer, producer and the Executive Director / Co-Founder of Ring of Keys, an advocacy organization that promotes the hiring of queer women, transgender, and gender non-conforming artists working in musical theatre. Learn about Ring of Keys’ mission, the organization’s members (“keys”), and how they’re changing the face of musical theatre. Andrea also gives us her take on Fun Home after playing Allison TWICE, shares her queer musical theatre meet cute, and fixes a problematic musical by queering it up! Andrea Prestinario - Instagram, Twitter Ring of Keys - Instagram, Twitter Turn up the Volume: A Virtual Pride Concert Amplifying Black Keys Check Out Videos from the “Queering the Canon” Concert- ROK Youtube Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter  Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com Click here to view a transcript of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In Episode 2 Thesis on Joan’s hosts Meghan and Harrow talk to writer and performer Marga Gomez just before her 13th solo show Spanking Machine heads to Dixon Place for a digital presentation July 16-25, 2020. Hear about Marga’s inspiration for Spanking Machine, the highs and lows of creating a show for the digital space (she has some notes for the 5 Lesbian Brothers), the influence of her parents on her work, Marga’s take on many queer culture moments (hey, Kiling Eve and Generation Q!) and who she would most like to send a Seamless dinner date to during quarantine.  Support Marga! Web Site - http://www.margagomez.com/ Spanking Machine Tickets & More Info - DixonPlace.Org Instagram- @themargagomez Twitter- @margagomez Support Justice! Queer Gives- Louisville Community Bail Fund & Jaime Harrison for US Senate Support Us! Instagram - @thesisonjoan Twitter- @thesisonjoan Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com Read a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Thesis on Joan’s inaugural episode for Pride, hosts Meghan and Harrow talk to Ianne Fields Stewart, a Black, queer, nonbinary, transfeminine, actor/activist and founder of The Okra Project. Hear about Ianne’s many talents, the work they want to focus on, and how theatres can actually show solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement. Follow Ianne Fields Stewart at iannefieldsstewart.com and on Twitter and Instagram! Watch Ianne in The Feels. QUEER GIVES Donate and follow the organizations mentioned in the episode: The Okra Project - @theokraproject FEMMEPREMACY - @FEMMEPREMACY A Ratchet Realm - @aratchetrealm For the Gworls - @forthegworls Black Trans Femmes in the Arts - @BTFAcollective Black Trans Media - @blacktransmedia Black Trans Travel Fund - @blacktranstravelfund Contact your NY City Council rep to demand they #DefundtheNYPD. Follow Thesis on Joan on Instagram & Twitter @thesisonjoan Email us at thesisonjoan at gmail dot com Read a transcript of this episode here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices