Positive Creativity Podcast

Aug 30 2024 97 ep. 49 mins 3

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Positivity Creativity is a podcast for writers, directors, and other artists where Elyssa Nicole Trust (actor/playwright) and Lauren Schaffel (actor/producer) speak with creatives about what they're working on, what's inspiring them, and how they positive in the entertainment industry

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Christian Telesmar: Actor, Educator and Entrepreneur

Aug 30 2024 51 mins

Christian Telesmar is an educator, entrepreneur and actor on stage and screen, best known for his work in NCIS: LA, the Young and the Restless, and Animal Kingdom on TNT. In theatre, his work has included On the Other Hand, We're Happy by Daf James at Rogue Machine Theatre (named Best Production of 2022 by both the L.A. Times and the L.A. Drama Critics Circle) and the lead role in

Adi Eshman: Playwright, Screenwriter, and Producer

Aug 01 2024 37 mins

Adi Eshman is a playwright, screenwriter and producer based in Brooklyn, NY. Originally from Venice Beach, CA, his plays have been produced or workshopped at USC, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, The Braid, Cherry Lane Theatre, The Tank and more. In May 2023, he earned his MFA in Dramatic Writing from the USC School for Dramatic Arts. The short film he

Leah Hamos: Literary Agent

Jul 25 2024 43 mins

Leah Hamos is a Theatre Agent at The Gersh Agency where she works with writers, composers, directors, and designers, among others. She previously worked at Abrams Artists Agency, and with New York Theatre Workshop in development and the Lark Play Development Center in dramaturgy. We absolutely loved chatting with Leah, and hearing her story of become a literary agent. Her love of

Will Steinberger - Director and Producer

Jul 18 2024 37 mins

Will Steinberger is a Drama League Award nominated director and producer. He has directed and developed new plays at New York Theatre Workshop, New York Stage and Film, Clubbed Thumb, New Dramatists, Hartford Stage, the Drama League, and Berkshire Theatre Group. Recently, he directed Andrea Stolowitz’s The Berlin Diaries featuring David Greenspan, produced in association with The

Talisa Friedman: Actor, Singer, Writer, and Producer

Jul 12 2024 35 mins

Talisa is an actor, singer, writer, producer, and costume designer. Her play WHO BY FIRE won the 2021 National Jewish Playwriting Competition. She’s appeared on TV and film, and her theater credits include The Old Globe, Arena Stage, and A.R.T. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and two sons. In this conversation we talked about Tali’s unique journey of becoming a multi-

Jeremy Aluma: Director and Producer

Jul 05 2024 46 mins

Jeremy Aluma is an award-winning, Jewish-American theatre director and producer of Iraqi descent. He founded the internationally touring company Four Clowns, and served as artistic director for 7 years. His directing credits are numerous and include: Pinocchio and Robin Hood (both at South Coast Repertory, CA); Sublimity(Theatre Row, NYC); and Chad Deity (Chance Theater). Aluma has

David Winitsky: Founder of the Jewish Plays Project, Producer, and Director

Jun 27 2024 49 mins

David Winitsky is the founder and executive artistic director of the Jewish Plays Project, the nations leading development house for contemporary Jewish theater. With the JPP, David has developed 49 plays, 27 of which have gone on to production and further development in New York, London, Tel Aviv and around the U.S. As a director, he’s worked on and off Broadway in projects incl

Chelsea Gonzalez: Writer, Director, and Actor

Aug 31 2023 51 mins

Chelsea is a writer, director, and actor living in Los Angeles. She has made 8 short films and web series with screenings at over 100 film festivals worldwide. She is one of 8 fellows chosen for the Inaugural Blumhouse and K Period Media Horror Screamwriting Fellowship, formally supported by Sundance. There, she is developing her feature film WOMEN IN JEOPARDY. As an actor Chelsea

Caytha Jentis: Writer, Director, and Poducer

Aug 24 2023 53 mins

Caytha Jentis is a writer, director, and producer. Her film/tv credits include And Then Came Love, The Other F Word, Bad Parents, and Pooling to Paradise. Her stories challenge the old tropes of motherhood with heightened reality humor. In this conversation, we chatted about Caytha’s play called Sex Work, Sex Play which will have its off broadway world premiere at the TADA Thea

John Frank Levey: Casting Director and Director

Aug 17 2023 47 mins

John Frank Levey is the 4 time Emmy Award-Winning Casting Director of iconic television shows ER and The West Wing. He has also cast China Beach, Southland, Animal Kingdom and Shameless during a nearly 40 year career. He is the author of Right For The Role, a professional memoir. He is also a director in the theatre. John has had such a prolific career in casting and directing, and