Season 2, Episode 1: Gabrielle Jackson
This week, we're sitting down with Gabby Jackson of the Joy-Jackson Initiative to talk about building systemic equity in the arts!
Season 1, Episode 17: Jessica Hanna
This week we sit down with Los Angeles based Director & Producer Jessica Hanna to discuss her process of saying “F*ck it! Let’s try.”
Season 1, Episode 16: Matthew Ellenwood
This week, Jaina Alexander and April Sigman-Marx, chat with Matthew Ellenwood about the values of training performers to embrace. Listen to them talk about the importance of learning self-awareness in actor training.
Season 1, Episode 15: Victoria Melkonyan
Join Jaina Alexander and April Sigman-Marx as they enjoy a cup of tea with… Victoria Melkonyan. There are new announcements, positions, and goals set out for this new year. Welcome 2021 with your friends Jaina, April, and Vic!
Season 1, Episode 14: Gary Grundei
Today’s guest, Gary Grundei, talks to us about how his artistic paths in theatre and music merged. More importantly, he challenges artists to rethink the “boxes” they have placed themselves in and to expand beyond those limitations through play and vulnerability, particularly… in song writing.
Season 1, Episode 13: Sara Kay Godot
Grab your favorite cup (put some tea in it), a notebook and a writing implement (for note taking), and a warm blanket (to wrap yourself in). This week we have a room full of strong women: Jaina Alexander and April Sigmnan-Marx are asking Sara Kay Godot (a multi hyphenated bad a*s) steamy questions about how she has managed to trail-blaze a new road for herself, while finding community, in the virtual world of comedy.
Season 1, Episode 12: D-Nick the Microphone Misfit
Thumbprint Studios sat down with D-Nick, a storyteller, musician, and self-produced entertainer. Hear D-Nick’s story about how he has paved his own path in the music industry, by using the skill set he acquired during his higher education.
Season 1, Episode 11: The Educated Actor
Make some tea and grab a comfortable seat as Thumbprint Studios interviews The Educated Actor (TEA). Get to know the each member of TEA and what their group brings to the table.
Hosted and produced by Natalie Cruz, Mat Belnas, and Caroline Xique, The Educated Actor podcast is an ongoing conversation with emerging Los Angeles actors who are trying to figure out "the business," just like YOU!
Season 1, Episode 10: Ruxy Cantir
Having lived in multiple countries, we discuss how artistic funding works in different places with the hilarious and talented Ruxy Cantir.
Season 1, Episode 9: What was it again? Names: The Butchered, The Misarticulated, and The Anglicized
Join our host, Jaina, with guests Chuk Obasi, Victoria Melkonyan, and Moraud Lebaschi as we discuss the importance of our given names and how the world around us has reacted to their existence.
Season 1, Episode 8: Emma Wade
In this week’s episode, we talk with actor and puppeteer Emma Wade about her work with objects and space. Listen as we get into some silly and fun object work spontaneously during our chat!
Season 1, Episode 6: Kholan Studi
This week Kholan Studi (Cherokee) talks with hosts, Jaina & April, about why Representation matters, a second generation look at the entertainment industry.
Season 1, Episode 5: Katherine Tanner Silverman
This week on Prints Unedited... Jaina Alexander and April Sigman-Marx sit down for tea with Katherine Tanner Silverman, founder of Mentalhaus, a devised theatre company whose main focus is on humanizing mental health in both characters and individuals. On this episode, the three leading ladies discuss self care and the importance of choosing to be kind to yourself in your artistic and personal life.
Season 1, Episode 4: Laura Hunter Drago
In this week's episode host, April Sigman-Marx sits down for an exciting conversation with LA film producer Laura Hunter-Drago to talk about adapting theatre for film.
Season 1, Episode 3: Yamile Lima
Welcome to Episode 3 of Prints Unedited with Yamile Lima! We had a wonderful chat about teaching theatre with a social justice focus and some of the tools that Yami uses herself in her classroom. Yamile is a firm believer in the need to bridge the gap between education and the community, and the power of language to help uplift students and community members.
Season 1, Episode 2: April Sigman-Marx
Continuing your introduction to our hosts, Jaina Alexander sits down with Thumbprint Co-Founder (and co-host) April Sigman-Marx to chat about establishing yourself as an artist in a new city. Listen to them talk about the challenges has April faced moving, and reestablishing herself, in multiple cities; as well as offer advice learned from years of experience.
Season 1, Episode 1: Jaina Alexander
In our first episode and in order for you to get to know our hosts better, April Sigman-Marx sits down with Thumbprint Co-Founder (and co-host) Jaina Alexander to chat about Embracing the Multi Hyphenate. Listen to them talk about Jaina’s journey from opera to theatre and how her experience navigating these two worlds serves her as the multi-hyphenate artist she is today.