Today Kim Blackwell Joins us and shares her vast experiences and expertise around leadership and making an impact in the Theatrical Arts World. and beyond. We discuss how her powerful feminism beliefs play a massive role in her life and her mission/vision for how the world of the Arts evolves… and that is just a small piece of all that we dive into, so many aha moments!
Kim shares about how experiences in life are helping form both who we are and what we want for ourselves. Kim says; “The experiences are always leading me back to that thing in my belly, where the fire (passion) is”.
Kim hits home with how although our paths’ in life are not linear in getting to where we want to go, we will get to that destination with the support of mentors, hard-work and trying new experiences to figure out what it is that brings us happiness and calls to our fire. She follows this with how those who desire to fulfill a creative venture, there is again not one linear path in accomplishing that goal.
Kim whole-heartedly believes and brings to life the vision in the Transformative Power of Art to Change the World.
Kim Blackwell is 4th Line Theatre’s Managing Artistic Director and is a veteran 4th Line director/producer – 2021 marks her 27th season with 4th Line Theatre where she has directed 25 productions including 13 world premieres. Kim is a Peterborough native who loves her community and knows how to present it to the world, its passions, its foibles, its sense of humour. She has been doing this for almost 30 years serving in various capacities at the 4th Line Theatre. She has directed plays across Canada and the US. Her play ‘A Daughter’ had its world premiere in 2020 as a part of the Open Spaces Theatre Festival and has been selected to be a part of the International Rural Women’s Studies Conference hosted by University of Guelph in 2021. In 2020 she received Toronto theatre critic Lynn Slotkin’s Jon Kaplan Mensch Award. As a playwright Blackwell has written several plays for the stage as well.
Kim can be reached via email at kim@4thlinetheatre.on.ca
For more information on 4th Line Theatre Events, Shows and Performances, please visit the website: https://www.4thlinetheatre.on.ca
If you have any questions for Dani, connect on Instagram or via e-mail:
Instagram: @danireaume
Email: info@daniellereaume.ca
Website: www.daniellereaume.ca
Podcast Music Provided by Jason Reaume:
Instagram: @jasonreaume
Email: jasonreaume3@gmail.com