For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by actor Mari Blake. Find Mari at mariblake.com or her Instagram. Find me at carlbindman.com or my newsletter. Produced, engineered, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by actor Alexandra Acosta. Find Alex at @alexaaacosta Find me at carlbindman.com Produced, engineered, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by actor Andrew Dunn. Find me at carlbindman.com or @carlbindman. Find Andrew at andrewjdunn.com or @adunn168 or on his podcast, The Media Lunch Break. Produced, engineered, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by costume designer Brynne Oster-Bainnson. Contact me at carlbindman.com or @carlbindman Contact Brynne at brynne-osterbainnson.com or @brynnefinite Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Miguel Bregante Dancing at Lughnasa Waiting for Godot Michael Shannon Paul Sparks Arin Arbus Yibin Wang A Hunger Artist Irene Sharaff New York University Theatre Row Galia Backal Benita DeWit Jeanne Slater La Bohème Othello Liz Valdez Boomerang Theatre Company Mercutio Loves Romeo Loves Juliet Loves Hadestown Michael Krass Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of our theme song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by actor Jane Purnell. Contact me at carlbindman.com or @carlbindman Contact Jane at janepurnell.com or @jfpurnell Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Ann Lambert "Speed Queen 51" Sarah Nocquet Rory Culkin "Flight of the Kiwi" Dancing at Lughnasa Miguel Bregante Scrubland Stephen Bush Leon Schwendener Stereophonic Sarah Pidgeon Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by actor and director Joana Tsuhlares. Contact me at carlbindman.com Contact Joana at @joana_tsuhlares Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Bill Cornforth Richard Colley Ariadne William Shakespeare As You Like It Hamlet Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) The National Asian American Theatre Company Romeo and Juliet Russell Peters Midsummer Night's Dream Classical Theatre of Harlem Miguel Bregante The Public Theatre Sam Gold Michael Patrick Thornton Andrew Scott Titus Andronicus Barefoot Shakespeare Company Barry Henry V The Tempest Sanford Meisner Meryl Streep Viola Davis Rue 151 Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For this episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by director Brennan Urbi. Contact me at carlbindman.com Contact Brennan at @Brennan_urbi Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Stella Adler Spring Awakening Sweeney Todd You Can't Take It With You Darius M. Buckley Leo's Requiem Sam Shepard Derek Van Barham The New York Neo-Futurists 938 Collective Dixon Place The Winter's Tale Merrily We Roll Along Bertolt Brecht Rick Rubin (lol) Miguel Bregante Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”. Nota bene: There will be a hiatus on episodes until mid-July, for travel.

For the second episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by director and freshly minted Master of Fine Arts, Yibin Wang If you liked this, listen to Episode 01 featuring actor Helen Romeu, also out now. Contact me at carlbindman.com Contact Yibin at @yibinbillwang Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Franz Kafka “A Hunger Artist” (Story by Kafka) Anne Bogart A Director Prepares Milo Rau Five Easy Pieces Konstantin Stanislavsky Jacques Lecoq A Hunger Artist (Play by Michael Landes) Michael Landes Star Yuexing Sun Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

For the first episode of Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, I’m joined by friend and fellow-actor Helen Romeu. And if you liked this, listen to Episode 02 featuring director Yibin Wang, also out now. Contact me at carlbindman.com Contact Helen at https://linktr.ee/helenromeu Works/artists referenced, in somewhat chronological order: Sanford Meisner Dancing at Lughnasa Brian Friel Miguel Bregante Jane Purnell Nanouli Shevardnadze Bethsabé Caballero Stella Diji Michael Landes Konstantin Stanislavski William Shakespeare Much Ado About Nothing Arachne Theater Company Barefoot Shakespeare Company Titus Andronicus The Winter's Tale Bertolt Brecht Barefoot in the Park John Barton Playing Shakespeare Judi Dench Ian McKellen Brian Cox Alan Rickman Martha Graham Stephen Wangh An Acrobat of the Heart Jerzy Grotowski Gabriela Petrov Produced, recorded, hosted, and edited by Carl Bindman. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, “Fragments”.

In anticipation of the first full episodes coming next week, here’s a brief introduction to Art Workers: The Independent Artists’ Forum, from me, your host, Carl Bindman. I explain what the show is about, what you can expect, and why I’m doing this at all. Thanks to Louie Zong for the use of his song, ”Fragments.” You can reach me at carlbindman.com