Thesis On Joan
ABOUT
A podcast dedicated to amplifying voices from the LGBTQ+ community in the New York performing arts scene and examining the industry from a queer perspective! Join fanqueers and theatre professionals Holly (they/them) and Meghan (she/her) as they sit down with groundbreaking theatre folx, from Brooklyn cabaret performers to people backstage and on Broadway. For many queers, theatre has been an escape, this podcast looks to have open conversations on where we’ve come from and where we’re headed as a community, while queering the canon along the way.
Email us at: thesisonjoan at gmail dot com.
Podcast Artwork by Maura Dixon @gardenslugg_, Podcast Portraits by kd diamond https://katiediamond.com/
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Episodes
#2.4 Living Joyously with Melissa Li & Kit Yan
In Thesis on Joan’s first duo interview, musical theatre writing team Melissa Li (she/her) and Kit Yan (they/she/he) check in with hosts about the recent rise in anti-Asian violence, how they’ve grown as creative partners over a decade, and what our responsibility is to our elders even when ...
#2.3 Shut Up & Listen with Maybe Burke
Maybe Burke has been all over your TV this pandemic! In our third episode of the season, Meghan and Holly sit down with the award-winning actor, writer and human rights advocate! We talk about the many ways to identify as a theatre-maker, the dangers of producers auditioning trans ...
#2.2 No Rules with Jose Solís
Critic and cheerleader, Jose Solís chats it out with hosts Holly and Meghan this week! A critic at the age of 16, Jose shares how to become an authority on things we’re “not allowed” to be a part of and why he has his matches ready (fuck the ...
#2.1 Please Do Cast L Morgan Lee
Welcome back, queers! The incomparable L Morgan Lee is our first guest of Season Two! Join Holly and Meghan as they talk to L Morgan about making space in developing projects, the Pulitzer situation, intersectional change, always being a student, the demands on musical theater actors, the genius ...
#14 Incandescent Lisa Kron
Join us for our season finale episode in which we get to talk to the artist who coined the name for our podcast, writer and actor Lisa Kron! We discuss Lisa’s early artist days and the “living culture” of WOW Café as well as the origins and almost ...
