For this episode (and the next) I have teamed up with Classical Revolution Phoenix to cover the Arizona Centennial Composition Competition. 5 composers were given 2 weeks to write a piece 3-5 minutes long that will be judged during a concert on May 5th @

"Orange Theatre Group's work is created through a process of collaboration. We are deeply and passionately committed to collaboration both as a way of making art and as a means of understanding and transforming the world. We see performance as one of the

Hello, loyal Twippers! We have a lot going on at the end of April. We've already recorded some episodes, so we won't be taking listener questions for our next big events. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to find out who we will be talking to in May. In t

Jivemind Co-operative Music Labs is a new rehearsal/recording/listening/elbow-rubbing/teaching space opening in Glendale, AZ at the end of April. I've been painting with founders Dustin Chaffin and Jeff Rose for 2 days- it's been a blast and I can't wait

How do you Write a Joe Schermann Song is a full-length original movie musical featured at this year's Phoenix Film Festival. Under the direction of Gary King and with Christina Rose, Joe Schermann, Ken Lampl and many, many others, this team was able to cr

Film composer Ken Lampl has scored over 20 feature films and over 20 short films. He's done everything form commercial music to scoring a musical, How do you Write a Joe Schermann Song, to be exact. How do you Write is featured in this year's Phoenix Film

The 2012 Phoenix Fringe Festival is over, but that doesn't mean we can't keep talking about it! I met with Ashley Hare (Asphalt Arts) and Steven Serrano (Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development) on March 13th to talk about the role of theatre and the Frin

TWiP's recent interview with new (mostly) modern dance company, Ignite Collaborative Arts. See them at the Fringe THIS WEEKEND (March 10, 11 2012) at Warehouse 1005 in Phoenix. If you are using Firefox, right-click HERE to download Episode 51 EPISODE 5

Chris Danowski has been in theatre since kindergarten and for the past decade, he has been the artistic director of Theatre in my Basement, an experimental theatre company based in Phoenix. Their Fringe show this year uses three original TIMB shows: Twitc

Musicians have specialties, some people play the saxophone, some people sing... storytellers also have specialties. In order to stay true to a story, you have to understand where the story came from- the culture, the people, and the language. Harriet Cole