Unscripted

UNSCRIPTED

A community investigation. Live and candid conversations curated by Learning & Creative Engagement Director Erica Denise.

Justice Now!

Moderated by Learning & Creative Engagement and Artistic Coordinator Kavin Moore
Featuring Matthew Kaufmann, Adam Beckett , Latasha Newton, and Alexis Pritchard
A discussion with Matthew Kaufmann and the original student writers of THREADS OF OUR HISTORY: Where We Intertwine.
Originally livestreamed March 16, 2022

Mighty Shades of Ebony

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring: Chris Rasheed, Love Eden, Joseph Paige, Dennis Collins, Alesha Atchley, and Demontez Shepard
A discussion with the leader of Mighty Shades of Ebony, Chris Rasheed, and students that attend JCPS schools throughout the district. They are discussing their “tricked out garbage can” initiative that is making waves around Kentuckiana.
Originally livestreamed March 2, 2022

Brilliant Minds - A Conversation Exploring Mental Health

Moderated by Impact Producer Amelia Acosta Powell
Featuring Nancy Brooks (NAMI Louisville Executive Director), Damon Cobble (Founder of Minority Mental Health Project), Emory Williamson (Two Nuts in a Pod Podcast), Geneva Robinson (Seven Counties Services Crisis and Information Center), Dr. Erica Lemberger (Spalding University), and FAIF (musician, mental health advocate, VP of Mindfest)
A discussion with mental health advocates and professionals sharing their experiences with mental health.
Originally livestreamed February 17, 2022

Protestors After the Announcements

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Brad Harrison, Maxwell Mitchell, and Antonio T-Made Taylor
A discussion with protestors after the announcement that the officers involved in the murder of Breonna Taylor would not be indicted.
Originally livestreamed October 7, 2020

Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange

Moderated by Artistic Producer Emily Tarquin
Featuring Savannah Barrett, Ivy Brashear, Landee Bryant, Gerry James, Ada Smith, Ashley Smith, and Richard Young
A discussion with staff and participants of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange around their work to bridge the cultural divide in Kentucky between our rural and urban communities.
Originally livestreamed September 30, 2020

Local Authors on the Art of Self-Help

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Janeé Perks-Banks (author of I'm No One's Girlfriend & Obedience Got Me Here), Nachand Hyde Trabue (author of Try God), and Rodrika Jones (author of My Choice of Words Changed My Life)
A discussion with local authors who’ve written self-help books on topics that range from mental health to spirituality to relationships.
Originally livestreamed September 16, 2020

Arrested for Protesting: Why I'd Do it Again!

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Adrian Baker, Pastor Tim Findley, Jr., Karen Johnson, Jamel Lewis, Tierra Mills, Jenay Pennix-Ellington, and Chea Woolfolk
A discussion with protestors who were arrested during the Breonna Taylor murder investigation. They are proud to have been arrested and say they would do it again, without a doubt.
Originally livestreamed September 9, 2020

Emergent Technologies for Digital Theatre

Moderated by Artistic Manager Zachary Meicher-Buzzi 
Featuring Andy Carluccio (Liminal Entertainment Technologies), Jason Ardizzone-West (Scenic Designer), Jeff Sugg (Projections Designer), and Blair Russell (Show Shepherd Strategic Theatrical Development)
A discussion about how innovative theatre makers and creatives are implementing new tools and technologies to reach out to collaborators and audiences, when doing so in person isn’t always possible.
Originally livestreamed September 2, 2020

Which Side Are You On? Working Class Hillbillies for Black Lives

Moderated by Artistic Producer Emily Tarquin
Featuring Beth Howard, Michael Harrington, and Josh Poe
A discussion with white working-class hillbillies who are allies and support black lives.
Originally livestreamed August 28, 2020

Let's Hear from Parents

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Jonathan Hunter, Ashley Edlin, Ayisha Hayes-Taylor, Melissa Hines, and Anitra Durand Allen
A discussion with parents of Jefferson County Public Schools students who are sharing their experience with NTI and synchronous learning.
Originally livestreamed August 19, 2020

Teachers & Administrators on School Reopening

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Derrick Ashby, Charles Buntyn, Erica Lawrence, Julia McKay, James Racine, and Ronzell Smith
A discussion with Jefferson County Public Schools teachers and administrations who are voicing their thoughts about school reopenings during a global pandemic.
Originally livestreamed August 12, 2020

Latinidad in Kentucky

Moderated by Jonathan Ruiz
Featuring Marcos Morales, Mari Mujica, Sassa Rivera, and Sarah Nuñez
The subject "Latinidad in Kentucky" will cover how the Latine community is present and identifies itself in this region and will explore the challenges it faces.
Originally livestreamed August 5, 2020

Black Leadership in the Public Sector

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Sam Aguiar, Tanisha Hickerson, Monica Hunter, and Angela Masden
Originally livestreamed July 29, 2020
Black Leadership in the Public Sector features an intergenerational group of black leaders discussing leadership and their roles in law, policy, and place-making.

Corporate Queens: Black Women and Community Empowerment

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Angie Evans, Patricia Williams, Nikki Lanier, Evon Smith, Kellie Watson, and Dr. Angelique Johnson
Originally livestreamed on July 22, 2020
Corporate Queens: Black Women and Community Empowerment features an intergenerational group of Black leaders discussing leadership, opportunity and how they are personally navigating their roles in the current climate.

White People on White Supremacy and Becoming Anti-Racist

Moderated by Artistic Producer Emily Tarquin
Featuring Chris Crass, Josh Hart, Talleri McRae, Alexander Newton-Schaftlein, Joshua Poe, Jessica Reese, and Adrian Silbernagel
A discussion
Originally livestreamed on July 15, 2020

Let's Hear from Our Youth

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring  Zoe Wolf, Leilani Bracey, Kate Doran, Love Edin, Bryson Sands
Jurni Woodson, Brylee Deuser, Ahmad Jones, and Jessica Carney-Perks
A discussion with youth that participated in Actors Theatre of Louisville's online summer camp. They are voicing their thoughts on the protests and injustices.
Originally livestreamed on July 8, 2020

Protesters: Who's on the Frontlines?

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Stachelle Bussey, Pastor Timothy Findley Jr., Nicole Hayden, Kris Smith, and Sean Ali-Wadell
A discussion with protesters who’ve risked their lives daring to stand on the front lines of the protests.
Originally livestreamed on July 1, 2020

Let’s Hear from the Media: Documenting the Moment

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Tara Bassett, Jon Cherry, Rebekah Dow, Gilbert Corsey and Brad Harrison
Get the story from Kentucky journalists about what's happening on the front lines and beyond.
Originally livestreamed on June 24, 2020

Juneteenth: Why We Celebrate

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Jecorey Arthur, Dr. Kevin Cosby, Kevin Fields, Pat Mathison and Senator Gerald A. Neal
Why is Juneteenth important? A modern perspective from Kentuckians on why Juneteenth should be a national holiday and what it means today.
Originally livestreamed on June 17, 2020

Non-Binary Navigation in Theatre Production

Moderated by Bryn Weiler (she/her)
Featuring Sloane Spencer (they/them), Jackie Rivera (they/them), Gylanni Carrington (they/she/he), Seth Torres (he/him or they/them) and snem DeSellier (they/them)
Originally livestreamed on June 10, 2020

Why We Riot/Why We Write: Art and Protest in the 21st Century

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Hannah L. Drake, Sadiqa Reynolds, Rev. Corrie Shull, and Executive Artistic Director Robert Barry Fleming
A discussion about why it’s important to write down accurate accounts of what happened during times of civil unrest and social injustice.
Originally livestreamed on June 3, 2020

Black Experience in the American Theatre

Moderated by Director of Learning & Creative Engagement Erica Denise
Featuring Alonzo Richmond, Alphaeus Green, Sujotta Pace, Larry Muhammad, LaShondra Hood, Janelle Renee Dunn and Rush Trowell
In the American theatre, Black artists navigate the “double-consciousness” described by W.E.B. Du Bois in "The Souls of Black Folk," along with a necessary hybridity as artistic hyphenates: Actor/Producer, Educator/Director, Playwright/Performer, etc. "It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his two-ness,—an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." — W.E.B. DuBois
Originally livestreamed on May 27, 2020

Non-Binary Actors in a Binary World

Moderated by Artistic Producer Emily Tarquin (they/them)
Featuring Will Wilhelm (they/them), V. Reibel (they/them), Sushma Saha (any & all pronouns), Kevin Kantor (they/them), and Armand Fields (they/them)
A discussion with non-binary performers sharing what it’s like to work and live in a binary world.
Originally livestreamed on May 20, 2020

Developing New Work

Moderated by Executive Artistic Director Robert Barry Fleming
Featuring Jessica Wortham, Jefferson White, and Alex Lin
A discussion with multi-hyphenate artists who walk us through what it’s like to develop new work.
Originally livestreamed on May 13, 2020