{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"ON THE SCENE","title":"January 30, 2025 // Guest Host Sara Geidlinger Interviews Sam Varteniuk and Maria Colonescu","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3426,"description":"In this episode co-hosts Sara Geidlinger and Darek Reidel interview Sam Varteniuk (Executive Director, The Registry Theatre) and Maria Colonescu (Co-Founder, Treading Theatre Project).\nEpisode includes music from Daddy Long Legs; August Eleven; and Housecat. \nSam Varteniuk is the Executive Director at The Registry Theater in Kitchener. Sam is also a community builder, and spends a lot of his time helping individuals and organizations in the arts community connect with one another and with opportunities for space, funding, and other kinds of supports. He makes The Registry accessible community organizations, and is a strong advocate for the arts in our community.\nMaria Colonescu has been an active creator for almost fifteen years, working in both theatre and film as an actor, director, writer, designer, editor, and producer. She holds an MFA in Advanced Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. Midtown Radio listeners will know her from last year’s excellent season of radio dramas which she directed and produced.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/YJvRO-wou1tmoAKb595nA6jLKTm3j-kpYmTtMW9fQtw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wMTdh/OGEzYzY0MTZhZjIx/ZDlmNTljYmZkMTli/YjhlMC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}