Jen Ellison

Show Notes

Intro: Do we have to be a mess? Representation matters. When you weren't there they day they told you how to pronounce cashew.
Let Me Run This By You: Are you afraid of death? 
Interview: We talk to Jen Ellison about not only surviving theatre school but going on to teach there too, the ethical quandaries that can arise when teaching ethics, differences between students at different schools, the handling of gender issues in the Gen X drama school world, Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind, Oliver, playing boys, Asheville, If You Don't Dance They Beat You.

What is I Survived Theatre School?

We went to theatre school. We survived it, but we didn't understand it. 20 years later, we're talking to our guests about their experience of going for this highly specialized type of college at the tender age of 18. Did it all go as planned? Are we still pursuing acting? Did we get cut from the program? Did we... become famous yet?