Posted on June 11, 2021 in: |Comments Off on Episode 15: Leslie North: The Weight of Her Decision
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Episode 15: Leslie North: The Weight of Her Decision
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“Leslie North is as warm and generous-spirited a young woman as you are likely to meet. Sometimes funny, sometimes thoughtful, sometimes dark, she’s always just to the left of what you’d expect.” -Bobby Bermea
ARTIST BIO Leslie is a Memphis native who left a cushy job in the IT world to study at the Portland Actors Conservatory. Now living in Atlanta, Leslie is dipping her toes into the film world. She has already written a short film, Time Sensitive, as part of the BLVCK Film Collective in Portland. Next to acting, her current focus is rediscovering her voice as a writer through comedy sketches, pilots and other original shorts. Leslie is very passionate about telling authentic, relatable stories that represent the unheard and the ‘regular folks’. When she isn’t succumbing to the post-Covid pressure to constantly create, Leslie can be found binge watching her favorite shows, reading, or complaining about dating apps.
Posted on April 12, 2021 in: |Comments Off on Episode 12: Greg Berman: All The Animals of the Kingdom
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Episode 12: Greg Berman: All The Animals of the Kingdom
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“Much of Greg Berman’s writing centers around mental health because that is the field in which he has spent much of his life. Today, Greg is a professional psychiatrist who also brings his life experience and insight to the page with intelligence, courage and vivacity.” -Bobby Bermea
ARTIST BIO Greg Berman received his MFA in dramatic writing at Lesley University. He is a private practice psychiatrist in Portland, Oregon and is interested in the intersection of creativity and mental health. His ten-minute play Hope and Change appeared in Being Human a Playwright Showcase, by Scribe Stages at Moving Arts Theater in Los Angeles, CA, November, 2017. His play Bartow was inspired by the art of Rick Bartow and his ability to make art after a stroke, it received a reading in the Dramatists Guild footlight series last summer.
