Summary: <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Welcome to this week’s episode of the And Scene Theater Podcast! </span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">This week we welcome to the show lighting designer Leah Cohen!</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">In Act 1, we bring you the latest theater news on a breakthrough for women in college theater, the television broadcast of a theater favorite, and the first ever Double EGOT!</span></p><br> <p class="p2">Then, in Act 2, we are joined by the aforementioned Leah Cohen.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>We discuss with Leah her budding lighting design career, her advice for others that want to join the field, what it’s like to be a woman in a male-dominated field, and, of course, her favorite gel color!</p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">What do you think?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>When you enter a theater, is the array of lights the first thing to draw your attention?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Have you ever had an interest in designing lights yourself?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Let us know! </span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Do you have a theater topic you’d like us to talk about? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Maybe you’d like to chat about it with us.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Please get in touch with your feedback, and maybe we can have you on the show to discuss your theatrical passion!</span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">Connect with us on Twitter at @andscenepod, @mikenjd, and @meghancrosby, via email at <a href="mailto:andscenepod@gmail.com"><span class="s2">andscenepod@gmail.com</span></a>, and on Facebook at <a href="http://facebook.com/andscenepod"><span class="s2">facebook.com/andscenepod</span></a>. Please subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Music, or Stitcher, and leave us a rating (five stars please!).<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thank you for listening!</span></p><br> <p class="p2">NEWS SOURCES</p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1"> Hasty Pudding: <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hasty-pudding-women_us_5a6ae731e4b0ddb658c5333a"><span class="s3">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hasty-pudding-women_us_5a6ae731e4b0ddb658c5333a</span></a><br> Robert Lopez: <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/05/590913026/see-you-later-slackers-robert-lopez-first-to-double-egot"><span class="s3">https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2018/03/05/590913026/see-you-later-slackers-robert-lopez-first-to-double-egot</span></a> <br></span><span class="s1">Anna Deveare Smith: <a href="https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-smith-anna-deavere-smith-empathy_us_5a905997e4b01e9e56bb8287"><span class="s3">https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-smith-anna-deavere-smith-empathy_us_5a905997e4b01e9e56bb8287</span></a> </span></p><br> <p class="p1"><span class="s1">MUSIC CREDITS<br></span><span class="s1">Overture, <em>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</em>, Angel Records, 1996.<br></span><span class="s1">Ragtime Symphonic Suite, <em>Ragtime - The Musical</em>, Masterworks Broadway, 1998.<br></span><span class="s1">Overture, <em>Annie Get Your Gun: An Original Cast Album</em>, Masterworks Broadway, 1966.</span></p>
