Episode # 179 - Wonder Women Week Festival
On our latest episode, Michael Criscuolo talks with the masterminds behind the upcoming Wonder Women Week Festival, a week-long celebration of female performers and performance, produced by Groove MaMa Ink. This is the festival’s second annual installment and will feature the work of more than a hundred artists - more than double the amount of its inaugural run last fall.
Groove MaMa artistic director Kara M. Tyler and associate producer Bricken Sparacino talk about the origins of the festival, and offer some previews of this year’s shows. Both women will also be performing - Kara, on the festival’s “Super Sized Variety” night; and Bricken, with her sketch comedy group, Comedy Period - and they talk a bit about what they’ll be doing.
Kara and Bricken are also joined by two of this year’s festival participants: writer/performer Samantha Jones, who gives listeners a taste of her multi-character solo show, Butterfly Suicide; and songstress Jessica DelFino, who will be hosting one of the festival’s late night programs, “Vaginapalooza.” She gives listeners a sample of her musical wares with a very funny (and somewhat racy) song. Not for the faint of heart.
Episode Links:
- Groove MaMa Ink’s official website
- Groove MaMa Ink’s MySpace page
- Dora Mae Productions (Samantha Jones’s production company)
- Comedy Period
- Jessica DelFino’s blog
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