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In this talk wrapping up season 1, Andrea Ambam sits down with Robert O' Hara (Director) and Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Kaneisha) for the final conversation on Slave Play. With laughter and candor, we take it all the way back to the first rehearsal and navigate the directorial choices and audience reactions up until closing. What does walking away from Slave Play feel like? Listen now! For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Jakeem Dante Powell (Gary) and Devin Kawaoka (Dustin). In Slave Play, Gary and Dustin are an interracial gay couple whose relationship is underscored by fiery exchanges and palpable tension. How do Jakeem and Devin navigate the tricky dance between Gary and Dustin? Where do young queer people find models of loving relationships? What does black, queer, and biracial representation add to the canon? We talk about it all and more in this episode! For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Elizabeth Stahlman (Alana) & Rashaad Hall (Phillip u/s). In Slave Play, Alana and Phillip are one of the kinkiest couples in the show, foolishly living in "post-racial bliss". However, in therapy, that bliss swiftly fades away and what has previously gone unsaid turns into several onstage meltdowns. What is it like to embody people like Alana and Phillip? What personal stories do the actors bring to these characters? What do they learn about themselves and our society? Listen now!  For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Irene Sofia-Lucio (Patricia) & Chalia La Tour (Tea). In Slave Play, Tea and Patricia are the scientists/therapists who created "antebellum sexual performance therapy" based on their own interracial relationship. In the context of race, sex & trauma - is it possible to separate lived experience from experimentation? What happens when the experiences of the people trying to lead a group keep bubbling to the surface? Listen to Chalia and Irene unpacking these tricky questions and more! For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Johnathan Higginbotham (Phillip) & Devin Kawaoka (Dustin) to explore "what it means to be in-between"  through the eyes of the two characters in Slave Play who struggle most with their racial perception. Through personal stories and actors' insights, we unearth where the biracial experience materializes in Slave Play! For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Jakeem Dante Powell (Gary). Filled with tons of laughter, deep questioning, and even sour patch kids - Jakeem traverses the significance of Black, Queer representation and individualization in Slave Play, the theatre industry, and beyond. For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Antoinette Crowe-Legacy (Kaneisha), Chalia La Tour (Tea), and Eboni Flowers (Kaneisha/Tea understudy) - the Black women of the cast of Slave Play Broadway, whose voices are often missing in the heated discussion around Slave Play's impact on Black women. In their own words- they explore the complications and celebrations of being a part of a play that challenges so many. For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com

In this talk, Andrea Ambam sits down with Claire Warden, the Co-Intimacy and Fight Director of Slave Play. Together, they explore: How do you put on a play like Slave Play safely? Is it possible? How do the actors prepare for such charged on-stage intimacy? Listen in to find out! For more resources to feed your ongoing curiosities visit: www.moretotalkabout.com