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Podcast 015: Connecting Magic Past & Present with Aleta Barthell

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Tori and Mabelle talk with triple threat actress, playwright and teaching artist, Aleta Barthell. Aleta reveals how she connects historical moments with current events through magical realism in her plays Window of Shame (Finalist, 2020 National Playwrights Conference, O’Neill Theater Center; Finalist, HUMANITAS/CTG Playwriting Prize), Walking Down the Corn, and Night Witches: Flight Into Fantasy. Aleta also introduces the writing ribbon and the important link between movement and creativity. Her writing prompt uses sound effects as a springboard. Go to show notes.