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In this episode Lisa chats with actor, improvisor and Executive Director of Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts, Carrie-Ann Pishnak. Carrie-Ann was mainstay in the Second City Hollywood office where she worked behind the scenes for many years in marketing, producing Premium shows and taking the lead on the Really Awesome Improv Show. Since Second City Hollywood closed it's doors, Carrie-Ann has gone on to do a number of teaching jobs and carried on bringing improv to children via the Rockin' Awesome Improv show. Carrie-Ann shares with us the tools she uses to keep her focus on working in the creative arts throughout her life and allowed her to build such a unique and interesting career.

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Music by Jeff Roi @jeff.roi

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In this episode Lisa chats with Kris Demeanor, a musician and sometimes actor based in Calgary. Kris shares how his father taught him to be explore creative via the medium of the visual arts, but then Kris translated that creative freedom to exploring an instrument. Starting a band with his buddies as a teenager, Kris and his bandmates explored their instruments and wrote their own rules when is came to making music. Kris shares how lifestyle choices have provided for the freedom to continue to grow and explore as an artist into his middle age. Kris has a new album out, Songs for My Father to Fall Asleep to, which you can listen to full wherever you stream music and on Bandcamp. Also, check out the video to his single Wolves, available at the link below.

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'Wolves' music video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqylElABTkc
Listen to the album on Bandcamp, Songs for my Father to Fall Asleep to
http://www.krisdemeanor.com/

Music by Jeff Roi @jeff.roi

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In this episode, Lisa chats with writer, improviser and podcaster, Carla Cackowski. Lisa and Carla met in 2017 when Carla was her improv teacher at Second City Hollywood. Carla shares her journey as an actor, starting out in Kentucky and finally landing in Los Angeles, which has now evolved to improvisation and writing. Carla shares her experience of living as an artist in Los Angeles and her own personal evolution with her art and her career.

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Follow Carla Cackowski on Instagram at @carlacackowski
Check out Carla's Vintage shop @jacaranda.eve.vintage

Music by Jeff Roi @jeff.roi

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