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Empowered Artist Collective Podcast - for actors, singers, dancers, writers, creators and performers

Empowered Artist Collective Podcast - for actors, singers, dancers, writers, creators and performers

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Are you a performing artist looking for more stability? Have you struggled to feel seen and valued? Are you frustrated by the gatekeeping and industry’s emphasis on scarcity to keep you small? Join our community of women and non-binary artists seeking a thriving and sustainable career in the arts. Every week, host Jennifer Apple asks hard questions, sits with open-ended answers (or perhaps no answers at all!), shares resources, and expands the dialogue around the aspects of our industry that no one is talking about. Whether you are an actor, singer, dancer, performer, writer, director, creator, theater and tv/film lover... Curiosity is the only requirement! If you believe that being an artist is about more than just the jobs you book, think this industry needs change, and want to get a look behind the curtain: The Empowered Artist Collective Podcast is for you! Jennifer Apple is an Actor, Acting Coach, Writer, and Dog Lover who is in pursuit of honesty, vulnerability, and empathy so that we can truly see ourselves and each other to break down barriers and reveal the raw, real humanity that connects us all. She empowers performing artists to embody themselves fully and truthfully so that they can elevate their craft, pursue their careers with integrity, and discover their inner confidence and self-worth. Let’s be in community together. Let’s support one another. Let’s make this journey a little less isolating and a whole lot more inclusive. IG: @EmpoweredArtistCollective // TikTok: @EmpowerArtistCollective // www.EmpoweredArtistCollective.com Host: Jennifer Apple // @JenniferApple_ // JenniferApple.net Head of Production & Editor: Nayara Alexis // @NayaraAlexis Podcast Music Composer: Aimee Lefkowicz // @Aimee.IsabellaCopyright 2022 All rights reserved. Art Divertissement et arts du spectacle
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  • 142. Composing Original Musicals with Zoe Sarnak

    142. Composing Original Musicals with Zoe Sarnak
    Oct 27 2026
    Where does an original musical begin? Drama Desk nominated and Larson Award winning composer, lyricist, and writer, Zoe Sarnak, takes us inside her wonderfully unconventional journey from studying molecular biology at Harvard to creating musicals like The Lonely Few and Broadway's upcoming Galileo. They get into the art and science of composing, finding the emotional truth of characters, and the importance of leaving room for discovery as an original musical takes shape. Zoe shares how she develops multiple musicals simultaneously, finds melodies in subway rides and walks through the city, and approaches a creative process that leaves room for imperfection, growth, and change. They also dig into the complicated relationship between AI and original artistry, what makes human storytelling irreplaceable, and the difference between achieving the Broadway dream and allowing it to define your worth. This is a conversation about following the work you can’t help but make, trusting your curiosity, and remembering that the most compelling stories are the ones that keep revealing something new about what it means to be human. ZOE SARNAK is a Drama Desk nominated and Larson Award winning composer, lyricist, and writer. Works include GALILEO (with Danny Strong and Michael Weiner) opening at the Shubert Theatre this year, NY Times Critic’s Pick THE LONELY FEW (with Rachel Bonds), EMPIRE RECORDS (with Carol Heikkinen), PARTICLE FEVER (with David Henry Hwang and Bear McCreary), A BEAUTIFUL MIND (with Sarah Treem); and others soon to be announced. Sarnak was named to the 2024 Broadway Women's Fund "Women to Watch" list and her music has been featured by the NY Times, The Guggenheim, the BBC and more. @zoesarnak Download the FREE Monologue Selection Toolkit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net/freebie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to coach with Jennifer? ⁠Schedule a session here! Learn more about Jennifer Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jennifer Apple’s IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JenniferApple_ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpoweredArtistCollective ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpowerArtistCollective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/⁠ Sign up for our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/newslettersignup⁠ Check Out Our Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com⁠ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 5 min
  • 141. Inside the Mind of a Showrunner with Sonja Warfield

    141. Inside the Mind of a Showrunner with Sonja Warfield
    Oct 20 2026
    What happens when you stop treating your career like a straight line and start trusting where your artistry actually takes you? This week, Jennifer sits down with writer, producer, and "The Gilded Age" co-showrunner and executive producer, Sonja Warfield, to talk about a creative career that has spanned comedy, drama, development, and showrunning. Sonja shares how improv led her to writing, the path to her first television writing job on "Will & Grace," what a showrunner actually does, and why so much of building a lasting career comes down to developing your voice and staying open to where it leads. They also get candid about the projects that never get made, prioritizing life outside of the work, separating your identity from your job title, and learning not to attach yourself to outcomes. With takeaways about kindness, flexibility, and embracing the pivot, this episode is a reminder that there is no color-by-numbers version of an artistic career and sometimes the unexpected path is the whole point. Sonja Warfield is a television writer/producer and author whose credits include her work on the Emmy Award-winning NBC sitcom Will & Grace as well as BET’s hit comedy The Game. Currently, she’s the Emmy-nominated Executive Producer and Co-Showrunner for the HBO’s highly awarded drama, The Gilded Age. Over the course of her 20+ year career, Sonja’s also earned credits from a diverse range of television shows including Disney Channel’s popular Liv and Maddie; BET’s Zoe Ever After, which featured pop star Brandy; the animated series She-Ra for Dreamworks/Netflix, where she also penned an original song; and the ABC comedy Jake in Progress. She’s developed and written pilots/projects for ABC, NBC, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Lifetime, Universal TV, Sony Pictures Television and HBO. She is currently adapting the novel, The Davenports, in partnership with Susan Fales-Hill for Alloy Entertainment, WBTV and Amazon Prime, which they will Executive Produce.In addition to television and film, Ms. Warfield is author of the entertaining, empowering and inspiring book Get Your Butt Off My Couch (And Your Hand Outta My Wallet), a woman’s guide to getting rid of her deadbeat husband, boyfriend or boo-thing. Sonja and her book have been featured on numerous radio and television programs including The Dr. Phil Show. Ms. Warfield has a B.A. in Cinema/Television-Critical Studies from the University of Southern California where she has taught television writing. She is represented by Anonymous Content. Download the FREE Monologue Selection Toolkit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net/freebie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to coach with Jennifer? ⁠Schedule a session here! Learn more about Jennifer Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jennifer Apple’s IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JenniferApple_ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpoweredArtistCollective ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpowerArtistCollective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/⁠ Sign up for our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/newslettersignup⁠ Check Out Our Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com⁠ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    55 min
  • 140. Casting Director Mini-Series: Making an Impression That Lasts with Gayle Keller

    140. Casting Director Mini-Series: Making an Impression That Lasts with Gayle Keller
    Oct 13 2026
    What makes a casting director remember you? This week, Jennifer sits down with casting director, Gayle Keller, whose nearly 30-year career in TV and film has given her a front-row seat to what makes an actor stand out. Gayle gets super specific about what she’s watching for in an audition, what makes a self-tape work, why truthfulness and instinct matter more than getting every choice “right,” and how an audition that doesn’t lead to the job can still lead to years of being called back. They also dig into the relationship between actors and casting directors, how Gayle discovers new talent, why she still sees theater as one of the most powerful ways to get on someone’s radar, and what actors can do to stay in a casting director’s orbit. Because, as Gayle reminds us, while actors are trying to find casting directors, casting directors are trying to find you, too. An independent New York casting director who has worked the past 25 years casting television and film. Some recent film credits include - The Comeback King ( release date Feb. 2017) The Mastermind, Poetic License, Showing Up (2024 winner of the Independent Spirit award for Casting), Certain Women, The Big Sick, Hustlers ( Artios nomination for Comedy Feature Casting), First Cow, The King of Staten Island, The Bubble, Problemista, Please Don’t Destroy and Babes.Some tv credits include - Law and Order: Criminal Intent, Bored ToDeath, Louie (nominated for two Emmys), Inside Amy Schumer, At Home With Amy Sedaris, Crashing, What We Do In The Shadows (nominated for Emmy and won Artios for Best TV Comedy series), Betty, Flatbush Misdemeanors, Life & Beth, Big Door Prize, Fantasmas and The Chair Company and Big Mistakes. A proud member of CSA, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and Local 817. Download the FREE Monologue Selection Toolkit: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net/freebie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Want to coach with Jennifer? ⁠Schedule a session here! Learn more about Jennifer Apple: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.jenniferapple.net⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Jennifer Apple’s IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@JenniferApple_ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC IG:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpoweredArtistCollective ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ EAC TikTok:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ @EmpowerArtistCollective⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/⁠ Sign up for our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.empoweredartistcollective.com/newslettersignup⁠ Check Out Our Merch:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://empoweredartistcollective.threadless.com⁠ Any thoughts you'd like to share? Email us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠EmpoweredArtistCollective@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 h et 1 min
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