This week we are joined by the incredible musician/actress/creative/storyteller FLAVIA (aka @flaviaspeaks aka Flavia Watson) to talk about making music while living nomadically, finishing up a European tour, and her upcoming album (potential name album name reveal??). Part tour diary, part biography, and part unhinged rhyme experiment, we here this week to delve into creating while on the move, trusting yourself, and choosing your own way in the world. Stick around for our attempts at the TikTok "For the Long Rhyme" trend where we attempt to rhyme for as long as humanly possible 😫

FLAVIA

IG @flaviaspeaks

https://www.flavia.la/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KvJPTW5GGjm49mMuzftPA?si=pjFNwi15RnyEMWHY-FmRew

Pardon My Success

Host & Creator @meilinfields

Portfolio

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This week we are exploring the Hobgoblin Playhouse and getting a full behind the scenes tour with Jenn and Greg Crafts, of The StageCrafts!! We peek behind the curtain of theater management, and all the real world challenges involved in running a creative business that relies on community.

Jenn and Greg open up on how they got their own starts in the industry (plus the cutest love story ever) and how they are committed to creating performance opportunities for artists through six yearly festivals, including Hollywood Fringe. This week we are championing that everyone should feel empowered to produce their own stories!

The StageCrafts

IG @thestagecrafts

Jenn Crafts IG @jenn.crafts

Gregory Crafts IG ⁨@GregoryCrafts⁩

www.gregorycrafts.com

Three Can Keep A Secret

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This week Meilin and Dasha pull back the curtain on PMS Events and explore what makes their company a unique force in the event content creation space! Built by professionals who live and breathe content, PMS Events brings together photographers, videographers, and social media strategists to create stunning & speedy deliverables.

We explain how the team is able to shoot, edit, and package content with unmatched timing and visual cohesion, personally tailored to each client’s brand. We are a creator led business redefining the boundaries of event coverage, so that you can live in the moment.

PMS Events

IG & TikTok @pmsevents

https://pmsevents.com/

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This week we’re joined by insanely talented aerial performer and instructor Kris Li, whose personal style on flying pole, lyra, and chains developed through years of classes, self determination, and performance opportunities across New York and LA. Kris walks us through finding her path, from balancing college and being an agency repped dancer auditioning on Broadway, to finding her own styles and combining art with exercise science.

Kris even gives us an electrical upgrade before we head to the aerial studio for a lyra workshop that you can now train for at home on her virtual Cirque Strong Skool Community!

Kris Li

IG @kris10li

Cirque Strong

IG @cirquestrong

Skool:

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This week we're sitting down in Hollywood's Hobgoblin Theater with the legendary Colleen Hammond Whitmore, the one woman theatrical icon who cuts the classics down to tight, 60 minute productions and directs them all across Hollywood! Colleen not only edits, casts, and directs double cast shows (that's right, every show has TWO CASTS, performing THREE SHOWS EACH!), she also stages multiple productions at once and has brought her work to festivals like the Hollywood Fringe Festival and many more.

We wrap things up by welcoming two of her Macbeths onstage (and over zoom) for Mirroring Macbeths, where both actors take on the most iconic monologues from the show.

I had so much fun seeing the entire process come to life as Fleance, and can't wait to be back doing The Colleen Method this December 19, 20, and 21 as Cratchit in A Christmas Carol!! Tickets available soon :)

Colleen Hammond Whitmore

IG @colleenhammondwhitmore

Website

Gregg Ellson

IG @greggellson

Seth Kuhn

IG @sethwkuhn

Pardon My Success

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EEEEEEEEKKKK!!!!!! WE'RE ENGAGED!!!!!! It's been almost a week since Zack proposed in New York City, and I can hardly believe it still. Thankfully I took plenty of photographic evidence, and in true Mei fashion, I am here to debrief the entire trip for you, moment by moment, with exclusive footage the entire way. I'm beyond giddy, thank you so much to everyone who has wished us congratulations :') I love you all!!!!! My heart is so full!!

My incredible fiancé: Zack Bedley

IG @zackbedley

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This week we're learning how to DJ with the best, the amazing S2XS (aka Amanda)!! From starting in NYU's vocal program to becoming an incredible working professional Producer and DJ, Amanda is an inspiration to musicians (and skincare afficionados!) everywhere.

IG @s2xs__

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0QP2WrCo5iRjfEzpU8oF6X?si=7fSW4hlDSKywGKfLxS-JzQ

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We close our our Aquila Acting Series with our studio's founder, Deb Aquila!! After training directly under Stella Adler at NYU Tisch, Deb entered the casting world and has shaped modern entertainment with her casting of classics like "Miami Vice," "The Shawshank Redemption," "What Women Want", and so many more. After spending years heading casting at Paramount, Deb continues Stella’s mission at The Aquila Studio, where she teaches that imagination continues to be an artist's greatest instrument.

Deb Aquila

IG @thecastinggirls

Deb's Bio

Deb teaches private coaching and Master Scene Study on Saturday afternoons!

The Aquila Studio

IG @theaquilastudio

Website

Email OfficeAdmin@TheAquilaStudio.com with any questions or register for acting classes or private coaching (both in-person or on zoom!)

Pardon My Success

Host / Creator / Editor: @meilinfields

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