Author, Poet, Performer, Director, Motivational Speaker and Stand Up Comedienne Caramel Lucas talks modelling, taking risks, getting over being the shy girl, how she ended up doing stand up comedy. We discuss the age old question can women be pretty and funny? And of course her fabulous novel that is now a feature film "In Love With The Other Man."
Over the past decade the shoot for my short film Details fell through at least six times with six different teams, with different directors, different actors and different visions. I knew I had a solid script because initially each director and actor I sent it to was immediately on board and then let's just say 'life got in the way.' By the timed I decided to make the film in 2018 the piece had been showcased on stage (it was originally a one act play) several times both as a heterosexual piece and as a lesbian piece. It was exciting to play with the script through the lens of sexual fluidity of the characters. Over the years of failed attempts to get the film going I kept flip flopping between making the film with a male and female or two females, since the piece was quite universal in the way it depicted a relationship and could work with any couple regardless of gender or sexual identity.
Canadian Cannabis Attorney, Author, Actor and Filmmaker Russell Bennett talks about how he never dreamed he'd get hitched and how his love for performance and theatre took him from Toronto to New York to Vancouver and led him to the love of his life. Russell wrote the book on Canadian Cannabis Law and we discuss the racist roots of why the Canadian government began legislating against substances thanks to Makenzie King and the first female judge in the British Empire Emily Murphy.
It doesn’t cost anything to write (alone or with a partner) or to get a group of actors to read a script in a living room (or on zoom). The way I work the living room is my creative space, because although I don’t get to be on stage or in a studio every day, I do get to be creative in my living room as often as I choose. It’s also a great place to get others excited about your work, on your turf and on your terms.
Dana’s adventure continue in book #2 of the Year of the What? series
Year of the Bitch…coming soon!
Stay tuned with author Jennifer Lieberman’s upcoming events, performances and productions.
