Welcome to One Hale of a Conversation where your host, James Hale, talks with Artists, Actors, and Creatives, trying to understand both where they come from, and how they tick. Join Us!
Hosted by: James Hale
Video Editing: Keara Dooley
Audio Editing: Maddi Albregts
About your host
James Hale is an actor, musician, creative, and generally inquisitive guy who finds himself at the head of an arts nonprofit and curious to know more about the people around him! With a wide, and sometimes confusing, background in a variety of artistic media, James likes to talk to others about art and how it’s made.
Transcripts for each episode can be found below…
James Hale sits down with actor, stage manager, and director Rob Bradvica as he discusses growing up in San Diego, wearing many different creative hats in New York, and how his cast members shaped him...literally…
James Hale talks to actor, director, and personal trainer Annie Kefalas about the differences in approaching a story as an actor vs. a director, leading a one woman show, and how the Amish have followed her throughout her career.
James Hale talks about making the leap from the world of business to Off-Broadway and what a ten year acting journey can lead you to, with NYC creative and actor Gerrard James.
Listen in as host James Hale talks with actor, writer, and educator Marco Adiak Voli about making the leap from school to professional acting, moving to the states from Nicaragua, and how to approach embodying different characters.
Listen in as host James Hale talks with creative AhDream Smith about her road to becoming an actor, always searching for the door to opportunity, and finding the balance of it all!
Listen in as host James Hale talks to actor, writer, and classics extraordinaire Keara Dooley about balancing survival and making it in NYC as an artist, as well as the theatrical and personal growth theatre school provided.
James Hale talks with actor, voice artist, and Marketing Director Maddi Albregts about juggling several creative pursuits, being an actor in modern day, and why rock climbing is an art form.
Join James Hale as he talks with comedian, writer, producer, and artist Max Brand about making it in NYC as an actor/ comedian and what it’s like to sit on the other side of the table during a creative process.
James Hale talks fight choreography, strong female representation in Shakespeare, and the correct pronunciation of Midwest names, with writer, actor, and artist Helena Mueller.
Listen in as James Hale interviews artist, actor, and Artistic Director Lauren Zbylski about her creative journey, love of Shakespeare, and what she has in store for the future of MAD Company.